That sounds..... FUN
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COMICS!!! |OT| September 2017 | 25 Years of wearing a smile to work!
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That sounds..... FUN
You get to see a tiny Pym crawl out of Jan's vagina, and a giant, naked Pym rampage around the Vegas strip. So yeah, pretty awesome.
tbh, you are not successfull if you try to talk me out reading this book
I mean, yeah, its a bit to much, something more in line with what Ultimate Pym would most likely do, but I need to see and laugh about it now
TetraxShards
Member
Yeah after what happened with Johns and Avengers, he pitched Green Lantern Rebirth to DC and the rest is history.
Tizoc
Member
...man that actually sounds awesome on paper-
Pym and Janet working towards making up after all their past BS while Whirlwind tries to ruin their holiday.
La Maquinon
Member
Read the first 4 issues of Kirby's New Gods ('71). My first crack at a comic that old in a long while. So good (obvs). Loving it.
Nice. I'm looking forward to getting the omnibus and finally reading that stuff.
Freezasaurus
Member
Same. When is that, October? I see IST already has it listed under the coming soon section.
LordOfLore
Banned
Early December I think. That one and the JLI one are probably worthy of being listed in the OP those months.
Freezasaurus
Member
I don't know if the official ComicGAF omnibus reading position is going to work with the Fourth World omni if you don't want your legs crushed.
LordOfLore
Banned
It's a killing weapon.
Freezasaurus
Member
One would have to lift it first.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
List!
Elsewhere #2
Scales & Scoundrels #1
The Walking Dead #171
The Wicked & The Divine #31
Elsewhere #2
Scales & Scoundrels #1
The Walking Dead #171
The Wicked & The Divine #31
Freezasaurus
Member
oh yeah, those are a thing. I forgot it's Sunday.
Deathstroke #23
Doom Patrol #8
Green Lanterns #30
Seven to Eternity #9
Walking Dead #171
Jessica Jones #12
Giant Days #30
Punisher by Garth Ennis Omnibus
Gwent Art of the Witcher Card Game
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
No, I bought it right before. Definitely worth checking out though.
Gwenpool and Hawkeye
Whirlwind makes a hooker dress up in a Wasp outfit, has sex with her, then kills her.
... wtf
WadiumArcadium
Member
Some of that card art's really nice, it should make for a good art book. I need to get back to Gwent.
JLI is actually the end of this month, but I thought it was October until aboit a week ago, which was well after I finished the collected editions sections. I'm really bummed that it's not on there.
Haha yeah for real. I am going to have to be confined to my desk for that one.
La Maquinon
Member
Yeah, I'll have to take a look at it in shop to see if I would want to actually hold it and read it. I do love the idea of having the fourth world stuff all together.
It's weird how that one decision could shape the comics era for the 2000s. What if Johns stayed with Marvel? Would Millar even do Civil War? BMB with everything else?
LordOfLore
Banned
I know Bendis has his detractors, especially on here, but Marvel dodged a bullet, if Johns's Avengers run is any indication. As interesting as Pym Particle-fueled sex might sound to some people on here, the run is really a mess. Following up a run like Busiek's makes the drop in quality particularly stark.
If Bendis never worked on the Avengers everything would be 100% different. His run affected everything.
My most anticipated title for next year. And a %100 certain Hawkman series from Lemire too?! DC just keeps giving.
December 12th per bleedingcool.
I recently got a book stand for text books, and it has worked great for Omnibuses as well.
Recently checked out Green Lanterns Vol 1 by Sam Humphries and Robson Rocha. It feels like the definition of mediocre comics. The art is fine to kinda bad, with really rough line work that I feel like I see a lot with the DC house style artists. Issue four really stood out to me as hitting up against production deadlines.
The story itself is fine, and looks like it is setting up a couple over arching plots for the book as a whole. The pacing, however, is abysmal. Every issue repeats itself multiple times about how Simon and Jessica don't get along, and how Jessica locked herself in her apartment for three years. This isn't even writing for the trade, this is expanding page count through reiteration. Because of how they are written, Simon and Jessica feel one dimensional. They keep telling the audience that they don't like each other, and that Jessica is still anxious, when they could be showing that they don't get along well through their actions.
There are a few cool moments, though. I haven't read anything with Simon Baz, outside of his first appearance, so his interaction with Bleez was incredibly interesting.
The Bleez portion of the story feels strongest. Removing her Rage, and having that stick with her even as she goes back with Atrocitus is a great idea. The execution is still poor, with two pages given and very matter of facts statements about how the characters feel.
Another kind of Lantern ring. Great. A threat in Earth's core, that's kinda cool, and we'll see where it goes.
I'm probably going to give volume 2 a go. I watched Thorgi's video today about how to fix Marvel comics, and he mentioned that Green Lanterns was given enough time for him to grow to like Simon and Jessica. We'll see if that holds true.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Oh man, Volume 2 is such a huge improvement over Volume 1.
I doubt his Avengers run would have to be indicative of any other runs he would potentially do, just as it's not indicative of any of his DC runs.
That being said, what percentage of his Avengers run centered around the Pym sex stuff?
The Pym sex stuff is one issue. But as that may represent the nadir of the run, a lot of it just isn't that good.
Freezasaurus
Member
I don't really trust anything outside of Diamond. And they're saying December 6th. So I would think that's the most accurate date right now.
Coriolanus
Banned
Caught up with East of West.
Legit just waiting for the moment Death gets pissed off and blam!s Baloon.
Legit just waiting for the moment Death gets pissed off and blam!s Baloon.
Aizo
Banned
Don't be ridiculous. The movie with sexist creep Trevor? That movie sucks.
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Strawman male chauvinist is strawman male chaunvinist
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Thing is, BMB was still making the company some massive money in the Ultimate Line, so I'd imagine he'd still have a solid position in the company.
But it is interesting to think about. No Bendis run on New Avengers means Luke Cage and Jessica Jones would not have gotten that big resurgence that they did. Though I wonder, without Bendis' New Avengers run, would Marvel have been confident in the line enough to commit to the MCU the way that they did?
Aizo
Banned
What's a strawman have to do with it? What argument is there?
Bendis absolutely still has a solid position in Marvel. People like to shit on him but Marvel clearly trust him. Hell he's writing some stellar books since Civil War (honestly don't think he should be on events). Legitimately some of the best books I read monthly.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Oh yeah, I've been enjoying Miles' book and Defenders. I do think Marvel, for while, thought he could have the golden touch on everything, and that ended up not being the case.
Are you reading Jessica Jones? It's my favourite of the current books.
The Iron Man books are also great.
LordOfLore
Banned
This variant. I love it:
BKatastrophe
Member
S2 is about 50/50. It has some really strong episodes, and some weak ones. I found S1 to be the strongest due to the serialized storylines. S2 and S3 basically drop those and try to be B:TAS and I don't think it works as strongly as they had hoped.
Naturally
The scouter oh my goodness the scouter
Haha, that's great.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
I read the first couple of issues, but then put it in my backlog. It's been hard keeping track of everything.
whatsinaname
Member
Is it supposed to be reference/homage to something?
I am reading it now. The two issue interstitial is already miles better. The art is still mediocre, but fine. The story probably could have been done in one issue, but the interactions between Simon and Jessica were much more in the buddy cop zone. The buddy cop zone is the best zone. It also feels like it might veer into Lord of the Rings territory. Time will tell. It's unfortunate that the first 7 issues (1-6 and the rebirth) are so bland. The Rebirth issue was the only one I picked up as a floppy, but it was nothing to write home about.
Anyone else read Generations Hawkeye? Kelly Thompson is such a great writer. She has totally nailed Hawkeye and this issue is super fun. The banter between Clint and Kate is just wonderful especially the stuff about
long may Kelly last on Hawkeye. She is the writer Kate deserves post Fraction.
her costume and Clints mask.
BKatastrophe
Member
I think Jessica Jones might be my favorite Marvel character. Period. Like...I just love her so damn much.
You know who I bet would be a good Kate writer? Ewing.
I love how bluntly sarcastic she is when written by Bendis. Hence the bottom pic in this month's OP. That literally had me rolling. She just couldn't help saying it.
Id trust Ewing with any quirky character. Kate is right up his alley. I love his writing.
Hawkeye vs Deadpool is a great little mini that many people skipped. It has great art by Lolli and has funny Kate moments like this
