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COMICS! |OT| November 2013. Truly, tofurkey is the offspring of some Black Science.
- Thread starter Spike Spiegel
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No Chew that month either.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Just so you know, Miéville's novels are all like that. I downloaded a dictionary app to my phone while I was reading Kraken. But now I understand what he means when he says "solipsistic"!
I've only read the first trade but I love the characters. Boy Chimney is probably my favourite of the first trade. I love that one page where his hat is so tall it goes right off the page.
"Brick up this brickway, my lad, can't scratch my itch with even so elegantly twirled a cudgel. Oh I shall smoke you out." Still can't believe he got to write this book.
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February Image solicits look awesome. The Fuse and Undertow both look really cool, plus East Of West vol. 2 & Revival vol. 3 (will be preordering both ASAP). Absolutely love that Umbral cover, will definitely be picking that up in trade. Gorgeous cover for Five Ghosts. Velvet, Sex Criminals, Black Science, Revival, Manhattan Projects (I'm hoping to start this series soon), Fatale (same) and Deadly Class all going strong. Excellent stuff all round.
Revival issue 18 and Volume 3 (issues 12-17) released in the same month, god bless Image comics.
The current arc of saga ends in January right? Then another long wait for the next arc.
Why no Rat Queens though.
Spike Spiegel
Member
All-Day Chew and Uncanny Rat Queens confirmed.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Chew cancelled early, according to BC
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I'd read an entire run of Peter and Johnny just running around doing random shit together.
If the FF come back after Peter does, he'll have missed SpOck entirely.
Rafa=FedKilla
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
Brandom Graham and Brian Wood just gonna have it out one of these days.
La Maquinon
Member
Kurtis J. Wiebe, the writer of Rat Queens, said on Twitter that RQ will have a 5 months on 2 months off schedule.
Edit: I support the man to write according to his schedule, because I freaking love the book, but it looks like we're gonna have to change the meaning of the word "ongoing."
Edit: I support the man to write according to his schedule, because I freaking love the book, but it looks like we're gonna have to change the meaning of the word "ongoing."
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Umbral and Manifest Destiny were so schway. When will the Image hits end? February solicits were dropping some bombs. Invincible looks like it is on a quarterly release schedule or something.
Fuck :/, well at least they won't get burnt out like that. Same goes for SAGA also.
Mac the KNife
Member
Ongoing ≠ monthly
Man this Wood thing feels like a fucking punch in the gut. I was genuinely excited at the prospect of Monet in X-Men and now I feel betrayed because it turns out the book is written by a piece of human garbage. Fuck Brian Wood, fuck his bullshit non-apology, fuck this industry for letting him get away with it, fuck everything.
Kinda sounds like an extended version of what Hickman and Dragotta are doing with East Of West: 5 issues over 5 months, then the trade the next month, for a total of 10 issues and 2 trades a year. It's quite neat and tidy if the story is written in 5-part story arcs, and it gives the artist a bit of room to breathe, but I imagine that the 2 month wait for new Rat Queens won't be very fun.
Serpentine
Banned
Yeah, it's fucked up. The worst part is that that shit is considered totally normal and acceptable and apparently isn't close to being limited to Wood.
How the fuck are comics so sleazy, man
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Yu can't convict Brian Wood over a few Twitter ramblings. The only thing you can accuse him of is making average comics.
Serpentine
Banned
Wood's statement is pretty much "yeah, I made a pass but otherwise she's lying AND HEY YEAH THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT I'LL HELP FIX WE GOTTA FIX IT GUYS"
Yeah of course. If you can read it without feeling terrible, which not everyone will.
I probably won't be buying his books anymore, but it's not like I liked any of the ones i've read anyway. X-Men #1 and New York Four were both alright.
Yeah of course. If you can read it without feeling terrible, which not everyone will.
I probably won't be buying his books anymore, but it's not like I liked any of the ones i've read anyway. X-Men #1 and New York Four were both alright.
slightconfuse
Banned
Could someone explain this wood thing?
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X-men is pretty good
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X-men is pretty good
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
She had been waiting this whole time for a venue like Twitter to be created to voice her concerns, brah.
One more stable open for an spiring comics superstar. Im nearly there!
Serpentine
Banned
Here's the original article with tweets before she named him
He also feigned interest in her work to try to sleep with her, had a pregnant wife at the time, and was all "you should be thankful you're talking to me despite you're shitty cosplay" about it. Also he's considered a top feminist dude, and it's said that he's done that shit several times before.
She's making it sound like he used his position as an established writer to pretend to be interested in her art as an excuse to sleep with her. And that's wrong.
But, 8 years ago, I wouldn't say that Brian Wood had any authority whatsoever.
I guess she Woodn't.
He pretty much tried to pull a casting couch on her, she rejected, and he ended up creeping her and her friends out and making ugly comments, even after the incident. Going by Tess's account, just to note.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Have you even read the fucking comic? Spock cut them all out of his life. The only one that has been around him has figured shit out.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The only thing I hold against Brian Wood is making vanilla wafer comic books
Freezasaurus
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I don't get the fuss on the Brian Wood thing. It's very much a case of he said, she said. And there doesn't seem to be anyone anywhere corroborating either story. IGNORE.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Fuxking Five Ghosts man. I'm not a fan of anything remotely pulpy, but yhis series top notch. Shit ain't talked about and it is incredible. Good thing I ordered the first trade in accident.
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.
Have you? He's interacted with MJ and everyone else more than Carlie. His own Aunt is clueless, all his co-workers at Horizon and boss, Avengers, Black Cat, Kaine, and hell, even Kingpin has more an idea whats going on than any of these other doofuses. At least the FF have been written out for this duration so they weren't privvy to this shitshow.
Body swaps are good for a few issues, but trying to make a run out of it involves writing everyone that should know better as stupefyingly brain dead.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
As a fan of pulp comics, Five Ghosts is some good shit. And you were right, Manifest Destiny was good. When I heard it "Lewis and Clark fight monsters in the Great Expansion", I thought it was gonna be some ol' bullshit, but who am I to doubt Image Comics I guess
slightconfuse
Banned
DMZ and northlanders a are not mediocre
I feel you're missing the point. The story was corroborated, by Wood no less. It's an actual thing now as opposed to a twitter thing where you could link it to him, and the only thing he really argues are the specific circumstances. This is as real and as fucked up as it gets and that's why a lot of people including me now feel bad about supporting him.
Freezasaurus
Member
Alright, tell me the story, then. Because I'm getting too many mixed messages between here, CBR, and wherever the fuck else.
This link that Serpentine posted earlier is a good place to start.
Basically Brandon Graham was talking about misogyny in the comics industry and apparently was getting shit for speaking out, so Tess Fowler chimed in and spoke about her experience. A writer pretended to be interested in her art in order to get into her pants. She turned down his offer to meet him in his room, then later he mocked her art, claiming he was never interested in her work, and took the piss out of her for cosplaying and said she should be grateful he could look past her costume ("dressing up like an idiot".)
The problem is that relatively there are so few women in the industry as it is and diversity should be encouraged, in part by creating safe spaces. Propositioning a woman for sex then lashing out when rejected is sexual harassment and is not conducive to a diverse industry. This guy is lauded as a feminist and an ally, he should be using this status to help stamp out harassment, not perpetuate it himself. And she said she's not the only woman he's done this too. That's why it shouldn't be ignored.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Are you only saying this because you're interested in Brian Wood?
Freezasaurus
Member
Okay, that helps.
Now, did Brian Wood specifically corroborate the part about feigning interest in her art in order to sleep with her?
Now, did Brian Wood specifically corroborate the part about feigning interest in her art in order to sleep with her?
La Maquinon
Member
What I was commenting on is that the model seems to be going through a transition. Comics seem to be released, with increasing frequency, in "seasons" or as mini series that aren't labelled as such. I just hope that the industry is thinking of new ways to plan for and catagorize these types of release schedules and communicate them to readers.
When I was a casual fan, I would saunter into my LCS now and then to pick up the new issue of the book I was following. If I didn't see it for a time then I would just assume it had been cancelled. If there was, say, something on the cover or even within the back matter to indicate the plans for release, casuals will be more likely to stick with a book long term.
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Also, those of you not giving a shit about the accusations leveled against Wood can eat a dirty dick.
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