GrandHarrier
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Messi pls. Give love a chance again.
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COMICS! |OT| July 2015. Okay for everyone, unless you're a DC or a Spider-Man.
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Messi pls. Give love a chance again.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Still waiting for a decent sale on Batman Eternal.
TetraxShards
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I'm way more hyped for NXT Takeover: Brooklyn than SummerSlam, personally. The fact that there's no way my body could handle two 4AM nights in a row doesn't help, neither does the rumoured announcement tonight that SummerSlam will be four hours.
There's a multitude of problems with the SummerSlam booking. I think Cena being Rollins' challenger, and probably going over, is a waste. It's a waste of Cena's excellent US title reign, where he's frequently been the best thing on the show for months on end, and whose reign could have been used to make a star. I'm a massive Cesaro mark, if Vince could get over his hate of foreigners he would be the company's next big workhorse star. He's got a great look, he's well-spoken, funny, charismatic and has workrate for days. Instead, Cena's going to ROFLstomp Honky Tonk Rollins, because oh noes, he put over Owens and his merch numbers went down!
Had I been booking Battleground, Cesaro would have gone over in a triple threat with Owens and Cena. They've also completely killed Owens' momentum, since he's now lost three big matches in a row, and it's likely to be four as there's no way they can put the NXT title back on him/have Finn Balor lose. It's a shame, because Owens could be a legit star, but he doesn't fit the mold WWE wants.
The Undertaker/Lesnar thing is a big meh. I don't want to watch 'Taker take the kind of bumps Lesnar will dish out. The Undertaker has nothing to prove, at least to me anyway. The only match he could have that would interest me is Cena, but even that has lost a lot of its' lustre with the Streak gone. I'd also much rather watch Lesnar against any of the young guys from the roster. Even though the match vs. Kofi at Beast In The East was a squash, it was fun watching Lesnar throw him around and Kofi selling like death.
I dunno why I stay interested, honestly. At least NXT and Lucha Underground are good.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Yeah, that was a bad example. Honestly though, he doesn't have many feats in the series so far. I mean, his weapon has potential, but we haven't seen him use any of that - most of what he does is just Flame Pillar. We know he has dozens of signs to use, just haven't seen them.
Anyway, he's cool as fuck otherwise.
Wow. They're taking the source material more seriously than thought. Chloe Bennet is orobabky going to look cute with that haircut.
BKatastrophe
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It doesn't help that for the past 5 chapters or so Lavi and Bookman are strapped to chairs somewhere
Freezasaurus
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Gods and Monsters Wonder Woman #1 comes out next week, I think.Only one I'm interested in, honestly. But the movie seems like a cool idea.
If he doesn't die of old age first.
TetraxShards
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Can't handle all this short hair goodness.
I promise I'll read a Rucka book or something to make up for my lewdness.
Nah. They got their chance.
The Batman one was stellar and brutal as hell. I've been reading the digital releases btw.
BKatastrophe
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Yeah it was
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Can't imagine them doing that as much as I wish they would.
TetraxShards
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Wasn't the only reason she went back to long hair was that nobody but McKelvie could draw the fauxhawk the right way?
I hope they keep it.
TheDarkKnight774
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You should read Checkmate. An awesome DC spy book that took Bruce Wayne's body guard after the OMAC stuff and put her with fire, count vertigo, OG green lantern, Waller, etc. amazing book
Can't handle all this short hair goodness.
I promise I'll read a Rucka book or something to make up for my lewdness.
TetraxShards
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Sounds interesting, I'm a sucker for chess metaphors. It's the 2006 series on CMX, right? I can't buy anything for a few days because I lost my card a couple of days ago (ironically, while I was making a deposit to keep some money safe for a few days, well it's fucking safe now!). I'm....going to miss New Comic Day this week. It sucks.
Can I skip the non-Rucka issues at the end?
WadiumArcadium
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Are Image hardcovers taller than Marvel's OHCs?
Freezasaurus
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About the same.
TheDarkKnight774
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Oh hell yes. Bruce jones ruins everything like he was prone to do at DC (see also Nightwing)
Just get the first 25 issues. Now near the end they did have a crossover with the outsiders. But I got the series in some trades and during the CMX sale (outside buying the floppies when they came out back in the day). Also everyone has a chess code name metaphor
WadiumArcadium
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Cool, thanks. Just wondered if they'd actually fit in my shelf cabinet thingy.
Freezasaurus
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Aren't most bookshelves adjustable these days?
WadiumArcadium
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It is but I already have quite a lot of games/blu rays on the shelf above where I put my books. I'll re-adjust it at some point anyway. They weigh a bloody ton too.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Yeah, I was going to mention that. It's been a good sight longer than 5 chapters, it was
since the big fight with Alma basically.
TheDarkKnight774
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Wow. I actually enjoyed the MU Uncanny xmen issue. Granted it's mostly because someone really told off Scott which pleased me. And the all new xmen art was cool. Still WAAY too much focus on Jean. Let it go Bendis.
Freezasaurus
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Which issue was it?
Manga doesn't care about your adjustable shelves.
TheDarkKnight774
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Uncanny #37. The wrap up of that Xavier secret arc
Freezasaurus
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Actually, I find that those wood-grain media shelves they sell to hold DVDs/CDs/Blu-rays are pretty spectacular for standard-sized manga.
Ah yeah. I remember that one.
my name is ed
Banned
Ok sorry for not posting these earlier but I was pretty tired from each day and didnt really have a way to make a proper post, but here is a relatively quick summary of how Space City Comic Con went.
Drove from my base of operations (Austin) to Katy (Houston Suburb) with no A/C around 3. It's hotter than hell in my car. Objective: cover costs of getting table/parking and thow a couple bucks in piggy bank for new compressor.
I was able to get a small print run of the first two chapters of Rage Against the Jackal in time for the convention so I had posters, original artwork and my comic for sale. Thankfully there was enough interest for each to sell reasonably well for my first con outside of Austin.
First, the three original pieces I sold
One guy bought a Mucha study I did and a Morpheous/Sandman piece.
I did this Wicked Witch of the West piece for a guy who had just gotten through some finals. I believe he was studying to be a lab tech.
I did this Furiosa sketch for a girl who had bought an original Iron Giant piece last year at Austin Wizard World.
This Zatanna piece was a lot of fun to do. I still need to read Blood Spell
Harley Quinn came out kind of creepy looking in this. Probably not Messi approved
This was part of an art jam a guy went around commissioning. These are characters from Martian Manhunter from back in the day IIRC. Mine is the last on the right.
My last commission of the con. I was getting tired. You can kind of tell
Head sketch of The Rock. Came out OK-ish. I think I was in a hurry trying to get through all my commissions.
I also got to do a sketch of my own character from Rage Against the Jackal (Ramzey). At this point, I had run out of ink in my brush pen and my back up brush is trash because I treat it like trash so the inking is very 4/10
There were a few others I didn't get pictures of. I forgot to get one of Iron Chef (Iron Man in a chef outfit) and a few others were portraits of the people who got the pieces or their significant others so I'm not sharing those.
Overall, I did pretty good. Certainly enough to cover costs and it helped to have a remastered version of my book to put in front of people. I had one guy contact me after the show to tell me what he thought of my book.
He called it a 'comic' that 'could be read or not'
Drove from my base of operations (Austin) to Katy (Houston Suburb) with no A/C around 3. It's hotter than hell in my car. Objective: cover costs of getting table/parking and thow a couple bucks in piggy bank for new compressor.
I was able to get a small print run of the first two chapters of Rage Against the Jackal in time for the convention so I had posters, original artwork and my comic for sale. Thankfully there was enough interest for each to sell reasonably well for my first con outside of Austin.
First, the three original pieces I sold
One guy bought a Mucha study I did and a Morpheous/Sandman piece.
I also said goodbye to this baby. Forgive the scan quality and shitty cell phone pics
The same couple that bought the Kiki piece had me do a Totoro sketch
I did this Wicked Witch of the West piece for a guy who had just gotten through some finals. I believe he was studying to be a lab tech.
I did this Furiosa sketch for a girl who had bought an original Iron Giant piece last year at Austin Wizard World.
This Zatanna piece was a lot of fun to do. I still need to read Blood Spell
Harley Quinn came out kind of creepy looking in this. Probably not Messi approved
This was part of an art jam a guy went around commissioning. These are characters from Martian Manhunter from back in the day IIRC. Mine is the last on the right.
My last commission of the con. I was getting tired. You can kind of tell
Head sketch of The Rock. Came out OK-ish. I think I was in a hurry trying to get through all my commissions.
I also got to do a sketch of my own character from Rage Against the Jackal (Ramzey). At this point, I had run out of ink in my brush pen and my back up brush is trash because I treat it like trash so the inking is very 4/10
There were a few others I didn't get pictures of. I forgot to get one of Iron Chef (Iron Man in a chef outfit) and a few others were portraits of the people who got the pieces or their significant others so I'm not sharing those.
Overall, I did pretty good. Certainly enough to cover costs and it helped to have a remastered version of my book to put in front of people. I had one guy contact me after the show to tell me what he thought of my book.
He called it a 'comic' that 'could be read or not'
Actually, he said he thought the story was original and art was great. Yay! First time I've had someone contact me to tell me what they think of the book
Also, if anybody is interested in reading the comic, you can read it here. I also have physical copies, but they're $7 plus shipping (digital printing is not very efficient in regards to cost) but I can offer a free head sketch in there of any character you want. Just PM me
Also, if anybody is interested in reading the comic, you can read it here. I also have physical copies, but they're $7 plus shipping (digital printing is not very efficient in regards to cost) but I can offer a free head sketch in there of any character you want. Just PM me
It came out today in the UK, i went and bought it after work. Hopefully it's good I've enjoyed the little shorts on YouTube though apparently they aren't on the disc which is pretty shit.
Hot damn she's so cute, I love her. She's legit one of the biggest reasons I watch Shield they improved her character massively between season 1 and 2. Great show.
I bought volume 3 of the Hellboy library editions and volume 2 of BRPD collections today. Ready to delve back into the Mignolaverse.
This post made me check out the early FF issues for kicks and I'm actually really enjoying them. Whenever I've checked out 60s comics I find the cheese enjoyable but the get really turned off by the super expository writing and the bland artwork (I know this is inflammatory but I find the Lee/Ditko Spider-Man to be a chore to read)
FF on the other hand is just full of wacky shit and awesome Kirby art. I'm still in the single digits so I'm looking forward to seeing Kirby really take off further down the line.
My favorite revelation is that in the origin story the FF broke into a military base and hijacked the rocket Reed had been working on because they were afraid the Commies would beat them into space. Reed tricking the leader of the Skrulls into not evading Earth by showing him comic book clippings and telling him that the monsters were Earth's warriors was also hilarious.
Freezasaurus
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Freezasaurus
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Hey guys, is there a reading order guide or something for BPRD? Jesus fuck, there are like 97 books labeled "Plague of Frogs." Are there any books not called Plague of Frogs?
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Love classic FF. it's so insane. How about the Namor appearance. From bum to trying to destroy the city with a giant whale.
Well there's the BRPD 1946 to 1948 books!
Here's a reading order http://www.multiversitycomics.com/annotations/mignolaversity-the-mignolaverse-reading-order/
That's probably why I'm not into it.
Deadato drew it fine in the post-AXIS issues of Avengers though.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Yea. The ones called hell on earth. It's after
TheDarkKnight774
Member
How about the soviet scientist and his communist apes in space. Gah I forget his name
Edit: Red ghost!
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The "OOOH OOH OOOH AHHH!" sound effect is my everything, I want to say that was Dan Slott's idea
Freezasaurus
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Yea. The ones called hell on earth. It's after
Are there seriously only two story arcs?
Serpentine
Banned
Nice, nice. Always like hearing about con experiences from the other side of the table. also i think your images are broken and I wanna see your commissions
Freezasaurus
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Adorable. Bit so far away
September? Brah, I have figures pre-ordered that aren't coming out until April.
So do I. Ant man and a few others.
Freezasaurus
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Speaking of September, oh god that Yamato Wonder Woman. I neeeeeed it. I'll switch my pre-order to DCBS if they offer a big enough discount.
BKatastrophe
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Super dope
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