Ask me no (good) questions ... Chris Allen chimes in about The Pulse's interview with Grant Morrison, if only to point out how wretched many of the questions were:

"Whether you like Morrison or not, he’s inarguably an interesting personality and a popular, unique comics writer with varied interests and recognizable themes in his work. But what you get in this interview is at least half generic questions like 'If you weren't in comics, what would you be doing?' followed by almost the same question. I got a laugh by how Morrison goes on for several paragraphs about his views on religion, and the next question is just talk show 'tell us about your new projects' stuff."

Unfortunately, today's Peter Milligan interview is only slightly better.

Like Chris, I realize most of these comics interviews are conducted via email. But where are the follow-up questions? Hell, where are the questions tailored to a specific creator? As I've said before, many of these Q&A's are so generic that they could be lifted from the "Small-Business Spotlight" column of my local newspaper.

Oddly enough, the best, most consistent online comics interviews are Rich Johnston's "Waiting for Tommy" series. (Sure, you have to stomach Rich's ego and bravado, but the occasional jabs by the interviewees make it worthwhile.)

So, as Steven Grant bemoans the state of online comics criticism, I mourn the fate of online comics interview.

I won't pause to ponder comics journalism. That passed the way of the dodo long ago.