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[BKatastrophe]

Remember how Vargas bodied Rogue, Beast, and Psylocke?

Remember how he actually killed Psylocke?

Remember Vargas?

 

[KoruptData]

Alex Ross Joker is a close second.

 

[BlackGhost]

Not sure how you guys feel about this series, but I'm enjoying the road to the civil war stuff (amazing Spider-Man).

 

[Freezasaurus]

Remember how Vargas bodied Rogue, Beast, and Psylocke?

Remember how he actually killed Psylocke?

Remember Vargas?

Vargas from Power Stone is the only Vargas I remember.

 

[echoshifting]

Isn't it always?

welllll

yeahhhh

 

[Afrodium]

So I read Final Crisis recently and really liked it. I didn't find it all that difficult to follow though and didn't quite see how it's a deconstruction of comic books and the superhero genre. Yeah, it was pretty heady for a corporate comics event and the implication that the multiversal worlds were really just different places (comic books) where these stories were told was kind of meta, but at he end of the day it was just about a big bad guy taking over the world and then getting beaten in the last issue. Am I missing something?

 

[Messi]

Got a friend to buy the Thor God of Thunder OHC today.

 

[my name is ed]

Is it the only comic of the year featuring Donald Sterling?

We're only halfway through the year, Freeza, be patient. more will come

Got a friend to buy the Thor God of Thunder OHC today.

thats p cool and all but will he read it

 

[Freezasaurus]

Got a friend to buy the Thor God of Thunder OHC today.

enabling +1?

We're only halfway through the year, Freeza, be patient. more will come

Ah, but that wasn't the question. And we're technically more than halfway through the year at this point.

 

[Kipp]

So I read Final Crisis recently and really liked it. I didn't find it all that difficult to follow though and didn't quite see how it's a deconstruction of comic books and the superhero genre. Yeah, it was pretty heady for a corporate comics event and the implication that the multiversal worlds were really just different places (comic books) where these stories were told was kind of meta, but at he end of the day it was just about a big bad guy taking over the world and then getting beaten in the last issue. Am I missing something?

Nah, you got it. A lot of people get tripped up trying to comprehend every single tiny little thing that's going on. Final Crisis works best when you just kind of roll with it and don't try to think about every tiny little detail. Just kinda feel the epicness of it.

 

[whatsinaname]

You must have seen this several times

I just came out of Ant-Man and I'm forgetting it right now

Lying! You just posted the synopsis a couple of posts above. Though the Cure are from the 80s, not the 70s.

something something McGuffin something quip quip pre-viz action scene something something announcing backstory out loud something villain nobody remembers something something quip quip heroic sacrifice(but not really because Marvel) something something 3rd act climax where big CG things crash into each other quip smash, credits, commercial for next episode after credits

Throw in some 70s pop songs and an overriding self-satisfied attitude of "WE'RE REALLY WACKY AND IRREVERENT (but not really)"

Scene.

 

[Messi]

We're only halfway through the year, Freeza, be patient. more will come


thats p cool and all but will he read it

Hopefully. He also bought Gotham Academy and Grayson.

I think I did well.

 

[Rhaknar]

Where the hell is gketter?

 

[Owzers]

Trump is going to be on O'Reilly tonight, you have one chance to turn this all around Donald! Or i could watch Raw despite saying i wouldn't.

 

[Kipp]

Trump is going to be on O'Reilly tonight, you have one chance to turn this all around Donald! Or i could watch Raw despite saying i wouldn't.

Oh. My. Goodness.
I need to watch this.

 

[BlackGhost]

Trump is going to be on O'Reilly tonight, you have one chance to turn this all around Donald! Or i could watch Raw despite saying i wouldn't.

Tehe, Thanks for heads up. Had no idea

 

[whatsinaname]

Anyone here read Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse comics? Any good?

 

[Freezasaurus]

Where the hell is gketter?

He's been around more than GH.

Trump is going to be on O'Reilly tonight, you have one chance to turn this all around Donald! Or i could watch Raw despite saying i wouldn't.

Hm. Which one is going to be the bigger disappointment?

 

[jon bones]

Humans is so bonkers

hope yall are watchin this

 

[Rhaknar]

Humans is so bonkers

hope yall are watchin this

It's amazing

 

[Messi]

Where the hell is gketter?

Grandharrier is also missing in action. Although he may be in zombeens freezer.

 

[Owzers]

He's been around more than GH.



Hm. Which one is going to be the bigger disappointment?

This donald story arc is great, who'd have thought he'd go after prisoners of war? Illegal Immigrants? Sure, that's an easy, but he really went for it. Wrestling on the other hand.....i don't know if i want to see Brock pretend to look scared of the Undertaker in highlights every twenty minutes.

edit: I still need to watch Humans....i am caught up with Wayward Pines and that's it, but i like it.

edit: flipped to raw and undertaker is staring me down.

 

[my name is ed]

enabling +1?



Ah, but that wasn't the question. And we're technically more than halfway through the year at this point.

Did you expect your question to be answered? Your expectations mean nothing to me
/kot

 

[Freezasaurus]

Humans is so bonkers

hope yall are watchin this

I am! I am!

Spoiler

I'm kind of surprised that it took this dude 4 episodes to boink his robot

.

 

[BKatastrophe]

Vargas from Power Stone is the only Vargas I remember.

You don't recall this fellow right here?

 

[Rhaknar]

Grandharrier is also missing in action. Although he may be in zombeens freezer.

I'm worried somewhere there is a Marvel intern with a axe on his head and a frothing gketter asking where his star wars is. Check the news y'all

 

[Zombine]

Grandharrier is also missing in action. Although he may be in zombeens freezer.

RIP

Spoiler

in my stomach.

 

[Messi]

I'm worried somewhere there is a Marvel intern with a axe on his head and a frothing gketter asking where his star wars is. Check the news y'all

He does seem like the axe type to me.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

Rai Vol 1 - why the FUCK did I not order the two volumes together? I need to have more faith in the Kindt-Valiant power. What an incredible read. The plot, the mythos, the art, Lula - it's just so freaking good.

Here are some pages so ya'll don't need to use your imagination.

Grandharrier is also missing in action. Although he may be in zombeens freezer.

Wait, he was in here earlier... what happened?

 

[PsychBat!]

I thought we weren't going to go back and forth on this...you're free to disagree with my stance and leave it at that. I don't like uninformed pile-ons in any case, Bendis Guardians is just an example. It muddies the water of actual discussion to have people who don't know anything about what's happening in a book weigh in with how bad they think the book is. Maybe it is a little unfair to those people, but does that kind of posting really add anything of merit to a discussion?

Since this is starting to get kind of academic, I suppose I should point out that in all likelihood I have engaged in that sort of posting here on comicgaf at some point. I think most of us do. It's only problematic when there's enough of it to drown out discussion.

Like I said, I don't know. All I know is that this discussion did not help my self esteem.

 

[jon bones]

just finished the Unity event... might need to skip ahead and check Rai out

It's amazing

super compelling stuff

I am! I am!

Spoiler

I'm kind of surprised that it took this dude 4 episodes to boink his robot

.

i'm cheating and watching the UK episodes.... it just keeps getting better

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

just finished the Unity event... might need to skip ahead and check Rai out

Wait, since you're already that far, read Unity vol 2 Trapped by Webnet. You'll get some added context from that. It's not at all necessary, but might as well since you're already up to that point.

 

[Messi]

Rai Vol 1 - why the FUCK did I not order the two volumes together? I need to have more faith in the Kindt-Valiant power. What an incredible read. The plot, the mythos, the art, Lula - it's just so freaking good.

Here are some pages so ya'll don't need to use your imagination.





Wait, he was in here earlier... what happened?

He had to be dealth with, it was done.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

He had to be dealth with, it was done.

gulp

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

no star wars. tell is if youre ok gket

MU was a mistake. Nothing but trash

 

[echoshifting]

Like I said, I don't know. All I know is that this discussion did not help my self esteem.

Apologies, I did not mean for any of this to be personal at all.

 

[Rhaknar]

MU was a mistake. Nothing but trash

The update itself is solid tho. Dat silver surfer / ms marvel

 

[rrc1594]

Trying to get in to Superman what is the difference between Action Comics and Superman?

 

[Freezasaurus]

You don't recall this fellow right here?

Nope. Not even a little bit.

Rai Vol 1 - why the FUCK did I not order the two volumes together? I need to have more faith in the Kindt-Valiant power. What an incredible read. The plot, the mythos, the art, Lula - it's just so freaking good.

Here are some pages so ya'll don't need to use your imagination.

The art is pretty enough, but what's the story like?

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

The update itself is solid tho. Dat silver surfer / ms marvel

Just got home from work so haven't looked closely yet. And I haven't been posting as much because work has been nuts this month.

At least I saw that epic EVO final last night. Leave it to razer to have a product break

 

[BrightLightLava]

i'm cheating and watching the UK episodes.... it just keeps getting better

Me too.

Spoiler

The son is a total bro for stepping up like that.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

Nope. Not even a little bit.



The art is pretty enough, but what's the story like?

Very engaging. It's standalone, as it takes place in several thousand years ahead of the rest of the Valiant stuff. The really incredible thing is how realized the whole lore is. It certainly draws a bit from the Valiant universe as a more involved reader would know it, but it feels like it's entirely its own thing.

I'm not really sure how to sum it up better than a regular synopsis would, but I can try. The story takes place in 4001 on a satellite over Earth containing several major cities of different nations - New Japan, Old Los Angeles, a few others that haven't been mentioned. It follows Rai, who is a sentinel for a larger disembodied intelligence known as Father, who investigates the first murder to take place in a thousand years. As it unfolds, other characters get dragged into the investigation, and you learn more about Rai and the significance of the murder.

Aaaand it's on Scribd.

 

[Simply Sarah]

Just got home from work so haven't looked closely yet. And I haven't been posting as much because work has been nuts this month.

At least I saw that epic EVO final last night. Leave it to razer to have a product break

Thankfully it didn't end the tournament, but it really just killed the last round.

 

[Zombine]

Trying to get in to Superman what is the difference between Action Comics and Superman?

Anyone? I'm ignorant toward Superman.

 

[Afrodium]

Trying to get in to Superman what is the difference between Action Comics and Superman?

If you're trying to get into Superman I'd recommend reading All-Star Superman, Superman Birthright, and Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? instead of trying to jump into his ongoing stories. You can also look up some other recommended Superman trades, but those are my recommendations. It's a cheaper way to get into the character and the content is of much higher quality.

Also, I haven't read Superman or Action Comics so I don't know the difference.

 

[whatsinaname]

Anyone? I'm ignorant toward Superman.

I have no idea, and I just read Superman v1 and Action Comics v1! Suggestions in this thread and online indicated Action Comics v1 and v2 come before Superman v1, but it is all damn confusing.

 

[Tyrant Rave]

So I was reading A Death in the Family and of course the Joker is in it and the art has a really exaggerated chin and I came to the conclusion that I didn't like that version. I started to think about what has been my favorite visual representation of The Joker and I thought it would be interesting to talk about it here. Obviously this is not all of them but I found some pics.

I'm going to sound even more like a Capullo fanboy that I already am but I really like the dapper slicked back hair look of the Joker from Endgame. What say you ComicGAF?

TAS is my favorite. I grew up with the design yeah, but he's just great.

I think Joker from Endgame is mostly okay but I just don't like the shaved sides thing that Capullo is all about. Not my thing. I like ElNarez's answer with Jock though, that one piece he did with Joker for The Black Mirror is DOPE.

Rai Vol 1 - why the FUCK did I not order the two volumes together? I need to have more faith in the Kindt-Valiant power. What an incredible read. The plot, the mythos, the art, Lula - it's just so freaking good.

Here are some pages so ya'll don't need to use your imagination.

I read the first... 4 issues of this earlier in the year? Only Valiant I've read and I really dug it. Cyberpunk styled Japan is too cool.

Trying to get in to Superman what is the difference between Action Comics and Superman?

I'm not so sure what's going on right now but at the beginning of New 52 AC was basically an origin story while Superman was current stuff. They're just sister books really, like Batman along with Detective Comics or Amazing Spider-Man and Spectacular Spider-Man.

 

[Messi]

If I wanted to read a new 52 series about the justice league what should I read?

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

I read the first... 4 issues of this earlier in the year? Only Valiant I've read and I really dug it. Cyberpunk styled Japan is too cool.

Oh yeah, and it's cyberpunk.

If I wanted to read a new 52 series about the justice league what should I read?

Justice... League...?

 

[Tyrant Rave]

If I wanted to read a new 52 series about the justice league what should I read?

I jumped in with the current arc of JL and I'm doing fine. I know Korupt digs the current JLA too.