Quote of the day

Well, quote of Thursday, July 29th, anyway:

I’ve heard a few people call this and other new X-spinoffs “unnecessary”, which always makes me kind of wonder what Marvel/DC comics are “necessary” to begin with.

Steve Pheley

I’m not even sure I agree, but well said! Steve also offers a capsule review of Avengers 500 (aka the issue that begins the whole “destroy all Avengers” thing) that’s a useful corrective to the “Bendis is an overrated hack and this is a gargantuan sack of shit and you shouldn’t be killing characters and it’s lazy shock tactics and blah blah blah” stuff goin’ ’round.