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Dan said:
The plan is for J.H. Williams and Amy Reeder to alternate arcs. Co-writing the book on top of doing the art is quite a lot, so they planned to give him a rest and time to get a head start on his next stuff. I don't know if anything has been said about whether she'll just do her own thing or try to incorporate some of JHW's style.
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I think that they'll be keeping Dave Stewart on colours which will do a lot to keep art continuity going. The colours are the best thing about Batwoman, IMO, so beautiful. Dat hair!
 
Wait, I thought the new ultimate spider-man was supposed to come out today? Can anyone confirm if it's been pushed back to 20-21 because i'm finding conflicting dates..
 
Aw man I am the biggest Night Force mark. I believe I have every appearance and now they're back with Wolfman/Mandrake!

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/1...m-chadwick-on-the-new-night-force-miniseries/

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Force
 
purnoman3000 said:
What's with Action Comics saying "to be continued in Action Comics 7"?

2 issue interlude for the current arc? Seems weird


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Yeah, that is weird. Does anyone know if Morrison is on the next couple issues from the solicits (I steer clear thanks to spoilers)? I wonder if he (and Rags) are behind, so they're slotting in some filler to keep schedule.

Way to kill momentum though...
 
Checking the solicits, it looks like Morrison's writing the next two issues with art by Andy Kubert -- but with backup stories by Sholly Fisch and ChrisCross. Also, the copy seems to suggest a present-day story with adult Superman and time travel shenanigans.
 
Spike Spiegel said:
Checking the solicits, it looks like Morrison's writing the next two issues with art by Andy Kubert -- but with backup stories by Sholly Fisch and ChrisCross. Also, the copy seems to suggest a present-day story with adult Superman and time travel shenanigans.
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Oh that's fine then, sounds like a fun story too. I always get concerned with Morrison, he's always overextending himself and getting delayed. I think he's a bit manic/depressive maybe. Initial enthusiasm followed by end-stage doldrums. I can't think of a single thing he's done thats not been plagued by delays.
 
Sad to see X-23 series had to end, even sadder the colorist/artist can't even get X-23's eye color right.

Wasn't it suppose to be green?

/sulkingx-23fan
 
Man, they gotta up their preview jpg resolution. That X-23 comic that I bitched about how bad the art looked? Looked awesome in the book! This AA preview is the same deal. Looks like some cheapo shit.
 
who has the worst domino mask of all time?

I vote finesse, (the girl in the last panel of the avenger's academy preview with the "where's waldo?" glasses) those things are awful!
 
Sentry said:
Wait, I thought the new ultimate spider-man was supposed to come out today? Can anyone confirm if it's been pushed back to 20-21 because i'm finding conflicting dates..
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It didn't come out Wednesday so its been pushed back to the 21. Very lame.
 
Wow, Steven Skroce's art has changed since last time I really looked at it
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Then again, last time I really looked at his work was on Amazing Spider-Man, and I never really liked it back then.
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Hope I'm not too far off topic on asking this, but it didn't feel worth a new thread. I'm looking into getting some Batman for a comic loving friend for Christmas, so I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions. He's a big Marvel guy so he knows his comics fairly well in general, but hasn't really dug into Batman much. Thus far he's picked up/read at least Killing Joke, Dark Knight Returns, Joker, Year One, Knightfall, and what appears to be the middle of the vampire alternate universe thing, and seems to really be wanting more.
I was thinking maybe starting him on the Batman and Robin series that everyone was raving about as far as I could see, but I don't know how much that really expects you to be caught up on the canon. Also, any other ideas?
 
Mank said:
Hope I'm not too far off topic on asking this, but it didn't feel worth a new thread. I'm looking into getting some Batman for a comic loving friend for Christmas, so I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions. He's a big Marvel guy so he knows his comics fairly well in general, but hasn't really dug into Batman much. Thus far he's picked up/read at least Killing Joke, Dark Knight Returns, Joker, Year One, Knightfall, and what appears to be the middle of the vampire alternate universe thing, and seems to really be wanting more.
I was thinking maybe starting him on the Batman and Robin series that everyone was raving about as far as I could see, but I don't know how much that really expects you to be caught up on the canon. Also, any other ideas?
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The Long Halloween.

I'm assuming you mean morrison's batman and robin? the one that's already out in trades? it's good and doesn't need much background to start but still technically follows from his earlier stuff. Batman and Son, The black glove, Batman RIP.
 
fredrancour said:
The Long Halloween.

I'm assuming you mean morrison's batman and robin? the one that's already out in trades? it's good and doesn't need much background to start but still technically follows from his earlier stuff. Batman and Son, The black glove, Batman RIP.
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Damn, knew I was forgetting something. He has Long Halloween.
And would you recommend starting with the earlier stuff from his run or jumping right into the Batman and Robin part?
 
Mank said:
Damn, knew I was forgetting something. He has Long Halloween.
And would you recommend starting with the earlier stuff from his run or jumping right into the Batman and Robin part?
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I really like it all. There is exactly one reservation I have about recommending the stuff- the ending of RIP is borderline-nonsense without being a little familiar with what happens to bruce during Final Crisis, a crossover by the same author. There are two chapters that fill in the blanks for people who didn't read final crisis called "RIP: the missing chapter", which wound up collect in a separate trade, "time and the batman," with another random story or two.

Batman and Son, and the black glove, I have zero reservations about recommending. I personally think RIP is worth the what-the-fuck factor.

Also, if he liked long halloween, has he got Dark Victory? Maybe he should try Hush as well.
 
fredrancour said:
I really like it all. There is exactly one reservation I have about recommending the stuff- the ending of RIP is borderline-nonsense without being a little familiar with what happens to bruce during Final Crisis, a crossover by the same author. There are two chapters that fill in the blanks for people who didn't read final crisis called "RIP: the missing chapter", which wound up collect in a separate trade, "time and the batman," with another random story or two.

Batman and Son, and the black glove, I have zero reservations about recommending. I personally think RIP is worth the what-the-fuck factor.

Also, if he liked long halloween, has he got Dark Victory? Maybe he should try Hush as well.
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Thanks so much for the suggestions. Just one last question. If I were to get him both the earlier stuff and the first Batman and Robin trade, would B&R end up spoiling whatever was going on in the earlier stuff (outside of Dick becoming Batman and Damien Robin, which he definitely already knows.) Not sure that's the route I'd want to go yet, but it'd be cool to know if it was an option.
 
Mank said:
Thanks so much for the suggestions. Just one last question. If I were to get him both the earlier stuff and the first Batman and Robin trade, would B&R end up spoiling whatever was going on in the earlier stuff (outside of Dick becoming Batman and Damien Robin, which he definitely already knows.) Not sure that's the route I'd want to go yet, but it'd be cool to know if it was an option.
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Yes and no. Morrison's run is one big story. Skipping right to B&R would be like starting a novel at chapter 4, and as the run progresses it does follow directly from what was happening in Batman and Son, the Black Glove and RIP. I guess you could start at B&R, but you'd be missing the awesome setup, and when Doctor Hurt shows up again it would be a bit WTF.
 
the chris said:
Wow, Steven Skroce's art has changed since last time I really looked at it
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Then again, last time I really looked at his work was on Amazing Spider-Man, and I never really liked it back then.
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I've always like Skroce, but it looks like he's been really expanding his skills with the Super Wachowski Bros. and Geoff Darrow. :O

Looking forward to X-Sanction. In Loeb/McGuinness I trust!

Mank said:
Hope I'm not too far off topic on asking this, but it didn't feel worth a new thread. I'm looking into getting some Batman for a comic loving friend for Christmas, so I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions. He's a big Marvel guy so he knows his comics fairly well in general, but hasn't really dug into Batman much. Thus far he's picked up/read at least Killing Joke, Dark Knight Returns, Joker, Year One, Knightfall, and what appears to be the middle of the vampire alternate universe thing, and seems to really be wanting more.
I was thinking maybe starting him on the Batman and Robin series that everyone was raving about as far as I could see, but I don't know how much that really expects you to be caught up on the canon. Also, any other ideas?
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More people need to read Batman: Thrillkiller. Absolutely fabulous 1960's Elseworlds story by Howard Chaykin with amazing art by Dan Brereton.

Speaking of Geoff Darrow - get hype for Glory #23!

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You liked to BAWWWW about depictions of female characters and body image issues in comics? BUY GLORY!

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Ross Campbell is hitting it out of the park:

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In comic shops February, be there!
 
Spike Spiegel said:
Stephen Platt. Now there's a name that hasn't been heard in a long time.

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Marvel Releases 'X-Sanction' variants
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What a minute....hold the damn phone, Cable is coming back....GOD YES!!!!
But why is he fighting the Avengers.....please Marvel dont dick me around, im planning on buying all these books if they suck and one of my favorite characters gets misused, im gonna throw a fucking fit.

P.S Does anyone know if this Cable will have his Telepathic abilities?

WascallyWabbit said:
who has the worst domino mask of all time?

I vote finesse, (the girl in the last panel of the avenger's academy preview with the "where's waldo?" glasses) those things are awful!
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Its seems artist have a really hard time drawing her mask...ive seen it look good at times, but the majority of the time its pretty damn weird looking.
Hopefully she gets a minor costume redesign....lose the mask entirely or streamline it...whichever, as long as that mask is fixed.
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Library Journal's Best Books 2011: Graphic Novels

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Bá, Gabriel & Fábio Moon. Daytripper. Vertigo. ISBN 9781401229696. pap. $19.99.
Brás de Oliva Domingos pens obituaries for a Brazilian paper but dreams of crafting novels. In beautiful writing and art that meditates on what-ifs, each of his life episodes is told as ending in his own death.

Gladstone, Brooke (text) and Josh Neufeld (illus.).The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media. Norton. ISBN 9780393077797. $23.95.
An insightful, wittily written and drawn history and analysis of mass communications media, covering censorship in early America, media biases, the rise (and impossibility) of objectivity, changes wrought by the Internet, and much else of absorbing interest.

Mills, Tarpé. Miss Fury: Sensational Sundays, 1944–1949. IDW. ISBN 9781600109058. $49.99.
The first comics heroine with a secret costumed persona was not Wonder Woman but panther-skinned Miss Fury, no mean butt-kicker either. This vintage strip bursts with gleefully pulpish melodrama, Nazis, mad scientists, a cross-dressing thief, romantic misunderstandings, and gorgeous gowns.

Mizuki, Shigeru. Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths. Drawn & Quarterly. ISBN 9781770460416. pap. $24.95.
A devastating, fictionalized but naturalistic account of an actual World War II incident in which Japanese soldiers are ordered on a suicidal attack but survive, only to run up against a code of honor that requires them to be dead.

Santiago, Wilfred. 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente. Fantagraphics, dist. by Norton. ISBN 9781560978923. $22.99.
The Puerto Rican slugger overcame family poverty, racial prejudice, and the language barrier to become the 1966 National League’s Most Valuable Player. Santiago superbly captures the kinetic excitement of baseball as well as Clemente’s skill and warm humanity on and off the diamond.

Tardi, Jacques. The Arctic Marauder. Fantagraphics, dist. by Norton. ISBN 9781606994351. $18.99.
An eccentric steampunk parody of turn-of-the-century pulp, beautifully rendered with amazing scratchboard art that mimics the look of engravings. Tardi favors the puckish over the grim, for a surprising sf comedy involving mad scientists, sea monsters, and weird machines.
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More at link.
 
I've been reading some Graphic Novels lately. The classic Alan Moore stuff: Watchman, V for Vendetta, From Hell, The Killing Joke. I really liked them all.

Now I want to broaden my view. I don't know to much about graphic novels and comics, so I would like to get some tips about other authors or comics to check out. Strong stories are more important than nice drawings and I like a gloom view on the world (like in most of Alan Moore's stuff).
 
Piliniak said:
I've been reading some Graphic Novels lately. The classic Alan Moore stuff: Watchman, V for Vendetta, From Hell, The Killing Joke. I really liked them all.

Now I want to broaden my view. I don't know to much about graphic novels and comics, so I would like to get some tips about other authors or comics to check out. Strong stories are more important than nice drawings and I like a gloom view on the world (like in most of Alan Moore's stuff).
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Scott Snyder's American Vampire is a good series to check out.
 
Piliniak said:
I've been reading some Graphic Novels lately. The classic Alan Moore stuff: Watchman, V for Vendetta, From Hell, The Killing Joke. I really liked them all.

Now I want to broaden my view. I don't know to much about graphic novels and comics, so I would like to get some tips about other authors or comics to check out. Strong stories are more important than nice drawings and I like a gloom view on the world (like in most of Alan Moore's stuff).
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If you like a gloomy view of the superhero world, check out Brian Azzarello's Joker and Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. Strong stories AND nice drawings.
 
I wish we had Jean Grey back and some cool new stories reinventing herself without Cyclops. They really dropped the ball with Emma in recent years, she is just sort of one of the background female characters. I guess thats the downside to having a huge cast in your book. I miss Joss' 5-6 person team book.
 
Piliniak said:
I've been reading some Graphic Novels lately. The classic Alan Moore stuff: Watchman, V for Vendetta, From Hell, The Killing Joke. I really liked them all.

Now I want to broaden my view. I don't know to much about graphic novels and comics, so I would like to get some tips about other authors or comics to check out. Strong stories are more important than nice drawings and I like a gloom view on the world (like in most of Alan Moore's stuff).
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Brian Azzarello, Garth Ennis, Neil Gaiman and if you like weird shit Peter Milligan and Grant Morrison so basically all the old Vertigo stuff.
 
Teh Hamburglar said:
I wish we had Jean Grey back and some cool new stories reinventing herself without Cyclops. They really dropped the ball with Emma in recent years, she is just sort of one of the background female characters. I guess thats the downside to having a huge cast in your book. I miss Joss' 5-6 person team book.
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I wish that instead of bringing back Jean (who is one of my favorite comic-characters of all time), they would give chance to stupidly written or unexplored characters. Havok, Polaris, Rachel just got back from space, and they had a few lines at best. We need more books like X-Factor, where some of the stuff that Betsy experienced was more imaginative than ANYTHING that happened to her in the last 20 years in the pages of Uncanny X-Men. Sadly. Also, Hellion? When will he be able to be a mature man? Or will he act forever like a douche just because? With that powerset? Bah.
 
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