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COMICS! |OT| July 2014. Lots of stores on the way to San Diego sell deodorant.

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Just finished reading the 3rd book of New Avengers. Shit's getting pretty crazy.

It's certainly obvious that The Great Society in #16-17 is supposed to be an analogue for The Justice League, and most of them are pretty clear about who they are supposed to "be," but I couldn't figure out The Norn. I'm not that familiar with DC heroes so I'm drawing a blank on who he is supposed to be the equivalent of.
 
Just finished reading the 3rd book of New Avengers. Shit's getting pretty crazy.

It's certainly obvious that The Great Society in #16-17 is supposed to be an analogue for The Justice League, and most of them are pretty clear about who they are supposed to "be," but I couldn't figure out The Norn. I'm not that familiar with DC heroes so I'm drawing a blank on who he is supposed to be the equivalent of.

Doctor Fate
 

Zombine

Banned
Amanda Conner did visually unappealing work? I find that hard to believe.

But will avoid.

No I'm speaking more in regards to the entire watchmen line clogging up store shelves for months with little movement. Those covers for all of them are awful.
 
I actually liked BW: Minutemen and Silk Spectre. Both had great art and a stand-alome story. Most of the others relied on retelling or explaining Watchmen, which was dull and sort of insulting.

Conveniently both stories are collected together.
 

Boogiepop

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Man, not to defend crappy comic writers/artists elsewhere, but let's real talk: those guys have nothing on freaking Ken Penders. You guys should be glad the guy was confined within the cage of Sonic comics instead of unleashed on comics as a whole.

I mean, such a huge percentage of his "characters" are Knuckles with a hat/beard/whatever. I mean, look at this:
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And then there's crap like Tails' uncle freaking Merlin Prower, who is just Tails if he was a wizard:

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And of course the guy can't write worth crap, which is why the Sonic comics universe is (was?) such a janky, awful mess. I mean, we have a comic that ran for YEARS, full of characters that had a ton of stories, and they were all removed recently. And this was met with cheers rather than frustration, which says something about the overall quality of the man's work.

Which of course bears mentioning that this all occurred as a result of Penders suing Archie for the rights to his "original characters." And of course, this was all so he could create a solo series for his crown jewel creation, Lara-Su, the daughter from the future of Knuckles and Julie-su, the girlfriend he made up for Knuckles.

So let me just end this by saying, seriously, be glad you never had to deal with Ken Penders on Catwoman or whatever. And a look at the test render he put up for the "Lara-Su Chronicles:"
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Ugh.
 

Filthy Slug

Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Man, not to defend crappy comic writers/artists elsewhere, but let's real talk: those guys have nothing on freaking Ken Penders. You guys should be glad the guy was confined within the cage of Sonic comics instead of unleashed on comics as a whole.

I mean, such a huge percentage of his "characters" are Knuckles with a hat/beard/whatever. I mean, look at this:
tumblr_lz3ndmtVgO1rnsvazo1_500.png


And then there's crap like Tails' uncle freaking Merlin Prower, who is just Tails if he was a wizard:

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And of course the guy can't write worth crap, which is why the Sonic comics universe is (was?) such a janky, awful mess. I mean, we have a comic that ran for YEARS, full of characters that had a ton of stories, and they were all removed recently. And this was met with cheers rather than frustration, which says something about the overall quality of the man's work.

Which of course bears mentioning that this all occurred as a result of Penders suing Archie for the rights to his "original characters." And of course, this was all so he could create a solo series for his crown jewel creation, Lara-Su, the daughter from the future of Knuckles and Julie-su, the girlfriend he made up for Knuckles.

So let me just end this by saying, seriously, be glad you never had to deal with Ken Penders on Catwoman or whatever. And a look at the test render he put up for the "Lara-Su Chronicles:"
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Ugh.
He was confined...until you unleashed this post unto the world and doomed us.
 

Messi

Member
Man, not to defend crappy comic writers/artists elsewhere, but let's real talk: those guys have nothing on freaking Ken Penders. You guys should be glad the guy was confined within the cage of Sonic comics instead of unleashed on comics as a whole.

I mean, such a huge percentage of his "characters" are Knuckles with a hat/beard/whatever. I mean, look at this:
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And then there's crap like Tails' uncle freaking Merlin Prower, who is just Tails if he was a wizard:

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And of course the guy can't write worth crap, which is why the Sonic comics universe is (was?) such a janky, awful mess. I mean, we have a comic that ran for YEARS, full of characters that had a ton of stories, and they were all removed recently. And this was met with cheers rather than frustration, which says something about the overall quality of the man's work.

Which of course bears mentioning that this all occurred as a result of Penders suing Archie for the rights to his "original characters." And of course, this was all so he could create a solo series for his crown jewel creation, Lara-Su, the daughter from the future of Knuckles and Julie-su, the girlfriend he made up for Knuckles.

So let me just end this by saying, seriously, be glad you never had to deal with Ken Penders on Catwoman or whatever. And a look at the test render he put up for the "Lara-Su Chronicles:"
Lien-Da_Promo_1_Small.jpg


Ugh.


WE HAVE REACHED THE END TIMES. THIS IS THE END OF COMICS GAF. I LOVE YOU ALL.

Edit: well this is awkward. You fixed it :/
 
Anyone ever read the Darkstalkers and Street Fighter comics by Udon? Thinking about checking them out but I don't know where to begin. For the Street Fighter stuff in particular I'm looking for more "fun" comics, would the Legends stuff be good for me?
 

Kipp

but I am taking tiny steps forward
Lol that was so stupid I'm not even going to change it. I am a machine, though. Get a little buzzed for 'Merica and I'm up before 8 talking about comics. I'm dedicated to this lifestyle.

I'm so glad that was a genuine intoxicated error. I was debating in my head whether or not that was a fake error because it was just too funny.
And good man. Way to have your priorities straight.


Oh man. That art looks so great. Even if the story is just pretty decent I'll probably pick that up.
Edit: Just read the preview pages. The art is obviously super good and the dialogue is just cheesy enough to be perfect.

That reminds me that I need to pick up the new Robocop vs Terminator hardcover.

I felt the movie quotes were forced, but it was an overall good book.

Glad to hear that it's pretty good. Do you know how many issues it's gonna go for (assuming it's a limited series)?

I didn't buy that sstatue. Please, I can be saved. But Amanda Conner :/

You didn't buy THE statue, but you still bought A statue.
 

Tizoc

Member
Even Sonic writers are fucking weird.
Don't talk about stuff you don't know, mate.

Sonic EVERYTHING is fucking weird and creepy

Oi, that's like judging ComicGAF as liking shitty writing and tolerating it for art.

The Sonic comic has been fantastic for years now, and has only been going up. Its recent reboot hasn't even affected its quality. Heck the reboot itself was more well received than DC's Nu52.

The only reason I don't post about the series here is cuz you guys just seem too dull to appreciate or enjoy it =/
 

Kipp

but I am taking tiny steps forward
Ooh, so IST has a new batch of DC books for 65% off
http://www.instocktrades.com/specials/38/DC+Sale+#2

Most notably, there are quite a few Legion books there, including the two Waid TPBs. I could very possibly pick those up.

Also, I noticed that IST took things off my wishlist when I put them in my cart, even if I didn't end up buying them, so now I'm super paranoid that stuff I wanted to buy is no longer on my wishlist and I'll never end up buying it now and life will thus be the worst.
 
Sonic EVERYTHING is fucking weird and creepy.

Yeah, I really have to wonder how those comics have survived for so long. It can't be just because of all the Princess Sally furry porn out there, can it?

HOLY MOTHER OF GREYSKULL!

Dan Abnett has taken over He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and it is EPIC.

*pants*

I've toyed with the idea of getting into that book now and again. How many trades are out? More importantly, what makes Abnett's run so amazing?
 
And a look at the test render he put up for the "Lara-Su Chronicles:"
Lien-Da_Promo_1_Small.jpg


Ugh.

Besides the obvious visual horror, what the hell is "diva-isnous?" What the fuck does that even mean? Besides that Penders is an idiot with no editor who doesn't understand how descriptive nouns are constructed or the difference between "-ous" and "-ness" as suffixes... and even then, I'm still not sure what that "is" is doing in the middle. Maybe he confused it with "-ish" or "-esque?"
 
uuuugh stop quoting that creepy ass thing

Just finished up Superior Spider-Man. Thought the finale was kinda underwhelming but I enjoyed the run a lot overall.
 

Kipp

but I am taking tiny steps forward
Besides the obvious visual horror, what the hell is "diva-isnous?" What the fuck does that even mean? Besides that Penders is an idiot with no editor who doesn't understand how descriptive nouns are constructed or the difference between "-ous" and "-ness" as suffixes... and even then, I'm still not sure what that "is" is doing in the middle. Maybe he confused it with "-ish" or "-esque?"

I'm guessing it's a terrible play on words with "deviousness." The suffix issue still remains though. Haha
 

GAMEPROFF

Banned
Just read the Superior Spider-Man Final and the first two Issues of Amazing Spider-Man.
Ugh, its so awful, Slott hast to go ASAP.
 
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