Same, more so for She Hulk because it's so special. Probably my favourite running series
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Now I'm sad for trade waiting them
And not a single Frank Quitely comment?! What's your take on the dude?
Apple was in the process of figuring out their new barcode system. The payment never applied to my account.
Freezasaurus
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I really like Black Widow, but not as much as Elektra. She-Hulk started off strong, but I just haven't been enjoying it as much lately.
headshot95
Neo Member
Finished the Joe Kelly Deadpool omnibus today. Really good stuff. Would highly recommend to any Deadpool fans or anybody looking to get into the character.
Now I just need to decide what to read next.
Now I just need to decide what to read next.
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
Sent you a PM.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Gail Simone Deadpool/Agent X
headshot95
Neo Member
I meant stuff on my shelf but thanks for the idea! Looks like I will be placing another order soon...
KoruptData
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Is this week really the end of Uncanny Avengers forever?
Freezasaurus
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What? No. Although it wouldn't surprise me, because it seems like every time I start reading something cool, it gets cancelled three months or so later.
TetraxShards
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Just the end of the Avenge the Earth arc. We've got Axis to come, at the very least.
Tyrant Rave
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Haven't read the others, but I agree on She-Hulk. I like Slott's run more.
Pre-art change She-Hulk was great. Slott's She-Hulk was Power Girl levels of perfect.
Freezasaurus
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So just a reminder, but it seems the Six-Gun Gorilla TPB is finally coming out this week. I picked it up from Barnes & Noble a few weeks ago, but for some reason comic shops haven't gotten it in yet. Everyone needs to buy this.
It's on my USA shopping list. I know nothing about it. But if I don't see a gorilla shooting six guns I am gonna blame you.
I think it was originally supposed to be out June 4, but it got pushed back for some reason I can't find.
I think it would be more accurate to call it Six-Shooter Gorilla. Not as catchy of a name, tho.
Well that's much less exciting.
Freezasaurus
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Yeah, but not really. Because as I said, I bought it at Barnes & Noble two weeks ago. It must have been some comic distribution issue. Usually B&N doesn't get new graphic novels until a week later.
It's amazing. Believe me, I didn't give two shits about the premise before I read it.
PaulExcellent
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Bee and Puppycat #153?
IT GOTS TO GET TO #100+
Bravest Warriors ain't doing too good. :/
Seems like a really hard sell for a series. Hopefully they can get a boost from there with the newest plot line from the show or something.
I remember seeing it the week prior on the release list for the day you picked it up, I also found somewhere listing that date using the Diamond code. Still, likely a distribution problem. Maybe all the B&N's got theirs first on accident.
Freezasaurus
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I remember seeing it the week prior on the release list for the day you picked it up, I also found somewhere listing that date using the Diamond code. Still, likely a distribution problem. Maybe all the B&N's got theirs first on accident.
That could be, too. It's exactly the kind of fuck-up that one would expect from Diamond.
Serpentine
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yeah, a shame. I'm gonna start picking it up this week though, Kate Leth is raaaaaaaad.
Freezasaurus
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Yeah, but not really, because they're liars. Amazon isn't a direct-market comic retailer, so they usually get things later anyhow. I'm sure you'll be able to get it sooner Messi.
I think that I pinpointed my issue with modern comics, and why those two comics I selected this week fit the bill.
Both TMNT and Daredevil were drawn in a classic style. Each of the comic boxes, well...were boxes. None of them bled from one image to another. Kind of a throwback, but it makes the comic book soo much cleaner and easier to digest.
Both TMNT and Daredevil were drawn in a classic style. Each of the comic boxes, well...were boxes. None of them bled from one image to another. Kind of a throwback, but it makes the comic book soo much cleaner and easier to digest.
I would say the complete opposite, actually. Older comics lay the exposition on thick. Every minuet detail had to fit Into a thought bubble. You feel like you've been reading for an hour and you just got to page 2.
Freezasaurus
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Well, they both also happen to be great books. That might have something to do with it as well.
I feel like unorganized art styles not only make the written content harder to flow, but feels like you are too intimate with the action going on visually. Keeping panels self contained is far less chaotic and does not feel like you are zoomed in.
Although, different inkers/artists can be guilty of doing both styles incorrectly. It just seems lately it's done wrong more frequently.
I found The Wake's first arc to be incredibly hard to follow.
Never heard of it. Maybe I'll check it out.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
probably cuz it was so boring outside Murphy's art
you're selling me on that hardcover
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Why do people look at the sales of that stuff and not the fact that it's in its TWENTIES. How many failed comics ever make it to double digits?
Yeesh. Be real, people. It would have been cancelled a long time ago if it had been doing shitty. Certainly wouldn't have gotten a bunch of specials.
Numbers are meaningless. All that matters is profitability.
The panel transition was incredibly strange I thought. The book had no real formula and I would often have to read the same page 3 times to figure it out.
Edit: when I finally find an artist for my book, Marvel will laugh at the pitch, I'll probably make an enemy or two, then it will be canceled. Mission accomplished.
Serpentine
Banned
half of snyder's comics in a nutshell
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Are we counting all of the "stories" he comes up with, gets credit for, and then pawns off on his boring ass friends?
If he suddenly came out and said James Tynyman the IVth was writing Superman Unchained, don't think anybody would be shocked.
Dr_LawyerCop
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I got it from amazon this weekend. Which reminds me, I'm completely done with buying trades on amazon. They can't package for shit. Ordered 2 books because they weren't on instocktrades, shipped in separate orders. Six gun has a small ding, and the book that came today was completely bent in half to fit in my apartment mail slot. Instock just keeps earning my money.
whatsinaname
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Any chances of Guardians of the Galaxy volume 2 being released as a TPB or HC again?
Edit: Ignore my question. Found a pre-order page on Amazon, so I guess they are releasing it.
Edit: Ignore my question. Found a pre-order page on Amazon, so I guess they are releasing it.
KoruptData
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AMA with Geoff Johns tomorrow at 9est!
http://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/comments/28w8rl/geoff_johns_writer_of_justice_league_and_superman/
http://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/comments/28w8rl/geoff_johns_writer_of_justice_league_and_superman/
Dark and also a bit silly. Probably not a great read if you like Talia.
That's actually two different issues. You can do classical paneling without old-school blocks of exposition and characters monologuing. The inverse is also entirely possible. The paneling and exposition traits aren't inherently linked.
It's all about the execution, and just as importantly, having the writer and artist on the same page in terms of the approach. Each of these combinations can be equally confusing or effective depending on the execution. You can have a smoothly flowing unconventional paneling system where the reader is still smartly guided through it, or you can have an ad hoc mess of scenarios thrown into a montage image*. Either situation may include sparse dialogue or massive walls of text, that's a mostly separate choice.
Ideally the writer and artist work in concert to make the choices that best support the overall goal of the comic, and then proceed to execute those choices well.
So, uh, anyway... no need to conflate old-school paneling and exposition. That was the trend then, but there's nothing inherently tying them together.
*Of course, sometimes that's the point.
In what way? It is dark as fuck for sure.
So, I finally had the chance to get my best friend to read some comics. I had him read the first arc of Waid's Daredevil and he loved it, which was cool.
But anyways, the reason I bring this up is because something came up that totally shocked me. After he read Daredevil and was about to leave my house, we were looking at my bookshelf and I was figuring out which books to let him take home and read. He said something like "So all these are older books, right?" and I was like "Wait, what?" He was like "Well, comics don't come out anymore, do they?"
As it turns out, he had no idea that comics still come out on a monthly basis.
I knew the general public was poorly informed about comics and also completely separated from them due to the direct market/comic book store thing, but I didn't realize that the average Joe was that clueless about comics.
So I explained to him that comics do indeed come out every month and he was pretty surprised and excited about that. Haha
But anyways, the reason I bring this up is because something came up that totally shocked me. After he read Daredevil and was about to leave my house, we were looking at my bookshelf and I was figuring out which books to let him take home and read. He said something like "So all these are older books, right?" and I was like "Wait, what?" He was like "Well, comics don't come out anymore, do they?"
As it turns out, he had no idea that comics still come out on a monthly basis.
I knew the general public was poorly informed about comics and also completely separated from them due to the direct market/comic book store thing, but I didn't realize that the average Joe was that clueless about comics.
So I explained to him that comics do indeed come out every month and he was pretty surprised and excited about that. Haha
Talon figure looking pretty good.
http://www.comicvine.com/articles/awesome-toy-picks-dc-comics-designer-series-talon/1100-149073/
http://www.comicvine.com/articles/awesome-toy-picks-dc-comics-designer-series-talon/1100-149073/
krypt0nian
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Any photos released of the Nightwing fig??!?!?!?
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