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Post by Starshine on Dec 19, 2014 7:18:48 GMT -5
I'm so bummed out at Red Lanterns and Swamp Thing ending. How will I get my Charles Soule fix from DC now?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 9:50:23 GMT -5
I'm so bummed out at Red Lanterns and Swamp Thing ending. How will I get my Charles Soule fix from DC now? You won't. He went exclusive to Marvel 2 months ago. He's already off Supes/WW, he's done with RL when Godhead ends (technically he capped off his run before Godhead began - that Future's End issue was a great finale) and Swamp Thing is selling so low that it's probably a better move for DC to end it when Soule's done (part of his Marvel contract was to keep writing his DC books until his stories came to their end) than to keep it going; plus a lot of current readers are still with it *because* of Soule.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 13:48:00 GMT -5
I tend to like Soule's DC stuff better. Not that his Marvel work is bad, but I feel like he writes Red Lanterns perfectly.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 15:26:44 GMT -5
I tend to like Soule's DC stuff better. Not that his Marvel work is bad, but I feel like he writes Red Lanterns perfectly. Well, his DC stuff was mainly secondary characters and titles, where there's free reign for ideas and what not. His She-Hulk at Marvel reads really well, because it's not a primary book. But as a profile increases (which is definitely how his work at Marvel seems to be trending), his readability could change. It becomes less about him & his free reigns over ideas, and more about the book and what the editors want out of it. So comparing a Wolverine comic to Swamp Thing, or even She-Hulk, is tougher because he's not able to have that more personal control he has over the more minor starring characters. He can basically do whatever he wants with The Green or Atroticus, but he's got to stay within the rules when dealing with Sabretooth or the X-Men. (Superman/WW still read well, though, so that's a plus for Soule writing bigger books.)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 16:22:22 GMT -5
I tend to like Soule's DC stuff better. Not that his Marvel work is bad, but I feel like he writes Red Lanterns perfectly. Well, his DC stuff was mainly secondary characters and titles, where there's free reign for ideas and what not. His She-Hulk at Marvel reads really well, because it's not a primary book. But as a profile increases (which is definitely how his work at Marvel seems to be trending), his readability could change. It becomes less about him & his free reigns over ideas, and more about the book and what the editors want out of it. So comparing a Wolverine comic to Swamp Thing, or even She-Hulk, is tougher because he's not able to have that more personal control he has over the more minor starring characters. He can basically do whatever he wants with The Green or Atroticus, but he's got to stay within the rules when dealing with Sabretooth or the X-Men. (Superman/WW still read well, though, so that's a plus for Soule writing bigger books.) Awesome point! Continuing my spiral into non-Big 2 books, I am very interested in a bunch of things that Valiant is doing. I feel like I missed out on jumping on their stuff when they re-launched. Anybody read Valiant books? I got some really good recommendations on another forum. I think I'll be checking out some stuff soon. Wouldn't mind your guys' input, though, too...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 18:30:19 GMT -5
I read QUANTUM AND WOODY (the new series), which is very good and fits my humor needs greatly.
I kinda want to try some other Valiant stuff, but am not sure myself what I'd be diving into the deep end with....
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Post by Jiren on Dec 19, 2014 21:47:19 GMT -5
X-O Manowar is a very fun series
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 20, 2014 22:26:59 GMT -5
Love the new Hobgoblin mini series
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2014 22:28:51 GMT -5
Love the new Hobgoblin mini series Remarkably ridiculous, but that makes it an even better read.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2014 22:50:41 GMT -5
Yeah, Hobgoblin has been fun. Carnage was awesome, as well. Him learning to be a hero was funny. Ridiculous, but funny.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Dec 21, 2014 0:25:48 GMT -5
Axis #8 features a great Carnage moment with his surprisingly noble sacrifice.
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Post by Jiren on Dec 21, 2014 8:09:27 GMT -5
Multiversity is all kinds of awesome
The Captain Marvel one is a blast, Dammit DC give us a Captain Marvel/Shazam ongoing.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2014 12:26:53 GMT -5
Inhuman #10 showed me that I wouldn't mind Charles Soule writing Spider-man.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2014 12:34:28 GMT -5
I read QUANTUM AND WOODY (the new series), which is very good and fits my humor needs greatly. I kinda want to try some other Valiant stuff, but am not sure myself what I'd be diving into the deep end with.... I also enjoy Q&W and I'd recommend Archer and Armstrong also The Delinquents which is a team up book. The rest of Valiants new stuff is much more serious. I read a few arcs of Harbinger, which was okay, but not as good as their comedy books for me.
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Post by Talent Name on Dec 21, 2014 14:42:16 GMT -5
Interesting question to readers, has an art style made you either not want to read a book or vice versa a style made a title a must have.
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Post by The Tank on Dec 21, 2014 14:55:03 GMT -5
Interesting question to readers, has an art style made you either not want to read a book or vice versa a style made a title a must have. There have been more than a few great books that are hard to look at because of that weird-ass cel-shaded vomit that is what Chris Bachalo apparently thinks is art.
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Post by Mackenzie Gorn on Dec 21, 2014 14:56:23 GMT -5
JRjr looks like he's drawing parodies of whatever he's actually drawing.
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Post by Talent Name on Dec 21, 2014 14:57:39 GMT -5
Interesting question to readers, has an art style made you either not want to read a book or vice versa a style made a title a must have. There have been more than a few great books that are hard to look at because of that weird-ass cel-shaded vomit that is what Chris Bachalo apparently thinks is art. I really wanted to try Batwoman's new series but after Volume One I couldn't handle it the artwork is what made me no longer interested
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Post by Jiren on Dec 21, 2014 15:30:30 GMT -5
I'm not fond of Jae Lee's artwork especially on Batman/Superman, Thankfully Greg Pak's writing is good and got me through it
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Dec 21, 2014 19:38:09 GMT -5
Interesting question to readers, has an art style made you either not want to read a book or vice versa a style made a title a must have. There have been more than a few great books that are hard to look at because of that weird-ass cel-shaded vomit that is what Chris Bachalo apparently thinks is art. absolutely art can ruin a book. I stopped reading the recent She-hulk book because the artwork was literally making me feel sick at times.
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