Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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Craig
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11/10/2009 01:09:00 PM
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The interview I've been waiting for, pt. 2
Following on the heels of a previous post comes a few words from Dick Giordano, the (among many other things) DC editor who in 1986 had a hand in bringing us Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns. What does he think of that part of his legacy?
"The Dark Knight Returns additionally helped start the "grim and gritty" trends in comic storytelling that still exist today. That was an unintended result, and I am truly sorry it happened. Comics are much too dark today. Er – in my opinion ..."
I don't blame him for the effect those works had. Dark Knight was an excellent series which portrayed "my" Batman who went bugnuts after seeing the world go to hell after his retirement; it was the fools who followed, deciding that the character was always insane, who ruined it for me. Likewise, Watchmen was a powerful, multi-layered story whose tone doesn't actually translate to the regular superhero model-- but a bunch of tools later decided to do it anyway.
Maybe today's creators should take note that the far more talented guys who paved the way for them are starting to apologize for doing it.
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