Should be that way, but nowadays comic book authors for one reason or another refuse to do that, in part because part of the fandom refuses to see a character die (Superman, Bruce Wayne/Batman shouldn't retire, Harley Queen's fans protested when someone suggested that she would blow her brains off with a handgun when the Joker got killed in the video game Arkham Asylum, etc) In part is a lack of creativity from she authors, and the fact that is and auto-imposed censure because they fear what happened in the fifties when someone suggested that comics were harmful to the child's mind. Comic books like the first version of Kick Ass tried to move readers away from that cliche, but soon it was the same crap all over again.
On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:48 PM, "a_change_of_plans_at_yahoo.com" <a_change_of_plans_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
I tried to make the stories fairly realistic in the sense that both good guys and bad guys can die (or get killed). These aren't Marvel or DC comics kinda stories, where the same villain returns over and over again because the good guys are fucking pussies and refuse to "stoop down to their level. We're better than that, and we have to prove it by not killing the bad guys, which will result in them killing many more innocent people later on. But we're the good guys".
In the Caterwaul stories, both heroes and villains can kill if needed. So too can civilians, if their lives are in danger. Think "National Geographic Wild Nature", except everybody walks on two legs.
--JMH
Received on Thu Mar 27 2014 - 13:20:32 CDT