Astro City #42 - "The Deep Blue Sea"

Apr. 9th, 2017 08:33 am
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'Western Detective Fiction thinks Dupin important as he was formative to the genre but does not consider him the paragon of the type. Imagine a world where we could say "Apollo is a more interesting character than Superman" rather than "Apollo is derived from Superman."' -- Kieron Gillen

'I’m trying to imagine a world in which Apollo is more interesting than Superman. No knock on Apollo. But yeah, in other forms, inspiration is a legitimate springboard to creation; in comics it’s looked at askance.' -- Kurt Busiek





















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Date: 2017-04-11 01:58 pm (UTC)
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To be fair I think some things are weighed down more than others. I remember an anime called Andonah Zero which tried to compete against Gundam and while it was popular for a while it's not talked about in good regard. I just think Gillen thought of it only applying to comics is not true. Spider-man has a lot of Clark Kent in him early on but you rarely hear that he is a complete rip-off of him or burdened by that connection. I think a better argument is that with comics you can trace inspiration very easily since it's a young medium and there have been a lot of writings on it.

Date: 2017-04-11 03:21 pm (UTC)
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Spider-Man's been around for half a century, though. He's old enough and foundational enough that he's the one other newer characters get considered takes on.

I think there's definitely a perception in some parts that the Marvel/DC mainstays are the real stuff, and almost everything is just different creators' takes on them.
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