Man, I'm finally playing Crucible on Destiny and none of y'all are playing
I was thinking about joining your fireteam yesterday! Then suddenly had errands to do.
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I was thinking about joining your fireteam yesterday! Then suddenly had errands to do.
Serpentine
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Sirens was probably the best George Perez's art has looked in recent times, i feel like he found a colorist that suits his style well. Writing-wise, something about intergalactic space women who are time displaced and come back together to fight off a giant evil? yea k. it's pretty wordy too, which is fine and i think is that mentality of getting your money's worth out of the pages, but I'm not sure i learned a whole lot about this world despite all the worldbuilding. It's bimonthly though so maybe i'll continue?
ahaha omg
ahaha omg
ViewtifulJC
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Worth it to get #1 alone, brilliant issue. Agree with you on #4 though, was a bit compressed. Felt they did well to tie it into the main series though, hope we get more eventually too
ViewtifulJC
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I would have liked Turtles in Time more if Ross Campbell drew the whole thing
Agreed, liked the style for the pirate issue though.
ThyMusicMan
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I've been on the fence with Wicked and Devine. I like it but just not grabbing me like #1 did. We shall see how I feel after I read #4 today.
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You saved the best for last,, I thought it was an awesome issue.
So I just read the last 9 issues of The Long Halloween in one sitting. Not necessarily because it was terribly gripping, but mostly because it was a super quick read due to the shallow writing. I enjoyed it for what it was (some great Tim Sale art holding up an average plot with bad dialogue).
And in fairness,
Also, the mass amount of super obvious red herrings got pretty annoying.
But yeah, it was worth the time to see that great Tim Sale art.
Hahaha. Perfect.
And in fairness,
I did NOT see that ending coming. That was pretty good.
Also, the mass amount of super obvious red herrings got pretty annoying.
But yeah, it was worth the time to see that great Tim Sale art.
Hahaha. Perfect.
At least it had the proper Two Face design, I don't understand why some artists like to draw white hair on his "bad" side for the modern age, I prefer it to be near-bald and with scraps of hair.
Now go and read Dark Victory
Ehh. I think I'm done reading Loeb's stuff.
Yeah, that was a good design. Everything art-related in TLH was excellent.
Freezasaurus
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Nice.
It's insane (and completely justified) how popular Spider-Gwen is now. I hope she gets her own book.
Oh I need some info on Ennis' Punisher. iirc he has done
- Marvel Knights, which starts out with 'Welcome back Frank', which is hear is pretty important
- Punisher Born short series
- Punisher MAX
It was only recently I realized he wrote 2 long runs on the character, and that the (OOP) omnibus only covers the Marvel Knights stuff. So I wonder: is everything a must read, both MK and MAX? And should you read MK before MAX? Because that's a whole lot of Punisher. But I'd probably love it since Preacher is one of my favorite series
MK is pretty fun and has a lot of dark humor. It's very similar in tone to Preacher. MK is probably my favorite Ennis Punisher stuff.
MAX on the other hand is just pure serious. The stories are really great, but it's very dark. Not dark humor like MK, just dark.
I loved both of the runs, but MK is probably my favorite since I usually prefer fun over serious. I'd guess you would prefer MK as well since you love Preacher, but I still definitely recommend both.
Also, it doesn't matter at all which order you read MK and MAX. They're 100% separate and have absolutely no bearing on each other.
I would probably start with Welcome Back, Frank since it's excellent and totally self-contained. It's one of my favorite arcs of anything.
Also, if you wanted to start reading MAX, you'd be fine just buying one volume at a time, since each 6-issue arc is basically self-contained (I can't remember completely, but the first two arcs may tie into each other a little bit; everything else is almost completely self-contained though). So yeah, don't feel like you have to buy the whole run at once or anything.
It's been a while since I've read Marvel Knights, so I can't remember if the arcs are self-contained or if there's a continuous story, but either way, there definitely isn't some super complicated meta-arc to follow, so you wouldn't have to buy it all at once if you didn't want to.
So yeah, in summary, I'd suggest starting with Welcome Back, Frank, and then just buy the first volume from whichever run you'd like and go from there.
Oh I need some info on Ennis' Punisher. iirc he has done
- Marvel Knights, which starts out with 'Welcome back Frank', which is hear is pretty important
- Punisher Born short series
- Punisher MAX
It was only recently I realized he wrote 2 long runs on the character, and that the (OOP) omnibus only covers the Marvel Knights stuff. So I wonder: is everything a must read, both MK and MAX? And should you read MK before MAX? Because that's a whole lot of Punisher. But I'd probably love it since Preacher is one of my favorite series
You could just read the Max stuff, there's a pretty huge tonal shift that came with the ability to do more stuff. Besides, Welcome Back Frank hasn't aged that well.
I personally don't think it feels dated, but I'm also a fan of Dillon's art (I know some people don't care for him much), so that could have something to do with it.
No Jason, you must come back to Winter Soldier after Ales Kot, wrong book man!
There's a certain era of Dillon that I really love, and WBF is probably at the tail end of that. But in general Ennis humour tends not to be my bag. It also just feels a little quaint in retrospect after the more serious comics.
Ah, gotcha. I really like the lighthearted/dark humor Ennis stuff, so I enjoyed it a lot, but I see where you're coming from.
slightconfuse
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ViewtifulJC
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I actually thought Dillon never looked better on Jason Aaron's PunisherMAX run. I think it was Matt Hollingsworth's colors, like those baby blue eyes he gives Bullseye.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Hollingsworth is one of the best colorists in the industry IMO. Super excited to see that new Remender book he's coloring next year.
It's so awesome.
That design is just too damn good to let it be just featured in a limited series.
ViewtifulJC
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That's one of the things I really wanted to talk about once all of Hawkeye is collected. Lot of smart coloring throughout the whole run, but specifically how on the LA adventures, which hop between different locations/flashbacks/flashforwards all the time, but its always very clear and coherent because of effective/thoughtful lighting effects to give them all their own tone. They all look different and distinct, visually and emotionally.
my name is ed
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Fellas, I'm gonna ask for a favor from y'all. I signed up to do a comic convention here in Austin showcasing as an artist. I realized I don't have much original art to sell, so I'm gonna be doing some real live drawing again.
If you were to buy original art at a comic con, what kind of art would you be looking for and what characters would appeal most to you? I think I can do about 5 pieces for the con and I'm just wondering what people might be most looking for.
I whipped up a Batman one last night. I think someone might like enough to give me money for...
If you were to buy original art at a comic con, what kind of art would you be looking for and what characters would appeal most to you? I think I can do about 5 pieces for the con and I'm just wondering what people might be most looking for.
I whipped up a Batman one last night. I think someone might like enough to give me money for...
I totally love that Batman. Excellent job.
In answer to your question, I'd probably say as long as you're drawing something you enjoy (AKA something that ends up looking cool and unique), there'll be an audience for it. There are fans of every character.
KoruptData
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Groot was real big at a recent con I went too.
whatsinaname
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Queen and Country vol 2
WTF. Ed's dead? That came out of nowhere. I liked Ed.
Can't go wrong with Harley Quinn
Hipster Batgirl , Groot or Spider-Gwen are all hot right now.
Great art by the way.
Freezasaurus
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Listen to Messi. He's got his fingers on the pulse of the industry.
Hey I did pick one character that wasn't female. :/
Also, you should trust the guy with the most posts in the thread. He knows his shit. Clearly.
That Batman is sweet.
I always like to see stuff like the Rocketeer or Iron Giant over whatever character is trendy at the moment, it sets you apart. Really though, just draw whatever you dig, there's bound to be an audience for it.
Freezasaurus
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I wasn't teasing. Althought I did almost add "(and God knows where else)" onto the end of my post.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Bendis is writing a sequel to Daredevil: End of Days starring Frank Castle:
http://behindthepanels.net/stgcc-2014-punisher-end-of-days-coming-from-bendis-mack-and-sienkiewicz/
http://behindthepanels.net/stgcc-2014-punisher-end-of-days-coming-from-bendis-mack-and-sienkiewicz/
Bendis is writing a sequel to Daredevil: End of Days starring Frank Castle:
http://behindthepanels.net/stgcc-2014-punisher-end-of-days-coming-from-bendis-mack-and-sienkiewicz/
Hmm, I dunno about Bendis on Punisher, but then his Daredevil is awesome and it's not a Marvel team book so it could be great, love the art style already.
BMB should leave GotG and do a street level solo character book, where he excels.
Just saw the preview for the next GotG issue, not really looking forward to it.
slightconfuse
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Him and JRJR are a package deal i assume
Finished Hawkeye Volume 1. Really enjoyed the first 3 chapters but 4-5 were kinda eh.
The artist changed and 4-5 were a little too superheroy for me. Is volume 2 more like chapter 1-3 or 4-5?
Also, started on Gotham Central today. That's really good so far.
The artist changed and 4-5 were a little too superheroy for me. Is volume 2 more like chapter 1-3 or 4-5?
Also, started on Gotham Central today. That's really good so far.
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