Comics Should Be Good deconstructs Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers

Then there's I, Spyder. As Alex said earlier, he's the Cynical Ultimate type. He's Mark Millar or Warren Ellis. Disdainful of the whole superhero thing, but look at him. He's a combination of a golden age archer and frickin' I, Vampire. Fanboy noodling justified with tattoos and cigarettes. Innocuous concepts "updated" with a sneer. Rockstar pros without rockstar talent. The Whip (and therefore the reader) is repulsed and fascinated by him, hence our love-hate relationship with this sort of character, creator, and material. Sure, it's a bit sexier, but what do we gain from the relationship? Nothing. He particularly seems like the early 2000s Ellis revamps. Think Counter-X. Bullshit mysticism paired with macho posturing. Totems ant tattoos.

Not only does Comics should be good deconstruct the first issue of Seven Soldiers but they also have a great, albiet self proclaimed "unecessary guide to Seven Soldiers available on their site too. The rest of the website is pretty good too.
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