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[my name is ed]

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?

Flatters are wonderful and almost get no recognition but they dont really make creative choices that are reflected in the book at the end. Flatters perform a pretty mechanical part. What makes a good flatter is how fast they are and how accurate their flats are in relation to the linework.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Finally got my 50 inch TV.

I hope I can read Comics on that one, too!

 

[WadiumArcadium]

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.

Lies. First three seasons were excellent overall. Season 4 was when it started going downhill.

 

[PsychBat!]

Silicon Valley is perfect.

 

[Kipp]

Killin it on my commission-based headhunter job so far today. Got two strong leads already. Once I get my first commission, I'm most definitely ordering myself some comics.

 

[slightconfuse]

somewhere Lynn Varley is waiting by her phone waiting for DC to call. or at least give Klaus janson a ring. he even works for You!

 

[Messi]

Silicon Valley is perfect.

I agree

 

[Simply Sarah]

Flatters are wonderful and almost get no recognition but they dont really make creative choices that are reflected in the book at the end. Flatters perform a pretty mechanical part. What makes a good flatter is how fast they are and how accurate their flats are in relation to the linework.

See, that's what I understood and assumed from everything I've heard but I realized I wasn't 100% certain on it.

 

[whatsinaname]

Newsarama has a few preview pages for Scooby Doo #1.

http://www.newsarama.com/29083-shaggy-scooby-doo-step-out-in-scooby-apocalypse-1-preview.html

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Lies. First three seasons were excellent overall. Season 4 was when it started going downhill.

Eh. If you're into all that rapey exploitative type shit. The book has much more depth to it throughout.

Silicon Valley is perfect.

God yes. Perfect television on every level. Hilarious, compelling plot, characs I legit care about. Genius-tier.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Eh. If you're into all that rapey exploitative type shit. The book has much more depth to it throughout.

The books are pretty guilty of that as well. It's no coincidence that the show's gone downhill when it reached the book content that started to do the same.

The characters and storylines were more compelling back in the earlier seasons. It was a brilliant adaptation at that point.

 

[echoshifting]

No thread is safe from GoT hate

I still love the show

 

[slightconfuse]

GOt went downhill after season 1. Ned was the most compelling character on the show

 

[VanWinkle]

Maann, looks so good. Get on this, Samnee.

 

[Hagi]

Newsarama has a few preview pages for Scooby Doo #1.

http://www.newsarama.com/29083-shaggy-scooby-doo-step-out-in-scooby-apocalypse-1-preview.html

That's Oliver Queen right? No way that handsome devil is Shaggy.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Killin it on my commission-based headhunter job so far today. Got two strong leads already. Once I get my first commission, I'm most definitely ordering myself some comics.

Headhunting? Sounds a little violent, Kippster.

Newsarama has a few preview pages for Scooby Doo #1.

http://www.newsarama.com/29083-shaggy-scooby-doo-step-out-in-scooby-apocalypse-1-preview.html

Why is Green Arrow in Scooby-Doo?

No thread is safe from GoT hate

I still love the show

I don't hate it, I'm just expecting to by the end of the season.

 

[frye]

That cover with Superman's junk front and centre was always good and people who thought otherwise were dummies

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?

ASS8 is really fucking good, Where Monsters Dwell is weird and frivolous

 

[Kipp]

ASS8 is really fucking good, Where Monsters Dwell is weird and frivolous

Okay, cool, thanks. I'll most definitely pick up ASS8 and avoid WMD.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

The books are pretty guilty of that as well. It's no coincidence that the show's gone downhill when it reached the book content that started to do the same.

The characters and storylines were more compelling back in the earlier seasons. It was a brilliant adaptation at that point.

Disagree, especially after S1. (TBF, I saw S1, read all the books, then S2 started).

The worst things in the story (TV or book) obviously take up much less real estate in the book and are at least given context. We don't have to have a shot where so much rape is going on in the background it's barely even commented on. It's ridiculous.

Now the show is just shooting through plot because there's no book, and while that's fun to watch, it exposes the hollowness of the entire show's approach. I could mildly enjoy the show before because the books helped fill in the Dothraki Sea-sized gaps in plot and characterization.

With that gone, the Maester has no chain links.

I watch Silicon Valley first now.

 

[tim1138]

I can't believe Howard Porter is drawing that Scooby Do book.

 

[Nudull]

Thank god I barely give a shit about GOT. It's obsession with rape is pretty dire, from what friends have told me.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Have see Fifth season here but unlike all the other years, I dont care.
I am a little bit exhausted...

 

[MG310]

The Green Arrow/Black Canary colorist did weird things to Cliff Chiang.

 

[Zombine]

I watch it and enjoy it. To each their own I guess.

 

[Mifune]

Thank god I barely give a shit about GOT. It's obsession with rape is pretty dire, from what friends have told me.

The show has done some objectionable stuff but "obsession with rape" is a biiiit of an exaggeration.

 

[shingi70]

4001 AD is a weird looking crossover, it's not going to feature any of the Valiant Mainstays expect Rai correct.

edit: Should Divinty I be read before II?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

The Green Arrow/Black Canary colorist did weird things to Cliff Chiang.

Im cryin

The show has done some objectionable stuff but "obsession with rape" is a biiiit of an exaggeration.

For some, any usage of rape is basically Hitler

 

[Zombine]

The show has done some objectionable stuff but "obsession with rape" is a biiiit of an exaggeration.

Pretty much.

 

[Nudull]

For some, any usage of rape is basically Hitler

C'mon, man.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

C'mon, man.

did I lie, nigga?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

"I immediately regret pulling on this thread."

There really is a The Grinder quote for every situation.

 

[Tragicomedy]

The show has done some objectionable stuff but "obsession with rape" is a biiiit of an exaggeration.

Silly observation, particularly given the source material. Apologists doing some serious hand-waving at GRRM's series with those types of comments.

This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I feel like the show gets better the further it deviates from the books. The parts in the last season where the show runners took the material past books four and five were good. This season will be superb, since it's no longer constrained by glacial book pacing. Let's get this damn story moving already!

 

[ViewtifulJC]

This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I feel like the show gets better the further it deviates from the books.

This is the biggest truth of all

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Dorne's definitely an exception to that rule. It was slow and plodding in the books, it's been laughable in the show. It would have been better if the red comet from the one of the earlier series' had landed on it.

Looks like Darth Vader will be ending relatively soon. The next arc's based around the Executor.

You've said before that "Darth Vader" is a story with a beginning, middle, and end. Are we nearing the end of that story?

I can't give a real answer to that question. We are definitely coming to a climax here though.

 

[Nudull]

did I lie, nigga?

All I know is that the show is pretty godawful at handling it, and people have every right to criticize it like any other show. In this day and age, we need to be better about it.

Looks like Darth Vader will be ending relatively soon. The next arc's based around the Executor.

Woah, what? This our first cancellation/ending since Kanan?

 

[PsychBat!]

Dorne's definitely an exception to that rule. It was slow and plodding in the books, it's been laughable in the show. It would have been better if the red comet from the one of the earlier series' had landed on it.

Looks like Darth Vader will be ending relatively soon. The next arc's based around the Executor.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Tragicomedy]

All I know is that the show is pretty godawful at handling it, and people have every right to criticize it like any other show. In this day and age, we need to be better about it.

Better about what? About how a popular TV show depicts rape in a very negative light? The show depicts rape because rape has been a common and disgusting part of human behavior since the beginning. People don't watch Game of Thrones and leave with a "SWEET RAPE SCENE" mindset unless they are already monsters.

The most hilarious part about your "observation" is this:

Thank god I barely give a shit about GOT. It's obsession with rape is pretty dire, from what friends have told me.

You don't even watch the show. Come on!

 

[GAMEPROFF]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Why

 

[echoshifting]

Spider-Women is just a mess, what a stupid crossover. Why did Spider-Woman get sidelined for two months for this, right before Civil War II no less. Ugh.

In fact this might be my jumping-off point for Silk.

 

[Messi]

The show has done some objectionable stuff but "obsession with rape" is a biiiit of an exaggeration.

Its almost like the person hasn't watched the show

 

[Nudull]

You don't even watch the show. Come on!

And that somehow invalidates the opinions of the people who did?

Spider-Women is just a mess, what a stupid crossover. Why did Spider-Woman get sidelined for two months for this, right before Civil War II no less. Ugh.

In fact this might be my jumping-off point for Silk.

Did Silk get worse since ANAD? I keep forgetting that she was a thing.

 

[VanWinkle]

The Green Arrow/Black Canary colorist did weird things to Cliff Chiang.

Wait, explain what this is to me. I love Chiang, but that looks absolutely terrible.

"I immediately regret pulling on this thread."

There really is a The Grinder quote for every situation.

Is that from the show The Grinder? If so, it's so good to see another fan. I love that show but I never see anybody else talking about. If not, then I will go back to feeling alone.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

All I know is that the show is pretty godawful at handling it

how do you know that without even watching it

 

[Messi]

Wait, explain what this is to me. I love Chiang, but that looks absolutely terrible.



Is that from the show The Grinder? If so, it's so good to see another fan. I love that show but I never see anybody else talking about. If not, then I will go back to feeling alone.

Whoever did the coloring didn't knock it out of the park

 

[VanWinkle]

Whoever did the coloring didn't knock it out of the park

Like is that actually a published page of something?!

 

[Simply Sarah]

4001 AD is a weird looking crossover, it's not going to feature any of the Valiant Mainstays expect Rai correct.

edit: Should Divinty I be read before II?

I can't for certain say you need to read Divinity I first since only the first issue of II is out and it's not 100% clear if you'll be able to follow the entire thing without the original mini, although it does seem to be trying to make it accessible in the first issue without the original mini. That said, reading the original would flesh out II, at least.

 

[echoshifting]

Did Silk get worse since ANAD? I keep forgetting that she was a thing.

I can't comment, I didn't read her pre-SW book as I was only interested in reading about Silk as a villain

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Woah, what? This our first cancellation/ending since Kanan?

Of the ongoing comics, yeah it would be. I wouldn't be surprised if Gillen wraps it up shortly before Empire and then both Star Wars and Vader get a Season 2 that takes place between Empire and Jedi.

 

[Messi]

Like is that actually a published page of something?!

It is

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Is that from the show The Grinder? If so, it's so good to see another fan. I love that show but I never see anybody else talking about. If not, then I will go back to feeling alone.

It is indeed, from the incredible Thanksgiving episode.

"She was standing...like this...with her arms around his waist...like so."