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COMICS! |OT| March 2016. It's your job to be great.
- Thread starter Tyrant Rave
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I meant to say Vernoica Fish saves the art for two issues. But yes. Ford doesn't fit at all and she seems to be doing the majority of the art and I was sad to see she is doing the silk portions of the Spiderwomen crossover
TetraxShards
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I meant to say Vernoica Fish saves the art for two issues. But yes. Ford doesn't fit at all and she seems to be doing the majority of the art and I was sad to see she is doing the silk portions of the Spiderwomen crossover
Can we at least appreciate the Stacey Lee variant cover for the first part?
Me gusta. I made it my phone wallpaper.
whatsinaname
Member
Can't say if it fits the book or not but I really like the panel you posted...
Yeah it's lovely and just makes me miss her more. Please get her back or Veronica Fish.
Fish is doing great work on Archie though.
Freezasaurus
Member
Holy shit, I love that cover.
Love it
Last Days of Ant-Man #1: wait, what? #1? Why #1, Ant-Man was on issue #5 lol. Silly renumbering aside, this was great as usual. Scott's investor turned out to be a silver age retired hero with a retirement home for sikver age heroes (and villains), and as the world ends, Scott hooks up with Beetle because that cant go wrong. Hows the new book anyway, you guys never talk about it.
Anyway, all caught up with everything non-secret wars related, so time to jump back into those.
Anyway, all caught up with everything non-secret wars related, so time to jump back into those.
I like the current ongoing.
whatsinaname
Member
Yeah, I can see how that change would feel pretty drastic.
But personally, the Ford panel does a lot more for me.
The problem is that it is so tonally different to the other two artists. Especially when the art looks nothing like what is promised on the covers. I have no problem with her as an artist. I just think this is a bad fit.
The series is supposed to have this light edge that Lee gives it but Fords art lacks that.
Any artist with a unique style is going to get mixed opinions regarding their work. This goes for Tana Ford as well. I don't think she's bad or anything, but I'm not a fan. I think I'm very open-minded to art styles but sometimes there's one that I'm just not feeling.
A-Force #2: yoooo this art, Jorge Molina who are you? Great issue as Nico tries to hide the mystery universe girl but Loki makes her take her to She Hulk, where another portal opens and all hell breaks loose. This is a fun book, and im quite intrigued where its going, as these portals are clearly to other battleworld sections. That art tho, damn son.
Planet Hulk #2: speaking of fun books, Cap, Devil Dinosaur and Doc Green adventures through the Greenlands is the definition of fun. Not much in plot advancement but great banter between them. Great art too.
Ultimate End #3: what a fucking shit show. This is the only tie in that makes no sense in the overall narrative of battleworld, its like Bendis wrote how he wanted to end the ultimate universe, Hickman went "look at me...im the captain now" and did his thing, and then Bendis was like "lol fuck you im Bendis ill do it anyway". At least Bagleys art is pretty good.
Planet Hulk #2: speaking of fun books, Cap, Devil Dinosaur and Doc Green adventures through the Greenlands is the definition of fun. Not much in plot advancement but great banter between them. Great art too.
Ultimate End #3: what a fucking shit show. This is the only tie in that makes no sense in the overall narrative of battleworld, its like Bendis wrote how he wanted to end the ultimate universe, Hickman went "look at me...im the captain now" and did his thing, and then Bendis was like "lol fuck you im Bendis ill do it anyway". At least Bagleys art is pretty good.
Jorge Molina does some incredible work on that book. In particular for Nico/Singularity and the big fight scenes. Visually striking book. Story was great fun too with some great emotional beats imo.
I wonder where Molina is going now that he is off of A-Force.
Freezasaurus
Member
Maybe Lee has something yet unannounced she's working on. Something with a NOT evil protagonist.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Maybe she doesn't like working on a monthly or has a hard time with deadlines
Yeah, its really sad. I love her artwork. She really adds a lot to the book for me.
We're talking away
I don't know what I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today is another day to find you
shying away
I'll be coming for your love okay?
Freezasaurus
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Red Skull #1: this was... actually pretty cool? A ragtag gang of villains (and Bucky) go over the shield into the Deadlands to bring back proof of Red Skull's death (Doom sent Skull over the wall when Skull rebelled against him). Neat concept, cool art, fun book. Didnt see this one coming at all, I didnt even hear about it back when SW was happening.
Future Imperfect #2: Maestro vs Thing goes down pretty much as one expects it to except with a twist at the end. This was ok, its not doing much for me but its certainly readable. Greg Land tho... actually the art is completly fine aswell /shrug
Secret Wars Journal #3: more short stories, starting with a neat noir style detective story with Logan investigating Tony Stark's death which involves doppelgangers from the AoA domain. Then we get a cute little story with Doc Samson being a hulk-shrink to a bunch of hulk-people in what I assume is a pre-hulk-apocalypse Greenlands. Enjoyable issue that feels perfect for MU, not so much for something you would pay $4 for.
Future Imperfect #2: Maestro vs Thing goes down pretty much as one expects it to except with a twist at the end. This was ok, its not doing much for me but its certainly readable. Greg Land tho... actually the art is completly fine aswell /shrug
Secret Wars Journal #3: more short stories, starting with a neat noir style detective story with Logan investigating Tony Stark's death which involves doppelgangers from the AoA domain. Then we get a cute little story with Doc Samson being a hulk-shrink to a bunch of hulk-people in what I assume is a pre-hulk-apocalypse Greenlands. Enjoyable issue that feels perfect for MU, not so much for something you would pay $4 for.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
I probably missed it but what did you think of the Daredevil, Elektra, Sinister story from SWJ #2?
It was my favorite short story from the anthologies.
It was amazing and I was gutted it wasnt from any actual tie in. Same for that cool Kanshu X-Men story.
Sinister needs a big story already, amazing villain. Do a Avengers arc with him so its not always x-men. Hell use the Uncanny Avengers, they are basically a X team anyway >_>
1872 #1: Loved this, Duggan putting in work as usual. Great art, great concept and great cliffhanger. Wasnt Red Wolf going to cross over to the 616 after SW? What happened with that?
Sinister needs a big story already, amazing villain. Do a Avengers arc with him so its not always x-men. Hell use the Uncanny Avengers, they are basically a X team anyway >_>
1872 #1: Loved this, Duggan putting in work as usual. Great art, great concept and great cliffhanger. Wasnt Red Wolf going to cross over to the 616 after SW? What happened with that?
Effigenius
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Well, and when I say Ennis's Punisher was too farcical, I don't JUST mean ridiculous characters like Soap and the Russian. I actually mainly mean Ennis's habit of having the Punisher take on 50 or more men at once with guns and kill them all. Rightly or wrongly, I lay the blame for that trend at Ennis's feet. I feel like he's the one who really changed Punisher stories from almost plausible vigilante missions to ridiculous over the top, video game/Tarrentino-like affairs.
I haven't read most of his Max work yet. I did get the recent trade that came out collecting some of it. The first story is Born, which is exactly the kind of ridiculousness I was just talking about. Frank single handidly murdering a 50+ Vietnamese at a time. The second story started out really well, it was the return of Microchip. But the ending completely turned me off.
I hate when writers kill off characters that have been around for years just to make their stories feel more important. Bringing Microchip back only to have Frank Kill him, reminded me of Kevin Smith bringing back Silver Saint Cloud in the Batman books. Completely unnecessary, and didn't make much sense. Frank kills Micro for what, working with the government? Because the government was selling drugs and Micro knew about it, Frank murders him? Despite the fact that Micro has such a long history with Frank, and saves his life in this storyline. Just terrible.
TropicalFish
Member
Wonder Woman is drawn so badly compared to Batwoman in the World's Finest arc and I have no idea why.
Love the team up though.
@yall who gave the Hawkgirl and Big Barda recommendations, thank you Imma look into em after I finish Birds Of Prey.
Love the team up though.
@yall who gave the Hawkgirl and Big Barda recommendations, thank you
Imma look into em after I finish Birds Of Prey.
Where Monsters Dwell #2-4: Huh...err I'm not sure how I feel about this, and I'm a huge Ennis fan. I understand its supposed to be a period piece but all the bitches, sluts and otherwise offensive terms that flew in the time period he's emulating don't fly these days, emulation or not ("ill just sex you up woman and then just get an abortion" whut). The story itself isnt even interesting as its just the plot from that futurama episode with the amazons (or any other female tribe cliche). Yeah this is not the return of Marvel Ennis I wanted that's for sure.
The fact that it continues to have zero to do with Secret Wars doesnt help.
The fact that it continues to have zero to do with Secret Wars doesnt help.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Ive enjoyed it because the pilot is such a cowardly dumb sexist ass that watching him constantly fail has been entertaining so far. And while Ennis uses the offensive terms it's very clear that it's there to admonish that behavior. Not encourage it
I dunno...it reminds me of Kill La Kill where I was enjoying it as a parody until I started thinking "if its as fan-service-y as the material its being a parody of, is it still a parody?"
It's a fun read, the ending is pretty entertaining as well. One of the better tie-ins.
I try to avoid most marvel threads here because they turn to shit
KoruptData
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Started reading Ultimate Spider-Man again this last week. Up to issue 57 and it's pretty much the GOAT Spidey.
It's good, but I've never liked it as much as 616 spider-man though I've always considered the highschool stuff inherently worse.
Absolutely. Definitely one of the best runs (all the way through miles-man) that i've ever read. Glad you enjoy it.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
A colony of Batmen.
Really nice figure. My one walking dead statue is 50/3000 or whatever
Effigenius
Member
A gaggle of Squirrel Girl
Poodlestrike
Banned
No kidding. I'm amazed it's even the same guy, talk about a 180.