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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Re: moriarity's retort on miko
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Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 11:46:41 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  9 11:46:41 1984
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>jeff, i think you should keep in mind that we are dealing with fictional
>characters, and as such, they serve a literary purpose higher than their
>existence (yes, i will argue that comics are a form of literature).  to
>me, miko would serve a better literary purpose as a sacrifice.  those who
>disagree with this position, still shouldn't cast moral aspersions on others. 
>
>i remain, with my honor intact,
> 
>Mark Modrall
>mwm

Well, Heck, Mark, I don't think I *ever* cast moral aspersions on other -- I
fling them, which gives one a better arc-to-altitude ratio...

But seriously, I re-read my article, and I was being silly about challenging
you to a duel and such (I'm much too cowardly for that... hit & run is more
my style).  Of course, everyone has there own opinions, and yours are as
valid as mine.  I'm sorry you took the "unfeeling brute" comments seriously;
I thought I was being pretty clear about the intended humor (I resort only
to ":-)" when I think it might be too subtle, and I don't believe it was
here).

And before this is relegated to a letter, I disagree with Mark's position
about Miko; I also feel that comics can be "literature" (one of the most
over/miss-used buzzwords in America today), and one of the factors is
respect for the characters.  Killing Miko off for the reasons he stated in
his article seems more of a "calculated offing", which I am seeing more and
more of in comics... something to get the old tear-ducts flowing, etc.  It
seems to me to be more of a matter that some writers can't provide emotional
impact except by killing a minor or major character.  Plot is not a tactical
maneuver; it something to engage one's interest.  This quota killing is one
of the things that really bugs me about Marvel & Shooter, in general.

And as to me taking these stories too seriously, hogwash.  I have a very
clearly-defined boundary between reality and fiction (i.e. Earth-Me and
Earth-Pacific, Earth-Eclipse, etc.).  Excuse me now, I have to get back to
plotting the Crime of the Century before Holmes gets back from vacation...

		"...for DEATH awaits you all, with nasty sharp pointy teeth!"

					Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
					John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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