TheDarkKnight774
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Just read x-o manowar #25. The owly with the armor story is the bestest thing ever. Cuteness overload! Almost as good as the owly in batman art sketch I got at comic con.
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Oh gosh, those Revoltech TMNT figures look great! I'd either have to buy one (Leonardo) or the whole set. :/
Looking back at my shelf, I notice I have a serious lack of Marvel trades. I gotta step my game up.
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Manhattan Projects #21
Rys is officially my new favorite in MP. His introduction of other species had me rolling. I can't get enough of him; I hope he sticks around for awhile.
Going back to Laika, our dog who was sent to explore deep space for the Mars project, encounters some eerie space creatures and ends up in a very curious situation. Her and Yuri's friendship is going to be...interesting.
I have this sort of love/hate relationship with MP. It probably reads better in a trade because there have been some single issues that do not move things along and I'm anxiously waiting for something to happen. And just when I think I'm going to drop the monthly and trade wait, I get a spectacular issue like this one.
Looking back at my shelf, I notice I have a serious lack of Marvel trades. I gotta step my game up.
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Manhattan Projects #21
Rys is officially my new favorite in MP. His introduction of other species had me rolling. I can't get enough of him; I hope he sticks around for awhile.
Going back to Laika, our dog who was sent to explore deep space for the Mars project, encounters some eerie space creatures and ends up in a very curious situation. Her and Yuri's friendship is going to be...interesting.
I have this sort of love/hate relationship with MP. It probably reads better in a trade because there have been some single issues that do not move things along and I'm anxiously waiting for something to happen. And just when I think I'm going to drop the monthly and trade wait, I get a spectacular issue like this one.
Ban Puncher
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It was bound to happen sooner or later but I just had my first Digital Redeem sticker on a Marvel book peel off in a way that makes the code illegible.
Time to hit up onlinesupport@marvel.com and plead my case.
Time to hit up onlinesupport@marvel.com and plead my case.
I've had it happen to me a number of times. Fortunately, I've been able to work the codes out. I haven't had to contact customer service yet.
Ban Puncher
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GrandHarrier
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I was worried that I didn't get the Red Hood and the Outlaws Bombshell cover, on accident, but surely this is it, right???
Freezasaurus
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Because certainly no one else has ever sexualized a female comic character before. No need for the faux outrage.
GrandHarrier
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I chalk it up to being a riff on "Guns, cars, and women" culture.
I kinda like it.
Freezasaurus
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My comment had nothing to do with the actual content of the cover. I just find it annoying when people feign offense at stuff like this when it's literally everywhere we look. Video games, magazines, television. Everywhere. The cover itself is fine, even if Starfy's pose is a bit too blatant.
Also, speaking of Turtles:
Day 1. I'm buying them all.
Where the hell is mikeys neck? Other than that, the build quality is nice. I wish EMH got revoltech support.
Freezasaurus
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If you want to change the way the media perceives women, maybe start somewhere besides the comic industry.
It looks like his entire neck is a joint. Makes it look a little odd, but it's a cool-looking figure to be sure.
GrandHarrier
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Pretty much this. They actually handle Starfire rather well in the book proper (with the occasional cheesecake). She is the power house of the team and half the stories directly involve her as the main protagonist.
If you want to change the way the media perceives women, maybe start somewhere besides the comic industry.
It looks like his entire neck is a joint. Makes it look a little odd, but it's a cool-looking figure to be sure.
If you said this on game side about the games industry you'd get flogged. I suppose that one thing gaming has going for it. "Not as immature as comics."
not really. shes a younger version of a established character. her comics counterpart hasnt changed all that much, only that the spotlight is on her now due to the comic.
no.
this happened to me all 3 times that i tried. now i have given up. will they give me new codes?
GrandHarrier
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MY ROOMMATE DUN FUCKED UP.
He got me the non-Jenny Frison Red Sonja Cover. What's even the point?
I love this book.
He got me the non-Jenny Frison Red Sonja Cover. What's even the point?
I love this book.
GrandHarrier
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Was a few issues behind but just got caught up on Harley. Still as delightful as ever. Kind of a lolwut twist to who hired the assassins.
It's going to become a running gag from this point forward. I never want a real ending to this story.
"Someone else is just as bad" has never worked as a legitimate excuse for anything. Yes, the sexual objectification of women is everywhere, but that doesn't mean that comic books (like video games) aren't as good a place as any to start changing that.
Arsenal's huge biceps are awfully exposed on that cover. I'm outraged.
GrandHarrier
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Yeah, I found my eyes lingering for a bit, being like "Damn bro".
Agreed! But there are also some battles I'm not going to personally fight. Sexy Catwoman or Starfire, for example, whereas I'd be much more bothered by, say, a sexified Batgirl who has traditionally been rather reserved. But, then, I also fully admit to being unable to always distinguish when something is truly objectifying versus something caught up in overzealous PC social justice warriors.
Wait we both like the same thing? Is this real life?
GrandHarrier
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"I am thou... Thou art I... From the sea of thy soul, I come."
We also both like Legion, you just don't know it yet.
TetraxShards
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I chuckled heartily.
GrandHarrier
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You forgot to take off your fedora you disrespectful cur.
ViewtifulJC
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This is a great way to expel legitimate gender issues the comic industry is still struggling with something heavy
I didn't write that. It's a Brian Wood quote I found.
GrandHarrier
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Potato arguments aside, this community has been one of the best I've ever been a part of so I'd like to think the vast majority of ComicGAF is above such nonsense.
Rafa=FedKilla
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This week doesn't seem all that overly humongous. I do get some Earth 2 figures though!
Uno Venova
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I don't get the problem, there are some female characters they sexualize all the time and some that they don't, I don't need all females covered up as a sign of maturity.
Absolutely. We all genuinely love these characters both male and female. I would go as far as to say that positive conversation about female characters, writers, and artists outnumbers everything else here 2:1. The people creating the best stories and making the most waves are all women. Included in this list are true proponents of female advocacy such as Ed Brubacher, who is making tons of waves as well, with strong female lead characters such as Velvet.
Rafa=FedKilla
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What immense emotional energy must Warren Ellis summon to go past six issues? An incursion?
GrandHarrier
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It is nice to see subtle things happen, in the realm of reducing female objectification. Take, for example, Red Sonja. Her covers are still very cheesecake, but in the interiors you're starting to see her dress more reasonably. She wears this full chain shirt more often than not, for example.
And that doesn't stop Gail Simone from having her be a lewd, crude lady (one of the subplots in the current arc is her desire and inability to get laid).
And that doesn't stop Gail Simone from having her be a lewd, crude lady (one of the subplots in the current arc is her desire and inability to get laid).
ViewtifulJC
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Tyrant Rave
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Did it change your life?
Part of the reason why I love her art is just how fun it is, there's so much personality in every character she draws. Power Girl wasn't bad after she left but the art just felt so hollow afterwards even if it was still pretty good looking.
And as always, I recommend her artbook. Lots of good commentary throughout.
Where is this from I need more of this artist.
Rucka has a tendency to do that to people.
GrandHarrier
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Downplaying Sami Basri? D: ... I don't think we can be friends anymore, Tyrant. I'm not saying you are a human monster, but...
If I'm wrong, feel free to point and laugh, but I think that art style begins with issue #29.
Rrongfield
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This week's TMNT: Turtles in Time #1
Tyrant Rave
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GrandHarrier pls
It's not that I think the art is bad... It's just hard to not be disappointed after one of my favorite artists leaves the creative team
Basri's art is definitely good looking but it was kind of a big shift from the Palmiotti/Conner run just before that.
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