Question to reviewers

"Kevin McHugh" <kevin_mchugh.DeleteThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:<4pQgc.941$5B6.890@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>...
 > Its a simple one really, Why?
 >
 > Not trying to be nasty just curios!
 >
 > Later
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 > Kev

It spawns discussion? Saves others the trouble of trying to read
everything every week? I dunno...the reasons for writing reviews--not
that I do (except occassionally)--seem patent to me.

Are you writing a paper for a sociology course or something?

Regards,
Justin
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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:23:15 +0100, "Kevin McHugh"
<kevin_mchugh.DeleteThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

 >Its a simple one really, Why?
 >
 >Not trying to be nasty just curios!

*shrugs* Good question.

Seriously, I started because I was finding myself starting to reply to
the reviews that were already on the newsgroup each week, in more and
more depth as I found that I agreed with this point, disagreed with
that one... and finally just figured that I might as well just write
my own reviews and be done with it.

Plus I'm a freelance writer, so I figure writing some reviews on a
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Yep, I don't have easy access to comics right now, and at least I get to
know the nitty gritty on my favorite books, thanks to the reviewers.

but I still
 > want to avoid anything Morrison or Austen
 >
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"Kevin McHugh" <kevin_mchugh RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > Its a simple one really, Why?

Well, I read peoples reviews to inform my own choices, get a second opinion
or just see what else is out there, perhaps reading about a comic I would
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Kevin McHugh (kevin_mchugh@blueyonder.co.uk) wrote:
: Its a simple one really, Why?

For a couple reasons. One, like Laura Parkinson said, it's good
practice to be writing something on a regular schedule.

However, when I started I was at a bit of a low ebb, with things
creatively not working out for me very well. I thought it might be
good for me to start something and try to stick with it rather than, as
tends to be the case for me, getting bored and dropping it eventually.
I could have tried it with something private, but the public nature of it
helps give me motivation to do it... if I'm too lazy to get it out one
week, then a lot of people might notice. So far it has worked, as I'm
over a year into it and haven't yet missed a week. It feels good to have
accomplished that.

The reviews also helped me focus my opinions on why I liked and didn't
like certain books, which is interesting because certain things I thought
were true about my likes and dislikes didn't always turn out that way.
For example, I've discovered that art is more of a factor in my enjoyment
of a book than I'd given it credit. It's not the be all and end all,
but pretty art makes me more likely to forgive other aspects of a book.

There are probably a couple of other reasons in there somewhere (like
being an attention whore), but those are the biggies.

Peter Dimitriadis
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Kevin McHugh wrote:

: Its a simple one really, Why?

Personally, I feel that I have been chosen by The Almighty to reward the
righteous and vanquish the feeble.

(Unfortunately, The Almighty not only neglected to arm me with the sword of
regularity and the shield of timeliness, but has failed to inspire me entirely
in this present year thus far; but that is another matter.)

Seriously: I (a) just like to write them sometimes and (b) carry the peculiar
notion that I know a good comic from a bad one better than most who presume to,
so I figure, "Why not?"

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Kevin McHugh wrote:

 > Its a simple one really, Why?
 >
 > Not trying to be nasty just curios!

I've found some great stuff that I wouldn't have tried because of positive
reviews, so I write reviews to help others out, either finding good stuff
or avoiding not so good stuff. It also gives me an excuse to read comics
(and watch TV, movies, read books, etc.) and still claim I'm being
productive.

All of my reviews are also catalogued and linked from here:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ualberta.ca/~wdowler/review_list.html" target="_blank">http://www.ualberta.ca/~wdowler/review_list.html</a>

I'm the one writing as fiziko.


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Brian Doyle <No_spam.DeleteThis@freeserve.co.uk> writes:

 >"Kevin McHugh" <kevin_mchugh.DeleteThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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  >> Its a simple one really, Why?
 >
 >Well, I read peoples reviews to inform my own choices, get a second opinion
 >or just see what else is out there, perhaps reading about a comic I would
 >never have thought to buy but which piques my fancy when described there.

I love the insights I read here, but a question: Do comic creators ever
review each other's work; the peer-reviewing that happens in literature?
It would be interesting to see what the writers and artists would have
to say, as long as it wouldn't devolve into a battle of egos.

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