The entire Marvel line goes online day and date in April, but that issue will probably be online by then Also did anyone order the hardcover online yet? Amazon and overstock have 2/8/2012 as the release date.
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COMICS! #8 / January 2012 - Happy New Year, Comic Book GAF!
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The entire Marvel line goes online day and date in April, but that issue will probably be online by then Also did anyone order the hardcover online yet? Amazon and overstock have 2/8/2012 as the release date.
Stand alone and one of my favorite issues. Dat cover...
ASM 677 was beautiful too. Fell in love with Emma Rios when she did the Cloak and Dagger mini from Spider Island. Waid was pitch perfect with all three of the protagonists.
Reluctant-Hero
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Isn't Amazon usually a week or two behind with shipping trades? I thought that was just the usual as they offer such huge discounts off the MSRP that an LCS sells at.
And thanks for the tip about Marvel going full out with digital in April. I really hope they adapt DC's pricing of discounting month old books by $1.00, I love that.
It was good and it was bad.
The good was the overall villain reveal and the madness behind it. That was decent psychology.
The bad was that Smith wrote his usual Catholic apologist attitude and made a smart LAWYER actually believe Pascal's Wager as a legitimate argument.
I'll have to re-read it. It was the first Daredevil story that I ever read, and the one that began my love affair with the character. By the time I read it, DD was already up to issue 40 with the Bendis/Maleev run, and my love of the character continued to grow with each issue after.
Possibly my favourite run on any comic ever - a tier above. I just ordered Guardian Devil off Amazon. I haven't read a bad DD book before; I'd hate to start now. Don't let me down, Smith!
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
So what if I spend 60 dollars on floppies and they know me by name? Come at me bro.
Lionel Mandrake
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YES! My shop finally got Ghostbusters #3 in. No idea why it took so long, but I'm glad it's here. Got that along with issue #4. Also got TMNT #6, and picked up Batman #5, which I missed out on.
I'm probably going back to the shop this weekend with a friend, so I'll get All-Star Western, Justice League, and Ghostbusters #5 then.
I'm probably going back to the shop this weekend with a friend, so I'll get All-Star Western, Justice League, and Ghostbusters #5 then.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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lol @ justice league
Tizoc
Member
I know man, I really like the less dark tone of the book =)
ViewtifulJC
Banned
We're speaking today because of the piece I wrote on announced comics that have yet to be released, and your "All-Star Wonder Woman" was at the top of the list. After sorting out some miscommunication where it was listed as "presumed dead," you commented that it was "in a coma on a high, dark shelf." Since so many people were looking forward to it, could you explain how the project developed and ended up the way it has?
I was working with Geoff Johns on "All-Star Batman & Robin," originally. That was before Frank Miller and Jim Lee had the book. At some point someone at DC said "Why do we have Adam drawing 'All-Star Batman & Robin' when he should really be doing 'All-Star Wonder Woman?'" No one had a good answer for that, so they offered me "All-Star Wonder Woman." Geoff and I started hashing out the story, but when Geoff got so busy writing many regular DC projects, I ended up getting the all the creative chores for "All-Star Wonder Woman," with Geoff's blessing.
I would work on it, and then get sidetracked by single-illustration assignments, covers and such, because they pay faster. I'm really slow, and doing interior work that doesn't pay until you get lots of pages in the drawer isn't conducive to paying the bills. Especially when you're trying to buy your first home or your wife has a medical condition that requires a lot of money to take care of. "All-Star Wonder Woman" would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my 'spare time.' I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it 'til the time was right to do it properly.
LOL this book is never happening, satchwar
I was working with Geoff Johns on "All-Star Batman & Robin," originally. That was before Frank Miller and Jim Lee had the book. At some point someone at DC said "Why do we have Adam drawing 'All-Star Batman & Robin' when he should really be doing 'All-Star Wonder Woman?'" No one had a good answer for that, so they offered me "All-Star Wonder Woman." Geoff and I started hashing out the story, but when Geoff got so busy writing many regular DC projects, I ended up getting the all the creative chores for "All-Star Wonder Woman," with Geoff's blessing.
I would work on it, and then get sidetracked by single-illustration assignments, covers and such, because they pay faster. I'm really slow, and doing interior work that doesn't pay until you get lots of pages in the drawer isn't conducive to paying the bills. Especially when you're trying to buy your first home or your wife has a medical condition that requires a lot of money to take care of. "All-Star Wonder Woman" would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my 'spare time.' I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it 'til the time was right to do it properly.
LOL this book is never happening, satchwar
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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geoff johns and adam hughes on all star batman would have been weird
not as weird as what we got though
not as weird as what we got though
VGChampion
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I'm still trying to figure out what floppies I want to ditch for trades and I think dropping both FF and Fantastic Four is one little chunk I could do for now. Between Bobillo's art on FF and the fact that I'm probably forgetting stuff month to month and not even taking into consideration how good other comics have become like Batman, WatXM, etc...
And I've gone back to trades for The Walking Dead and Invincible. I was still buying those big hardcovers on Invincible so I don't want to double dip anymore and I can just catch up with TWD trades that I skipped.
I'm really just trying to go back to reading what I consider top tier so I don't have disappointments anymore. The biggest DC surprise for me (besides Animal Man / Swamp Thing) is still probably Aquaman. It's just fun to read. Action Comics I've lost my love for after the first few issues when it was just Clark but knowing Morrison these last few issues will probably blow my mind in the future when I know what happens.
And I just realized that was one big random post but hey, what can you do? I caught up on my backlog today. Oh, and one final note. I'll give Secret Avengers another issue to see where that goes but as usual, this point one didn't blow me away and I'm still against the new Hawkeye costume.
And I've gone back to trades for The Walking Dead and Invincible. I was still buying those big hardcovers on Invincible so I don't want to double dip anymore and I can just catch up with TWD trades that I skipped.
I'm really just trying to go back to reading what I consider top tier so I don't have disappointments anymore. The biggest DC surprise for me (besides Animal Man / Swamp Thing) is still probably Aquaman. It's just fun to read. Action Comics I've lost my love for after the first few issues when it was just Clark but knowing Morrison these last few issues will probably blow my mind in the future when I know what happens.
And I just realized that was one big random post but hey, what can you do? I caught up on my backlog today. Oh, and one final note. I'll give Secret Avengers another issue to see where that goes but as usual, this point one didn't blow me away and I'm still against the new Hawkeye costume.
SpiderJerusalem
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What? This is wierd? They know me in 3 different stores lol
God that art was hideous, I had a hard time focusing on the story due to Valeria and Doom looking so bad.
Dance Inferno
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I never said that part was weird, I said it was weird that he dropped $80 in one day. I assumed that, since they know his name, he comes in every week. Obviously I could be mistaken.
Escape Goat
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Do you know who I am? I'm the goddamn Wonder Woman.
Of All Trades
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I thought it wasn't bad but going from Miller omnibus to Miller omnibus to Smith to Bendis Omnibus (and later to bendis brubaker brubaker omnis) really underscored that, at his best, Smith is only an adequate writer.
Amazon definitely is and the price does offset it. But after discovering CheapGraphicNovels.com from another forum, I've pretty much jumped ship since they are cheaper most of the time and provide much better shipping packaging. The website looks sketchy as hell, and there is a flat shipping cost and it is media mail, but the savings offset it all (granted you have to buy about three Marvel HCs or one Omnibus to start seeing significant savings over Amazon). My first purchase from them just came in today, the four final volumes of Bucky Captain America from Brubaker's run and Absolute New Frontier, and I have to say, I am very pleased with the results.
Spike Spiegel
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The real sad thing? It's the #1 best-selling comic four (going on five) months running.
Wake up, people! >:|
Haha, it's not terrible, just mediocre like some of the better Avengers titles.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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i cant hate it in the same way i cant hate bad boys 2
The Take Out Bandit
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Light week. Went and blew a bit extra on some back issues and a trade.
WHY DID NONE OF YOU COCK BRUISES POST THE DC BOOK OF THE WEEK?!
SOOOO GOOD!
WHY DID NONE OF YOU COCK BRUISES POST THE DC BOOK OF THE WEEK?!
SOOOO GOOD!
i'm dropping WW and i need a new book to fill that void. i think i'm going to start picking up batmang
i love diana and god i fucking hate bruce with every fiber of my being but this whole "record breaking book on ifanboy" thing is making me curious
and it sounds like he's getting his ass kicked a bunch so it sounds like it's right up my alley!
i love diana and god i fucking hate bruce with every fiber of my being but this whole "record breaking book on ifanboy" thing is making me curious
and it sounds like he's getting his ass kicked a bunch so it sounds like it's right up my alley!
parrotbeak
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Planning to pick up today:
new Walking Dead
Ellis' Atmospherics (color)
Transformers #1
new Walking Dead
Ellis' Atmospherics (color)
Transformers #1
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Same here. Azzarello at his best on this book.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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i'm dropping WW and i need a new book to fill that void. i think i'm going to start picking up batmang
i love diana and god i fucking hate bruce with every fiber of my being but this whole "record breaking book on ifanboy" thing is making me curious
and it sounds like he's getting his ass kicked a bunch so it sounds like it's right up my alley!
The art is what makes Batman good right now. When Capullo leaves, it's going to be missing something. Snyder is DC's newest golden boy though, so they'll probably keep giving good artists.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Spike Spiegel
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i'm dropping WW and i need a new book to fill that void. i think i'm going to start picking up batmang
i love diana and god i fucking hate bruce with every fiber of my being but this whole "record breaking book on ifanboy" thing is making me curious
and it sounds like he's getting his ass kicked a bunch so it sounds like it's right up my alley!
HURTS SO GOOD DIANA
TIGHTER
TIGHTER I SAID
OH GOD
NOW SQUEEEEEEEEEZE THEM
YES
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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I always thought that cover summed up DC's thoughts on Wonder Woman nicely (can't sell a comic unless Batman's on the cover).
I love you guys. My signed omnibuses are my most prized possessions
Spike Spiegel
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You just can't go wrong with greek gods shennanigans in my book. Hope he'll get around writing a meet-up between her and Hercules.
Btw, weren't you bashing DC recently? So you ARE enjoying one of their books!
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
You just can't go wrong with greek gods shennanigans in my book. Hope he'll get around writing a meet-up between her and Hercules.
Btw, weren't you bashing DC recently? So you ARE enjoying one of their books!
I got back on board with a few of them on the $2 Digi Tip. I put a list up a little ways back. Batman, Batman & Robin, Green Lantern, Birds of Prey, Aminal Man, Swamp Stylez, Flash
The Take Out Bandit
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I would read Batman, but I will have to wait until 2013 with DC's horrible buy our lousy hardcover first - you know you're going to horse shit.
No DC.
Actually I'll just wait for the trade, and then I'll forget about it; and you'll lose another fucking sale. PROFIT?!
No DC.
Actually I'll just wait for the trade, and then I'll forget about it; and you'll lose another fucking sale. PROFIT?!
Escape Goat
Member
Someone turn this into an Owned gif
Haha. I'm the exact opposite. I hate TPB and I love HC. After all, paying $4 more for better paper and (sometimes) oversized pages isn't too bad.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Get rid of the shitty dust jackets and I might entertain buying the damned things. Dust jackets are the worst.
Alternately, stop fucking strangling the market. You make your fans wait a year to maximize sales of your shitty format. Give me the TPB the same day or a month later. Not this year later horse shit.
Man, I misplaced the Wonder Woman issue before the tentacle monster cover. WTF?! Where the hell did it get to? :|
The Take Out Bandit
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i thought you weren't going to buy wondy?
I caved you dingy broad. Why do you think I've been posting about issues as they come out?
Dibs are called on the February Comic OT - if you funnybook zealots have plugs for black creators / characters feel free to PM me the title and blurb.
In the meantime - WHERE IN THE F*CK IS THIS ISSUE?! >:O
I caved you dingy broad. Why do you think I've been posting about issues as they come out?
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The Take Out Bandit
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Last issue threw me for a loop. I need to read it again.
Unfortunately I feel for Spiderman Marvel Adventures. Well, I thought it was a different artist, and I hate the shitty Dodson school of drawing Black Cat. The fur is not on the seam you douches! >:|
Turns out it's a different artist, but it has FROG MAN in it. YEAH!
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