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[Freezasaurus]

My Image backlog continues to grow and grow.....

I find it helps if you actually read the comics after the buying part is done.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

I find it helps if you actually read the comics after the buying part is done.

This is my wild new approach. Let's see how long I last.

 

[Brian Fellows]

I find it helps if you actually read the comics after the buying part is done.

I'm reading Marvel stuff right now. I don't have time for that indie nerd stuff!

I'll probably let the Image stuff go all the way to X-mas now. I get two days off for each X-mas and New Years so I'll have plenty of time to read then.

 

[Velinos]

What are you looking for in a comic specifically? I got some recommendations but need to know what your preferences are.

Mostly just looking for any other must reads that are current or recently released as trades outside of what I listed above. Looking for a good story, preferably something non-superhero.

 

[Neoxon]

I really liked Nova. This single did more than all of Ryan's run and the art was on really good.

Now I'm hyped to hit up my local comic book store after class.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

I really liked Nova. This single did more than all of Ryan's run and the art was on really good.

Very hyped for this book.

New writer AND Ramon Perez????

 

[Hagi]

Very hyped for this book.

New writer AND Ramon Perez????

His art is fantastic in the book, especially with the colouring it has. As for the issue itself well I quite enjoyed it but it felt short? could've done with a little more to it. I'm excited for where this goes though. It's great to have Rich back.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Uh so Batman #12 is going to get some attention.

Spoiler

Bruce apparently self-harmed as a kid after his parents died.

Uh

Spoiler

he also got ECT in Year Zero. The focus on mental illness at the root of his choice to be Batman has been there for a while.

 

[TheFlow]

How is FFXV going for you?

About to hit chapter 9. Ben taking my sweet time. 25 hours in

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

About to hit chapter 9. Ben taking my sweet time. 25 hours in

uh I'm not even playing it

 

[Memento Mori]

Uh

Spoiler

he also got ECT in Year Zero. The focus on mental illness at the root of his choice to be Batman has been there for a while.

Batman #12-

Spoiler

He didn't go actually go through with it in the end IIRC. Spotlighting Batman's mental health in depth is rare though and interesting

. Snyder's

Spoiler

picking it up again with Bruce's time at an Arkham facility with Harvey Dent

in All-Star Batman.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Batman #12-

Spoiler

He didn't go actually go through with it in the end IIRC. Spotlighting Batman's mental health in depth is rare though and interesting

. Snyder's

Spoiler

picking it up again with Bruce's time at an Arkham facility with Harvey Dent

in All-Star Batman.

Spoiler

It's SUPER interesting and very admirable.

We need to talk about Janin's work this week though. In depth. All of us.

 

[Hagi]

The last part of Nova is really cool

Issue spoilers

Spoiler

Rich is still tied to the Cancerverse? Could be a doorway or has some gnarly other dimension disease.

 

[BuddyJoeHooker]

Called it, two months ago.

Clone Conspiracy spoilers

 

[slightconfuse]

Dan slott has gone insane

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Dan slott has gone insane

that was dope mayne

 

[Hagi]

Burke and Hare is a pretty on point reference, bravo Slott.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Burke and Hare is a pretty on point reference, bravo Slott.

That echoed but I couldn't place it. Help me out.

 

[slightconfuse]

Is slott on ASM for the future or well he leave soon

I know it's his dream job

 

[Hagi]

That echoed but I couldn't place it. Help me out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders

They are usually seen as grave robbers in pop culture.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders

They are usually seen as grave robbers in pop culture.

epic win

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Is slott on ASM for the future or well he leave soon

I know it's his dream job

The scuttlebutt I've always heard is that he wants to write it until he kicks.

 

[slightconfuse]

The scuttlebutt I've always heard is that he wants to write it until he kicks.

I can see that

Hard to believe that it's almost 10 years since One More Day

 

[LordOfLore]

Called it, two months ago.

Clone Conspiracy spoilers

Yeah, I read the first issue yesterday and called it as well.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Called it, two months ago.

Clone Conspiracy spoilers

THERE IS NO DOC OCK IN HR.

 

[Sou Da]

Nova #1 genuinely feels like a rebirth book.

 

[slightconfuse]

Is that Marvel's plan to push Carol Danvers?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

"Not only is there a Doc Ock in HR, he's been asking for the Jackal for weeks! It's all they talk about!!"

 

[tim1138]

Motor Crush was definitely a Cameron Stewart/Brenden Fletcher/Babs Tarr joint. Pretty to look at, but not much else

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

"You know what Rhino? Give this guy a cigarette, he's freakin' out."
"What, who?"
"Rhino. He's the guy who crashes through walls."
"RHINO? WHO THE HELL IS RHINO?"
"You don't see Rhi -- oh shit."

 

[kmfdmpig]

I know I'm LTTP, but Invincible Iron Man 1 was good. Riri is a fun character and I'm curious to see future issues.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Episode 5 of Telltale Batman already dropping next week. That was quick. Let's hope it's better than the last episode.

 

[Mindwipe]

I find it helps if you actually read the comics after the buying part is done.

Lies!

Being very hungover in Christmas party week is not helping my reading at all, but I've been trying to get through The Last Days of American Crime, which I think so far I like more as a concept than an actual book. Then maybe Wayward. Which I bought aaages ago.

 

[BuddyJoeHooker]

Yeah, I read the first issue yesterday and called it as well.

Nice!

Surprised there isn't an OT thread about this yet.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Lies!

Being very hungover in Christmas party week is not helping my reading at all, but I've been trying to get through The Last Days of American Crime, which I think so far I like more as a concept than an actual book. Then maybe Wayward. Which I bought aaages ago.

I feel mostly the same way about Last Days. I bought it mainly for the Tocchini art. Wayward is excellent, though. As is the backmatter on Japanese culture in every issue.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

"There's no Peter Parker? You gotta be kidding me! I got boxes full of webbing! All right. So I start marchin' my way down to The Jackal in New U and I knock on his door and I say, 'Jackal! Jackal! I gotta talk to you about Parker.' And when I open the door what do I find? There's not a single goddamn desk in that office!"

 

[Lashley]

Uh so Batman #12 is going to get some attention.

Spoiler

Bruce apparently self-harmed as a kid after his parents died.

Actually don't mind this inclusion

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

"That right there is the Spider-Mobile. Now let's talk about the Spider-Mobile. Can we talk about the mail, please, Anna Maria? I've been dying to talk about the Spider-Mobile with you all day, OK?

 

[TetraxShards]

Episode 5 of Telltale Batman already dropping next week. That was quick. Let's hope it's better than the last episode.

There was nowhere to go but down after Episode 3.

 

[Donniewahlberg]

Motor Crush was definitely a Cameron Stewart/Brenden Fletcher/Babs Tarr joint. Pretty to look at, but not much else

Sounds great! Haha. Nah I get that's not meant as a positive but I think I can read into that summary as if you like their other stuff, you're on good ground. I think their stuff has a lot of heart and fun. What did you/other folks who picked it up think of the Isola preview?

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Is there like an editorial mandate at Marvel against any dialogue written in dialect ever?

I understand why the practice can be insensitive in literature, or just plain hackey if it doesn't tell you anything about the character. And I know very well what a joke the speech patterns of characters like Gambit and Rogue were in the past. But it seems like there's just a complete ban on it. It's almost jarring when Gambit shows up in Uncanny Avengers and just has zero dialect at all. Or when I forget that Friday has an Irish accent.

Yes, it's dumb when that stuff is so thick you have to stop and translate it in your head as you go, but I think just a bit of it sprinkled in here and there is kind of nice to remind you that someone has an accent.

Maybe there is still some and I just never see it.

 

[BuddyJoeHooker]

"There's no Peter Parker? You gotta be kidding me! I got boxes full of webbing! All right. So I start marchin' my way down to The Jackal in New U and I knock on his door and I say, 'Jackal! Jackal! I gotta talk to you about Parker.' And when I open the door what do I find? There's not a single goddamn desk in that office!"

 

[Lashley]

Just seen a vegan compare chicken eaters to paedophiles...

I'm going to read some comics.

 

[echoshifting]

Ah, yeah, I called that in CC as well. The most obvious twist ever.

 

[Sandfox]

Is there like an editorial mandate at Marvel against any dialogue written in dialect ever?

I understand why the practice can be insensitive in literature, or just plain hackey if it doesn't tell you anything about the character. And I know very well what a joke the speech patterns of characters like Gambit and Rogue were in the past. But it seems like there's just a complete ban on it. It's almost jarring when Gambit shows up in Uncanny Avengers and just has zero dialect at all. Or when I forget that Friday has an Irish accent.

Yes, it's dumb when that stuff is so thick you have to stop and translate it in your head as you go, but I think just a bit of it sprinkled in here and there is kind of nice to remind you that someone has an accent.

Maybe there is still some and I just never see it.

Rogue in is written with her accent in Uncanny Avengers.

 

[echoshifting]

Rogue in is written with her accent in Uncanny Avengers.

It's definitely been toned down a great deal, though, from Ye Olden Days

 

[TetraxShards]

It's definitely been toned down a great deal, though, from Ye Olden Days

'Member Rogue's accent?

Oh yeah, Ah 'member.

 

[echoshifting]

'Member Rogue's accent?

Oh yeah, Ah 'member.

Mah chere. Jes hearin you talk like dat. Sacre bleu, it make Gambit want to steal your heart, ma petit omelette du fromage

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

OMFG

YES

 

[Sou Da]

I find dialect writing extremely hackey in novels, might read better in short form stuff like comics.