Here’s J.W. Hastings on those crazy neocon New Gods, and on how the “multiple leaps of logic” derided by critics of superhero stories actually enable the genre to transcend a-is-a reductionism and emerge into the more powerful realm of metaphor. As J.W. puts it:
The ethical questions the best super-hero comics–like Morrison’s X-Men–raise are not “What responsiblity would you have if you had superpowers?” but “What do you do with the responsibility you do have?”
Exactly.
Speaking of the X-Men, Dave Intermittent explains how he fell in love with them, and through them with comics. In the process he deflates the argument for making “comics for kids”–kids, he say, don’t want them.
Good stuff all. Enjoy.