The All About Comics Thread 5: Comic Books Ate My Paycheck

ultimatedjf said:
Today at my library I got POWERS Volume 1 and CHEW Volume 1. I started POWERS and it has not impressed me so far.
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Powers blows. Hard.

I read the first issue of Chew and couldn't get into it, but I hear nothing but praise for it..
 
Oh my god, I am so excited for Boston Comic Con this year. Somehow they managed to get a more than decent number of huge names. Joe Kubert. Frank Quitely. Adam Hughes. Darwyn Cooke. Art Adams. Frank Cho. Tim Sale. Neal Adams. J. Scott Campbell. Tony Harris. Ryan Ottley. Howard Chaykin. Christos Gage. Many more. Psyched!
 
I wonder if he has some kind of social or psychological disorder or something. If he does then it's pretty crappy to gang up on the guy at conventions and whatnot. I get the sense that something is wrong with him.
 
E said:
I wonder if he has some kind of social or psychological disorder or something. If he does then it's pretty crappy to gang up on the guy at conventions and whatnot. I get the sense that something is wrong with him.
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Same here, judging from the picture of him. It's too bad/sad.
 
Alan Moore's Neonomicon was completely screwed up.
 
E said:
I wonder if he has some kind of social or psychological disorder or something. If he does then it's pretty crappy to gang up on the guy at conventions and whatnot. I get the sense that something is wrong with him.
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I bet he thinks they are original pieces of art because he is manipulating them subtly with computers.

But something about him seems odd.
 
Ultimate Houde said:
I bet he thinks they are original pieces of art because he is manipulating them subtly with computers.

But something about him seems odd.
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Yeah, I don't know. It doesn't sound like a guy blatantly ripping off people because he thinks he has a right to or doesn't respect their rights or whatever. It seems like he doesn't understand why what he's doing is wrong or something.

And *if* that's the case, and he does have some kind of social disorder or mental problem or something, then what Ethan Van Scriver and Mark Waid did is the equivalent of picking on a kid in a wheelchair.

I'm NOT saying the guy is right or shouldn't be corrected. I'm saying I don't think that was the right way to handle it given the evidence as to his mental state or whatever. If I'm totally off base and he's willfully doing this with full knowledge and understanding what he's doing and why it's bad, then yeah, crucify him.
 
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Yeah, I don't know. It doesn't sound like a guy blatantly ripping off people because he thinks he has a right to or doesn't respect their rights or whatever. It seems like he doesn't understand why what he's doing is wrong or something.

And *if* that's the case, and he does have some kind of social disorder or mental problem or something, then what Ethan Van Scriver and Mark Waid did is the equivalent of picking on a kid in a wheelchair.

I'm NOT saying the guy is right or shouldn't be corrected. I'm saying I don't think that was the right way to handle it given the evidence as to his mental state or whatever. If I'm totally off base and he's willfully doing this with full knowledge and understanding what he's doing and why it's bad, then yeah, crucify him.
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I don't know.... There are a couple anecdotal stories about people who knew him well over an extended period of time and didn't recognize anything abnormal psychologically or emotionally. And it's more than just "not knowing better". He out and out lied about his credits and performance. There's nothing to indicate to me that he's anything more than a scammer.
 
Zombipanda said:
I don't know.... There are a couple anecdotal stories about people who knew him well over an extended period of time and didn't recognize anything abnormal psychologically or emotionally. And it's more than just "not knowing better". He out and out lied about his credits and performance. There's nothing to indicate to me that he's anything more than a scammer.
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I didn't know all of that. I'm really not sticking up for the guy and he should be made to stop what he's doing, absolutely. He is in the wrong. It just struck me that he might not understand why, or that he might be doing it because something's not right in his head.
 
E said:
I didn't know all of that. I'm really not sticking up for the guy and he should be made to stop what he's doing, absolutely. He is in the wrong. It just struck me that he might not understand why, or that he might be doing it because something's not right in his head.
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From what I've read, that seems to be very much not the case. The weirdness strikes me more as straight up shadiness rather than some sort of mental deficiency.

You can read a first hand account of a friendship with Granito here.
 
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Jesus, this dude is just entirely without shame. Bleeding Cool forwards an email Granito's wife sent out to various comics news sites.

Dear Comics News, Blogs, and Journalists:

March 2011 was a month that the comics industry, and comics fandom, was not expecting! A month where suddenly comics websites became 'TMZ-like', and scandal and tabloid excitement erupted. This was due to the controversial Rob Granito.

We ask you to consider looking past personal feelings and judgement to consider the following:

-A Facebook Group about Robert Granito had over 3,000 members in less than a week

-Websites such as comicsalliance, Wired, and many others made Rob Granito a major headline

-An entire convention panel is due to Rob Granito, called 'How Should An Artist React To Being Granito'd'?

So, regardless of personal judgement you must admit that Rob Granito creates controversy- and controversy attracts attention. Rob Granito gets attention. Rob Granito gets people talking.

The Blog owner at All Things Geeky even explained how he had thousands of visitors to his site when he had never experienced that before. Rob Granito has gotten more attention and caused more talking amongst his detractors and his fans than any other comics professional!

Now is YOUR chance to take advantage of this red-hot story. As Charlie Sheen has proven in the mainstream media, controversy sells. It has been proven, and suggested by the convention fans blog that Rob Granito is the Charlie Sheen of Comics. And just like Charlie Sheen caused MAJOR headlines with his controversial 20/20 interview, now YOU can get Rob Granito to sit for an interview for your site or blog!

Rob Granito will live up to his image as the bad boy of comics, who admits he has made some mistakes (but who hasn't?) but also points out that comics fandom at large does not know the WHOLE story. Find out how Rob Granito began as an artist. Discover what his experience was with the legendary Dave Stevens. Find out what REALLY went down with Mark Waid. Learn how Rob feels about the comics professionals who have derided his name in the past few weeks like Ty Templeton Jamar Igle, Al Rio, and more!

We assure you Rob Granito will live up to his interview commitments. We guarantee candid, explanatory revelations. Rob Granito proved he shook up the world in March 2011! Now watch him light up the Spring comics schedule. "I will keep going to conventions", he says. Also, why did BleedingCool decide to break the Rob Granito story out of nowhere? Why was it pursued with such a fever? "There is more there that you dont know about", says Rob.

ALL WEBSITES: the following is a list of Rob' interview fees

-e-mail interview (20 questions ONLY) $150.00 PayPal
-30 minute phone interview $200.00 PayPal
-1 Hour Phone or Skype interview $250.00 PayPal

Thank you for your time. We look forward to working with you.

Alison c/o
Robert Granito Art Services
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:D "The bad boy of comics" :roll:
 
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Yeah, I saw that this morning. Seems to prove he knew exactly what he was doing.

Unless someone is "managing" him and taking advantage of his situation.
 
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