-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
COMICS |OT| September 2016. Comics Should Be Good.
- Thread starter Tyrant Rave
- Start date
Yep, Finch and Janin are alternating arcs. And I love Janin's art on Grayson.
As a Mockingbird stan, just wanted to rage about its official cancellation.
eh?
🙁
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
This might be my first (AND LAST) Funko Pop purchase.
TetraxShards
Member
That's what they all say. Hell, that's what I said. But now....I walk a darker path.
If we're doing Laura Bailey POPs, where my Jaina at? She will be placed in between Arthas and Elsa for max lols.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I actually thought that the dialogue was pretty clunky, tbh. Codename oversaturation. Much prefer King's prose, even if the plot has been a little lacking.
Tragicomedy
Member
Yep.
Bane is evidently controlling Psycho Pirate, who in turn infected Gotham Girl.
It's as dumb as it sounds.
No, I'm actually thanking you so I didn't have to buy that book.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
I think I reached double my mankind divided playtime in dragon quest in 2-3 days, compared to 2-3 weeks with Deus Ex.
I wish that Aaron Dauterman OHC would show it's face but not a whiff yet. Anyone else got it?
I wish that Aaron Dauterman OHC would show it's face but not a whiff yet. Anyone else got it?
yeah, "new"
Tragicomedy
Member
Interesting. The ONLY complaint that hyperbolic, 10/10 comic reviewers have against King's Batman is his dialogue is gratingly bad at times. Everyone repeats the same phrases three or four times, with unnatural uses of "I mean." Also, everyone stutters.
My opinion on King is basically a 180 from yours. I think he can sometimes nail the big picture plot game, when his clunky writing and repetitive dialogue stay out of the way. His take on Batman hasn't nailed either, and honestly feels complicated rather than complex. I imagine he was shooting for the opposite.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
It will be my last cuz honestly I think the majority of Funko Pops look ugly.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Uhhhhh
Bane is controlling Strange, evidently, who broke out Psycho Pirate on his behalf. Which is actually not that surprising. A psychological attack on Batman, followed by repeated physical attacks, followed by a direct confrontation... sound like anbody's MO we're familiar with?
Wow, that's a first for me. I think he's got a fantastic writing style. His plot skills are on point as well, but the big selling point of Vision is the writing, and Sheriff has fantastic dialogue.
The only big "wtf" moment for me from his Batman run is the serial numbers thing, everything else has been rock solid. I love the very, very dry sense of humor he's given Bruce.
Yup, Pinkie Pie.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Out of interest, do you feel like that about his dialogue in his other books, or just this one? Just for context.
Can't believe I posted that locke and key cover earlier and not one remark about how awesome it is.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Exactly. We all knew she'd turn. Cupcakes was a sign of things to come.
I used to be a Bronie, and I've never read it, thank god.
TetraxShards
Member
They must have dug out a rejected script for Beyond. Still though, I'll read it.
Tragicomedy
Member
We might be saying the same thing here? Straight from Tom King's mouth:
"TK: I can reveal that the second arc is called I Am Suicide, and as you see from the end of #6, thats Batman forming his own Suicide Squad to take Psycho Pirate back from Bane. Psycho Pirate is the only way you can cure Gotham Girl, so Batman is becoming more and more obsessed with finding a cure for all the hopes he put into Gotham and Gotham Girl. Our third arc will be called I Am Bane, and its the repercussions of Batmans illegal mission into Banes territory to steal Psycho Pirate, and what goes wrong and what goes right in that."
I love what I've read of Vision so far, but that's mechanical by its very nature.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Cool man, just trying to draw a bigger picture on where you stand with him while reading the chat. Have you read Omega Men, nah?
Without spoilers for the newer vision issues, can anyone say, has Waid said anything about dealing with the fallout of the vision series given hell be writing vision and viv in his two team books? Or do we think when vision comes to a close it's effectively a closed book on all that stuff?
Freezasaurus
Member
Oh yeah, not worth $5. Gross.
You know what I am cool with this.
I wonder what bane has on strange to make him go this far.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Ah, I thought you meant that
Bane was controlling Pirate while he was still in Gotham.
Well, considering the newest issue, I have to imagine that at least part of it is access to some sweet PEDs.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Okay Mercs for Money is officially my favorite current Deadpool book.
I would buy it just so you could read monster men.
And we are lacking seven to eternity impressions here. I will let you guys off the hook since yah pull 4 times the amount I do
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Hagi don't do that to me I don't like it. I can't handle dark tower comparisons unless you're telling me it's utterly exceptional and top of its class.
How are people feeling about trinity? His art is great but whether it was Manapul or buccalatto, that first detective trade I have by them is pretty poor storytelling.
I'm expecting it to be good, and hopefully Night Thrasher ends up being a member. David Walker has earned my trust as a writer.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
DC Announced their Writers Wrokshop members. One of their names is freaking Owl Goingback. That's awesome. I hope they're great.
It's great fun.
Chelsea Cain confirmed #8 is the last issue.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
GTFO.
He is not wrong
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Haha that's the name I picked out a few pages back too, it's jumps right out at you. I mean, it's awesome but also, who does that to their kid. My kid goes to nice school and he'd be bullied mercilessly for being called Owl.
Dude, the dark tower is a high hiiiiigh bar to compare to. I mean, Remender will never write anything the caliber of the dark tower. That's for sure. The dark tower is a series that transcends genre. It's a horror, it's a western it's a crime drama at moments. It's as much as about a black woman who is mentally ill and a recovering junkie as a cowboy on an epic mystical quest. It's about the cumulation of many works spanning 30 years being drawn together into a cohesive thematic tapestry, and watching one of the greatest writers of our time maturing over that period as he does it. It's also about a man crawling back out of having his hip shattered. Saying something is like the dark tower is a high bar, that's all.
Just gonna repost from the other thread: What a great week for comfy stories. Trinity, Superdad, and Green Lantern were all good. Night of Monster Men is also off to a fantastic start in both Batman and Nightwing. How is it all so good?
Surprised by people not liking the dialogue in Kings Batman. For me the only clunky parts are when Duke jumps in to narrate something. Like King forgot he was there and had to give the kid something to do.
Surprised by people not liking the dialogue in Kings Batman. For me the only clunky parts are when Duke jumps in to narrate something. Like King forgot he was there and had to give the kid something to do.
I'm pretty meh on that as well to be honest, i'll pick up the Monster Men trade next year probably.
I haven't read all the books but It really does have the same kind of feel to Dark Tower. I'm pretty piss poor at putting how I feel about media to a page but reading this issue did make me think of that world Stephen King created. Certainly the atmospehere and somewhat the scope. I enjoy all of Remenders Image work to varying degrees but I have a feeling we're in for something special with this.
edit: lol seems I should have expanded earlier on what I meant by that comparison....
Schweinehund
Member
Finished Walt Simonson's Thor. Very good read, stayed consistently strong. Favorite individual issue I think was either Surtur's invasion of Asgard or Thor's Battle vs the Midgard Serpent. Not sure if I agree with it being one of the best runs of all time but it's just good comics through and through, and consistent.
Hopping back over to read Watchmen for the first time before I continue with more Thor. Finished the first issue and I'm already impressed by Gibbon & Moore's work, and also how literal Zack Snyder's translation from book to movie is.
Hopping back over to read Watchmen for the first time before I continue with more Thor. Finished the first issue and I'm already impressed by Gibbon & Moore's work, and also how literal Zack Snyder's translation from book to movie is.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Haha I'm half teasing man. Well I'm completely serious but also, I knew exactly what you meant and I appreciate that as a touchstone. I know what people say when they say it. I also just love to have an excuse to type some words about King xd
Also, that guy being native american, it's funny in a world where people are calling their kids apple and whatever, that didn't occur to me.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
That or a "fuck my parents, I'm rejecting them and choosing my own name" sort of thing.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Well if you're going to do research and everything...
Tragicomedy
Member
Liked Trinity.
Superman #7,
Comic continuity is always funny. Like people rave about shared universes, but two issues dropped today that don't gel with one another. I don't care about minor inconsistencies in portrayals, but simple stuff like the relationship status of two prominent JL members?
Full disclaimer: I don't pull Justice League because it's terrible. Maybe they're playing aquatic Dutch ovens inside clamshells over there.
Superman #7,
why is Aquaman thanking Superman for help when he was just threatened by him last issue of Aquaman, and Arthur is no longer talking to the Justice League?
Full disclaimer: I don't pull Justice League because it's terrible. Maybe they're playing aquatic Dutch ovens inside clamshells over there.
I don't read Aquaman, but are the events of that book happening at the same time as Superman?
Tragicomedy
Member
Nobody ever knows. I would assume so. The scope of what's happening in Aquaman is pretty damn massive, to the point it would impact everything else. Nations at war.
Comics.
Superman #7 was great, by the way.
Superman is pretty much year one for the family so I'm just assuming it takes place before every other book.
Raven was good.
Tragicomedy
Member
That sort of makes sense if you think that Trinity also takes place before everything else. I'm more inclined to think it's current with everything else and the family is feeling out everyone since they're from a different universe. They repeat that every issue.