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COMICS! |OT| April 2016. I Think You're Fearless
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This list: Mixed feelings.
Freezasaurus
Member
I like the kind of texturing that Ben Templesmith does. Though it's usually more a use of overlays in photoshop.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
It's Power Man and Iron Fist, isn't it? I know people love it but it still hasn't really clicked for me yet. I feel like Danny is a bit of a dolt and Luke is a bit of a jerk and Jessica is a bit of a nag. Danielle is real adorable, though.
I think part of the appeal is the fact that it is such a different take on a character by marvel. It doesn't work as some randomer from Image.
What are your problems with it?
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SPIDER-MAN #3 Was a really fun issue start to finish. Fuck Ganke.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Best: Still Squirrel Girl. Vision is my favorite new series though. Very fresh story for Marvel and it's really well told.
Worst one is Daredevil from what I've seen. Shitty villain and poor characterization all around. This is without comparing it to the previous runs. Just seems like a dull comic outside of the Bill Sienkiewicz cover that's been posted here several times.
I don't really like using the terms underrated, overhyped, overrated, etc. so I'll skip those. I only read a handful of Marvel books consistently and I enjoy the ones I read and think they're all great. I've tried a few for a couple of issues (Avengers, New Avengers, Hellcat, etc.) and I thought they were just ok and not worth sticking with long-term so I dropped them.
Check out the Vice stuff and Hanselmann's tumblr if you're interested. I think it's very up your alley.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Ganke can go play in traffic. People think he's cute cuz he plays with LEGOs. Like, really?
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Doctor Strange - Yeah this one just isn't for me. I really don't like this mystical and magical stuff at all. Plus Stephen just feels like a low rent Tony Stark to me. Also he spells my first name wrong. The art would be adequate if I loved the story but I don't so it's not.
I dont like you anymore.
BKatastrophe
Member
It's such a perfect take on the character and a very natural evolution given the Inhumans' arc.
Exactly what I was thinking
What's with you and Image?
Why are you putting Image in general on a pedestal like that? Shouldn't we judge individual books on their own merits and not conflate that criticism with the publisher behind it? We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist. And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive!" Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
This has been an ever-evolving post.
My copy of Earth One Wonder Woman finally showed up
Wasn't this the book they backstabbed Rucka on? Fuck DC.
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They did let him keep writing Gotham Central for 40 issues. No way that book had the sales for that, despite being Aces. Is Rucka's run on Wonder Woman good?
CBR said:
It's life, he was told he was going to get a job but didn't. It hurt his feelings so he left. Fast forward 4 years and now the dude is writing 2 Wonder Woman books and his own version of Year One in the main timeline. Earth One: Wonder Woman is a book that shouldn't be missed out on. It's a hopeful book and incredibly gorgeous to look at and one of the best stories I've read all year.
Unless a story involves harassment, it's probably best not to get too wrapped up in the politics of what goes on behind the scenes. It all worked out in the end, him being on the book at that point in time was just not meant to be.
There's way more failed projects and creative teams that people haven't heard about.
BKatastrophe
Member
Man Marvel's been really shitty about how they collected Inhumans. Fuck me for attempting to follow a franchise that's all over the fucking place as just storylines in other books.
This is my hell
This is my hell
TropicalFish
Member
Yes. I loved it and I'm so excited for her comic now that he's back writing her.
Re-read and finished the female X-Men book. I really enjoyed it. Almost all of the arcs have rushed endings though, and at times I enjoy the little sidestories moreso than the actual main plot. The one with Jubilee leading the Jean Grey school students against the Arkea controlled Sentinels was awesome.
I miss her mutant powers though. Vampire Jubilee lowkey sucks.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I'd agree with most of this, but pull Mocky out of Underrated. Herc super is.
Daredevil is boresville. Power Man and Iron Fist is just...iunno. Not there.
Freezasaurus
Member
I think you meant "best." Not overhyped at all. I'll agree that Ultimates was overhyped though. But that Rocafort art more than makes up for it.
Tried to read a bunch of Inhumans stuff from over the decades, the only memorable one was probably the Jenkins miniseries, and it was mostly because the art was great.
RepairmanJack
Member
I'd almost want to see the same rankings put to image. Does anyone even try to keep up on a lot of their titles? That seems hard as hell to do.
Freezasaurus
Member
I liked Young Inhumans, but overall I think the Inhumans are a poor substitute for X-Men.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Is 35 a lot?
RepairmanJack
Member
It's not so much that it's a lot but their stories are also more diverse and different from each other. Not so hard following 30 books by DC when a lot of what you have to recall month to month is either retread or at least somewhat similar to stuff before. Stuff like all the gods in WickDiv to the timeline in Black Science and all the characters and interactions in Saga seems a little more complicated when it involved 30 different ones.
whatsinaname
Member
I don't really see them as a substitute for X-Men at all. More like a large scale alien society with a totally dysfunctional royal family. The trouble is, the ideal premise of Inhumans is hard to write for.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Gonna throw some left-field choices out.
Best book: Spider-Woman
Worst Book: Gwenpool
Most Overrated: Black Panther
Most Underrated: Spider-Gwen
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Best book: Spider-Woman
Worst Book: Gwenpool
Most Overrated: Black Panther
Most Underrated: Spider-Gwen
wat
WadiumArcadium
Member
Surely it's a bit early for that?
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I thought about it, but I saw other people posting one issue answers
If you'd like, I'll change my answer to Doctor Strange, and Worst Book to Weirdworld. I haven't really read any book I've straight up disliked (except Gwenpool), but Weirdworld hasn't clicked with me past the art.
WadiumArcadium
Member
It's your list man. I've rarely dropped a series I'm interested in after one issue so I always think it's a bit early to judge. But I guess the first issue of Black Panther received a good deal of critical acclaim, so if it didn't click with you its a valid answer.
I'd like it as early as possible but I still haven't finished Dark Souls 3 yet!
I am ok with it arriving at thursday, I cant play it earlier anyway.
But Wohoooo. I am excited.
RepairmanJack
Member
Two(three?) weeks into Marvel Unlimited ANAD so I have no clue or right to rank:
Best Book: Captain America: Sam Wilson
Worst Book: Karnak(was bored out of my mind reading the first issue)
Overhyped: Squirrel Girl
Underhyped: Invincible Iron Man
I would put Vision in best book just because I've read it separately, but I was sticking to MU.
Best Book: Captain America: Sam Wilson
Worst Book: Karnak(was bored out of my mind reading the first issue)
Overhyped: Squirrel Girl
Underhyped: Invincible Iron Man
I would put Vision in best book just because I've read it separately, but I was sticking to MU.
Aizo
Banned
I didn't mean to say anything to upset anyone. I never said I was an expert on Japanese culture, but I do have a lot of experience with studying the culture, history, and literature. I do live here, so I do feel like I have a very different opinion of Japan than most of the people in the thread. That doesn't mean I'm right, obviously.
You've made a fair point. It just gets tiring when there aren't really any good representations of Japan from the West.
Yeah, I mean, if we want to talk about Japan, then yesthe representations of women in Japan are far worse. The treatment of women is generally worse. It's fucking disgusting that I see women with their breasts practically falling out nearly every day in any given shop with magazines, and those are at eye-level for kids. Yikes.
I didn't intend to make it sound like it's a problem with just American comics, but I wished they would help lead the way to progress.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Woah, I ain't dropping BP. That's a damn good book. It was really just hyped to the max; I don't think it could have ever lived up to those expectations
nah, once you get past the " woah marvel is doing a dark story" the hype settles.
whatsinaname
Member
Usagi Yojimbo Saga v6 today. Will need to find something else to bump the order up to $50.
Next week is going to be expensive. GOTG omnibus and Gotham Central omnibus. I hope IST lists both in their deal of the week section.
Who is buying The Dark Knight Returns Gallery Edition next week?
Next week is going to be expensive. GOTG omnibus and Gotham Central omnibus. I hope IST lists both in their deal of the week section.
Who is buying The Dark Knight Returns Gallery Edition next week?
$175...
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Er, no? It's a good story. That crack about Image has no place here, because a good book is a good book regardless of the publisher. Just saying it's "dark" misses 99% of what makes Vision special.
Gotham central omni? Damn...