Why I Hate Saturn by Kyle Baker has long been one of my most favourite comic books. It's the bitterly cynical and sarcastic story of an alcoholic columnist working for a pseudo-hip magazine, and her misadventures with her seriously insane sister. One of the things I liked most about it was its dedication page:
"This book is dedicated to whomever I'm going out with now."
I recently picked up my own copy of it, and after plonking down my hard-earned cash I opened it to find the following dedication page:
"For Elizabeth."
Why fuck up a perfectly good joke for the sake of a ret-conned dedication, Kyle? You munter. Also, the funny comic on the back cover blurb has been reduced to 1 panel. Thus several of the funniest jokes in the entire comic have been deleted for no apparent reason.
It's really irritating!
Posted by joey at July 4, 2006 5:47 PM