COMICS! |OT| January 2016. Didn't I promise? We're going home now.
- Thread starter Tyrant Rave
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my name is ed
Banned
Mr. Luchador
Member
Sweet!
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Sweet!
Image is my Bernie Sanders equivalent.
man and i thought it was kinda cool that marvel was sticking through the whole thing with a single creative team but it turns out this is still the company that ships 3 issues of Uncanny X-Force a month because ???
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Simply Sarah
Member
Haha, awesome. This is the reason books should have letter pages.
for me, DC is O'Malley. Just go already.
MAKE BATMAN GREAT AGAIN
La Maquinon
Member
Woo-hoo! That is so awesome.
Trump's a winner though and DC , well, they don't win anymore.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Despite the ridiculous price tag, Old Man Logan was awesome.
my name is ed
Banned
I kinda figured Ribiculous wasnt at fault after some interview Brevoort had. He mentioned how Ribic drew SW 9 in the time it took between 8 and 9 to release so that was about 36 pages in a month. In which case, it would be a bit safer to assume it wasnt the creatives's fault for the delays.
Especially given the fact Marvel sat on a script for five weeks before giving it to him. I don't recall any delays for books Ribic has been on. We know Hickman submitted his last script way before the whole thing started and that Ribic had some lead time.
Kind of messed up for Marvel to let creators take heat for delays imo
Also Ribic looks like a Croatian Hickman
Freezasaurus
Member
Stephenson clearly isn't the best person to criticise things for being bland.
Speaking of Image... Less than an hour left for the Image Humble Bundle. Words cannot describe the value here. If you've never read Stray Bullets you don't want to pass this up.
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/getbooks
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/getbooks
That's Lemire/Sorrentino, right? Or am I thinking of something else. If it is, I'm definitely getting it when it comes to OHC.
Bingo
Poodlestrike
Banned
Justice League 3001 #8: Somebody really needs to tell Giffen that it's not necessary to recap the past few issues in dialogue in every comic.
Like, now.
But everything else was aight. Art wasn't so hot, but it was passable.
Like, now.
But everything else was aight. Art wasn't so hot, but it was passable.
Love asrars art
Mr. Luchador
Member
I'm glad I got in on this, some amazing books in that bundle - even that saucy Messi book!
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Is he aware of loot crate for the reason Orphan Black and Bravest Warrior are on the list? It's not interesting at all, it's expected now at this point. I agree with his whole theory of those books not holding readers.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Superman: Lois and Clark #4: I really enjoy this book! It's nice to have a superhero relationship to read that isn't falling apart, a rare thing amongst the titles I buy (read: DC and the Vision).
This particular issue advanced the Intergang plot and had Superman also fighting the creepy guy from the last issue (Blanque). And then there's the alien dude who keeps getting closer.
I'd honestly kinda prefer if they'd just focused in on the Lois/Intergang plot, tbh. Blanque had punching, but the action wasn't that great, and storywise it's a lot less compelling.
This particular issue advanced the Intergang plot and had Superman also fighting the creepy guy from the last issue (Blanque). And then there's the alien dude who keeps getting closer.
I'd honestly kinda prefer if they'd just focused in on the Lois/Intergang plot, tbh. Blanque had punching, but the action wasn't that great, and storywise it's a lot less compelling.
Finished up The Valiant during lunch; liked it quite a bit. Serves as a quick introduction to the Valiant universe. I find myself more and more interested in the Valiant comics; in part because there's few enough books that I can realistically read all of them. Having a small line of books also means there's not a lot of filler.
Edit: Re-reading my post, it is kind of akward to talk about a book that has the same name as the publisher.
Edit: Re-reading my post, it is kind of akward to talk about a book that has the same name as the publisher.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Don't worry brother, I know exactly what you're talking about. Welcome to the fold.
I would say, if you're getting started, leave the original Bloodshot, the original Eternal Wario minis, and Shadowman for when you're really deep into the universe and you have a curiosity to fulfill. Otherwise, everything is very accessible, including Bloodshot Reborn; you only need to know what happens in The Valiant for that.
My personal favorite stories have been The Valiant, Harbinger, Archer & Armstrong, and Ivar, Timewalker, but most everything has been good to amazing.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
It's a sweet deal. I just feel like I've already cherry picked most of the things worth reading from it.
Very saucy but also full of legitimate heart. <3
I've read a ton of their stuff already from various bundles. I probably have liked Harbinger and Unity the best of their regular books.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Cyborg was so very, very dull. I regret buying it. It's not actively bad, but it did pretty much knock me out. Definitely not buying the next one.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Ah, ok, then you know what to expect. I get made fun of a lot around here (or used to, at least), but their books are the ones I look forward to the most week after week. It's a great experience reading all the stuff their putting out and seeing how pieces of their universe come together.
That Image quote sounds like Mr.Stephensen sees his brand as the prestige TV of the industry. Marvel, DC and everything else is apparently Netwrok and Cable shows while to him Image is more along the lines of HBO/Netflix/Amazon.
I'd disagree with him though because as much as I like Image they lack alot of variety in the Comedy, Slice of Life, and countless other genres that the big two other publishers have multiple books in.
Ringside is the perfect example, you could have told an interesting Wrestling comic for Comic fans but instead its image crime book #5748.
I'd disagree with him though because as much as I like Image they lack alot of variety in the Comedy, Slice of Life, and countless other genres that the big two other publishers have multiple books in.
Ringside is the perfect example, you could have told an interesting Wrestling comic for Comic fans but instead its image crime book #5748.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
The book? The book is a lot of fun. Beautiful art.
Good. The art is spectacular
What didn't you like about it. I thought it was cool, and maybe it's becuase I'm playing Deus Ex but I do like the whole cybernetic regulation angle.
BKatastrophe
Member
Freezasaurus
Member
I might be able to agree with that if there weren't so many other books from Image that I love. And honestly, Stray Bullets is pretty fucking depressing.
Edit: Oh yeah, it's comics day, isn't it? I should buy some comics or something.
I am waiting for other series to finish to rate them but the intial run of stray bullets before the new series is some of the best black and white comic panels you will read.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Yeah, I can understand that!
my name is ed
Banned
Agree. Also Image doesn't really seek out or develop talent. It's also pretty self congratulatory. Like oh you're doing real well by letting a bunch of very popular writers and artists do what they want. It's not really surprising. Comic book readers basically decided they want to see their favorite writers do creator owned.
Look at their biggest writers and a good bit of the artists that followed them.
KSD
Matt Fraction
Greg Rucka
Ed Brubaker
Rick Remender
BKV
Mark Millar
Jason Aaron
Warren Ellis
Kieron Gillen
Robert Kirkman
Jeff Lemire
Jonathan Hickman
Out of those, they can take credit for taking a chance on Hickman, Gillen and Fraction. Yet none of those guys were big until they had very successful runs in the Big 2.
The only real notable exception is Kirkman whose popular work had nothing to do with the Big 2.
What I'm saying is you don't really get to pat yourself on the back if your main focus is reaping the benefits of Marvel and DCs developed talent.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I really like it. If you enjoyed Starfire in the Teen Titans cartoon you'll really dig this I think. It's a lot of fun to follow and the art is great.
Poodlestrike
Banned
The writing, mostly. There's no compelling drama, just an interesting premise that ultimately doesn't go much of anywhere. Those sorts of stories have been told in more interesting ways many times over.
Also, funny you should say it like that; there's a humorous lack of expressive punctuation that lead to everyone talking like they're doing a line reading in an especially dull play.
Quiet, you.
And Starfire is fun. Nothing to write home about, but wholly enjoyable.