Freezasaurus
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Thought about it but there were too many other books to buy. It's on my radar, though.
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COMICS!!! |OT| January 2017 This is the Dawning of the Age of Apocalypse
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Thought about it but there were too many other books to buy. It's on my radar, though.
See I only read the first volume and then stopped and held out hope for an omnibus. So most of this material will be new to me. I adore Chiang's art, so it should be pretty sweet.
For the most part, though, I think Absolutes are one of the only major formats that is really only for people who love the story/run and want it in the best format possible. With its price, I don't think it's a great format to go in with something you don't know if you'll like enough. An omnibus, on the other hand, is oftentimes the most economical way to read a run, even if the upfront cost is high.
Just a heads up, Chiang only drew like half of that run
I did not know that, and I AM sad. Are the other artists good?
"Should I buy this $125 book"
"Too many other books"
Not as good as him, no. It also gets annoying how often he bails past the mid point.
I had a quick look at CMX and while it is frustrating that he doesn't draw of ton of the rim, I'm glad they at least picked artists with a somewhat similar style. Makes it so it's not a huge shift like it often can be with books that high several artists.
Freezasaurus
Member
IST isn't going to charge $125 for it.
Also I hardly buy trades anymore so that has nothing to do with the weekly comic budget.
Storm Chamber
Banned
Source immediately
Thats his entire portion of the book. Its from Harley Quinn Annual #1 from a year or two ago.
For more Sejic Harley and Ivy check out his series of warm ups that he made into a fairly dark depressing story about Joker and Harley.
http://nebezial.deviantart.com/art/harleen-630870159
http://nebezial.deviantart.com/art/harleen-compilation2-659750684
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Eh. Resident Evil is back. We don't need Dead Rising crowding up the place.
As if DR was, we got 4 RE characters in MvC3
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Yup. Just finished RE7 in vr. Really fun time. Worked really well in VR
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I'm hoping Jack makes it in.
"Captain Marvel is gonna get it now, motherfucker."
DR4 Frank honestly wouldn't be a bad choice.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Royal Rumble: and you thought comics were bad
DR4 Frank ain't Frank
Freezasaurus
Member
Lucky thing the ending went the way it did, then.
It's like being excited for Resurrxion because you know it's not Secret Empire 2017
Freezasaurus
Member
At least the
Orton vs. Wyatt
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
It's not a bad Frank. It's an interesting take on him.
That's a fucked conversation to have man. Sorry it's happening to you.
Fuck.
Freezasaurus
Member
Storm Chamber
Banned
That's actually a very good question, unfortunately.
Trump is a wild boy
Trump is a wild boy
echoshifting
Banned
I picked it up but haven't gotten to it quite yet
BKatastrophe
Member
Oh god. Would they really stop Ms. Marvel books? No. They wouldn't.
No.
No?
Dense can be good. It helps to have a dense book every once in awhile in a time where comics just one to quickly burn through one plot line and move on to the next.
No.
No?
Dense can be good. It helps to have a dense book every once in awhile in a time where comics just one to quickly burn through one plot line and move on to the next.
echoshifting
Banned
I would stop reading Marvel.
Gotta say between Iger, Perlmutter and CWII: The Oath I am more than halfway there already
BKatastrophe
Member
I didn't read The Oath yet, but SteveCap started with an interesting political angle that they never followed up on, by basically saying how people could buy into a leader even with such hateful rhetoric. Due to them being disenfranchised, out of work, low income, lack of jobs, etc. They never followed up on that past the first issue, though, and that's a huge bummer. Instead it became all about Skull and his cube shenanigans with Steve being a villainous mastermind.
echoshifting
Banned
Oh they followed up on it now. In a manner I found pretty outrageous tbh, all things considered
I think the whole Hydra-Cap/Secret Empire was clearly designed as counterprogramming to a Clinton administration and a country which seemed to have a lot of progressive momentum. A story about how you flirt with nationalism and even fascism when you leave large chunks of the population disenfranchised and angry for a long time
I don't think they counted on how ugly the campaign was going to get and I certainly don't think they thought there was any chance he would actually win
But win he did, turns out those people aren't disenfranchised so much after all and everything sucks. So now the whole thing feels like it's likely to go down as a huge miss and tin-eared as fuck
LordOfLore
Banned
Damn. I guess if GWW moves outside the US to keep her kids safe like she has been talking about on twitter, then maybe.
I'm not going to pretend that I know a lot about politics, but I feel as though Trump and Cap are too different for the comparisons people are making to really work. Spencer is obviously borrowing from real life to make the story more realistic though. Both the Oath and Secret Empire are weird because there are all these hints going around about what the event will stand for and it's outcome.
I don't think moving outside of the country would prevent her from working on comics if she wanted to and in that case Marvel would just replace her with another writer.
echoshifting
Banned
Cap isn't Trump
He's Bannon
He's Bannon
LordOfLore
Banned
Cullen Bunn sale. How's the current Mercs book?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Dam, are things bad where she is?
Decent
She can mail them in, no need to replace her.
CopperPuppy
Member
GAF, the spouse and I just finished up Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur Vol. 2 and loved it. We're looking for something of similar quality to jump into and I'm currently between either Ms. Marvel or The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl.
Any advice?
Any advice?
LordOfLore
Banned
Swedes with dual-citizenship aren't allowed in the States now. The ambassador sounded quite stressed and angry.
choaffable
Member
She lives in Seattle right now, I believe. But you know, racists shitbags seem to be everywhere, no matter how metropolitan the city.
CopperPuppy
Member
Should I be looking at one over the other? Any other series I should be looking at apart from those two?
There's overseas writers like Ewing, plus Kamala is Sana Amant's baby and she and GWW are basically doing the book, wouldn't stop them if one moves away from the states.