GrandHarrier
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Sounds more like Kipp wants to justify his cheap craigslist bike purchase.
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COMICS! |OT| August 2015. Overwhelming.
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Sounds more like Kipp wants to justify his cheap craigslist bike purchase.
Coriolanus
Banned
If you delve into the bike community, you'll find that their nerdery is quite similar to the custom pc people.
my name is ed
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No way man, I love cycling. I ride my road bike like three times a week and I've got the whole outfit with the spandex shorts and biking jersey and everything. I've got no shade to throw.
Nah man, I bought my bike new. When I spend big, I go for quality. Haha
Yeah, it's silly how much people will spend just to save a gram of weight. Especially when they don't even ride competitively.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Riding casually is serious business
Coriolanus
Banned
Dunno why you'd have something against PED users, but okay.
Druggie scumbags
Don't worry, I try to avoid cycling on weekends. Too many cyclists on the road.
Getting in a traffic jam in the bike lane is the most annoying thing ever.
Coriolanus
Banned
Most certainly did no expect BPRD to be this good. Hollow Earth, with all its actors, seems to hit the ground running. Legit better than any of the Hellbro volumes up to the Conqueror Worm.
Don't worry, I try to avoid cycling on weekends. Too many cyclists on the road.
Getting in a traffic jam in the bike lane is the most annoying thing ever.
Look at this guy and his first world problems.
To be honest, I feel like bicycle traffic jams are more of a problem in third world cities. I feel for them.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Coriolanus
Banned
You'd be wrong. Used to be a problem in China and the like, but in say, South America? hah. In most cities you'll be competing for street space with cars and motorbikers that would gladly run you over.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I'm enjoying it. Its got Annie Wu's art so it gets instant cool points for that.
Lol. Hilarious
But no, I'm a silent cyclist. Cars cut me off quite a bit but I don't really care.
It is funny watching other cyclists get super pissed at cars though. One time this cyclist in front of me flipped off a bus because it got too close to the bike lane (didn't even go into the bike lane).
True. I suppose that's a bigger problem than bicycle traffic jams.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I try to be courteous to your kind when I drive, for whatever it's worth. Haven't hit one of you yet
Hahaha. Holy shit. I'm watching Carly Fiorina's Q&A at the Iowa State Fair and she said this:
She literally just said "Yeah, sure, climate change is real and we're destroying the earth, but everyone else is shitting on the earth, so we might as well keep doing it too."
She seems like an intelligent person 80% of the time, but then she'll say something just straight baffling.
She literally just said "Yeah, sure, climate change is real and we're destroying the earth, but everyone else is shitting on the earth, so we might as well keep doing it too."
She seems like an intelligent person 80% of the time, but then she'll say something just straight baffling.
I try to be courteous to your kind when I drive, for whatever it's worth. Haven't hit one of you yet
Hahaha. You're the man, Launchpad.
Oh, that reminds me. Similarly, I try to be courteous to motorcyclists when I'm driving on the freeway and give them plenty of room when they split lanes. One time I was driving with my windows down and my arm hanging out of the window on the freeway and went all the way to the side of my lane to give a motorcyclist plenty of room as he was coming through. And as he comes through, he gives my hand a fist bump.
That was like the highlight of my life. I felt like the coolest person ever.
I was also on my way to my interview for the FroYo job, so I like to think that his fistbump gave me the spark I needed to land the job.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
The Red Ten #0-5: This series caught my eye because a pseudo-spinoff for the series, Oxymoron: The Loveliest Nightmare, has been getting some positive buzz and I figured I may as well get acquainted with the universe since Red Ten seems to have been well-received. Let me say outright, the premise is crude, if not somewhat uninspired; basically, the writers have this idea for a murder mystery revolving around the Justice League where each one is systematically killed off, but they couldnt use the JL for obvious reasons, so they instead create their own miniverse where most of the history of its characters aligns with that of JL.
However, as execution is everything, let me just say that the writing is phenomenal. It starts off very simply, yet with a great sense of foreboding - the team is assembled to investigate the murder of their Batman parallel, Red. The immediate suspect is Reds archnemesis and Joker parallel, Oxymoron. First, I want to say that even though the designs are straight rips from DC, they are really well done. I particularly like Reds design, as well as Oxymorons. They are simple twists, but they are very memorable. As things start to pick up, the Alliance (as they are called) start discovering more clues and revelations about the murders, as well as themselves. I must say, some of the stuff that happens in this is really haunting, as things are obviously not what they immediately seem to be. It goes from feeling like a stock JL story, to why has JL done something like this? I also think that dialogue is on point for what you would figure are the JLs personalities, although there are some very interesting and dark twists to some of the characters as things start to come to light.
My main problem with the book is the art. Its the only tell of this being an indie/low-budget comic. While its definitely serviceable and Im sure Feliciano does his best, its really raw at times. Some of the facial expressions are weird and its more miss than hit. However, when it does hit, it is really good, so I wonder if it would be much better if the artist spent some time with it. However, the story is good enough that I can look past this most of the time. That said, it does have some pretty great covers.
So yeah, it was a pretty neat find and very memorable. I made a post about how awesome it is to find niche comics on CMX and just take them for a spin, and this is really the one I was referring to. Ill likely be adding the Oxymoron mini to my list this week.
However, as execution is everything, let me just say that the writing is phenomenal. It starts off very simply, yet with a great sense of foreboding - the team is assembled to investigate the murder of their Batman parallel, Red. The immediate suspect is Reds archnemesis and Joker parallel, Oxymoron. First, I want to say that even though the designs are straight rips from DC, they are really well done. I particularly like Reds design, as well as Oxymorons. They are simple twists, but they are very memorable. As things start to pick up, the Alliance (as they are called) start discovering more clues and revelations about the murders, as well as themselves. I must say, some of the stuff that happens in this is really haunting, as things are obviously not what they immediately seem to be. It goes from feeling like a stock JL story, to why has JL done something like this? I also think that dialogue is on point for what you would figure are the JLs personalities, although there are some very interesting and dark twists to some of the characters as things start to come to light.
My main problem with the book is the art. Its the only tell of this being an indie/low-budget comic. While its definitely serviceable and Im sure Feliciano does his best, its really raw at times. Some of the facial expressions are weird and its more miss than hit. However, when it does hit, it is really good, so I wonder if it would be much better if the artist spent some time with it. However, the story is good enough that I can look past this most of the time. That said, it does have some pretty great covers.
So yeah, it was a pretty neat find and very memorable. I made a post about how awesome it is to find niche comics on CMX and just take them for a spin, and this is really the one I was referring to. Ill likely be adding the Oxymoron mini to my list this week.
Just read a tiny bit of Tank Girl. So ridiculous. This is going to be a fun read.
Omg. Yes. Scarlet is one of my favorite things.
Omg. Yes. Scarlet is one of my favorite things.
TetraxShards
Member
That's a rights thing, since Vertigo have the rights to the first two volumes and The Black Dossier, and the series moved to Top Shelf after that.
LaunchpadMcQ
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It's still dumb!
ThyMusicMan
Member
lmao
TetraxShards
Member
You're not wrong, I blind bought the Vertigo omnibus thinking it had Century included. Ended up having to get Century separately.
Tawney Bomb
Member
So WicDiv 11 and 12, I know some people aren't digging where it's going, but I'm liking it still, even if I don't agree with
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all the deaths
Let's see....his second term would end around 2024?
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Annihilator HC today. Woohoo
Freezasaurus
Member
WicDiv was a mistake. Nothing but trash.
whatsinaname
Member
Is this oversized or regular size?
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Pretty sure it's regular, just going by Amazon specs. I don't know enough about Legendary to know if they'll do an oversized later on
Basuraaaaaa
Freezasaurus
Member
It's regular sized. I saw it at the bookstore today.
Tawney Bomb
Member
Hey now, not cool, not cool at all.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Yeah, totally. The correct statement is:
Gillen was a mistake, he's nothing but trash
I love these figures so much
Only downside is that there are very few points of articulation, but the silver lining is that they look better because of that fact (since there aren't tons of joints mucking up the aesthetics).
Kipp did you purposefully not get Harley to hurt me? It's the only one you missed
Kipp did you purposefully not get Harley to hurt me? It's the only one you missed
The LCS didn't have Harley, only those three.
Though to be honest, even if they did have Harley, I'm not sure I would've gotten her... Well, I maybe would've just for the sake of completeness.
Edit: Actually, Harley's accessories are awesome. I probably would've gotten her.
I really hope they do another round of these figures. I want more.
Coriolanus
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Kyle Baker's. Dude won eisner after eisner with that one.
DC really needs to collect that run. I want to read it.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Just from the art, that looks amazing. Gotta check that out at some point
Well you could always visit me at FroYo
Haha, I meant while I was stuck at work.
