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COMICS! |OT| May 2013. Nothing says "love you Mom" like a thick Man-Thing... Omnibus.
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I think it'd read much better in one sitting. But still not great.
KoruptData
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Been reading some DC Digital comics and want to get some print stuff. Bought Batman Long Halloween and was looking at some Injustice books. Didnt know what was good. Any recommendations?
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Deleted member 47027
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Not yet but I will be, heard good things.
Animal Man is one of my favorite DC books and RotWorld was so bad I dropped it until it was over.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Same here. Animal Man was so fucking food for a little while--even referenced Morrison's run!--and then it got sucked into the most disappointing yearlong event ever.
It's a good time to jump back in though, this month's issue was aces.
Speaking of Morrison's run, am the only one who's had that omnibus ordered since it was solicited? August seems so far away..
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
No you are not, sir. That and Absolute Bats and Robin! Also, I've been back to AniMan since issue 18, I believe, and yeah, thankfully it's getting back to being the awesome comic it was pre-shiteworld.
You can jump into the N52 series without any knowledge of Morrison's run. But you should read Morrison's run anyway because it's brilliant.
52 run is new-reader friendly, but if you've got time and money, I'd recommend getting Morrison's run. It's one of his best works.
What this awesome dude said.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
One doesn't really inform the other too much but YOU SHOULD READ Morrison's Animal Man just to read a very fine comic. It's Morrison breaking into the mainstream comics scene with some super surreal, bizarre, and incredible stuff.
Also, there's a fun nod to Morrison's run in Lemire's Animan that I appreciated.
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I'll seek out Morrison's Animal Man run first before I go to New 52's.
That callback to Moz was awesome.
BenjaminBirdie
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I read an article just today about Animal Man and it summed up the most recent developments in the title and it ensured I will never in my life read it because eff that ess
If it was a lesser writer I might be inclined to agree with you, but I have complete trust in Lemire to deliver. Even more so now that he's no longer collaborating with Scott Snyder.
Must be those chrome foil covers.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Tim's right-- you should give it another shot, birdie.
Lemire writesa damn fine Animan, but he was bogged down by the grandiose forever-ever-long cross over with Snyder. I love Snyder but the dude has a hard-on for overdrawn and overblown "events". Lemire, however, can do wonderful things with smaller arcs and single issues and works well with family stories.
There are a bunch of open readers to it here I think. Every time an issue comes out people are like "dang, nothing happened again!"
The omnibus is out in a couple months. Is it available any way else?
creationtheory
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I liked Sweet Tooth in the beginning. I liked Animal Man in the beginning. They both started to really suck around the same time. What happened Lamire? I haven't ready any of his books since Sweet Tooth ended. I only stuck with ST because I knew it was ending.
In general, ComicsGAF isn't that different than the general public. They may bitch and moan, but they still buy event comics regardless of quality.
KoruptData
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I only bought the Ultron one-shot, and only because I'm a Runaways (and Immonen) fan. I tried reading the main book proper, and it was a bit of a dud.
Most of the nu52 JL is super mediocre. Throne of Atlantis was fun, probably the best part of it.
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No idea, maybe I should just wait then. I got a buddy who was big into Animal Man so he may have the content.
slightconfuse
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Might get back on the animal man train. jumped off befofre rotworld.
think ill wait for that morrison omnibus.
think ill wait for that morrison omnibus.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Killjoys brahs!!! Becky Cloonan!!! http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=16562.
Looks amazing. Get off your ass Ba and let's get more umbrella Academy.
Looks amazing. Get off your ass Ba and let's get more umbrella Academy.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
It's rad! The first two trades are solid. I kind of fell off once they hopped on a pirate ship for some sea adventurin', though. It's dumb fun and looks gorgeous at times.
RotWorld happened to Animal Man, nothing sucks the life out of a book like crossover hell. I had zero complaints about Sweet Tooth though.
creationtheory
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For me the more he revealed in ST the less interesting it became.
Xux
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BenjaminBirdie
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No it said stuff already happened, so this crud was presumably his idea.
Didn't anyone read 52?
slightconfuse
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Reach has a crazy theory about the New Warriors coming back.
that omnibus might be a sign as well
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/05/17/marvel-brings-back-the-new-warriors-possibly/
that omnibus might be a sign as well
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/05/17/marvel-brings-back-the-new-warriors-possibly/
Freezasaurus
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No, I openly admit I'm buying this god-awful book. I keep thinking there's going to be some great plot twist that makes it all worth it. How silly of me.
Have you read any of the tie-ins? The Avengers Assemble ones are legit.
slightconfuse
Banned
i bought the hitch issue of AoU.
Oh I know exactly what you're referring to, I just have faith in Lemire to pull it off and make it work.
And in the comics-gaf ecosystem, your suffering and Age of Ultron impressions help me decide to skip the book.
Freezasaurus
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What gets me, is that they could have squeezed the events of the past 8 issues into 2 or 3 issues.
I don't mind events so much, as long as they're better than this half-assed bullshit. It's called Age of Ultron, and WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN ULTRON LOLOLOLOLOL.
Xux
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It's pretty great. The books are well made, too. Figured I might as well mention it here since it's thread has been dead for awhile.
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