Now what did Mark Sable do?
This is one more minor followup to the prior post I did on Eddie Berganza. I'd seen that Sable took to speaking on the forum of Girl-Wonder about his upcoming role on just one issue of Supergirl, it turns out, but does even he emerge from Berganza's debacle unscathed? Not really. Besides, here at the FCMM, any comic book staffer/freelancer can be subject to criticism and will do well to respect that. He went onto this thread here and said:
Does this mean that I wouldn't want to take a look at issue #16, which he co-wrote? No, not at all, but it is meant to serve as little reminder that I don't take kindly to those who apologize in the name of the others who should be writing the apologies themselves. If Sable's wise, he'll avoid going out of his way to do things he doesn't have to.
By the way, I don't understand what the point is to this son-of-Boomerang, who doesn't seem to serve much purpose. Clearly, as a "product" of Identity Crisis, he was redundant.
* That's not saying the story doesn't have value as an argument about how you don't beat up on those whom you love, but the way that Berganza "promoted" the story was so incredibly foolish, because, rather than to promote that part, he makes it sound as if there's a new heartthrob in town for female readers to look forward to, totally obscuring the fact that Power Boy happens to be a psycho-jerk. Depending on how you look upon it, Berganza had a chance to actually impress upon the female readership, and he blew it.
...I'd first like to say I can [u]nderstand why you and many others aren't happy with the tone of the column, but I'm hoping that you'll be able to look past that and give our issues a fair shot. Regardless of how it was expressed, speaking only for myself, I beleive the sentiment behind the column is sincere.Let's see, he speaks for himself, or does he? The sentiment has already been exposed as shoddy contempt, given what issue #15 turned out to be like.* He can say what he likes, but in my mind, he's only apologized for a man who doesn't really deserve it. Attempting to promote a psycho who's obviously not going to be a regular is the wrong way to do it.
Does this mean that I wouldn't want to take a look at issue #16, which he co-wrote? No, not at all, but it is meant to serve as little reminder that I don't take kindly to those who apologize in the name of the others who should be writing the apologies themselves. If Sable's wise, he'll avoid going out of his way to do things he doesn't have to.
By the way, I don't understand what the point is to this son-of-Boomerang, who doesn't seem to serve much purpose. Clearly, as a "product" of Identity Crisis, he was redundant.
* That's not saying the story doesn't have value as an argument about how you don't beat up on those whom you love, but the way that Berganza "promoted" the story was so incredibly foolish, because, rather than to promote that part, he makes it sound as if there's a new heartthrob in town for female readers to look forward to, totally obscuring the fact that Power Boy happens to be a psycho-jerk. Depending on how you look upon it, Berganza had a chance to actually impress upon the female readership, and he blew it.
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