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[El Topo]

How's Leila Del Duca's art?

Pre-registration is happening for SDCC 2016 this Saturday. I'm thinking of skipping it. X_X

I'll have to read it again and take a closer look. It seems good, it suits the issue, but I'll have to read it all again a bit more carefully, especially since (despite my goodwill) I'm growing a bit annoyed by the series.

Five issues with almost no plot development. I appreciate their approach, but I don't think it's working too well.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Pretty good CMX sale week.

Sandman /Gaiman sale. I had most already that I wanted but picked up Black Orchid and Books of Magic. Loved picking up some of the deep cuts.
https://www.comixology.com/Sandman-Sale/page/8705?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvbGFyZ2VDYXJvdXNlbA

If you haven't read Sandman don't miss out on this sale. It's one of the best series in comics. Very creative fantastic series

Also The Maxx sale
https://www.comixology.com/The-Maxx-Maxximized-Sale/page/8704?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvc21hbGxDYXJvdXNlbA
One of the strangest series I've read. But that Sam Kieth art is awesome

 

[Owzers]

I've quietly been reading some MU books, Silver Surfer #10 and two Uncanny X-Bendis', nothing of note to report on. I don't like Slott's writing style, i find it too declarative and stiff.

Also, the kid's table GOP debate was boring and i don't have hype for the main event. It's all so...bland and the CNBC debate was awful. But...Trump Alert.....i guess.

 

[Messi]

I'll have to read it again and take a closer look. It seems good, it suits the issue, but I'll have to read it all again a bit more carefully, especially since (despite my goodwill) I'm growing a bit annoyed by the series.

Five issues with almost no plot development. I appreciate their approach, but I don't think it's working too well.

I appreciate the art and the reason why they had to do it, hell the stories have had some nice character development but the lack of forward movement is killing it. plus with how the last mckelvie issue ended it left a bad taste in my mouth. Made worse by this arc.

 

[whatsinaname]

Pretty good CMX sale week.

Sandman /Gaiman sale. I had most already that I wanted but picked up Black Orchid and Books of Magic. Loved picking up some of the deep cuts.
https://www.comixology.com/Sandman-Sale/page/8705?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvbGFyZ2VDYXJvdXNlbA

If you haven't read Sandman don't miss out on this sale. It's one of the best series in comics. Very creative fantastic series

Also The Maxx sale
https://www.comixology.com/The-Maxx-Maxximized-Sale/page/8704?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvc21hbGxDYXJvdXNlbA
One of the strangest series I've read. But that Sam Kieth art is awesome

I will also recommend Neverwhere. I think Carey did a pretty good job with the adaptation.

Might also jump on Books of Magic. Never read them.

 

[my name is ed]

sandman is the definitive fantasy tale in comics

if you haven't read it before well hmmm go buy it now

 

[The Technomancer]

Hey comicsGAF. The Flash TV show is fucking awesome and with digital comics easier than ever I'd really like to start reading Flash comics as well. I'm not going to ask "where to jump in" or anything, so much as asking
-Is the current Flash comic any good? Or is it not?
-Any historically good stories or runs I should check out?

 

[Sandfox]

Hey comicsGAF. The Flash TV show is fucking awesome and with digital comics easier than ever I'd really like to start reading Flash comics as well. I'm not going to ask "where to jump in" or anything, so much as asking
-Is the current Flash comic any good? Or is it not?
-Any historically good stories or runs I should check out?

From what I've heard the current Flash book isn't all that good.

 

[PsychBat!]

Another TV fan fellas

give em the usual

In all seriousness, the only recent experience I've had with the Flash is the recent New 52 ongoing. I read the first TPB and I almost fell asleep. (I have never done this before reading a comic book in my life).
Historically, one of the good Flash stories I've read is Blitz and it's collected in TPB form. It's not Barry Allen, it's someone even better!

 

[BossDarkseid]

Hey comicsGAF. The Flash TV show is fucking awesome and with digital comics easier than ever I'd really like to start reading Flash comics as well. I'm not going to ask "where to jump in" or anything, so much as asking
-Is the current Flash comic any good? Or is it not?
-Any historically good stories or runs I should check out?

Check out Geoff Johns and Mark Waid's runs respectively.

 

[VanWinkle]

Hey comicsGAF. The Flash TV show is fucking awesome and with digital comics easier than ever I'd really like to start reading Flash comics as well. I'm not going to ask "where to jump in" or anything, so much as asking
-Is the current Flash comic any good? Or is it not?
-Any historically good stories or runs I should check out?

The current New 52 Flash, from what I've read, is...just kind of there. I don't think it's bad, but I don't think it's good (other than the amazing art). It's inoffensive. (edit: actually, I was thinking of the Francis Manapul/Brian Buccellato's run that ran for a few years; I see now that it's run by somebody else, but I haven't looked into the new issues)

Geoff John's The Flash is fantastic, though. In fact, you're getting into it at a good time, because most of his run is being put into big trade paperbacks. The first one according to Amazon is being released December 1st, and it's 448 pages of Flash goodness. I haven't read a TON of John's Flash run, so I'm getting it day one.

I just wish they were being collected in hardcovers since the Omnibus editions have been out of print for a while.

 

[The Technomancer]

The current New 52 Flash, from what I've read, is...just kind of there. I don't think it's bad, but I don't think it's good (other than the amazing art). It's inoffensive.

Geoff John's The Flash is fantastic, though. In fact, you're getting into it at a good time, because most of his run is being put into big trade paperbacks. The first one according to Amazon is being released December 1st, and it's 448 pages of Flash goodness. I haven't read a TON of John's Flash run, so I'm getting it day one.

Fuck yes I like the sound of that

 

[Tyrant Rave]

The current New 52 Flash, from what I've read, is...just kind of there. I don't think it's bad, but I don't think it's good (other than the amazing art). It's inoffensive. (edit: actually, I was thinking of the Francis Manapul/Brian Buccellato's run that ran for a few years; I see now that it's run by somebody else, but I haven't looked into the new issues)

Geoff John's The Flash is fantastic, though. In fact, you're getting into it at a good time, because most of his run is being put into big trade paperbacks. The first one according to Amazon is being released December 1st, and it's 448 pages of Flash goodness. I haven't read a TON of John's Flash run, so I'm getting it day one.

I just wish they were being collected in hardcovers since the Omnibus editions have been out of print for a while.

I heard the binding on the Omnibus HCs is really shitty so maybe it's a blessing in disguise?

I'm really excited for the TPBs myself since I want to get into Flash more and I like Johns so it's right up my alley.

 

[VanWinkle]

I heard the binding on the Omnibus HCs is really shitty so maybe it's a blessing in disguise?

I'm really excited for the TPBs myself since I want to get into Flash more and I like Johns so it's right up my alley.

Yeah, I'm really excited, too. Those will be easy day one purchases for me. I only read one volume from his run (Dastardly Death of the Rogues), so most of it will be new to me.

 

[BKatastrophe]

From what I've heard the current Flash book isn't all that good.

Yup

Beautiful book, insanely boring. I blame Barry.

 

[Tyrant Rave]

Yeah, I'm really excited, too. Those will be easy day one purchases for me. I only read one volume from his run (Dastardly Death of the Rogues), so most of it will be new to me.

That's all I have! I thought it was okay but it seems like it's weaker than his Wally stuff.

 

[Foofaraw]

So many pages on that flash book! I really wish DC would get on the digital sub service like MU. Or, at least start doing things like Marvel's Epic collection. I love those things so much!

 

[Serpentine]

How's Leila Del Duca's art?

Pre-registration is happening for SDCC 2016 this Saturday. I'm thinking of skipping it. X_X

noooooooooo

 

[Brian Fellows]

Feels good to be officially done buying Secret Wars tie-ins.

 

[BossDarkseid]

Feels good to be officially done buying Secret Wars tie-ins.

I feel like I should have (read some) after reading Secret Wars #7.

I also have a bone to pick with Marvel for the tag lines for SW being "THE GREATEST *insert something here" only to read the issue and for it to be like the case of covers never really happening in an issue.

That said SW7 was probably my favourite issue so far. Which is kinda weird because I haven't really liked the event.

 

[Mindwipe]

Sejic got the romance section on lock down.

In my less lucid moments I think about writing a book on the Camden BDSM scene. It would sell.

Then I remember that I'm not a professional writer and it'd probably be awful.

 

[Chariot]

Excuse me for crawling in. I want to know where and how to best sell comics. Currently living in Germany and sitting on some comics, mostly New 52. Most are in comic bags (without boards though) and are first printings. Does anyone even want New 52 comics? Are their specialised trustworthy markets? Why did I buy these in the first place?

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Excuse me for crawling in. I want to know where and how to best sell comics. Currently living in Germany and sitting on some comics, mostly New 52. Most are in comic bags (without boards though) and are first issues. Does anyone even want New 52 comics? Are their specialised trustworthy markets? Why did I buy these in the first place?

Ich würde die auf Ebay verkaufen

Seh keinen Sinn darin, irgendwo anders einzelne Floppies reinzustellen.

 

[Mindwipe]

CMX will not let me buy Secret Wars 7. It looks like they inadvertently geoblocked it. Grrr.

 

[Chariot]

Ich würde die auf Ebay verkaufen

Seh keinen Sinn darin, irgendwo anders einzelne Floppies reinzustellen.

I wrote first issues, but I meant first prints. I have whole storylines. I also hoped for a specialised market because the bidders on ebay don't look very good, but this may best as it's gets, huh.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Ich würde die auf Ebay verkaufen

Seh keinen Sinn darin, irgendwo anders einzelne Floppies reinzustellen.

I haven't done German since I was 16 but I'm guessing the first sentence is I'd buy them off Ebay and...something about floppies.

 

[ElNarez]

Constantine is tuned to the exact kind of weirdness I'm into, and also, he spends half of the issue naked for little to no good reason, so, that's my comic of the week easy, because I can't see even Gillen doing Goth being more exactly my shit.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

I haven't done German since I was 16 but I'm guessing the first sentence is I'd buy them off Ebay and...something about floppies.

I have no idea where you could seel Floppies anywhere else

If Chariot finds a place for trading floppies, please let me know, I am still looking for a shit ton of Spider-Man One Shots for my Complete Collection, but honestly, I have no idea where one could sell/buy them.

 

[dan2026]

How is it that Secret Wars hasn't finished and yet the rebooted universe stuff is already out?

 

[ElNarez]

How is it that Secret Wars hasn't finished and yet the rebooted universe stuff is already out?

Esad Ribic needs time to draw all your favorites with that bug-eyed like someone fingered them in the butt for the very first time look.

 

[Freezasaurus]

How is it that Secret Wars hasn't finished and yet the rebooted universe stuff is already out?

Delays. And Secret Wars was extended by an issue. But Marvel didn't want to delay the ANAD relaunch by too much, or they'd be releasing six comics per month until SW finished up.

 

[tim1138]

Don't sleep on the Darkseid War tie ins this week, both were great

 

[Tizoc]

Heads up, the Army of Darkness Comic Book bundle ends in 6 hours' time, get it if you haven't yet
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/morebooks

 

[whatsinaname]

Batman and Robin #24 - #28, Batman Annual #2: Well, a whole trade dealing with Two-Face. Pretty decent arc, but I didn't enjoy this as much as the previous volumes. (Mainly because of no Damian). Is this the "canonical" origin for Two-face in New 52?

Also, I didn't really "get" this two page spread. The outer panels came out of nowhere?

http://i.imgur.com/zBEDMwm.jpg


The annual was interesting but the art just seemed like such a drastic change from the rest of the volume. The credits indicate that Tomasi was still on the penciling but it was just so different.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Have Bruce and Damien Epilepsy on the panel on the left?

 

[KoruptData]

Superman American Alien was a real gem this week.

 

[Ohnonono]

Read the first TP of East of West last night. Boy is this a Hickman ass comic. I am enjoying it.

 

[whatsinaname]

Have Bruce and Damien Epilepsy on the panel on the left?

I think that's them in the Virtual Reality thing Bruce created.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

I think that's them in the Virtual Reality thing Bruce created.

Ewh, Internet 3.0

 

[Owzers]

Heads up, the Army of Darkness Comic Book bundle ends in 6 hours' time, get it if you haven't yet
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/morebooks

good stuff!

 

[GAMEPROFF]

I would love to go in Gran Morrison JLA Deluxe Editions, since most of them are pretty cheap, but the second one costs 117€

 

[Lashley]

Dexstarrs origin always makes me tear up

http://imgur.com/gallery/oh7xR

 

[BossDarkseid]

Dexstarrs origin always makes me tear up

http://imgur.com/gallery/oh7xR

The great crime of Geoff Johns' GL run is that we never got the Dex-Starr miniseries.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Dexstarrs origin always makes me tear up

http://imgur.com/gallery/oh7xR

It would be a lot sadder if his owner didn't sound like Mary Poppins

 

[my name is ed]

secret wars felt short. it was originally going to be double sized no?

other than that i love this event

 

[Mindwipe]

secret wars felt short. it was originally going to be double sized no?

other than that i love this event

7 was split in half and turned in to 7 and 8, and 8 was pushed back to become 9.

I agree, this issue really feels like "that's it?" as a result.

 

[my name is ed]

7 was split in half and turned in to 7 and 8, and 8 was pushed back to become 9.

I agree, this issue really feels like "that's it?" as a result.

it felt like woah a lot of shit is going down but and theres pbviously set up for the next issue but all the action made it a lighter vs previous issues which were a lot denser

 

[Mudcrab]

secret wars felt short. it was originally going to be double sized no?

other than that i love this event

From Inorigo's post in the OT:

So is "Secret Wars" #9 a way to let the climax breathe and not have everything be compressed?

Brevoort: It's not entirely that. The problem wasn't issue #9, which originally was issue #8. The problem was issue #7. There was enough stuff to do that Jonathan's first draft of issue #7 was like 45 pages long. So at a certain point it just became unwieldy. I can stretch things a little bit by doing a couple extra pages. That's fine, but I can't do a book that's more than double the normal size at the normal price without it being a problem. Plus, every one of those pages is a page that Esad has to draw. There's a time factor as well.


So at a certain point we all huddled here and looked at our options. What we decided was that we would take what was issue #7 and restructure it, but effectively break it in half. We'd turn it into two issues #7 and #8. Then the original #8 is now #9. That hasn't changed at all. It's just got a shiny new number.

It just came down to the big pay off and big climax of all of this stuff was bigger and required more pages than we had estimated at the outset. It just got big and we needed the space. So we decided to take it.

Hickman: Yeah, the choice was basically do we want to make people wait two months for the big #7 to come out or do we want to put out a book each month? It was a no-brainer especially with how our schedules looked. So it is what it is. It was always going to be a bit bigger, but I turned in a monster.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/hickman-brevoort-sort-through-the-rubble-of-secret-wars-6-explain-series-expansion

 

[Luigi87]

Since it's the only one I get monthly from ComiXology... Read Batman #46

Spoiler

I hate to say it, but the ending was fairly predictable. Mainly from the reveal that there is a whole slew of these Mechanized Batsuits developed... seems like whenever something like that exists, the villain will always take control.

I have an interest in this Superheavy arc, but on the whole I just don't care much for it and look forward to it ending.

 

[BossDarkseid]

From Inorigo's post in the OT:



http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/hickman-brevoort-sort-through-the-rubble-of-secret-wars-6-explain-series-expansion

Has Secret Wars actually had 1 book per month?