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COMICS!!! |OT| June 2017 - AquaBDSM : Sunstone but with dolphins.
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my name is ed
Banned
I read Vision vol 1.
This is pretty excellent. Some high praise: every piece of craft in this comic elevates the other.
Although I do think King is biting Alan Moore's style so hard he's gonna leave a mark.
This is pretty excellent. Some high praise: every piece of craft in this comic elevates the other.
Although I do think King is biting Alan Moore's style so hard he's gonna leave a mark.
Freezasaurus
Member
Action Figure GAF would be the place to ask about those. I think a few people over there dabble with the line.
La Maquinon
Member
Hey guys, I haven't read for a few pages so forgive me if this has been asked: but is anyone else having trouble with the Amazon sale? I bought one volume successfully, and it showed up on my comixology account. But now when I try to get more it just says that I don't have a kindle connected to my Amazon account. Has this happened to anyone else?
You have to download the kindle app on your computer or mobile device.
BKatastrophe
Member
This is exactly how I felt about it. I agreed, to a degree, that fans can be way overblown as for their reactions, but criticism is still criticism.
La Maquinon
Member
Thanks! I've now bought 4 volumes of both X-Men Legacy and Silver Surfer, and volume 1 of A Force. Hopefully the sale will role on tomorrow and I can get more goodies. But, as it is now, I'm stoked.
BKatastrophe
Member
That's pretty much a massive point in Simone's run, though. Bane has a lot to him, and it's really the Venom that fucks with him. That's the whole point of the scene we see where he inevitably does take the Venom: he goes into full berserker mode.
Freezasaurus
Member
lmao I already have 72% of the Tekken 7 trophies. :3
La Maquinon
Member
Saw Wonder Woman today with my mom and girlfriend. We all loved it.
Gonna have to jump into rebirth Wonder Woman. Read the first issue from FCBD and it looks good.
Gonna have to jump into rebirth Wonder Woman. Read the first issue from FCBD and it looks good.
I agree with him on Wally. It's good to add wrinkles, drama, etc into characters lives.
What's not okay is reverting characters and ruining previous character development that's been established by other authors. Seriously, how many times does Damien need to become a jerk again before he grows as a character, and then a writer comes and ignores all that?!
If you wanted Damien to ruin Wally's heart, at least make it so that's the only choice that was left, and let him show some remorse on it.
Lazarus Contract was poorly written, and now I know why at least.
Freezasaurus
Member
Yeah, how fantastic was the
No Man's Land scene? Probably one of my favorite comic movie scenes ever.
It got me in the mood to catch up on WW Rebirth, which I stopped buying 5 or 6 issues ago.
LordOfLore
Banned
Man, I hope she stays on for variants after #25:
Freezasaurus
Member
She looks like she's about to strangle someone. :O
He's a jerk in Super sons but not as bad as he was here even in Teen titans from waht i read he is not as big of a dick
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I managed ok
The Lazarus Contract was basically a 2-issue storyline by Priest in Deathstroke and the Annual, with Titans and Teen Titans as tie-ins to explain how their characters got here. And it was a great bit of superhero nonsense, that dealt once again with Deathstroke being unable to understand the world beyond being a supervillain meathead mercenary dipshit.
It also had what I am almost certain
was a dig at how corporate comics tend to fuck over legacy characters when they're PoC, but maybe I'm reading too much into it.
It also had what I am almost certain
Jackson and Wally being left behind
Pretty much, guess they just needed a crossover but you could have done the whole thing in Priest's Deathstroke and not miss anything, the titans stuff feels like fluff
thank you. I got worried for a sec.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Amen. You can get his Black Panther run for like $20 on that sale. That's like 40 issues or something. No excuse at all to have not read such a fantastic and influential run, nor to cast aspersions on the guy over a blog post instead of his work.
But that's comics for you.
whatsinaname
Member
Baltimore: The Plague Ships (v1) was a decent introduction to the series. Some great art and colouring and a clear cut path laid down for the main character. But it didn't feel like it had enough substance for five issues. Maybe two or three. Or it could have been split into prologues for the later arcs and volumes. Some amazing visuals in the island part of the arc though.
Baltimore: The Curse Bells (v2) definitely fixes that issue. A well paced arc and integrates the main quest into the self contained story in a great way. The reborn witch was creepy as fuck!
Baltimore: The Curse Bells (v2) definitely fixes that issue. A well paced arc and integrates the main quest into the self contained story in a great way. The reborn witch was creepy as fuck!
Interesting that you have a character (Duvic) essentially mopping up any survivors of Baltimore's journey. You think they've escaped Baltimore's curse and then, bam, The Inquisition!
BaroqueSampson
Member
Appreciate you!
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Duvic is definitely an interesting character in the story. Baltimore (the book itself) is very much about the kind of doomed hero trope. Doomed to his fate, dooming those who are unfortunate enough to come into contact with him despite his intentions and it's interesting to think of that trope in terms of Duvic, as well as Baltimore. Duvic very much considers himself to be the hero right?
LordOfLore
Banned
Art buyers: WW Year One
Picked up all the Hickman FF trades in the sale after reading most in single issues. I start with Dark Reign, right?
Picked up all the Hickman FF trades in the sale after reading most in single issues. I start with Dark Reign, right?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Can't
Stop
Buying
Marvel
Classics
Stop
Buying
Marvel
Classics
How much have you already spend?
Yes the Dark Reign book is a prequel to the council of ricks stuff
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
La la la la I can't hear you
He says while he sells his house and car
Duane Cunningham
Member
I'm reading Alias for the first time. Captain America's identity is "secret"?? Was it back then? I didn't realize that was ever the case.
whatsinaname
Member
Oh yea, definitely.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Yea it was until the arc after 9/11 where he took off his mask and announced his identity to media Cameras
Too rich for my blood
La Maquinon
Member
Yeah, that scene was amazing. Gal really made me love Wonder Woman. I love how she just will not be told what to do. And not because she's some stubborn rebel, but because she cares so much. And because she's trusts herself more than anyone else. The best! <3
Wait, they're collecting Rebirth in hc? like across the board or just certain books?
La Maquinon
Member
Okay, so here come my thoughts on The Spire. First of all, I loved it. I fell deeper into the world as the series went on. I can easily say that I've never been more intrigued by a book. With each issue I was increasingly desperate to know the mystery surrounding the events.
I'm going to compare this to Six Gun Gorilla a bit because it's by the same creative team and many of you have read it. My one complaint about The Spire is how I felt at the end, which I'll spoiler tag.
Compare this to SGG. I was not sad when
It was fitting. It felt right. And there was just no other way to go, really. But in the Spire I was bummed. Doesn't tarnish my opinion of the book, though. The book is brilliant. And I did enjoy it very much along the way.
Last thing I'll say is that I found it interesting that Spurrier chose to have Sha
Great book. I'll read it again soon.
I'm going to compare this to Six Gun Gorilla a bit because it's by the same creative team and many of you have read it. My one complaint about The Spire is how I felt at the end, which I'll spoiler tag.
I felt sad. And deflated. There is no good here. Everyone I'd grown to love dies, except Sha, though she loses everything anyway. And the younger sibling becomes Barron and that can only be so good. I mean... She doesn't seem the leading type. So I don't really hold out a ton of hope for the city.
Compare this to SGG. I was not sad when
Blue, who I totally related to, died at the end.
Last thing I'll say is that I found it interesting that Spurrier chose to have Sha
transition, as it were, from male to female. (I am female-to-male transgender, for those who don't know). I remember reading in some new age-y Shirley MacLaine book a million years ago that some people believe gay people were the opposite gender in a past life. And that their attraction to the same sex is carryover from that. I wonder if that's the sort of theory Spurrier was playing with when it came to Sha.
Great book. I'll read it again soon.
But not too soon.
BKatastrophe
Member
Yeah it was. Wigged me out when I read that for the first time, because it had been so long since I read anything with him having a secret identity that I actually forgot about it.
I wasn't going to go this year. But I wanted to see what I would get in returning registration, and if it was a 3- or 4-day pass, I would go.
It seems like most though there are some exceptions like the Green Lantern Books so not sure what's up with those or if they'll get ones down the line.
Ah thank you, there are some there I wasn't aware were getting some.
La Maquinon
Member
Oh dear I just went ham on the Wonder Woman sale. Digital comics were a mistake.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Glad you liked it too! I was really curious to see what you thought of the
transition plot with Sha considering your own experience. I don't know the feeling firsthand but I thought it was handled very well.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Aw, I'm glad you enjoyed it so much! It really is a fantastic book, most likely my favourite thing I've read this year so far. I do totally agree the ending is quite sad, it's a tough one to swallow,. Ty and myself were discussing this a bit last month, and not to be lazy, but I thought I summed up my thoughts quite concisely in one post that I was quite pleased with lol so I'll drop that in here as a link but yea. There's no getting away from how sad it is, but it feels well *right* and complete as a thought.
When Pug dies omg
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I'm most interested in the Watchmen aspects, and how it all ties together. Is there like a certain set of books I should look into? I've basically kept myself out of DC side from Black Canary
La Maquinon
Member
Aw, I'm glad you enjoyed it so much! It really is a fantastic book, most likely my favourite thing I've read this year so far. I do totally agree the ending is quite sad, it's a tough one to swallow,. Ty and myself were discussing this a bit last month, and not to be lazy, but I thought I summed up my thoughts quite concisely in one post that I was quite pleased with lol so I'll drop that in here as a link but yea. There's no getting away from how sad it is, but it feels well *right* and complete as a thought.When Pug dies
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Thanks for linking your comment. I'll check it out.
And, yeah. So much sad for
Pug. He was by far my fav. I liked how he really was what he was. A gross, socially clueless chatterbox. But he was also earnest and brave and a damn good cop!