tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post6234555477653812785..comments2023-04-16T12:12:29.133+01:00Comments on Gad, Sir! Comics!: Review: Justice League of America and Justice Society of AmericaSteve Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213873565793377832noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-51433074997766931872007-05-09T18:46:00.000+01:002007-05-09T18:46:00.000+01:00I think it depends upon how you define "fan fictio...I think it depends upon how you define "fan fiction". I didn't include a definition, so I'll attempt one now: fiction written primarily to indulge the emotional relationship a fan holds to the source material, rather than to illuminate the human condition, crack a joke, jerk a tear, or tell a ripping yarn.<BR/><BR/>On that definition, <B>all</B> fan fiction is bad, because it does not engage with the things that make for good fiction.<BR/><BR/>But not all fiction written by fans meets this definition. A fan can apply enough discipline to write fiction without a qualifier. Jean Rhys was presumably a fan of <I>Jane Eyre</I>, but <I>Wide Sargasso Sea</I> is not fan-fiction, even though it is a prequel: it is a study of racial identity and gender roles.Steve Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213873565793377832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-25430255113212141282007-05-08T01:16:00.000+01:002007-05-08T01:16:00.000+01:00Okay, I am sick to death of the "fanfic" argument....Okay, I am sick to death of the "fanfic" argument.<BR/><BR/>Almost every DC/Marvel superhero comic has been fanfiction. Even the good ones are technically fanfiction, and have been for at least twenty years. <BR/><BR/>Now, if you say its like "bad faniction" I can understand. But there is fanfiction that is better than the source material. It's just hard to find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-57683362072371518512007-05-02T20:07:00.000+01:002007-05-02T20:07:00.000+01:00Glad to see that I'm not the only former reader ou...Glad to see that I'm not the only former reader out there who thinks of this crap as nothing more than 'offical' fan-fic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-36042660668263125942007-04-30T23:54:00.000+01:002007-04-30T23:54:00.000+01:00Tremendous! I never had any intention of buying t...Tremendous! I never had any intention of buying these comics, but I always enjoy dissections of fan-writers.Dick Hyacinth's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199236541341734429noreply@blogger.com