Ah, if only the world were truly so black & white.

Most opinions are valid. Not all of them are right.

If you read the thread in question, you'd know that the poster that included an image of a homemade costume of The Spirit was referencing inspiration for the costume from Frank Miller's version of The Spirit, which, as I recall, most believe was disrespectful (to say the least) towards Will Eisner's creation.

I also do not believe that Frank Miller's intentions were to disrespect Will Eisner's creation.

I did, however, enjoy the film. I also enjoyed the made-for-TV version from 1987 that starred Sam J. Jones (famous for his role as Flash Gordon in the 1980 film) & Crystal Bernard (of Happy Days/Wings fame).

I thought it was hilarious (and I'm not necessarily sure that was Frank Miller's intention). I thought Samuel L. Jackson's performance was great!

Byrne rants about someone's Halloween costume? A guy who wore this...





Needs to shut up about anyone else's costume.

Mark Waid was asked his opinion about the Superman movies and in responding, he relays this anecdote about his first meeting with John Byrne...


"The first one changed my life, second one I have grown to appreciate even though at the time it crushed me because it was more of a comedy. Third one I loved at the time. It led to my first angry meeting with John Byrne; I stood in line at a convention to get his signature on something, I was still a fan, and I had just seen "Superman III" and liked some of the stuff in it, and I mentioned it to John Byrne and it didn't go well. He started screaming at me, and that scarred me for life. I'm just a guy in line! Don't yell at me for liking "Superman III!" Yes, it sucks in retrospect, but I was like 17, I didn't know! [Audience laughs]"

Whatever. Superman III was great, the best of them by far. Dark Superman, the half-cent scheme, Richard Pryor as Patton, Annette O'Toole (not naked like in Cat People, but still), and one of the most hilarious lines in the history of cinema: "I ask you to do a simple thing like kill Superman, and you can't even do that!"

Paul,

The world is that black and white.

People make choices, they then have to deal with the consequences of those choices.

JB bad mouths marvel and dc, he then does not get any work from them.

That is a consequence of his actions, that he has to accept responsibility for.

JB has always expressed his opinions about how the Big 2 were screwing things up (and in retrospect that is EXACTLY what they did) & the fact that he was working for them at the time deterred him not one iota. The people that he worked for (for the most part) at the time valued & respected JB's opinions even if they didn't publicly agree with them.

Then along came those that decided to take these criticisms on a personal level & now we don't get to see JB working on some cool Marvel & DC comics.

Because John Byrne has previously been exempt from consequences, he should always be exempt from consequences!

This is, of course, an appeal to tradition. Paul does love his logical fallacies.

Meanwhile, there's also an attempt going on to imply causation from correlation... yes, another logical fallacy. The assumption is that because Byrne's lack of work is concurrent with the advent of new employees, this must be the reason Byrne stopped getting work.

In reality, there are other reasons, all far more likely. A massive drop in Byrne's ability to sell a book would be the most likely culprit; your boss is less forgiving of bad behavior when you're making him less money. There's also the advent of the internet; when Byrne shoots his mouth off, he has a wider audience, which means those who don't like what he's saying will be more concerned about it.

But, we all know Paul doesn't rate logic very high when it comes to defending John Byrne. Logic is a filthy detractor.