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COMICS! April 2012 |OT| It's a new month? Already?!
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BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I think there needs to be a balance. The brightest colors on Earth couldn't get me interested in crappy art (which the one issue of Guardians I read had in spades), but I am certainly not behind the changes in Flex. (Which are really odd since All Star Superman was so pop colored) I think something like Daredevil strikes a perfect balance.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
He better of not have killed Fantomex, should murder Tocchini while he is in the mood for his awful art.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Remender LOVES Tocchini and defends him constantly. He's working on another creator-owned book with him right now.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
They did Last Days Of American Crime together and it was gorgeous.
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
Well they did Otherworld together and it sucked eggs
So I read AvX 1. Not bad, but some of the dialogue was confusing given Marvel U continuity:
During Cap and Wolverine's talk, Wolverine makes it seem as though Jean has been dead since the Dark Phoenix Saga. He mentions Jean killing herself, and Scott never knowing happiness because of it. But Jean had been resurrected for years (Marvel time) after that event before dying again. Also, I may be forgetting my Morrison New X-Men run, but didn't Xorn/Magneto kill her the second time when she actually had control of the phoenix force? You'd think that he would mention that.
Later in the issue, Cyclops mentions the X-men being children when they last dealt with the Phoenix force. I guess that was the case in the Claremont story, but hasn't the Phoenix Force been back a bunch of times since then? There were those Phoenix Endsong and Warsong minis a few years back for instance.
Later in the issue, Cyclops mentions the X-men being children when they last dealt with the Phoenix force. I guess that was the case in the Claremont story, but hasn't the Phoenix Force been back a bunch of times since then? There were those Phoenix Endsong and Warsong minis a few years back for instance.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Well they did Otherworld together and it sucked eggs
I thought Tocchini wasn't the best choice, but I wouldn't say it sucked eggs. Me, personally.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
tocchini's art looks like he uses pastels
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I think he uses Pencils and then the master Dean White colored it that way.
I assume they meant when Jean wasn't in control and it took her over, not the end of Morrison's run where she was in control. And the Phoenix Song minis dealt with small fragments of the phoenix force left over before it and Jean ascended. They really haven't deal with what they had in the DP saga.
Also, i liked Tocchini's art. Come at me bros
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I'm behind on X-Force, and the idea of Fantomex being killed off makes me not want to catch up.
purnoman3000
Member
Tocchini made me hate UXF. He turned my favorite book into my least favorite
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krypt0nian
Banned
I stopped buying it. So glad that drek is done.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Does any one remember the name of the short lived Lucha series? I think it was from Image. Thanks brahs.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
So Red Hulks book, any good? Comixology is running a 99 cent sale. I'm skeptical because of Loeb.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Jeph Loeb's run was so terrible I think it gave me cancer, but I hear VERY good things about Jeff Parker's run, starting with issue #25. And it's got Gabe Hardman on artwork, so it's gonna look good, at least.
Hillzagold
Banned
It's been very good lately. I haven't read every issue, but if I were you, I'd start with the Hulk of Arabia storyline, which I think started about 7 months ago and ended 2 months ago.
You should read World War Hulk because it was awesome. The biggest events after that are Secret Invasion, Dark Reign, and Fear Itself. You can read SI and DR if they sound interesting, but otherwise a simple plot summary from wikipedia should be enough.
krypt0nian
Banned
New He-Man book?
Yes please.
http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/04/06/dc-comics-he-man-masters-of-the-universe-comic/
Yes please.
http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/04/06/dc-comics-he-man-masters-of-the-universe-comic/
You say that as if Jeph Loeb's Hulk wasn't consistently one of the best looking books on the stands every month.
Pure blockbuster trash writing, but goddamn did it look amazing. Take out Ed McGuinness and co, and who gives a %&#! about the Red Hulk
ViewtifulJC
Banned
That may be true, TTOB, but Jeph Loeb's terribleness outweighs Ed McGuinness' goodness. He's just that bad.
Spike Spiegel
Member
Chris Sims celebrates 100 "Ask Chris" columns by answering 100 reader submitted questions in one go (Comics Alliance)
Oh man, the question from Matt Fraction -- and Chris's answer -- got me rolling.
Oh man, the question from Matt Fraction -- and Chris's answer -- got me rolling.
VGChampion
Member
So I'm still behind and didn't pick up this weeks comics but I got some stuff to say about last weeks Avengers .1 ....
What the hell was that?! A .1 is supposed to be a jump on point. They bring in the Scarlet Witch (who I've never read) and reference a bunch of stuff I keep hearing about but still, never read. Bendis even has one of the characters tell The Vision he'll catch him up on what happened, and then we cut away.
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Real good initiative there people. I still don't know what happened in those past stories in Marvel's funny books. The only reason I have any clue what happened is thanks to the wonder that is the Internet. God dammit I'm not wasting my money on a .1 ever again. Or a .2, .3, or a .4
What the hell was that?! A .1 is supposed to be a jump on point. They bring in the Scarlet Witch (who I've never read) and reference a bunch of stuff I keep hearing about but still, never read. Bendis even has one of the characters tell The Vision he'll catch him up on what happened, and then we cut away.
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Real good initiative there people. I still don't know what happened in those past stories in Marvel's funny books. The only reason I have any clue what happened is thanks to the wonder that is the Internet. God dammit I'm not wasting my money on a .1 ever again. Or a .2, .3, or a .4
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Thanks brother.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Completely the opposite. I'll read anything they team up on because he gives him the most batshit beautifully crazy shit to draw.
krypt0nian
Banned
After TTOB's gushing I went back and read RED HULK and it was the most fun I've had with Loeb's trash in a million years, so I agree.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Gotta be McG tho. There's some rough stuff in there that he didn't draw.
krypt0nian
Banned
YUPYUP
Tizoc
Member
Only read Jeff Parker's run, which starts with the TPB: Scorched Earth or from #25 onwards.
Quick rundown of what I read this week:
The Boys 65:
Holy
fucking
shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiite
...but isn't what Butcher says at the end somewhat contradicting or hypocritical?
Daredevil 10.1
I liked it but man I hate how they kept bringing up DD's powers and origin during the first few pages ugh.
Also the final pages were strange
for one thing he was using a TouchPhone, now I can think of a few ways he can use them, but when he confronted the agents did he really intend for them to kill that guy?
Invincible 90-
Really good issue, wonder what'll happen in coming issues. For that matter
I don't think Mark would want to be the rightful ruler of the Viltrumites...but if it'll keep them in line
Action Comics 8-
So at the end of the issue:
http://i.imgur.com/5QTVf.jpg
...and from issue #6:
http://i.imgur.com/nGJ0F.jpg
Morrison you glorious bastard <3
Co-sign. I'm a fan of Paul Cornell's comics though, and really liked it.
BlueScrote
Member
the .1 intitiative has been really lacking in consistency. There were a couple of good ones (wolverine and x-force come to mind), but most have them have been awful.
Spike Spiegel
Member
Was Black Noir's reveal supposed to be that obvious?
Spike Spiegel
Member
Automatic response will be American Vampire, nearly every time.
American Vampire! Read it!
Shamefully I haven't read Unwritten or Sweet Tooth yet but I love both of those writers (Mike Carey and Jeff Lemire respectively) and they both sound real good so I'm gonna go ahead and say those anyways. Now to go get some trades myself...
Cpt.Underpants
Member
Do it
LiveFromKyoto
Member
fredrancour
Member
Unwritten is good. The two people I've loaned volume 1 to were both won over by the end of the first volume, and the second was even better.
American Vampire and Sweet Tooth make sense to start with since I like both Snyder and Lemire on their DCU stuff.
Is the Unwritten as good as Lucifer was? I don't remember if I ever finished Lucifer, but I enjoyed the first 50+ issues.
Thanks for the suggestions. I was reading almost exclusively Vertigo stuff for a couple years in the early-mid 2000s, but have been neglecting the line in recent years.
Is the Unwritten as good as Lucifer was? I don't remember if I ever finished Lucifer, but I enjoyed the first 50+ issues.
Thanks for the suggestions. I was reading almost exclusively Vertigo stuff for a couple years in the early-mid 2000s, but have been neglecting the line in recent years.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Unwritten
American Vampire
I still read Fables although it's losing steam
I need to catch up on Sweet Tooth. Only read the first trade.
VGChampion
Member
I don't want to start it up again but I made it out to the shop today and I've only read WatX-Men so far but everything LiQuid says is the absolute truth. I hope we only get three issues with Bachalo and Bradshaw gets his four. For half the issue I thought the kids were on the ship with Beast.
krypt0nian
Banned
I already leave the Bradshaw issues at the store. It would save me money.
Yeah well some of us are trying to read it for one of the best superhero stories in comics and not just to wank on Bachalo's magical contribution to culture.
krypt0nian
Banned
It has nothing to do with your delusional ideas. Just like I didn't buy the last dreadful X-Force run, I'm not giving out money for an artist I despise. There are plenty of other great comics out there waiting for my money.
But please continue down the path to crazyland.
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