What a sad, horrid stupid piece, the TCJ thing on "Ronin". It even undoes its own argument.
None of the many myriad borrowings of which Ronin is composed, Gōseki Kojima or otherwise, are fully digested. It’s all a jumble because it’s all fresh: steaming entrails strewn across the counter.
I guess that is the line I can take from it. So bad, Kim Thompson knew, and so on.
That’s the point. Don't you even get that? You might not like it. It might be unpalatable. Not sure I want steaming entrails most of the time. But it is “a something.” And there are not a lot of “somethings” out there. (Just look at the Romita Jr shit in the same article. Awful pap. Not even a hint of a “something.”)
“Ronin” is amazing. It might not be good. Who the fuck cares?! It's amazing.
(and "samurai Jack" is maybe really good, pretty and fun and whatever, but "Ronin" is just insane)