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COMICS!!! |OT| January 2017 This is the Dawning of the Age of Apocalypse
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you are going to make me end up reading this again. I only read bits and pieces but I know how it ends.
It's great
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
I dropped it, so if it gets cancelled, blame me.
Freezasaurus
Member
I dropped it first.
Freezasaurus
Member
Did Archie delay something again? We call days like that "Monday."
They are banking on Riverdale and that looks really meh as fuck.
Someone is gonna buyout these guys in 5 years.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Only got about 2/3 of the way through Slam! #1 on my first break but I'm already sold. The characters were instantly likable and the book looks great. It's not quite on Chew's level but I love all the little background details in the art too.
"Delayed"
While Penders deserves blame, I feel like Archie deserves more than they are getting because things are being deflected to him.
BC is specualting that Archie is about to drop the Sonic comics.
It might do well with the CW audience.
Freezasaurus
Member
Someone who knows how to keep a schedule and monetize franchises, hopefully.
That's one of his nicknames like "Spidey" and "Wall-crawler".
Oh, okay. Thanks!
It's a good book. In a way it reminds me of Invincible a bit as it manages to switch between a lighthearted and very serious tone in a way that is purposefully jarring, but effective. The fact that the setting is in China makes it much more interesting than it otherwise would be.
I think New Supeeman will live because Yang gets so much recognition from the greater literary community.
Durrzerker
Banned
Just caught up on Guardians of the Galaxy. It was better than I expected. Not great just heard a lot of negativity and it wasn't awful. I liked Ben Grimm getting kind of a space girlfriend.
I am skeptical of anyone who likes Rocket, though. He has to be one of the most caustic, selfish assholes alive. Reminds me of the 'nominal hero' tvtrope.
But then I am someone who never liked Punisher or Deadpool for similar reasons so I dunno. Being a violent, selfish asshole is great, don't get me wrong, Taskmaster is my favorite Marvel character. But I intensely side-eye that being glorified or played for laughs. Too much tonal dissonance for me. If they are gonna be amoral pricks, they shouldn't be able to grab lunch with more moral heroes while no one bats an eye.
I am skeptical of anyone who likes Rocket, though. He has to be one of the most caustic, selfish assholes alive. Reminds me of the 'nominal hero' tvtrope.
But then I am someone who never liked Punisher or Deadpool for similar reasons so I dunno. Being a violent, selfish asshole is great, don't get me wrong, Taskmaster is my favorite Marvel character. But I intensely side-eye that being glorified or played for laughs. Too much tonal dissonance for me. If they are gonna be amoral pricks, they shouldn't be able to grab lunch with more moral heroes while no one bats an eye.
echoshifting
Banned
Have you tried Gwenpool?
Very interesting take on the amoral antihero concept. If you like Taskmaster, especially Initiative-era Taskmaster? You would probably like it.
It's interesting how the title has not really generated any of the positive buzz that Ms. Marvel has. Whenever someone talks bout diversity in comics Ms. Marvel is the example used. New Super-Man hasn't had the same level of success, but deserves to be in that discussion as the title does a pretty good job of working Chinese culture into the comics, as Ms. Marvel does.
Amen
he does, but that won't stop DC if they feel the book is not doing anything for them :/
I never even read the first issue!
Durrzerker
Banned
Yeah I like Gwenpool a lot. It is a much easier concept for me to swallow when the less moral characters get called out, like how her attempt to be friends with Miles backfires.
I loved Initiative Tasky, but I liked him even more in Secret Avengers and his second mini. In the former, he was the 'token evil' teammate, but we saw his exposure to the team and his maybe-crush on Mockingbird were legitimately causing him to soften up. It was good development. In his mini, he only killed people in self-defense and was generally implied to not particularly enjoy it. I liked that balance. He wasn't good or played as such yet still behaved better than most portrayals of Deadpool or Punisher.
I realize much of the appeal is catharsis, seeing Frank or Wade give it to those who deserve it. But I don't necessarily mind that, even if it's not for me. My issue lies in stuff like Rocket's blatant disregard for people being played for laughs. I dunno. It just isn't that funny to me.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Freezasaurus
Member
Blame DC. They did this. Releasing all those good comics. Too many to buy, in fact.
Is chalk that up to a marvel vs DC thing tbh. Ignoring the companies promoting books I've noticed that whenever Marvel would get points for diversity , DC typically doesnt. No one talked about Val Zod or the last doctor fate series. I remember a yesr or two ago DC had many more female led books than marvel, but alot of people on Tumblr would ignore those and gush over the female series even after the Angela cancellation.
kinda agree with this. even if DC released everything monthly I would still be struggling
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
See if you guys hated everything like me you wouldn't have that problem.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Take Sony's advice and get a second job.
Freezasaurus
Member
Such is the cost of responsibility. There's only so much per week I can stomach spending on comics.
Speaking of comic book companies extracting money from readers:
I wonder what DC's view of Marvel Unlimited is. Do they see it as a smart business move and hope to emulate it one day or do they think it would lead to a loss of money by cutting into trade sales and would lead a lot of people to pay the one fee and cut back on monthlies.
Even if the service ends up costing a bit of money is that worth it to create more diehard fans who would be more likely to see movies, watch animated shows, buy merchandise, etc...?
DC has a much more significant back-catalog than Marvel, so would that factor into pricing for the service.
I'd personally be quite interested in something like MU for DC.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
List as I had some time this week:
Batman #15
Cave Carson #3
Green Arrow #15
Harley Quinn #12
Injustice Ground Zero #4
Justice League #13
JLA The Ray Rebirth #1
Justice League Suicide Squad #5
Lucifer #14
Nightwing #13
Raven #5
Super Powers #3
Superman #15
Trinity #5
Curse Words #1 CAT Variant
Descender #18
Kill or be Killed #5
Sunstone Vol 5
Rockstars #2
They're not like us #13
All New X-Men #17
Amazing Spider-Man #23
World of Wakanda #3
Black Widow #10
CAP Sam Wilson #18
Clone Conspiracy #4
Mercs for Money #7
Deadpool the Duck #2
Gamora #2
Gwenpool #2
Invincible Iron Man #3
Mighty Cap Marvel #1
Monsters Unleashed #1
Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat #14
Spider-Gwen #16
Dr Aphra #3
Star Lord #2
Ultimates 2 #3
Uncanny Inhumans #18
USAvengers #2
Archie #16
Slam #3
Motor Girl #3
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Money is overrated anyway :/
Batman #15
Cave Carson #3
Green Arrow #15
Harley Quinn #12
Injustice Ground Zero #4
Justice League #13
JLA The Ray Rebirth #1
Justice League Suicide Squad #5
Lucifer #14
Nightwing #13
Raven #5
Super Powers #3
Superman #15
Trinity #5
Curse Words #1 CAT Variant
Descender #18
Kill or be Killed #5
Sunstone Vol 5
Rockstars #2
They're not like us #13
All New X-Men #17
Amazing Spider-Man #23
World of Wakanda #3
Black Widow #10
CAP Sam Wilson #18
Clone Conspiracy #4
Mercs for Money #7
Deadpool the Duck #2
Gamora #2
Gwenpool #2
Invincible Iron Man #3
Mighty Cap Marvel #1
Monsters Unleashed #1
Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat #14
Spider-Gwen #16
Dr Aphra #3
Star Lord #2
Ultimates 2 #3
Uncanny Inhumans #18
USAvengers #2
Archie #16
Slam #3
Motor Girl #3
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Money is overrated anyway :/
To be fair, nobody read that Doctor Fate series and I doubt too many people know about Val Zod. You said ignoring promotion, but that plays a part as well.
I'm personally waiting for DC to announce a solo starring a black character that isn't a bad Cyborg book.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Didio: "Look if you really wanted all our great DC titles you'd pick yourselves up by your bootstraps and work harder for them."
Freezasaurus
Member
So "everything" again this week, I see. :3
Was anyone else disappointed to read the "we only use 10% of our brains" nonsense in the new Deathstroke? It's amazing how much traction that dumb idea gets despite scientists regularly trying to set the record straight. That along with the DEFCON system almost always being handled wrong in movies are two silly media pet peeves I have.
Priest is great, and he's doing good work with Deathstroke, but that was a disappointment.
Priest is great, and he's doing good work with Deathstroke, but that was a disappointment.
I want new Vixen and Black Lightning books.
I am harsher on companies who arent DC, Marvel and Image.
Yo can you send me back Marches list but in the correct order so I can get it done. I know I sent it in some random ass order.
Solid reasoning. My taste is pretty good.
oh man. in my veins. but give me the cw version they are cooking.
amen my classes just started, plus Jan is a hot month for games. Comics about to take a backseat till Feb
Freezasaurus
Member
Correct order? You mean alphabetical? Do you need me for that? :3
I am terrible at these things. Its a miracle that the thread gets made every month.
Freezasaurus
Member
If you can wait until tomorrow I'll send it over then.
Sure I should probably finish feb.
I got the BL tpb for christmas from my podcasting partner. Man it's some of the best comics I've read and reads more like a marvel book than some of the DC books of the time. (A thing for most of the none JL related books).
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