Occupy Sin City

I'd ask how that costume works, but
I'm afraid I'd get an answer.

Sigh…

Frank Miller and his Occupy Comments. I’m not going to go through the issues of repeating them here, because odds are you already know them. (Read the link if you don't.) Honestly, I try to go out of my way to keep my political opinions to myself. I’m pretty well read, and I do keep up on current events. I’m not screaming at the Occupy Wall Street people, and I’m not gnashing my teeth at the Tea Party. Like most people, I am perfectly capable of listening to both sides of a debate, and coming to my own conclusion. I don’t need convincing when it comes to these things. Essentially, I don’t believe that strict dogmatic categorization of a system of political beliefs is really the way to go. Both sides have very valid points that should be given serious consideration, without getting all huffy and puffy at one another. I truly believe that the similarities between the American political wings are far greater than it’s differences, but we’re too busy being pissed off over those differences to get anything done. (And I need to emphasize this. Both sides of the political spectrum are horribly guilty of this.)

Like I said, I try to keep my opinions to myself and let them come up with their own conclusions. It doesn’t mean that I don’t like conversing with people who’s opinions differ from my own. On the contrary, I LOVE the fact that people have different opinions from my own. Even if I don’t agree with opposing opinions, it’s always a good thing to at least try and understand them. I know what I believe in and do not believe in. But I’m not going to batter you over the head with it or make fun or your beliefs… Because I am not a dick.

Because when it comes down to it, I’m just a dork who draws fanservice. Do you really give two craps about what I think about Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan or Obamacare? You really shouldn’t. And we shouldn’t care what Frank Miller thinks either. (Or 90% of comic book creators period.)

Controversy = Incoherency

This is Frank Miller for Christ’s sake. He’s the guy who once wrote Batman porking Black Canary in garbage. Every comic he writes has ninjas, lesbians and whores in them. (Sometimes, all three of them are the same person.) Sin City was vastly overrated, 300 was good, but it’s not like it was a masterpiece… The last TRULY great comic book this guy wrote was Daredevil: The Man Without Fear miniseries in the 1990s… And before that? Year One, in the 80s. He is the living definition of having “blown your load.” But the thing is, he may not be a great writer, but he's not an idiot. This is the internet age, where anyone with a blog can post his or her thoughts on various subjects. (I should know.) Ask yourself this: How has Holy Terror’s sales done since he’s made those comments? I’m pretty sure they’ve probably gone up.

Frank is stirring up controversy for sales on his book. It's classic marketing 101. And it's working. People are getting pissed off because the guy who cluelessly gave us the internet meme of “I’m the Goddamned Batman” and created the worst comic book of all time says that the Occupy Wallstreeters are a bunch of crying babies.

In short... The old guy told the hippies to go "get a haircut."

In the future, I'll try to stay away from politics. Because on all fronts, this is pretty silly. So I'll leave you with something equally as silly, but at least intentionally so: