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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2014 10:08:17 GMT -5
ok I officially dislike the new Comixology app. As far as I can tell they removed the store aspect... making it far less useful. Yeah, if you're rolling on iOS they basically made it so you have to go to the website to actually buy the comic, then let it sync to your iPad. Honestly, I like it better. I know its easier buying in-app, but I always preferred to buy directly from the Comixology site because a bigger chunk of the money will actually go to the comic creators, rather than Google/Apple.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 30, 2014 10:17:52 GMT -5
Yeah... I noticed that. Isn't this the second time they've done something like this recently? I want to say the Batman/Superman Power Girl/Huntress crossover was released out of order too... I don't even know the story behind that but Forever Evil #7 got some more pages added to it and I dunno if it's just that Finch can handle the workload but I think Forever Evil could have been done some time ago. Yeah I looked it up. Part 3 of 4 was pushed back like 3 weeks, but the finale came out on time.
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Post by Herman The Tosser on Apr 30, 2014 10:48:27 GMT -5
ok I officially dislike the new Comixology app. As far as I can tell they removed the store aspect... making it far less useful. Isn't this an iOS thing though? I use Comixology on my android tablet, and there's still a store to make in-app purchases there, using the same payment details as you do on the main site, as well as actually adding a cart now to buy multiple books at once, rather than one at a time. I actually used my $5 egift card to get volume 1 of the Kamen Rider manga. Being into Tokusatsu it made sense to want to grab something from the original Henshin Hero! Plus, I needed a break from Batman/Walking Dead.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 30, 2014 10:50:54 GMT -5
ok I officially dislike the new Comixology app. As far as I can tell they removed the store aspect... making it far less useful. Isn't this an iOS thing though? I use Comixology on my android tablet, and there's still a store to make in-app purchases there, using the same payment details as you do on the main site, as well as actually adding a cart now to buy multiple books at once, rather than one at a time. I actually used my $5 egift card to get volume 1 of the Kamen Rider manga. Being into Tokusatsu it made sense to want to grab something from the original Henshin Hero! Plus, I needed a break from Batman/Walking Dead. Yeah, it looks like it. I'm guessing it's they didn't want to split the payments differently for Apple anymore (probably due to the Amazon merge)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Apr 30, 2014 14:13:07 GMT -5
so DC screwed up Wally West. he doesn't look at all like he's supposed to. and I'm going to go out on a limb and say he probably won't even be remotely the same character. guess I'll just keep giving less and less money to DC and more to various awesome indie publishers who don't feel the need to constantly thumb their nose at me. that's really sad to say because it was the DCAU that got me into reading comics in the first place, and Wally West was a big reason for that. I guess I'll just have to go on pretending the Flash ended when Wally went off with Linda after Infinite Crisis. As someone whose first foray into comics was reading the entire first run of Teen Titans, this pisses me off to no end. I was a HUGE Wally West fan, collected all the Titans back-issues, read his entire Flash run, and had been waiting on pins and needles for DC to bring him back. I hear they're bringing him back, and then I just see a new character with Wally's name slapped on it. With this and the stuff with Dick Grayson, I'm convinced that Dan DiDio just hates me personally. I can't wait until he finds a way to completely ruin Donna Troy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2014 14:39:20 GMT -5
I liked Wally West and even then I'm not mad at Flash #30.
What I am going to be irritated about is that NuWally is going to just be a plot device to be used so Barry Allen can learn the same damn lesson he should've learned when this whole Flashpoint shit went down in the first place.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2014 14:54:19 GMT -5
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Post by BlackoutCreature on May 3, 2014 13:53:04 GMT -5
So I thought I would bump this up for Free Comic Book Day today (5/3/14). I went to my local shop and got DC's Future's End, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Rocket Raccoon, as well as GI Joe vs. Transformers, Atomic Robo and The Tick. My store had a six book limit so I had to put back The Smurfs So anybody else take advantage of the day?
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2014 13:58:59 GMT -5
I know I don't bring up the MLP comics in these threads But there was a book signing today with one of the comic artists, so I was able to get one of the TPB's signed, as well as some MLP buttons
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on May 3, 2014 15:10:06 GMT -5
I'm not up to date with The Walking Dead yet (I've read 96 issues so far ) but one thing has been bugging me. Are Jesus and Douglas related or do they just have the same surname?
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2014 15:38:01 GMT -5
I'm not up to date with The Walking Dead yet (I've read 96 issues so far ) but one thing has been bugging me. Are Jesus and Douglas related or do they just have the same surname? No, its just a coincidence. According to Kirkman its a common name in that area
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on May 3, 2014 15:43:51 GMT -5
I'm not up to date with The Walking Dead yet (I've read 96 issues so far ) but one thing has been bugging me. Are Jesus and Douglas related or do they just have the same surname? No, its just a coincidence. According to Kirkman its a common name in that area Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2014 18:47:08 GMT -5
Meanwhile, DC Comics got 3 TV shows picked up this week:
The Flash and iZombie on The CW, and Constantine on NBC.
Add the GOTHAM trailer from earlier this week...........not bad, DC.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on May 8, 2014 19:23:56 GMT -5
Will check out Flash and Gotham. Couldn't give a shit about Constantine after new 52 soured me on him.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 9:08:18 GMT -5
I think a Constantine show can work...even if the comic isn't at all right now.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 9:17:11 GMT -5
And on the Marvel TV front, Agents of SHIELD has finally been renewed by ABC, and to make it worth the wait they picked Hayley Atwell's Agent Carter series right up too.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 9, 2014 9:40:02 GMT -5
Has there been any talk about the Marvel shows Netflix ordered?
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Post by camsamurai06 on May 9, 2014 9:53:26 GMT -5
Looking forward to Agent Carter, even if it is a little bittersweet how we know already what fate befalls her twilight years in Winter Soldier.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 12:33:10 GMT -5
Has there been any talk about the Marvel shows Netflix ordered? Someone at Marvel mentioned a few weeks ago that the Netflix shows will (SHOCK OF SHOCKS!) be part of the cinematic universe. That's the last bit of news (or in this case, "news", because who expected otherwise? no one? ok.)
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 9, 2014 12:41:43 GMT -5
... I thought that was part of the original announcement.
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