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[Loxley]

So a follow-up to my post a few pages back about potentially meeting Brian Michael Bendis - I did! After his Q&A session in my college's auditorium, he did a very casual meet and greet in the hallway afterward, signing stuff and the like. Man you guys, I was so damn nervous :lol Bendis' brother Jared - whom I've known for a little while now - had to almost literally push me in front of him to introduce myself and show him my work as well as give him a copy the comic I created for my senior thesis project.

Most if our conversation is a bit of blur since - despite my best attempts not to - I went into complete nerd mode and began to gush about how his run on Ultimate Spider-man is what got me into comics back in 2000 when I was 12. I've never met somebody famous before, much less somebody famous whom I've been an immense fan of since I was a kid.

He was a super cool guy, and he signed my copy of All New Spider-man #1 - which I just happened to find by chance this morning while cleaning out my closet. So overall, it was a great experience.

 

[MartyStu]

Otto "Dealing with GG" qould definitely have led to Anna-Maria's death. That was the whole point of him giving in to Peter.

That's probably irritates me the most about SpOck and his fans: the delusion. Otto was CONVINCED that everything was going his way and just made up excuses when even he couldn't deny the truth in front of him. At this rate I'm actually going to snap and list out everything he did wrong.

Let us be clear: while Otto certainly did much wrong, the only reason things are crashing around him in this manner is because we have to return to the status quo.

 

[Showaddy]

Knowhere has been the location of the last couple Nova issues. Cosmo appeared and everything. Marvel Cosmic lives on- just a shame the flagship is still piloted by a hack like Bendis.

If Loeb's son running round with Cosmo isn't a sign Marvel Cosmic is dead I don't know what is.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

Let us be clear: while Otto certainly did much wrong, the only reason things are crashing around him in this manner is because we have to return to the status quo.

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Felt he switched an issue too soon. Wanted to have a proper Spock vs Goblin with Peter assisting and see a switch after that.

 

[Messi]

I wish I hadn't seen one of those Superior Spider Man spoilers above. But can't hold it against you guys, I'm way behind.

I just read Ultimate Spidey 200 can someone in spoiler text obviously tell me what the fuck that last panel was implying.

 

[Parallax]

See more proof Peter is awesome. Someone make a thread about how awesome Peter Parker is as a character just for TT can learn.

it would just end up funny comics thread # 2 with a mix of dont fuck with parker sprinkled in.

 

[Messi]

it would just end up funny comics thread # 2 with a mix of dont fuck with parker sprinkled in.

Lots of this too:

 

[noquarter]

So read the new Starlight, and seems to be going like I thought it would. Hope something happens in the next issue or two.

Also picked up both Sandman Overtures. Really enjoyed them, sucks it seems to be a semi-annual comic instead of a monthly.

 

[Cheska]

Is this from Hickman's Avengers run?

 

[dan2026]

Detective Comics #30 was certainly an interesting start to a story.

I'm on board.

 

[Messi]

Is this from Hickman's Avengers run?

Yep its in the first issue.

I just read the first two Magneto issues. Wow they were awesome and intense. Some very violent panels. Great read thus far.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

LUMBERJANES LOOKS TOTALLY FUN AND AWESOME AND AWESOME FUN (CBR)

I hope I can get a copy.

 

[arkon]

LUMBERJANES LOOKS TOTALLY FUN AND AWESOME AND AWESOME FUN (CBR)

I hope I can get a copy.

It's a maybe. Not familiar with any of the creators.

 

[Loxley]

LUMBERJANES LOOKS TOTALLY FUN AND AWESOME AND AWESOME FUN (CBR)

I hope I can get a copy.

That art style is oddly familiar, but I can't place it.

 

[Serpentine]

LUMBERJANES LOOKS TOTALLY FUN AND AWESOME AND AWESOME FUN (CBR)

I hope I can get a copy.

ya, i'm stoked. between this and Ultimates, next week is gonna be good comics

 

[tm24]

I wish I hadn't seen one of those Superior Spider Man spoilers above. But can't hold it against you guys, I'm way behind.

I just read Ultimate Spidey 200 can someone in spoiler text obviously tell me what the fuck that last panel was implying.

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Either Peter is alive or one of the two Peter clones has escaped considering Shield has been decommissioned

 

[Messi]

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Either Peter is alive or one of the two Peter clones has escaped considering Shield has been decommissioned

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Spider Girl is one of the clones? I didn't read most of ultimate Spider-Man yet.

 

[Rrongfield]

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Spider Girl is one of the clones? I didn't read most of ultimate Spider-Man yet.

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Yes, she is.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

LUMBERJANES LOOKS TOTALLY FUN AND AWESOME AND AWESOME FUN (CBR)

I hope I can get a copy.

Yeah this looks incredible. Pure comics.

 

[tm24]

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Spider Girl is one of the clones? I didn't read most of ultimate Spider-Man yet.

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Yes, she's the only one who made it out unscathed. From my vague recollection, there is two clones of Peter that are unaccounted for. The Scorpion version from Ultimate Clone Saga was taken into Shield custody. ANd the Spider from Ultimate Comic Ultimates is missing too.

 

[Owzers]

dcbs updated for June books :O A very weak month for me since Batman Unwrapped HC wasn't half-off so i'll wait for IST if i decide to get it, and after that....not much:

50% off:
Outlast #1
Wicked and Divine #1

rest:
Batman combo, Justice League Combo, Superman Johns combo pack, Wonder Woman

East of West, Invincible, Manhattan Bros, Saga, Walking Bread

All New Doop 3 of 5, Amazing Spidey, Avengers, Cap, Daredevil, Hawkguy, Iron Fist, New Avengers, Original Sin 3 and 4 of 8, Secret Avengers, She Hulk, Silver Surfer, Thor, Uncanny Avengers.

Maybes: Avengers World, Inhuman #3, Moon Knight #4, Ms. Marvel, Original Every Other Sin depending on what it actually is, Black Widow TPB vol 1, Trees #2, Justice League United #2, Infinity and the Forever People #1, and the Ring of Nibelung HC from Dark Horse.

 

[GrandHarrier]

LUMBERJANES LOOKS TOTALLY FUN AND AWESOME AND AWESOME FUN (CBR)

I hope I can get a copy.

That's some pretty bad art. Sub DeviantArt levels.

 

[BuddyJoeHooker]

Got my dcbs shipment today and some of the issues had corner damage. -_-

Going to send them a email later, watching Captain America tonight.

 

[Messi]

That's some pretty bad art. Sub DeviantArt levels.

I've seen some shit on deviant art :/

 

[GrandHarrier]

Black Science #5 was pretty great! My only complaint at the moment is that a couple of the characters look too similar. When the "reveal" happened I wasn't quite sure who it was supposed to be at first.

 

[diaspora]

I do not object.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

I wish I hadn't seen one of those Superior Spider Man spoilers above. But can't hold it against you guys, I'm way behind.

I just read Ultimate Spidey 200 can someone in spoiler text obviously tell me what the fuck that last panel was implying.

Sorry about that, figured other people were talking freely meant almost everyone had some notion of what happened.

 

[Filthy Slug]

Moon Knight 2 -- Holy fuckballs. Now this is a god damn comic book. Ellis and Shalvey dominated in this issue.

 

[KoruptData]

Moon Knight 2 -- Holy fuckballs. Now this is a god damn comic book. Ellis and Shalvey dominated in this issue.

But it had too much white space! /sarcasm

 

[shadyspace]

I had a dream the other night that Waid took over AMS. It was a good dream.

 

[Messi]

Sorry about that, figured other people were talking freely meant almost everyone had some notion of what happened.

Nah its all on me. Just slow in reading stuff sometimes. It just bothered me as they are one of my favorite characters in Superior.

 

[JEKKI]

I finished reading the Dark Phoenix Saga yesterday.

a comic arc that in 3 issues can tell more story than all Marvel events do in 10.

as if Battle of the Atom, Infinity, AVX, etc werent crappy enough,

leave it to comics in the 80s to show you how it's done.

 

[Mac the KNife]

I had a dream the other night that Waid took over AMS. It was a good dream.

That is a beautiful dream.

That penultimate caption box is just perfect.

 

[Filthy Slug]

But it had too much white space! /sarcasm

Yeah...about that poster's comments, I hope nobody reads them and takes them to heart when considering this series or reading it.

This was a comic for fucking comic book fans. I loved holding the pages together, kind of fanned out, and reading each of the 8

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victims

stories before

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they get popped.

It's interesting, methodical, and uses the medium to express something that can't be done coherently otherwise.

Also, the fight is damn cool,

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and Moon Knight saying "I'm not real", dressed in ghostly, glowing moonlight white, completely unfazed by anything thrown his way--again proving his dominance in fights and maybe a bit of his madness.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

That's some pretty bad art. Sub DeviantArt levels.

I want off.

 

[diaspora]

Let us be clear: while Otto certainly did much wrong, the only reason things are crashing around him in this manner is because we have to return to the status quo.

Everything is crashing around Otto for IMO pretty good reasons. He's good at thinking methodically when he has the chance but is schizophrenic on his priorities, is indecisive at the worst moments, and has such a crippling delusion of grandeur he let an army amass itself under the city. While I think SSM has it's issues, the fall was set up just fine from issue 1.

 

[tim1138]

It took me a couple weeks but I finally finished the Age of Apocalypse omnibus.
Taken for what it was, the story was fairly enjoyable, and I'm always up for a good alternate reality tale. At this point, I honestly don't even remember what prompted me to read but now I have, so bully for me I guess?

 

[frye]

Cameron Stewart posted a bunch of his uncoloured Batman and Robin pages and god this guy can draw.

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[Freezasaurus]

It took me a couple weeks but I finally finished the Age of Apocalypse omnibus.
Taken for what it was, the story was fairly enjoyable, and I'm always up for a good alternate reality tale. At this point, I honestly don't even remember what prompted me to read but now I have, so bully for me I guess?

I bought it back when it came out. Story was fun. Art was an eyesore. Man, I forgot about the art of yesterday.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Cameron Stewart posted a bunch of his uncoloured Batman and Robin pages and god this guy can draw.

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And he just keeps getting better, his work from Seaguy #1 to #2 is crazy. One of my absolute favorite comic book artists.

What I always loved about that story how you got Batman vs Batman, but with a few subtle things you never get confused with which is Dick and which is Bruce, its all very clear choreography and design.

 

[KoruptData]

Anybody else reading All New Invaders? I just read 1-3 tonight and while it started slow, like I would almost think of dropping it slow after 2, but 3 really gelled everything together and made me excited. Obviously, like other Marvel books, I'm kinda blind to who these people are and their histories. The reason I tried it was in the back of F4, Robinson said don't be surprised to see a crossover down the line. I really like Jim, aka Human Torch. I like his quiet side, then his rage. This is the first experience ever reading Captain America. Does Robinson have an accurate voice of the character? He seems cool. I guess I'm kinda confused with Bucky, aka Winter Soilder? Is this the same villain that's going to be in the new Cap movie?

Thanks for any insight.

 

[Zeus Molecules]

I just read the new moon knight issue and I really like the new moon knight costume

 

[Serpentine]

read the first volume of New 52 Aquaman, and I thought it was mostly bad, save for maybe issue #4. the whole arc is basically Johns trying to convince me that Aquaman is cool and i'm stupid for thinking otherwise, but it's pretty weird that he's thought of as a lame-ass in a world where he actually saves people. I used to think Geoff Johns hated Batman because he has no superpowers, but I'm beginning to think he just hates actual, normal people. There's some Snyder-esque MY FATHER stuff going on too, but without literally saying it in the narration. The first issue is pretty much just him responding to haters. The fourth issue was pretty cool, probably because it was underwater and Ivan Reis absolutely kills it on the double page spreads, but man that first issue is ROUGH. Reis is good throughout the whole thing, but he's not the kind of artist where i'd buy anything/everything he draws. It's also really noticeable, even with the same coloring/inking, when Joe Pardo fills in for him in the 6th issue, because all the people are ugly and inconsistent looking as hell. also, a really terribly written issue!

Legit question: has Aquaman ever had a consistent personality across reboots/universes/whatever? I know he's had a bunch of different origin stories, but could you actually pinpoint specific character traits to him? I mean, i guess he has a trident. that's rad.

 

[Caspel]

But it had too much white space! /sarcasm

Hah. It really wasn't good. Might as well put one panel in the middle of the first page for issue 3 and leave the rest blank for the comic and I'm sure someone will talk about how cool it is and how it executed its purpose.

Hopefully others don't read too far into the dudes comments about it being for comic book fans or other nonsense.

 

[Toa TAK]

All-New Ultimates #1 Preview

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That's pretty low to beat up on a small kid, yo.

 

[Caspel]

I just read the new moon knight issue and I really like the new moon knight costume

Yup yup!

Also, to the person asking about Invaders, I'm reading and was consider dropping until #3 gave me a reason to stick with it a bit longer.

 

[KoruptData]

All-New Ultimates #1 Preview

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That's pretty low to beat up on a small kid, yo.

Didn't need to see that, already added that to my pull at the LCS!

Fiona Staples variant for Miles Ultimate Spidey #1


http://comicsalliance.com/fiona-staples-miles-morales-ultimate-spider-man-variant-cover-1/

 

[Caspel]

Just read Superman Unchained won't fulfill the last two issues. Bummer was considering it but went with Aquaman and The Others instead.

 

[Tizoc]

That's some pretty bad art. Sub DeviantArt levels.

Bad art? Son you best watch your mouth, lest I spank you with BOTH of my All-Star Superman hardcovers.

That art style is oddly familiar, but I can't place it.

Hey it's the artist for Nimona, Noelle Stevenson!
http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/page-1

The fact she's working on it is a must read for me.

 

[tm24]

All-New Ultimates #1 Preview

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That's pretty low to beat up on a small kid, yo.

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