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No Scott & Jean for me.

March 31, 2009 by

The good folk at Alert Nerd challenged the comics blogosphere to talk about their Scott and Jean a couple of weeks ago…and everyone was supposed to talk about it yesterday. And there were a lot – a lot! – of great posts.


I didn’t do it.

Partly because I kind of forgot, but partly because I don’t think I have a Scott and Jean. I don’t have something sacred that I just can’t discuss rationally.

I mean, you didn’t like the ending of BSG? Your prerogative, even if it means you’re wrong.

You didn’t like OMD? Me either. But the stuff that’s come after it is the best that Spider-Man has been in ten years, if not more.

You hate that Clark and Lois got married? Well, you’re a moron that can’t accept change and wants everything to be like it was when you were a kid, but I guess I can’t stop you from bitching.


You don’t like Star Trek Deep Space Nine, you don’t get that it’s the best that Star Trek ever was? Fine, your loss.

You hate that Cordelia and Conner slept together? Me too, but I’m not going to get worked up about it.

You think that Dr Pulaski was better than Dr Crusher? Okay, you’re kind of weird – but she did have a certain Bones-esque quality to her.

You’re going to cry and whine about how George Lucas raped your childhood with the last Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies? Grow up, asshole, nobody made you watch them.

You hate what DC editorial did to Cassandra Cain? Me too – but it was more the execution than the edict.

So maybe I don’t have a sacred cow. Maybe I’ve just come around to accepting change. Maybe I know that eventually, everything in comics gets reversed, and different people read or see things differently so there are always going to be differences of opinion. I’m not going to get worked up about that.

So. No Scott and Jean for me.

Unless…

..unless you’re going to say something against New Warriors.


Because if you’re going to diss on the original New Warriors under Fabian Nicieza, if you’re not going to see that at the very least the first two years are as close to a perfect super-hero book as you’re going to get…

In fact if you’re going to take shots at anything in those first four or five years of their book…


…yep, even Night Thrasher on his stupid-ass skateboard..

…you do that and it is on.

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This entry was posted on March 31, 2009 at 7:56 am and is filed under Archive, Comics-Archived. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

12 Responses to No Scott & Jean for me.

  1. Jeff on March 31, 2009 at 8:41 am

    I remember that cover fondly, with the die cut around Night Thrasher’s head. And I thought the New Warriors were awesome, too. I should read the first year or two again.

  2. Jay Garmon on March 31, 2009 at 9:09 am

    Okay, I grant you Nicieza’s work on new Warrior’s was awesome, but I’m pretty sure that pic of Night Thrasher was from the NW’s debut appearance in Thor, not in their own book.

    (The fact that I can recognize it instantly very much invalidates my childhood, but so be it.)

  3. Rich on March 31, 2009 at 9:15 am

    Jeff – EVERYONE should read the first couple of years again. EVERYONE!

    Jay – No, it’s from #1 – that’s Terrax he’s enveloping in smoke bombs, not Juggernaut. Either way, Thrash is totally out of his league – but with his trusty skateboard, he just doesn’t care!

  4. The Nerdy Bird on March 31, 2009 at 9:31 am

    “You think that Dr Pulaski was better than Dr Crusher? Okay, you’re kind of weird – but she did have a certain Bones-esque quality to her.”

    Hahaha! High-five for that one.

  5. Nick on March 31, 2009 at 11:52 am

    Who thought DS9 was bad?

    Hello Odo, Bashir, Elim Garak . Ezri Dax!

    What more do people want!

  6. Sarah on March 31, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    You know, sir, saying “you don’t get that it’s the best Star Trek that ever was?” is pretty Scott and Jeanish.

    I, of course, agree with you ;)

  7. Rich on March 31, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Sarah – I thought you might!

    Although those first two seasons…yeesh! :p

  8. Sarah on March 31, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    Hey, didn’t you READ what I WROTE about those first two seasons, I…oh. Right. Scott and Jean day is actually over, isn’t it? ;)

  9. ABoyNamedArt on March 31, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    I’m honestly surprised people would hold Scott/Jean on such a plateau, considering the creative gymnastics that have been done over the years to make Scott “cooler.”

  10. Dan on April 1, 2009 at 11:15 am

    I admire your open-mindedness on this topic. You’re right…none of these are really big deals.

    It’s not like anyone’s trying to make Batman light and goofy or anything.

    Now that’s JUST WRONG.

  11. Hegs on April 1, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    The only bad thing about DS9 was Avery Brooks. The guy is almost unwatchable as an actor because he sounds like he’s reading cue cards. Michael Dorn should’ve been on that series from the start.

  12. Anonymous on April 22, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    You poor bastard. The New Warriors? Fabian Nicieza?

    Show me on the doll where the 1990s touched you!

    –aeordso