Ain't It Cool News posted an interview with comic-book writer Dan Slott. Here's an excerpt, which I thought was brilliant. Slott's suspension-of-disbelief point relates not only to comic books, but to all fictional universes, including Star Wars:

"If you try to hold ALL comics up to reality they will ALL fall apart at some point.

Take Daredevil for instance. This is a man with NO superhuman strength. And yet we see him swing and bound from rooftop to rooftop. Well... Have you BEEN to New York? When you get to the end of a block, in order to cross an avenue you have to clear the lengths of two sidewalks and four lanes of traffic (sometimes six if there are bus lanes). That's impossible. There's no way around it. It can't be done. Seriously. Get your best Olympic athlete. Even with a running start, they're not going to clear the length of ONE sidewalk and one parked car, let alone two, three, or four. The idea that Daredevil can do that, or even swing across it, is ludicrous. What's he doing? Reaching the end of the block, climbing down the building, crossing the street, climbing up the next building, and resuming his bounding? No.

You know how he does it? He's a comic book character. And he's not in the real world. And, btw, the Hulk has never been responsible for the loss of innocent life. Suck it up."

Preach on, brother. Read the full interview here (highly recommended), and if you've never read Slott's work before, this is a great book to start with.

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