ViewtifulJC
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If you combine 8 copies together, laid out on the floor like panels on a page, something magical happens
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COMICS! |OT| November 2014. The Wakandan turkey leglock is a time-honored tradition!
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Freezasaurus
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I dropped The Fade Out because it wasn't doing anything for me.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Yeah Brubaker is pretty one note. Don't jump on the OHC though......I dropped The Fade Out because it wasn't doing anything for me.
Pop-O-Matic
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Don't do this unless you have enough money to pay for Grant Morrison's plane ticket back home.
Freezasaurus
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Usually, I love the Brubaker / Phillips crime stories, but this one just hasn't managed to grab my interest.
Liar! You wouldn't tell me what the thing was in Interstellar that made you think of me!
Either that or I didn't actually read the message where you did say what it was. That could very well have happened.
It's the latter ;_; you were too busy killing superior foes to read my message
TetraxShards
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DC's only had one line-wide event since the New 52, Forever Evil, which was okay apart from bad Finch art and borrowing liberally from Doctor Who (go look at the crack in the timeline in Part 5, and then watch The Eleventh Hour, dat referencing).
They tend to have the family events instead, which have varied wildly in quality. The only one I'd consider good across the board is Lights Out, and that has led to endless Lantern crossovers so I dropped all of them. They also have the same problem as Marvel's events in that they are too damn long, Doomed comes to mind here.
I do dislike events in general, although I like the ones like Original Sin where they can just tie in through theme. I'm not enjoying AXIS, but this week's Loki was really good and AXIS: Hobgoblin is very entertaining.
Oh geez. IST is having an IDW Artist Edition sale. Thank goodness the ones on sale aren't ones I'm interested in or that could be tragic for my wallet.
However, the scary thing is that the sale is titled "IDW Artist Edition Sale #1" so it might only be a matter of time...
However, the scary thing is that the sale is titled "IDW Artist Edition Sale #1" so it might only be a matter of time...
Freezasaurus
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Marvel's events are usually enjoyable at least part of the way through. It's somewhere between the middle and end where things usually go awry.
Steranko Watch begins!
Simsonson Thor 2nd printing going down further would be great too.
the only recent event i've liked was Infinity, and that was despite Hickman squeezing things into tiny panels that diminished the visual impact.
Forever Evil was another example of a book that exists to move continuity forward, Lex to the Justice League, but I didn't think much of the story at all.
Forever Evil was another example of a book that exists to move continuity forward, Lex to the Justice League, but I didn't think much of the story at all.
Shin Johnpv
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It varies wildly. Each character gets a different creative team doing their stories. Some of them are awesome, some of them so so, and some of them are just terrible and boring.
Memento Mori
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Trying to find a reasonably priced copy of the second volume of Greg Rucka's Punisher run is a disheartening experience. £659.77 is the most expensive quote I've seen so far.
ViewtifulJC
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brehs...I'll never make fun of ya'll enjoyment of 2014 Harley comics again
after spending some time at Barles and Nobles today. Some of the opinions I overheard were...very sus dudes. TRIGGER WARNING
until December's OT
Sibersk Esto
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I know all of those opinions shouldn't have made me angry
But they did
But they did
Tyrant Rave
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That post is hilarious JC, lmao
TheKaeptain
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brehs...I'll never make fun of ya'll enjoyment of 2014 Harley comics againafter spending some time at Barles and Nobles today. Some of the opinions I overheard were...very sus dudes. TRIGGER WARNINGuntil December's OT
So you met my friend Joel and his shitty opinions? Although the Civil War thing is probably right.
ViewtifulJC
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Tyrant Rave
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This actually happened? There are never that many people in the comic section of My B&N, and the few people I have seen never actually talk about anything.
my name is ed
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I don't think I could stop myself from laughing if I heard those in real life, JC. How old did they look?
Pop-O-Matic
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I've heard people talk positively about Liefeld in public before, so this ain't that shocking.
I could buy this
ViewtifulJC
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One was 20-something looking fat guy with this big ass bald spot(to the point where the bald spot might file a claim as sole proprietor of the head he owned so much real estate), other was old dusty lookin' ass dude in a suit, complete with overpriced Starbucks coffee he sipped in-between dismissive comments.
and this woman was with them, but she didn't say anything, she was just kinda reading her phone
Serpentine
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Don't go back to that B&N, ever
Baron von Loathsome
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I do consider All-Star Superman overrated.
TheDarkKnight774
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JC you didn't need to go to B&N to find those opinions. All you had to do is just venture out to OT-GAF
my name is ed
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I wonder how many possible comics fans have been turned away from the medium due to poor recommendations from friends with bad opinions.
Pop-O-Matic
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Fixed.
ViewtifulJC
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"Read the Age of Ultron comic, it came out a couple years ago, its got DOZENS of ULTRONS"
BuddyJoeHooker
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lol oh man that Rage of Ultron comic can't come out fast enough
TheDarkKnight774
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I've only read one comic that was good with Ultron in it. And that was from the great Busiek/Perez run
shadyspace
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I miss Busiek.
my name is ed
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if you like your comics peppered with some understated tiger boobs, his new comic is just what you were looking for!
TheDarkKnight774
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You better be reading Astro city. It's still great stuff!
shadyspace
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It's not :/
Jeff Albertson
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Sorry to ask a dumb, over asked and tricky to answer question but I've never read a comic in my life but love the marvel cinematic universe and me and my son love marvel characters.
What would be a good entry into the comic book universe for me?
Thanks in advance
What would be a good entry into the comic book universe for me?
Thanks in advance
ViewtifulJC
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Read the Age of Ultron comic, it came out a couple years ago, its got DOZENS of ULTRONS
pls ignore this post Tyrant Rave will help you shortly
Which characters do you guys tend to like the most?
For just you, or you and your son? Do they have to be MCU characters or can it just be solid Marvel stories?
I think I want to start reading comics, more specifically spider man comics, but I haven't read a comic since Star Wars in the 80s and I have no idea where to start. All these 'could X beat X' threads are just too entertaining and I love reading the odd panels that get posted then disappearing down wiki rabbit holes, the Spidey ones grab my attention the most but I have questions! Is the marvel app any good? I've downloaded it, it seems like it would be convenient to be able to purchase them digitally as I don't really care about collecting, I just want to read them, but how limited is the content on there?
Taking the app out ofnthe equation are there specific arcs I should read? a couple stood out as sounding interesting (him tearring someone's face off with his hand and another where he sent a message to the kingpin by smacking him about without his mask on) but what else? is this spiderverse stuff any good? All help greatly appreciated!
Sorry if this is all rubbish, there just seems to be an awful lot of content out there and I don't know where to begin!
Taking the app out ofnthe equation are there specific arcs I should read? a couple stood out as sounding interesting (him tearring someone's face off with his hand and another where he sent a message to the kingpin by smacking him about without his mask on) but what else? is this spiderverse stuff any good? All help greatly appreciated!
Sorry if this is all rubbish, there just seems to be an awful lot of content out there and I don't know where to begin!
TetraxShards
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It's not part of the main Marvel canon, but for a father and son reading together, I'd recommend "Avengers and the Infinity Gauntlet":
I got for my nephews and they loved it. It's very funny, I got a good few laughs out of it myself. Brian Clevinger also writes the fantastic Atomic Robo.
Get a Marvel Unlimited sub, $10 a month or your regional equivalent. You won't get Spider-Verse on there straight way because MU is on a six-month delay. The "Marvel" app is part of comixology, it's probably best to just get the "Comics" app for your OS and go from there.
BuddyJoeHooker
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New Avengers Vol. 1 was my entry point into the Marvel U. It is very new reader friendly and how I've gotten a few friends in Marvel comics.
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