I can certainly understand the position of those who have declared a blogatorium on Identity Crisis, but I’m weak. Sue me. The third issue is out, and now shall the Internet run with blood!
The 4th Rail‘s Don MacPherson is still on board, but the title has been demoted to the Quick Critiques section. Randy Lander didn’t review the book this week, which isn’t surprising. (He gave the second issue a 1 out of 10.)
Brian Hibbs has an wonderfully succinct review of the issue over at the Savage Critic. And, in true IC fashion, he couldn’t post it without paying a terrible price.
The posters at Newsarama are tearing into the issue with vigor. (And by “tearing into,” I don’t mean to imply any unanimity of critical opinion. Much of the chatter focuses on battle logistics as opposed to death, gender, and the inchoate nature of “good.”)
At the DC Comics Message Boards, my favorite thread title would have to be this. The boards also seem plagued by a poster who puts spoilers in thread titles in hopes of keeping people from buying the book. Beyond being ineffective, the tactic strikes me as pretty juvenile. I mean, hate IC all you want, but at least be civil about it.
It’s July all over again on Usenet. (Well, there is a rather startling Biblical analogy that I’m not sure I entirely understand.) There’s love, there’s hate, there’s ambivalence, there’s parsing, there’s spec… come for the furor. Stay for George Grattan.