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COMICS!!! |OT| December 2016. Motor Girl is my new Motor Crush
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BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I just saw it. (Actual link: http://www.blastr.com/2016-12-1/first-look-marvels-new-us-avengers-comic-gives-aim-new-mission)
It's better than the cover at least but, man. It's super boring and house style to me. Aside from Ultimates, Ewing is really getting cut off at the knees with the artists they stick on his books.
LordOfLore
Banned
DC have extended the Catwoman story by one issue.
New coloring book.
BC: New covers and variant covers.
BC: Cutting down on retailer exclusive covers and their reasoning.
New coloring book.
BC: New covers and variant covers.
BC: Cutting down on retailer exclusive covers and their reasoning.
So they're extending the story people have been complaining about? I wonder if the extra issue will address those complaints.
Durrzerker
Banned
Is it just me or would the perfect Taskmaster show/movie be basically 'Snatch but with Marvel mercenaries'?
Agreed.
That press release doesn't even mention who is providing the commentary. If it's Gibbons or someone like Morrison or Busiek or something then that would be interesting. If it's namely corporate WB employee #487 then who really cares as there is plenty of good commentary and analysis on the book already.
Freezasaurus
Member
Morning Glories jumped the shark at issue #2, but no one knew it at the time.
I know, I was initially a bit disappointed with the new Dishonored so I picked up WD2 on a whim and enjoyed it quite a lot.
Monsters Unleashed Preview:
http://www.comicosity.com/marvel-announces-monsters-unleashed-sampler/
http://www.comicosity.com/marvel-announces-monsters-unleashed-sampler/
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Durrzerker
Banned
Foolkiller could be Bullettooth Tony
echoshifting
Banned
Cadencecomicart.com sale is on.
Nice Albuquerque Robin/Spoiler page for 105
http://cadencecomicart.com/art.php?page=10552
Nice Albuquerque Robin/Spoiler page for 105
http://cadencecomicart.com/art.php?page=10552
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I can't believe no one bought that Shalvey mosaic page from All Star Batman
Freezasaurus
Member
It's calling to you, Birdie.
Durrzerker
Banned
Ok now Im invested -
Turkish - Taskmaster. The longsuffering straight man with terrible luck.
Tommy - Solo. The inept moron with occasional moments of brilliance.
Bullet Tooth Tony - Foolkiller. Polite, professional, deadly.
Mickey - Masacre. Incomprehensible, no one knows why he is there, but kind of a badass.
Brick Top - Bullseye. Old school sadist at the top of his game.
Avi - Slapstick. Comically frustrated and just trying to make money. Foul and over the top.
Boris the Blade - Crossbones. Crazy, hard as nails, and pretty off kilter. Also an awful person
Lincoln and Co - Chameleon, The Shocker and Rhino. They just wanna be taken seriously guys!
Frankie Four Fingers - Agent X. Capable idiot with weird addictions.
LordOfLore
Banned
Nah, they're turning the epilogue issue into its own story instead before the next arc. At first it was one Catwoman issue with art by Hans and then on to the story reuniting Gerads and King(before Sheriff 2 is revealed)with a Swamp Thing issue kicking it off. Now it looks like the Hans(if it didn't get scrapped) and Swamp Thing issues might show up the month after
This ain't an extension of I am Suicide.
I wonder if
Maxwell Lord
Kind of like this CW inspired Atom Ryan Choi suit:
JLA is going to be fantastic isn't it?
Talent showcase I heard is good to okay.
LordOfLore
Banned
WW had some amazing stories.
WW yes. Talent Showcase ranges from great to decent, I'd only recommend if you want to get any early feel of future DC names.
So, I dropped Power Rangers a few months ago, and just read the last issue I'm subbed to, 10.
I made a mistake. Power Rangers is great. I don't even like the concept that much, but this book is a lot of fun with consistent art.
Why is everyone still surprised that all the new X-books look like garbage? I don't know why Marvel is pretending to care about this property. Does Marvel have much great writer talent at this point that they could even throw at the X-men if they actually wanted to? Can't we have a Hickman run? (Obviously not, too many Image books from him.)
At least I pay my minimum fee to read Marvel. MCU is the only thing that keeps me reading their stories at all.
I made a mistake. Power Rangers is great. I don't even like the concept that much, but this book is a lot of fun with consistent art.
Why is everyone still surprised that all the new X-books look like garbage? I don't know why Marvel is pretending to care about this property. Does Marvel have much great writer talent at this point that they could even throw at the X-men if they actually wanted to? Can't we have a Hickman run? (Obviously not, too many Image books from him.)
At least I pay my minimum fee to read Marvel. MCU is the only thing that keeps me reading their stories at all.
echoshifting
Banned
They don't though. Blue looks bad to me. Gold looks bland. Gen X could go any ol' way, the premise sounds great but the writer is not a known quantity. Jean will probably be a good comic. Iceman might even be a great one.
So it's a very mixed bag which isn't surprising at all.
Edit: and thinking back, it seems like the only widely reviled announcements were Gold and Blue. The other three books received mixed to positive reactions, I believe.
I continually forget this exists.
Freezasaurus
Member
It's for the best. It's probably the most drawn-out book I've ever tried to read.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Shutter vol 1: Initially i was a little iffy on the book because i didn't get a sense of the overall setting.
. But it's sharply written and I loved how briskly Keatinge moved the book, throughout the entire trade there didn't seem to be any wasted moments/pages. Random 8/10 and a full recommendation.
Was it always a crazy world, or did Kate's family through their exploration bring the craziness to Earth?
Durrzerker
Banned
Sounds good to me. Go pitch it to Marvel.
Just gotta find a way to squeeze in Constrictor and Batroc and we're good to go. The Task/Batroc/Constrictor trio is too good in the comics.
Let's play a game where you pitch a comic book to the big two.
One of my dream pitch's is Shazam done in the style of Power Rangers. Each of the Shazam siblings gets an ounce of the power of Shazam and have a special slower based on one of the five letters in Shazam. It would skew all ages but can get serious when it wants. A very Bright and colorful artstye that's very Manga included (think Babs Tarr).
The main Villain would be Mr.Mind with Doctor Silvana being the bumbling Monster Creator that typically shows up in Sentai. The series would run 25 issues consisting of 24 main issues and one annual. The stories would mostly be 1 and dones or two partners with an ongoing narrative.
Black Adam would show up around issue six as an antagonist before joining the Shazam kids in the role of a sixth Ranger.
I'd follow it up with two other Series The Metal Men which would be similar to Shazam being a PR send up just focusing on technology instead of Magic, and Blue Beetle which obviously lends itself to Kamen Rider Overtones.
One of my dream pitch's is Shazam done in the style of Power Rangers. Each of the Shazam siblings gets an ounce of the power of Shazam and have a special slower based on one of the five letters in Shazam. It would skew all ages but can get serious when it wants. A very Bright and colorful artstye that's very Manga included (think Babs Tarr).
The main Villain would be Mr.Mind with Doctor Silvana being the bumbling Monster Creator that typically shows up in Sentai. The series would run 25 issues consisting of 24 main issues and one annual. The stories would mostly be 1 and dones or two partners with an ongoing narrative.
Black Adam would show up around issue six as an antagonist before joining the Shazam kids in the role of a sixth Ranger.
I'd follow it up with two other Series The Metal Men which would be similar to Shazam being a PR send up just focusing on technology instead of Magic, and Blue Beetle which obviously lends itself to Kamen Rider Overtones.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Just gotta find a way to squeeze in Constrictor and Batroc and we're good to go. The Task/Batroc/Constrictor trio is too good in the comics.
Still need a Gorgeous George, Doug The Head, and an Errol.
And Mullet!
Durrzerker
Banned
Endorphineforeverybody
Member
The Box sets, when it's possible. Yes it is, don't know what they were thinking.
It's so great to read this stories again and in such a good quality.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Hah, don't say that, I have Dishonored sitting for after. WD2 is definitely doing something for me though. Playing it completely different to the original too. The last game I was very much like okay lets get through this shitshow, very much push through the narrative, play it as much as a linear thing as possible. Here, I'm spending a lot of time in the open world. It has nice solid consistent rules and parameters to the world but also the special helping of you never quiiiite know what's going to happen during your best laid plans. It's making a good palette cleanser between long pokemon sessions.
I love that everyone loves Power Rangers. I probably won't read it, Higgins really rubs me up the wrong way with his writing at DC, I found his style, dialogue, plots, everything really to be spectacularly dull. BUT. 6 year old me loved the power rangers to death, lived and breathed it, and it's nice to see some enthusiasm for the property. It's all a smart way to enjoy the green/white ranger without the modern day state of his sad old washed up reality slapping you in the face.
BKatastrophe
Member
I felt the same way you did about Higgins after reading his amazingly boring Nightwing run, but Power Rangers is legit something else. Like, it's way better than it should be and that's awesome. It's fun.
hard shell tacos are the worst
BKatastrophe
Member
Too real
Thread backfires are still the best though
Especially that recent one involving the birthday gifts
echoshifting
Banned
Ghost Rider #1: I don't know what to think of this.
There is a b plot in this issue featuring
. By contrast, Ghost Rider
. How did this make it past editorial. It is baffling.
The little brother, Gabe, is really frickin annoying.
The second story does feature
, but it is saddled with an unfortunately terrible character in Rhonda Rubens
who really does use the word "swole" in her first panel of dialogue.
Not sure if drop or one more issue. Should they get a re-do? Gabe might be a dealbreaker
There is a b plot in this issue featuring
the Totally Awesome Hulk - that never connects to Robbie or Ghost Rider or any of his supporting cast in any way - that runs for nine pages (out of twenty for the main story)
is featured in a measly three pages of this story, two of them a spread
The little brother, Gabe, is really frickin annoying.
The second story does feature
almost twice as much Ghost Rider as the first story despite being half as long
- aka Pyston Nitro -
Not sure if drop or one more issue. Should they get a re-do? Gabe might be a dealbreaker
Durrzerker
Banned
It is related. The cover of Issue #4 shows Hulk, Wolverine, and Silk all attacking Ghost Rider. I imagine the cover is deceptive but they're all still fighting that purple monster, so this arc is only just beginning.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Hurrrm. It's exactly the nightwing run and then gates of gotham to an extent I used as a touchstone for his work lol. I haven't read any of his image work though.
Also, Donnie, is WD2 that good?
Yea, I mean I'll be honest man, I was buying a slim anyway, and I had all the other games in the other bundles, and this one got me WD2 & Dishonored2 (which I did want) so I really viewed WD2 as a freebie. Thus I think it's fair to say my thoughts are not any sort of attempt to validate my purchase haha. Having a really good time though, I think it's the closest Ubi has ever come to tapping into that spur of the moment fun that can be extracted from roaming around in GTA. The themes and ideas the story deals with are still very broad without much nuance, but the cast are much more likeable than I expected and it's just a fun world to inhabit, lots of style and colour, and the game systems are solid (which I think was true of WD1 tbf despite many of it's other fundamental flaws). It's not my favourite game of the season so I wouldn't advocate running out and overspending to ge tit, but it is providing a good time. You know it's onto something when you find yourself squeezing in 10 mins, 20 minute sessions when you can.
LOL. bruh that thread got out of hand. I came back and it was blown up
This is pretty much the problem. I really preferred the former direction.