Grammar Rage

[the_other_sandy]

So, yesterday was Free Comic Book Day, and I braved the crowds at Dreamland Comics because I wanted to pick up Grimm #0. The story was decent enough, but, umm, Nick finds it hard to "tow the line" between cop and Grimm? Monroe has a "Pilates regiment"? Was this thing proofread at all? It was noticeably full of bad grammar, misspellings, and dropped words. I suffered secondhand embarrassment on behalf of the writers and letterer the whole time I was reading it.

And I really want to see the military uniforms of the Pilates regiment.

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  ETA: This is the icon referred to in comment 5a.

Comments

[hobnailedboots.livejournal.com]

Aww, grammar rage. There, their, they're.


I stole this from tumblr...which makes the joke doubly awful, I think.

[ga-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Camo yoga pants?

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I was at Dreamland, too! Got there about a half hour before they opened and was about sixth in line. By the time 10 am rolled around the line was waaaay down the sidewalk. Was disappointed that we could only choose three titles. At the comic store close to my house you could get five. And the library was only giving out one. So I ended up with nine books by noon. :-)

I, too, couldn't believe the typos in the Grimm book. Seriously?? I know it was a free issue, but c'mon. Doesn't inspire confidence in the upcoming issues, you know?

The story was so-so but at least the art was decent.

Loved the above comment about the camo yoga pants. [snerk]

[and-ed.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's terrible. Sounds like it skipped editing altogether. However, Pilates regiment made me laugh out loud. I have a mental image of a bunch of people marching in bare feet and yoga pants.

[bookwurm.livejournal.com]

Ouch. I haven't gotten to Grimm yet, and now I'm almost afraid to read it. I love the idea of camo yoga pants for the Pilates regiment though! Do you think they would use desert and jungle colors or Suburban Mom pink and blue?

We made an afternoon of it and hit four comic shops (although the last one was almost completely cleaned out), American Science and Surplus, and Half-Price Books. So much geeky goodness!

[samazon13.livejournal.com]

There would be a lot of spandex in those uniforms, I imagine. Namaste. ;)