Alpha Flight (Vol.4) #2 Review Compilation Thread *Spoilers*

[suzene]

Thanks for pointing this out, Suzene - I'm glad someone agrees with me!

I LOATHE when they use the word serviceable. Dale shrugs it off and says "Yep, I SERVE the story before all else" (i.e. he places the story ahead of his own interests, which would be to draw flashy art and ignore the importance of storytelling, leaving the readers confused) but the word drives me nuts because it's obviously intended as totally dismissive and passive aggressive. GRRR!

Classic weasel-wording, yeah. It lets a critic put down the work without actually running the risk of saying anything negative or specific, thereby reducing the likelihood of someone with more knowledge coming along and saying that said critic is talking out of his nether-regions.

[Wolfie]

Classic weasel-wording, yeah. It lets a critic put down the work without actually running the risk of saying anything negative or specific, thereby reducing the likelihood of someone with more knowledge coming along and saying that said critic is talking out of his nether-regions.

RIGHT ON! Brilliantly put, Suzene. You rock!