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COMICS! |OT| May 2016. Let's Do It. Let's Fall in Love.
- Thread starter Tyrant Rave
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Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Nailbiter and Birthright are both worth picking up.
RepairmanJack
Member
Decided to start catching up on Marvel because I was bored.
Went from loving the first issue of Sam's Cap to absolutely hating it and dropping it, can't even specifically point to why. So far Invincible Iron-Man and the X-Men books have been my favorite. Biggest surprise has been Captain Marvel and Spider-Woman, didn't expect much out of them and ended up loving them both.
Went from loving the first issue of Sam's Cap to absolutely hating it and dropping it, can't even specifically point to why. So far Invincible Iron-Man and the X-Men books have been my favorite. Biggest surprise has been Captain Marvel and Spider-Woman, didn't expect much out of them and ended up loving them both.
KoruptData
Member
There is a prose short story in the back of Colder vol 2 that was a roller coaster of emotions. Paul Tobin is an excellent writer. I felt like I was inside the head of a legit crazy person. Truly haunting stuff.
Asked a couple days ago about tablets and figured I'd follow up with a couple I saw and see what you guys think.
Cheap one: Astro Tab A10
About the most I'm willing to spend: Lenova Tab 2
Anybody have experience with either of these and have any comments? Thinking of purchasing one this week so I can get a marvel unlimited subscription and stop thinking about buying expensive ass bulky omnibuses.
Comics is really my only purpose for purchasing.
Cheap one: Astro Tab A10
About the most I'm willing to spend: Lenova Tab 2
Anybody have experience with either of these and have any comments? Thinking of purchasing one this week so I can get a marvel unlimited subscription and stop thinking about buying expensive ass bulky omnibuses.
Comics is really my only purpose for purchasing.
All of pre Blackest Night GLC tpbs are out of print, and any issues that are part of a crossover (Sinestro Corps War, War of the GLs) are included in those trades.
Ooooops.
Anyways, I just finished the first TPB of Hitman. So great. Really, really excited about reading this series. I have a feeling I'm gonna jam through it. Then after I finish Hitman I'm gonna put together a pretty big IST order for myself.
whatsinaname
Member
Started reading Usagi Yojimbo Saga v2. Only a few pages in and already hit a great story, "A Promise in the Snow". Man, that ending.
Yeah, I read the first two Hitman trades quite recently too. It is great.
Yeah, I read the first two Hitman trades quite recently too. It is great.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Al Ewing is the Patrick Ewing of comics.
Did that recent Garth Ennis stuff (I think he did some stuff for both DC and Marvel? Can't remember) get collected yet?
Edit: Looks like All Star Section 8 comes out next month. SO excited for that one.
Where Monsters Dwell (Ennis' Secret Wars mini) seems to have already been released. What's the consensus on that one? Garth Ennis and dinosaurs. Seems like a good thing, no?
Edit: Looks like All Star Section 8 comes out next month. SO excited for that one.
Where Monsters Dwell (Ennis' Secret Wars mini) seems to have already been released. What's the consensus on that one? Garth Ennis and dinosaurs. Seems like a good thing, no?
No it didn't
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
It's ok
Bah. Any news of one?
Birdie saying a comic is just "ok." Guess I should stay far away from it.
Nope. It's only just come back from a break.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Just saw this on tumblr, James Harvey made an excellent post talking about Frank Miller's work on DK3. His theory is that Miller's work so far is actually good, it just suffers from poor coloring. He put his theory to the test by trying to color some of the art himself. The results are pretty striking:
Worth reading for sure.
Wow. That recolored Batman is stellar. Top notch Miller.
It is pretty bizarre. They're trying to color Miller's incredibly cartoonish, caricature-ish artwork in a very realistic way. Makes no sense and doesn't compliment the art in the least.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Jesus this is amazing.
ThyMusicMan
Member
I have a print of this signed by Snyder and Capullo... its perrrrtty
my name is ed
Banned
Yeah idk who is coloring TDKIII covers but theyre really fighting Millers linework right now. Love the alt takes this guy is doing.
Simply Sarah
Member
It just further hammers home for me something that I've increasingly realized: The colourist is just as important as the person doing the pencils. Can make stuff really work or can destroy the qualities of the original line art.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
There's a war on between weirder art takes and the "clubhouse" colorists at the major labels. Unfortunately, Jordie Bellaire can't color EVERYTHING, and Dave Stewart is tucked away in Mignolaland.
So wait, does this Brubaker Cap sale on comixology cover everything, or no?
Also, with the mess of different releases out of print and whatnot, is there even a way to get it all in a single print format right now, or at least one announced?
Also, with the mess of different releases out of print and whatnot, is there even a way to get it all in a single print format right now, or at least one announced?
Tyrant Rave
Banned
It's the same with inkers too. I think it was frye who posted a comparison once between the pencils of an artist (I think it was Miller again actually) and finished inks by various artists and the results are massive. Wish I could find it.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Its especially important for artist who draw in an "older" style. Like you can't take John Romita Sr' work and go, "let me just apply this yellow filter and some auto-skin tones on this shit and call it day". No man, it just...looks wrong!
There is a certain tone and texture you have to tailor to specific artists, eevn in a more modern context, like that work he did in the 90s, that felt different from a lot of other 90s comics in its color usage, but thats the only way classic Spider-Man works man
yeah cool people!
There is a certain tone and texture you have to tailor to specific artists, eevn in a more modern context, like that work he did in the 90s, that felt different from a lot of other 90s comics in its color usage, but thats the only way classic Spider-Man works man
yeah cool people!
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
It stops before the other follow up series (Cap and Bucky, the next volume of Captain America, Cap Rebirth or whatever its called)
Thanks for sharing, those recolored pages are phenomenal.
It looks like Brad Anderson is doing the colors on the covers and interiors, and he clearly was not the right choice. I wonder why in the world DC thought it was smart to go with a realistic/modern coloring style for these books and not something a little more abstract or older looking.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Its especially important for artist who draw in an "older" style. Like you can't take John Romita Sr' work and go, "let me just apply this yellow filter and some auto-skin tones on this shit and call it day". No man, it just...looks wrong!
There is a certain tone and texture you have to tailor to specific artists, eevn in a more modern context, like that work he did in the 90s, that felt different from a lot of other 90s comics in its color usage, but thats the only way classic Spider-Man works man
Can't James Harvey color everything
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Even Harvey's DK2 looks better. I'd LOVE to see DC hire him to remix 2 and 3 (DKR is still and eternally perfect)
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Harvey's a cool artist too! His stuff in some of the recent DC ongoings have been great. This is a page from Batgirl that he did:
That's a pretty stark difference. Completely changes my stance on the art. The flat blocky colouring is certainly complimentary to millers current work. Really interesting read.
Simply Sarah
Member
True true. It turns out that if it influences the visuals on the page at all then it's important. Pencils, inks, colours, lettering. Hell, maybe the people doing the flats are more important than I realize too?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Yeah I love his art. Masterplasty is incredible if you haven't seen it. Definitely get it in (gigantic) print if you can find it.
He must be working on something long form, I hope/pray. Everything he's done for a while is one off issues of stuff.
His DK2 recolors are so cool, I love how vibrant and pop art inspired his palette is. Changing the color choice of the middle panel on the right hand side of the Atom page to reflect the colors of the Atom's costume looks especially great. It's such a minor thing, but repeating the red and blue theme just ties it all together so nicely.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
May changes everything.
Freezasaurus
Member
Eh. I can feel GoT starting to go off the rails. I wonder if they know how to do anything but kill off characters.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
The Wonder Woman he colored looks like Jim Mahfood art. I don't believe in shitty art,
except for Greg Land,
Tragicomedy
Member
That's probably the best motto for Frank Castle 2016: "He gets stuff done."
My wife and I are finishing up season two of Daredevil, and she loves the character. "He does what Daredevil should..." That'll do, babe, that'll do.
Nah, sorry, you can't salvage 2016 Miller artistically or ideologically. It still looks like hot dogshit, except the colors are halfway decent. It's like the recent UXM relaunch trying to hide Land. It's a good try, but, nah, it's still the same crap underneath.
If it's the same thing I'm thinking of, it was actually different inkers doing their thing on Jim Lee's pencils.
Edit: Here's what I'm thinking of
That is so rad.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
It was never a good show to begin with, and I really I'd been exposed these plot elements in the book first.
That said, "Until you" is the sickest burn in TV history.