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YO. HAWKGUY. BRO.
- Thread starter NotTheGuyYouKill
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Phoenixazure
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Just finished reading today's issue.
God damn it Kate Bishop why are you so perfect. What an amazing issue overall
God damn it Kate Bishop why are you so perfect. What an amazing issue overall
Auron_Kale
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I've been asking myself this question for a while now... I still don't have the answer other than these two really get each other.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I didn't know Clint was deaf. Interesting.
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
Bro, bro... Not that, bro, not that. 
Auron_Kale
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Mm-hmm. The true human, if you will. He's got a disability and all compared to some of the others. So it's super-easy to relate to Clint.
Bro, bro... Not that, bro, not that.
Yep. I was like... "Man... that wasn't cool Bro."
Auron_Kale
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Y'need to memorialize it and all.
And despite the complicated relationship, Bobbi really is pretty much 'the ex-wife' as well as Mockingbird.
They're still friends obviously because really, who stays mad at Clint? Answer: not many.
Auron_Kale
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NotTheGuyYouKill
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Just finished the new issue.
What the fuck bros.
My reaction at the last page.
To the best bro of all
You were Hawkguy's bro. The best bro.
Fuck bros, I'm sad now.
I know Clint's a superhero, but he better kill that fucking clown.
What the fuck bros.
My reaction at the last page.
To the best bro of all
You were Hawkguy's bro. The best bro.
Fuck bros, I'm sad now.
I know Clint's a superhero, but he better kill that fucking clown.
H.Protagonist
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Just got the latest issue.
Kate is so boss. Everything about this comic is boss, though. I love beat-up Clint.
Hmmm... You could be right. That arrow requires a truly twisted and affable, often confused, genius.
I may have to. And just between you and me and the rest of this thread, is the CW's Green Arrow worth watching? Is the eye candy worth it or will I have to mute it? Post his naked torso to show your affirmative.
Guy grew up in different carnivals and circus, so chances are that he learned one thing or two about arrows there. And not to understimate Stark's brain, but not even him could come up with this marvel.
I mean, it doesn't get better than this. (Other than the boomerang arrow. That shit's awesome)
Hmmm... You could be right. That arrow requires a truly twisted and affable, often confused, genius.
I may have to. And just between you and me and the rest of this thread, is the CW's Green Arrow worth watching? Is the eye candy worth it or will I have to mute it? Post his naked torso to show your affirmative.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I may have to. And just between you and me and the rest of this thread, is the CW's Green Arrow worth watching? Is the eye candy worth it or will I have to mute it? Post his naked torso to show your affirmative.
Why should you watch Arrow? Let me count the ways.
- Since you're a girl, hot guys. If you're a lesbian, bicurious, or a dude also reading this post, hot girls.
- Wicked action and choreography
- Ollie's a fucking badass hero. He's Batman if Batman wasn't squeamish about killing assholes who have it coming.
- Bows are fucking awesome. Arrows are fucking awesome. Taking on a dozen guys armed with machine guns with a bow and arrow and winning is fucking awesome.
- The pacing is fantastic. The stakes are pretty damn high sometimes. You know how Smallville would drag shit out for weeks and the pay off sucked? Arrow is trying to avoid that. It deals with shit pretty fast.
- Like how The Dark Knight was grounded? This is like the CW version of that and it works beautifully. Fuck your superpowers, it's just a bunch of crazy and/or dangerous people battling each other in increasingly over the top ways. The stories are fun, the re-imaginings of the characters are great. A soapy comic-booky Shakespearean tale with worse writing but a hell of a lot more fun.
- It's morally gray and Ollie's actions are constantly in doubt.
- Seth Gabel as the Count is delightfully unhinged when he shows up.
- John Barrowman is fucking awesome and eyefucks everyone awesomely.
- The Dark Archer is the shit.
- This is more a personal opinion, but I think the lead is really good.
- THE ISLAND FLASHBACKS. Some of the best stuff on the show. Sometimes it almost feels like a completely different show. It's amazing, telling a kinda brutal story of survival. Wait till Manu Bennett shows up.
- The girls, seriously. Smokin'.
- For you? Shirtless dudes every goddamn episode working out. It's workout porn.
- Felicity Smoake. Fuck yeah. Chloe Mack from Smallville wishes she were this awesome.
- You keep doubting yourself Smallville-Clark, Ollie's just gonna go get shit done.
Though I'd be amiss to not mention negatives.
- Laurel sucks. Not cause of the actress, but the writers have no idea what to do with her most of the time.
- Detective Wet Blanket should be awesome, but he's just hilariously bad-tempered. I like the actor though.
- They have a tendency to kill off some promising villains too fast. Some stick around.
- Huntress. You'll love her or hate her. Most hate her. I loved her till her second appearance.
Watch this show. Trust me, you should enjoy it. It's awesome. The first few episodes are a little rough, but it settles into its groove and it is a ton of fun.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
NotTheGuyYouKill covered all the bases, so I'll just add that Huntress is awesome, although I'm easily distracted by pale brunettes with blue eyes.
Baconsaurus Rex
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noooo
Auron_Kale
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Got some pretty cool new covers courtesy of Marvel's July Solicits. One of them being the Hawkeye Annual featuring Kate.
Hawkeye Annual #1
Hawkeye #13
Auron_Kale
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Thanks. I didn't think it was anyone existing (though I've missed things like that before). Guess I missed that bit of info.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Sweet. Love those covers. New WP material? I guess Madame Masque's coming back.
He was also less than understanding when his wife got raped.
What the fuck, Clint. I'm just gonna go ahead and pretend Hawkguy is in a different universe than this.
I can't stand hilariously moralizing superheroes that are always "NOOO CAN'T KILL ANYONE INCLUDING ASSHOLE RAPISTS WHO RAPED MY WIFE"
Come on, Clint.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Fraction's walkthrough on 9:
Also:
Well, Kate and Clint will remain awesome together, but no romance bullshit.
Fraction's blog is great: http://mattfraction.com/
Still sad about Grills
I love that issue has a soundtrack/playlist from Fraction and Aja to read the comic to. It's like a television show that has great use of licensed music.
HAWKGUY 9 WALKTHROUGH
spoilers, obv.
COVER
I love this cover so much. Boy i sure wish they didn’t move that logo up to accommodate that IRON MAN 3 logo at the bottom. Also this was meant for february, but the hurricane issue pushed it. It was also at the printer abnormally long? i remember being surprised it didn’t come out last week or the week before even based on how long ago we sent it off. These vagaries vex me and illude my control. Anyway. So… yeah. okay, here we go.
IFC
I just wanted to see David draw Jarvis. Sorry!
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So I had this idea, back when I wrote issue 6, i had this idea about a new way to… well. new ways. this whole book is a continuing experiment and experience in New Ways. and we are down in it now. But mostly? Mostly there is Jarvis.
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Fun echoes of 8 here. Pull out your scissors and keep ‘em near…
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The Work Wife. Ms. Wright (har har). Darlene Wright. Also, “Oh, Da.” was a Wacker bit. Credit where it’s due; the man’s a great editor and awesome at punch-up moments like that.
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Isn’t there an apple store up there now?
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People look at aja and think mazzuchelli and i get it (and so does he) but that’s like looking at a christmas tree covered with tinsel and saying “silver”
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“Keep. Safe.”
Maybe one day I’ll post a photograph of the hawkguy timeline… maybe extras in the collection.
did you know matt hollingsworth does color test sketches? never seen anything like it.he emailed ‘em out of the blue the other day and i think david and i had heart attacks. i want to run those too…
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Been waiting a long time to finally get to write Bobbi; sorry it took so long. Also can we talk about how amazing that hair is? Also what time is it? When did he go to sleep? Snip snip.
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hey look! action almost happens!
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The Bronson Brothers are an invention of Mr. David Aja but I promise you they’ll be back.
Because you can’t spell BRONSON without a little B-R-O
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Too on the nose? Eh, maybe. What can you do? Oh, aside from not write so on the fucking nose I mean. Once the book left the month I should’ve struck this. Ahh well.
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Clint’s birthday is June 18th — Mark Gruenwald’s birthday. His address is DIPLOMAT HOTEL 3208 N. Sheffield, Chicago, IL, 60657. I used to live right next door. It’s not the Diplomat anymore. it was chicago’s last SRO joint. we used to call the neighborhood bums ‘diplomats.’ ”Barney Barton/ Rambling Brothers Circus/ No fixed address” is his emergency contact. I would like to believe that is Aja’s actual handwriting.
Since I already got asked about the poster… yknow what, no, you figure out what it means to you and there you go that’s what it means. But i’ll say this: they’re not gonna fuck. She doesn’t want to fuck him and he doesn’t want to fuck her. It’s not going to happen. They never daydream about it. They don’t wonder about it. They won’t idly pass the time thinking what if. There is nothing sexual in their relationship. Flirtatious? At times. Sexy, even? To a point, maaaybe? I don’t even want to play with will they or won’t they. Because they won’t. So I’ll say, again, unequivocally, as long as I’m on this book, it’s not in the cards even remotely for either of them. I am interested in a love between these two that has nothing to do with sex or physical/sexual attraction. The dog won’t die and they won’t fuck. The end.
i know this is the internet, and i know it’s tumblr, so it’s tough, but remove sex from LOLITA: what about the story of Humbert Humbert and Delores Haze might relate to Kate?
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This was originally scripted to be the old flying sky-cycle thing. I don’t mind the change, but I’m getting that fucker in this book somehow. Also: nothing is by accident.
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I wish I could tell you all the Kate stuff, right now. Steve and I twittered about it a couple weeks back; I don’t think anybody noticed. Kate! Kate. She’s the best.
(WRITTEN THE NEXT MORNING)
Oh hey look:
there. kate plans.
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my favorite thing about this monstrous and sad thing was noticing the stunning lack of fucks pizza dog gives.
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The first act of self-preservation we’ve seen from Clint! Everything’s on the up-up-up for ol’ Hawkguy!
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That thing you will learn about next issue. You’ll also learn all about our issue’s Mystery Fucker in great detail.
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Not the first time you’ve seen that dog. Not the last time you’ll see that dog…
If you’re reading solicits and shit you can start to see the shape of things; this is why I hate solicits and hate that you can read them this far out.
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This was coming from the first issue; sorry. For what it’s worth, though? Grills’ dad wasn’t, but now we’ve got him, annnnd… And this story is just beginning. And ending and we’re right in the middle all at once. Does it still work? I dunno. Is it sustainable? We’ll try our best.
NEXT ISSUE: Who the shit is that fuck?
Also:
Well, Kate and Clint will remain awesome together, but no romance bullshit.
Fraction's blog is great: http://mattfraction.com/
Still sad about Grills
I love that issue has a soundtrack/playlist from Fraction and Aja to read the comic to. It's like a television show that has great use of licensed music.
Auron_Kale
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Basically any issue done by Aja will have an accompanying Spotify playlist. If it's not done by him then nothing.
I do hope that Matt will provide his own for ones that Aja didn't work on for the rest of the books as it's swell.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Yeah, I noticed it in past issues (but the tracks aren't listed in the TPB :/)
But yeah, that'd be great if Matt put a tracklist in as well. It's a nice touch.
Auron_Kale
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Well David Aja's handle on Spotify is greyrabbit, so you can search for them as well as on youtube.
Also, if you follow him on twitter, he'll give a link there too... as well as on his blog so you can listen to issues 1, 2, 3, 6, 8 & 9.
BuddyJoeHooker
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Auron_Kale
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They changed it again? I thought it was on track for EOM...
BuddyJoeHooker
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Auron_Kale
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NotTheGuyYouKill
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Aja's 9 soundtrack on Spotify and YouTube doesn't jive with the list at the end of 9.
Wha?
But White Rabbit at the end with the Clown works pretty damn well, I think.
Wha?
But White Rabbit at the end with the Clown works pretty damn well, I think.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Clint. Kill. This. Motherfucker.
Someone mentioned this on Fraction's blog, but there's a serious David Bowie vibe about this guy.
Also, some Kate fan art cause Kate's awesome and so is this.
Someone mentioned this on Fraction's blog, but there's a serious David Bowie vibe about this guy.
Also, some Kate fan art cause Kate's awesome and so is this.
I'm in love. Why can't I find guys like that.
H.Protagonist
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Why should you watch Arrow? Let me count the ways....
Hmmm... yes... This is a good point.
Yes, yes. I like this.
I do appreciate more realistic heroes. You just know it's going to bite him in the ass sometime, though.
Yes, yes, yes. very promising.
Good, good.
I'm listening.
My favorite 'color'.
Promising. Very promising.
I'm a big fan of these scenarios. Reading a great, very instructional manga called Jisatsu Shima right now that is along that theme.
Aaaaaand SOLD.
Excellent pitch, NotTheGuyYouKill.
And I'm easily distracted by naked, scarred torsos.
And there was much rejoicing. Really pleased about the dog promise as well.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Where'd you get a reprint? I couldn't find one as everywhere was eithernsold out or ludicrously expensive. I want a full set
Got my avatar Hawkguy'd.
If anybody's interested in the women:
Snagging Kate, thanks so much!
The series is awesome and I'm glad it kicked me back into reading comics.
Where'd you get a reprint? I couldn't find one as everywhere was eithernsold out or ludicrously expensive. I want a full set
King's Comic in Sydney.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Just order online?Where'd you get a reprint? I couldn't find one as everywhere was eithernsold out or ludicrously expensive. I want a full set
Auron_Kale
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I want a full set
Only one of these I had to buy off eBay because my LCS was shorted on the number of copies they ordered (which was #3). Everything else, 1st prints.
I love how the colors in the covers change to go with a certain theme.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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The shops online I checked were all out of stock for Issues 1-6 or whatever. That or they had first reprints or something for really high prices. If you know where I can grab them for regular pricing, I'd appreciate some links.
Only one of these I had to buy off eBay because my LCS was shorted on the number of copies they ordered (which was #3). Everything else, 1st prints.
I love how the colors in the covers change to go with a certain theme.
Aja's covers are awesome. I love the transition from purple to red on the Issue 5 cover, hahaha. The reprints switch up the colours though :/
BuddyJoeHooker
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This makes me wonder if the Francavilla covers might be variants, since aja kind of has a cover streak going. Although the solicits show otherwise.
Auron_Kale
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Actually, it's transitioning as well. Yellow is the next color to be incorporated into the covers. Issue 12 has the yellows coming into play while issue 13 straight up has yellow on it.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Francavilla's covers are lovely, but they have a different vibe from Aja's covers. I'm not crazy, right? Sorta throws the whole thing off.
But lovely work, nonetheless.
Auron_Kale
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Francavilla's covers lovingly invoke all those pulp magazines from the 40's & 50's for me. Even the cover he did for Captain America & Bucky a while back just has that pulp hero feel to it, it's awesome.
So yes, it's different from Aja's, but it works for me.