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COMICS! l OT l October Marvel NOW is almost now edition
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We, the people who pay way above the cover price of an omnibus, are part of a problem, I believe. But I don't know how not to be. :X
It is too good to have your favorite runs in this format, but man does people overprice the hell out of these things the moment they go out of print.
I would kill for a print of the last page of this months issue. I freaking love this book.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I wish.
The Take Out Bandit
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Whaaaat? Black Bolt is only ever around Medusa, and I'm pretty sure Namor smanged that too.
Black Bolt is cool, but not for the same reasons Namor is.
The Take Out Bandit
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And like the rest of the females in the Marvel universe, when she's with her man - she's thinking of Namor. ^_^
my name is ed
Banned
congrats! one of my friends did work for Spera. I'm not sure what issue, I think it was a special? Maybe Spera: Magical Girls. I really should know...she's a good friend lol
is the preview art yours?
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
It's churlish but I really can't get past the title. It seems super trite and obvious, like something I would have come up with when I was 14. And the imagery isn't really helping, that kind of punk hasn't evebn existed for 30 years and it's relevancy is dubious. Is it set in the past or present? And the Jesus in the title too - I dunno, the whole thing comes across as Murphy saying "I'm edgy and deep!" but the impression I get is immature and half baked.
In a way it reminds me of how in the Donnie Darko commentaries Richard Kelly keeps referring to 'comic book' ideas, while having no coherent articulation of what that means. Which ironically is kind of what I'm doing here..
So, PRJ fans - sell me on this in a couple of sentences. How wrong am I? What's good about this book?
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
The art is fucking incredible. Story is pretty good, but its worth it for the art alone. Even the type of paper it is printed on brings out the art.
The Take Out Bandit
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It's churlish but I really can't get past the title. It seems super trite and obvious, like something I would have come up with when I was 14. And the imagery isn't really helping, that kind of punk hasn't evebn existed for 30 years and it's relevancy is dubious. Is it set in the past or present? And the Jesus in the title too - I dunno, the whole thing comes across as Murphy saying "I'm edgy and deep!" but the impression I get is immature and half baked.
In a way it reminds me of how in the Donnie Darko commentaries Richard Kelly keeps referring to 'comic book' ideas, while having no coherent articulation of what that means. Which ironically is kind of what I'm doing here..
So, PRJ fans - sell me on this in a couple of sentences. How wrong am I? What's good about this book?
This post wasn't sufficient?
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Actually, this thread has been moving so fast lately that if I try to catch up I'm constantly 3pages behind the current talk, so I did cut out the last 6 pages that I've missed. Oops. That post answers my query with perfect specificity. My reservations about the lame-o title still stand.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
The artist for WaTXM 20 took the issue of cat Beast into his own hands and made a dog Beast.
I agree that the while actual name of the book isn't the greatest, the book itself is phenomenal. USA Today had a pretty good interview with Murphy about it back at the end of July - usat.ly/TfKq2s
Parallax
best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
It hasn't been out of print for that long, so the price wasn't crazy out of hand, but still.
Parallax
best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
he had to put matthew broderick out of his misery. i heard he prayed for his own death.
slightconfuse
Banned
It's the same guy who drew him in sword.
DonasaurusRex
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Finally the nightmare is over, Namor is free of the xmen ...yes...i may rest easy now.
Parallax
best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
he better watch his back.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
It is a little. But it also features some of the best cartooning this side of Gustavo Duarte.
Yeah it is (besides the cover). And that's cool, hah, Spera has no bounds I've discovered as far as who knows who on the project. I liked Magical Girls, it was a fun take on the series.
Nah man. Namor hates redheads apparently. His favorites are the blonde taken types.
Confirmed for best mutant power ever
fuck yea street sharks
Puh-lease.
Namor is the mangy mutt of the Marvel universe. He can only ever have the table scraps of other people's relationships. The only reason the Phoenix hooked up with him was because it mistook him for Scott.
slightconfuse
Banned
Considering all manor sas anymore is imperious Rex . I imagine its hard to impress the ladies
The Broken Ska Record
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Escape Goat
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Oh, okay...
But the Hulk is stronger!
You buy it.
Escape Goat
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I dont think I'd buy a Scott Lobdell book again.
Hawkeye #3- fuck yeah motherfucker. Favorite book right now.
Supergirl #13- This book isn't even that good but I like it for some reason. Good issue.
Justice League #13- LOLOLOL AWWW YEAH HERE WE GO
Sword of Sorcery #1- Pretty cool but obviously it's early. Next couple issues better be amazing. Anyone else pick this up?
Supergirl #13- This book isn't even that good but I like it for some reason. Good issue.
Justice League #13- LOLOLOL AWWW YEAH HERE WE GO
Sword of Sorcery #1- Pretty cool but obviously it's early. Next couple issues better be amazing. Anyone else pick this up?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
"Really, with the abs and the..."
Why aren't all comics this fun?
Why aren't all comics this fun?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Finally read this this morning. So brilliant. And another undermentioned aspect of this book, PITCH PERFECT depiction of Actual Brooklyn.
TheKaeptain
Banned
There is no way you could pay me to buy a book about Hawkeye.
Parallax
best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
because you are anti fun.
Bro, this book>your shitty posts bro.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Seconded. Attachment (or detachment) to characters instead of creators is King Lolz.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
One thing I wanted to mention with Casanova and Defenders #4 and now Hawkeye is that Fraction has really mastered the art of the one-page storytelling in these one-shots. Half the pages of the books are just single scenes that work on their own and add to the whole, each filled with jokes or foreshadowing or rising tension. The scene where my quote was from and the next one are can be broken down into three parts. 1. Widescreen establishing shot, 2. the bulk of the page in the middle being the banter between Kate and Clint, smaller panels 3. cute ending as the car drives off, widescreen again, and we're off to the next fun thing. Next page, 1. widescreen establishing shot, 2. the bulk of the page in the middle being the taunts from the tracksuit guy, with the rising tension of Kate's car approaching closer and closer in the windshield, small interior shots of the conversation and the car 3. CRASH, tension released, widescreen shot, off to the next page we'll do another fun thing.
It's quick, snappy, concise, fun comic book storytelling. It's the same length as all the other Marvel books but it doesn't waste a single page on decompression.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Attachment to characters is bad?
Saying "I won't read a perfectly executed comic because it has a character I hate" is bad. Very bad.
And reading awful comic because it has a character I love? This is what keeps the flame alive during the bad years.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
That sounds pretty bad too, to be perfectly honest. I mean, I ain't readin' X-Factor even though Longshot's in it. Book just don't do it for me. I love a bunch of DC characters but read none of their books. Although to be fair, DC kind of "killed" them all by rebooting them, at least for me. But it's always about the creative, as Donnie Drapes might say.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Also, I can't think of any year, or even month, where at least a few quality creators were putting out phenomenal work. And I've been at the comic book store every Wednesday since 1988.
So.......
............
....yeah.
Attachment to characters is bad?
It is if:
1) They're a red-head
2) They ever slept with Scott Summers
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Madelyne Pryor just sent me this Gchat "omg is this dude srrrsss?????"
She'll be back! And a virgin!
I don't think much of hawkeye, to me he's been a random white guy with blonde hair who shoots a bow and has a vanilla personality with occasional hostility.
The first two issues of Hawkeye were great, they were fun and engaging and reminded me of the quality of Fraction's Iron Fist, another character i knew very little of and also fell into the "random white guy" container. Hawkeye should not be missed if you like fun. And not ASM fake fun *pokes kryptonian* but actual fun.
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