The most recent 20 comments posted to Electrolite by Allen Varney:

Tom Strong is fun, now and then, as a speculative burlesque. But it doesn't hit the spot, for me, the way Supreme did. I may just have more affinity for the Superman mythos than for the world of Doc Savage.

I finally started to enjoy Tom Strong when I saw that Moore was undermining one of the most strongly-held theses of character development in fiction: that characters are only interesting for their flaws, and superhuman characters are inherently boring. Tom Strong is without flaws, or close enough, and yet is extremely interesting for the quality and maturity of his thinking.

Holbo's post, which confines itself to the context of superhero comics and movies, omits mentioning Moore's best work, such as FROM HELL and the performance pieces (BIRTH CAUL, SNAKES AND LADDERS, etc.). Moore's work demonstrates a broad acquaintance with history, politics, and literature. He also shows a better-than-average grasp of current scientific thinking, not that the standard is high among comics writers. Confining discussion of Moore's work strictly to superheroics is like discussing Beethoven entirely as a concert pianist and failing to mention his orchestral works.

Comment statistics for Allen Varney on the Electrolite blog

Total: 2 comments. View all these comments on a single page.