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COMICS!!! |OT| April 2017 - Now Featuring Superstar Artist Brett Booth - APRIL FOALS!
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Freezasaurus
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I don't think they intitially intended Phasma to be more than a bit character, but she ended up getting a big following because she looked so cool.
I kind of hate how Marvel labels event lead-ups "Journey to... [Insert Next Shitty Event Title Here]. I just refer to this book as Shattered Empire. Which I liked for the most part, but it was a bit short.
Be happy DC hasn't decided to bring her back and ruin her yet.
I enjoyed the Bendis run.
Meh. Who buys these things?
You keep reminding me. Do you like where the book is currently or are you still holding a torch for the first two arcs?
A book you own part of > corporate work
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Building on what Messi just said, you're comparing a creator-owned book that Lark can take several months to work 4-5 issue arcs on then take a break to work on more, to what I would assume was a monthly book from a big company with no breaks and huge time constraints.
LordOfLore
Banned
Nah, they promoted her a ton and compared her to Boba Fett before the movie even had a trailer out IIRC.I don't think they intitially intended Phasma to be more than a bit character, but she ended up getting a big following because she looked so cool.
I kind of hate how Marvel labels event lead-ups "Journey to... [Insert Next Shitty Event Title Here]. I just refer to this book as Shattered Empire. Which I liked for the most part, but it was a bit short.
Be happy DC hasn't decided to bring her back and ruin her yet.
I enjoyed the Bendis run.
Meh. Who buys these things?
You keep reminding me. Do you like where the book is currently or are you still holding a torch for the first two arcs?
Yeah, she was supposed to be a big part of the movie.
She takes up as much space as Leia and other characters on the poster.
WadiumArcadium
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Phasma's costume was originally one of many designs for Kylo, but JJ liked it so much he still wanted to include it in the film. I can't remember them ever saying she'd play a big role in the film though.
TheDarkKnight774
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Finish SiP!
All of their merch sure said differently
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Have to say I'm still not feeling Hollingsworth's colors on Seven to Eternity.
WadiumArcadium
Member
That's not exactly new for Phasma though is it? Haha.
I think it's back for good dude. I missed me.
Guys, I'll say it: Doctor Aphra is tumblr shite. Fucking awful.
WadiumArcadium
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Whaaaat? It's the best SW book at the moment. I'm really enjoying it. The Yoda arc in the main book on the other hand...now that was bad.
Disagree. It's the best star wars book right now
Freezasaurus
Member
Jesus Christ Zambone. I've never seen you so off-base before. This is straight-up Flowpinion territory.
Well, it looks like its a LucasFilm thing kn regards of Star Wars
King Gilga
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Inhumans are the most unsympathetic villains I've ever encountered.
They are villains?
Freezasaurus
Member
Maybe not villains but definitely self-important assholes.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Image putting out an OHC of The Goddamned's first vol without waiting on the second? Says a lot about the expected schedule hah
Cool cover though.
Cool cover though.
So X-Men then
Freezasaurus
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TetraxShards
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The world needs the X-Men. The Inhumans, not so much.
whatsinaname
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Yeah, I'm done with Constantine. Not able to finish the second volume, feels like a chore. Three issues left and I don't even care about how the arc will conclude. I can't recall the last time a comic went from enjoyable to boring within 4-5 issues for me.
Jumped to the The Rebirth issue at the end and that was just plain bad. Including a curse that is for some no context reason Arabic/Urdu script...
Jumped to the The Rebirth issue at the end and that was just plain bad. Including a curse that is for some no context reason Arabic/Urdu script...
MHWilliams
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I know what you're talking about, but this is actually a Disney thing for TFA and Last Jedi. All extended stuff carries the banner.
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Freezasaurus
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Wow, they really got their creative juices flowing when they came up with the title of that Phasma book.
MHWilliams
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Del Rey just kinda gave up in the last few years when it comes to solo character books.
"What about a subtitle?"
"But what if they can't tell the book is about a character?"
"Good point."
Freezasaurus
Member
LMAO
I've seen all of those books but didn't realize there were so many at this point.
King Gilga
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Letting a people/race suffer and get genocided and violently prevent them from doing anything about it just because of 'muh sacred cloud' seems to be pretty much the square root of villainy.
whatsinaname
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Also finished The World of Edena which I loved in spite of Moebius writing like a Lynch movie for the third act. (Or like that guy you meet at a party who wants to convince you eating vegan/paleo is the only way to save humanity). But SRA - the fifth book in the collection - has some of the best colouring I've ever seen in a comic book. So beautiful.
I didn't know Moebius was one of the founders of Humanoids!
This library series is turning out to be a bit of a tease for me. I want to read more of his stories but we seem to be getting the The Art of Edena next and then three books of Inside Moebius. They should have at least alternated between stories and additional material.
I didn't know Moebius was one of the founders of Humanoids!
This library series is turning out to be a bit of a tease for me. I want to read more of his stories but we seem to be getting the The Art of Edena next and then three books of Inside Moebius. They should have at least alternated between stories and additional material.
I wish they would fight already.
Doctor Aphra is a Marvel book that has a bunch of Mary Sue characters and doesn't feel like Star Wars at all. Nobody in Star Wars says "that sucks." She feels more like an Avenger than a Star Wars character now.
Yoda arc was super awful too. They've been going full old EU recently...and you never go full old EU.
Yoda arc was super awful too. They've been going full old EU recently...and you never go full old EU.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Holy shit man, the bathing house fight scene in #22 of East of West with Xiao, coupled with the mostly silent storytelling. Very very cool. For all the clever wordy moments the series has, that's easily one of my favourite issues.
(browser keeps changing its mind if this was a double or not)
(browser keeps changing its mind if this was a double or not)
Did you have this problem during Darth Vader? Gillen isn't writing her any differently.
WadiumArcadium
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And you've lost me.
Nope. Liked her in Vader. They're getting a bit too wacky with the character designs and shit now and it doesn't look or feel very Star Wars-y to me.
Does it have to?
TetraxShards
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I generally want my Star Wars to look and feel like Star Wars, yes. There was EU stuff like Death Troopers and Republic Commando that was able to take it to new genres and have it feel like Star Wars. This is not that.
I honestly feels like it does and very soon it is tying heavily into the main books.
The first arc in Doctor Aphra is about an archaeologist and their dad looking for an ancient artifact that might grant eternal life, while chased by the foot soldiers of a fascist power.
So I will say that it is a little too cute for its own good, because, we fucking got it. You don't need to have
So I will say that it is a little too cute for its own good, because, we fucking got it. You don't need to have
a space artifact getting space stored in a space warehouse while we space zoom away from it.
Aphra is not the Mary Sue. All her partners are. Do I like them? Yeah. But it's still kind of illogical that there's someone in Star Wars canon who just happens to travel with the evil versions of popular characters from the OT.
The Marvel comment is in regards to her character being written more like a friend to Spider-Woman or Captain Marvel than someone who would exist within the realm of Star Wars.
The Marvel comment is in regards to her character being written more like a friend to Spider-Woman or Captain Marvel than someone who would exist within the realm of Star Wars.
MHWilliams
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I believe the monthly books are all $3.99 now.
http://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-raises-price-for-monthly-rebirth-titles-adds-digital-codes/
I want to say Deathstroke is switching over soon.
It is along with Aquaman.
Yeah that one is and I think Aquaman is when Sejic takes over.
It seems the event books are coming with digital codes also.
Certain special issues as well I think.
Oh yeah I had seen that. The annuals are from the start of next month.
Serpentine
Banned
If you're talking about the JT4/Doyle run, I liked it for the most part but yeah it doesn't quite stick the landing
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