tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post6736047375578836422..comments2024-03-28T03:13:15.831-04:00Comments on Remarkable: Geoff Klock's Blog: Expansion PackGeoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-73461236986977820232009-12-25T07:26:45.806-05:002009-12-25T07:26:45.806-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-39141331670384630562009-11-22T10:26:04.666-05:002009-11-22T10:26:04.666-05:00I miss college, and I find that reading critical a...I miss college, and I find that reading critical analysis often spins off into new research, which, obstensibly invigorates better writing and whiter teeth. On occasions when I balance that with song writing and my naive attempts to draw, I find it infinitely more satisfying than depression.<br /><br /> I always had a strange attraction to letter columns and forewords, so this is a pretty logical progression. I dearly love Plok, the heir apparent to T.M. Maple if every there was one.<br /><br />I will consider where my material and your criteria might connect and offer you some goodies soon.lue lyronhttp://ceaseill.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-70867173337601049392009-11-22T05:15:59.660-05:002009-11-22T05:15:59.660-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-49922644367450581242009-11-07T01:23:01.208-05:002009-11-07T01:23:01.208-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-29045304097119305552007-09-30T17:41:00.000-04:002007-09-30T17:41:00.000-04:00Jason: I think that you're absolutely right to sug...Jason: I think that you're absolutely right to suggest, in response to my paper, that Claremont came to recognize that the X-Men as a political allegory were a big friggin' mess. Destroying the school and refashioning the Brotherhood as Freedom Force were certainly, to my mind at least, steps in the right direction. And then 1991 came, the school was rebuilt, and X-Factor replaced Freedom Force as the government-sponsored mutant team with absolutely no sense of irony. (Although the original X-Factor, who were mutant hunters like Freedom Force, also managed to muddle the issue. Claremont might have been thinking provocatively and progressively, but his cohort was not.) <BR/><BR/>Anyway, this stuff certainly deserves mention, and I'm now regretting having not covered it in my original paper. Maybe I'll have an opportunity to revisit it at some point...neilshyminskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14745442660488961314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-15700984489161376552007-09-28T18:18:00.000-04:002007-09-28T18:18:00.000-04:00SF: yeah I was being silly. but i am on painkiller...SF: yeah I was being silly. but i am on painkillers for 2 cut out wisdom teeth so you cannot trust anything i say. i will steal paragraphs and link to them.<BR/><BR/>Marc: join mt blog and together we will rule the internets. :) <BR/><BR/>Matt -- yeah i did not figure you would write for me, sine you post so much on your end. But if you think of something, let me know.<BR/><BR/>Neil: cool. i like the post you did on 300.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-13124565992971796882007-09-28T17:20:00.000-04:002007-09-28T17:20:00.000-04:00"Jason: ...depending on what Jason chooses to cove..."Jason: ...depending on what Jason chooses to cover from Claremont, I might also be tempted to write something about those comics and do something of a dialogue. Or even a point-counterpoint kind of thing. Maybe."<BR/><BR/>That would be sweet, Neil! As I said above, I'm having trouble bringing together the stuff I've already written into something solid and interesting. A dialogue might force me to tighten the screws a bit on my writing.<BR/><BR/>Did you ever read the comment I posted way back in response to your X-Men essay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-22587093345846348862007-09-28T16:31:00.000-04:002007-09-28T16:31:00.000-04:00Geoff - Cool idea. I reposted my thoughts on the S...Geoff - Cool idea. I reposted my thoughts on the Slate article to my own blog largely because they were hidden away in a comment thread where no one would ever see them again. Well, and because it's just convenient to have them stored on my blog, where I can find them more easily in the future. I don't know that I would often send you something - maybe something in relation to the sorts of discussions that spring up here? - but it sounds like a fun idea. Or...<BR/><BR/>Jason: ...depending on what Jason chooses to cover from Claremont, I might also be tempted to write something about those comics and do something of a dialogue. Or even a point-counterpoint kind of thing. Maybe.neilshyminskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14745442660488961314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-79001922057896271272007-09-28T12:51:00.000-04:002007-09-28T12:51:00.000-04:00Cool idea, Geoff. I might throw some stuff at you...Cool idea, Geoff. I might throw some stuff at you and see what you think. Maybe; I do keep up a pretty steady schedule over at my blog already...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867868039166531163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-91050997507577302112007-09-28T09:29:00.000-04:002007-09-28T09:29:00.000-04:00You know, Geoff, that last comment of yours was RE...You know, Geoff, that last comment of yours was REALLY funny. I knew you must have a sense of humor - you still buy and enjoy All-Star Batman. But that was like stand-up funny. <BR/><BR/>I like the idea. In a time when the only traffic to my blog is my brother and my father (who "just doesn't get it"), anything to increase traffic is a boon.Marc Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293532769174212726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-68919251717255357592007-09-27T23:44:00.000-04:002007-09-27T23:44:00.000-04:00Geoff,I trust that that last paragraph was a joke,...Geoff,<BR/><BR/>I trust that that last paragraph was a joke, because of course it's not true.<BR/><BR/>I think it's a great idea. Aside from how I might participate in it, I think adding guest posts (additional posters... whatever you end up calling them) would be terrific.<BR/><BR/>I'd certainly like to see Jason's Claremont posts here, e.g.<BR/><BR/>I actually like having a mix of things on my own blog (although I suspect that it keeps my numbers from growing - successful blogs specialize, at least along politics/culture lines, mostly). As far as I am concerned, if you wanted to post the first paragraph of any review of mine, with a link to read the rest at my blog, that would totally fall into the category of fair use (I don't know if it does legally, but it ought to -- and other blogs do it all the time.) That way you could pick & choose what you think fit your blog. (And I know I could never keep to any sort of schedule.<BR/><BR/>But my feeling like I might want only that limited form of participation does <I>not</I> mean I think it's a bad idea. I think it's a great idea -- a good blog made better.<BR/><BR/>Okay, better stop before I start to sound more like a car commercial.<BR/><BR/>SFStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16524368948187746248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-3618302934695013422007-09-27T23:12:00.000-04:002007-09-27T23:12:00.000-04:00It is nothing like that! Didn't you read how gener...It is nothing like that! Didn't you read how generous and cool I am for opening up my blog to other people? I am allowing regular people to post on the internet FOR FREE. Who else does that? Besides Blogger, and LiveJournal? And so what if they let you put your name at the top in big letters and do not censor you? I am letting you post under MY name!<BR/><BR/>Oh, this post has made me look like such a jackass. In the heat walking home it seemed like such a good idea...Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-80426535679865018362007-09-27T22:10:00.000-04:002007-09-27T22:10:00.000-04:00So - Geoff - by getting others to write for your b...So - Geoff - by getting others to write for your blog - is this your version of John Cassady using the same artwork in multiple panels?<BR/><BR/>I'm just kidding - of course. Just razzing ya!Streeboramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246099190675220076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-86451365283257549502007-09-27T20:25:00.000-04:002007-09-27T20:25:00.000-04:00Yeah, I will look at whatever you have, though my ...Yeah, I will look at whatever you have, though my comments will probably be brief.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-76786582399798535272007-09-27T18:15:00.000-04:002007-09-27T18:15:00.000-04:00This is a really appealing offer, and one of the r...This is a really appealing offer, and one of the reasons is not just the whole "increased readership" notion, but I was also struck by you saying that you might "post back with revisions. "<BR/><BR/>One of the reasons I had kind of backed off doing the Claremont thing is that when I actually wrote them (and I have, in fact, already written several because I wanted to have a bunch in the bag before I started posting), I realized that they were too long and a bit draggy, and lacking a lot of what makes your own reviews so readable and good.<BR/><BR/>An average Claremont review of mine (meaning the ones I have already written) is about as twice as long as one of your reviews of Morrison's New X-Men, yet I feel like I manage to say only half as much as you do.<BR/><BR/>So, Geoff, would you be willing to have a look at my first Claremont review -- I could send it to you via e-mail, or in a myspace message -- and maybe give me some pointers on how I can make these beasts tighter and better? I feel like I'm too close to my own writing right now. I can tell that something's ... not right. But I can't tell what it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-56574331043077786032007-09-27T17:17:00.000-04:002007-09-27T17:17:00.000-04:00JP: you know I actually spelled C-L-A-R-E-M and th...JP: you know I actually spelled C-L-A-R-E-M and then stopped. I thought -- Jason Powell wants you to spell it the right way. And then I wrote C-L-A-I-R ... thinking I was fixing it. <BR/><BR/>As for your posts -- yeah it would be a lot but you could just do them once or twice a week if you wanted, take a break after an arc, or abandon the thing after an arc. It would be up to you. <BR/><BR/>And while everyone is calling me generous and cool, let's all admit that me trying to get people to publish without pay on a site with my name at the top in big letters may also be lazy and egomaniacal IN ADDITION to generous and cool. <BR/><BR/>I contain multitudes.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-80262641127142344472007-09-27T17:13:00.000-04:002007-09-27T17:13:00.000-04:00Wow. I agree with James -- very generous and very ...Wow. I agree with James -- very generous and very cool.<BR/><BR/> Although in response to this ...<BR/><BR/>"Jason Powell -- this is where you can do your Clairmont X-Men issue by issue analysis."<BR/><BR/>...Really? You know that would be an insane amount of posts, right, if it was a post per issue? I still would do it, though. :)<BR/><BR/>Also, Claremont, not Clairmont! I thought I'd straightened you out on that one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-62349091142417588372007-09-27T16:50:00.000-04:002007-09-27T16:50:00.000-04:00Sara and James: fair point. But unless I get more ...Sara and James: fair point. But unless I get more than 7-9 posts a week I want to put up -- very doubtful -- we should never have more than two posts a day up. Anyone who reads this blog knows how crazy I am about quality control, in terms of what comics I buy; I will be pretty tight with quality control around here, as well. <BR/><BR/>I really don't think I am going to get that many submissions anyway, I just wanted to announce that I am open to it.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-60536092234151767252007-09-27T16:47:00.000-04:002007-09-27T16:47:00.000-04:00Wow, this is a great, generous and cool idea. I ho...Wow, this is a great, generous and cool idea. I hope I have something to contribute at some point. I think sara's right that a set day(s) for guest posts would be good, and keep things from getting overwhelming.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740669500899738381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-40527163886058323062007-09-27T16:18:00.000-04:002007-09-27T16:18:00.000-04:00this is actually a common practice. seen on such b...this is actually a common practice. seen on such blogs as http://www.designsponge.blogspot.com/, which is mostly guest bloggers. It's a win-win situation in the blogsphere, where bloggers can get more and better exposure and the blog itself has a stable of talented people contributing.<BR/><BR/>I think you should pick a day for guest blog posts, and only have one guest write one post, just because multiple posts per day often get lost.sara d. reisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229743478023552805noreply@blogger.com