Spike Spiegel
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OH GOD.
WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN.
OH GOD.
OH GOD.
WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN.
OH GOD.
OH GOD.
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COMICS - October 2011 |OT| - Goons, Godmothers, and Gunwitches!
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LeonSKennedy90
Banned
animlboogy said:
The best thing about it was if you didn't like a story, you can just wait a month and they'll be another one, almost weekly! A lot of my fave Spidey stories come from that era really, I think it really revitalized the book. Brought back the focus on the supporting cast, the sub-plots, all those WONDERFUL artists they had made the most visually interesting book either of the Big Two were putting out(Bachalo, Martin, Rivera, Rios, Paluido, Fiumara, Canete, etc). There's stinkers in there, its expensive to collect, but I think BND was a great period for the character of Spider-man.
I also think Slott is gonna go down as one of the best Spidey writers of them all when its all said and done. I think he just "gets" the character like very few comic scribes do, and I'm excited to see where we go from here.
krypt0nian
Banned
Nesotenso said:
He's writing a British Broodling. It doesn't have to make sense.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
krypt0nian said:
Didn't he wrestle for the WWF in the 80's?
You guys need to listen to the new Sidebar Podcast Episode 168 :: Survival of the Artist, just sayin'.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Nesotenso said:
It was explained in Astonishing X-Men. He's not British. He's astute.
Don't mind Krypt0nian. He's like me when Final Crisis came out. Only instead of me loving Final Crisis when everyone hated it, he's, well, you get it.
;D
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Blader5489 said:
I hear tell it's like Global Frequency with suped up heroes. Sounds awesome. Next big paycheck I'll probably "catch" "em" "all".
LeonSKennedy90
Banned
The latest Secret Avengers was the best book of the week. Better then Scalped, Spaceman, Aquaman, ASM, Daredevil, WATXM, all of em.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
ReiGun said:
Wait you thought every issue was going to be $1?
Square Triangle
Member
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku! said:
Yeah it was a pretty big showing of Superman for the guys all first meeting for the first time.
krypt0nian
Banned
BenjaminBirdie said:
I loved Final Crisis at the beginning. This is just a continuation of Morrison's superior run so far. It remains to be seen if Aaron has the chops. Right now, Schism and the Hellfire Kids say he doesn't.
Journey Into Mystery, Amazing Spider-man and I, Vampire were superior reads this week IMO.
LeonSKennedy90
Banned
lol, those two page spreads never come out right in these previews. Still, glad to see Caselli back. Hearing that he's doing the Sinister Six story arc next year was the best news out of Comic Con
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Satchwar said:
You so crazy!
The first issue of Spaceman reminded me quite a bit of the first issue of 100 Bullets.
Only I knew going in this time Azzarello is establishing a language for the world he's presenting me with. Granted this one is a bit more obtuse because of the sci-fi bent; but it's completely worth a dollar and even at that there's another preview of some fruity angels and goat boy comics in the back that may be up folks alley there.
Plus I will never tire of how Eduardo Risso draws pouty lipped, big titty girls. :3
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Satchwar said:
They were totally cybering. LOL LOL LOL
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Shit da X book previews on CBR are too interesting, I dunno know what to do.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Your right, I gotta hold strong. Except I got undiagnosed illness that has kept me bedridden most of the year and comics keep me going. But I must remain strong.
LeonSKennedy90
Banned
Just be more like your avatar man, Chris Jericho. That guy never gets hurt.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Thanks brahs, my avatar is Michael Hayes. Non wrestling fans may know him as one of the guys in the rung during Highlander.
Arkham City put me on a Batman kick. But rather than get the comic prequel, I nabbed these:
* The Black Casebook
* Death and the City
* Face the Face
Almost done reading Knight and Squire as well... I'm not really liking it. I want to say it's just too British, but even beyond lacking an awareness of all the culture it's steeped in, I'm not sure I'm really enjoying Cornell's writing either. It makes me a bit wary of checking out that Lex Luthor story he did in Action Comics.
* The Black Casebook
* Death and the City
* Face the Face
Almost done reading Knight and Squire as well... I'm not really liking it. I want to say it's just too British, but even beyond lacking an awareness of all the culture it's steeped in, I'm not sure I'm really enjoying Cornell's writing either. It makes me a bit wary of checking out that Lex Luthor story he did in Action Comics.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Dan said:
I didn't play the first game and have no interest in playing the sequel; but the comic was enjoyable in the same way a good pizza is enjoyable. It's got a bunch of tasty stuff on it, but it's not good for you.
If only Carlos D'Anda would draw a book worth a damn.
I'm sure I'll get it eventually, Dini wrote it after all, and I saw Carpenter is in it, whom I very much enjoy as a character. I'm just likely to wait for the paperback on this one.The Take Out Bandit said:I didn't play the first game and have no interest in playing the sequel; but the comic was enjoyable in the same way a good pizza is enjoyable. It's got a bunch of tasty stuff on it, but it's not good for you.
If only Carlos D'Anda would draw a book worth a damn.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Just split up with my LCS, was a very awkward experience. Next week I'll be all digital, hope it doesn't bite me on the ass! The only paper comic I'll buy in the next month will be the second part of Superman Secret Indentity.
Escape Goat
Member
The Take Out Bandit said:I didn't play the first game and have no interest in playing the sequel; but the comic was enjoyable in the same way a good pizza is enjoyable. It's got a bunch of tasty stuff on it, but it's not good for you.
If only Carlos D'Anda would draw a book worth a damn.
Its a shame you're depriving yourself of a great Batman experience. Arkham City is twice the game Asylum was.
my name is ed
Banned
Man I feel like I'm missing out on so much awesome shit #tradewaitingsucks
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Teh Hamburglar said:
Don't lose any sleep over it. I don't.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Garryk said:
Not all that much drama really, sorry to disappoint. Decided last week (as detailed upthread, everyone here was super helpful), I've just decided to go digital and trades for my comics buying rather than buying floppies which take up a lot of space and cost a lot of money (especially here in the uk). Also compounded is the fact that my LCS isn't exactly local, it's two towns over and then a 30 min walk each way.
I went in today to buy my last lot of floppies and to tell them that I'm out of the weekly game. They're not really traditional comic store employees, the team on today are a lovely mother/daughter pair where the daughter is in her 40s and the mum in her 60s. Basically just told them it's not you it's me, don't wanna buy so much paper, trying to change the way I consume comics. Hopefully they sort out a digital storefront soon so I can still give them money in a roundabout way.
Wasn't very fun though, they were kind of awkward with the eye contact and leaving for probably the last time was a bit weird. My real, first LCS closed down a few years back and buying comics has never been the same since. I don't think I'd ever have quit that shop since the community was so strong, but this shop was really just somewhere I'd have to travel to every week and so digital was an attractive proposition ever since it was announced. Buying an iPad last month just sealed the deal.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
The Take Out Bandit said:
But if you miss the first one you'll miss Batman being the worst, literally worst dumbest detective of all time!
Bandit!!!!
That's like the time my sister told our local movie rental store that she wouldn't be coming in anymore because she got Netflix. Don't twist the blade.Jedeye Sniv said:
That sucks, man. I would have probably told them that I am moving just to avoid the awkwardness.
Now I want that gif where the guy gets checked out at the grocery store and realizes he left his wallet at home.
Read the new Spider-Man issue, for some reason I thought that it was all taking place after Peter had died, until Miles says 'there's already a SM' etc, then at the end 'SM has been shot'.
I'm liking it, but it can still go up or down from here. We'll see when the actual action starts, the school life, etc etc. Also, Ultimates 3 was decent, felt a bit short but we'll see what happened with Thor.
I'm liking it, but it can still go up or down from here. We'll see when the actual action starts, the school life, etc etc. Also, Ultimates 3 was decent, felt a bit short but we'll see what happened with Thor.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Been reading a couple of books from my final stack. Got two weeks worth so these are a little old:
Justice League #2
This was ok but again it's moving way too slowly. I thought the Flash/Green Lantern friendship was really well portrayed but Superman seems really off compared to how he's presented in Action Comics. There is no real story happening yet either, and after two issues that's a bit weird. Apokolips is invading? Ok, but I've read this story a dozen times, and I've read it better. There's no tension, no sense of threat. It would probably be a better story with a much smaller scale villain and with the heroes just having a big punchup.
Batman #2
This was the shit though, this is some of the best Batman I've ever read, which for me is a big deal, I've been reading almost all the batman books for nearly 20 years now. Bruce is just so fucking cool, so collected and confident and badass. It's a fine line that Snyder is running, Batman is dark and brooding but he's a also a cool as hell billionaire and he acts like it. Love the art too, Capullo is bringing it on every level. That opening two pages was brilliant, the shots of Bruce just falling back out of the window were so well done, it was a real "how does he get out of THIS?" moment. So good.
Justice League #2
This was ok but again it's moving way too slowly. I thought the Flash/Green Lantern friendship was really well portrayed but Superman seems really off compared to how he's presented in Action Comics. There is no real story happening yet either, and after two issues that's a bit weird. Apokolips is invading? Ok, but I've read this story a dozen times, and I've read it better. There's no tension, no sense of threat. It would probably be a better story with a much smaller scale villain and with the heroes just having a big punchup.
Batman #2
This was the shit though, this is some of the best Batman I've ever read, which for me is a big deal, I've been reading almost all the batman books for nearly 20 years now. Bruce is just so fucking cool, so collected and confident and badass. It's a fine line that Snyder is running, Batman is dark and brooding but he's a also a cool as hell billionaire and he acts like it. Love the art too, Capullo is bringing it on every level. That opening two pages was brilliant, the shots of Bruce just falling back out of the window were so well done, it was a real "how does he get out of THIS?" moment. So good.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
BenjaminBirdie said:
Yo dawg, I already seen both Nolan movies. LOL LOL LOL
Can't wait for the Bat film franchise reboot. The Nolan-verse needs to be douched.
Damn, the Parker and Hardman Rulk run is a bitter pill to swallow.
Maybe the writing would be fine if it weren't accompanied by this boring ass illustration. Damn.
Unfortunately the library sent me a notice that We3 was also available, but it was M.I.A. when I went to pick these up today.
Damn this art is generic. :|
Square Triangle
Member
Just picked up The Flash #1 and #2 and Catwoman #1 out of the New 52. Idk about The Flash so far =/
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Satchwar said:
She has a sort of official body suit that is white and purple these days. Really depends on who is drawing her, but mostly no.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Brah it's got the chillest art of the bunch. DC needs to launch a Catgirl series when they bring back Batman Beyond next year.Square Triangle said:
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