I like Marquez. He has been severely missed on Invincible Iron Man. But he is no Coipel. I would kill for him to do an event. I bet he would miss deadlines worse than Aja and Ribic.
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COMICS! |OT| May 2016. Let's Do It. Let's Fall in Love.
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I like Marquez. He has been severely missed on Invincible Iron Man. But he is no Coipel. I would kill for him to do an event. I bet he would miss deadlines worse than Aja and Ribic.
God is amazing! regular HC will be mine XD
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
At least since Waid was on it. I think it was during Legends or a bit after his book started.
BKatastrophe
Member
Star Wars: Vader Down
So, I've really been enjoying Vader. It's the only SW book I've been reading, and so since Vader Down was next up as a crossover between Vader and SW, I was a bit worried. Crossovers and all that. However, I really liked it. It's a pretty short trade and there's not much to tell because of it.
Essentially, Vader is continuing on his search for Luke since an encounter they had in Star Wars. He is attempting to beat Karbin -- one of several new warriors the Emperor has been engineering to replace Vader, and who is formally tasked with finding Luke. Vader accidentally ends up in the middle of a Rebel training exercise, which Luke happens to be at. Vader murders a bunch of Rebels before Luke takes him down. The Rebels send out a distress call to Leia, who sets out with reinforcements that include Han, Chewie, and 3PO. Aphra also intercepts the message, and flies to the planet to assist Vader, along with 000 and BT. She also calls in backup that arrives later.
Vader kills a shitload of Rebels, Aphra tries to capture Luke, Leia tries to kill Vader, Han tries to rescue Luke, and Luke is just trying to get the fuck out of there. Aphra, 000, and BT duel Han and Chewie for Luke. Leia calls in an airstrike. Krrsantan (a wookie bounty hunter that hates Han and Chewie) stops Han, which causes even more of a clusterfuck. Then Karbin shows up, Vader and him duel. Vader kills him with Aphra's help, Aphra almost manages to capture Luke, but gets knocked out by Leia, who escapes during Vader's duel, and Krrsantan gets his ass knocked out like momma told someone. The remaining Rebels escape, as well as Vader's group. Oh, also the planet they were on had a Jedi Temple, where Obi-Wan's ghost told both Vader and Luke about some impending event. Obi-Wan took to informing Luke that he shouldn't have gone to the temple, and Vader that another is coming to balance the force since he failed.
It's a pretty simplistic story. Not much to say in the way of character analysis or depth, and I suppose there's some minor world-building here. There's certainly a lot of plot advancement on the Vader side of things, but since I'm not reading the core SW book, I have no idea how it plays on that side. Larroca and Deodato deliver beautiful art and glorious action in spades, though I feel Deodato is the stronger of the two. Of course, Gillen and Aaron are just both good writers. I love the action, seeing all the strategies just go to shit amongst the chaos. Oh, and the fight between Solo's crew and Aphra's crew is awesome. This was a really fun story to read, if a bit short.
Coming off of this, I must ask how the core Star Wars book is. I'm officially curious now.
Deodato's a really good replacement for him, though.
So, I've really been enjoying Vader. It's the only SW book I've been reading, and so since Vader Down was next up as a crossover between Vader and SW, I was a bit worried. Crossovers and all that. However, I really liked it. It's a pretty short trade and there's not much to tell because of it.
Essentially, Vader is continuing on his search for Luke since an encounter they had in Star Wars. He is attempting to beat Karbin -- one of several new warriors the Emperor has been engineering to replace Vader, and who is formally tasked with finding Luke. Vader accidentally ends up in the middle of a Rebel training exercise, which Luke happens to be at. Vader murders a bunch of Rebels before Luke takes him down. The Rebels send out a distress call to Leia, who sets out with reinforcements that include Han, Chewie, and 3PO. Aphra also intercepts the message, and flies to the planet to assist Vader, along with 000 and BT. She also calls in backup that arrives later.
Vader kills a shitload of Rebels, Aphra tries to capture Luke, Leia tries to kill Vader, Han tries to rescue Luke, and Luke is just trying to get the fuck out of there. Aphra, 000, and BT duel Han and Chewie for Luke. Leia calls in an airstrike. Krrsantan (a wookie bounty hunter that hates Han and Chewie) stops Han, which causes even more of a clusterfuck. Then Karbin shows up, Vader and him duel. Vader kills him with Aphra's help, Aphra almost manages to capture Luke, but gets knocked out by Leia, who escapes during Vader's duel, and Krrsantan gets his ass knocked out like momma told someone. The remaining Rebels escape, as well as Vader's group. Oh, also the planet they were on had a Jedi Temple, where Obi-Wan's ghost told both Vader and Luke about some impending event. Obi-Wan took to informing Luke that he shouldn't have gone to the temple, and Vader that another is coming to balance the force since he failed.
It's a pretty simplistic story. Not much to say in the way of character analysis or depth, and I suppose there's some minor world-building here. There's certainly a lot of plot advancement on the Vader side of things, but since I'm not reading the core SW book, I have no idea how it plays on that side. Larroca and Deodato deliver beautiful art and glorious action in spades, though I feel Deodato is the stronger of the two. Of course, Gillen and Aaron are just both good writers. I love the action, seeing all the strategies just go to shit amongst the chaos. Oh, and the fight between Solo's crew and Aphra's crew is awesome. This was a really fun story to read, if a bit short.
Coming off of this, I must ask how the core Star Wars book is. I'm officially curious now.
Deodato's a really good replacement for him, though.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Well I finally completed my first Pokemon game. It's a series I never really tried even though I've been around it for 20 years. Just finished my playthrough of Pokemon Yellow. Pretty basic, VERY Grindy but it had its charms.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Yea. They clearly have some UI age to them. I've never seen a game where they don't bother to explain items, moves, or really anything in the menus, stores, etc. also the limited inventory of items and in the computer but they never tell you what that amount is. You just run into it. I'm told the manuals back in the day explained things but I got it on 3ds with the release. Thankfully I used the Internet to find things out.
Now to find my next stream/TV watching game. Oh and this makes 26 completed games so far this year! Woot
More_Badass
Member
Has anyone read Arcadia? Just learned about while looking for interesting sci-fi series. Got some SOMA vibes from the premise
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Loved the
cameo in the new Squirrel Girl.
Also started volume 2 of Brubaker's Catwoman just now. First issue was a nice little on-off issue. I've never been a huge Catwoman fan but this book is really changing that. Very great series. I really like how even though the artists do change, they manage to keep a pretty unified art direction so far.
Boomerang
Also started volume 2 of Brubaker's Catwoman just now. First issue was a nice little on-off issue. I've never been a huge Catwoman fan but this book is really changing that. Very great series. I really like how even though the artists do change, they manage to keep a pretty unified art direction so far.
Ten issues into my Planetary re-read, and I just can't get over how good it is. I mean, I joined this comic GAF group when I FIRST started reading comics. Maybe a week into it. And when I mean first started, I mean literally. I had never read a comic book before last year. In a weird way, I didn't know HOW to read one. In my naivety, I thought if you have a comic book volume, that book is one linear story, one and done. If you have a single issue, that is one single story. I thought of them in such a straightforward, understated, and ignorant way. A few months into reading, I still didn't know much REALLY, and that's when I first read Planetary (my first omnibus, and my first book that contained more than one "volume" in it).
I remember being really confused a lot of the time. I remember perfectly making posts on here about how I was confused and not sure what was happening and having a hard time following. I knew it was good, I could tell the quality of the writing and the art was really good, but I just didn't appreciate it. It was in part because I couldn't understand any of the references and homages that were made, of course, but also because I didn't understand the format. I didn't understand the flow.
Reading it now, again, having read so so so many comics in the last year, it just clicks, and its brilliance shows itself immediately. It's a story, but in a lot of ways, it's a bunch of little stories making up a bigger one. The overarching plot is told in increments and not in a purely linear fashion. Now I'm not saying that Planetary uses some innovative storytelling or that it's never been done before. I'm just trying to convey that, more than anything else I've read, it begs for someone who is well-familiar with the medium. And I'm just happy that I can be now, and I can see for real what so many others have been able to.
I remember being really confused a lot of the time. I remember perfectly making posts on here about how I was confused and not sure what was happening and having a hard time following. I knew it was good, I could tell the quality of the writing and the art was really good, but I just didn't appreciate it. It was in part because I couldn't understand any of the references and homages that were made, of course, but also because I didn't understand the format. I didn't understand the flow.
Reading it now, again, having read so so so many comics in the last year, it just clicks, and its brilliance shows itself immediately. It's a story, but in a lot of ways, it's a bunch of little stories making up a bigger one. The overarching plot is told in increments and not in a purely linear fashion. Now I'm not saying that Planetary uses some innovative storytelling or that it's never been done before. I'm just trying to convey that, more than anything else I've read, it begs for someone who is well-familiar with the medium. And I'm just happy that I can be now, and I can see for real what so many others have been able to.
TropicalFish
Member
Exiles #65.
So that's where the iconic image of Blink
came from.
Ugh I love her so much.
So that's where the iconic image of Blink
teleporting sand into Hyperion
Ugh I love her so much.
She really is the best.
More_Badass
Member
Colder and Severed are two great horror comics. The former has some gruesome body horror and twisted imagery, while the latter is just thick with unsettling atmosphere and has a great early 1900s setting
I bet someone's finger nails get bitten in Colder. Seems like that kinda book.
I read the first issue of the Vader Down miniseries, they are giving Vader the Roman Reigns treatment, such strength.
Also switched to Mei in a defend anubis map and was productive. I might even play as her more. I also ran into some terrrrrible matches. I need more ps4 overwatch friends and might have to add random people in the overwatch thread spreadsheet. People who don't use mics but can aim to make up for my lack of aim.
I read the first issue of the Vader Down miniseries, they are giving Vader the Roman Reigns treatment, such strength.
Also switched to Mei in a defend anubis map and was productive. I might even play as her more. I also ran into some terrrrrible matches. I need more ps4 overwatch friends and might have to add random people in the overwatch thread spreadsheet. People who don't use mics but can aim to make up for my lack of aim.
BKatastrophe
Member
TropicalFish
Member
Someone recommend me some good X-Men runs with Jubilee when she still had her mutant powers.
BKatastrophe
Member
X-Men '92.
Or anything pre-M Day, since she lost her powers on M Day. I've never really read any of the 90's era.
echoshifting
Banned
I loved the first few years of Generation X but it's been awhile since I read it, not sure the writing holds up. It's a Bachalo book though so I'm sure it's still gorgeous. First book that really brought me to appreciate him in fact.
Depressingly little 90s stuff holds up tbh.
Freezasaurus
Member
Legit pretty good.
echoshifting
Banned
Legit confusing.
TropicalFish
Member
Read X-Men 92. Liked it, but not enough to follow the Post Secret Wars one unless it's really good.
I've decided to start with the Blue and Gold X-Men era because they look cool (love the 90s era costumes tbh, especially Storm and Jean's) and they also go into the Phalanx Covenant arc which is apparently the origin of Generation X?
I'm already at #91 of Exiles so I'm looking forward to a new X-book to read....
... Though I am still in the midst of reading Xtreme X-Men. I like it more now that the whole Kahn arc is over, but this murder mystery debacle is meh.
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DC wise, I've started reading Geoff Johns' Hawkman run because I didn't realise Hawkgirl was so prominent in it.
Regarding his JSA run though, is it fine if I just start here or do/should I read everything beforehand first?
Anything with quality Hawkgirl is my jam.
Oh, and I've decided to buy the George Perez WW Omnibus. I was gonna wait until July when the first part of Greg Rucka's WW run gets released and buy both but I want the former now lmao.
Paper Girl's story is legit delivered to you on a silver platter. It was the easiest
story I think I've ever read.
The story is just an observation on all the 30-somethings who can't get over 80s media. It's all about not dwelling on the past and trying to make a positive future, all taped together in a nice 80s summer movie blockbuster package.
It's not Grant Morrison.
time travel
Adult from the future is harvesting children in one of the alternate 80s universes caused by meddling. There's a good chance that the leader is someone from the 80s who is stuck living in the past.
The story is just an observation on all the 30-somethings who can't get over 80s media. It's all about not dwelling on the past and trying to make a positive future, all taped together in a nice 80s summer movie blockbuster package.
It's not Grant Morrison.
Is there a Trade or something collecting their run on Gen X? It isnt on MU yet and I could only find 2 vol. on Amazon that only collects up to issue 11.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
BossDarkseid
Member
Is Rage of Ultron worth a read? Probably gonna order a bunch of tpbs etc later and been interested in it. Kinda pricy for 100 odd pages though...
Opeña art is worth double what they're asking.
BossDarkseid
Member
Wellll i got it on cmx for £11 but i'm not adverse to double dipping so y'know. Cheers
More_Badass
Member
The art and characters were great, but I wish the sci-fi mystery was revealed a bit more gradually and I felt the actual sci-fi shenanigans weren't as weird or alien as I had hoped
For a BKV joint it does feel like he's playing all his cards right at the beginning unlike Y or Private Eye or any of his other books. I genuinely believe that this is his equivalent of a summer movie and I don't expect it to have too many arcs. I doubt the book has a premise strong enough to be anything other than comic book Goonies (which also has a premature ending IMO.)
They're going to meet up with alternate future versions of themselves, they'll team up to "defeat" the old dude or whatever, and then they'll go back to their own timeline.
Absolutely not
More_Badass
Member
It's clearly in the mold of that Spielberg-ian 80s kid adventure, and I feel those movies kind of dole out their weirdness a bit slower. Just thought a bit more restraint in the early issues before diving in the craziness would have been cool
KoruptData
Member
Some people want it to fail. Same with any fandom. People who don't like a thing that many other people like want to see that fandom disappointed.