Comments on: Mark Waid is Irredeemable, BOOM! is apparently crazy

By: Mark Waid is ‘Irredeemable’ | Beware of Fanboy

Mark Waid is ‘Irredeemable’ | Beware of Fanboy — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:27:00 +0000

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By: EM

EM — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:56:45 +0000

Don't usually follow Mr. Waid's work, but this looks like an interesting story.

It always bugs me how characters mentioned above, like Phoenix, Scarlet Witch or Wolverine see-saw back from heroes to mass murderers without real consequence.

This story looks like it may have room to actually explore the concept. Art's pretty, too, so I'll at least be giving first issue a go.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:19:04 +0000

Not sure if i'm buying because of the interior. Had it been Kitson and Cassaday I might have been enticed of taken a crack at it.

Should be interesting, though.

By: Captlobi

Captlobi — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:08:05 +0000

I have a feeling this series may be more about the people that are trying to stop the ex-hero than it is about title character.

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:24:22 +0000

A 1-in-50 variant for a book that likely won't sell 5000 copies? And the variant is that Waid will sign it? I'd say Waid is insane.

By: Puny Human

Puny Human — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:48:45 +0000

Despite the title, and knowing Waid's work, I see the potential here for a great story of redemption, or at least the power and consequences of personal choice and responsibility. That's something that sets it apart from the "darkness for darkness' sake" that I think you're talking about. Of course I haven't read it yet either, but I see the possibilities here and given the talent attached I'd like to see where the story goes. From the looks of things the story is starting off with the main character in darkness, and journeys from darkness to light often work better than the inverse... and I think are more in keeping with recent real world developments (or at least that's my hope, but I guess only time will tell!).

By: Ray Randell

Ray Randell — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:12:00 +0000

It's not cynicism - it's weariness of the concept of "Superhero Becomes Psychotic Killer". Your movie trailer analogy is very apt; I've decided not to spend my money going to films based entirely on what the producers chose to highlight in the trailer. Same situation here.

By: Puny Human

Puny Human — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:55:05 +0000

"And I’m criticizing WHAT THEY OFFERED AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOOK. I didn’t pick those pages. Boom did. Maybe even Waid did. They picked pages depicting the lead up to the apparent murder of an innocent family. I’m supposed to read more into it? I’m supposed to go beyond what they showed me and expect MORE?" Well I should hope you can expect at least 20 or so pages more... Your response to this is like watching a movie trailer and saying "That movie sucked, it didn't even make sense! No character development, no build-up, nothing!" Yes, a trailer or a preview can help you decide whether a movie or book is something you would be interested in watching or reading, but dang man... you've spent a lot of time criticizing a book you haven't even read yet. If you don't want to read it don't, but I think you could have read it in less time than it took you to type up your comments. As for me, reading the article only gave me a passing interest in this, but the preview pages put me over the top. I'm excited about this book and look forward to it, and there are only maybe one or two other books I've been able to say that about lately. Great concept, and I know Waid will knock it out of the park! I think the only cynicism I'm picking up is in some of these comments... sheez guys, really!

By: Ray Randell

Ray Randell — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:30:47 +0000

I'm not interested either. Pretty artwork sure, but who the hell wants to read a book about a Superman-analogue gone all eeeeevil and slaughtering the families of his former friends!? Both DC and Marvel's books are chock-full of darkness and evil lately with Dark Reign and the Faces of Evil storylines. Its just such oppressively dreary reading.

It's been done so many times before... Dark Phoenix, Miracleman, Watchmen, Scarlet Witch, Black Adam, Ultimates, Superboy-Prime, Bishop, Invincible, an on and on and on...

When *Teen Titans* of all things uses the evil-former-teammate as a plot staple for decades then you know you haven't exactly mined innovative new territory with this series.

Maybe the nihilists out there feel they need an antidote to all the happy-happy joy-joy surrounding Obama's inauguration but personally I'd rather be reading something more hopeful, heroic and far less gruesome.

By: ElCoyote's Prophet

ElCoyote's Prophet — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:37:21 +0000

"Why on earth anyone would criticize a writer for trying something different in today’s troubled marketplace is beyond me. Especially since the book hasn’t even come out yet." Because it's not different? Empire. Wanted. It's not even that different than most of what DC is putting out these days, darkness for darkness sake. Hopeless heroes. Good guys get the shaft. Yay. It's tiresome. The only brightspot at DC these days is JSofA. Most of those books are so unrelentingly 'dark' one wonders how anyone can read them all and not want o blow their heads off. And I'm criticizing WHAT THEY OFFERED AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOOK. I didn't pick those pages. Boom did. Maybe even Waid did. They picked pages depicting the lead up to the apparent murder of an innocent family. I'm supposed to read more into it? I'm supposed to go beyond what they showed me and expect MORE? No. Either tell me I should expect something interest and trust I can wait, or show me. DO NOT show me one thing and then say "it's not that!", that's just craziness. You show me a crappy trailer that looks like something I've seen before, I'm gonna be less than interested in the film. I expect something good from Waid. This, based upon the preview, DOES NOT LOOK GOOD. It looks like another tired exercise in deconstruction. I'm not against it, I'm just wary.