Freezasaurus
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I know. Overwatch loot boxes are clearly a better investment.
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COMICS! |OT| June 2016. The Manhattan Project
- Thread starter Tyrant Rave
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I know. Overwatch loot boxes are clearly a better investment.
And then I swear I'll be content
with my share
old and bent I won't care
I'll have spent one day out there!
I think Last Guardian contributed to my lack of interest in gaming. So...you're just not putting out a game this entire generation? Okay!
Still $30 on hamiltionbook.com but that's easily the cheapest it is anywhere and their stock usually doesn't last too long.
Freezasaurus
Member
Their plans were just so ambitious that they weren't possible on the little PS3.
whatsinaname
Member
Mine didn't come with a remainder mark.
the link is dead
http://www.hamiltonbook.com/absolute-green-lantern-sinestro-corps-war
Not great, but good enough that it isn't TOO annoying. And I don't think there's any gutter loss.
Here's the point where it stays open without holding it down:
And I don't think DC books ever have remainder marks.
the link is dead
Sorry, I had misspelled it
You won't be happy with what you get and it will increase your duplicates tenfold. Wish I never did it. Ruined lootboxes for me.
I own it. Still shrink wrapped.
Freezasaurus
Member
Understand to a degree, but it does build up your credits so you can buy stuff you actually do want. They really should reward you with some credits for each game you play. Limiting it to loot boxes is kind of shit.
But I won't be buying anymore lootboxes until they release some new skins / characters.
I bought 50 and got 1600 in coins. not even enough for two premium skins.
my name is ed
Banned
Picked this up myself.
its still shrink wrapped
i wanna buy that One Million Omnibus but I probably shouldn't. Its not all written by Morrison so Ill probably just read Morrisons part, flip through the rest, put it back on the shelf and then post on neogaf dot com instead of reading the rest
i swear i read comics
look here i read America's Got Powers by Jonathan Ross and Bryan Hitch
Im conflicted about this book. Its got a lot of negatives but a lot of positives. For every negative point you can think of theres a positive point, although that positive point is always 'Bryan Hitch drew it so who cares'
The premise is this: There was an incident that made all the women in the bay area give birth to superpowered babies. There was some incident later down the line that made everybody agree that the superpowered generation should be kept in check. To give them these superpowered kids an outlet, they let them compete in some games and combat. 'America's Got Powers' is the reality TV show in the book.
Our protagonist is the one kid who does not have powers so of course he's the key to the entire plot. The plot itself is fine. However, I think the writing isn't as pointed or biting as it intends to be. It often paints with broad strokes when a finer line is needed. Theres also the issue of how some of the political leaders are portrayed. Hitch uses Palin for one of the antagonists and Obama is the president. It would be fine if either of them acted as their real life counterparts but they don't, so its just off putting.
I looked up Ross and it turns out he's an English actor and critic. Both Hitch and Ross probably share the blame for missing the mark on this book when it comes to lampooning American celebrity culture. Its just a bit toothless. Plus, that title is fucking wack.
on the plus side:
Bryan Hitch art everywhere with consistently good to great inking. He just fucking nails everything he does.
Things Hitch does *really* well and often:
Cities and buildings getting destroyed
Drawing bodies real good
Action
Drawing faces real good right as the face is about to hit some big expression
Lots of people in a room with a good portion sitting down and being served cocktails
Dynamic two source lighting
blocking and composition
panel to panel continuity
people getting punched real good
people punching real hard
people flying across the panel from getting punched real hard real good
injured people
designing and drawing realistic/useful looking costumes
establishing shots
things Paul Neary does well in this book:
ink Bryan Hitch
things that Paul Mounts colors but didn't do as good a job as usual:
this book
Mounts seems to have kind of mailed it in here tbh. Usually he's pretty solid but its like he didn't go through a second pass of his colors. There are just way too many areas that look like he didn't bother blending in skin highlights after making a selection and creating a gradient.
Verdict: The book is OK but who gives a shit its just a showcase for Bryan Hitch fuck yeah
More_Badass
Member
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Action Comics was really good. I liked it way more than Superman. Will be following both titles for a bit I think. I like the whole dynamic between Supes and Lex.
Also read the new issue of The Fix and I was not expecting that ending. This book is fucked up lol. Lieber kills it with his facial expressions on Roy. He's so good at humor.
Also read the new issue of The Fix and I was not expecting that ending. This book is fucked up lol. Lieber kills it with his facial expressions on Roy. He's so good at humor.
i still haven't bought any..and am hoarding my coins because what if they come out with a skin i actually want for Mercy but have no coins? I'm just playing with the skins i got.
Freezasaurus
Member
Sillymonkey where are you? I need someone to play with. These randos are all trash.
95 degree tennis coming up! I also played 20 minutes of Doom before soon to be tennis because i was feeling like i betrayed my gamefly rentals for non-stop overwatch.
Yeah but Mercy's premium skins are awesome . The devil skin changes what she says when reviving people to "Heroes never die....for a price!" and the Norse one says "Till Valhalla!"
OK, I see there are Hardcovers and the second one is oversized, and also is the first one?
Same size as the Locke and Key HC's. Slightly bigger than TPs.
need some clarification on a particular story in Stray Bullets:
I found this one to be a little hard to wrap my head around. It's the strangest story so far and kind of obtuse. Should I stay tuned and look for signs, or is there an oddball issue every so often?
Edit: and then I read issue 8 lol...half-answered my own question.
The kid who saw the accident and ended up at the party...this was some kind of elaborate scheme they pull? I can't really figure out what they accomplish? Did he end up getting hit at the end?
Edit: and then I read issue 8 lol...half-answered my own question.
Sub Zero is a classic. Honestly, Mask of The Phantasm, Sub Zero, and Return of The Joker are just perfect. They have aged really well.
Thanks, but whats with the Batwoman centred movie?
Good to hear, I want to see them since everyone hyped Mask lf the Phantasm after BvS that much.
TalkingToast
Member
Yeah, I stopped reading pretty quickly after that issue. Made it like 3-4 issues after that so far, but it started to lose me with that issue. Couldn't really tell what was going on.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Just saw Zootopia from my blind purchase of the Blu Ray. Really really great. Very smart and well executed
Tragicomedy
Member
I've had the best legendary skin luck in Overwatch. I believe the game rewards you in opposite proportion to how much you contribute to your team. I suck, so I get all the goodies.
Not counting the ones that came with the game, I have 18 legendary skins. I'm level 31. I don't buy boxes. It's fairly crazy, feels like I get a legendary every other level, sometimes two. I've also gotten three of the legendary 500 coin stashes, so I purchased my two favorites.
Only character I really wish I had a skin for is Zarya, since I hate her basic look. Sigrun Mercy, Explorer Winston, Architect Symmetra, and Lone Wolf Hanzo are my favorites. Also Bedouin Genji is superb.
Too bad I'm trash at all of them, but I look good.
Not counting the ones that came with the game, I have 18 legendary skins. I'm level 31. I don't buy boxes. It's fairly crazy, feels like I get a legendary every other level, sometimes two. I've also gotten three of the legendary 500 coin stashes, so I purchased my two favorites.
Only character I really wish I had a skin for is Zarya, since I hate her basic look. Sigrun Mercy, Explorer Winston, Architect Symmetra, and Lone Wolf Hanzo are my favorites. Also Bedouin Genji is superb.
Too bad I'm trash at all of them, but I look good.
I should play worse then because all I get is three whites and a blue constantly. I only have a legendary Mercy skin because I bought some boxes. :/
echoshifting
Banned
Rachel Maddow wrote the intro for Batwoman Elegy? Huh.
Freezasaurus
Member
You didn't know that?
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Nice. I only have the tpb but it is by far the best Batwoman story.Just got back from the comic shop with this book! Happened to find it for a good deal at a comic shop today. Happy to finally have it in my collection.
Her New52 run is good too but it's not on the same level IMO
Tyrant Rave
Banned
JHW3's art is so good. He does a lot of creative layouts with his panels. His art in Seven Soldiers and that arc in Morrison's Batman is great too.
ThePackman
Member
Hello everybody. I haven't read comics in about 6 to 8 months and just read the new Detective Comics,that was some good stuff. What else is worth reading in Rebirth?
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Green Arrow and Action Comics were both very strong I thought. I liked Flash too.
Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman were all solid but ultimately they were just setting up for the real first issues coming up.
An omnibus for two volumes?
I'm glad it wasn't me that said it lol.
I thought it, but I wanted someone else to be the one.
echoshifting
Banned
Spider-Man #4: Holy shit what a great comic. lol at the cover though,
For the love of god, though, will some brave writer please
Finally, how has nobody made an avatar of this face yet
two of these character do not appear in this comic and one of them doesn't even get mentioned by name.
For the love of god, though, will some brave writer please
save Felicia Hardy? How did we get here Felicia? From one sucker punch by your villain-possessed ex to one of the most prominent criminal masterminds in Marveldom? You can't have a story involving the Marvel underworld without at least a Black Cat name drop. What the hell happened?
Finally, how has nobody made an avatar of this face yet
ThePackman
Member
Awesome, I'll check them out. Honestly I wasn't expecting to get excited for any of this Rebirth stuff but Detective was excellent. All the constant renumberings and reboots from Marvel and DC had me down and I just stopped reading my weekly books.
Spider-Man #4: Holy shit what a great comic. lol at the cover though,two of these character do not appear in this comic and one of them doesn't even get mentioned by name.
For the love of god, though, will some brave writer pleasesave Felicia Hardy? How did we get here Felicia? From one sucker punch by your villain-possessed ex to one of the most prominent criminal masterminds in Marveldom? You can't have a story involving the Marvel underworld without at least a Black Cat name drop. What the hell happened?
Finally, how has nobody made an avatar of this face yet
Slott, he's calling the shots to anything Spidey related, he squashed the Carol/Peter stuff and anything related to MJ and even Carlie