fredrancour
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It's also got one of the absolute best lines in anything ever, regardless of medium:
"You say dreams have no power here? What power would Hell have if those imprisoned here could not dream of Heaven?
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COMICS! |OT| November 2013. Truly, tofurkey is the offspring of some Black Science.
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It's also got one of the absolute best lines in anything ever, regardless of medium:
So i caught up on Fables, borrowing a lot of trades and floppies to get caught up. Man, issues 90-120 are rough. The Mr Dark stuff just gets so boring. And the Bufkin storyline just completely bored me.
Read some Fairest, and that spinoff made me so angry. Some good stuff, but theres 2 stories in there that just plain infuriate me
Read some Fairest, and that spinoff made me so angry. Some good stuff, but theres 2 stories in there that just plain infuriate me
Fred Norris
Banned
Avengers 21: My complaints continue, a visually dull event around every corner
How do you screw upHickman has so much going on, so many battles, that not a single one shines.releasing an Annihlation wave on the Builder fleet?
I have to agree. The whole thing was too much that there was no focus on one thing. The only highlight for me was Mjilonir's trip to the sun.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Avengers 21: My complaints continue, a visually dull event around every corner
How do you screw upHickman has so much going on, so many battles, that not a single one shines.releasing an Annihlation wave on the Builder fleet?
Hickman is only interested in moving the pieces and it shows. He doesn't have a family like the FF to play on Parent/Children emotions with for the grand payoff this time around, so all you get is a stoic completely disconnected Captain America posing on worlds nobody gives a shit about but expecting some epic response from big dumb A's being erected. Its just all endless fluff with nothing tying into the Avengers as characters at all.
As much shit as I give Remender's verbose and also too big for stakes to matter Uncanny Avengers, at least stuff with their characters is happening there, perhaps if only because Remender is writing Cap too and knows what to feed back into the team book.
I think Hickman should have been given Iron Man as well as mainline Avengers to develop. Could still have told the same tale from New Avengers, but in Iron Man with Tony as far more of a main character and wrestling with the irony of being forced to make weapons that could destroy entire worlds. He could have then done the same as Remender and fed Stark emotions into the mainline Avengers title.
Instead we get a hollow Avengers, and one of the worst Iron Man runs in history.
Tizoc
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First off, you just gotta know that Lazarus is by Greg Rucka which automatically makes it a must read.
...at least that's my reasoning for reading it =V
Via TVTropes
I'll leave it at that, there's great characterization and Rucka does a wonderful job at humanizing and making you care about the characters.
doniewhalberg
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Really nothing from anyone opinion wise on the first volume of Justice League Dark, no one read it?
It was alright, it had a pretty strong Vertigo feel to it but Milligan riffed off themes he had already done in the Flashpoint Secret 7 mini. Honestly JLD is a book that has never quite lived up to the potential of it's character roster. Hopefully DeMatteis does good things on the book, I saw in an interview that he wants to expand the team a bit and was pushing to be able to include Etrigan, which would be all kinds of awesome. Since Demon Knights ended there is a sad lack of the Demon in the DCU.
SpiderJerusalem
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yea it was ok. I had higher expectations on it and I still do so I keep feeling let down maybe? I still like it but its not what I want it to be. I want it to go darker? more Vertigo? If that makes sense.
phazedplasma
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Any buzz on Umbral? Or Marvel Knights X-Men?
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
My man. I scribbled that line, although a butchered version of it, in the private bathroom at my old college dorm. That line kept me going through some shit.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Yeah, the Milligan JLD was a great idea, but it was almost pointless. Like, the characters didn't have a purpose and he was doing a Vertigo-lite thing, basically, which doesn't work for something billed as the dark version Justice League.
Also, seriously, does nobody know what the fuck to do with Deadman? He comes off as whiny and petty and just overall shitty a lot of the time.
Yo, Tim, I need more Vandal Savage in my life. Defending against a barrage of arrows with a giant turkey leg has to be one of my favorite moments in that run. I want to own that original page.
I just started reading Sandman after all the fuss about Overture and that line really stands out. I need to get the next Volume...
Would you say fables is worth getting into despite being so long? Does it have an over arching storyline or is it all episodic? I'm kinda new to American comics in general, and the game from Telltale has got me interested.
I'm reading through vol. 1 of Guardians of the Galaxy, and frankly, it isn't grabbing me too much, so far. Don't know if it's just Bendis (not that I straight up hate him, but I've only ever liked his Ultimate Spider-Man) or me not being used to cosmic Marvel, but it's not too terrible, either. Also found out that a couple of writers (Kindt, Pope, Gene Yang, Lucy Knisley, etc.) are coming to a book fair at my neck of the woods next weekend. Should be nice and all, hope I can get some of my stuff signed.
GrandHarrier
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He really lets himself go.
Some more Miracleman talk from Joe Quesada plus two covers, by Paolo Rivera and Mike Deodato Jr.
Are we all in agreement that Rivera's cover absolutely crushes Deodato's? He always draws men insanely super-buff and it's really off-putting.
Are we all in agreement that Rivera's cover absolutely crushes Deodato's? He always draws men insanely super-buff and it's really off-putting.
La Maquinon
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Umbral is by the team responsible for Wasteland, which is a highly regarded series, as I understand it. I read a preview of the first issue on CBR that sold me.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Can't wait for those five dollar reprints of a 20 plus year old comic! Brah has nothing on Shazam, once again Marvel is playing catch up with Geoff Johns.
phazedplasma
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haha yes. Rivera is pissing on Deodato from a very high place, splashing pee all over the entirety of Deodato's work.
Almost feel bad for the guy knowing that he has to look at this static, flat, dry work next to Rivera's.
All New Marvel Now Wolverine gets guns.
http://marvel.com/news/story/21513/all-new_marvel_now_qa_wolverine#ixzz2kXy8YjLV
And some art:
http://marvel.com/news/story/21513/all-new_marvel_now_qa_wolverine#ixzz2kXy8YjLV
And some art:
KoruptData
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Batman 25 was incredible. I feel like I'm reading something leagues better than anything on my pull when flipping the pages. I know the Batman fanboy in me is helping that but Scott and Greg are on another level each and every month.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Wolverine with guns!!!!! So extreme!!!! Why didnt anyone think of it before?
La Maquinon
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IAlso found out that a couple of writers (Kindt, Pope, Gene Yang, Lucy Knisley, etc.) are coming to a book fair at my neck of the woods next weekend. Should be nice and all, hope I can get some of my stuff signed.
Sunday I had my first experience at a con chatting with creators about their work and comics in general. Nothing quite like seeing the excitement in a creator's eyes when they are discussing a property that means a lot to them. Have fun! And get a signed copy of Battling Boy!
GrandHarrier
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Most people can only go so extreme. These brahs are pushing it to the next level.
For real, if this keeps up Black Mirror won't be Snyder's most recommended work anymore. It just manages to be so good every month.
The new Wolverine book looks dumb as hell. Love me some Stegman art, but I'm gonna skip this one.
At this point I wish they'd retire Deadman for a few years because no one has a friggin clue how to write him and make him interesting.
Vandal Savage has popped up in the Pandora book a few times, but it's just not the same. I want a book to bridge the gap and cover the escapades of Vandal Savage and Etrigan as they adventure through history. There's literally thousands of years of story potential there.
And also bring back Kamandi. I don't think that's too much to ask.
Fred Norris
Banned
His gun should shoot claws.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
I'm reading through vol. 1 of Guardians of the Galaxy, and frankly, it isn't grabbing me too much, so far. Don't know if it's just Bendis (not that I straight up hate him, but I've only ever liked his Ultimate Spider-Man) or me not being used to cosmic Marvel, but it's not too terrible, either. Also found out that a couple of writers (Kindt, Pope, Gene Yang, Lucy Knisley, etc.) are coming to a book fair at my neck of the woods next weekend. Should be nice and all, hope I can get some of my stuff signed.
Dude, dude, dude. Go talk to Matt Kindt and buy a copy of Red Handed (if you have the cash). He's a very cool guy and signs books in the most unique ways.
If they wanted to be really extreme, they would have guns come out of his hands instead of the claws.
slightconfuse
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That wolverine book is straight 90s
Poor stegman
Poor stegman
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
God damn what why are they
Supermanisdead
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omg x-men gold is so fucking claremont. i love it.
doniewhalberg
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Against all logic, that wolverine cover has its finger on my 90s kid pleasure centers.
Thanks for the JLD feedback guys, I bought volume 2 for Lemire, but wasn't really sure whether or not to get volume 1 just for funsies, looks like I can skip it though.
Jesus, you guys are psyching me up for Zero Year. Not long til June now!!! (haha)
Thanks for the JLD feedback guys, I bought volume 2 for Lemire, but wasn't really sure whether or not to get volume 1 just for funsies, looks like I can skip it though.
Jesus, you guys are psyching me up for Zero Year. Not long til June now!!! (haha)
Serpentine
Banned
Wolverine with guns sounds so dumb, but not the kind of dumb that is so dumb that I have to read it. Why couldn't Stegman be put on something I actually wanna read
I kinda hated it. 6 issues of characters bouncing around the world, often by magic or teleportation, having odd encounters with other characters. Character A teleports to Character B's apartment, they share a confused conversation before one abruptly leaves. Rinse and repeat with every possible character combination. Eventually, they all end up in the same room. Blah, who cares.
Don't see why he wouldn't, dude probably has a lot of downtime working on Superior.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Do people really think contemporary artists have time off between their arcs? They switch artists between arcs because modern comic art is almost impossible to pull off 12 times a year, except in rare, Walking Deadian cases.
Serpentine
Banned
And doesn't SSM double ship on top of that?
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