BuddyJoeHooker
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That is weird, a one-shot or something would make more sense.
An annual though, I think Marvel/DC are forgetting what that term means.
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COMICS! |OT| July 2014. Lots of stores on the way to San Diego sell deodorant.
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That is weird, a one-shot or something would make more sense.
An annual though, I think Marvel/DC are forgetting what that term means.
GrandHarrier
Member
Why didn't Superman stop Darkseid from killing Dan Turpin?! He's Superman!!!
All the time in the animated series too.
I am sure they aren't forgetting the price tag that comes along with that word Annual.
Shin Johnpv
Member
Obviously Turpin deserved to die. Plus look how fucked up the city looks there.
For sure, it's such a weird thing to bitch about.
It's like asking why the Avengers didn't draw the fight outside of NYC. It's a fucking movie, destruction of a city is more interesting than random mountains.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
It's not that it couldn't have happened.
It's that they shot it like 9/11 and then had two people make out in Ground Zero.
Shin Johnpv
Member
Batman Beyond 2.0 is still so damn good. I noticed Justice League Beyond 2.0 hasn't come out and isn't in their list of digital comics. Did I miss an announcement of it being cancelled, or on hold?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Turpin was a character people actually cared about, was treated as a real loss/failure on Superman's part, was played dramatically as an actual tragedy with rageful Superman and a funeral full of people we actually know, and was the catalyst for the battle between Superman and Darkseid later, so it had real fallout. It mattered to the characters and the plot.
meanwhile, in Man of Steel, thousands of people nobody gave a fuck about(including the Daily Planet we barely learn their names much less any real characterization/personalities/stories of their own) are in this huge grim gritty disaster, which are then treated with about as much care as flies getting killed on the grill of a car by Superman or any other principal character, before Superman blows up the rest of Metropolis with Zod before he kills him, too.
Its not about Superman can't fail(thank you Hitman #34), but there's a matter of execution all this. A matter of tone, texture, themes, and what the movie/show is really saying.
Man of Steel is a bad movie, but in a murky kind of way that its not openly AWFUL like Batman and Robin. You end up with a very divisive reaction where people draw lines in the sand on its odd dramatic gestures and weird tonal inconsistencies and yeah but how cool was that fight scene tho.
whatsinaname
Member
Ooh, thanks for the heads up. Fables Deluxe volumes are included. $14 shipped per volume is a great price.
Ends tonight btw. All DC and Vertigo books.
Coffin Hill is a beautifully illustrated piece of crap. It started off wonderfully, and eventually changed into a carbon copy of American Horror Story: Asylum. I hopped off after the first arc.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Yo someone quote this and add laughinggreglands.jpg for me
whatsinaname
Member
Placed the order. Most other stuff on my to-buy list is more expensive than IST, even after B2G1.
GrandHarrier
Member
Did some research and it seems to have quietly been sidelined / canceled with Batman Beyond going weekly.
That really bums me out.
Fantastic :/
The Right Deal
Banned
Man of Steel made my insides feel like Metropolis at the end of the movie. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if the trailers didn't hype me up so much, just wasn't the Superman I wanted to see on screen.
You didn't do bad. When I say horrible I mean horrible by Vertigo standards. The art really is beautiful. You'll like it. The first part is pretty girls fighting over a guy.
Storm Chamber
Banned
That's unfortunate. I had it on the back burner.
YES
Well, BuddyJoeHooker presented an idea to me that was too good to ignore. He told me I should write a webcomic about Rafa and his eventual rise to comics superstardom.
So anyways, here it is:
Rafa and the Long Road to the Inevitable Achievement of Comics Superstardom #1
I think I'll try to do one little strip of it a week. If any of you guys have ideas for one of the strips, please let me know! It'd be great if most of the strips were written by you guys.
This #1 issue was BuddyJoeHooker's script idea by the way, so thanks Joe!
So anyways, here it is:
Rafa and the Long Road to the Inevitable Achievement of Comics Superstardom #1
I think I'll try to do one little strip of it a week. If any of you guys have ideas for one of the strips, please let me know! It'd be great if most of the strips were written by you guys.
This #1 issue was BuddyJoeHooker's script idea by the way, so thanks Joe!
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Not a single "brah" or misspelled word in that dialog, terrible mischaracterization
Needs a Brah after the boom.
Oh geez. I completely overlooked that. QUICK EMERGENCY REWRITE
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
This is incredible.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
Forgot to ask, how was Legendary Star Lord #1?
Serpentine
Banned
Holy fuck that comic lmao
My Barnes & No Balls haul for the weekend:
Various Criterion Movies: $140
Fables Deluxe Books 2-4: $40
Preacher Books 2-4: $35
See guys? People will buy from you when you price your products fairly. You didn't have to file for bankruptcy if you just did this kind of thing to begin with.
Amazon Haul: Don't remember, spent money.
Various Criterion Movies: $140
Fables Deluxe Books 2-4: $40
Preacher Books 2-4: $35
See guys? People will buy from you when you price your products fairly. You didn't have to file for bankruptcy if you just did this kind of thing to begin with.
Amazon Haul: Don't remember, spent money.
I loved it, but I don't read GotG. So I am not sure how good it is. Seems they are using Star Lord from the movie.
There we go. Fixed and un-redacted: http://i2.minus.com/iEVQiiM5iI9Ew.png
Now my lettering is all spaced oddly, but oh well.
Now my lettering is all spaced oddly, but oh well.
You are going to be a comic star. The next Jeff Lemire.
Edit: Wait...that's Rafa. Oh my god. Haha oh my god. What.
Haha
I just realized, I haven't actually read anything by Jeff Lemire... Hm.
Also, the worst part about this drawing thing is that I keep being disappointed when my art isn't professional comics quality. Then I need to remind myself that I've only been drawing for two weeks now and I probably ought to lower my expectations. Why can't I just be immediately amazing.
Did you not see his nametag/his Wal-Mart vest/his Liefeld face/the title of the comic?
Maybe I should've made it clearer.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
This is art
Haha
I just realized, I haven't actually read anything by Jeff Lemire... Hm.
Also, the worst part about this drawing thing is that I keep being disappointed when my art isn't professional comics quality. Then I need to remind myself that I've only been drawing for two weeks now and I probably ought to lower my expectations. Why can't I just be immediately amazing.
Did you not see his nametag/his Wal-Mart vest/his Liefeld face/the title of the comic?
Maybe I should've made it clearer.
I like Justice League Unite a lot. His creator owned books are slightly pretentious but still good in their own way.
Edit: I admit that I glanced over the panels quickly the first time.
TetraxShards
Member
Good lord.
And I'm glad someone else is enjoying Justice League United. Book's only going to get better IMO.
You missed my noob moment. I thought it was badass when
Hawkeye got his hand cut off
he can regenerate.
That's the first good thing I've heard about JLU since the first issue. I do hope it stays good, because I like the cast.
I'm pretty sure I've seen some of Lemire's creator owned books at the library. I'll check some of them out sometime.
GrandHarrier
Member
I've been positive about JLU. I don't think it's one of those books that is GET HYPE! like Batman, each month, but it's a solid enjoyable read for me.
Make sure that before you read The Underwater Welder you put on a fedora or you might not get it.
Nah brah, he got this.
Oh geez. It's that bad? (If I'm interpreting that statement correctly)
Haha kinda. His books are very good. They're just not your typical fare. He's very...indie. He's obtuse.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Yeah, had no fucking clue. Then again, when your book has New Lobo, you never know who may get brutally brutalized by that generic ass rebooted character.
I see. Well, I'll check it out at the library sometime and see if I can enjoy it. That doesn't bode well though. Haha.
Lobo went from looking like a badass to looking like a member of Tokyo Hotel.
BuddyJoeHooker
Member
Shin Johnpv
Member
That really bums me out too. I was digging the hell out of JLB2.0. Not that I don't like BB2.0 but I was beginning to think that JL was the stronger title. It was also a shit ton better than Batman 66. Which start off solid enough and just got boring and repetitive. Now I'm extra sad.
In what world are Jeff Lemire creator owned books obtuse or pretentious? I've yet to read Trillium, but the rest of his stuff (even Sweet Tooth) is typically about interpersonal relationships and ideas of family. Essex County, for example, is a fantastic slice of life book about growing up and living in rural Canada. Hardly what one would call pretentious. I saw Underwater Welder mentioned, despite it's somewhat fantastic setting, at its heart it's about fathers and sons and Lemire writing his way through his own impending fatherhood.
KoruptData
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Just read another book today. JLA Tower of Babel. Heard this was a very good Batman story, that's why I picked it up. It was a very good examination of Batmans paranoia. The ending was a good examination of his ability to see how things will play out. Pretty good.
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