Korvac Saga #1 was alright. I like when they mess around with the idea of people remembering pre-secret wars stuff and thats a big part of it. Its also crazy that Marvel did a tie-in based on a obscure 70s guardians/avengers crossover.
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COMICS! |OT| March 2016. It's your job to be great.
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Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
I liked the Korvac Saga. I probably would have put it in my Top 10 tie-ins.
Yes and yes it is. It bummed me out when Sandoval left tho.
Yeah, I mean, I stuck with it after Sandoval left but he was clearly meant to draw the wackiness happening in it towards the end.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Glad you finally picked it up and even read it!
Freezasaurus
Member
Still need to read #12, but it's really cute.
Would you believe it if I told you it was Nico Minoru?
BKatastrophe
Member
Like, imagine a supervillain team-up consisting of Lex, Cold, Black Adam, Sinestro, Black Manta, Deathstroke, and Bizarro. Batman and Catwoman also tag along. Now imagine that they're all fighting the Crime Syndicate and shitload of other villains.
Imagine the ultimate buddy teams that you never knew you wanted: Black Adam and Sinestro, Black Manta and Captain Cold, Lex Luthor and Bizarro, Deathstroke and someone else's fist to Deathstroke's face!
It's fucking radical, is what it is.
But why bother with that retcon? It's like retconning Rogue taking Ms. Marvel's powers.
He came in like a real Dark Horse
I like the look
My first guess, actually
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Just sat down and restarted Copra from the beginning since I couldn't remember where I left off on. Just finished Round One, and man, what an awesome comic. I LOVE Fiffe's coloring and use of panels. The coloring is very different than what most series do and it kind of reminds me of Megahex. The paneling is very creative with how Fiffe uses them to cut word balloons and whatnot. His designs for the characters are also incredibly stylish, my favorites are Vitas, Lloyd, and Count Compota. Just very cool looking characters. Really enjoyed Fiffe's little letter at the end of issue #2 as well, how he talks about not getting caught up in the past and just have fun with it... You can tell he's having fun and it's fun to read!
So yeah, great comic. I'm normally not one to talk about physical vs digital, since I don't have a major preference, but the physical trades for this series just are so great with the more unusual paperstock and covers used. Highly recommend it over digital if you can.
Much love, as always, to fauxtrot for bringing this comic into my life and sending me this book a while ago for free. Real MVP.
So yeah, great comic. I'm normally not one to talk about physical vs digital, since I don't have a major preference, but the physical trades for this series just are so great with the more unusual paperstock and covers used. Highly recommend it over digital if you can.
Much love, as always, to fauxtrot for bringing this comic into my life and sending me this book a while ago for free. Real MVP.
TropicalFish
Member
What a weird ass costume.
New X-Men was great but them designs though...
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I'm currently reading the Justice League Unlimited comics and loving them.
WadiumArcadium
Member
I'm in the UK so it would probably cost me even more.
BKatastrophe
Member
Old Man Logan #3
Interesting how
Nothing haven't said before. Sorrentino/Lemire da gawds. Also holy shit I just realized that Sorrentino is reusing his Oliver Queen for Logan. Look at the faces.
A-Force #3
Man I'm not feeling this book as much as I want to. Like...I'm not sure why. Just not. Also, it bugs me that they refer to The Ultimates as if Carol isn't on that team.
Invincible Iron Man #7
Man Deodato is certainly no Marquez. Also the Bendis speak is strong here. Also every time I look at the cover it looks like Mary Jane has a huge tooth gap. I'd like the plot of the book more if it wasn't padded with pointless dialogue. Sometimes the exchanges are funny, but they get tiring after awhile. I'm still interested, but the book certainly isn't as good as the first arc.
Fuck I really want to read that. It looks like the X-Force book we deserve (Uncanny isn't cutting it). Has the art and writing improved since the first issue? I couldn't get past everyone being the hugest of douches to Deadpool. Like Rogue I can kinda buy, but Peter was going over the top. The art bummed me out super hard as well, since I really enjoyed Stegman on Inhuman.
Interesting how
they have the new Spider-Woman and Quicksilver costumes, but apparently FemThor never happened.
A-Force #3
Man I'm not feeling this book as much as I want to. Like...I'm not sure why. Just not. Also, it bugs me that they refer to The Ultimates as if Carol isn't on that team.
Invincible Iron Man #7
Man Deodato is certainly no Marquez. Also the Bendis speak is strong here. Also every time I look at the cover it looks like Mary Jane has a huge tooth gap. I'd like the plot of the book more if it wasn't padded with pointless dialogue. Sometimes the exchanges are funny, but they get tiring after awhile. I'm still interested, but the book certainly isn't as good as the first arc.
Fuck I really want to read that. It looks like the X-Force book we deserve (Uncanny isn't cutting it). Has the art and writing improved since the first issue? I couldn't get past everyone being the hugest of douches to Deadpool. Like Rogue I can kinda buy, but Peter was going over the top. The art bummed me out super hard as well, since I really enjoyed Stegman on Inhuman.
It is, as is all of John Allison's stuff.
Finished reading Y: The Last Man the other day. Great series. It's weird, I got to a point where I thought it had nowhere near enough time to craft a coherent ending, but then it did. Not a happy one, but a coherent (both plot and emotionally coherent) one.
I'm not sure about the
morphogenic explanation for the plague
Next up I'm reading Alias. I used to read it back in the day but I'm not sure I ever did the complete run. Reads well so far, though it's very, very, very Bendis. But in his better ways.
Freezasaurus
Member
Messi being too hard on the wrong comics.
I don't have time for average comic books.
Daaang
Freezasaurus
Member
And yet you're reading Dejah Thoris and Vampirella. :O
What does that say about A-Force then?
The hook for A-Force never grabbed me, and I was always puzzled about how the Secret Wars/main universe migration could work convincingly.
I'm all for a female team book, but Marvel completely failed to explain why I should be excited about that team otherwise. That happened with nearly all the team books coming out of SW to be honest, apart from The Ultimates.
Edit: Also lol at this Batgirl mess. DC Editorial, pls.
I'm all for a female team book, but Marvel completely failed to explain why I should be excited about that team otherwise. That happened with nearly all the team books coming out of SW to be honest, apart from The Ultimates.
Edit: Also lol at this Batgirl mess. DC Editorial, pls.
Freezasaurus
Member
That your definition of average is less severe than it should be.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Nah, the team is fine. Not amazing, but fine. Because they have a hook for why they hang around together, other than "editorial mandate".
ThyMusicMan
Member
whatsinaname
Member
You sure you want to go down this road? There are people willing to spend several hundred dollars on Carol statues.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I'm not afraid of them, their ludicrous spending habits have left them malnourished and weak.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
That nosebleed. So Secret Wars secrets will be not so secret anymore eh?
It's ok to say that Carol is a complete waste of life. Slayven will come to your rescue.
ThyMusicMan
Member
May drive down this year and pull a Kipp.
Sucks, Liefeld cancelled early.
Also preplanning a little.. I'm pretty sure i will stay clear of Snyder this year... I've gone the last two year and his damn line is usually at least a 2 hour wait.. But I will wait for Capullo... Get my Batman #1 signed and graded...again (already have Snyder)
Still dont understand why for japanese horny = nose bleeding
That nosebleed. So Secret Wars secrets will be not so secret anymore eh?
RepairmanJack
Member
I'm in the middle of trying to catch up to some DC YOU titles and I just have to ask, is Grayson the new it guy in DC? He seems to make an appearance in almost every book I read. It isn't too big of an issue but it just seems crazy how many things they put him in week to week.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
When your hot and bothered all the blood rushes to your head and out your nose. Also I think it has something to do with having impure thoughts.
Freezasaurus
Member
Pretty much. It's usually really exaggerated in animu and manga, though.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Not necessarily the people I'd be interested in but still plenty of people I would like to see in the overall list.
I'm also on vacation that week. I'd go if I thought I could find someone to go with. But I don't think I want to go solo.
Maybe you cant show someone getting his wiener up.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
consider yourself lucky
Azumanga Daioh is fun
Always made me think folks had a medical condition.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Would explain the birth rate tbh.
I can't imagine a bigger turnoff than getting in bed with someone and suddenly being covered in noseblood.
Freezasaurus
Member
If it does happen, it's nowhere near the pints-per-second portrayed in animu.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Really? I absolutely imagined that there were tons of Japanese people who were losing near-fatal amounts of blood every time they saw an attractive member of the opposite sex.
Definitely thought that.
This is new and surprising information to me.
I just think A-Force has had a noticeable drop on quality in all areas.
Well damn. Finished the first Walking Dead Compendium, and I think I am indeed hooked enough to pick up the other two. It's very much in that area where it feels pretty janky and questionably written, but it's still got a certain something to keep me hooked. Kind of the same way I felt about the first Hunger Games book (though not THAT poorly written, as holy crap that book is poorly written, and I'm also hoping this doesn't devolve into pure garbage in the second book/compendium the way that did...)
The ending to the Compendium was definitely intense, with the whole
The ending to the Compendium was definitely intense, with the whole
fall of the prison and just so many deaths. A shame that my friend had to be like "oh, did Lori die yet? That happens real early, right?" a few days before I read it, as it definitely stole some of the impact. (Also, on a tangent that doesn't actually apply here but comes to mind: there really needs to be a way to turn off the words "death/dies" etc on google's auto-suggest, as that HAS spoiled me once or twice because if you ever need to google a character to like figure out the actor or the spelling of the name or whatever and they eventually die, it WILL be in the autosuggest and totally spoil that, which is lame.) Oh, and the death of the Governor was pretty satisfying after all that. Half wonder if it wouldn't have been better to straight play the paranoia between the two groups instead, though. That's where it felt like it was heading when they blew up the stuff, but then it was all "nope, the Governor's alive and is still tricking them to doing messed up, antagonistic stuff." I don't know, just feels like a missed opportunity.