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COMICS!!! |OT| May 2017 - Every Empire Falls

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Messi

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I love the Jean Grey book. Both issues are great and exactly what I wanted from a young Jean book. Ibanez is doing fantastic work on art. More than I had expected from him tbh.
 
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Sandfox

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Messi said:
I love the Jean Grey book. Both issues are great and exactly what I wanted from a young Jean book. Ibanez is doing fantastic work on art. More than I had expected from him tbh.
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It's really good so far.

ElNarez said:
well none of us do crossfit so it's not like we can heal that wound

also he makes boring, shitty comics

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I mean, that's gotta count for something
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He was the editor for stuff like Legacy as well.
 
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MHWilliams

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Messi said:
I love the Jean Grey book. Both issues are great and exactly what I wanted from a young Jean book. Ibanez is doing fantastic work on art. More than I had expected from him tbh.
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"Jean Grey is kind of a fuck-up" is a great, great take on the character.
 
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Malyse

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Messi said:
I love the Jean Grey book. Both issues are great and exactly what I wanted from a young Jean book. Ibanez is doing fantastic work on art. More than I had expected from him tbh.
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Sandfox said:
It's really good so far.


He was the editor for stuff like Legacy as well.
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MHWilliams said:
"Jean Grey is kind of a fuck-up" is a great, great take on the character.
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Young Jean is legit my second favorite character right now.
 
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VanWinkle

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About 3/4ths of the way done with Hickman's Fantastic Four run. As long as it wraps up in a semi-decent way, this is going down in my top 5 favorite runs.
 
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Owzers

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VanWinkle said:
About 3/4ths of the way done with Hickman's Fantastic Four run. As long as it wraps up in a semi-decent way, this is going down in my top 5 favorite runs.
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One of my favorite runs, ends strong iirc.

Sadly it was one of the last Marvel runs I loved and found worth buying an omnibus for. Superior foes of spidey was close but didn't feel like a story I needed to shelf. I did get fractions Hawkeye in ohc and still need to read the last few issues.
 
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Owzers said:
One of my favorite runs, ends strong iirc.

Sadly it was one of the last Marvel runs I loved and found worth buying an omnibus for. Superior foes of spidey was close but didn't feel like a story I needed to shelf. I did get fractions Hawkeye in ohc and still need to read the last few issues.
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sillymonkey you need to finish Hawkeye

Easily a top Marvel run
 
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VanWinkle said:
About 3/4ths of the way done with Hickman's Fantastic Four run. As long as it wraps up in a semi-decent way, this is going down in my top 5 favorite runs.
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If you havent already read his Avengers run, his FF run is continued on in it too. Crazy how he sets up stuff that pays off years later in a completely different run but still feels completely natural.
 
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Quick question Comic-Gaf bros and broettes: Is there any Harley Quinn centered material that would be appropriate for a 3rd Grader? I'm looking for a gift for one of my students on Amazon but all these books look...a bit much.
 
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VanWinkle

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Vic_Viper said:
If you havent already read his Avengers run, his FF run is continued on in it too. Crazy how he sets up stuff that pays off years later in a completely different run but still feels completely natural.
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Yeah I will definitely be reading it. I'm buying the first omnibus when it comes out in a couple of months. I think it goes up to the end of Infinity. Should end up being two volumes (HOPEFULLY the second will end in Secret Wars, but who knows).
 
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Vic_Viper

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VanWinkle said:
Yeah I will definitely be reading it. I'm buying the first omnibus when it comes out in a couple of months. I think it goes up to the end of Infinity. Should end up being two volumes (HOPEFULLY the second will end in Secret Wars, but who knows).
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I have a feeling that one will be selling out pretty fast lol.

So why was there a Onslaught sale on Comixology?
 
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just can't get into a young jean book yet

i feel like the people who didn't get back on amazing spidey for years after OMD, even when it had been good for a while...bendis is gonna go full cleremont one day and we're stuck with the remnants of his inability to carry team books. i don't care about the younger x-kids, and having jean as the one who "outed" bobby makes her shitty

GAMEPROFF said:
Sadly, it should now start to lost its fire
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damn, this was one of my few unread Hickman marvel things, and i'm moving along but bummed to hear this
wait are we talking just the book proper or when it went to Future Foundation?
 
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GAMEPROFF

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IrishNinja said:
damn, this was one of my few unread Hickman marvel things, and i'm moving along but bummed to hear this
wait are we talking just the book proper or when it went to Future Foundation?
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Cant remember. But there is one point that feels like the big culmulation of everything and after that, the book gets a bit worse. Its not bad but just good.
 
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Donniewahlberg

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caliph95 said:
Nowhere, Nothing, Never
Yeah Johann that may have been a bit insensitive
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tim1138 said:
Fucking Johann, what a dick
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Tyrant Rave said:
Johann is suffering
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whatsinaname

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Usagi Yojimbo Saga v3 z(book 14) - Some nice stories in the second half of the book. Demon Mask was a great mystery. Deserters and The Missive both were great little foreshadowings. Reunion was a good lead into ... Grasscutter II! The prologue for it sets up what feels like a big long chase. Sakai clearly had fun with some of the pages in the book.

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Donniewahlberg

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whatsinaname said:
Usagi Yojimbo Saga v3 z(book 14) - Some nice stories in the second half of the book. Demon Mask was a great mystery. Deserters and The Missive both were great little foreshadowings. Reunion was a good lead into ... Grasscutter II! The prologue for it sets up what feels like a big long chase. Sakai clearly had fun with some of the pages in the book.
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This is totally my "I'd love to get into this but there's so much" right now. Everything I see looks awesome, but I can already imagine the shelf space. How many books is it now, 30ish?
 
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whatsinaname

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Donniewahlberg said:
This is totally my "I'd love to get into this but there's so much" right now. Everything I see looks awesome, but I can already imagine the shelf space. How many books is it now, 30ish?
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Sakai is a master of making sure a new reader can pickup any book and have a great read (and not by having a Green Lantern type 1/2 issue recap every issue). On the flip side, reading in order also adds a lot to the recurring characters.

Just try the fantagraphics box set. Contains the first 7 volumes at a very good price.
 
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VanWinkle

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GAMEPROFF said:
Sadly, it should now start to lost its fire
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GAMEPROFF said:
Cant remember. But there is one point that feels like the big culmulation of everything and after that, the book gets a bit worse. Its not bad but just good.
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duckroll said:
It definitely doesn't wrap up in a semi-decent way.

The best ending to a FF run.
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Well I just got to the end of the stuff he's been building towards since the beginning of his run. What an ending. I almost teared up. I don't even care if the rest of the ~14 issues kind of meanders. That was some incredible stuff.
 
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Donniewahlberg

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whatsinaname said:
Sakai is a master of making sure a new reader can pickup any book and have a great read (and not by having a Green Lantern type 1/2 issue recap every issue). On the flip side, reading in order also adds a lot to the recurring characters.

Just try the fantagraphics box set. Contains the first 7 volumes at a very good price.
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Yea, I'll need to look into it. I didn't realise it was split across publishers either, it's at Dark Horse these days right?

Also, that shade hahah
 
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arkon

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Donniewahlberg said:
This is totally my "I'd love to get into this but there's so much" right now. Everything I see looks awesome, but I can already imagine the shelf space. How many books is it now, 30ish?
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Yeah. It's pretty easy to follow though. The publishers have done a good job collecting the stuff and keeping it in print for reasonable prices. Dark Horse's Usagi Yojimbo Saga collections work pretty much like the BPRD omnibuses so two to three trades per Saga collection. Stick the Fantagraphics boxed set in front and you're good to go. I'd recommend reading in order even though the stories work as standalones. There's no reason not to if you're starting at this point. It's really good stuff. Highly recommended.

I'd also add that the way the stories are structured and their usual length mean you can dip in and out at will. Sort of like short stories vs series of novels. It's what I've been doing trying to savour what I have.
 
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Was reading Wytches and I see it's coming back soon, nice. Anyway I loved it, best thing I've read of Snyder besides The Black Mirror and his early Batman arcs. I've dropped that after the fifth volume. Should buy the rest of the trades but I hear the second half of his run isn't as good as the first. How is his All Star Batman?
 
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Creamium said:
Was reading Wytches and I see it's coming back soon, nice. Anyway I loved it, best thing I've read of Snyder besides The Black Mirror and his early Batman arcs. I've dropped that after the fifth volume. Should be the rest of the trades but I hear the second half of his run isn't as good as the first. How is his All Star Batman?
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I thought the first arc was pretty average but enjoyed the second a lot more. It hasn't been close to the highs of his original Batman run or The Black Mirror though.
 
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Wanderer5

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LordOfLore said:
Digital users! How large is your CMX library currently? I'm up to
3030...
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I have 30 currently, 13 of which are issues of the Batgirl run with Steph, 2 freebies (America #1 and Immortal Iron First Vol 1), and 5 from Unlimited. Course much of the books in my collection are trades, and I only started using CMX last November.

I also have like 15 books on google play books that I was using earlier, which I only really use for Squirrel Girl books nowadays.
 
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Vic_Viper

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Just read the details about the guy at Phoenix Comicon and holy crap! First of all how the hell did he get in with real guns, knives, and a freaking shot gun! I know everyone that cosplays is going to have fake weapons that can look as real as possible but come on. Secondly why would anyone want to kill the White Ranger... Apparently the kid wanted to kill him so bad that "he had even gone so far as to set a phone reminder to himself to kill Frank on the 25th". You know, just in case he forgot lol.

This kid seriously needs help mentally and I hope he gets the proper representation to do so. Not that he shouldnt be in jail, but I think a mental institution would be able to help him more than prison. This is going to have serious repercussions for every event and con going forward, so If you cosplay please keep this in mind when carrying prop weapons. It would probably be a good idea to just not do it from now on to be honest. I didnt see how they were able to identify the shooter before he was able to hurt anyone, but thank god they did.
 
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Vic_Viper said:
Just read the details about the guy at Phoenix Comicon and holy crap! First of all how the hell did he get in with real guns, knives, and a freaking shot gun! I know everyone that cosplays is going to have fake weapons that can look as real as possible but come on. Secondly why would anyone want to kill the White Ranger... Apparently the kid wanted to kill him so bad that "he had even gone so far as to set a phone reminder to himself to kill Frank on the 25th". You know, just in case he forgot lol.

This kid seriously needs help mentally and I hope he gets the proper representation to do so. Not that he shouldnt be in jail, but I think a mental institution would be able to help him more than prison. This is going to have serious repercussions for every event and con going forward, so If you cosplay please keep this in mind when carrying prop weapons. It would probably be a good idea to just not do it from now on to be honest. I didnt see how they were able to identify the shooter before he was able to hurt anyone, but thank god they did.
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This kid is 31 years old.:p

But anyway, good that he was stopped before he hurt or kill anyone. Damn he was claiming to be a real life Punisher.
 
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