Originally Posted by
Paradox_Nihil
I disagree, but, then, it's almost an implied motive on these forums! I mean, my disagreement with your opinions. And I don't have time or will to argue in detail, not in this place, when I don't have much interest in Marvel or DC or post-modern approach to 'characters', who are not characters at all, but merely icons, or database entries, and frequently not even that in any sensible or cohesive manner. And I am not interested in discussing artists' or writers' intentions. The road to aesthetic hell is paved with good intentions. What am I doing here, then? Well, I have interest in the worlds and the plots and the visual dimension, the last being the heart of the comics by definition. The comic can be only as good as its 'art' is, regardless of the white pages full of text that precede it. So, naturally, I have no desire to put so much effort in discussion of a work of the writer, and ignore everything else. And if I had, I would rather talk about Scalped. Because, Aaron is indeed a skilled (comics) writer, but that fact does not diminish everything I've already said.
When someone takes a name, and makes it 'behave' like a title, something that can be moved between persons, than he/she obviously goes into the territory of deconstruction. Aaron is not just a writer, he is also a reader of older stories. An interpreter of the mythos, if you will.