Conflating cash and respect is what dumb assholes like Tom Brevoort do to explain why they cancel books like Nighthawk and Mockingbird.
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COMICS! |OT| November 2016. Wilde for comics, 2 Hickman books this month.
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Conflating cash and respect is what dumb assholes like Tom Brevoort do to explain why they cancel books like Nighthawk and Mockingbird.
You could have read the listing in the OP no?
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Quite a few people have been saying the IMAX 3D is fantastic.
Too much reading is the problem, more reading isn't the answer.
Had this exact conversation the other day. So much hype for absolutely nothing. She's a background character at this point.
oo nice
echoshifting
Banned
Here or elsewhere? Seems like most everyone here is pretty happy with Whisperer War if I'm not mistaken.
Freezasaurus
Member
You are taking this way too seriously. I was just saying I didn't know what I was buying.
#AintEvenMad
Here, but I might just be missing comments since I don't read the series lol.
Huh? I've been praising it? Whisperer Wars is amazing.
I'm a gigantic fan of the franchise, but I'm also able to identify where and when the ball has been dropped. That character is one of them. Not sure where you got that narrative from.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Count me in as someone who is very high on TWD at the moment. There was just one specific issue that annoyed me but overall it's been great lately.
Not to mention most quickie reviews here from myself and others here have been positive as well.
I'm saying this as someone from the outside looking in so it's probably me lol.
You got fans on both mediums. Comic readers that read TWD say it's good and then we get fanatics of the show going ----
EDIT: Not really saying fans of the show are like this, I just wanted to post this gif cuz Freeza likes it.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I'm behind on most of my weeklies but Wonder Woman is my favorite for sure. I like the way Rucka writes Diana a lot.
I think Batman is quite good as well. This arc has been great so far, I loved this week's issue.
Superman and Tec are both also good. Supergirl's solid too, but I'm not crazy about the art in it.
I read Supergirl, but the book doesn't really excite me. The eyes are drawn weird, but I kinda like them for the uniqueness.
echoshifting
Banned
After issue 11 of Superman Gleason doesn't draw another issue until #18.
Nooooo
RIP Superman best book of Rebirth #1-11
Superman will be fine the same way green arrow is still fine with 3 rotating artist. It's all the about the story.Nooooo
RIP Superman best book of Rebirth #1-11
Give the guy credit for going up to 11 before getting ready for super sons.
Edit: DC has a ton of great artist/colorist I think they can find a decent replacement for an arc
Gleasons drawn most of the issues I think, with Manhke falling second having done Rebirth issue and a fill in and that two issue, and then Jiminez. After issue #11 we got the annual with Jimenez, then Manhke will be doing most of the work with Ivan Reis doing an issue.
Freezasaurus
Member
I have never seen that gif in my life. That guy is like a real life Tingle. Does he have a YT page or something that you follow?
I am reading this because it is Tomasi and Gleasons book. Without Gleasons art it loses over half the interest for me. Likely gonna drop to trade.
Jimenez, Manhke, and Reis are all gold.
Freezasaurus
Member
Unworthy Thor was pretty good. Enough to keep me interested.
They are fine... They just aren't Gleason to me. I'm sure the book will still be fine but without the art I love in less inclined to pick it up monthly.
BKatastrophe
Member
Detective Comics
Titans
Superman
Green Arrow
Nightwing
These are the ones I get excited to read. Even if Nightwing irks me to no end
Freezasaurus
Member
I'd start with All-Star Superman and Superman for All Seasons.
Oh man, I was never a fan of Superman and now I really like him.
Superman For All Seasons
Superman Red Son
Superman Birthright
Superman American Alien
Superman Secret Identity
All-Star Superman
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Furry bewbs!
After issue 11 of Superman Gleason doesn't draw another issue until #18
I'm cool with Mahnke. We're also getting Ivan Reis for a couple issues too.
Superman - This book makes me grin ear to ear every other week. Super-Dad is the most endearing thing in comics right now.
Batman - Tom King is writing a very accessible Batman but it is also subtly deep. Definitely slowly building to something crazy.
Detective Comics - A Batman team book written like it's X-Men. It's a ton of fun.
Deathstroke - Priest is playing in his own little world and making Slade a fully fleshed out character. Great dark humor too.
Green Arrow - Definitely the book that's benefited the most from Rebirth. Percy can write the hell out of Ollie and Dinah.
Well fuck me, Nightwing #25 - "The Boys", from the Dixon run is perfect. Shit, was not expecting something like that to end the vol. 3 trade I've been meaning to finish for the longest time.
Such great characterization and chemistry between Dick and Tim, and even Batman in an indirect way. I love this issue.
Such great characterization and chemistry between Dick and Tim, and even Batman in an indirect way. I love this issue.
pseudocaesar
Member
Now I'll go on record to say All Star Superman is one of, if not my all time favourite comic.. but if you're not familiar with the character at all.. it could be a bit overwhelming. I'd suggest you read some other stories first so you can really appreciate All Star.
Birthright & Red Son are two really great options. Although Red Son is an alternate version.. it still shows his character showing through no matter what his upbringing is... plus it has one of the coolest versions of Batman you'll see.
Also, the first trade for the current Superman run is out in January, and it is awesome.
https://www.amazon.com/Superman-Vol-Son-Rebirth/dp/1401267769
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
It was nice of them to name a character after my puppy.
echoshifting
Banned
I think the current volume of Superman is a perfectly fine starting point with the character. Like, it's weird that he comes from a dead universe where most of DC continuity happened, and he brought his family along, and he's Superman again because THIS universe's Superman died but there are still two Loises (Superwoman #1 spoiler)
, but this is comics! You might as well get used to stuff like that. It's just a terrific book that I would recommend to anyone.
I agree that All-Star is not a great introduction to Superman comics. This is a pretty good rule of thumb with super hero books written by Grant Morrison because he likes to both challenge the well-established fundamentals of the character (or team) in ways a new reader might not fully appreciate, and draw from obscure lore details and history that only an established fan would understand. This is also why his stuff is great and you should read it once you feel more situated with Superman comics. I'm not saying it can't be done but I don't think you get quite as much out of it when you don't know the characters he's playing with that well.
Are you sure you adopted a puppy, and not an ageless witch disguised as a dog who compelled you to name it Circe
except not really because this universe's Lois absorbed some of the dead Superman's powers and then legit died herself in the very first issue of what was supposedly her comic
I agree that All-Star is not a great introduction to Superman comics. This is a pretty good rule of thumb with super hero books written by Grant Morrison because he likes to both challenge the well-established fundamentals of the character (or team) in ways a new reader might not fully appreciate, and draw from obscure lore details and history that only an established fan would understand. This is also why his stuff is great and you should read it once you feel more situated with Superman comics. I'm not saying it can't be done but I don't think you get quite as much out of it when you don't know the characters he's playing with that well.
Are you sure you adopted a puppy, and not an ageless witch disguised as a dog who compelled you to name it Circe
BKatastrophe
Member
A better question about Superman would be what are some good runs on the character. Because everyone mentions the same self-contained stories, but never any runs on him.
Chuck Dixon's Dick is the one that will always be the definitive version, and is why Kyle Higgins' run on Nightwing was an intense disappointment and why I have issues with the current Seeley run
echoshifting
Banned
Nobody mentions Man of Steel anymore. Man that was the only Superman comic that I cared about when I was a kid. I read the trade so many times it completely disintegrated. I still have it bound up with rubber bands somewhere.
Too bad John Byrne turned out to be such a dick
(I know this is another mini, but still)
That Bizzaro fight in that book. Hoooo man. Opened my eyes. Saw Jesus etc. I loved John Byrne when I was a kid. Sigh.
Too bad John Byrne turned out to be such a dick
(I know this is another mini, but still)
That Bizzaro fight in that book. Hoooo man. Opened my eyes. Saw Jesus etc. I loved John Byrne when I was a kid. Sigh.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Doctor Strange movie spoilers
Loved it, first of all. Coolest visual effects I've seen in a movie for some time. Also, there's a blink and you miss it cameo of the Staff of One from Runaways right before the final fight in Hong Kong. I k ow that there's a Minoru in the prelude comic, but I still didn't expect that. Almost definitely going to see it again sometime this weekend.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
I found myself in the same boat during the first few issues a good few times. It's gorgeous and I wouldn't trade Tocchini, but I have had issues parsing exactly what is happening in a given panel or how something went from here to there every now and again. It didn't seem to bother me as much in volume 2, not sure if Tocchini changed or if I just acclimatised to his style more. I've had similar problems with Bachalo once or twice too. It's like, this looks great, but what is it.
BKatastrophe
Member
Started Thanos Rising. Was not expecting this. Like I knew it'd be dark, but this is weird.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
This is the Aaron book right? I quite liked it haha. I literally had not read any previous Thanos stuff outside of what Hickman was doing with him in Now though (outside of issues of the infinity watch I read as a kid), and I remember a fair bit of unhappiness with changes/faithfulness etc. While I do admit it spins it's wheels a tad at times, overall, I really enjoyed that book. How much it veers from the stuff Starlin did etc, I have no idea, but taken in a bubble it was a super cool introduction to the character.
Turned out to be a waste of time imo despite being a fan of both Aaron and Thanos.
yeh, his name is Filthy Frank and that gif is from this vid.
LordOfLore
Banned
Speaking of BC, looks like there will be a Black Bolt solo comic.
Also this 22nd birthday sucks. It's raining wet snow, my mother has gotten sick and I didn't get enough sleep last night. At least Stockholm Comic Con is tomorrow.
Also this 22nd birthday sucks. It's raining wet snow, my mother has gotten sick and I didn't get enough sleep last night. At least Stockholm Comic Con is tomorrow.
The five I look forward to and enjoy reading the most every month are:
Green Arrow
Supergirl
Wonder Woman
New Super-Man
Green Lanterns (tie)
Birds of Prey (tie)
Coriolanus
Banned
Well, they gon have to send Someone to rule Salvation, and it sure aint gon be Carl.
LordOfLore
Banned
Btw, for people that didn't see this in the DC issues:
