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COMICS! |OT| April 2016. I Think You're Fearless
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I've seen complaints about not liking how he writes Peter compared to previous writers. I started with BND and haven't read too much off the stuff that came before that so I wouldn't be able to comment on that.
Okay, good lord...
I've been reading the Neal Adams Batman omnibus, and I just reached Odyssey. I read about half of it last night and... holy crap. This is like straight gibberish, and the ramblings of a madman. It's just broken and nonfunctional nonsense in so many ways. Like, if I weren't fairly positive it was meant to be taken seriously I'd almost applaud it for so thoroughly capturing insanity on a page, like some kind of Funny Games style effort. I'll hold off on more detailed analysis for once I'm done, but there's a good chance this is the worst thing I've ever read, and I'm legitimately baffled as to how this actually managed to get published.
I've been reading the Neal Adams Batman omnibus, and I just reached Odyssey. I read about half of it last night and... holy crap. This is like straight gibberish, and the ramblings of a madman. It's just broken and nonfunctional nonsense in so many ways. Like, if I weren't fairly positive it was meant to be taken seriously I'd almost applaud it for so thoroughly capturing insanity on a page, like some kind of Funny Games style effort. I'll hold off on more detailed analysis for once I'm done, but there's a good chance this is the worst thing I've ever read, and I'm legitimately baffled as to how this actually managed to get published.
I think that just has to do with how long he was setting up Superior. The Goblins will probably always be his greatest enemies.
Brianimaniac
Banned
The biggest problem for me isn't about his writing, it's that he won't fucking leave. He's been writing Spider-Man so long that I'm just tired of it. I'd be tired of anyone on any book after that much time.
Calcium
Banned
Ah, I don't think that will be a problem for me. I haven't read a Spider-Man book since I was a kid so I'm not really attached to any version of Parker.
Haha, damn. Must be doing something right if he's been on the book for that long, though.
TetraxShards
Member
No, it's just that Peter has always been a bit crap at life in general. Largely because of juggling his responsibilities with what he wants to do. Now he's got a doctorate (that Ock got for him), money, status, power and can afford bodyguards. It's a bit much. I'm still enjoying the current run but it feels a bit stretched. Maybe Dead no More will bring it all crashing down.
I liked the early JMS status quo more with him as a science teacher at a poor school, helping the kids, while still being Spider-Man. That felt like growth. This feels a bit more, well, wish fulfillment.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Slott is gonna die and he's gonna leave behind unseen issue scripts so that Marvel will have to keep him on Spider-Man. Just like how Tupac was releasing new music years after his death.
Dan Slott = Tupac
Dan Slott = Tupac
I must be color blind cuz her suit looks orange.
Supergirl's angry faces....I have been slain.
Calcium
Banned
Ah, okay. I can see where that would bother people.
Coriolanus
Banned
If you want to see the old parker growth, that bit should currently be handled by miles.
We had what, 40+ years of parker being a chump. We can take a bit more of him having some semblance of a life.
We had what, 40+ years of parker being a chump. We can take a bit more of him having some semblance of a life.
Freezasaurus
Member
I don't disagree, but Slott has nothing on the Geoff Johns Green Lantern run. Dude has 3 omnibus volumes collecting his run. That's insane.
To be fair, while I doubt PI is going to last forever he's likely going to remain a somewhat successful scientist later on. He was already at Horizon as a scientist for a while and AFAIK has some patents under his belt.
BKatastrophe
Member
Claremont had like, 16 years of X-books
choaffable
Member
Peter Parker as a down-on-his luck poor single dude resonates with a certain kind of nerd. Here's a superhero, one of the most popular, with all this potential and power, but "circumstance" prevents him from realizing it all. He's a genius that could become rich and successful if he wasn't busy being a nice guy.
It's like a fairy tale men right's activists can tell themselves after jerking off into a sock their mom is going wash for them. It's also, as you point out, been done for so long. Let the dude grow up.
The core of Peter Parker isn't that he's a loser, it's that he has the will to overcome overwhelming odds. I like this CEO Peter. I'm not saying this was Peter's destiny/end game, but it's an interesting status quo considering how little Slott could squeeze from the previous status quo.
Freezasaurus
Member
Subtract the number of years worth of shitty X-books. Probably less than Johns GL run.
my name is ed
Banned
Shame the art on USM isnt for you. Bagley isnt really a top notch artist and hes on that book for a looong time. Ive got a lot of affinity for his work in that book since I grew up on it but you might want to check out how you like the art when Immomen hops on board on issue 110 or so. Hes on there for a while before Lafuente comes in followed by Pichelli and Samnee for a bit. Theyre all really fantastic artists but it depends on your taste.
edit: Brand New Day era of Amazing Spider-Man was pretty uneven in the beginning but there were some greats arcs in there. Shed by Wells and Bachalo is golden, anything Marcos Martin worked on was A+++, the Gauntlet was pretty damn good. I dont suggest buying it all because Bob Gale and Guggenheim wrote some super uninteresting issues but you might want to track down and read the issues by Mark Waid, Joe Kelly, Roger Stern, and Zeb Wells. Dan Slott wrote some pretty solid stuff as part of the rotating writers but his 'Im With Stupid' mini is still probably the best Spider-Man stuff he's put out. Spider-Island is also *significantly* better than Spider-Verse even considering the giant quality gap in art between Camuncoli/Coipel and Ramos
Double edit: Ive really enjoyed some of Slotts Spider-Man work but Im not terribly happy with Slott continuing to define Peter Parker after 8 years or however long hes been on the title now. Joe Kelly + Tradd Moore pls
TetraxShards
Member
But I don't like Miles. *whines*
Ehhh. Maybe. Like I said, I enjoy the current run. Maybe I would like it more if it wasn't Slott. Spider-Man/Deadpool riffs off the same thing and that book is RAD AS HELL.
Bagley on Ultimate Spider-Man for people reading it in 2016, yeah, maybe not so good. But he was putting out 18 issues a year at one point. You can't do quality work at that speed.
I agree with this. Miles is easily filling that teenage Spider-Man role.
Slott's gotta be getting up there in amount of issues done. He has a fair few OHCs.
Freezasaurus
Member
He does, but those goddamn GL omnibuses are over 1,000 pages each.
http://www.newsarama.com/29048-vision-s-second-arc-is-the-essence-of-tragedy.html
King wanted to stay with Marvel it seems but DC acted first (They gave him Batman after all) and he was the one who pitched Vote Loki.
King wanted to stay with Marvel it seems but DC acted first (They gave him Batman after all) and he was the one who pitched Vote Loki.
TetraxShards
Member
52-53 (not quite sure) issues of BND/Big Time Amazing
31 Superior
18 of Amazing Vol. 3
5 issues of Renew Your Vows
11 of the current
So, 117-118 issues, not counting FCBD books or any annuals he may have done. That's 3 omnibuses easily. Maybe not as big as the Johns ones though.
And choffable, can you not call me, or anyone else, a chronic masturbating men's rights activist? A bit excessive, and I am neither of those things. Maybe a bit too nostalgic for comics I read when I was younger. We can disagree without you pulling politics, or, well, pulling into it?
King on Loki could have been Vision good but ...Batman. I need to know how good this will be.
TetraxShards
Member
I'm not really into Finch on art, but I'll get over it, I'm there regardless. Vision is the comic of the year so far IMO. I'd love if he could get that weird with Batman, but probably not.
Mikel Janin tho...he's there too.
TetraxShards
Member
You make a persuasive argument. I forgot that the twice monthly books will have two artists.
echoshifting
Banned
NO METASTASIS
They want to do another scan in two weeks, if no change they just want to do radioactive iodine which is no big deal.
Breathing a huge sigh of relief over here. What a torturous wait that was.
They want to do another scan in two weeks, if no change they just want to do radioactive iodine which is no big deal.
Breathing a huge sigh of relief over here. What a torturous wait that was.
YAAY! Happy for you dude, hope it continues to go well.
TetraxShards
Member
Delighted to hear it, man. We are all rooting for you!
I really wish he had a better concept for his first Batman story because it sounds weak compared to the other Batbooks launching IMO. Of course I remember others writing similar things about Vision and Grayson lol.
Freezasaurus
Member
Glad to hear it. Hope things go smooth for you.
You're the best! Keep up the good work! You're our real hero.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Calcium
Banned
That's awesome, man. Congrats!
my name is ed
Banned
::airhorn::
i skimmed your post because i thought you weren't interested in a comic called Metastasis and i'd never heard of that. But that's great!
I'm also glad you aren't talking about comics.
Tragicomedy
Member
Sweet action!
High five, that's awesome!
KoruptData
Member
Fist pump for Echo!
echoshifting
Banned
Thanks everyone 
I will now start writing Metastasis #1 for monkey...I'm not sure what it's about yet but obviously aliens
I will now start writing Metastasis #1 for monkey...I'm not sure what it's about yet but obviously aliens
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Great news Echo
Thanks everyone
I will now start writing Metastasis #1 for monkey...I'm not sure what it's about yet but obviously aliens
When you said NO METASTASIS I thought you watched that crappy Univision remake of Breaking Bad.
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
That wasnt until Jim Lee ran him out
Freezasaurus
Member
Still not a glowing endorsement, there.
So it's like Fungus?