Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Too bad since he's the only other person in these threads that reads Manifest Destiny.
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Too bad since he's the only other person in these threads that reads Manifest Destiny.
What's more is he is trying to fix it but that takes time and its not going to change this arc. Yet I don't hear anyone talking about his dodgy story/writing but plenty of people on twitter ect more than happy to shit on Tess.
I've been reading my first trade since you reccomended it.
The step back is definitely there, but it also hasn't been bad enough to stop me from reading the book.
Shit, that reminds me I need to get that signup squared away.
That's not true.
Shit, that reminds me I need to get that signup squared away.
That's not true.
Freezasaurus
Member
I'm probably going to buy the first two trades with my next IST order.
How is that surprising based on what you know of the internet Comics collective? There may be an opinion floating around that she got the gig as a pity-job-offer because of the Brian Wood thing.
Speaking of Tess Fowler, I loved this drawing she did.
Love that.
What are you talking about?
Freezasaurus
Member
I thought it was pretty self-explanatory. And it was purely speculation.
I know about this...I just wanted to know where the pity job stuff came from.
What a weird thing to speculate.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Ahhh I did not know.
Like an army of little Hawkeyes
Freezasaurus
Member
Because I know how people think, Messi. I know. Even Brian Wood still has his defenders.
What did he do?
I've really come to love street-level heroic comics like Chuck Dixon's Nightwing and Matt Fraction's Hakweye. The first Harley Quinn N52 trade I have is kinda like that too. Just has a cool feel to it with them trying to juggle their personal lives with gangs and villains. What are some other great ones?
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
If you like Harley you should also enjoy Starfire.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Daredevil by Miller, Bendis, or Waid are top tier street-level heroes
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
My vote, as well. I'll add Ultimate Spider-Man in its entirety.
Had no idea Starfire was street-level stuff, but I hadn't looked into it at all. That's cool. I'll check out the first trade when it releases.
Added Bendis Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 to my IST wishlist. Thanks! I figured DD would be good, but I didn't really know what to look into.
Its Starfire in a fish out of water situation trying to fit in and build a life while also being a hero.
That sounds pretty cool. Burnside Batgirl kind of thing.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
And the art is BEEEEYOUTEEFULL!
Brubaker is amazing and in my mind a must, especially if you want to follow up Bendis...
Can't disagree, hell I bought a page of it lol.
Who can kill people with their thoughts. I usually like Kate's Hawkeye stories, but the irrationality on the tail end of the series and with ANAD Hawkeye is just baffling. Like I get she wants to rescue the kids but if she doesn't want Hydra/AIM/SHIELD to have them, what does she want? It reminds me of Captain America and everyone being assmad at Tony and the Illuminati for destroying worlds during the Incursions- they didn't have alternatives and any alternatives they tried had failed so...
BossDarkseid
Member
This must be wrong but on Amazon UK...Thor God of Thunder Vol 1 (seems to be oversized) is about 272 pages for £20 and apparently only includes 1-5...yet Vol 2 is same price, 320 pages and includes issues 12-25....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0785191135/
I'm guessing it's a product detail error on Amazon's part since the God Butcher stuff is listed separately but hmmm...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0785191135/
I'm guessing it's a product detail error on Amazon's part since the God Butcher stuff is listed separately but hmmm...
The product description is wrong and says it refers to an out of print version of the book. The rest checks out as the ohc version.
BossDarkseid
Member
I don't know how i read the description and ignored that line. Cheers
Oh man
La Maquinon
Member
+ 1
She would have to drastically overhaul her style, pretty much grown a new hand, to have any hope of producing a worthy follow-up to Sejic/Upchurch.
Yeah, I still don't see myself quitting the book. But, unlike others here, I'm not minding the writing of the second arc. I think there have been plenty of funny bits and character moments.
Everything is relative. Compared to Sejic's world and Upchurch's faces, awful is a pretty good description, yeah.
That's not how you do it.
That's how you do it. I have a different opinion, but this here is a legitimate take down.
+1
TetraxShards
Member
What app are you using to read it?
Otherwise, might be your GFX card going.
Otherwise, might be your GFX card going.
La Maquinon
Member
LIST
Clean Room #3
The Mighty Thor #2
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3
Archie Collectors Edition (collects issues 1-3)
Spire #5 of 8
Prometheus Eternal one shot
And maybe the Harbinger one dollar debut.
Clean Room #3
The Mighty Thor #2
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3
Archie Collectors Edition (collects issues 1-3)
Spire #5 of 8
Prometheus Eternal one shot
And maybe the Harbinger one dollar debut.
sorry if old but first month of MU is free until the end of december when you use the code FORCE at checkout
Im too lazy to cancel my sub and resub using this, but if youve been on the fence or if you canceled yours but want to read some stuff, here's your chance
Im too lazy to cancel my sub and resub using this, but if youve been on the fence or if you canceled yours but want to read some stuff, here's your chance
TetraxShards
Member
Excellente. I would upvote this if I could.
Freezasaurus
Member
Looks like the Wet Moon books are getting new printing now with Sophie Campbell's name on them. Really cool series if you guys haven't read it. Also, Sophie Campbell variant of Patsy Walker: Hellcat #1 this week:
Jesus christ the inverted hero dialogue. They should have given Wilson a mustache to twirl.
edit: oh god, I can't stop reading this, somebody help me
edit 2: lmao, Tony becomes evil and introduces in-app purchases
edit 3: and Doom jobbed to the Scarlet Witch. Amazing. Always knew the guy was secretly a jabroni.
Tragicomedy
Member
I believe he's more known for dropping books after the first six issue arc.
This is I think my first post in the Comics OT, so be gentle.
I just watched Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox and the 'what if' scenario definitely piqued my interest. (Why the hell is it so violent though? Jesus.) So I go to wiki and imagine my surprise that the comic book series it's based on is what triggered The New 52. Woah. I liked Ultimate Marvel's take on an alternate universe, but this takes it to a whole another level.
Question is, where do I begin? I see there's a Main Series, but it's only five issues long, so it's either super short or it doesn't cover everything in the film. What I would like is a collected edition that covers the story arc chronologically, but apparently they wrote tie-in miniseries that help develop the alternate world's characters and their history, possibly before the Flash 'woke up' in the alternate reality. That's disappointing if true. I love how for example Superman isn't Clark Kent, but just Kal-El. I love how Wonder Woman is the villain. I love how Shazam is comprised of a bunch of kids. I even love their take on Batman.
I love how there's so much wanton destruction and killing. I don't really want to follow their stories before the whole thing escalates if you know what I mean. World-building is fine, but there is a line when it comes to exposition. With that in mind, are the tie-in miniseries and one-shots worth reading? If so, which ones?
Additionally, how is Final Crisis? What about Justice?
I just watched Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox and the 'what if' scenario definitely piqued my interest. (Why the hell is it so violent though? Jesus.) So I go to wiki and imagine my surprise that the comic book series it's based on is what triggered The New 52. Woah. I liked Ultimate Marvel's take on an alternate universe, but this takes it to a whole another level.
Question is, where do I begin? I see there's a Main Series, but it's only five issues long, so it's either super short or it doesn't cover everything in the film. What I would like is a collected edition that covers the story arc chronologically, but apparently they wrote tie-in miniseries that help develop the alternate world's characters and their history, possibly before the Flash 'woke up' in the alternate reality. That's disappointing if true. I love how for example Superman isn't Clark Kent, but just Kal-El. I love how Wonder Woman is the villain. I love how Shazam is comprised of a bunch of kids. I even love their take on Batman.
(Martha Wayne becoming the Joker is total bullshit though.
Additionally, how is Final Crisis? What about Justice?
Freezasaurus
Member
He's still writing Trees, miraculously.
Welcome to comics-gaf posting life. The best tie-in to Flashpoint i read was the Batman series which is collected in the Flashpoint World of Flashpoint Batman tpb along with two other bat-related tie-ins. The superman series collected in the superman world tp was okayyyyy, but mainly the only one i remember feeling like it was worth the money was Azzarello's Batman.
Final Crisis was great but Morrison-weird.
If I remember correctly, the only thing the movie touches on that isn't in the main series is the Hal Jordan stuff. There are also a handful of differences with the characters between the comic and the movie (ie Captain Atom isn't in the comic at all) as well as some plot pointso being different.
The Batman tie in is probably the best, but I also enjoyed the Secret Seven, the Outsider, and the Green Lantern miniseries plus the Grodd and Reverse Flash one shots. Here's a reading order for both the trades and single issues - http://collectededitions.blogspot.com/2012/04/flashpoint-trade-reading-order-dccomics.html?m=1
Final Crisis is one of my favorite events ever, but without a deep understanding of the DC Universe I'm not sure how much you would get out of it. If you're looking for alt reality type stories check out Justice and Kingdom Come. Starting next year DC is also going to be publishing trades of the old Elseworlds stories, which may be up your alley as well.
MuddyDonut
Member
Flashpoint was a cool movie
TetraxShards
Member
I didn't like the intensity of some of the violence, but otherwise yeah, one of the better ones.