Darkseid War leads right into the Rebirth one shot, but that's it.
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COMICS!!! |OT| May 2017 - Every Empire Falls
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Darkseid War leads right into the Rebirth one shot, but that's it.
Tragicomedy
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Obviously you should pick up characters you like, but I feel like you'll be disappointed with some of those books. Justice League is awful. JLA is a book in search of a reason to exist.
I'm still pulling The Flash because I make "wise" financial decisions, but it's ironically slow and we've little to show for 23 issues. Dodgy art, too. You could just read the Button crossover, which doesn't relate at all to previous 20 issues, and be good.
Batman is divisive but it's Batman. Likely the most pulled book around here. You can look for forward to dozens of Bane issues that run together.
If you're diving into Rebirth, I unconditionally recommend you pick up Superman and Detective Comics. Detective is a better Bat book than Batman. Trinity is a better bet than Justice League if you want to see the three heaviest hitters in a book that doesn't suck. Green Arrow is also cash money. Deathstroke is awesome, but less mass appeal there.
Suprised you don't like Giant Days
JL vs Suicide Squad and Night of Monster Men were mid first year.
Vic_Viper
Member
Anyone here notice when buying a graphic novel from anyone on Amazon gets you a free digital trade?
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/05/29/free-marvel-graphic-novels-kindle-buy-anyones-graphic-novels-print/
I dont know how it works and I still havent used mine. They used to show up as free for some books and others were discounted but now I cant seem to get it to show anymore lol. The Article says you can get the AvX trade but it doesnt seem to work for me, or atleast its not free.
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/05/29/free-marvel-graphic-novels-kindle-buy-anyones-graphic-novels-print/
I dont know how it works and I still havent used mine. They used to show up as free for some books and others were discounted but now I cant seem to get it to show anymore lol. The Article says you can get the AvX trade but it doesnt seem to work for me, or atleast its not free.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
I still need to read the one shot, would you recommend I pick up Darkseid War alongside? I hadn't thought about that, but I did want to read it.
Its 40 degree Celsius and I am dying.
Cant some of the Ice-People from Injustice come over and chill a bit with me?
LOL. It got up to 26 here a few days ago and I thought I was dying.
It worked for me. I preordered the next One Punch Man manga and was sent the promotional e-mail about it. I grabbed Civil War II for free, for my lack of better judgment. Amazon has a wonky way of redeeming free digital stuff. It doesn't show as "free" since you can never see the checkout page.
Poodlestrike
Banned
It's very, very good, so I'd recommend it. Feels like a Crisis event in a really compact format. Make sure you get the GL and Shazam oneshots too, if they're not included.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
I want to say it's like a 3 book set, parts 1 and 2,and then a separate HC for the one shots! Is it okay to read without having read the rest of the run?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Mmm... you might want to pick up Forever Evil first. It introduced some radical changes to the lineup.
my name is ed
Banned
Read Pretty Deadly vol 1 last night.
I'm guessing one of the reasons it doesn't get talked much about is because it releases infrequently. I rarely hear about it so I didn't expect too much out of but
Goddamn was it great. I think I enjoyed this more than East of West. Now, given, we do have 30+ issues of EoW v 10 of Pretty Deadly but I'm just talking about my personal enjoyment.
Outside of Bitch Planet, I hadn't actually read much of KSD's work. I skipped over her Captain Marvel work after a couple issues I picked up didn't grab me.
I don't know where KSD's writing and direction ends and Emma Rios' art begins, but that's more a sign of a great collaboration than anything else I think.
The mythology of the world is very interesting and Emma Rios designs demand you pour over the characters and settings. It builds on Western and Greek/Roman tropes pretty quickly and becomes it's own thing.
The dialogue is pretty sharp and mostly everyone's way of talking feels distinctive. There's a kid in the story and it was pretty satisfying to see them talk and react like a kid actually might in their situation.
Emma Rios is maybe one of the most distinctive artists right now. On the interior side of the trade cover was a quote from Brandon Graham about Emma Rios. He talks about how her work is a fantastic blend of euro comics and manga. He's fucking dead on.
The Manga influence is easily seen. Her brush work and action give it away. I think her designs are also more indicative of designs you might see from Manga or Japanese video games.
You might need to pay a little more attention to see the euro influence on her storytelling. She packs a lot of panels per page without compromising room certain panels need. Sometimes she'll pack 4 panels where one wide-screen panel could go. As a result, the book feels a little denser without getting bogged down.
I think we also have to give her special credit in the first few pages. There's a scene where the main characters recount their story and Rios does *amazing* work in layout and composing those pages. I think they're pretty damn special. Disparate scenes blend into each other with cards and narrators laid over them. They're very complicated pages to assemble and they're still *very* readable (you paying attention JHWIII?!?)
Jordie Bellaire does really great work like always. One of her best attributes is the ability to enhance linework rather than compete. The linework is very lush and detailed so Bellaire isn't doing much rendering here. She picks the colors that set the mood in which the inks do their work. She'll do color holds here and there but they never even approach garish. Her restraint should be noted. Of course, there's the trademark blue v red color schemes in here that were so prevalent in Manhattan Projects although they take a backseat to the warm browns and dusted yellows of the setting which are more often contrasted with dark blue greys.
I can't say I remember much about the lettering. I know Cowles fully believes in the lettering being as out of the way as possible and noticable. At no point did I feel like there was a misplaced balloon or odd lettering choice so he's succeeded as far as I could tell from my read.
Anyway, great book. Feel like it should be recommended more often. Vol 1 had a satisfying ending so I'm not entirely sure what to expect from vol 2 but I'm looking forward to it.
I'm guessing one of the reasons it doesn't get talked much about is because it releases infrequently. I rarely hear about it so I didn't expect too much out of but
Goddamn was it great. I think I enjoyed this more than East of West. Now, given, we do have 30+ issues of EoW v 10 of Pretty Deadly but I'm just talking about my personal enjoyment.
Outside of Bitch Planet, I hadn't actually read much of KSD's work. I skipped over her Captain Marvel work after a couple issues I picked up didn't grab me.
I don't know where KSD's writing and direction ends and Emma Rios' art begins, but that's more a sign of a great collaboration than anything else I think.
The mythology of the world is very interesting and Emma Rios designs demand you pour over the characters and settings. It builds on Western and Greek/Roman tropes pretty quickly and becomes it's own thing.
The dialogue is pretty sharp and mostly everyone's way of talking feels distinctive. There's a kid in the story and it was pretty satisfying to see them talk and react like a kid actually might in their situation.
Emma Rios is maybe one of the most distinctive artists right now. On the interior side of the trade cover was a quote from Brandon Graham about Emma Rios. He talks about how her work is a fantastic blend of euro comics and manga. He's fucking dead on.
The Manga influence is easily seen. Her brush work and action give it away. I think her designs are also more indicative of designs you might see from Manga or Japanese video games.
You might need to pay a little more attention to see the euro influence on her storytelling. She packs a lot of panels per page without compromising room certain panels need. Sometimes she'll pack 4 panels where one wide-screen panel could go. As a result, the book feels a little denser without getting bogged down.
I think we also have to give her special credit in the first few pages. There's a scene where the main characters recount their story and Rios does *amazing* work in layout and composing those pages. I think they're pretty damn special. Disparate scenes blend into each other with cards and narrators laid over them. They're very complicated pages to assemble and they're still *very* readable (you paying attention JHWIII?!?)
Jordie Bellaire does really great work like always. One of her best attributes is the ability to enhance linework rather than compete. The linework is very lush and detailed so Bellaire isn't doing much rendering here. She picks the colors that set the mood in which the inks do their work. She'll do color holds here and there but they never even approach garish. Her restraint should be noted. Of course, there's the trademark blue v red color schemes in here that were so prevalent in Manhattan Projects although they take a backseat to the warm browns and dusted yellows of the setting which are more often contrasted with dark blue greys.
I can't say I remember much about the lettering. I know Cowles fully believes in the lettering being as out of the way as possible and noticable. At no point did I feel like there was a misplaced balloon or odd lettering choice so he's succeeded as far as I could tell from my read.
Anyway, great book. Feel like it should be recommended more often. Vol 1 had a satisfying ending so I'm not entirely sure what to expect from vol 2 but I'm looking forward to it.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Great writeup Ed, really glad you enjoyed it. I read through both vol 1 and 2 a month or two back, and love it as well. I believe they literally plot, illustrate and script the book scene by scene, back and forth between the whole team during production, which speaks alot to why it feels like you can barely tell where the writing ends and the art begins. Very special book, especially artistically. Hold onto your butt because vol 2 goes even further.
Sounds silly, but I kind of fear recommending it, or at least feel like I have to heavily caveat it. It's so accomplished it should be a must read on one level, but it's so different and unsparing compared to a lot of other books. I think it commands a lot of reader engagement, maybe more than folks are used to, I don't know.
Sounds silly, but I kind of fear recommending it, or at least feel like I have to heavily caveat it. It's so accomplished it should be a must read on one level, but it's so different and unsparing compared to a lot of other books. I think it commands a lot of reader engagement, maybe more than folks are used to, I don't know.
Freezasaurus
Member
Damn, really? I really liked that book. I thought they were at least going to commit to two arcs.
They will always be king as long as they publish Giant Days, which is easily my favorite book.
Freezasaurus
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Truly, Heaven is a place on Earth.
WadiumArcadium
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LordOfLore
Banned
Is next month's OT Wonder Woman themed?
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fuck you for reminding me of that
could post but not sure if it's safe for work
thanks bendis??
TetraxShards
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Wasn't that Johns?
LordOfLore
Banned
Didn't the Atom get with Giganta?
I wonder if Hank ever used his Giant Man Powers in bed 😏
What would Mr Fantastic and Elongated Man do
I'm a hypocrite but theres go comicgaf
no I wouldn't
that's a ticket to getting crushed to death in a moist hell
what the fuck is wrong with people I swear
Tyrant Rave
Banned
don't kink shame
TetraxShards
Member
COMICS!!! |OT| June 2017. - what the fuck is wrong with people I swear
Thats not how Pym Particles work!
Also, cant get wrong if you have a Shape-Shifter girl friend:
people request Sex with Fing Fang Foom?!?
LordOfLore
Banned
That should have been our title
I just want to know why he is called Mister Fantastic
TetraxShards
Member
Lamp Plastic Man creeped me out as a kid, and possibly does so even more now.
Thats not how Pym Particles work!
Also, cant get wrong if you have a Shape-Shifter girl friend:
people request Sex with Fing Fang Foom?!?
LordOfLore
Banned
That should have been our title
I just want to know why he is called Mister Fantastic
Someone asked Stan Lee once:
La Maquinon
Member
The thing with Pretty Deadly is that it read HORRIBLY month to month. Brutal. It was painful for me. On the one hand, I would really enjoy it. That art, unf! But given the storytelling style, it should have been an OGN. It's all like poetic and mysterious. It asks you to lean in and pay close attention. Sit and be thoughtful with the characters. Then you put it down and pick up the next issue 4 weeks later and all the threads have fallen away. Easily the worst experience I've had trying to follow a story month to month.
Thats why there were so many akward sex gags in Ultimate Fantstic Four
Where's my All New Nextwave
Hey want to know why they call me Mister Fantastic
That and Mark Millar
I wonder if he tries to pick up chicks that way
Hey want to know why they call me Mister Fantastic
Thats not how Pym Particles work!
Don't you dare fucking pull the size v. strength v. durability shit on me when I'm talking about dying in the garbage chute from Star Wars, except it's flesh and it smells of crotch.
LordOfLore
Banned
Okay, there has to be a bundle somewhere. CMX EU best sellers currently:
WTf is going on in EU, what is pathfinder
TetraxShards
Member
Where's my All New Nextwave
That and Mark Millar
I wonder if he tries to pick up chicks that way
Hey want to know why they call me Mister Fantastic
This one's not quite as funny as it used to be. Damn you politics!
But it's my favorite book...
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