Lewis Lovhaug: Linkara

Quotes 

• Linkara : A few years ago, I did "15 Things Wrong With 'Identity Crisis'", which, amusingly enough, had a clickbait-y title before clickbait-y titles were a thing. I just didn't consider a Top 15 since there was no particular order to it. The reason I did it like that was because "Identity Crisis" was a book that many people really, really liked, and I could spell out a lot of positives to it. "Civil War" does not have that benefit. Even those who did like it admit to things involved in it that were stupid and made no sense.

• Linkara : The operating theory of a book like this should be "both sides are right, and both sides are wrong". Mark Millar settled for "both sides are wrong, and I hate them".

• Linkara : While the two series weren't happening at the same time, it says something when "Countdown" came right after this at DC and had better covers across the board. And hey, I just said something nice about "Countdown"! And only three blood vessels burst this time inside of me! So maybe I'm getting more positive and...

  [suddenly, he becomes dizzy] 

  Linkara : Ooh, the room is spinning...

  [he falls over with a thud] 

• [one of the things wrong with "Civil War", according to Linkara, is the creation of a murderous clone of Thor] 

  Spider-Man : [to Hank Pym]  Do you ever wonder if we've picked the right side here, Hank?

  Linkara : [sarcastically]  Why, Spider-Man, I can't imagine why you would think a clone would be a bad idea!