I told you guys about the time I went to his dinner table and said "where the fuck is ales so I can kick his ass" and I was at his table...
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COMICS! |OT| June 2015. Alright fanboys, it's time to pick a side once and for all.
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I told you guys about the time I went to his dinner table and said "where the fuck is ales so I can kick his ass" and I was at his table...
my name is ed
Banned
Are you counting the new guy? I forgot his username but he's got that pensive Lenny avatar from the simpsons. He just read Zero and liked it!
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I have not heard this one
Uh oh. Now you've got him started on his Ales Kot stories.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Speaking of Kot, I read Material #3 right before True Detective.
One of those stories did not let me down.
E: My bad, Future Slug came through for a sec. It was Surface #3, and damn was it good.
One of those stories did not let me down.
E: My bad, Future Slug came through for a sec. It was Surface #3, and damn was it good.
I knew you were cool. True Detective is so good. I'll probably wait until at least half the season is done so that I can binge watch half of it at least. That's what I did with S1.
Freezasaurus
Member
I could use a good Ales Kot story.
We disliked each other for awhile then I got to know the dude and he's amazing,
Freezasaurus
Member
Pictures AND stories? Kipp can do it all.
Ohohoho. The drawings in particular on this one are top notch.
Wow...what a non story. But so gracefully told.
I think Slug was saying the opposite of what you think he said!
Freezasaurus
Member
I wish Nocenti told stories like that. So we could get the jist of it and then go do more productive things instead of reading a Nocenti comic.
Ugh, I was a total sick to him in person and on Twitter and he took the time out to talk to me and figure things out. Will always appreciate that.
Like this whole industry is kind of sick in the way that it's an old boys club and won't let anyone who is not cool in.
Yeah, I got the implication. But the fact that he watched the first episode of S2 implies that he watched and enjoyed S1. That's good enough for me. Haha
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
HBO premieres were pretty disappointing. Ballers is just sports Entourage, and The Brink is Veep without the jokes.
True Detective felt very undercooked. I feel like the story didn't start happening until the last minute of the episode and all we got was a bunch of overwrought backstory.
But Taylor Kitsch did give us the most
that has ever graced a screen.
True Detective felt very undercooked. I feel like the story didn't start happening until the last minute of the episode and all we got was a bunch of overwrought backstory.
But Taylor Kitsch did give us the most
conflicted blowjob face
Freezasaurus
Member
Reading comics on my TV sounds weird.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
There's still plenty of time for it to turn around, it was always going to be compared to the first season and when you're talking about one of the best seasons in recent memory it's going to come off all the worse for it.
Yeah, definitely. I've always had low expectations for S2 since it'd be pretty hard to beat the best season of television since The Wire S1.
Freezasaurus
Member
Did you delete him from the list?
Once you are on this list you can't get off of it. If you don't change that avatar soon you are going on it.
my name is ed
Banned
Honestly, Kot seems like a good dude from what I can wean from his work/twitter/interviews, but its good to hear anecdotal evidence that supports that impression haha
Freezasaurus
Member
What's wrong with my avatar?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Pretty soon, the only ComicGaffer not on the list will be Messi.
The easier question is what is right with your avatar?
We are getting pretty damn close
My interest in it sunk once they were all like "you know that one-director thing? how about nahhh"?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I was definitely more in for Cary Fukunaga than Nic Pizzolatto
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Yo, I was really, really into True Detective 1. I've had these dudes up in my kitchen since last year:
And as for True Detective 2: I'm sure the show will pick up in a few eps., like the first season did. I think I'm just coming in with the clicked season 1 expectations, but we're still in pre-clicked season 2. Shit will click.
That or we just blame Vince Vaughn.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Freezasaurus
Member
Ha ha ha ha ha ha. God Hates Astronauts is hilarious and you're all missing out by not reading it.
I saw that.
I saw that.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Ha ha ha ha ha ha. God Hates Astronauts is hilarious and you're all missing out by not reading it.
I saw that.
Comics are rotting my brain, Freeze.
Those are so great.
And yeah, that makes sense. I mean, even still it probably won't match S1 in the end, but I'm sure it will improve as the season goes on.
Same but I would've been interested in literally anyone as long as they did the whole season like Fukunaga
BuddyJoeHooker
Member
I'm probably going to start posting this all the time.
"Guys my new comic friend doesn't like Frank Quitely and claims that Millar is the greatest comic writer of all time"
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
I'm probably going to start posting this all the time.
"Guys my new comic friend doesn't like Frank Quitely and claims that Millar is the greatest comic writer of all time"
Oh, you just met Zombine?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Freezasaurus
Member
I can't sleep
Read a Nocenti comic.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
My favorite post from the OT thread:
I'mma be following this dude's reviews as the season progresses.
I'mma be following this dude's reviews as the season progresses.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
That's not totally true though. He showed emotion when
he was riding his motorcycle at suicide speeds,
I loved Tim Riggins, but I think that might have been the high point of TK's acting.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Yeah, the point of the bj scene was the lack of emotion/inability to get into it.
Freezasaurus
Member
That sounds like a non-committal Messi answer.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Yep, not many well adjusted happy characters in the True Detective Verse.
Finally started the Black Science trades that I picked up, and good golly the combination of the art and coloring are impeccable. Just a gorgeous book. Digging the story so far, too, but every time I head about the onion's layers my brain instantly fills in the onions and ogres stuff from Shrek.
Freezasaurus
Member
That sounds like a unique issue to have. XD
The only problem I had with Black Science is the same one I had with Manhattan Projects when I read both books month to month - I would forget what happened from issue to issue because of all the sciency stuff. Both read much better in trade.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
It's not unique to the book. Basically anytime someone mentions onions, ogres, layers or parfaits it pops up in there.
And I don't blame you, and month is a long time to keep everything straight. Especially when you're reading a bunch of other things too. Gotta love a recap page.
echoshifting
Banned
Just saw Inside Out.
Tears were shed.
Tears were shed.