I thought it was an average #1. I'll keep picking it up too and hope it gets good but honestly I can see it being a stinker.
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I thought it was an average #1. I'll keep picking it up too and hope it gets good but honestly I can see it being a stinker.
krypt0nian
Banned
I thought the scene with Kate and Noh Varr elevated it way past average, myself. It was trippy and real and perfect.
GrandHarrier
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Just finished up Green Lantern: New Guardians #16. The last few panels so good. My boy Kyle! :-D My boy Ganthet. :-(
I gotta feeling Ganthet is gonna get
redeemed, although the rest of the Guardians can burn
The page where Kyle
goes all White Lantern
GrandHarrier
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I have a similar feeling about the future of Ganthet and the Guardians. Specifically,
The Guardians are going to die except for Ganthet and the First Lanterns Guardian jailers will replace the old Guard.
I've always loved the Kyle/Ganthet bromance.
Yeah, that's exactly how I see it playing out as well.
I really liked the Spidey series, but it's also the only one I've read.
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Huh, I had no idea Scott Snyder wrote the Iron Man series.
Just catching up on this thread. Dude, you totally lost it. Nothing in krypt0nian's reply warranted this kind of shit. WTF
Be careful, there are more of them than there are of us. Fucked up, I know...
slightconfuse
Banned
Superman/batman apocalypse was a Wonder Woman movie!!
Part 1 was really great. I think most of the DC animated movies range from bland to outright bad, with only a couple of them being actually good, but DKR pt. 1 was one of the good ones.
GrandHarrier
Member
What Bizarro World do you come from where DC animation is bad?
DC animated is unarguably one of the places where DC shines above the rest.
I'm talking about the movies they've released over the last few years, not the full series like B:TAS, JL/JLU, etc.
I guess they're better than the Marvel animated movies (I don't think I've ever watched any of them though), but judged as movies, most of them aren't good at all.
Whats wrong with them
Seriously, that rant and the subsequent attacks by Fantomex blew my mind.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Article on new BPRD Spinoff
Latour art
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=43297
"Okay. Sploosh."
- Pam
Latour art
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=43297
"Okay. Sploosh."
- Pam
furiouslyalex
Banned
Well thats an instant buy.
I need to catch up on my BPRD/Hellboy.
I need to catch up on my BPRD/Hellboy.
Haemolacria
Member
I liked Iron Man Noir. It's kinda like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen's take on Iron Man, if that makes any sense
I think some of Comics GAF needs to accept that people can have different tastes and likes than you without being your enemy. You also don't have to swear a blood feud when you are called out for some mistaken statement you made.
The DC animated movies have been 50/50 for me, but I haven't seen may of the films yet. I liked Under the Red Hood and Superman vs the Elite. JLA: Doom was ok, and I disliked the Superman/Batman Apocalypse movie based on Loeb's Supergirl story arc. I haven't seen the rest yet.
Even if the movies aren't great 100% of the time, I really like the concept of the DC original animation line in that they are all pretty faithfully based on stories from the comic books. Marvel should do the same.
furiouslyalex
Banned
Childrens Crusade dragged for me. Which in part was due to the bi monthly shipping schedule.
But also I feel like they needed to end every issue in the exact same way (
Full Page Character Reveal cliffhanger!!!
Agreed, people take differing opinions way too seriously in here.
Back to the DC DTV movies, you owe it to yourself to check out Wonder Woman, it's easily the best of the bunch. I really like New Frontier a lot as well, but I'm biased because the source material is one of my favorite things ever. Long live Darwyn Cooke! The shorts collection isn't bad either, the Superman/Shazam one is fun and there is a very cool Spectre short as well.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I also recommend embracing your hyperbole. Works for me. Keeps you from ever taking things too super seriously and keeps you always in love with the things you love, heart too busy to really go after someone else too hard for not liking what you do.
But it pisses me off that almost no one else is reading Chew! YOU PEOPLE ARE WORSE THAN SATAN.
GrandHarrier
Member
Sorry bro I need capes or gtfo. I don't need your talky pretend picture books.
I read the first two arcs, but fell away from it for some reason. Should I make the effort to go back to it?
And in unrelated news, I finally got round to reading Saga. Man, that's good funnybook.
slightconfuse
Banned
I trade wait chew
It's on my backlist of things to eventually buy.
I finally started read Fear Agent. Since the book doesn't seem to be in stock in most places, I just bought the first few collections digitally from Dark Horse's site. Prices seem to be OK. I think it works out to $2 or less an issue which is about the same as the TPBs.
Anyhow, I am liking the book so far. Didn't really love the first issue or two, but the plot starts to ramp up quickly and the book has a ton of cool moments. Unfortunately, I don't really like Heath. Never been a fan of that character archetype, so it is hard to root for him. I suppose that is sort of the point though.
It's sort of crazy how unrecognizable Jerome Opena's style is in the Fear Agent issues he penciled. I realize that he was probably aping Tony Moore to give the book some visual consistency, but his Uncanny X-Force and Avengers stuff is on a completely different level. Dude really stepped up his game.
I am hoping that some of the earlier movies show up on Netflix. I still have Batman: Year One and All-Star Superman to watch, but after that maybe I will look up some the other movies on one of the digital rental services. Up until this point, I had read all of the original comics that these movies were based on. That won't be the case with Wonder Woman and a few others. I wonder if that will hurt my enjoyment of the films.
Dude tell me about it! I was reading my omnibus of Gaiman's Sandman and I ripped that shit in half with my bare hands after I finished the first issue. Total false advertising.
TheKaeptain
Banned
I liked it. Lex was pretty bad ass in it. Although I do wish it was longer and didn't cut so much stuff.
Awful to the point that it is not worth investing an hour of boredom to watch it?
Read the first trade. My eyes nearly rolled out of my head.
I'm trying to channel my inner Buddah to keep calm in the face of your awful taste.
GrandHarrier
Member
Strike me down. Give in to your anger. With each passing moment you make yourself more my servant.
Idk I guess give it a shot. I didn't like the animation at all, not enough oatmeal face.
Yes.
I couldn't even bring myself to finish it. It's a fucking abomination (given the greatness of the source material).
HELP ME JAH! Guide me away from this mon of pure darkness!!!
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I have vol 1-5 of the trade on my iPad from a sale like LAST YEAR (2011??) but haven't gotten to it yet.
That's even worse, isn't it.
Talking about favourite superheroes in the BCT has made me interested in comics once again. One of my favourite superheroes was always Spawn partially because of how mature his storyline was when I was a kid. I never read the comics, but caught the animated show from time to time no understanding what the hell was going on.
Well that discussion brought back all those memories again and now I'm knee deep using my trusty wikipedia to study a bunch of shit related to Spawn and comics in general. I currently have Spawn Origins shipping to my place from Amazon and depending on how into I am I'll buy the rest, as well as delve into some of the other highly regarded comics(Dark Knight Returns and Batman Year one specifically).
Can anyone in comic gaf help me in terms of where to get started with this whole comic book thing? From Spawn, I began looking into Image comics and they seem pretty cool and I hear that Saga comic is supposed to be good as well. Is there a highly regarded series for Spider-man(or x-men) that's the equivalent of Dark Knight Returns in terms of critical and fan reception? Besides Spawn and Batman he's my favourite superhero. What are some of comic gafs essential must have comics/graphic novels for newcomers?
Well that discussion brought back all those memories again and now I'm knee deep using my trusty wikipedia to study a bunch of shit related to Spawn and comics in general. I currently have Spawn Origins shipping to my place from Amazon and depending on how into I am I'll buy the rest, as well as delve into some of the other highly regarded comics(Dark Knight Returns and Batman Year one specifically).
Can anyone in comic gaf help me in terms of where to get started with this whole comic book thing? From Spawn, I began looking into Image comics and they seem pretty cool and I hear that Saga comic is supposed to be good as well. Is there a highly regarded series for Spider-man(or x-men) that's the equivalent of Dark Knight Returns in terms of critical and fan reception? Besides Spawn and Batman he's my favourite superhero. What are some of comic gafs essential must have comics/graphic novels for newcomers?
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Can someone tell me what´s the difference between Teen Titans and Young Justice? There´s are a lot of members who are part of the 2 groups.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
You'd probably really dig Kraven's Last Hunt. It's a smidge lighter weight than DKR, but it's pretty renowned for its time.
Also, if you dig Spawn, dig up the McFarlane/Micheline Spider-Man storyline introducing Venom. Classic stuff. Again, lighterweight fare than DKR, but still good.
If you want storylines at that level of accomplishment, but still in the realm of Superheroes:
Morrison's run on New X-Men
Bendis/Maleev's run on Daredevil
are good places to start.
If you feel like picking up Image monthlies, their best current title is Nowhere Men, which is only up to #2, so it'll be easy to catch up and keep up with.
I read it. Vol 6 should be in my hands tomorrow or Wednesday.
Some Young Avengers word sexy by Kieron Gillen here :
Jamie had to redraw the tentacles because they originally looked like big ol cocks.
Jamie had to redraw the tentacles because they originally looked like big ol cocks.
GrandHarrier
Member
My biggest issue with indie books is the lack of a shared world. I like that all the books I get exist in the same canon. Remove that and my interest wanes and it takes a really good title to overcome it.
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