Fair warning on this one: this is one part 
one part 
I'm going to say straight up I don't write comics. Not sure I could - too much like writing a script. I do, however, read them. Voraciously. All kinds. Some I read every month, some I just pick up bcs they look interesting.
I picked up the first issue of DC's new Rise of Arsenal story-line. Mostly because I'm a Green Arrow fan and let's face it, Arsenal's just GA in red.
I won't be reading the next issue. Not because it doesn't seem like a good story, but because they went with the oldest @#$% cliche in the book. They started off with the death of his little girl when their house collapses, the result of some bad guy's annihilating his home city. (Speaking of overworn plots... DC's getting repetitious as of late).
Now, yes, it was emotionally wrenching. In part because I am a parent of a little girl about the same age. But, other than that, it seemed like the cheap and easy way to go to establish motivation in a comic that didn't otherwise need it. The guy's just had his arm ripped off and his city terrorized - was the death of his little girl really necessary? It's just shock value, pure and simple.
I'm not sure if this is just the fault of that whole Gwen Stacy thing, or if it really started with the "girlfriend in the refrigerator" moment, but for the love of all things comics, I am *begging* all the writers out there on this forum to give this particular plot device a rest.
... anyway, over, but has anyone else noticed this/been bothered by this?
one part I'm going to say straight up I don't write comics. Not sure I could - too much like writing a script. I do, however, read them. Voraciously. All kinds. Some I read every month, some I just pick up bcs they look interesting.
I picked up the first issue of DC's new Rise of Arsenal story-line. Mostly because I'm a Green Arrow fan and let's face it, Arsenal's just GA in red.
I won't be reading the next issue. Not because it doesn't seem like a good story, but because they went with the oldest @#$% cliche in the book. They started off with the death of his little girl when their house collapses, the result of some bad guy's annihilating his home city. (Speaking of overworn plots... DC's getting repetitious as of late).
Now, yes, it was emotionally wrenching. In part because I am a parent of a little girl about the same age. But, other than that, it seemed like the cheap and easy way to go to establish motivation in a comic that didn't otherwise need it. The guy's just had his arm ripped off and his city terrorized - was the death of his little girl really necessary? It's just shock value, pure and simple.
I'm not sure if this is just the fault of that whole Gwen Stacy thing, or if it really started with the "girlfriend in the refrigerator" moment, but for the love of all things comics, I am *begging* all the writers out there on this forum to give this particular plot device a rest.
... anyway,
over, but has anyone else noticed this/been bothered by this?
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