Wow
I am all aflutter. I just finished reading Chris Sims's latest essay at ComicsAlliance, entitled, "Dc,Marvel and 'the Problem'" and it is...amazing.
Chris very succinctly and cleverly sums up the differences between Marvel and DC and how their rivalry came to be, and exactly why it is that DC is being so weird lately. Or...maybe not just lately. Anyhoo, it is a fabulous article, and it makes a breathless amount of SENSE. So go and check out ComicsAlliance. I'd mark it, but I don't know how.
posted by SallyP @ 6:14 AM
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Does your Blogger edition have a function called "Links" in the upper row when you're working on a post?
1. Go to whatever site you want to mark (link to) and then copy the url. (Highlight it with your cursor.) Ex: Chris' post's url was
http://comicsalliance.com/dc-comics-marvel-golden-age-silver-age-comics-history/
2. Go into the post you're working on.
3. Move your cursor to highlight the word or words you want to use to link to the site in (1).
4. Click on "Links". You'll see a directional with a blank space for the url you want to link to. Paste the original url into that blank space. Then hit "Ok".
Then you should be good.
Oh...that's what that is for?
Duh.
Thanks for pointing out that post, Sally. You're right, it's a really good summation of the differences between DC and Marvel. I hadn't thought about DC niche being "heroic legacy," but it makes an awful lot of sense, and it's absolutely clear that they're aping Marvel (unsuccessfully) and have done that for a long time. The odd thing is that for all its "realism," the Marvel universe still shows more charm and whimsy than DC does since the advent of the nu52. Lots to ponder here.
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