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[NotTheGuyYouKill]

But you don't read cape comics. STAHP!

 

[The Right Deal]

Spider-Gwen costume is really great, I love how clean it is.

 

[PsychBat!]

In all seriousness, NTGYK, PM me some ideas and I can do some graphics.

 

[Serpentine]

YES.

oh fuck yeah. double sold.

Consistent DC lore

Fuckin' Johns

 

[Messi]

Spider-Gwen definitely needs a thread. Surely when OT hears that a side character who's been dead for 40+ years is returning as an alternate reality version with spider powers because energy vampires were traveling through different dimensions eating Spider-Men, they'll be filled with unbridled hope and love for the comic book industry.

I am willing to create the thread.

 

[Zombine]

Brb creating the thread

 

[PsychBat!]

Seriously, I'm willing to do some graphics for the thread.

 

[Messi]

Brb creating the thread

Please use that description and mention the dimension travelling vampires.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

If you guys make the thread I can't guarantee I won't make a shit load of Sins Past references

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Guys, be serious. Really really really serious.

 

[PsychBat!]

If you guys make the thread I can't guarantee I won't make a shit load of Sins Past references

I think Sou Da will get peeved.

 

[Fuu]

OHMYGOD WHY DID THEY BRING GWEN BACK. COMICS SUCK AND ARE DEAD.

There should be a bet system for how many posts it takes until a version of these show up in GAF comics threads outside of the official topic:

"This is why I stopped reading comics."
"lol comics."
"This is why manga is better."

 

[The Right Deal]

What a trainwreck this will be.

 

[Memento Mori]

There should be a bet system for how many posts it takes until a version of these show up in GAF comics threads outside of the official topic:

"This is why I stopped reading comics."
"lol comics."
"This is why manga is better."

Two out of three on page 1. I'm calling it now.

 

[Sou Da]

The premise for Ultron v Marvel Zombies is more interesting than I thought.

 

[crimsonspider89]

Two out of three on page 1. I'm calling it now.

Going to say two posts. Then going to have first option appear 10 times, second one appear 5 times and last one appear 20 times.

 

[hammertomb]

The premise for Ultron v Marvel Zombies is more interesting than I thought.

Having just finished the latest issue of afterlife with archie, i need more zombies in comics.
Fantastic series btw.

 

[NexusCell]

Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/2...f&hootPostID=d96a0314a8f55afb2167f01b482ed38c

“Getting sent to this No Man’s Land means you’ve done something wrong in Battleworld,” says editor Mark Paniccia. “It’s equivalent to having to walk the plank over shark-infested waters. In this story you’ll see someone who is deemed a criminal sentenced to this very dangerous territory—a character I can’t mention—but is a really cool twist that James came up with.”

Caught in this post-apocalyptic hellscape will be The Vision, Wonder Man, and Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch—along with someone writer James Robinson says will be “a very cool surprise.” While everyone will be trying to kill the heroes (along with everyone else in from the former multiverse exiled with them), the Ultron/Zombie armies won’t be very chummy.

“Ultron sees his world as the epitome of perfection and the Zombies are the antithesis of that, so no they don’t get along at all,” says Robinson. “They war for whatever humanity they can find, with Ultron wishing to either control it or kill it and the zombies wanting to eat it. They’re definitely at war.”

So we've got a police force, a death race, and a no mans land for criminals in Battleworld now.

Also, preview screens

 

[Dan]

Vertigo falling on hard times

http://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-comics-month-to-month-sales-december-2014-a-darwyn-cooke-overture/

In fact, I’d say that Vertigo’s trade collection policy is working against them. At one point it likely made sense to release trade collections as soon as possible and to bargain price the first volume to entice new readers. But now? Why buy a story that’s obviously written for the trade as monthly $3 comics, when you know that said trade will be out the month after the story ends for a fraction of the cost? So if a reader sees a new Vertigo eerie stat they think they might be interested in, they’re likely to decide to wait for the trade; but when that trade finally comes out, they’ve either forgotten about it or lost interest.

That's kind of a weird comment. That doesn't seem to be a major stumbling block for Image or most other publishers. I don't think Vertigo's old trade policy of releasing trades 6-8 months after the last collected issue was really doing it many favors either.

 

[whatsinaname]

IST updated. Nothing that stands out as an immediate purchase for me. But will get these two soon.

Barakamon v03
Metabarons HC

 

[Owzers]

That concept sounds great but i'm not sold on a James Robinson book.

 

[Memento Mori]

That concept sounds great but i'm not sold on a James Robinson book.

Robinson is great at world-building but his dialogue is painful to read.

 

[TetraxShards]

Spider-Gwen definitely needs a thread. Surely when OT hears that a side character who's been dead for 40+ years is returning as an alternate reality version with spider powers because energy vampires were traveling through different dimensions eating Spider-Men, they'll be filled with unbridled hope and love for the comic book industry.

Just tell them they already killed the Marvel vs. Capcom Spider-Man. That should go over well.

 

[Serpentine]

Just tell them they already killed the Marvel vs. Capcom Spider-Man. That should go over well.

I think there was a thread on that, but in Gaming side

e: ah yep http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=971783

 

[Mudcrab]

There should be a bet system for how many posts it takes until a version of these show up in GAF comics threads outside of the official topic:

"This is why I stopped reading comics."
"lol comics."
"This is why manga is better."

I wish comics were more like manga because I don't want to have to read Amazing Fantasy 15 to understand Spider-gwen.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

holy shit this cover though

https://www.comixology.com/Scalped-...lzdC92aWV3L2Rlc2t0b3AvZ3JpZExpc3QvbGlzdDU2MTI

gonna have to get this aren't i

(i already have every issue digitally, but they're SD)

 

[ReAxion]

Zombies vs Ultron sounds amazing. Maybe my favorite Secret Wars thing yet.

Poor Boomerang.

 

[TetraxShards]

Guys, be serious. Really really really serious.

I'm not gonna lie, whenever I see a Teen Titans Go episode I pretty much always enjoy it.

I think there was a thread on that, but in Gaming side

e: ah yep http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=971783

Guys with Sonic and anime avatars crackin' wise on shit they know nothing about?
Several people claiming "I'm an expert." in just about everything?

Oh it's a gaming side thread alright.

I wish comics were more like manga because I don't want to have to read Amazing Fantasy 15 to understand Spider-gwen.

By far my favourite comics shitpost was the guy who claimed you couldn't be a "real" Spider-Man fan unless you had read every story ever printed.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

JLD vol. 5 is up on IST. And it's seven bucks.

Go me.

 

[NexusCell]

So I want to be excited for AoU vs. MU, but all I know Robinson from is from his sort of shitty JLA Cry for Justice stuff. Has he written anything good for either Marvel or DC?

 

[Zombine]

JLD vol. 5 is up on IST. And it's seven bucks.

Go me.

What a snoozefest of a week though...

 

[Memento Mori]

So I want to be excited for AoU vs. MU, but all I know Robinson from is from his sort of shitty JLA Cry for Justice stuff. Has he written anything good for either Marvel or DC?

Starman
Earth 2

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

What a snoozefest of a week though...

Oh, and New Avengers vol. 3 is finally available in paperback.

It's great week for stuff that I want that nobody else cares about.

 

[choaffable]

holy shit this cover though

https://www.comixology.com/Scalped-...lzdC92aWV3L2Rlc2t0b3AvZ3JpZExpc3QvbGlzdDU2MTI

gonna have to get this aren't i

(i already have every issue digitally, but they're SD)

In term of how Comixology works, don't collections just actually pull from the files used for single issues? So, doesn't that mean the Scalped issues in that collection are getting upgraded to HD? That seems to be the most effective way of storage, rather than storing essentially duplicate files on your server...

Or, as a person who also owns the entire run of Scalped in digital singles, am I wishing too hard?

 

[NexusCell]

Starman
Earth 2

Hmm I heard some good things about Starman, but that was from the 90's if I recall. How recent was Earth 2 published?

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Who's going to describe their work today as "True Detective meets Mean Girls with a dash Breaking Bad?"

 

[Isak_Borg]

holy shit this cover though

https://www.comixology.com/Scalped-...lzdC92aWV3L2Rlc2t0b3AvZ3JpZExpc3QvbGlzdDU2MTI

gonna have to get this aren't i

(i already have every issue digitally, but they're SD)

They should really work on making those titles HD.

Slackers!

 

[Serpentine]

Who's going to describe their work today as "True Detective meets Mean Girls with a dash Breaking Bad?"

I'm thinking either Nick Spencer or Josh Williamson

 

[Isak_Borg]

In term of how Comixology works, don't collections just actually pull from the files used for single issues? So, doesn't that mean the Scalped issues in that collection are getting upgraded to HD? That seems to be the most effective way of storage, rather than storing essentially duplicate files on your server...

Or, as a person who also owns the entire run of Scalped in digital singles, am I wishing too hard?

Ugh, UMMMM....

Something or other got really right about something or other.

 

[Freezasaurus]

OHMYGOD WHY DID THEY BRING GWEN BACK. COMICS SUCK AND ARE DEAD.

On the contrary. Spider-Gwen is going to save comics. All of them. Ever.

 

[Zombine]

Who's going to describe their work today as "True Detective meets Mean Girls with a dash Breaking Bad?"

My book is a gritty take on the superhero genre, like The Dark Knight.

 

[TetraxShards]

My book is a gritty take on the superhero genre, like The Dark Knight.

So much do not want.

 

[headshot95]

Was my birthday earlier this month and used the money I received to place this lovely instock order. Even though this like like my 10th order with IST, I'm still amazed at their packaging and just how careful they are with your books.

 

[Memento Mori]

Hmm I heard some good things about Starman, but that was from the 90's if I recall. How recent was Earth 2 published?

He did something like the first 25 issues of the current ongoing Earth 2 book. He only quit in the last year and a half or so.

 

[Zombine]

So much do not want.

How do you know? It's like Fallout 3 with swords.

 

[evilpigking]

Copy of Scalped Came. Dust Jacket and Printed cover are very nice. Binding looks mainly glued and is pretty tight....and there is a fair amount of gutter loss =(. Haven't had any text bubbles yet that were just too far in the gutter but had to do a little stretching to fully see some.

Pages are typical Vertigo matte newsprint type but feel pretty sturdy. Height is about same as Image deluxes or Marvel Omni's. All in all not bad for the price.

 

[TetraxShards]

How do you know? It's like Fallout 3 with swords.

But Fallout 3 has swords already.

 

[headshot95]

What a snoozefest of a week though...

But Sex Criminals vol. 2 and Zero vol. 3!

 

[frye]

Oh man there's new Criminal this week, it's been way too long

 

[Freezasaurus]

Sex Criminals art print is up at Secret Panel, guys. No direct link because bewbs.