Can Elves Make Comics?
By Dollar Bin • Dec 5th, 2007 • Category: Shows
Remember when we were kids and around this time of year you’d sit down and write Christmas wish lists to Santa, Mom, Dad, Batman, and anyone else that might read and send presents? Well, since we’ve never really grown up we still do! Take a break from shopping for our presents to hear what we’ll be asking our favorite comic book publishers for this holiday season on this edition of the Dollar Bin.
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I just jacked this straight from Rachelle’s Living Between Wednesday: This Week’s Haul
“The Sensational Spider-Man #41
Spidey. Hear me out.
Aunt May is very old. And her husband is dead. I just want you to consider that before you do anything crazy like trade your life as you know it for hers. I know you love her. We all do. But seriously, she is, like, what? 150 years old now? She probably wants to die. And she certainly doesn’t want you throwing your life away so she can live the last six months or whatever of hers.
Also, incidentally, your comic books suck.”
How is this info not reaching Marvel’s ear? Or is it that Marvel just doesn’t care about its readership?
and this:
“You know what I’d like? An issue of Daredevil where he wakes up, has a big delicious breakfast, takes a relaxing stroll in the park with a wife who is in no way crazy or sad, and then maybe takes the night off and goes dancing. And maybe eats cake in there somewhere. That guy is in desperate need of a really good day.”
Apparently we all subconsciously read LBW before doing our own show. I swear I didn’t view it until just now.
and this…
“This issue had a perfect example of what’s wrong with this series. Mister Miracle shows up to help Jimmy Olsen. He’s wearing his old costume, and seems unconcerned that at this very moment he is on a mission with Superman to Apokolips. Why can’t this damn comic sync up even slightly to what’s happening in the other comics?”
Maybe I should have just said GO TO LBW and read her “THIS WEEK”S HAUL” because it is AWESOME!
According to a post by JMS himself, Joey Quesadilla isn’t even listening to his own staff about how much they think his ideas about this are wrong. Looks like Joey is just going to do what Joey wants to do and everyone else be damned. I just hope comic readers aren’t going to continue to pay for it.
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=138473
http://www.jmsnews.net/msg.aspx?id=1-17697
Thank you Dollar Binners for the Birthday wishes it is much appreciated.
On the topic of the show I wish that DC and Marvel would make it easier to get into there respective universes. Hell even my comic book guy said their making it to hard with all the god damn cross overs.
Lastly what the fuck is a Skrull?
Am i going to get soundly shot down if I say i like all the crossovers dc does? Am I just an easily manipulated dick for paying for all these extra books that i wont be as interested in. Im buying 52 and i probably will buy countdown when its in trade, does that make me a bad person?
Also spidey could do with a reboot. (Nah that last bit is bullshit)
See. I’m buying Countdown. I didn’t do 52. I convinced myself I would give it a shot now that it is in trade, but I won’t. See the thing is its bad enough that these crossovers “force” you to buy sub-par books to get the whole story, but the worst part is they don’t mean anything. The 52 event can easily be condensed into a 5 book series (OK, maybe a 12 book series (what do you know? That’s one a month.)) And really when all is said and done after wading through substandard material (you know, the stuff they can pay cheaper writers for, but charge the same) nothing really happens. Sure great books came out of it (Black Adam, Booster Gold), but did we need 52…
Gotta go back to work.
Adam, I definitely agree with what your saying, maybe its because I have a higher tolerance for poop than you guys do. I am annoyed that i have to buy four volumes of 52 then a seperate volume for WW3 but because i dont buy many series regularly i dont get as annoyed. having said that, what i liked about 52 was the fact it introduced me to loads of different aspects of the DCU that i wasn’t aware of before and would be interested in exploring (Black adam, Booster gold) as well as giving me a story about characters I like but cant find material on them (Original Question and Renee montoya)
19 days to christmas
I don’t really know what I’d put on my list, but I would like bitch about a couple of things.
First off, who the FUCK does Joe Queseda think he’s pleasing with the erasing of twenty (Oh, yes, Virginia, TWENTY) fucking years of continuity? He’s a greasy, fat fuck. Greasier than Orlando Bloom and fatter than Britney’s thighs. Fuck you, Joey. What the fuck did you in your tenure at Marvel? You let Kevin Smith do a shitty Spider-Man comic that took him longer to finish than it did for Sam Raimi to make Spider-Man 2. You let the Hulk go to another planet and have a cool Conan / GLADIATOR type adventure only to bring him back and make it all null and void just so Hulk can be written by Jeph “my-head-looks-just-like-a-penis, I-can-write-TV-shows-that-come-out-on-time-but-the-last-time-I-had-a-comic-out-on-time-was-1995″ Loeb. Oh, and you made Tony Stark into a completely miserable, loathsome, nanite-armor-havin’ cunt. (I can say ‘cunt’ because I know a Brtish a lady.) You ass.
Next up, Dan “The Great Darkness” Didio. I’m not nearly as angry at ol’ Danny boy, but he needs to get his shit together too. Newsflash, buddy, people bought 52 because A) it was being written by Waid, Morrison, Rucka, and Johns (not that there’s anything wrong with that McKeever kid. He can write a really nice JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED story), B) It dealt with characters we actually gave a shit about (not the least interesting members of Flash’s rogue gallery and a character who will be heretofore referred to as “Douche Robin”), and finally, C) There weren’t eleventy hundred other crossover books (Starring Douche Robin). After all my gripes about Joey Q, at least HE knew how to handle the old “bring the dead sidekick back from the dead” trick.
Are they still making Spawn comics? How sad…
Dark Horse… Just keep doing what you’re doing guys. I have no notes.
And Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Nic: I like Countdown because it helped me read about characters I didn’t know much about (then I realized there was maybe good reason I didn’t know much about them).
Terry: Does this guy know how to party or what?
Wish list to all comic producers:
Please stop the variant cover fiasco to sell more comics and focus on story line.
Terry: Well put, I liked the sound of the hulk on another planet too, but I also liked the idea of Hulk going back and taking names on earth, But he should have won, then left again, much better. i also like red hood but they should have kept him a villain and made him even more dangerous than any other villain batman has, or made him a nemesis for Robin.
Paul: Amen to that. But also more Fell please Warren Ellis.
I don’t know if you guys have done this, but I had an idea for a show.
You pose to this question to one another: Would you rather have non-super-hero, indie comics or DC/Marvel-super-hero-related items? i.e. Would you rather have $1000 worth of indie comics without super-heroes or $1000 worth of DC/Marvel action figures, statues, video games, DVDs, etc?
My friends and I asked ourselves this question, and while I love works like MAUS, BONE, and WALKING DEAD, something in my DNA just screams out that I NEED an Amazing Spider-Man pinball machine.
Nic: I didn’t mind Red Hood when Winnick was making him a villain. I love that idea; the DC version of the Punisher being a former Robin would let loose some great stories. But DC has neutered him since he became a Challenger of the Fantastic Voyage or whatever the fuck they’re called.
I fuckin’ hate shoveling snow.
http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/12/07/here-he-comes-speed-racer-trailer/
Why did I enjoy this? Why do I want to see it? Why?
I think I might actually hate you now Terry.
Why John? Whyyyyyyyyyyy?
That movie looks atrocious.
Well there goes my day.
Well that looks like more childhood memories have been raped by hollywood. Thanks for that.
Hey, I’m not saying that it’s gonna be a great movie or that I won’t be calling for the Wachowski’s heads after it’s all said and done. I’m just saying… I wanna see it. I can’t even explain why.
It’s not like it can be any worse than Fantastic Four 2 or Batman And Robin. You guys have to admit that the first Matrix was good… great even.
I’m just saying I’m gonna give this a chance. That’s all.
Andrew - the best help I could give you on your skrull question, other than have you call Tre is to point you here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skrull
Terry - We gladly accept you membership into the QHL (The Quesada Haters League) you have passed the trials with flying colors, go forward and preach the good word.
But as far as your $1000 question, I think Adam and Devin would go straight for the indys and Tre, Kria and I would go straight for the heroes with little pondering put into it.
And thankfully my only memories of Speed Racer is this Geico commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kb4XIFSwOU so that trailer is fine with me. Except that I always thought Matt Fox was taller than he looks in it.
The QHL must be really excited for Then and Now to come out on DVD.
Brian thanks for the wiki link but it still doesn’t make The New Avengers 35 and 36 make any fucking sense (or the art any better).
Ah, yeah what is going on with New Avengers and with Marvel’s nex big crossover is a bit more complicated than just who the skrulls are. Check out this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_(Marvel_Comics) And if your comics shop has the Illuminati series it is worth checking out both as a reference point and as a good comic.
FUCK YEAH!!!!
The poster for Indy 4 is up!!!
http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/12/10/classic/
I am like everyone else here when I say enough is enough with the giant crossovers. I am not buying them, I won’t buy them, and you cannot make me buy them. My Christmas wish is for Joey Q and Dan D to put on giant boxing gloves and beat the holy living hell out of each other while I watch the fight on HBO.
That’s close Joel, but I recommend glass instead of giant boxing gloves.