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[ViewtifulJC]

This is the guy who goes to conventions and doesn't buy anything

Yeah, this is pre-Poodlestrike continuity here

 

[Poodlestrike]

I have shown my New Kid status, and am ashamed.

 

[Mindwipe]

Yeah, I've only just started recently. Finished the Son of Batman trade the other day. Planning on picking up Batman RIP next. I think I remember reading Final Crisis is the next book to read.

Google the reading order, the trades are not very well ordered for Morrison's run in general.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

I have shown my New Kid status, and am ashamed.

Bring back Ted Kord!

 

[TheStig88]

So, is there a consensus on the best tablet for comics, or should I just gun for the one that tickles my fancy most?

 

[Poodlestrike]

Bring back Ted Kord!

Go read JL3K1.

And now I'm annoyed again about Jaime's lot in the Nu52. Great.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

Anyone have an opinion on In Real Life by Cory Doctorow? The cover caught my eye and it's pretty cheap on Amazon.

 

[Mindwipe]

So, is there a consensus on the best tablet for comics, or should I just gun for the one that tickles my fancy most?

Depends too much on your requirements.

7inches/10inches is a religious split on it's own depending on how much you'll cart it round with you on the move.

 

[Kipp]

it's the only book i've ever trade waited for and the only book i ever will.

i'm also not buying "trades" really, just CMX collections

Mmhmm. Sure. You'll get a taste of tradewaiting and you'll start slippin.

don't forget to get robocop v terminator for like 4 bucks

Oh shoot. I still need to get this. Except the hardcover, not digital. Not really sure how much Kabuki and Half-Century War are going to be, but if they don't add up to $50 I'll get that hardcover too.

You're buying comics? iwannaseethereceipts.gif

Oh, I will post the receipts.

Yeah, this is pre-Poodlestrike continuity here

Hahaha.
See this is why new #1s are good. ComicsGAF is not new-reader friendly. We need a reboot.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Hahaha.
See this is why new #1s are good. ComicsGAF is not new-reader friendly. We need a reboot.

Only if we retcon anime out of canon.

 

[Kipp]

Only if we retcon anime out of canon.

Now this, this is a brilliant idea.
Ship Girls never happened.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Only if we retcon anime out of canon.

I can get behind this.

Now this, this is a brilliant idea.
Ship Girls never happened.

And especially this.

 

[Rhaknar]

Nonetheless, as ULTIMATES #1 opens, Ewing makes it clear where all eyes will be looking:

“The focus is where it should be: on the Devourer of Worlds!”

cant wait for Panther and Galactus interactions

 

[Freezasaurus]

Now this, this is a brilliant idea.
Ship Girls never happened.

Ship girls will always be canon.

Because they have cannons!

 

[Zombine]

Ship Girl will forever be a part of our continuity. Civil War never happened. It was replaced by Freeza Spamming Gate. Messi is no longer king.

I miss hentai guy. He had potential.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

So, is there a consensus on the best tablet for comics, or should I just gun for the one that tickles my fancy most?

i have a mini retina and it's brilliant. i suppose a reg ipad with retina would be even better, but mini horizontal at fixed width is basically the size of an oversized HC

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Ship girls will always be canon.

Because they have cannons!

Anime and ship girls will be on Earth-2.

Spoiler

Then we blow up Earth-2.

 

[Kipp]

Ship Girl will forever be a part of our continuity. Civil War never happened. It was replaced by Freeza Spamming Gate. Messi is no longer king.

I miss hentai guy. He had potential.

Hentai guy is like the Uncle Ben of our canon. Forever dead... Just a memory...
We need an elseworld story where he lives and can show his true potential.

Anime and ship girls will be on Earth-2.

Spoiler

Then we blow up Earth-2.

Hahaha

 

[Zombine]

And then there was Jed, who I am 100% has an alt and is actually back here posting.

 

[Kipp]

And then there was Jed, who I am 100% has an alt and is actually back here posting.

Oh shoot. I almost forgot about him. Did he get banned or did he just stop posting? I kind of miss that guy.

But no, no way he has an alt. If he did, we'd have a massive fight breaking out every time Morrison's name was mentioned.

 

[Zombine]

Oh shoot. I almost forgot about him. Did he get banned or did he just stop posting? I kind of miss that guy.

But no, no way he has an alt. If he did, we'd have a massive fight breaking out every time Morrison's name was mentioned.

Jed got banned because he tried to argue that the KKK weren't bad people. Lol it was the most fucking awkward shit I've ever read.

 

[TetraxShards]

Wow first I'm hearing about this Archie relaunch with Waid and Fiona Staples. That's gotta be out of this world.

I'm really looking forward to this. Can't believe I dig so much of Archie's recent books.

Oh shoot. I almost forgot about him. Did he get banned or did he just stop posting? I kind of miss that guy.

But no, no way he has an alt. If he did, we'd have a massive fight breaking out every time Morrison's name was mentioned.

Pretty sure he was permabanned.

 

[Kipp]

Jed got banned because he tried to argue that the KKK weren't bad people. Lol it was the most fucking awkward shit I've ever read.

Yeeeeah... That'll do it.

 

[Zombine]

I just drew a literal line in the sand.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

I know this isn't technically comics, but holy shit guys, D.Gray-man is coming back from hiatus. Time to pick up some 3-in-1s and reread it.

 

[Owzers]

I know this isn't technically comics, but holy shit guys, D.Gray-man is coming back from hiatus. Time to pick up some 3-in-1s and reread it.

i had to google what that was.


Anime.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

i had to google what that was.


Anime.

Nah man, this was one of the best manga in its time. Better that a lot of this new trash that usually gets dredged up around here.

The anime was bad, though.

 

[Kipp]

I know this isn't technically comics, but holy shit guys, D.Gray-man is coming back from hiatus. Time to pick up some 3-in-1s and reread it.

If we're going WAAAY off topic here talking about manga, I'm going to throw this out there too:

This Damien Rice song is my lifeblood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijftZIE9b7g

 

[Owzers]

If we're going WAAAY off topic here talking about manga, I'm going to throw this out there too:

This Damien Rice song is my lifeblood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijftZIE9b7g

that song makes me want to climb stuff.

I prefer Kelly Clarkson - Nostalgic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9tvZKRWtMI

 

[headshot95]

Finished All-Star Superman last night. I bought it awhile ago because I like Morrison's writing style and thought that it would lead to me enjoying the story, but I'm not sure it worked. I mean, I liked the story and the art was cool, especially the coloring, but it just didn't really stick with me. It doesn't help that I don't really know any of the Superman lore and only have a passing interest in the character as a whole. Idk, it was good, not great. Probably the only Superman comic I will read though.

Anyways, moving on to the last deluxe hardcover of Y: The Last man.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

that song makes me want to climb stuff.

Just makes me want to talk about rocks.

What are you guys' favorite kind? I'm partial to igneous ones.

 

[Kipp]

Lol


Also, HELL YES. My neighbor just texted me asking me what night this week would work to have a meeting with the other owners of the frozen yogurt place. I need this so badly.

 

[BuddyJoeHooker]

Strange Fruit tomorrow.

Mark Waid and JG Jones

What's to Love: Two of the industry's most respected and prolific creators come together for the first time in a deeply personal passion project. J.G. Jones (52, Wanted, Y: The Last Man) and Mark Waid (Irredeemable, Superman: Birthright, Kingdom Come) take on a powerful, beautifully painted story set during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Strange Fruit is a challenging, provocative examination of the heroic myth confronting the themes of racism, cultural legacy, and human nature through a literary lens, John Steinbeck's classic novel, Of Mice and Men.

What It Is: It's 1927 in the town of Chatterlee, Mississippi, drowned by heavy rains. The Mississippi River is rising, threatening to break open not only the levees, but also the racial and social divisions of this former plantation town. A fiery messenger from the skies heralds the appearance of a being, one that will rip open the tensions in Chatterlee. Savior, or threat? It depends on where you stand. All the while, the waters are still rapidly rising...

 

[SoilBreak]

AVclub's article of the upcoming Daredevil series with Charles Soule & Ron Garney

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Strange Fruit tomorrow.

Mark Waid and JG Jones

just googled Mark Waid and JG Jones, yep, two old white dudes

 

[tim1138]

just googled Mark Waid and JG Jones, yep, two old white dudes

burn it all down

 

[Zombine]

just googled Mark Waid and JG Jones, yep, two old white dudes

I thought they would have been two young Asian women.

 

[Simply Sarah]

just googled Mark Waid and JG Jones, yep, two old white dudes

Yep. And them going with the topic makes me uncomfortable enough without them using such an evocative title.

 

[Kipp]

Don't forget that Jason Aaron, a white dude, wrote the absolutely brilliant Scalped which focused on impoverished Native Americans.
I'd say this is one of those cases where you guys should reserve your judgement until at least one person here gives it a read.

 

[Pachimari]

Just bought Gotham Academy #1. I have been looking for some school stuff with mysteries ala Harry Potter. Hopefully this is along those lines.

Have anybody read Ninjak? Is it any good?

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Is Scalped avaiable in a OHC?

 

[Cade]

yeah but has Mark Waid ever done a serious-topic book

 

[Kipp]

Is Scalped avaiable in a OHC?

They're just starting to release it in OHC. The first volume is out.

yeah but has Mark Waid ever done a serious-topic book

Hmm... Good point. Maybe he'll be like the Matthew McConaughey of comics.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

Just bought Gotham Academy #1. I have been looking for some school stuff with mysteries ala Harry Potter. Hopefully this is along those lines.

Have anybody read Ninjak? Is it any good?

In lieu of praise from myself because I haven't read Ninjak, yet I know Kindt has been killing it at Valiant, I offer up a Serpentine quote.

Ninjak continues to be mad decent. "Bruce Wayne if he became a ninja" is good enough of a sell for me that I'd probably buy it even if Clay Mann wasn't drawing them, but he is so I'll keep on. It's got a lot of origin flashbacks (#4 was all villain origins to give Mann a breather) but they're all cool and inventive.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

They're just starting to release it in OHC. The first volume is out.

Nice

 

[ThyMusicMan]

AVclub's article of the upcoming Daredevil series with Charles Soule & Ron Garney

Crazy how Waid and Samnee maid Daredevil a must buy comic for me.
I didn't care much at all for DD in general before reading their run.

Excited to see how this turns out.

 

[Messi]

I for one welcome our new signing

Welcome Arda!

 

[choaffable]

yeah but has Mark Waid ever done a serious-topic book

Waid wrote an arc in Amazing Spider-man involving Electro and the financial crisis that got me to stop reading the book.
It was embarrassingly ham fisted in the way it tried to address the politics.

My worry with Strange Fruit is Waid takes that same heavy handed approach when it comes to race. Because "Black Superman" just isn't going to cut it, there needs to be nuanc. Should Waid get the benefit of the doubt? Sure, but this looks like it could turn into the "Amistad" of comics.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

I for one welcome our new signing

Welcome Arda!

Not even a fake edit this time?

 

[Messi]

Not even a fake edit this time?

Intentional this time.