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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Oct 28, 2016 10:10:15 GMT -5
Where's Bowie Lobo! Also Batman in a book is shocking! SHOCKING I SAY!
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Oct 28, 2016 10:28:43 GMT -5
I... don't really want to see Lobo on a Justice League team? Give him a monthly book.
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Post by Convoy on Oct 28, 2016 10:47:08 GMT -5
There are many issues with representation in comics, and Nick Spencer said it best on Twitter when it comes to new stories vs. actual store sales. The saddest part is, with all the craziness and harassment online, the stuff that happens "in secret" from fellow creators and editors is much worse. For every story that breaks -- trust me -- there are 20 you'll never hear about due to fear. Look how few know about the supposed stuff Barry Blair got up to while running Aircel. I never see much talk about it,but Dark Circle/Archie's new Black Hood series is great. Season 2 just started and looks to be as high a quality as Season 1. They took the old golden age hero and made him a mostly reality based vigilante. Who is also a pill addicted Cop. It feels less like a comic and more like a decent tv drama about a street level superhero. Now a word of warning the title has been plagued with delays. Really I would say wait for the trades on this series. At the end of the day, comics is still very much a fraternity. The good news is that there are many social groups (like high school), but the bad news is that there're many social groups (like high school). It can be very cliquey, like any other workplace. Those who hold the most power are still older gentlemen, and while there's nothing horrible about that, they can be loyal to a disgusting fault. Waid, Berganza, Allie -- none demoted, but certain creators are kept from them so that nothing happens again. I'm obviously biased, so I'll say Black Hood is good and that people should buy it.
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Post by sternrogers01 on Oct 28, 2016 11:03:13 GMT -5
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Post by sternrogers01 on Oct 28, 2016 12:36:37 GMT -5
Ryan Stegman interview with Amazing Spider-Talk
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Post by Legion on Oct 28, 2016 12:50:36 GMT -5
Good to see a more clearly defined 'street level' range coming back.
Hope we get a new H4H book, Cage and Misty running it with a rotating cast.
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Post by sternrogers01 on Oct 28, 2016 13:11:59 GMT -5
Stegman's comments in some of that interview are very interesting, it's clear he's trying not to spoil certain details but the line about this being a pocket universe (not an alternate one), and what he says about this being "Real Spider-Man" could be interpreted as slips
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Post by Legion on Oct 28, 2016 13:15:51 GMT -5
Stegman's comments in some of that interview are very interesting, it's clear he's trying not to spoil certain details but the line about this being a pocket universe (not an alternate one), and what he says about this being "Real Spider-Man" could be interpreted as slips If they actually just copy what DC did with Superman here, that would be so lame. By all means bring Spider-dad and family in to the mainstream and make them your main Spidey, but find an original way to do it
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Oct 28, 2016 13:17:32 GMT -5
Stegman's comments in some of that interview are very interesting, it's clear he's trying not to spoil certain details but the line about this being a pocket universe (not an alternate one), and what he says about this being "Real Spider-Man" could be interpreted as slips If they actually just copy what DC did with Superman here, that would be so lame. By all means bring Spider-dad and family in to the mainstream and make them your main Spidey, but find an original way to do it Well DC kinda just copied Female Thor with the Superwoman stuff so they do steal from each other all the time
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Post by sternrogers01 on Oct 28, 2016 14:02:01 GMT -5
Not to mention DC and Marvel both made their top-tier Cat thieves crime bosses with a few kills under their belt Dastardly and Mutley by Garth Ennis and Mauricet
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Oct 28, 2016 14:12:02 GMT -5
Not to mention DC and Marvel both made their top-tier Cat thieves crime bosses with a few kills under their belt Dastardly and Mutley by Garth Ennis and Mauricet A few kills? I wouldn't put a couple hundred a few
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Post by Mackenzie Gorn on Oct 28, 2016 14:34:39 GMT -5
Not to bring up a dead topic but why are people acting like trolls are a comic book exclusive thing here?
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Oct 28, 2016 14:54:56 GMT -5
Dastardly and Mutley by Garth Ennis and Mauricet As one of the biggest Hanna Barbera fans probably on this board, I have one word to say.... NOPE!
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Post by sternrogers01 on Oct 28, 2016 15:41:53 GMT -5
Annie Parker hesitant to act?
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Oct 28, 2016 16:39:10 GMT -5
You know what really isn't going to help Carol's popularity. Being a murderer. Marvel did it again with Civil War. They are telling us this character is the hero but everyone knows they are the villain. Also I want to throw this out there. Nick Spencer has been going on a rant recently against DC because of their recent success. Apparently he believes that Rebirth is the death of diversity and creativity and a return to the dark time of comics. He has a point that there is a more classical approach from DC at the moment but too down right ignore things like Green Lanterns, Wonder Woman, Detective Comics, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Supergirl, Superwoman, New Superman, Blue Beetle, Doom Patrol, Shade the Changing Girl, Judy Houser's new book that I can never remember the name of. Ignoring all of that plus the strong diverse influence in Green Arrow, Superman and other titles just pisses me off. I see Rebirth as a return to what put DC on the map in the first place. Also, if he needs to be able to re-invent the wheel to not feel creatively stifled, maybe he's in the wrong line of work. Comics aren't creating new fans, but they are actively chasing the old ones away. DC found a way to bring many of their readers back while still moving forward, and Marvel just continues to chase people out just so they can do PR shit with Entertainment Weekly about how diverse they are. I can't wait until they do the Forbes article about how fiscally mediocre their comics are performing amidst DC enjoying a pretty good upswing in sales. I've been reading new DC for the first time in over 10 years because I felt Rebirth was a good place to dive back in. I regret nothing. Only thing I was regularly reading before that was TWD and the Marvel Star Wars books
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2016 16:48:52 GMT -5
Dastardly and Mutley by Garth Ennis and Mauricet As one of the biggest Hanna Barbera fans probably on this board, I have one word to say.... NOPE!I am fascinated by this. Which is more than I can say for that hideous Wacky Raceland book out now. Ennis writing a flying ace book that's Dastardly & Mutley...... It'll be good or it'll be a plane wreck the likes of which Mauricet might not be able to illustrate.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Oct 28, 2016 18:46:12 GMT -5
As one of the biggest Hanna Barbera fans probably on this board, I have one word to say.... NOPE!I am fascinated by this. Which is more than I can say for that hideous Wacky Raceland book out now. Ennis writing a flying ace book that's Dastardly & Mutley...... It'll be good or it'll be a plane wreck the likes of which Mauricet might not be able to illustrate. I will admit, some of the pieces seem good. Ennis has written flying ace books and the art looks nice. It just feels like a concept pitched by people that didn't understand what made the original stuff enjoyable. Just like Wacky Raceland. I mean, is it because Jeff Parker took all the superhero characters so nobody else could pitch an idea from those concepts?
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Oct 28, 2016 18:49:27 GMT -5
the full on Dog head does not fit a human body... not just in strange anthromorphisizing... but in scale.
The rest of the body is WAY bigger than the head.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Oct 28, 2016 19:08:32 GMT -5
I mean, just have Muttley be a dog that can walk.
It's comics, if you're aiming it for teenagers it's not like they're going to give THAT much of a damn.
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Post by knightrider01 on Oct 28, 2016 20:03:17 GMT -5
I know Wacky Raceland sucks that is just a given. But everything I have seen from that line is suppose to be very good, especially the Flinstones.
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