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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 21, 2013 9:11:41 GMT -5
WS is broke and buying new comics on a gift card short half-assed reviews: Morbius #2: Continues to be a surprisingly entertaining read, I love how it doesn't take its self too seriously, but tells a compelling narrative through the perspective of the character. The writing style makes it seem like you're kinda hearing him retell it all firsthand. Captain America #4: Man, this s*** is so weird. I don't hate it. It's definitely something new (-ish, the situation of him being a fish out of water is kinda his thing), and it's definitely interesting. I like the fact that he has a beard right now. Cap with a beard is just badass. Stay tuned, will he like Winter Soldier #15? Will Secret Avengers #2 disappoint him? CHECK BACK IN A FEW WEEKS. Or don't. This new direction for Cap is weird as hell, but I'm kinda enjoying it. It's certainly not the espionage action that made his series great in recent years, but it's no detriment to the quality of the series.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2013 11:59:26 GMT -5
WS is broke and buying new comics on a gift card short half-assed reviews: Morbius #2: Continues to be a surprisingly entertaining read, I love how it doesn't take its self too seriously, but tells a compelling narrative through the perspective of the character. The writing style makes it seem like you're kinda hearing him retell it all firsthand. If you liked Morbius - Joe Keatinge's been crushing it on GLORY and HELL YEAH over at Image.
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Post by Alucard on Feb 21, 2013 23:14:27 GMT -5
WS is broke and buying new comics on a gift card short half-assed reviews: Morbius #2: Continues to be a surprisingly entertaining read, I love how it doesn't take its self too seriously, but tells a compelling narrative through the perspective of the character. The writing style makes it seem like you're kinda hearing him retell it all firsthand. Captain America #4: Man, this s*** is so weird. I don't hate it. It's definitely something new (-ish, the situation of him being a fish out of water is kinda his thing), and it's definitely interesting. I like the fact that he has a beard right now. Cap with a beard is just badass. Stay tuned, will he like Winter Soldier #15? Will Secret Avengers #2 disappoint him? CHECK BACK IN A FEW WEEKS. Or don't. This new direction for Cap is weird as hell, but I'm kinda enjoying it. It's certainly not the espionage action that made his series great in recent years, but it's no detriment to the quality of the series. Ha, yeah. I get why Remender went in this direction, he said in his open letter dealie, to try to re-do what Brubaker did would be pointless, there was no rehashing that, it was already perfect as it was. So he opted to go in a different direction altogether. When I first heard of the initial concept, which was just "Cap is trapped in Dimension Z!" I was like "That sounds stupid as hell." BUT once I read it, found out about Zola's involvement (underrated villain) and saw where it was going a few issues in, I was hooked. I like the idea of a new challenge such as this for him. I still get my spy fix in the Winter Soldier ongoing, shaky start for Latour and co, but I have faith that it'll pick up. WS is broke and buying new comics on a gift card short half-assed reviews: Morbius #2: Continues to be a surprisingly entertaining read, I love how it doesn't take its self too seriously, but tells a compelling narrative through the perspective of the character. The writing style makes it seem like you're kinda hearing him retell it all firsthand. If you liked Morbius - Joe Keatinge's been crushing it on GLORY and HELL YEAH over at Image. Funny, for me having not known that Image was still around a few months ago (just hadn't been on my radar a while) a whole lot of my favorite writers seem to be there now. I'll check it out.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2013 7:45:19 GMT -5
Artist Scott Clark - who's been working at DC recently (GRIFTER, BATMAN INC, DEATHSTROKE, BRIGHTEST DAY and the announced artist of a Martian Manhunter backup series in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA) - passed away last night, age 43.
Cause not known yet, but a tweet for writer Frank Tieri indicates he was "sick" while working on GRIFTER....
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 22, 2013 8:33:07 GMT -5
This new direction for Cap is weird as hell, but I'm kinda enjoying it. It's certainly not the espionage action that made his series great in recent years, but it's no detriment to the quality of the series. Ha, yeah. I get why Remender went in this direction, he said in his open letter dealie, to try to re-do what Brubaker did would be pointless, there was no rehashing that, it was already perfect as it was. So he opted to go in a different direction altogether. When I first heard of the initial concept, which was just "Cap is trapped in Dimension Z!" I was like "That sounds stupid as hell." BUT once I read it, found out about Zola's involvement (underrated villain) and saw where it was going a few issues in, I was hooked. I like the idea of a new challenge such as this for him. I still get my spy fix in the Winter Soldier ongoing, shaky start for Latour and co, but I have faith that it'll pick up. If you liked Morbius - Joe Keatinge's been crushing it on GLORY and HELL YEAH over at Image. Funny, for me having not known that Image was still around a few months ago (just hadn't been on my radar a while) a whole lot of my favorite writers seem to be there now. I'll check it out.[/quote] dude it'd be well worth your time to give Image another look. they're better at being Vertigo than Vertigo is these days I really recommend checking out Rob Kirkman's Invincible, Jon Layman's Chew and Tim Seeley's Hack/Slash. Grant Morrison also has another piece of weird called Happy he's putting out through Image if that's your thing (it is for me).
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Post by stinger on Feb 22, 2013 12:05:27 GMT -5
A few more great Image titles:
Saga - Brian K. Vaughan: Really good sci-fi epic. Think Star Wars if Star Wars wasn't trying to sell toys to five year olds.
Bedlam - Nick Spencer: Very creepy horror story focusing on a reformed supervillain (really like a darker, more demented version of Joker).
Morning Glories - Nick Spencer: Think the TV show "Lost" if it were set at an uppity prep school.
Mind the Gap - Jim McCann: A young woman is attacked and put into a coma, where her subconscious tries to solve who put her there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2013 18:46:57 GMT -5
I think I'm going to grab Saga in TPB.
I was on the fence about Bedlam. I decided not to get it when it first came out, but I think I might go back and try to grab the first issue. I've been hearing good things.
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Post by Jiren on Feb 22, 2013 18:51:51 GMT -5
Ha, yeah. I get why Remender went in this direction, he said in his open letter dealie, to try to re-do what Brubaker did would be pointless, there was no rehashing that, it was already perfect as it was. So he opted to go in a different direction altogether. When I first heard of the initial concept, which was just "Cap is trapped in Dimension Z!" I was like "That sounds stupid as hell." BUT once I read it, found out about Zola's involvement (underrated villain) and saw where it was going a few issues in, I was hooked. I like the idea of a new challenge such as this for him. I still get my spy fix in the Winter Soldier ongoing, shaky start for Latour and co, but I have faith that it'll pick up. If you liked Morbius - Joe Keatinge's been crushing it on GLORY and HELL YEAH over at Image. Funny, for me having not known that Image was still around a few months ago (just hadn't been on my radar a while) a whole lot of my favorite writers seem to be there now. I'll check it out. dude it'd be well worth your time to give Image another look. they're better at being Vertigo than Vertigo is these days I really recommend checking out Rob Kirkman's Invincible, Jon Layman's Chew and Tim Seeley's Hack/Slash. Grant Morrison also has another piece of weird called Happy he's putting out through Image if that's your thing (it is for me).[/quote] Chew & HackSlash are great reads
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2013 19:33:00 GMT -5
Funny, for me having not known that Image was still around a few months ago (just hadn't been on my radar a while) a whole lot of my favorite writers seem to be there now. I'll check it out. dude it'd be well worth your time to give Image another look. they're better at being Vertigo than Vertigo is these days I really recommend checking out Rob Kirkman's Invincible, Jon Layman's Chew and Tim Seeley's Hack/Slash. Grant Morrison also has another piece of weird called Happy he's putting out through Image if that's your thing (it is for me). Chew & HackSlash are great reads[/quote] Yup. The past 2 years, Image has pretty much broken away from the pack with a bunch of great new titles. A lot of the guys that are taking over titles at DC & Marvel cut their teeth on their creator-owned books at Image. If you want something other than the superhero genre (sci-fi, horror, drama, fantasy, even comedy) then Image has the best stuff right now. But they also have great superhero titles like Invincible or I LOVE TROUBLE that really take the superhero genre to new (better) places. They've been moving so much product it's been hard for me to keep up reviewing them!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2013 5:06:24 GMT -5
Random conspiracy theory that just came up in a chat with a friend - Marvel is trying to sabotage Spider-Man's marketability so that Sony will sell the film rights back on the cheap.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 23, 2013 10:29:46 GMT -5
it's an interesting theory, but unfortunately the general public is largely ignorant of what's going on in the comics so it's not like Spider-man's comics are going to have much of an effect on his mainstream viability.
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Post by Jiren on Feb 23, 2013 10:32:24 GMT -5
it's an interesting theory, but unfortunately the general public is largely ignorant of what's going on in the comics so it's not like Spider-man's comics are going to have much of an effect on his mainstream viability. That's true It took me ages to convince the plebs I wasn't lying about Batman having a son.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 23, 2013 10:44:48 GMT -5
yeah. it's why Quesadilla's excuse that OMD would bring in new fans was stupid because they didn't do anything to market the story outside the usual venues and when the general public did here about it they largely found the very concept confusing and alienating and went on with their lives, saying "well that's why I don't read comics".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2013 10:45:49 GMT -5
Random conspiracy theory that just came up in a chat with a friend - Marvel is trying to sabotage Spider-Man's marketability so that Sony will sell the film rights back on the cheap. Deliberately bleeping up their flagship character - including ticking off Stan Lee himself - just to get movie rights back? Either this is an insane concept not based in reality.........or entirely plausible and further proof that the comic books really aren't as important as the rest of the game to them anymore.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Feb 23, 2013 12:46:20 GMT -5
Random conspiracy theory that just came up in a chat with a friend - Marvel is trying to sabotage Spider-Man's marketability so that Sony will sell the film rights back on the cheap. including ticking off Stan Lee himself . I doubt they give a shit about ticking Stan Lee off.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 23, 2013 19:29:48 GMT -5
including ticking off Stan Lee himself . I doubt they give a s*** about ticking Stan Lee off. apparently he doesn't give a shit about pissing them off either; he undid OMD in the newspaper comics as soon as he could. and then Dan Slott threw a bitchfit about it.
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Post by hotshotalex on Feb 23, 2013 20:15:36 GMT -5
Does anyone actually read the newspaper strip?
Even as a kid I couldn't get into it. Reading a story three panels at a time was a pain.
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Post by H-Virus on Feb 23, 2013 20:18:47 GMT -5
This is honestly the first time I've heard of a Spider-Man newspaper comic.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2013 20:29:28 GMT -5
Newspaper Spider-Man's awesome. Who doesn't thrill at Peter being an idiot who's constantly snuck up on and mostly solves problems by watching TV or whining until some other superhero swoops in to do it for him?
Hey, if nothing else, at least him and MJ are still married in it.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 23, 2013 20:31:15 GMT -5
Newspaper Spider-Man's awesome. Who doesn't thrill at Peter being an idiot who's constantly snuck up on and mostly solves problems by watching TV or whining until some other superhero swoops in to do it for him? Hey, if nothing else, at least him and MJ are still married in it. Another follower of the Comics Curmudgeon I see.
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