COMICS |OT| - November is SPANKSGIVING! 30 Days of Appreciating Funnybooks!
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Angelus Errare
Banned
Batwoman is errmahgawd good stuff.
14 was sooo good!
Pretty much the entire issue was two page spreads with such awesome paneling. That's something I love about that book, the paneling in those two pagers is just so fucking good.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Yes! Just love it!
Vermillion
Banned
Best song.
Oni Link 666
Member
It goes through a real bad dip when JHWIII takes an art break on that 2nd arc but yeah, it's great.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I'm not sure if you do this with this much detail every week but you should.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I think I was a little too harsh on the new ASM overall (shocker). The art's not as bad as it looked in a shitty scan and the writings not the WORST EVER. Most importantly I'm totally on board with the twistinside.
Picked up the last Ends Of The Earth on ComiXol and you can pretty much see exactly when and where.
Picked up the last Ends Of The Earth on ComiXol and you can pretty much see exactly when and where.
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
Ok I really liked the Sif book
pulga
Banned
I probably overlooked it but who's the head munching guy standing in the snow?
Don't know. Unless he's a New God I don't know, I don't think he's been revealed yet.
My wild guess is that he's Hercules.
pulga
Banned
Oh he hasn't been revealed then? Thanks, carry on. First immediate thought I had when I saw him rip a head off was Saturn/Cronus, but he's not big enough to be a Titan.
Angelus Errare
Banned
"Hits like a truck"...in the words of Batgirl.
Glad you like it! I feel like it's the most overlooked quality nu52 book.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Me too. Surprisingly great art for a $2.99 tier jam.
fredrancour
Member
If only it had been an actual truck.
krypt0nian
Banned
Ouch. Has her books really been that bad? I see a lot of hate for her these days.
She was awesome as Oracle; has she give up those duties to be Batgirl 24/7?
Angelus Errare
Banned
Snap!
I haven't read the entire run but what I did read was just painfully boring.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Alt LCS had 25% off everything sale.
I am stupid and weak, and now have shiny new Godzilla and Mothra toys. WHYYYY?!
Also two new volumes of Yotsuba to fill the hole where my heart should be. ^_^
I am stupid and weak, and now have shiny new Godzilla and Mothra toys. WHYYYY?!
Also two new volumes of Yotsuba to fill the hole where my heart should be. ^_^
Lol I thought the exact same thing when I read that. As if cost means anything beyond Marvel wanting more money.
Mine is having a 50% off sale on a bunch of paperbacks, back issues, and toys. Must....be.....strong -_-
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
I know it hurts brah. And you got people on other forums defending Land on a four dollar book.
krypt0nian
Banned
That...that's terrifying.
Iron Man is not worth the money with that art, everyone looks deformed. What kind of blind person would defend it and it had to be a blind person because the art was insulting to all those with the power of sight.
purnoman3000
Member
Anyone else notice Batwoman #14 having 20 straight story pages followed by 12 pages of ads. Is this a new format for DC or just a one-time thing for this issue?
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They've done that in the past when the book has been all/mostly 2 page spreads.
Last issue was like that too. I think all the two page spreads forced them to put all the ads in the back.
fredrancour
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I randomly read a couple issues of birds of prey where she felt kind of like that as a support role, but in the issues of her book I've read she's been, at best, boring and at worst, a childish, selfish character who still gets idolized by other characters in an illogical way. That in particular is why some people say simone is just an obsessed fan writing fan fiction. "You were always meant to be batgirl" is just too cheesy, but apparently enough fans agree with her to tolerate it. In a decade someone whose childhood was defined by oracle will get a job writing barbara and even if they don't put her back in the wheelchair they'll still probably shift her back towards that role.
Ok. that's enough negativity. things I actually like: when my friends buy books so I can tradewait for my own copies without actually waiting to read. I've read captain america, thor, fantastic four, and iron man from marvel now. I enjoyed all of them, except for any panels containing human faces drawn by greg land. If you paired the man with scott snyder and asked them to make a horror story, I would never stop screaming.
I think thor in particular was my favorite. I've never really read a thor comic before so I had no idea what to expect, but it was a nice blend of jubilant viking party action, bleak norse ominous-ness, serious adventuring, and mythology crossovers.
Same for cap. My only cap story before this was the movie. Is this what a normal cap book is like? Sci-fi heroics + super-spy flavoring? Very fun.
I'm afraid I can't judge the quality of FF because it looks like the books have been elevated to the same level of fandom in my heart as batman- I'll enjoy even the most rote story more than people will think is justified. Still, so far so good.
Iron man's good points: My prior reading is extremis and fraction's invincible, volume 1. Issue 1 was a massive retread of plot points from both of those, though I enjoyed it. Issue two was much more fun. From gillen's afterword to the issue, it's what he's going for. no master plan, just adventuring. It also hit a theme I'd always wondered about:
The people piloting knock-off suits are usually military types. How much of a gap in combat skills can tony's tech make up for?
I hope the rest of the avengers books are good.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I'm not thinking like that. It's the reality of what they're doing. Highest Quality Talent = 3.99. Across the board.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
See above. I've got a pile of NOW books right next to me. Any 3.99 book is either flagship (ASM) or has the "best" (really best selling) talent on board. Journey Into Mystery wasn't even selling great when it was a fan favorite, now they've replaced the entire team and character. All corroborating evidence pointed to a book that would probably suffer, art-wise (see: X-Men Legacy, Captain Marvel, Red She Hulk).
There are anomalies like Hawkeye or Daredevil or Deadpool or Ff but by and large the price gap in Marvel books is accompanied by a gap in quality tiers. I don't advocate this, it's just reality.
GrandHarrier
Member
Most DC books are $2.99 and the art matches or exceeds many Marvel titles. Marvel just jacks up the cost because they know you'll buy it regardless.
krypt0nian
Banned
Ding ding ding.
Marvel has people thinking the best talent is worth 3.99, which is garbage.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Aren't Batman and Justice League 3.99?
Anyway, I'm not making that distinction, Marvel is. I hope you don't think I'm one of those people who think "the best talent is worth 3.99". If I thought that, I would have set the latest Amazing Spider-Man on fire.
BuddyJoeHooker
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Batman and Justice league also come with backup stories by amazing artist.
Spike Spiegel
Member
The extra $1 pays for better writers.
TheKaeptain
Banned
If this was true Marvel would have to pay readers to pick up Hawkeye.
Lemire and Synder aside, I find the rest of the writers at DC unimpressive.
krypt0nian
Banned
Apparently not.
But then they have you conditioned to accept the shitty up charge.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
And Marvel 3.99 books come with free digital copies, which means I don't have to store them and can get rid of them. Seems even at best, advantage Marvel at worst.
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