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Oh look, it even advertises Man on Man action for the Gambshit fans right on the cover!

90s cartoon Gambit is one of the most iconic xmen charecter as far as I and legions of others are concerned. I remember in high school every time a new X-men movie was announced the first question out of everyones mouth was "is gambit gonna be in this one?"

Fox has 30 years of history to get through before they scrape the bottom of the barrel.

It's no coincidence that Taylor Kitsch started his box office bombing career as Gambshit in one of the most reviled X-Men spin-offs ever before going on to drop more bombs in theaters than Jason Statham has in recent years.

 

[Cheska]

indeed At least Marvel books come with digital codes and DC books with extra pages. But the monies! And Walking Dead is usually 2.99.

I really wish Marvel would at least discount digital copies

 

[Fusebox]

no faux cajun accent, and hes stealing shit again? nice.

I must be one of the only people who likes Gambits Louisiana Yat.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

I must be one of the only people who likes Gambits Louisiana Yat.

He's a less cool version of The Cajun Chef. :\

 

[Gabroni]

Gangs of Old Gotham (Batman during Prohibition era), Henshin Batman (think campy 70s Batman meets SUDA 51 and Viewtiful Joe...but it's ultra violent) Detective Wayne (film noir Sin City Batman but it's steampunk) all greenlit for proposal, pre-production, script approval, first chapters, and unbiased reviews from professionals (my SVA teachers).

Deadline: Jan 13 (on top of IDW, Yen Press, First Second, Dark Horse, Image AND storyboard/concept art for VALVE, Sucker Punch, Take 2, and Pixar).

End of Aug: Window displays for Whisk NYC/Brooklyn

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Pretty much the direct opposite of what this guy wrote. Violent and sexual? Have you actually read past the first five issues?

I consider Fables the best-written comic out right now. I have all fifteen (sixteen?) TPBs and both my wife and I love them. The WTF moments when previously fringe characters come into their own as powerful heroes is so enjoyable.

Shit is about as well written as an episode of The Wiggles brah. It's not compelling when the b rah removes fairy tale archetypes and replaces them with MORE ARCHETYPES. Grizzly cop archetype, stuck up business lady no pleasure. No cohesiveness to this bitch Ask yourself this breh, did Bidby have a character to him in a few trades besides being a grissly detective? Especially the dialogue reminding you who the character is. Snow White. "I couldn't be with you Bigby your too rough and crude." I know you can write a better story than this brah.

 

[Satch]

rafa is on that good shit

 

[Cheska]

Shit is about as well written as an episode of The Wiggles brah. It's not compelling when the b rah removes fairy tale archetypes and replaces them with MORE ARCHETYPES. Grizzly cop archetype, stuck up business lady no pleasure. No cohesiveness to this bitch Ask yourself this breh, did Bidby have a character to him in a few trades besides being a grissly detective? Especially the dialogue reminding you who the character is. Snow White. "I couldn't be with you Bigby your too rough and crude." I know you can write a better story than this brah.

Of course she can't, she's the purest of them all remember?

 

[Tragicomedy]

Shit is about as well written as an episode of The Wiggles brah. It's not compelling when the b rah removes fairy tale archetypes and replaces them with MORE ARCHETYPES. Grizzly cop archetype, stuck up business lady no pleasure. No cohesiveness to this bitch Ask yourself this breh, did Bidby have a character to him in a few trades besides being a grissly detective? Especially the dialogue reminding you who the character is. Snow White. "I couldn't be with you Bigby your too rough and crude." I know you can write a better story than this brah.

I know you can write a better post than this, brah.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

rafa is on that good shit

I thought we were gonna make comics together brah? This Fables discussion makes me feel like I'm in my creative writing class all over again.

 

[dream]

My god Rafa, Underground Welder is so good.

 

[SpiderJerusalem]

In the "it's not gonna be X-Men Legacy" camp, Remender confirmed Rogue will only be in Uncanny Avengers. So there's that.

sonofabitch :/

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man if Bachalo was the artist on Gambit I'd be fucked

I'm generally against changing/replacing/reshuffling/cancelling books that have already been solicited, but this is one case I can get behind:

hell yes!

 

[ReiGun]

Read the first three chapters of "Uncanny X-Force".

Holy shit. What have I been waiting on?

Also, me and Marvel need to have a serious talk about the whole "random issues missing from MDCU" thing.

The Black Panther is hugely important to MARVEL NOW!, Username — and you’ll find out exactly where in the days to come! - Axel Alonso

Spoiler

Will be written by Bendis and drawn by Renato Guedes or some shit

I like where this is going.

If that spoiler is in anyway true, I will shed real tears.

 

[Satch]

I thought we were gonna make comics together brah? This Fables discussion makes me feel like I'm in my creative writing class all over again.

HEW said we were making comics together??

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

HEW said we were making comics together??

Nah bra, I've been proposing it to you. I can't allow this beautiful industry to be tainted any longer by the likes of bendis, Bill Willingham, Robert Kirkman and Gary Whitta. Beauty will save the world and comics. When people prance around like this, it just irks me the wrong way.

 

[Owzers]

[/IMG]

Bookcase assembled!!!!!!!! The shelves are too deep though the pictures don't make it look so. Altogether, i think it's pretty good.

 

[Parallax]

Oh look, it even advertises Man on Man action for the Gambshit fans right on the cover!



Fox has 30 years of history to get through before they scrape the bottom of the barrel.

It's no coincidence that Taylor Kitsch started his box office bombing career as Gambshit in one of the most reviled X-Men spin-offs ever before going on to drop more bombs in theaters than Jason Statham has in recent years.

That's a womans ass. Note the heels.

And everyone was horrible in origins. Wade was the only decent variation. Then they weaponized them. Add to the fact that the series has other issues, and whoever that taylor kitsch dude was as gambit was far from the worst thing.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Is Books of Magic good brahs?

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Gangs of Old Gotham (Batman during Prohibition era), Henshin Batman (think campy 70s Batman meets SUDA 51 and Viewtiful Joe...but it's ultra violent) Detective Wayne (film noir Sin City Batman but it's steampunk) all greenlit for proposal, pre-production, script approval, first chapters, and unbiased reviews from professionals (my SVA teachers).

Y'know. . . Elseworlds is where DC may have published these ideas. Sadly the poor performance of that Last Family of Krypton series and the New 52 seems to have put the kibosh on that series.

Why waste your ideas on Batman? Just tweak things and use the ideas for your own character.

Nah bra, I've been proposing it to you. I can't allow this beautiful industry to be tainted any longer by the likes of bendis, Bill Willingham, Robert Kirkman and Gary Whitta. Beauty will save the world and comics. When people prance around like this, it just irks me the wrong way.

Must have been SatchZarro. The one with that crazy wanna-be anime avatar who didn't post in last month's thread.

That's a womans ass. Note the heels.

Still, you can tell it's a Gambshit book because he's the one wearing the knee pads on the cover. HAW! HAW! HAW!

 

[Garryk]

That's a womans ass. Note the heels.

And everyone was horrible in origins. Wade was the only decent variation. Then they weaponized them. Add to the fact that the series has other issues, and whoever that taylor kitsch dude was as gambit was far from the worst thing.

But it does have Mann on Mann action. FACT!

 

[Parallax]

Still, you can tell it's a Gambshit book because he's the one wearing the knee pads on the cover. HAW! HAW! HAW!

Gambit is a mans man. He returns the favor.

 

[SpiderJerusalem]

Is Books of Magic good brahs?

yea, don't think they ever collected it all in trades though

well I liked it, 90's Vertigo was good times

 

[WascallyWabbit]

yea, don't think they ever collected it all in trades though

well I liked it, 90's Vertigo was good times

I only read the original 4 issue series by Gaiman, was the rest of the series good?

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Oh lawdy!

Heidi Vuorela looks like an Amanda Conner drawing of Powergirl (ignoring the tats):

:3

Looking for photo reference gets so distracting. D:

 

[Gabroni]

Y'know. . . Elseworlds is where DC may have published these ideas. Sadly the poor performance of that Last Family of Krypton series and the New 52 seems to have put the kibosh on that series.

Why waste your ideas on Batman? Just tweak things and use the ideas for your own character.

Heidi McDonald and some other guy (his business card like some many others are wedged between the pages of my many books) were the ones that scouted me . I think they wanted to find someone to replace Grant Morrison and Vertigo forbid Rob Liefeld.

Heidi primarily deals with the Vertigo (the subsidiary of DC) so if anything, this is either a reboot, an alt. pov, or using Batman in name but everything else is different.

For example:
Henshin A Na Na Batman
Is about a homeless kid who dresses up as Batman and tries to dish out the harshness on bullies but ends in a much more deeper world. The world looks like Tekkonkinkreet

handles action like SUDA 51 and Viewtiful Joe

but the writing is like a damn Kurt Vonnegut novel meets Adventure Time

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Heidi McDonald and some other guy (his business card like some many others are wedged between the pages of my many books) were the ones that scouted me . I think they wanted to find someone to replace Grant Morrison and Vertigo forbid Rob Liefeld.

Heidi primarily deals with the Vertigo (the subsidiary of DC) so if anything, this is either a reboot, an alt. pov, or using Batman in name but everything else is different.

Well good luck.

I have my doubts about DC's willingness to replace talent with cachet with fresh faced talent on a big name franchise. Joke on Liefield as we all like, the dude destroyed his career being a jackass in the late 90's and then spent the past few years building his reputation back up, landing consistent work for Marvel and DC, and had a direct hand in relaunching some of the best books coming out of Image (Prophet / Glory). Not to mention him giving up and coming talent a platform to get their work out their with Glory, Prophet, and Avengelyne (haven't read it, but the artist was one of Liefield's forum buddies).

The all too common model is you eat shit on books like Aquaman (THANKS FOR SHITTING ON MY POINT REIS AND JOHNS!). . . ummmm - Batwing / Deathstroke for a few months. Once you've established your body of work, then they let you drive the Porsche.

Lemire and Fraction for instance worked their way up through the indies before landing the big gigs at Marvel/DC. Do you have some body of work we could get familiar with?

For example:
Henshin A Na Na Batman
Is about a homeless kid who dresses up as Batman and tries to dish out the harshness on bullies but ends in a much more deeper world. The world looks like Tekkonkinkreet

handles action like SUDA 51 and Viewtiful Joe

but the writing is like a damn Kurt Vonnegut novel meets Adventure Time

Interesting pitch, but the video game references are lost on me. I'm kind of surprised that would fly out in the world given it assumes familiarity with a niche within a niche.

Not to mention Taiyo Matsumoto handled his action well enough in the comics. I don't see the need to obfuscate the pitch with video game references only a handful of people will get.

Oh and unrelated, but speaking of getting crap (work) out there, I may end up sticking my fingers in some coloring book illustration. Pay isn't the greatest, but it builds a working portfolio.

 

[Gabroni]

Well good luck.
Oh and unrelated, but speaking of getting crap (work) out there, I may end up sticking my fingers in some coloring book illustration. Pay isn't the greatest, but it builds a working portfolio.

Thanks and also:
Gangs of Old Gotham (Batman during Prohibition era), Henshin a Na Na Batman (think campy 70s Batman meets SUDA 51 and Viewtiful Joe...but it's ultra violent) Detective Wayne (film noir Sin City Batman but it's steampunk) all greenlit for proposal, pre-production, script approval, first chapters, and unbiased reviews from professionals (my SVA teachers).

Deadline: Jan 13 (on top of IDW, Yen Press, First Second, Dark Horse, Image AND storyboard/concept art for VALVE, Sucker Punch, Take 2, and Pixar).

End of Aug: Window displays for Whisk NYC/Brooklyn

My life is already dead.

 

[erlim]

90s cartoon Gambit will forever be his voice in my head.

Oh yeah, whenever I read x-men comics, their 90s cartoon voices read the lines.

 

[Blastoise]

Guys this might be a dumb question, but how am I supposed to read a comic?

Do I look at the illustration in the panel first and then read the text, or should I read the text and then look at the panel? Currently I just read the text like a book and skim over the panels and I feel like I'm missing a lot of information. It is really becoming a problem, especially since I'm getting regular issues on the iPad.

TLDR: I read comics like books and don't look at the pictures. How do I fix this? How do you read comics?

 

[EndcatOmega]

Thanks for whoever in the last topic gave me Dredd and Strontium Dogs recs; this stuff is amazing. I might check out the magazine, and I usually don't touch anthology stuff.

I'm kind of surprised 2000AD never managed to really make it in America; the ultraviolence in some of its series seem like it was made for the 80s and 90s (and hell, today), plus pretty much every famous British writer and artist save Warren Ellis has worked for the bloody thing.

TLDR: I read comics like books and don't look at the pictures. How do I fix this? How do you read comics?

I'm guilty of the same thing if the art's mediocre or just not to my tastes; maybe you're just not a fan of the artists in whatever series you're reading?

 

[tm24]

Guys this might be a dumb question, but how am I supposed to read a comic?

Do I look at the illustration in the panel first and then read the text, or should I read the text and then look at the panel? Currently I just read the text like a book and skim over the panels and I feel like I'm missing a lot of information. It is really becoming a problem, especially since I'm getting regular issues on the iPad.

TLDR: I read comics like books and don't look at the pictures. How do I fix this? How do you read comics?

A great artist does an amazing job of leading your eyes in a layout, even when the panel progression would not make sense. Theres a bunch of tricks that make your eyes follow. Panels alternate appearing in the foreground and the background, actions bleeds into other panels and so on. As you read more comics with amazing art, it just kind of becomes natural and you can figure it out even when there's mediocre art in a book. Ill try to find a great example

 

[Owzers]

Comixology sale: Rising Stars Compendium.


Worth it? Are the three minis necessary?

 

[Blastoise]

I'm guilty of the same thing if the art's mediocre or just not to my tastes; maybe you're just not a fan of the artists in whatever series you're reading?

A great artist does an amazing job of leading your eyes in a layout, even when the panel progression would not make sense. Theres a bunch of tricks that make your eyes follow. Panels alternate appearing in the foreground and the background, actions bleeds into other panels and so on. As you read more comics with amazing art, it just kind of becomes natural and you can figure it out even when there's mediocre art in a book. Ill try to find a great example

I'm reading the watchmen series, and even though I love the art style, I still treat it like a book. I have to consciously remind myself to look at the images (which contain extra bits info and hints, character emotions, awesome compositions etc.).

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Comixology sale: Rising Stars Compendium.


Worth it? Are the three minis necessary?

That's a series back in the day that started off good but then fell off dramatically (art,story, delays) and I stopped reading it. Never heard if it recovered near the end.

 

[Fusebox]

I'm kind of surprised 2000AD never managed to really make it in America; the ultraviolence in some of its series seem like it was made for the 80s and 90s (and hell, today), plus pretty much every famous British writer and artist save Warren Ellis has worked for the bloody thing.

I didn't know 2000AD wasn't big in the US, me and my mates grew up on 2000AD in Australia.

 

[Tizoc]

Is Books of Magic good brahs?

What the hell kind of question is that? It was written by Neil Gaiman that's reason enough to get it, I outta spank the EXTREME outa your avatar for asking such a ridiculous question.

 

[EndcatOmega]

I didn't know 2000AD wasn't big in the US, me and my mates grew up on 2000AD in Australia.

Well, an actual, er, American can set me straight if they'd like. Buuuut I was under the impression that Judge Dredd was known for the Stallone movie and little else, with most of the other series being forgotten (save for Zenith usually rating a footnote in discussions about Morrison); and John Wagner more known as the guy who invented Ventriloquist than Dredd.

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

Well, an actual, er, American can set me straight if they'd like. Buuuut I was under the impression that Judge Dredd was known for the Stallone movie and little else, with most of the other series being forgotten (save for Zenith usually rating a footnote in discussions about Morrison); and John Wagner more known as the guy who invented Ventriloquist than Dredd.

Yeah, nobody except for hardcore comic geeks have ever heard of that stuff in North America. 2000 AD has only seen sporadic releases here over the years.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Thanks and also:
Gangs of Old Gotham (Batman during Prohibition era), Henshin a Na Na Batman (think campy 70s Batman meets SUDA 51 and Viewtiful Joe...but it's ultra violent) Detective Wayne (film noir Sin City Batman but it's steampunk) all greenlit for proposal, pre-production, script approval, first chapters, and unbiased reviews from professionals (my SVA teachers).

Deadline: Jan 13 (on top of IDW, Yen Press, First Second, Dark Horse, Image AND storyboard/concept art for VALVE, Sucker Punch, Take 2, and Pixar).

End of Aug: Window displays for Whisk NYC/Brooklyn

My life is already dead.

Your a writer brah? Tell them I'm coming and they have an opportunity to snatch me up now.

 

[Mumei]

Bookcase assembled!!!!!!!! The shelves are too deep though the pictures don't make it look so. Altogether, i think it's pretty good.

I like it. I need to get something larger myself for books and comics (well, mostly manga but also some comics), since about half of what I own does not have shelfspace.

I'm guilty of the same thing if the art's mediocre or just not to my tastes; maybe you're just not a fan of the artists in whatever series you're reading?

Mmhm.

I sometimes even do it when I read something where I like the art, but like the story more. I get into the story to the extent that I want to find out what happens next and pacing myself by perusing the art feels almost like a barrier to finding out what happens next.

Not reading anything 'contemporary' myself, but I do have the Miller / Busiek / Brubaker runs on Daredevil out from the library.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

I'm reading the watchmen series, and even though I love the art style, I still treat it like a book. I have to consciously remind myself to look at the images (which contain extra bits info and hints, character emotions, awesome compositions etc.).

Think of the images in the comic filling to role of the character and location descriptions, time of day, etc.

Comics really is the perfect literary medium.

I didn't know 2000AD wasn't big in the US, me and my mates grew up on 2000AD in Australia.

Yeah, nobody except for hardcore comic geeks have ever heard of that stuff in North America. 2000 AD has only seen sporadic releases here over the years.

I only knew of 2000 AD when my buddy got out of the hospital in grade school. Somewhere, somehow his folks had picked him up some 2000 AD issues to read somewhere, and I read through the Judge Dredd stories contained within.

I think Comics Scene magazine had at least made me somewhat aware of who the character was.

Wow!

I love Manhattan Projects #5. This paper is fantastic! No glossy cover. :3

Story is good, but I'm grudgingly choking down the K-Mart Frank Quietly that is Nick Pitarra's art. D:

He's getting better. Sadly he's in that category of artists who wears his influences on his sleeve and his influences are illustrators I'm not fond of.

Where the hell is nws? Is he pulling a Satchwar? Did he get run over again?! D:

 

[Slayven]

Nah bra, I've been proposing it to you. I can't allow this beautiful industry to be tainted any longer by the likes of bendis, Bill Willingham, Robert Kirkman and Gary Whitta. Beauty will save the world and comics. When people prance around like this, it just irks me the wrong way.

I thought Kirkman was saving comics?

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

I thought Kirkman was saving comics?

Then we are doomed.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Then we are doomed.

No doubt. Kirkman gives comics a bad name.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

No doubt. Kirkman gives comics a bad name.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

hawkeye didn't live up to the hype, it was good, but I thought Kate Bishop was going to be in this book. And I don't need to hear in every marvel book how great new York is and shit. The X side needs to do a parody of it about how amazing Genosha is. i still subbed to this broad so it's whatevs. Black Spiderman was chill, but I gotta echo the other brah that said he wants BS to have unique villains. Can't wait to see how the new Image titles, Think Tank and harvest are.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Would it be inappropriate if Marvel introduced the Black Goblin?

 

[Owzers]

Would it be inappropriate if Marvel introduced the Black Goblin?

Only if he threw watermelon bombs instead of pumpkin.

 

[TheDiabolical]

ha!

 

[Owzers]

My idea of having a great digital comic book library will all my stuff is completely being destroyed by the reality of file sizes vs storage space. An 8GB nexus 7 with 5.9GB usable space is a fantasy. Even 10GB of actual storage space won't be enough. Just my Irredeemable run of 37 comics and a Skullkicker vol 2 trade from comixology takes 700MB of space.