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COMICS!!! |OT| January 2017 This is the Dawning of the Age of Apocalypse
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Freezasaurus
Member
Pffft. Maybe the story isn't what you enjoy, but that doesn't mean there's no substance to it.
I didn't say otherwise. Anything that posts from my name is my opinion.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
If it was drawn by Greg Land would the story still hold substance?
Freezasaurus
Member
Yes, but it would be an atrocity to look at.
I chuckled
Edit: glad you like it freeza.
I am going to be sad once I finish up the latest issue.
Surprised nobody is talking about deadly class #25
echoshifting
Banned
Holy shit I would quit comics
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Wouldn't the art completely go against what the story is trying to convey?
Freezasaurus
Member
Of course. But it's no less ridiculous than the hypothetical situation where Land would get work on that book to begin with.
LordOfLore
Banned
"Arrival" was great.
Made me long for a book series starting with a reimagined first meeting between Mar-Vell and Danvers. Might do a short write-up tomorrow. I imagine 5 volumes. Act 1-3(From Space, From Earth, In All), Epilogue, Legacy.
Title: "The Marvel"
BKatastrophe
Member
And Astonishing X-Men gives me another disappointing tale with Astonishing X-Men Vol. 8: Children of the Brood. Well, half of it was disappointing. The Gage/Bobillo issues were, but we got Broo out of it and some decent action, even if Bobillo's art is atrocious. The Asmus/Yardin/Walta issue was enjoyable. Just Emma Frost helping Danger to be human.
Another mediocre tale that I'm still deciding if it was better or worse than Way's stint. I am sadder on this day.
Another mediocre tale that I'm still deciding if it was better or worse than Way's stint. I am sadder on this day.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Most of the good things people say about Monstress is that it looks like something out of Final Fantasy. I don't hear too much about the story.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Rocafort completed his 4th sketch book.
This was his first sketch 4 years ago:
This was his first sketch 4 years ago:
I really hope he does an art book. He has so much material.
BKatastrophe
Member
I figured "why not?" The Astonishing line only has about twelve volumes and then turns into Amazing X-Men which only has about two. It'd be nice to find a hidden gem. A run that's good, but no one talks about it. Ellis's short run post-Whedon was pretty dope. So it's not all terrible.
Plus it's be nice to read an entire line that lasts for more than twelve issues.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Yup.
Freezasaurus
Member
Because the art is the thing that's most immediately striking about it and the thing that can be commented on in a single sentence. Be mindful of the 140-character-or-less-driven world we live in these days.
Wow. Sick burn. Though I don't think Zdarsky is actually a bad writer. And Sex Criminals isn't so good a book that I'd get salty over missing it.
He has some really brilliant stuff in those sketchbooks.
La Maquinon
Member
Wow, what happened to Clean Room? It was good through the first 6 issues or so, before it began to stumble. And the last couple of issues are just bad.
It gives the impression that Simone didn't expect it to go more than an arc. When it did, she just started pulling stuff out of her ass. Disappointing.
It gives the impression that Simone didn't expect it to go more than an arc. When it did, she just started pulling stuff out of her ass. Disappointing.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
2017 is off to a good start. Just had to put one of my cats to sleep. RIP Jibberjabber. 
Also I put hole in my computer monitor with my fist so I'm going to need a new one of those. But that was my fault and unrelated to my cat.
Also I put hole in my computer monitor with my fist so I'm going to need a new one of those. But that was my fault and unrelated to my cat.
Sex criminals is better than 90% of books on the stands.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
The constant delays have killed the comic for me, isnt even back until February either
Freezasaurus
Member
I definitely don't agree with that. 86% tops.
I'd rather they delay it than force a book they aren't feeling. See 90% of all image books after the first arc.
Just read it in arcs. As all image comics should be. Singles were a mistake.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
It's an anology for Chipp's sex life.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
yeah, I seem to be reading more and more books as arcs, I just enjoy em more that way
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
He suffers from delayed ejaculation?
They are clearly written that way imo
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
I agree. Can't really think of any book that reads better as a single.
I read events as they come out, and a few other books but thats it.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Delayed sexual gratification.
Knight Errant: Aflame 1-5
Um. I wanted some good fashion, Old Republic hyjinks. I guess it had some of that. One of the Sith Lords in the book at least feels uniquely crazy/evil. A complete narcissist to who's line of logic brought him to believe he is so fantastic, he must be God, and everyone else is an illusion he created to amuse himself.
The art, though. Feels like Land style trace work. Not great. Actively mediocre. I might read Deluge, but I should probably read Vision instead.
Um. I wanted some good fashion, Old Republic hyjinks. I guess it had some of that. One of the Sith Lords in the book at least feels uniquely crazy/evil. A complete narcissist to who's line of logic brought him to believe he is so fantastic, he must be God, and everyone else is an illusion he created to amuse himself.
The art, though. Feels like Land style trace work. Not great. Actively mediocre. I might read Deluge, but I should probably read Vision instead.
La Maquinon
Member
Flintstones.
Noticed that Jonesy was mentioned in the OP this month. Woot! Y'all should I read that. It will make you happy.
Freezasaurus
Member
So long as they can keep up a regular release schedule.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The modern X-Men deep cut I like to point towards is BKV's Ultimate X-Men run. He was supposed to just be a fill-in for four issues until Bryan Singer got on the book. Yes, THAT Bryan Singer. But that never materialized, so BKV stayed on the book alongside some fine artists like Brandon Peterson, Adam Kubert, and Stuart Immonen did the last 12 issues. Its mostly self-contained and accessible. After Mark Millar's unlikable caricatures and Bendis'...whatever, BKV finally gives the Ultimate X-Men some strong characterizations, and his reboot of the X-Villians is quite entertaining. Great team dynamics, strong artwork, effectively uses sub-plots inside the main arcs to build reader interest and actually come to a real conclusion in the last story arc. Its all the things people say they like about X-Men team books, so why not give it a read?
also you can see the context for this hilarious pair of panels
The damage control by Rich in the replies to this tweet is hilarious:
https://twitter.com/DanSlott/status/815652981521678336
https://twitter.com/DanSlott/status/815652981521678336
I give them an arc.
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A lot of modern books are designed for arcs now a days. It depends on the writer and genre of the book in most cases.
I'll likely feature most months. It's one of booms best
Freezasaurus
Member
Whoa, an optimist!
I've never read it. I assumed you were picking it for the covers.
You should read it. I read all the boom books I featured.
Supposedly they have been banking issues of Sex Criminals for quite a while in order to have a regular schedule.
Freezasaurus
Member
Is Boom the new Image?
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
I can't stand Rich
my name is ed
Banned
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Drawn & Quarterly is clearly the new Image
whatever the fuck that means
whatever the fuck that means