Who critiques the critics? I mean, aside from everyone.

[thebitterguy]

Okay, well, apparently Greg, his honour still stung from our epic exchange*, is turning his hurt into column inches.

(You may want to turn on your recording devices and Google caches, kids, this is gonna be a keeper)

First off: I'm sorry I called him a snorting Retard. I only say this in retrospect because, according to his latest post, he has a son who's handicapped. If I'd known this I definitely would not have called him a snorting retard, as that's a bit too cold for even me. Dipshit, perhaps, or goof. That would have been more sensitive, while still making the core point.

I have no idea what emotional pain he goes into further down in his column, since I didn't bother to read it (tl;dr, but that review of Nextwave was quite the hoot. Man, I love that book).

But if this little cyber-spat is the worst emotional turmoil he suffers in his illustrious comics blogging career, well, I think he better send some prayers in the way of the baby Jesus. Because I'm a fucking teddy bear compared to some of the assholes out there. God, I hope he never reviews a Wick book. I also kinda hope we never see a Wick comic book.

Man, I wonder how long the kind readers of CSBG will want to keep up with all this crap? I'll bet you're all getting tired of it. God knows I just want to tell you how good the Indian food we had before seeing Superman Returns last night was.

*Which,if haven't been paying attention, was launched with my slanderous declaration that the Purple Death Ray was a neat gag, and the fact that he didn't get it and made a big point over not getting it made him look teh dum.

Comments

[noizangel.livejournal.com]

I didn't think you called him that, but said he was -behaving- that way over the death ray.

On your very own journal, where you can say whatever you want - not starting a comment flame-war, or whatever. _HE_ sought you out.

My god, does this guy have nothing else to write about?

WHINER.

[thebitterguy]

Well, I did say he was a snorting retard about the fact which, to a guy with a handicapped kid, might be a little harsh.

As I said: If this is the worst thing to happen to him, he should thank the baby jesus.

[noizangel.livejournal.com]

True -that-, at least.

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

Still... the whining is pretty lame.

[perich.livejournal.com]

God, I hope he never reviews a Wick book. I also kinda hope we never see a Wick comic book.

Reviewing a wickedthought product is a sacred trust. If you abuse that trust by criticizing the product, you're a terrible person.

[tfbretz.livejournal.com]

I also kinda hope we never see a Wick comic book.

Quoted for truth.

[noizangel.livejournal.com]

BTW - Gary got a call from your work - they want people for full time, but she said he should just pass on his resume when he's finished school in April.

Thank you! :D

[kynn.livejournal.com]

I went back and read up on the exchange, and o man that is pathetic of Greg.

[brand-of-amber.livejournal.com]

Ah, the last resort of those who have realized they have no valid arguments left: whine about it and publically declare yourself a victim so that all the wanna-be white knights will run to your rescue.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

Perhaps even... wicked?

[thebitterguy]

Yeah, just give me a copy of his rezoom next year when he's done.

[papajoemambo.livejournal.com]

I love the fact that you dared to venture an opinion on your own blog and now you're Lex Luthor.

Shit, if it was only that easy.

The ass-kissing is reaching a deafening tumolt of loud smooching now in the comments part of his blog - this is more entertaining than a Gail Simone Bizarro comic!

[thebitterguy]

I don't know about pathetic, but it could probably have been handled a lot better. Maybe I shouldn't have called his response "passive aggressive".

[thebitterguy]

I just hope I'm a post 1983 Luthor, so I'm either wearing powered armour or rich, rich, RICH!

I've skipped his pity fests. If he ever wants to actually talk about comic books, then I can give him my attention.

[thebitterguy]

Yeah, it is awful...

You mean him, right?

[papajoemambo.livejournal.com]

Yes, the funky green and purple power armor that look slike his funky purple disco shirt work clothes, but METAL! and FUNKY!

Thank you, George Perez - thank you so *very* much...

[lowercaseem.livejournal.com]

Ah ha! turnabout is fair play. He claims to rise above the whole exchange and take umbridge with an off-hand remark about his mental faculties... you now claim to rise above it and focus on the matter at hand, the insignificant issue of comix (ha ha... issue of comix, like this month's issue).

I did like the sycophants, devoid of context, pressing firmly their pouty lips to his swollen buttocks (or however one might make that prose more turgid).

Online drama is my favourite new reality show.

[thebitterguy]

Hell, I did worse. I published a negative review of one of his books. I'm as horrid a traitor as one of those guys who publishes books about the Masons.

Punnage in the first degree

[thebitterguy]

you now claim to rise above it and focus on the matter at hand, the insignificant issue of comix (ha ha... issue of comix, like this month's issue).

Oh, a hit, a palpable hit!

And, really, you'd know what with the swords.

[perich.livejournal.com]

It was YOU!

[(Anonymous)]

Hi there. You knew I'd be back!

By the way, my daughter has brain damage. Just so you know.

I was going to let it go, but what the hell - I'll make some points. In your original "disagreement" you simply claimed that because I forgot about the purple healing ray I wasn't qualified to review comics. Only later did it become that I was making fun of it while not getting it. But that's fine. I probably shouldn't have responded, but I wanted to make a point - just because you might not know every little piece of trivia about comics doesn't nullify you, or anyone else, from having opinions about it. I made a joke about you making me cry, which is apparently where all the commenters here got that I was whining. I'm sorry if they can't recognize sarcasm when it's written down, but that's their problem. If they think that's whining, they should have children to hear real whining! If you were being sarcastic in your original post, I missed it, and that's my problem, but I don't think you were. I could, as usual, be wrong.

I went back and read what I wrote about the Purple Death Ray, and perhaps I was being, in your words, "retarded." I stick by my contention, which I thought was clear, that I don't have anything against the Purple Death Ray, just in that context it seemed really clunky and stupid. It felt like Johns was just throwing something in there to show how cool it was, which is never a good way to write comics. You might disagree, but you never voiced that opinion, you simply took shots at me. Whatever.

After that, you, as I put it, nullified anything interesting you might have to say by simply calling me names. That's fine if you want to do that, but if you want to be taken seriously (and when you use words like "pedant," I gather that you do), calling someone names, whether it's offensive like "retard" or just a good old "dipshit," pretty much means you don't have anything to say. That's a shame, because I'm still not terribly sure what your original objection was.

As for desperately needing favor, well, I don't know you or any of the people who commented on the blog, so it makes no difference to me. As I've said before, I get a lot of negative comments when people disagree with me, but rarely do I get people attacking me just because they didn't like what I wrote. It's a shame you did, but I guess that's why this is America!

If you, as you wrote, want to talk comics, leave a comment on one of my posts. I'd be happy to debate. But I will ignore you if you insult me, because it's not worth my time.

It's a shame you're so bitter. That can't be a fun way to go through life. Good luck with that.

Greg

We are so sharp we might cut ourselves

[lowercaseem.livejournal.com]

But no comment about the swollen buttocks? I thought that might elicit some reaction!

[kynn.livejournal.com]

Well, it seems pathetic to me.

I take it you didn't originally send him to your LJ to read about it, right? He just came across it, probably by ego-googling or ego-technoratiing?

Then he misses the fact that half of it was tongue-in-cheek, easily as tongue-in-cheek as his own reviews. I mean, hell, your name is thebitterguy. He should be able to handle it.

Instead, no, he runs to his own blog and -- to the best of my knowledge -- doesn't give a link to your comments but instead whines about how mean you (or rather, some unnamed LJer) is being to him. Pity party time! The big bad reviewer doesn't like being reviewed, huh?

Your comment was funny and biting. It bit him good. He couldn't take it, so he whined like a stuck pig.

Pathetic.

[kynn.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on, you know the Lex with the Super Friends costume is cooler than the Byrne-era Lex.

[brand-of-amber.livejournal.com]

Yes.

Though, when I wrote it I tried to make that ambiguous. But I can't be mean for long.

[thebitterguy]

If you were being sarcastic in your original post, I missed it, and that's my problem, but I don't think you were. I could, as usual, be wrong.

Oh, no, I was being completely serious. You should stop writing about comic books forever. And ever. And then, you should go far away, and stop bothering me, please. Please.

Pretty please?

Re: We are so sharp we might cut ourselves

[thebitterguy]

I can't comment on his buttocks, really. They could be incredibly taut, for all I know.

[thebitterguy]

I'm fond of the shiny suit, myself. But I prefer the older Braniac to the toaster version.

Re: We are so sharp we might cut ourselves

[lowercaseem.livejournal.com]

See, now you're complimenting him. Next you'll find out his wife lost her buttocks in the war and you've crossed line.

But that's not what I meant. Just the spanking you might have given him, after a fashion, over the whole purple happy beam thing.

[kynn.livejournal.com]

In other words, the Superfriends version. :)

[noizangel.livejournal.com]

"As for desperately needing favor, well, I don't know you or any of the people who commented on the blog, so it makes no difference to me."

Yeah, that's why you bothered to post about it on your blog, hunt TBG down, and post on his -livejournal- for god's sakes. Where we see whining? You even calling his mild criticism an 'attack'.

Do you troll myspace too?

"I guess that's why this is America!"

Or Canada.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

Or the internet.

[noizangel.livejournal.com]

OR THE WORLD!

[kynn.livejournal.com]

I agree 100%. Anyone who doesn't know about the Purple Healing Ray needs to get out of writing about comics.

I'm totally organizing a petition now to drive Greg out of comments.

I might even post about it on my personal livejournal.

OH NOES.

[kynn.livejournal.com]

Or Paradise Island!

*deploys the Purple Trolling Ray*

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

That Greg guy said:
...so it makes no difference to me.

Yet, he keeps.

Coming.

Back.

And.

Posting.

More.

[thebitterguy]

True. The Super Friends versions are definitive.

And what WERE those little film cannister thingies on Luthor's chest?

Re: We are so sharp we might cut ourselves

[thebitterguy]

But that's not what I meant. Just the spanking you might have given him, after a fashion, over the whole purple happy beam thing.

Oh, yes. Purple Death Ray spankings are quite swelling inducing.

Next you'll find out his wife lost her buttocks in the war and you've crossed line.

Oh, I wouldn't be surprised. He's probably a founder of "Cushions for Pushin'" or something.

[kynn.livejournal.com]

In an issue or two, I seem to remember that he stored Useful Items in them, like a utility belt.

[kynn.livejournal.com]

He needs column inches for his blog.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

He doesn't need to post here to post there - we're giving him plenty to kvetch about w/o him even interacting over here. No, he's just being a fucktard, is all.

Oooh, I said a bad word, I'm a bad person.


Ooooh.