The holiday season and 2006 are winding to a close, leaving me to rock in a chair by the fire with a mug of mulled cider and ponder what to do for a year-end at Snap Judgments. I mean, everyone else is probably going to look back on the year that was, picking Best Ofs and trying to find just the right turn of phrase for 2006 (*psst* It's "Mega-Event"). But me, I'm coming up on my one year anniversary to ol' Snap Judgments and I think that needs a little something special.
After all, what's one more voice to the "ZOMG IM NAD CAP SUX!! MARVLE RAPED MY CHILDHOOD!!11" online masses? What is this all for? My favorite writing teacher in 7th grade made us read our essays out loud in front of the class and would blatantly ask, "So what?" when we were done. Why do we write? What are we trying to say?
If you take away one thing from this blog for 2006, it's don't buy books you don't enjoy. If you're not happy with the way New Avengers is going, if the new Blue Beetle just isn't doing it for you, whatever, don't get it. Tina Turner left Ike and look how far she's come, so don't take Ike back. Don't let heroes give you snotty looks. No matter how hard they try and shock you, dazzle you with crossovers and changes and mega events, it's all up to your wallet in the end. Time magazine may have chickened out and named "YOU" the Man of the Year, but Snap Judgments is naming "THE READER" the Best of '06. Because for every late book, shoddy editing job and ridiculous characterization, I have met good friends, good fans and paid my hard earned money for some fantastic books this year.Happy new year, True Believers.
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All You Need to Know: Snap Judgments 2006
The holiday season and 2006 are winding to a close, leaving me to rock in a chair by the fire with a mug of mulled cider and ponder what to do for a year-end at Snap Judgments. I mean, everyone else is probably going to look back on the year that was, picking Best Ofs and trying to find just the right turn of phrase for 2006 (*psst* It's "Mega-Event"). But me, I'm coming up on my one year anniversary to ol' Snap Judgments and I think that needs a little something special.
After all, what's one more voice to the "ZOMG IM NAD CAP SUX!! MARVLE RAPED MY CHILDHOOD!!11" online masses? What is this all for? My favorite writing teacher in 7th grade made us read our essays out loud in front of the class and would blatantly ask, "So what?" when we were done. Why do we write? What are we trying to say?
If you take away one thing from this blog for 2006, it's don't buy books you don't enjoy. If you're not happy with the way New Avengers is going, if the new Blue Beetle just isn't doing it for you, whatever, don't get it. Tina Turner left Ike and look how far she's come, so don't take Ike back. Don't let heroes give you snotty looks. No matter how hard they try and shock you, dazzle you with crossovers and changes and mega events, it's all up to your wallet in the end. Time magazine may have chickened out and named "YOU" the Man of the Year, but Snap Judgments is naming "THE READER" the Best of '06. Because for every late book, shoddy editing job and ridiculous characterization, I have met good friends, good fans and paid my hard earned money for some fantastic books this year.Happy new year, True Believers.