Way to sell the medium short.
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COMICS! |OT| December 2014. Alas, reading this thread backwards simply doesn't work.
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Way to sell the medium short.
Maybe one day they'll understand. Until then, we'll have our love to keep us warm up north. In fact, I'm counting on it. I don't have any heavy winter clothing or anything.
I didn't get nothing.
Sent
Right? I mean, whatever makes him happy, but I'll never be able to look at Beanie Babies the same again.
BuddyJoeHooker
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PM begging post
Also preordered The Filth DLX Edition, should it go on the shame shelf?
Also preordered The Filth DLX Edition, should it go on the shame shelf?
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Sent, homie. Plz don't spread that Brian Wood and Messi story.
The Filth is my fave
Freezasaurus
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Lies. There are no PMs. Or GAF is broken. Or people forgot you can only send PMs to one person at a time. Or it's Kipp's fault.
Serpentine
Banned
I'm still eyeing this
we can start a Liefeld X-Force reading club
which will likely just be us
now you know how it feels when we try to recommend the Dark Horse app
So.. I've recently read All New X-Men #32 and #33, because I'll buy anything Ultimate Spider-man-related (except the show!).
It seemed kinda nice, though not much happened in two issues, and I like Bendis a lot on USM (it's my favourite comic!). Is it worth reading it from the beginning? Note that I haven't read X-Men in like five years.
It seemed kinda nice, though not much happened in two issues, and I like Bendis a lot on USM (it's my favourite comic!). Is it worth reading it from the beginning? Note that I haven't read X-Men in like five years.
my name is ed
Banned
Damn theres quite a bit to catch up here. Guess the move didn't really affect activitiy
Jim Lee is a fine artist, but I can't muster any enthusiasm for any works of his. He's good at cape books and I can't remember the last time he ventured outside of that. I have him and JRJR pretty much as the same type of artists. Very effective at cape books and iconic artists, but I think there are many more interesting artists and in Lee's case, artists that have taken their style to the next level like Reis or Mahnke. I don't think either have a great sense of design/composition and their emotional ranges are pretty limited. As long as they're on certain books, they work really well, but I can't really mess with either outside of a specific type of book.
Identity Crisis gets a lot of hate but its really not *that* bad. Its capably written with good artwork but its basically one of the worst examples of comics trying to be edgy and serious business and putting female characters in fridges. Its best semi forgotten. There are way better comics to put your money into.
Funny you mention Kubert and Lee as DC house artists since each made their careers at Marvel.
Comics/Video Games > All other mediums. We stay winning yo. Seriously, one is probably the least limited storytelling medium and the other is the immersive.
PS: I have yet to receive a PM from y'all mofos. Makes me wanna quit Comics GAF and join NBA/Footy GAF
Jim Lee is a fine artist, but I can't muster any enthusiasm for any works of his. He's good at cape books and I can't remember the last time he ventured outside of that. I have him and JRJR pretty much as the same type of artists. Very effective at cape books and iconic artists, but I think there are many more interesting artists and in Lee's case, artists that have taken their style to the next level like Reis or Mahnke. I don't think either have a great sense of design/composition and their emotional ranges are pretty limited. As long as they're on certain books, they work really well, but I can't really mess with either outside of a specific type of book.
Identity Crisis gets a lot of hate but its really not *that* bad. Its capably written with good artwork but its basically one of the worst examples of comics trying to be edgy and serious business and putting female characters in fridges. Its best semi forgotten. There are way better comics to put your money into.
Funny you mention Kubert and Lee as DC house artists since each made their careers at Marvel.
That Multiversity page looks lazy/rushed. He's pretty dependent on his inker. Just like JRJR
Yeah, my order's status won't change from 'processed'
Comics/Video Games > All other mediums. We stay winning yo. Seriously, one is probably the least limited storytelling medium and the other is the immersive.
PS: I have yet to receive a PM from y'all mofos. Makes me wanna quit Comics GAF and join NBA/Footy GAF
Serpentine
Banned
sorry, sorry. check your PMs now
whatsinaname
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I love the dynamic between Cliff (Rocketeer) and Betty. It reads like a GAF relationship thread.
Kipp lied to me. No PM. -_-
Kipp lied to me. No PM. -_-
Freezasaurus
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Rrongfield
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A little late, butI just finished the final issue of Superior Foes of Spider-Man. What a wonderful sendoff to an excellent series. Such a great read with excellent character work and a great voice.
I also love the final cover with all the editors in the menu.
I'll hold the burden of not knowing so your collective sex thing can remain perversely secret. PMs are overrated anyway.
I also love the final cover with all the editors in the menu.
I'll hold the burden of not knowing so your collective sex thing can remain perversely secret. PMs are overrated anyway.
my name is ed
Banned
I would recommend All New X-Men. It does have some questionable scenes like
when Wolverine is taken out by teen Jean who is using here telepathy for the 1st time or the fact that the O5 X-Men are just 13
Freezasaurus
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I admit never reading Superior Foes. But I'm hoping for an omnibus, or complete collections or something.
BuddyJoeHooker
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That's also Spencer and Lieber in the background.
I know what game you're playing, Messi. It won't stand.
I'm playing the try and have sex with the sexy elf in dragon age game
Freezasaurus
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Hope you're playing a female Inquisitor, then.
I finished the game the other night and started a new game as a female Qunari rogue. Can't stop playing. Send help.
Female Human mage
Lee's been exclusively or near-exclusively inked by Scott Williams for a quarter of a century now. This sloppiness (and you could see it in those early Justice Leagues and Superman Unchained too) feels like a result of him thinking he can be fast as well as maintain quality (he can't).
I think you can even like Lee (I do on occasion, ASBAR in particular is really interesting work from him) but think that Multiversity cover is butts.
ps: it's fascinating to me that of all the 90s Image dudes Lee is the only one of them regarded with a kind of general admiration in the readership
I think you can even like Lee (I do on occasion, ASBAR in particular is really interesting work from him) but think that Multiversity cover is butts.
ps: it's fascinating to me that of all the 90s Image dudes Lee is the only one of them regarded with a kind of general admiration in the readership
Confusion Illusion
Banned
I won't be able to play this till the new year, but you guys making the wait difficult every time you bring it up.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Yay, I'm glad someone else appreciated the ending. It really was fantastic and this is gonna be a great series to recommend to people from now on. Wonderful from start to finish. Can't wait for Ant-Man!
Also, I didn't get any PMs. I thought I was part of the squad guys
ViewtifulJC
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I stan for Silvestri/Green's work on Uncanny X-Men in the 80s tho(and his brief, albeit sketchier, return to New X-Men for Here Comes Tomorrow)
slightconfuse
Banned
Probably the only one who would,want Erik Larson to draw spidy again
Love to,see McFarlane as well
Love to,see McFarlane as well
He had chops. Liefeld in his inkstuds interview talked about how Silvestri changed up his style to compete with Liefeld/Mcfarlane/etc which... yea
What? He is allowed to draw a Spider-Man Issue again?
TheDarkKnight774
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Ugh I need a timeout from gaming Gaf. They're insane during events and some act like the biggest entitled spoiled brats. Tons of great things shown, I'm happy where the industry is headed. Tons of diversity in games, genres, etc. Fun day
ViewtifulJC
Banned
You can totally see about halfway through his Wolverine run after his stint on Uncanny X-men. His Uncanny X-Men stuff was really nice. Greg Burgas did a good showcase of his "evolution" here.
Heres another nicely laid-out page. Rogue is trying to stop a train from crashing into a giant hole, while Alison and Betsy are trying to stop the Juggernaut. (By the way, this page could be Exhibit A as to why these three characters are among my favorite comics characters.) So Silvestri has to get a lot onto the page Alison leaping onto Markos shoulders and cutting the straps keeping his helmet on; Betsy blasting him with her beautiful, sexy brain; and Rogue stopping the train. He does this in ten (10!) well designed panels. We get Alison looking down into the hole and leaping off the edge, a long shot of the train showing how close it is to the hole, Alison landing perfectly on Markos shoulders, then a nice view from track level giving us a peek at Rogue doing her best Superman impression, Alison blasting the straps away and jumping clear just as Betsy knocks Marko out, a nice view of Marko unconscious, and then the pebbles landing on their heads and the final joke by Rogue, showing that she stopped the train just in time. The movement across the page is fantastic, and Silvestri manages to create a lot of tension in two different scenarios. The choices he makes with regard to the train are very nice, too. The overhead view establishes where the train is; the track-level view shows us the wrecked track, Rogue in position, and the ties flying away as she tries to set her feet; and the third view subverts our expectations of the final stop on the edge, as we dont see it but instead see Rogues humorous reaction to it. Meanwhile, once again Silvestris facial expressions are better from farther away, as Dazzler looks a bit vacant in Panel 1 but by Panel 6, Silvestri darkens her eyes and makes her look more determined. Finally, his body language on Rogue in Panel 10 is very nice, as shes half-sitting on the edge of the hole, her head down (showing off that glorious skunky mullet!) and her entire body looking drained of energy. This is a wonderful page, on that would last probably three pages in todays comics world.
He had that kind of stylized sexy aesthetic but he was still a really skilled sequential storyteller, lotta nice panels per page, energetic figurework, good sense of perspective like panel 5 with the train coming at us and nice details like Rogue's clothes getting trashed. But by Cyberforce its like "SO YOU GUYS LIKE THIS JIM LEE SPLASH PAGE/STIFF CHARACTER POSING/FEW PANELS KINDA THING HUH" and that was that.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Serpentine
Banned
Yea i was kinda surprised i'm liking Silvestri's UXM stuff considering that i don't really like his stuff with Top Cow (or that whole aesthetic in general)
whatsinaname
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The Zelda Wii U thread is getting to me. Zelda Wii U gameplay and Uncharted 4 gameplay in 2 days and people still whinge and nitpick. (FFVII announcement was amazing.)
KoruptData
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This was the best *g*
And Square always wonders why they get that much backlash...
evilpigking
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Hmm alright, hopefully they ship before xmas or I won't get a chance to read =x
I like what I've seen as well. SFV and Zelda, hnnng!
To keep it comics related, I read Planet Hulk with Marvel Unlimited. It's ok. So World War Hulk is worse?
TheDarkKnight774
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And i just checked my front porch to discover several IST orders have arrived.
The themes of these orders are: Neil Gaiman/Dave Mckean projects, Madman!, and misc DC trades
The themes of these orders are: Neil Gaiman/Dave Mckean projects, Madman!, and misc DC trades
Serpentine
Banned
oh fuck yea, Madman
How is IT girl? I was going to get it a few months back.
Oh and you shelves are awesome.
TheDarkKnight774
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not sure yet. Its one of the runs i've never read but always hear about. I want to check it out though
Cool as hell looking but I really need to read it again to wrap my head around the story. Bear in mind I am ComicsGAF super #1 fan of Ray Fawkes creator owned books though, so your mileage may vary.
whatsinaname
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Just finished reading Spirit/Rocketeer Pulp Friction. Short and good fun. Granted it might not be that interesting if you haven't already read and liked Cooke's Spirit and The Rocketeer.
Will start on Saga next, picked up the first trade from the library.
Will start on Saga next, picked up the first trade from the library.
What would you do with 100 extra bags/boards? I order bags/boards with my dcbs issues so they arrive in the best shape possible, but i've ended up with a lot extra as i've doubled up issues for shipping/selling. I'm trying to make room for things that aren't dumb. I'm guessing trash?
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