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COMICS! |OT| January 2013. "Read more comics"? Now that's a resolution I can keep!
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The top one with the arched eyebrow is more Man of Mischief, but I still have a soft spot for the original, all-white outfit Fantomex had
Krees got it wrong. Just ask Franklin
sazabirules
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Thanks.
I'm still waiting on my Hellboy Library Edition 1 to ship from Amazon. I have to wait another month for it to get in stock. I have the second one just sitting until I get the first one.
Hickman still gets a full arc or so with him before 700 takes hold.
wait what is this?
I hope he features prominently before Superior takes over but I doubt it. Poor Spidey, there are just too many fucking characters being shoved into Avengers.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Yea, that's why they're splitting the huge cast into smaller teams though.
Also am I the only one that thinks of that page from the last chapter of "I'm With Stupid" when I think of Superior? You know, the one where they are talking about their adventures and whenever Johnny brings one up Pete says it was his clone that did it and they decide to just stop talking about it?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
"But what about that time with Carnage?"
"Clone"
"Ok, how about the dance cl--"
"*sigh* Clone..."
"ok WHATEVER"
Father_Brain
Banned
Rich Johnston, grain of salt, etc., but sounds like the directionless gladhanders are consulting their Ouija boards again.
Rich Johnston said:
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
That's the one. God that was such a great book.
Also this was great too:
They best not mess with Batman or any bat-books. Screw everything else up for all I care.
fredrancour
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Among the bat-books, inc, b & r, and the main one would be the only ones where I'd be mad to see an author change.
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
yea screw stuff other people like so it gets so bad they stop making any comics
Snyder's Batman is not a low-to-mid tier book, and Morrison was already leaving Inc this year, so those both won't be affected by this.
But there's no way it's continuing right?
I think he's wrapping it up sooner rather than later.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Waid. Hulk. Indestructible Hulk storyline most like.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Sounds like a story plant from Marvel. I don't think the market is being dominated by them, last I checked.
Oh ok. I wasn't sure if it was a mini or something. I already read Indestructible so consider me excited.
I mean after the story is done. It's 12 issues, yes? Would DC dare to put another writer on Inc?
Father_Brain
Banned
Yeah, that was the silliest line in there.
I don't think that proves anything about the story's veracity, though. Johnston made the same sort of grandiose statements after the New 52 launched.
Yea but it's a plan that sounds just stupid enough to come from DC.
GrandHarrier
Member
https://twitter.com/maguirekevin/status/286594659524960256
Remind me, which of art styles was Kevin Maguire in Worlds' Finest? Was he the barbie doll current or the much more awesome flashback style?
Remind me, which of art styles was Kevin Maguire in Worlds' Finest? Was he the barbie doll current or the much more awesome flashback style?
Rastafarian42
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Hmm. I remember when Waid said in a interview The Hulk would be fighting Frost Giants and that looks like them in the background.
BenjaminBirdie
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slightconfuse
Banned
Picked up the Manchester gods and terrorism myth trades of JIm. Also warren Ellis gun machine.
Also the AvX arc of uncanny might be the best AvX related thing I read
Also no McGuire on worlds finest is a bummer
Also the AvX arc of uncanny might be the best AvX related thing I read
Also no McGuire on worlds finest is a bummer
Spike Spiegel
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Rich does say his source is the same one who told him about Gail before that became official.
Wonder if Maguire's comments are related.
Wonder if Maguire's comments are related.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
I don't believe it one bit.
He was the one that didn't draw clothes constantly exploding for no reason. That book is unreadable because of how gross it is half the time.
How long until "Newer 52" and they just reboot everything but Batman and Green Lantern? They practically already have done that the only difference is everything hasn't been renumbered.
GrandHarrier
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Creative team shuffles = Reboot?
Sky is falling much?
I'm obviously against unkind treatment of writers and artists, but the simple concept of shifting up creative teams itself isn't bad. Nor does it spell out "reboots". Creative teams have always changed, at some point or another. DC just seems intent on giving mid-tier books a chance with a creative shuffle while axing sub par performances. Outside of the WTF cancellation of JLI which was doing 35k+ a month, every other cancellation has been 15k and below.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
That's not true at all brah.
While I don't care for Ramos art that much, Thor looks pretty good. Of course the interior art will probably have his mouth hanging open in some crazy anatomically-impossible way that will then ruin it.
So is the art rotation for SSM going to be Stegman, Camuncoli, and Ramos?
ALSO: Simonson Frost Giants
Creative shuffles and massive overhauls on almost every single non Bat/GL title pretty much constitutes reboots yes.
Also I'm not saying that they WILL or SHOULD reboot, I'm saying that aside from playing musical creators like they are now it's like the only thing they can do to try and take back Marvel's marketshare.
None of these B-tier or lower DC titles has had any room to breath or tell a story. It seems like they're all stuck telling "DC's story" and nothing significant to the actual characters. Absolutely nothing I read from DC has the same feeling of something like the first handful of issues of stuff like UXF, Waid's Daredevil, or Aaron's new Thor where you feel massive tectonic shifts for the characters. Most of the DC's books are a whole lot of by-the-numbers storytelling, too busy trying to wedge themselves into overall continuity than telling their own individual, powerful stories.
Rastafarian42
Member
Man I really like Ramos though his style is very reminiscent of Todd Mcfarlene waaay better than Camuncoli.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I feel like I say this all the time but my perception of Ramos is colored a lot by having seen his art in person. It's really gorgeous and detailed and a lot of that gets lost in the printing.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
What books are you talking about? The only ones that had continuity outside of their own series were the Batman books during Court of Owls (and All Star Western) and Green Lantern titles.
Batgirl had the aforementioned tectonic shift in character, too.
I really like Camuncoli on Hellblazer, although he's just doing breakdowns on that book. I also liked him on...Dark Wolverine? or whatever it was which was the funniest mainstream comic on the stands for a while.
Rastafarian42
Member
His Hobgoblin arc was bad IMO weird faces on Peter a lot of his work looks bad to me due to inkier and colorist but he art works better for more darker work like Hellblazer.
one thing i can say about ramos, is that at least the claw toe doesnt look so damn horrible with him.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
He was SO good on The Intimates. That was a great book.
Rastafarian42
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I mean I really like the weird anatomy stuff in my comic art Bachalo and Ramos are some of my favorite stylized artists and the weird anatomy fits Spider-man because he doesn't move like a normal human being anyway kinda fitting for a Spider-man.
You and me can never be friends I'm afraid.
Yeah you know I'm overgeneralizing a lot, and truth be told I only read about 18-20 DC books on the reg, not all of which I'm caught up on, but I've been getting very unlucky with the "low tier" books I've been reading having their talent swiped. I Vampire just lost its amazing artist to Green Arrow (BARF) and Lemire left Frankenstein and that book turned to shit.
That's not to mention any book that does LOSE creators means that another book is likely GAINING those creators in a flailing attempt by DC to get readers on them. DC is trying to shift the readership by shifting the creators and it hurts even the books that get the better end of the creative stick when the shifts happen IMO. Take Justice League Dark for example. Gaining Lemire on that book was a good thing for the book in general, but it was still a huge disruption to that series after what like 9 issues? It didn't even get a chance to get on its feet before DC started throwing bodies around to try and prop its sales.
It's definitely not all bad though, and that goes back to me generalizing. Some of my absolute favs are Wonder Woman and Aquaman and they have been consistent since issue 1.
That's a weird Joe Casey thing, right? A lot of guys I read online really dig him and his interviews are usually entertaining but he tends to do very little for me.
Great taste in artists tho.
YOU AND I WILL NEVER BE FRIENDS!!!!
Rastafarian42
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bachalo owns
Rastafarian42
Member
He's extremely talented. I just don't ever want him to draw anything I read ever because his art looks like vomit.
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