In this week’s installment of my comics culture Q&A, someone writes me with the idea that the Incredible Hulk is boring, and I do my best to assure them this is not so by highlighting a long career of psychological drama expressed through the medium of breaking things.
Plus, we learn a very important lesson about me and this column: If you write me asking if you are a jerk, I will probably say yes.
If you would like me to call you a jerk have a question for me, just tag it on Twitter with #AskChris or send it via email to comicsalliance at gmail.com with [Ask Chris] in the subject line.
“And if the Kryptonite should destroy him — well, that’s his tough luck!”
Are you sure that panel isn’t from Michael Straczynski’s “Grounded” arc?
I hope the questioner who likes Morrison and not Claremont reads, or has read, Morrison’s essay on why Claremont back then was awesome. I mean, geez, 87% of Morrison is a tribute to the “hyperbolic” and “unsophisticated” work of earlier generations.
For anyone interested in a humoristic summary of The Hulk, check out one of Wizards’ rare actually funny comic essays:
http://sundaycomicsdebt.blogspot.com/2011/01/insert-obligatory-wizard-joke-here.html
Your Peter David hate really shines through here. I love that run so much.
How do I find that Morrison essay Josh is referring to?