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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 10, 2014 15:12:42 GMT -5
That new Batgirl....I see that getting shit on The art makes Babs look like a very young character that was actually my first response it does look like a younger version of Batgirl than we are currently getting... and I like Barbara Gordon as Batgirl... As I said I'll give it a chance but I don't know if I'll be sticking around... not just because I am blatantly a fan of Gail
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 15:19:44 GMT -5
Finally finished reading the first 14 TPBs of Fables after I managed to get them a while ago. f***ing beautiful, from top to bottom. Great writing, great art, great dialogue (though I think some main characters' voices are samey), great everything. I will say that The Great Fables Crossover really took me out of the main plot, but I guess I was supposed to read Jack of Fables first to be prepared for that kind of foolery, so it wouldn't be fair to judge it. But, in the words of Iron Sheik, "Besides that, everything was great..."
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Jul 10, 2014 15:56:09 GMT -5
Gail's finally off Batgirl?! Maybe it can finally be good now.
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Post by H-Virus on Jul 10, 2014 18:51:05 GMT -5
Gail's finally off Batgirl?! Maybe it can finally be good now. I don't know what happened. Before the reboot, Gail was probably my favorite writer between Birds of Prey and Secret Six, but since the reboot nothing she's done has held my interest for longer than a few issues. I suppose part of that could be because Firestorm sucks no matter who's writing him and Babs is my least favorite Batgirl, but if anyone was going to be able to draw me into them, I would have thought it'd be Gail. And yes, that new costume design (while commendable for daring to downplay the breasts) does in fact make her look like she's fifteen.
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Post by Talent Name on Jul 10, 2014 19:04:19 GMT -5
I missed a lot of events during Marvel and have gone back and decided to check them out from the library right now I am reading Second Coming
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 10, 2014 19:33:50 GMT -5
@danslott
NEVER stand up for a colleague who's been falsely accused of writing a statutory rape scene into a book. Somehow it'll make you look bad.
Slott had his own issues with the nutjobs. Who could forget him getting death threats after Amazing Spider-Man" #700
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 10, 2014 20:30:14 GMT -5
Gail's finally off Batgirl?! Maybe it can finally be good now. I don't know what happened. Before the reboot, Gail was probably my favorite writer between Birds of Prey and Secret Six, but since the reboot nothing she's done has held my interest for longer than a few issues. I suppose part of that could be because Firestorm sucks no matter who's writing him and Babs is my least favorite Batgirl, but if anyone was going to be able to draw me into them, I would have thought it'd be Gail. And yes, that new costume design (while commendable for daring to downplay the breasts) does in fact make her look like she's fifteen. *writes two more names on the to ban list* Seriously though, never read her run on Firestorm but I've never really read any Firestorm stuff... I really enjoyed her Batgirl run then again as I've said I liked Barbara... whatever different strokes... though to show I'm not a completely blind loyalist to Gail I will say that in retrospect I was kinda meh towards the movement... and thought the ending was damned rushed... (yes I know they didn't know exactly it wouldn't be renewed but the creative team should at least have planned to have everything wrapped up by the final contracted issue.)
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Jul 10, 2014 20:32:29 GMT -5
I wanted to like Barbara. I wasn't one of those to be buttblasted that they took away Cassandra and that other girl because I hadn't read a lick of either of them Pre-Flashpoint but just the way Gail decided to write Babs left a bad taste in my mouth.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 10, 2014 22:16:26 GMT -5
I don't mind the new costume myself but Babs looks way too young for someone who'se at least 30.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 12, 2014 7:11:15 GMT -5
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Post by Legion on Jul 12, 2014 7:15:40 GMT -5
People can hate on Greg Land all they want, but at least his art is pretty.
I'll take photo realism over scratchy 'stylised' stuff any day
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 12, 2014 17:25:08 GMT -5
Spider-man 2099 broke the 100k mark for issue #1
And the top 10 comics for June
1 Batman #32 $3.99 DC 2 Amazing Spider-Man #3 $3.99 Marvel 3 Original Sin #3 $3.99 Marvel 4 Harley Quinn #7 $2.99 DC 5 Superman #32 $3.99 DC 6 Original Sin #4 $3.99 Marvel 7 Amazing Spider-Man #1.2 $3.99 Marvel 8 Justice League #31 $3.99 DC 9 The Walking Dead #128 $2.99 Image 10 Detective Comics #32 $3.99 DC
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 14, 2014 15:13:46 GMT -5
And
June 2014
1 Batman 32 $3.99 DC 130,077 2 Amazing Spider-Man 3 $3.99 Marvel 109,029 3 Original Sin 3 $3.99 Marvel 93,351 4 Harley Quinn 7 $2.99 DC 93,266 5 Superman 32 $3.99 DC 89,140 6 Original Sin 4 $3.99 Marvel 88,508 7 Amazing Spider-Man 1.2 $3.99 Marvel 86,315 8 Justice League 31 $3.99 DC 75,803 9 Walking Dead 128 $2.99 Image 74,326 10 Detective Comics 32 $3.99 DC 72,988
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Jul 14, 2014 20:58:28 GMT -5
How the f*** is Harley Quinn selling so well? It's absolute shit.
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Post by The Tank on Jul 14, 2014 21:03:35 GMT -5
How the f*** is Harley Quinn selling so well? It's absolute shit. Because for reasons I still don't understand, that obnoxious thing people try and tell me is a character has a fanbase. A quite...fervent...fanbase, at that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 21:04:08 GMT -5
Boobs.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 14, 2014 21:07:00 GMT -5
ASM 1.2 is a surprise for me would think people would wait for the trade on that one
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 14, 2014 21:09:09 GMT -5
October 2014 Solicitations - SPIDER-MAN
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Jul 14, 2014 21:13:17 GMT -5
How the f*** is Harley Quinn selling so well? It's absolute shit. Because for reasons I still don't understand, that obnoxious thing people try and tell me is a character has a fanbase. A quite...fervent...fanbase, at that. People still say she's a great character and her relationship with Joker is a great one. I dunno how a woman being in an abusive and manipulative relationship is supposed to be good but here we are.
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Post by Jiren on Jul 14, 2014 22:07:28 GMT -5
Harley Quinn's really good
I find it hilarious which is a rarity in comics nowdays
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