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COMICS! |OT| October 2014. Witches, wytches, and things that go GROOT in the night.
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Freezasaurus
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You're learning how to be a baller.
my name is ed
Banned
http://comicsalliance.com/best-art-ever-this-week-10-24-2014/
My spider Gwen piece made it on comics alliance!
I'm totally getting shown up by the other artists in that collection but still...
My spider Gwen piece made it on comics alliance!
I'm totally getting shown up by the other artists in that collection but still...
nice!
Very well done, Messi. I really think you'll like X-Statix.
That's some interesting stuff. It also reminded me that I really need to read the original Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League run sometime in the near future.
Very nice! Congratulations on sharing the same page as all of that other great art! You definitely deserve it.
Also, this one is too cool:
That's a great interview, thanks for sharing Spike. I love what they're doing in this book and that editorial is pretty much giving them free reign. Giffen and DeMatteis are as sharp as they've ever been, and Porter is absolutely crushing it on art. Anyone complaining about DC being too dark and not having books that are fun really should give JL3K a shot.
Doublesith
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Cap is a gigantic asshole. Tony, Reed and Cyclops are to be arrested on sight, but don't worry Namor - one of the Phoenix 5 and the Illuminati, who drowned thousands of Wakandans, destroyed a populated alternate Earth and unleashed the Cabal - you're AOK with me buddy, LOL (All-New Invaders).
Serpentine
Banned
Nice! On your way to COMICS SUPERSTARDOM.
also chriiiiiiiiiist i gotta get this one, all of Mckelvie's CHVRCHES posters are rad but this is the best one, i think
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
dude nice
Read She-Hulk now... I really liked the Issues Pulido worked on, Wimberlys Art is like the ungliest drawings ive ever seen in a comicbook. Wow, it made the book almost unreadable
Kinda sad that the series is canceled
Whenever I see people talk like this about Wimberly, it hurts my heart. I mean, I understand it. His art is definitely unconventional and clearly doesn't have the mass appeal, but I love it so much. It has so much energy and soul.
And this isn't one of the "your opinion's wrong and mine's right" kind of things. I do understand why people don't like it. But at the same time, I wish everyone could see in him what me and Filthy Slug (pretty sure it was Filthy Slug) and a few others do.
Well, Birdie has a quote on the back of the Remender Punisher omnibus. I feel like that counts.
Finished Age of Ultron on my lunch hour, and boy does it really fall apart in the back half. The concept of the story was interesting (I'm a sucker for a time travel story, but the execution in the end fell to pieces. I'm guessing that had to do with however long this thing was gestating before Marvel shoved it out the door. The whole Angela reveal at the end was so obviously shoehorned in, a year and a half later and I still don't think Marvel knows what they're doing with her (she's from space, no wait she's from the lost realm of Heven, no wait she's Asgardian! and you get the sense they thought the reveal would be a bigger deal than it was.
With all that said it still doesn't manage to unseat Fear Itself as the worst Marvel event in recent history. And please Birdie, we don't need another diatribe about how secretly brilliant Fear Itself was and how Tony sacrificing his sobriety was literally the most moving scene ever in comics because it was written by Fraction who has had his own personal battle with alcohol and substance abuse or whatever else you project on to it to convince yourself it was good.
I'd give Age of Ultron a it was ok but I'm glad I didn't pay for it out of five.
With all that said it still doesn't manage to unseat Fear Itself as the worst Marvel event in recent history. And please Birdie, we don't need another diatribe about how secretly brilliant Fear Itself was and how Tony sacrificing his sobriety was literally the most moving scene ever in comics because it was written by Fraction who has had his own personal battle with alcohol and substance abuse or whatever else you project on to it to convince yourself it was good.
I'd give Age of Ultron a it was ok but I'm glad I didn't pay for it out of five.
Does he really? That's amazing.
From when he wrote for CBR.
So I'm halfway done with Ennis' Fury MAX now, and... I'm not really all that impressed if I'm honest. I mean, it's good, but probably my least favorite Ennis thing I've read. I don't feel attached to any of the characters and the stories haven't been very interesting.
Also, I don't like saying this, but Parlov's art isn't doing it for me. I like some of what he does, but his panels, at least in this book, are so incredibly boring. Every single page is pretty much just four widescreen panels. And also, a lot of times his rough style tends to look less like style and more like lack of effort.
Just so that I'm not totally bagging on him though, his compositions are great (when they're not just a single face looking straight) and his more zoomed out drawings are excellent. He does a great job at drawing the right amount of detail when things are far-ish away; it's mostly the up-close stuff I don't care for.
I sincerely apologize, Parlov lovers. I'd love for you to bombard me with images of some of his great panels though. I want to like him.
Also, I don't like saying this, but Parlov's art isn't doing it for me. I like some of what he does, but his panels, at least in this book, are so incredibly boring. Every single page is pretty much just four widescreen panels. And also, a lot of times his rough style tends to look less like style and more like lack of effort.
Just so that I'm not totally bagging on him though, his compositions are great (when they're not just a single face looking straight) and his more zoomed out drawings are excellent. He does a great job at drawing the right amount of detail when things are far-ish away; it's mostly the up-close stuff I don't care for.
I sincerely apologize, Parlov lovers. I'd love for you to bombard me with images of some of his great panels though. I want to like him.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
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i drew a webcomic for four friggin years
illustrated infinite jest (INFINITE FUCKING JEST) for the graphic canon
drew a card for a gaddamn best show premium card set
but TTOB says one word and my legacy is CBR.
that dude is the worst forever
I am still kinda new in ComicGAF compared to most of you guys, but we really consider Secret Invasion and World War Hulk as better?!?
BenjaminBirdie
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I don't know how you write off the core lynchpin of the whole thing, though! "Man, fuck Magnolia! And Birdie, don't come in here and tell me about how we're all interconnected by circumstance and pain, it's a bad movie!"
Ok! It just, it still is what it is, dude. And that's what Fear Itself is about. It doesn't mean YOU have to like it but it doesn't make ME wrong either.
ThyMusicMan
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Damn man,, that's sick. Good shit good job
I think we may need to get a Batman commission in the works brossive...
The art in Batman Eternal #27 and #28 is wonderful. I know it's two different artists but they have very similar styles in places. I knew I had seen some of Meghan Hetrick's art before. She did the nice art in the Jokers Daughter one shot. Say what you will about they story in that one shot but the art was pretty.
Helped that the story in the eternal issues centered on Catwoman.
Helped that the story in the eternal issues centered on Catwoman.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Wytches was alright. Kinda goes against me not trying to buy David Brothers edited books.
BenjaminBirdie
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bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
echoshifting
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I was just re-reading the Infinite Avengers arc (Avengers 29-34), and I have what I think is a decent theory of how next summer's events are going to play out...
I haven't read much of the Time Runs Out issues yet, and for all I know this has already been spelled out. If not, what do you guys think?
Earth-616 is doomed, and it's Cap's fault.
At the end of the arc, Immortus/Kang/Iron Lad tell Cap that his decision to convince the Illuminati to use other means to stop the incursions is going to cause them to fail. This is exactly what is going to happen, and it's going to mean the death of Earth-616.
However, this doesn't mean the incursions won't eventually be stopped on another Earth. This new Earth, new number, will feature the altered takes on all of the important events on Earth-616. We're going to get to see how these events played out differently before stepping into the new, mainline Marvel continuity. This lets Marvel avoid some of the pitfalls of the new 52: everything will have still happened, and the universe will have that "lived-in" feel because we'll be just as far along as we were in Earth-616...but with the changes Marvel wants to make the universe feel more like the MCU, and to provide that ultimate jumping-on point of a "new" universe.
At the end of the arc, Immortus/Kang/Iron Lad tell Cap that his decision to convince the Illuminati to use other means to stop the incursions is going to cause them to fail. This is exactly what is going to happen, and it's going to mean the death of Earth-616.
However, this doesn't mean the incursions won't eventually be stopped on another Earth. This new Earth, new number, will feature the altered takes on all of the important events on Earth-616. We're going to get to see how these events played out differently before stepping into the new, mainline Marvel continuity. This lets Marvel avoid some of the pitfalls of the new 52: everything will have still happened, and the universe will have that "lived-in" feel because we'll be just as far along as we were in Earth-616...but with the changes Marvel wants to make the universe feel more like the MCU, and to provide that ultimate jumping-on point of a "new" universe.
I haven't read much of the Time Runs Out issues yet, and for all I know this has already been spelled out. If not, what do you guys think?
KoruptData
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Just started Batman Red Rain which is a Tale of the Multiverse. Written by Moench and art by Jones it has a familiar quality to it from the HC I bought a few months ago of their work. What separates this, besides Vampires and Dracula is it is much more poetic than his regular Batman run. Moench almost made this Bruce/Batman deeper and more complex than he already is. Not done but fun story so far.
BenjaminBirdie
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boy that sure sounds about right.
but
i think there'll be a little overlap to let them cover any bases they feel like, keep the old whoever or whatever. i don't think every 616 dude will just be replaced.
Though as I write that I just don't see how it could impact the whole line. Waid's Daredevil just ends? Punisher? Black Widow?
Word?
Nah.
Though as I write that I just don't see how it could impact the whole line. Waid's Daredevil just ends? Punisher? Black Widow?
Word?
Nah.
#savemiles
echoshifting
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But who's to say on new Earth, let's call it Earth-n, Waid's Daredevil isn't happening exactly as it is on Earth-616? They don't even have to reboot their entire line for this to work. It lets them pick and choose.
I do think some Earth-616 characters would be spared in this scenario, definitely
I do think some Earth-616 characters would be spared in this scenario, definitely
Freezasaurus
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Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Finally picked up two weeks worth of floppies. I'll be back to joining y'all fellas in the conversation as soon as I read Multiversity and She-Hulk and Zero and Batman & Robin.
On my phone but here's a quick and dirty on why I think both are gr8:
The thing about Parlov for me is that he can do both comic and deathly serious, often within the same drawing (which is why he's the perfect dude for Barracuda). He does ultra violence and gore in a way that's completely frank and horrifying in a way that makes it seem effortless. He's got a knack for caricature, he draws impossibly hard men and impossibly beautiful women and every single line is confident.
Fury MAX is kind of the ultimate Ennis comic. It's really only missing an Irish dude and a disfigured person that's mocked. It's one of the most damning indictments of the American wars in the latter half of the twentieth century that I can remember reading in comics. El-P and Killer Mike like to fuck and rap; Fury likes to fuck and fight, and he can't stop. One of the most interesting things about Ennis for me is his Ameriphilia and Fury MAX is a great exploration of that. War comics should make you feel sick. And that's what Fury does
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Fury Max was my first exposure to Goran Parlov, and I was floored by his work. Frye pretty succinctly said exactly what impressed me about his work, but I'd add that his vision for characters is pretty fucking impeccable. The way he ages the main crew throughout the story is entirely plausible, and smooth as shit considering the amount of time-period shifts.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
That's why I read my comics last night. Now I get to play Bayonetta in peace
Nah, you're right about Wimberly. It didn't fit as a fill-in at all but that style is gorgeous in its own right.
Shin Johnpv
Member
I'm still mixed about it, and I'm giving it another issue or two to decide. I like the art other than everyone looking 14, but the writing is another thing. It just doesn't feel like the same character I've been reading for 3 years, it is SUCH an enormous departure. Specially the getting blackout drunk and possible having a 3 some part, just doesn't feel in anyway like Barbara.
SpiderJerusalem
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yea World War Hulk is the only marvel event I liked...do the X-men ones count? because I like X-men crossovers but I didn't read Avengers vs X-men because I didn't care. Just the ones that stay in thier own books
why the fuck didn't I know this was a thing....dammit
Pai Pai Master
Banned
I like Secret Invasion. It was my favourite event from that stretch from Civil War to Fear Itself.
/shrug I just like Skrulls and it had some really fantastic tie-ins, like the Inhumans stuff and Cho/Hercules' God Squad.
http://centuryguild.net/collections/books/david-mack-muse
They're doing a kickstarter for the 2nd volume next month.
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
I liked both Civil War and Secret Invasion.
Come at me, Comic-GAF.
Come at me, Comic-GAF.
Deadline reports that "Riverdale," a drama seriesbased on Archie Comics, has landed at FOX with "Arrow" and "The Flash" executive producer Greg Berlanti at the head. The show will be written by Archie Comics Chief Creative Officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
What in the hell... this has a 99% chance of being the worst thing ever put on TV, but that 1% still has me excited. I want to see some Afterlife with Archie weirdness somehow thrown into the mix.
What in the hell... this has a 99% chance of being the worst thing ever put on TV, but that 1% still has me excited. I want to see some Afterlife with Archie weirdness somehow thrown into the mix.
WadiumArcadium
Member
What am I even doing
At least you're not wasting it. Money on comics is money well spent.
At least I am not spending it on animu waifu statues right?
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