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[Face it Tiger..]

T Bolts cover.

Edit: I did not even see Venom there at first. lol

Fuck you Marvel, for ruining the Punisher.. sticking him in a terrible book, while he has his fantastic War Zone book lined up.

and for throwing Luke Cage's team into the street.

EDIT: it's not about that, it's for throwing Luke Cage's team on the street.

 

[Escape Goat]

Fuck you Marvel, for ruining the Punisher.. sticking him in a terrible book, while he has his fantastic War Zone book lined up.

Possible solution might be for you not to read this book but continue buying War Zone.

 

[rCIZZLE]

Is anyone else reading Saucer Country or Punk Rock Jesus?

Punk Rock Jesus here. Haven't hit the shop for the latest one yet though.

 

[tim1138]

Punk Rock Jesus here. Haven't hit the shop for the latest one yet though.

This month's issue was solid, plot really progressed nicely.

 

[Filthy Slug]

Just read through Scarlet Spider 9 and I'm still loving this series but god damn is Khoi Pham a fucking letdown in the art department. Man, SS started off with some strong art thanks to Ryan Stegman and now its just barely palatable. Also, I looked at the cover to the issue, which Stegman still does as a cocktease, and noticed that the dude signs his name as a stegosaurus. Pham doesn't sign his name as a badass stegosaurus, so he should be ejected from the title immediately. Anybody else excited for Minimum Carnage next month?

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Fuck you Marvel, for ruining the Punisher.. sticking him in a terrible book, while he has his fantastic War Zone book lined up.

War Zone is just the end of Rucka's series turned into a mini.

 

[Filthy Slug]

How is Way in terms of writing? I keep hearing about how bad his Deadpool is but I'm wondering if he's an alright writer, 'cause Dillon isn't selling me on T-bolts. The new team they've assembled looks pretty good though, especially with Rulk and Punisher.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

My goodness but I loved AvX.

Really great character moments throughout. And Copiel, boy oh boy.

Spoiler

Chuck was basically dead already. He'd just show up every now and again and nod at something. Actually a pretty safe death as far as it not having any real impact. As I think Bendis said, he'll mean a lot more dead than alive. Also REALLY psyched to see how this leads into the new X-Men Legacy. Yesterday that book was just second string. Today it's the centerpiece of the new mutant world. ALSO wow this makes All New X-Men SO INTERESTING.

 

[Parch]

That is an interesting lineup. Definately not a team of boy scouts. I'll give Thunderbolts a try.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

The only things I can recall reading of Way's were bits of his run on Wolverine: Origins leading into the Daken takeover. It was all pretty forgettable to me, but I understand that Daken has his fans for being deliciously and unrepentantly evil. Most of the vitriol I've seen directed towards him as a writer focuses on his depictions of Deadpool.

Completely unrelated, but after today's comics I have to ask: how old is Damian Wayne supposed to be?

 

[CorvoSol]

Spoiler

She'll be back eventually as well. If the Scott/Emma thing is done with after AvX, there really isn't a good reason not to bring her back.

Man, the last thing I want

Spoiler

is for Jean to come back and go right back to Scott. Heck, don't even make her go to Logan. Let Jean come back and establish herself as someone entirely independent from that love triangle.

So, I know there was talk about the successor to the Mutant Crown lately, and I was wondering, would Jean Grey have been able to fill that slot? In the movies she certainly seemed like the most in-control member of the X-Men until LOL Wolverine and Storm and all that. And I recall her being one of the X-Men's leaders back before the whole Xorneto thing happened.

So fill me in, Comics-GAF, could Jean Grey, assuming she were alive, lead the X-Men and mutantkind? Why or why not?

 

[BuddyJoeHooker]

How is Way in terms of writing? I keep hearing about how bad his Deadpool is but I'm wondering if he's an alright writer, 'cause Dillon isn't selling me on T-bolts. The new team they've assembled looks pretty good though, especially with Rulk and Punisher.

I think his Ghost Rider run was decent but Jason Aaron came after and hit it out of the park.

Edit: @CorvoSol, Hope

 

[tim1138]

The only things I can recall reading of Way's were bits of his run on Wolverine: Origins leading into the Daken takeover. It was all pretty forgettable to me, but I understand that Daken has his fans for being deliciously and unrepentantly evil. Most of the vitriol I've seen directed towards him as a writer focuses on his depictions of Deadpool.

Completely unrelated, but after today's comics I have to ask: how old is Damian Wayne supposed to be?

I want to say he's 10.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

I want to say he's 10.

So Talia date-raped Bruce five years before he became Batman?

 

[LiQuid!]

So Talia date-raped Bruce five years before he became Batman?

Retcon!!

 

[tim1138]

So Talia date-raped Bruce five years before he became Batman?

I dunno, the only Batman book I read is Batman Inc and Morrison hasn't really concerned himself with New 52 continuity.

 

[BuddyJoeHooker]

I haven't read my comics yet, did Batman 0 mess up something?

 

[fredrancour]

I haven't read my comics yet, did Batman 0 mess up something?

Batman #0 arranged things tolerably in line with the new 52 timeline of "superheroes are not very old". Batman and robin #0 ignored it and wrote something more in line with the timescale for pre-new52 morrisonbats. I enjoyed both, personally.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Batman #0 arranged things tolerably in line with the new 52 timeline of "superheroes are not very old". Batman and robin #0 ignored it and wrote something more in line with the timescale for pre-new52 morrisonbats. I enjoyed both, personally.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I heard today at the comic shop. When I got there, a couple of the guys were arguing about it with the shopkeeper, in a "comic nerd rant" kind of way, and I ended up browsing my way through the books to see what the fuss was about while listening in. Batman #0 establishes Bruce becoming full-fledged Batman between five and six years ago according to New 52 timeline; but B&R #0 shows Damian being born an undisclosed number of years ago, then growing up naturally as an assassin prodigy until meeting Bruce during Morrison's run, which is now set at one-and-a-half years ago.

So Bruce became Batman less than six years ago, joined the Justice League five years ago, went through three Robins in three-and-a-half years, to say nothing of the Batgirl situation, and now Damian's been Robin for a year-and-a-half? Yeah. As I said, it's "comic nerd rant" fodder; one of the guys was desperately trying to work things out like he was going to get a No-Prize out of it.

 

[fredrancour]

Yeah, that's pretty much what I heard today at the comic shop. When I got there, a couple of the guys were arguing about it with the shopkeeper, in a "comic nerd rant" kind of way, and I ended up browsing my way through the books to see what the fuss was about while listening in. Batman #0 establishes Bruce becoming full-fledged Batman between five and six years ago according to New 52 timeline; but B&R #0 shows Damian being born an undisclosed number of years ago, then growing up naturally as an assassin prodigy until meeting Bruce during Morrison's run, which is now set at one-and-a-half years ago.

So Bruce became Batman less than six years ago, joined the Justice League five years ago, went through three Robins in three-and-a-half years, to say nothing of the Batgirl situation, and now Damian's been Robin for a year-and-a-half? Yeah. As I said, it's "comic nerd rant" fodder; one of the guys was desperately trying to work things out like he was going to get a No-Prize out of it.

Yep. I am done worrying about cross-story continuity for the rest of forever.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

For just once can they character assassinate Cap. Most bland character in all of the Big 2.

 

[Mac the KNife]

For just once can they character assassinate Cap. Most bland character in all of the Big 2.

Ultimate Cap was the man for a while there.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Eh, no. Jeff Parker's run proved the old "no bad characters, only bad writers" maxim.

If only Jeff Parker didn't waste his first arc apologizing to butthurt Marvel zombies and it had fun and exciting art.

I'm glad Parker will no longer be in Loeb & Company's shadow once the book shifts focus to She-Rulk and Carlos Panguilan takes over the art chores.

Is anyone else reading Saucer Country or Punk Rock Jesus?

Saucer Country was enjoyable. I've added it to my pull list, but have been too busy to read it. :X

Time to get back to work. 26 illustrations to go for this week. D: 21 in three days ain't bad, but I can relate to the old Superman problem of I can't be everywhere at once and protecting everyone. Plus I'm beat.

Tonight is backgrounds and erasing, then bed before midnight. There's only so much caffeine can do for a body.

 

[ReiGun]

Moar covers. This time from DC.

Reis and Prado Replace Jim Lee as Ongoing "Justice League" Artists

Aquaman's leading the team.

Now Aquaman's fighting the team. Wow, he must be really bad at team management.

For just once can they character assassinate Cap. Most bland character in all of the Big 2.

No matter how much of a douche Cap is in some stories, he'll always skate by cause the other guy will be a bigger douche.

 

[Timo]

Punk Rock Jesus is still so good. I still really hate the name of the book but it's amazing. Sean Murphy is some weird drawing God.

P.S. Take Out Bandit, are you doing full color illustrations, real media, digital, what? And are they full scenes or just characters? This situation you are in intrigues me.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Moar covers. This time from DC.

Reis and Prado Replace Jim Lee as Ongoing "Justice League" Artists

Before I split just need to drop - UPGRAYEDD!

This is how it should have been from day one. Ivan Reis > Jim Lee.

Don't make me replay the game footage for your monkey asses!

P.S. Take Out Bandit, are you doing full color illustrations, real media, digital, what? And are they full scenes or just characters? This situation you are in intrigues me.

Black & White inked "pin-ups".

 

[B-Dubs]

Yeah, that's pretty much what I heard today at the comic shop. When I got there, a couple of the guys were arguing about it with the shopkeeper, in a "comic nerd rant" kind of way, and I ended up browsing my way through the books to see what the fuss was about while listening in. Batman #0 establishes Bruce becoming full-fledged Batman between five and six years ago according to New 52 timeline; but B&R #0 shows Damian being born an undisclosed number of years ago, then growing up naturally as an assassin prodigy until meeting Bruce during Morrison's run, which is now set at one-and-a-half years ago.

So Bruce became Batman less than six years ago, joined the Justice League five years ago, went through three Robins in three-and-a-half years, to say nothing of the Batgirl situation, and now Damian's been Robin for a year-and-a-half? Yeah. As I said, it's "comic nerd rant" fodder; one of the guys was desperately trying to work things out like he was going to get a No-Prize out of it.

The only Batman continuity I concern myself with is the Snyder stuff atm, the other stuff's good but it gets too complicated trying to square it.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

HOT DAMN. :O

Gotta tell you, the one-two punch of Avengers vs X-Men #11 and Uncanny X-Men #18 was just superb this week. Say what you will about the series so far, get as cynical about the "shocking" death as you like, but this issue of AvX felt BIG in every sense of the word, just as it should be. And Gillen continues to do what Gillen does best, providing an essential companion piece of character work as the Phoenix Five fall to pieces, leaving Scott the last man standing with a tenuous grip on unimaginable power. Just an incredible combination.

 

[Troll]

Shazam and Superman on the same team? How can they lose?!

 

[LiQuid!]

X-Men 35 was the best book with an "X" in the title this week. Love this team. Love Brian Wood. Love his dialog. Love the underhanded, doubly-crossy nature of all the characters. Love the idea of a team of mutants doing spy shit that isn't all grimdark murder death kill time like UXF. This proto mutant DNA stuff seems like it could be built into something with a pretty big scope.

Forgive me if I've asked this and been answered before but do we know exactly how long Wood is going to be on this title? I was one of the few that actually enjoyed Gischler's dumb Jubivamp nonsense but boy do I wish we had two more dozen issues of the raw dirt Wood's been dishing up in just a couple months.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

X-Men 35 was the best book with an "X" in the title this week. Love this team. Love Brian Wood. Love his dialog. Love the underhanded, doubly-crossy nature of all the characters. Love the idea of a team of mutants doing spy shit that isn't all grimdark murder death kill time like UXF. This proto mutant DNA stuff seems like it could be built into something with a pretty big scope.

Forgive me if I've asked this and been answered before but do we know exactly how long Wood is going to be on this title? I was one of the few that actually enjoyed Gischler's dumb Jubivamp nonsense but boy do I wish we had two more dozen issues of the raw dirt Wood's been dishing up in just a couple months.

He'll be gone in like two months.


So glad my boy AQ is leading the JL, hope he can hook a brother up like Lagoon Boy or Sn of Vulcan.

 

[LiQuid!]

He'll be gone in like two months.

Cool I think my Kwanzaa present to myself will be dropping all Marvel since all my favorite books are taking a mean shit.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

http://robot6.comicbookresources.co...down-rumor-about-conclusion-of-his-x-men-run/

“I was, way back, asked to write 8 issues of X-Men, and I have, concluding with #37. My name appeared in the solicitation for #38, but that was a typo. I have not written #38, as that blog post suggests. Seth [Peck] and (the amazing) Paul Azaceta are taking over the title. So it’s all according to plan, I wasn’t taken off the book or anything weird like that. I’m sure it won’t be the last 616 X-Men I write. It also won’t be the last time I work with David Lopez.”

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Your first sign you should be worried about your assistant's contributions to your work is them leaving behind the reference sheet you provide them. >:|

I really love my buddy, but I swear to god - he's like the illustration version of a special needs child.

At the very least I've now got some constructive criticism for him. Stuff like line weight and selling the illusion of size and scale in relation to background elements.

"I'm going to draw a giant! Then surround him by objects as tall as or larger than him!"

YOU'RE FUCKING DOING IT WRONG!

Hopefully this shit goes unnoticed and I don't need to retouch these god damn pages.

In the meantime - someone is getting demoted to lightbox duties exclusively.

 

[ep85]

X-Men 35 was the best book with an "X" in the title this week. Love this team. Love Brian Wood. Love his dialog. Love the underhanded, doubly-crossy nature of all the characters. Love the idea of a team of mutants doing spy shit that isn't all grimdark murder death kill time like UXF. This proto mutant DNA stuff seems like it could be built into something with a pretty big scope.

Forgive me if I've asked this and been answered before but do we know exactly how long Wood is going to be on this title? I was one of the few that actually enjoyed Gischler's dumb Jubivamp nonsense but boy do I wish we had two more dozen issues of the raw dirt Wood's been dishing up in just a couple months.

Yes! It was reallly good. I love the team dynamic in the book. Wood is doing great things in X-men and Ultimate X-Men, hopefully the editors give him something nice to play with if he's no on adjectiveless.

 

[LiQuid!]

http://robot6.comicbookresources.co...down-rumor-about-conclusion-of-his-x-men-run/

Well thanks. So much for "big scope" if he's only on 2 more issues. What a bumrar.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Anyone read Dr Strange Season 1? Sucks that these are selling poorly, but they are way overpriced compared DC's OGNs. Bachalo, I'll miss you brah.

 

[kswiston]

When did Gillen's run start in Uncanny X-men? I know he had some issues pre-relaunch.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Oh and Top Shelf sale is going on.

 

[LiQuid!]

When did Gillen's run start in Uncanny X-men? I know he had some issues pre-relaunch.

Right after Hope's Five Lights and the Quarantine arcs. There was a .1 issue last summer and I think that was the first one he did on his own. Then he did Breaking Point, which was where Kitty regained her tangibility.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

When did Gillen's run start in Uncanny X-men? I know he had some issues pre-relaunch.

#534.1, although he co-write a storyline before that with Fraction.

 

[B-Dubs]

So someone lent me his Scarlet Spider comics and I just finished reading them, holy shit is Kane a boss. He don't give a fuck, also Parker better not go to Texas anytime soon. Minimum Carnage is going to be nuts, SS and Venom crossover? Yes please!

 

[kswiston]

#534.1, although he co-write a storyline before that with Fraction.

Right after Hope's Five Lights and the Quarantine arcs. There was a .1 issue last summer and I think that was the first one he did on his own. Then he did Breaking Point, which was where Kitty regained her tangibility.

Thanks. It looks like Marvel has everything up to the fear itself tie-ins on Digital Comics Unlimited. I'll check out those issues and go from there.

 

[WascallyWabbit]

Oh and Top Shelf sale is going on.

Those annual sales are amazing

 

[CorvoSol]

I think his Ghost Rider run was decent but Jason Aaron came after and hit it out of the park.

Edit: @CorvoSol, Hope

As in I should have Hope that

Spoiler

Jean won't be immediately back in the sack with Scott/Logan?

or Hope is the reason Jean would/would not be a good leader for MutantKind?

 

[ultron87]

Should I keep picking up Fables trades? The issues in the Super Team trade were impressively disappointing and I just saw a new one was out.

 

[Owzers]

Should I keep picking up Fables trades? The issues in the Super Team trade were impressively disappointing and I just saw a new one was out.

There is no jump in quality in Fables lately, if you didn't like Super Team you might not like the next trade.

 

[BuddyJoeHooker]

As in I should have Hope that

Spoiler

Jean won't be immediately back in the sack with Scott/Logan?

or Hope is the reason Jean would/would not be a good leader for MutantKind?

I mean were not getting the old jean back, she'll be young from the past. Although Jean would have been an excellent leader she always seemed to let Scott define her.

I meant Hope as in she will lead the younger generation of mutants, essentially becoming the next Jean Grey. She just needs to change her last name.

 

[kswiston]

I mean were not getting the old jean back, she'll be young from the past. Although Jean would have been an excellent leader she always seemed to let Scott define her.

Honestly, I have been reading X-Men comics for over 15 years now, and I can't remember many Jean Grey story arcs that didn't revolve around A) the Phoenix Force, or B) her relationship with Scott or Wolverine.

 

[LiQuid!]

Hope = new leader. Every arc is going to end with her punching the big bad threat to the moon while they shout TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN