I'm hoping Waid takes over. Perfect fit for that book.
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COMICS! |OT| February 2015. No ship girls. Oh, we got a Tank Girl though!
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I'm hoping Waid takes over. Perfect fit for that book.
Waid could be good too, really just want Slott to leave. Even at his best (Spider-Island etc.) I never particularly enjoyed his writing style.
The character really needs a breath of fresh air.Post Secret Wars seems like a perfect time to wrap up his run.
I hate Dan Slott's run but Spidey is my fav character so I kind of slog through his work. Hawkeyes & Daredevil are perfect examples of what a Spider-Man book should be like.
whatsinaname
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Are you reading Silver Surfer? Is Dan Slott the problem or is it Slott+Spiderman that doesn't work?
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And I'm probably going to grab the uncanny avengers omni later this week.
So stoked
I haven't read Surfer, but here's my take. He's had some good moments on Spidey but he was always very inconsistent and at this stage he's just a bit long in the tooth.
It's a Slott Spider-Man, just don't think the stories he wants to tell fit the character. I get what he's going "Mad Science" angle but not as grounded as Spider-Man should be. Everything just feels kind of like it's rushing from one big thing to the next with no room to breath.
I would like to recommend a book if you folks don't mind. It is called Princeless: The Pirate Princess. It is an adorable story about a Princess trying to save another Princess who is locked in a tower. It has a great cast of characters and is absolutely adorable art. It is very Disneyesque in its art. It is a digital only book and this current series has only had 3 issues. This book has heart. Girly Hijinks-Gaf approved.
slightconfuse
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Slott should have taken his leave after superior. Dude did the impossible. Now he's just trying to up the ante harder where spidy doent really work.
Spider-man kind,of like bat man. Good supporting player but really,thrives when his threats are local and stret level
Surfer has been absolutely fantastic. Every issue is great. Slott and Allred are nailing it.
Freezasaurus
Member
This does look great. Single issues or OGN format or what?
Allred elevates everything he touches.
Freezasaurus
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I believe this current series is digital only so comixology.
BuddyJoeHooker
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It would be amazing, brilliant arcs about the shi'ar, Apocalypse, the brood, Vulcan, making cyclops likable, resurrecting Jean, etc.
I think Hickman might be using a bunch of X-Men ideas for East of West, now that I think about it.
I have another green lantern question, sorry!
So I got all these green lantern books, I believe it's from volume 4 according to wikipedia. I have from rebirth to Agent Orange on this wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Lantern_%28comic_book%29#Green_Lantern_vol._4
So my question is: What the fuck is blackest night?
My copy of Agent orange says "prelude to blackest night" and I've been trying to google what book I need to buy next (without coming across spoilers)
The wiki page for blackest night has like 8 different things on it, one actually called blackest night 0-8, and then a bunch of other blackest night things with character names after it or whatever. If I am just focusing on this green lantern story and run can I just get "Blackest Night: Green Lantern"?
Or do I need all the blackest night stuff?
Also, can I read what I have now and be satisfied? Or does it all come to come grand conclusion and I own everything except the climax of this story?
So I got all these green lantern books, I believe it's from volume 4 according to wikipedia. I have from rebirth to Agent Orange on this wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Lantern_%28comic_book%29#Green_Lantern_vol._4
So my question is: What the fuck is blackest night?
My copy of Agent orange says "prelude to blackest night" and I've been trying to google what book I need to buy next (without coming across spoilers)
The wiki page for blackest night has like 8 different things on it, one actually called blackest night 0-8, and then a bunch of other blackest night things with character names after it or whatever. If I am just focusing on this green lantern story and run can I just get "Blackest Night: Green Lantern"?
Or do I need all the blackest night stuff?
Also, can I read what I have now and be satisfied? Or does it all come to come grand conclusion and I own everything except the climax of this story?
Absolutely but I think it would be unfair to discount Slott on Silver Surfer. His writing is really good. A few times he has hit great emotional moments.
I read a couple of issues but downloaded everything last night and plan on catching up tonight. I don't think Slott is a bad writer just not a great fit for Spider-Man.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Dude may just be running out of steam on Spider-man. He's been on that shit for what feels like a decade. Whereas Silver Surfer is just pure joy and ideas and tight, character-rich stories.
TheDarkKnight774
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Great pickup. IST and CMX sales get me every time
I agree. He needs to leave Spider-man. Give me that Waid Spider-Man.
You can read what you have now and be satisfied. Blackest Night is an "event."
Beware of events. They wreck the hell out of whatever series you're enjoying and force you to buy/read a bunch of bullshit in order for the story to make any sense.
If you're going to read past Agent Orange, the next two books you should read are probably the Blackest Night (#0-8) collection and the Green Lantern collection associated with it. The other event tie-ins (that is what the Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps, Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps, etc. books are called) are optional depending on your interest.
Rawr Its Ry
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Before Secret Wars comes out, would there be a chance that comixology does a sale on New Avengers & Avengers?
Blackest Night was a big event comic give our six years ago. Unless you want to buy the Absolute edition, DC did a terrible job collecting the story. You can safely read just the Blackest Night comic and skip everything else, but there are some things explained in Green Lantern.
If you want to read the entire run, you still have a ways to go. You still have Green Lantern: Brightest Day (not to be confused with the book simply titled Brightest Day) and War of the Green Lanterns prior to the New 52. After the New 52 the volumes are numbered, when you get volume three you have two options, you can just read that or you can get the larger stories it kind of tied in to - Rise of the Third Army and Wrath of the First Lantern. It's been awhile since I read those issues, but I think you can safely skip the crossover books and not really be lost at all.
I'm probably gonna end up having to get those two collections since having a book say "Prelude to ..." and then not having what it is preluding to is gonna drive me crazy. Really wish my copy of Agent Orange did not mention this prelude business, bleh.
But good to know I can start reading this stuff now and not be left at some massive cliffhanger. I hate cliffhangers.
This is all way too much for me, I am out of space on my shelf and I don't even know if I like green lantern yet. My plan is to maybe stick with what I have (Up to agent orange like I said above) or go to right before New 52 starts, basically what the wiki page says for all of volume 4 I guess. (Can I just get green lantern: brightest day and ignore the other brightest day stuff?)
slightconfuse
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Sounds like you guys should read house of M spider man or family,business or Waids BND issues.
whatsinaname
Member
Been reading Parker: The Score. Cooke seems to stick to a more traditional grid layout most of the time but but some of the panels are really creative.
This one for example, across two pages.
Or this one, with the panel borders and the door's edge.
I haven't read Spider-Man, just surprised that he seemed to be writing a Spider-Man fans don't like while Silver Surfer (which I am really enjoying) is getting a fair amount of of praise. Similar situation to Bendis + GOTG I guess.
This one for example, across two pages.
Or this one, with the panel borders and the door's edge.
I haven't read Spider-Man, just surprised that he seemed to be writing a Spider-Man fans don't like while Silver Surfer (which I am really enjoying) is getting a fair amount of of praise. Similar situation to Bendis + GOTG I guess.
my name is ed
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Hey, I liked the guys, personally. A whole bunch of them got banned in 09 and set up their offshoot board. They were fun but you could kind of see why the mods went after them. It may have been the NBA thread where people were greeted with a 'who the fuck are you.' My memory is a little fuzzy.
Now for actual comics discussion!
I read Death of Ultimate Spider-Man last night. Shit tore at my heartstrings. I hate that the series was at such a good spot before it hit. Also, that it had anything to do with Millar's Ultimates and Avengers. I remember being so hyped for Millar's return to the Ultimates line except those comics were terrible. The Dillon series was the worst.
BuddyJoeHooker
Member
YES dude, The Parker series is pretty much Cooke doing the best work of his career. A new book should be coming out this year too.
Good question. I think that's up to Marvel and would be one of the Monday sales if it happens.
Spike Spiegel
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Can I just point out how amazing the covers for Iron Fist have been? Interiors too; Kaare's a madman.
Also, the twist in this month's issue made me go back and look through previous issues to see if he cheated with it.
I haven't read a comic for a week I think. Stupid brain screwing with me again, keeping me from comics.
Also working 50-ish hours this week plus exercising 1-2 hours after every day at work. Not much time for replying to this thread, though I've been keeping up with it for the most part (except for on Wednesday when I didn't have time to read like 500 posts on my lunch break).
In summary, I don't like not posting, so I'll just post about not comics for now. Mostly because I was inspired by Zombine's post below:
My man.
100% this.
Except Rhaknar that one week.
Also working 50-ish hours this week plus exercising 1-2 hours after every day at work. Not much time for replying to this thread, though I've been keeping up with it for the most part (except for on Wednesday when I didn't have time to read like 500 posts on my lunch break).
In summary, I don't like not posting, so I'll just post about not comics for now. Mostly because I was inspired by Zombine's post below:
My man.
100% this.
Except Rhaknar that one week.
Freezasaurus
Member
Keep on killing comics, Kipp.
Pai Pai Master
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Hickman said he'd be up for doing something like GOTG or Star Wars in 5 years. So he's probably got some big space epic forming in his brainstuff at the moment.
KoruptData
Member
The Fall on Netflix is so good!
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Controversial opinion time, I was not a fan of Lemire's Green Arrow.
slightconfuse
Banned
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
That's a shame, man, 'cause I thought that run made up for the years of shit prior. Lemire and Sorrentino finally gave Ollie a family worth caring about and...fuck it, just look at this:
Really excited for this
BuddyJoeHooker
Member
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Same.
I'm happy his Hawkeye run seems to be with another super talented artist--Ramon K. Perez--and I'm hopping into that shit day one based solely on what Lemire did with Green Arrow.
Good luck!
Thanks. A friend of mine never got his MMN3DSXL because it was cancelled by gamestop. Don't even know what the reason was.
BuddyJoeHooker
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Perez is great. I know ASM Learning to Crawl wasn't well received but Perez killed it in art.
Freezasaurus
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They probably oversold. I heard Best Buy had to cull a bunch of their orders as well. I don't think even Nintendo of America knows what they're doing. For instance, the non-XL N3DS is available EVERYWHERE except North America.