The Four Color Media Monitor

Here's several items silly leftist Marz had to say in the past week. For example:

I would suggest that making something gritty/violent is different than making it mature. Also, not growing up only worked for Peter Pan.
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) February 24, 2015

We could credit this easier if he'd just admit the setup for Kyle Rayner as Green Lantern was a prime example of what he's talking about, ditto the conclusion in 2004. Same goes for Identity Crisis, Avengers: Disassembled, and several other examples since that time. He could even show he's come more to his senses since by avoiding association with would-be writers like Bendis, Meltzer, Slott, and various others who've engaged in terrible fanfiction writing over the past decade. But Marz is the kind of writer who still doesn't seem to get a grip on rationale, even as Devin Grayson did the past year. And when a woman shows the guts to admit making a mistake, yet a man cannot do the same, let's just say it does not look good for the menfolk. Marz is right though, that not growing older only worked for Peter Pan. It certainly doesn't work for Marz and other people like him.

You mean to tell me Bill O'Reilly turns out to be a blowhard who makes up stuff? How could anyone have ever expected that?
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) February 24, 2015

Personally, I'm not fond of O'Reilly, but there are other journalists out there of the liberal persuasion who've been faking reports worse than what O'Reilly might've, and Marz himself admitted Brian Williams did wrong. And besides Williams, there's also other examples like Walter Cronkite, Stephen Glass, and Jayson Blair. Even Micah Wright, who lied about his army service, makes a noteworthy example. If Marz is really so concerned about O'Reilly, he should take a good look at his own side of the political spectrum, where there's embarrassments like these going on quite often.

Pick-up truck in front of me festooned with Tea Party bumper stickers, plus big painted "OBUMMER!" However, it was misspelled "OBOMMER!"
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) February 25, 2015

I get the feeling he's just looking for more excuses to deride the Tea Party. But I guess he's got none of the same complaints about the Occupy movement, even as Frank Miller wisely distanced himself from such freaks.

There are at least three different dudes who write blogs about me because they get mad at things I say on Twitter. That seems ... weird?
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) February 26, 2015

It's not that we're mad. We're just very disappointed he has to support some of the worst causes, associate himself with people possibly more tasteless than himself, and that he goes out of his way to do just what's brought down comicdom, by insulting the core audiences for superhero comics and simultaneously succeeding in discouraging new readers from trying.

It's fine. If that's what they wanna do with their time, by all means, go for it. But I just don't understand why they're interested.
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) February 26, 2015

As I noted above, it's because his MO is just what's wrong with comicdom today. He insults the core audiences, even liberals, many of whom were alienated by Emerald Twilight 2 decades ago, and still hasn't changed much, if at all. By contrast, Dan Jurgens, who replied to his conversations, avoids doing that. Now Jurgens does have some embarrassments on his record like Zero Hour, which make it hard to fully appreciate the fact he created heroes like Booster Gold. But unlike Slott, Bendis and Meltzer, Jurgens hasn't associated himself with anything as crass as what they've put out, is far from being as blatant in his MO, and doesn't insult the audience the way they have. That's why it's easier to respect Jurgens, in contrast to Marz and those other left-leaning writers. Jurgens also never insulted Bat-fans the way fellow conservative Bill Willingham did after he collaborated on War Games and the Robin story where Black Mask tortured Spoiler with a drill before killing her briefly, and added insult to injury by villifying Dr. Leslie Thompkins. That's why Jurgens is also easier to appreciate for his political views than Willingham.

And while we're on the subject, here's a bit from Marz and Jurgens' exchange:

@djjurgens @philhester I keep forgetting our safe word!
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) February 26, 2015

@djjurgens @philhester They had to, they want to run the Keystone XL pipeline right through my basement!
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) February 26, 2015

@ronmarz @philhester Little hard work is good 4 the soul. Gets u away from the keyboard & helps with the glazed over eyes aspect of writing.
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) February 26, 2015

As we see here, Marz is actually respectable in his replies to Jurgens and refrains from hostility. Which again begs the query why he can be polite to Jurgens but not to conservatives outside the industry proper? One can easily wonder if this would be a wholly different story had Jurgens not been a professional writer. If Marz can't learn to politely disagree with other rightists and their dissent, why should he be surprised if even the leftists alienated by Emerald Twilight don't have much respect for him? He should really take Jurgens' advice and spend more time outdoors. Here's more:

It seems like the far right loves nothing more than being told they're under siege, and them libruls is comin' to getcha! #CPAC2015
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) February 27, 2015

Both sides of the political spectrum like to have their boogiemen, but conservative media hucksters thump that playbook for continuous cash.
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) February 27, 2015

So in his view, righties only care about cold cash? See, that's another problem he's got, accusing everybody he detests of being greedy for money, when he's making plenty of that in his jobs as a comics writer. And no chance he regrets that.

Now, here's where he really turns low while talking about foreign issues, and attacks the Israeli prime minister over his speech about Iran's nuclear development:

So #Netanyahu blustered and bloviated, but offered no alternate solution? He really does fit right into Congress.
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) March 3, 2015

Tsk tsk tsk. This is one of those times where he really becomes degrading, and at the same time becomes a comedy since he's just parroting what the MSM and Obama have said, rather than look at Netanyahu's argument more in depth, and note that he did offer an alternative:

After an overnight flight from Washington Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived back in Israel on Wednesday morning. Upon arrival at Ben-Gurion International Airport, Netanyahu said, "After my short visit to the United States, I return to Israel knowing that many around the world heard what Israel has to say about the impending deal with Iran. In my speech before the Congress, I presented a practical alternative, which would impose tougher restrictions on Iran's nuclear program, extending Iran's breakout time by years. I also called on the P5+1 to insist on a deal that would link the lifting of those restrictions to Iran's ceasing its sponsorship of terrorism around the world, its aggression against its neighbors and its calls for Israel's destruction. I heard encouraging responses from both Democrats and Republicans. They understood that the current proposal would lead to a bad deal and that the alternative is a better deal. Happy Purim."

So Marz, you'll kindly bear in mind that Benjamin Netanyahu did offer something. Of course, Marz could be using a coded dialect hinting that if Netanyahu wanted Iran raided and the autocracy deposed, Marz would detest the very idea and damn him as a "warmonger". In which case, we'd have to wonder what he really thinks of Americans who came to Europe's aid during WW2.

Despite what Marz has just said, I think even he has to admit Mati Tuchfeld is correct when he notes Netanyahu's opponents face reality.

Update: here's one extra he tweeted:

Sock puppet dope complaining at @GailSimone about diversity is ALSO a GamerGater! I mean, what are the chances? Like, 95%?
— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) March 5, 2015

Yeah, there he goes, complaining about Gamergate again, when Simone herself, despite her hard left swerves, clearly isn't interested, and has no problem with T&A. And if he can't complain about the comics industry's own problems, then his complaints about Gamergate only ring hollow. Marz has just demonstrated that his contempt also extends to women who disagree with political correctness. He shouldn't be surprised that his book sales are so low on the charts. Speaking of which, it's also worth noting that Marz has his female detractors too:

Goons worshipping Ron Marz trying to say *anything* progressive about females in comics after what he did to Witchblade. Delicious irony.
— Piper (@fyzzgiggidy) March 5, 2015

And I'm sure that when lady bloggers start criticizing him for more than just his writing skills, he'll still think it's merely weird, and at the same time, we shouldn't be surprised if he becomes hostile to them too.

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