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COMICS!!! |OT| August 2017 | Gwenpool's milkshake brings all the boys to the yard

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JordanDeGroot

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Also its still sad to see from the last page that Ghus is still peoples Saga favourite when Petri is around :( move on with the times people Petri is bae now
 
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GAMEPROFF

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Whats the longest, complete collection of a long running Comicbook series where you own every book without an missing issue?/how many years does it consist of?
 
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LordOfLore

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GAMEPROFF said:
Whats the longest, complete collection of a long running Comicbook series where you own every book without an missing issue?/how many years does it consist of?
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Thanks to the JSA omnibuses, Johns' JSA which is like 1999-2009?

I know a guy who has every New Warriors issue ever(along with every issue where a New Warrior shows up like DnA Nova etc).
 
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whatsinaname

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Aizo said:
Could I have input on some of Guy Delisle's stuff?
Pyongyang, Jerusalem, Burma Chronicles, and Shenzhen are the ones I'd like to hear opinions on.
Ugh. I wish I could just borrow these from the library like I used to always do :(
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They are all great! Pyongyang is my favourite though, followed by Shenzhen.
 
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shingi70

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GAMEPROFF said:
Whats the longest, complete collection of a long running Comicbook series where you own every book without an missing issue?/how many years does it consist of?
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I own every issue of the Black Lightning series from the 90s. It took me a day since it was a complete floppy collection for $15 at my LCS.
 
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JordanDeGroot

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GAMEPROFF said:
Whats the longest, complete collection of a long running Comicbook series where you own every book without an missing issue?/how many years does it consist of?
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We talking trades or issues here?

For trades probably Y the last man or transmetropolitan full runs, guess I just haven't got trades for many series that have lasted longer than that. I don't count x-men because that seems to reset in some way or another every few years.

For issues, probably the uk pannini essential xmen issues we do over here, was pretty much the first comic I read when I was young and I still get it for nostalgia value (definitely not for the stories at the moment as there covering the lemire/bunn/hopeless stuff currently). I took a big gap in the middle were I stopped reading comics for a while but must still have hundreds of issues of it covering multiple years.
 
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whatsinaname

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GAMEPROFF said:
Whats the longest, complete collection of a long running Comicbook series where you own every book without an missing issue?/how many years does it consist of?
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Starman, at about 100 issues. Astro City is at 80+ but I'll get the rest too whenever they are out.

Once the fourth Master of Kung Fu omnibus is out, should be that series (~125 issues).
 
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my name is ed

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GAMEPROFF said:
Whats the longest, complete collection of a long running Comicbook series where you own every book without an missing issue?/how many years does it consist of?
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Ultimate Spider-Man

Original series -> Ultimate Comics relaunch -> Miles Morales debut through vol 2 of current Spider-Man rebrand. I guess thats about 17 years
 
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shingi70

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Anyone else disapointed that due to the Terrifics , Mr. Terrific won't be apart of the JSA relaunch. I feel out of non legacy Members Michael, Stargirl, Power Girl, and Jakeem are essential to the team.
 
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George Oscar Bluth II

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My 10 year old cousin is trying to stir some Marvel vs DC shit with me by sayin' Marvel wouldn't have any good characters if they didn't copy DC.

Nah, breh. I like both but I'm preparing a thesis on how wrong he is right now. LOL
 
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tim1138

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shingi70 said:
Anyone else disapointed that due to the Terrifics , Mr. Terrific won't be apart of the JSA relaunch. I feel out of non legacy Members Michael, Stargirl, Power Girl, and Jakeem are essential to the team.
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They'll probably have Terry Sloane in the JSA and as many of the other original members as make sense with continuity.
 
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my name is ed

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Today's my birthday. I'm 29 and slowly creeping to old man age, but I feel I'm in my shitposting prime.

Anyway, read some books. Mostly rereads specifically Morrison X-Men. Assault on Weapon Plus, Planet X and Here Comes Tomorrow. They're definitely the weaker part of the Morrison run even with some rad Silvestri art at the tail end of it. Nothing beats Riot at Xavier's imo

Over the weekend, one of my LCSs was having their 10th anniversary, so I went over to buy a few things and walked out with a few books. The receipt reminded that even with sales, IST is much cheaper. The LCS is nicer than scrolling through IST tho

As part of a conscious effort to buy more books from female creators I walked out with
Bitch Planet vol 1 and 2 - KSD and De Landro
Chester 5000 - Fink
Shade the Changing Girl vol 1 - Castellucci and Xarcone
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness - Kabi

I bought Bitch Planet for my sister as her birthday is close to mine. I decided to read My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness first as that had gotten a lot of hype and praise from people with good taste.

I actually didn't enjoy it all that much. It started out as a webcomic so every page is the same 4 wide panel structure. It makes for easy and clear reading but it made it feel like fluff in terms of storytelling. Like the author was only using the easiest most forward way of telling their story. I don't think this is something that would bother most people.

Content wise, there was a lot less 'coming to terms with my sexuality' than I expected. The author spends a lot of the time in this book talking about their depression, loneliness, failure to live up to their parents expectations as well as their inability to hold a steady job as they look for unconditional validation.

There are a lot of very powerful feelings expressed in this book. I imagine many people who have gone through stages of depression will identify with the struggles the author depicts.

I will say there were sections I thought were incredibly strong. The pages that show the encounter with the escort are really, really good. The author does an incredible job of showing how their anxiety affects their ability to engage and enjoy sex in that instance. These scenes seem to be given a more effort or attention on the part of the author and it pays off given how key they are to the book. Most importantly, the sex scenes are illuminating rather than salacious.

Even though this comic didn't quite do it for me, I would still strongly recommend it on its ability to communicate clearly on depression, anxiety, and creative expression.
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VanWinkle

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GAMEPROFF said:
Whats the longest, complete collection of a long running Comicbook series where you own every book without an missing issue?/how many years does it consist of?
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Since I don't have the third JSA omnibus yet, it would be Green Lantern by Johns. It covers 127 issues over nine years.
 
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GAMEPROFF

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On my end, from 12. September, it will be 335 Issues of ASM, up from 1999 until today (18 years!) so its still counting upwards.


Happy Birthday, Ed!
 
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shingi70

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tim1138 said:
They'll probably have Terry Sloane in the JSA and as many of the other original members as make sense with continuity.
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I'm curious will they be younger or older when they come back. I'm not really interested in young JSA. Then being the elder statesmen of the DCU has always been the appeal to me.
 
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BKatastrophe

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MHWilliams said:
I mean, the big two under 20K cutoff list is: Gwenpool, Batgirl and the Birds of Prey, Hulk, Black Bolt, Royals, Doom Patrol, Captain Falcon, Hellblazer, Ultimates 2, Ice Man, Captain Marvel, Superwoman, U.S. Avengers, Spider-Man 2099, Secret Warriors, Luke Cage, Rocket, Black Panther Crew, New Superman, Blue Beetle, Bombshells, America, Nick Fury, Ocupy Avengers, Monsters Unleashed, Mother Panic, Shade The Changing Girl, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Gotham Academy Second Semester.

Is anyone really surprised at that list? Captain America Sam Wilson is maybe in my "huh, that's interesting" list, but the rest is pretty much expected.
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I forgot Nick Fury was a book. And Occupy? These are still around?
George Oscar Bluth II said:
My 10 year old cousin is trying to stir some Marvel vs DC shit with me by sayin' Marvel wouldn't have any good characters if they didn't copy DC.

Nah, breh. I like both but I'm preparing a thesis on how wrong he is right now. LOL
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my name is ed said:
Today's my birthday. I'm 29 and slowly creeping to old man age, but I feel I'm in my shitposting prime.

Anyway, read some books. Mostly rereads specifically Morrison X-Men. Assault on Weapon Plus, Planet X and Here Comes Tomorrow. They're definitely the weaker part of the Morrison run even with some rad Silvestri art at the tail end of it. Nothing beats Riot at Xavier's imo
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Someone who agrees with me.
shingi70 said:
I'm curious will they be younger or older when they come back. I'm not really interested in young JSA. Then being the elder statesmen of the DCU has always been the appeal to me.
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A big part of JSA is legacy, so hopefully it'll be a blend of young and old.
 
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LordOfLore

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Metal #2 variant by Gabriele Dell'Otto:
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Some Superman: Year One info.
“I’ve seen the reactions online about, ‘Oh, my God, here we go, another Superman origin,’ and it’s not really the origin retelling,” Romita said Friday following DC Comics’ Metal panel. “It’s after the origin, it’s after he lands, what happens between the time he lands and the time he realizes what he is. And this slight slant on the development of Superman is that he’s really unconscious that he’s an alien ’til his parents tell him that he’s an alien. In the meantime, he just thinks he’s special. And he doesn’t appear in costume until the very end. It’s similar to the Daredevil: Man Without Fear back in the ’90s, and it’s the period of time up until he puts the costume on for the first time.”

“And Frank has this twisted imagination about what should happen, and we talked about it, and [Frank’s] eyes glow,” he continued. “He said he’s wanted to do this as long as he can remember, since, when did Batman: Year One come out? Was that 30 years ago? He said he always wanted to complete the cycle and do a Superman: Year One. Well, he finally got the chance to do it, and of course it’s a hundred pages and there’s a million people in it.”

Romita later elaborated on the planned page count, saying that when it comes to working with Miller, there’s likely going to be room for interpretation.

“It’s gonna be a hundred pages. I don’t know if it’s gonna be 92, or 100, I don’t know,” he said. “But knowing Frank, it could be 200 pages. I look forward to that more than anything, and I’m hoping it can turn out as good as I can see it in my head.”
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