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COMICS!!! |OT| March Harley Quinn does the Banana Splits
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whatsinaname
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Storm Watch v1 #37 - #42 - My first time reading this and it is interesting how, like The Wild Storm, we are thrown right into the thick of things from issue one. Almost like they were "reorganizing" what came earlier. Also interesting to see Sparks and Hawksmoor introduced with almost no fanfare. I'm guessing I'll see some more of their history in the next 4 trades. Also guessing most of these characters don't have a great end considering what comprises Authority. (But I am hoping I am wrong there...)
It wasn't something groundbreaking and it might have tread a lot of previously covered ground but it looked great and it was fun. Maybe my bar was set low after JLD.
It wasn't something groundbreaking and it might have tread a lot of previously covered ground but it looked great and it was fun. Maybe my bar was set low after JLD.
Marco Rudy has commissions open
http://cadenceselect.bigcartel.com/product/marco-rudy-watercolor-commission
http://cadenceselect.bigcartel.com/product/marco-rudy-watercolor-commission
The Lee and Kirby run is probably considered to the be the best followed by the Byrne run, but I'm not sure if they've aged well. If you are looking for a modern run go with Waid or Hickman.
whatsinaname
Member
Lee and Kirby run is great and still holds up very well.
Hickman's run is pretty good.
Simonson's FF is pretty awesome too with some great art.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Reread Aaron's The Mighty Thor vol 1 this evening. Still balls to the wall awesome. There's so much going on in the book with the plot and the characters that is compelling, and the artist brings it to life beautifully. Dauterman's flexibility is a sight to behold and the action just sizzles on the page. It's a book that feels exciting to be reading, even on the second time through.
MHWilliams
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Ellis' plotting is lightning fast. He's just trying to get to the stuff he cares about as quickly as possible. It's one of he great points of the run.
my name is ed
Banned
Brandon Graham responded to the WWAC quick roundtable about Island #15 cover. Bolded emphasis mine.
The WWAC roundtable about it was pretty so and so because it was much more about the immediate reaction to the cover rather than in depth review. With that said,
this is a pretty tepid and tone deaf response that you would expect from Tom Brevoort. Not Brandon Graham but hey here it is.
Brandon Graham said:
The WWAC roundtable about it was pretty so and so because it was much more about the immediate reaction to the cover rather than in depth review. With that said,
this is a pretty tepid and tone deaf response that you would expect from Tom Brevoort. Not Brandon Graham but hey here it is.
whatsinaname
Member
Oh definitely. I love that. Was just bringing it up because of the discussion RepairMan Jack and I were having a few pages back about the first couple of issues of The Wild Storm.
Wow. "Dilraj is dark skinned too" was not the line I thought they would take. Especially considering the racism against black people in the South Asian communities.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I'd just jump to her solo series.
my name is ed
Banned
BKatastrophe
Member
2010. I dislike it because she's got a lot of progression, and while her angst is believable and understandable (being a living weapon who's trying to figure her shit out and basically dealing with having emotions), the cutting herself seems regressive, but at the same time I can buy it because she does it after she finds a list of targets that was from a program that intentionally baited her so they could capture her and use her to develop more weapons AND forced her to kill children.
It was like a year. It's fiiiiiiiiine
I'd say yes, but it's weird. Like, super weird. There're two runs, and only one of them has Laura. But I'd say that both are worth it.
See I really liked JLD for the first few arcs with Milligan and Lemire. DeMatteis royally fucked it, though.
I thought the DCYou Constantine run was beautiful on a visual level, but the writing felt so flat to me. Just boring.
You don't need to visit Japan anymore now. You have learned of all its history.
I watched Naruto before, I'm already an expert in Japan.
Apologies I shouldn't have assumed. I live in Japan so I wasn't sure if you were also an expert.
I forgot Fraction/Brubaker left that book and it still ran.
Brubaker left too, and no, the remaining issues are not really worth it unless you want to finish the book for completion's sake. There's some Danny and Misty moments, but other than that I found the rest pretty forgettable.
I didn't buy them so it looks like I made the right decision.
I didn't remember hating them, i think i enjoyed them but i wouldn't go out of my way for them.
I always hear like a 50/50 with NYX lol
But yeah, I basically have the complete collections (vol 1 and the Liu hardcovers + collision) and I need more Laura Kinney! Was thinking of grabbing the NYX wannabe paperback this week.
Because of the show (which I thought was fairly average, I've seen worse), I decided to read the Immortal Iron Fist recently. Which was a pretty fun book, with very cool lore/world building/etc.
Today... I read Iron Fist: The Living Weapon... I kept thinking it would improve... but it was terrible. So bad.
I looked at some of the reviews online and it seemed to have fairly decent reviews? What did NeoGAF think about it?
Today... I read Iron Fist: The Living Weapon... I kept thinking it would improve... but it was terrible. So bad.
I looked at some of the reviews online and it seemed to have fairly decent reviews? What did NeoGAF think about it?
I'm interested in seeing if it goes on sale for the relaunch.
Gaf hates it.
Whats the series that starts with a invulnerable dude that is murdered with a bag over his head? Ive been thinking about it all day.
Freezasaurus
Member
Started watching Iron Fist on Netflix. Can already tell this was a mistake.
Freezasaurus
Member
Everyone in this show is an asshole.
BKatastrophe
Member
The first series, with Laura, is largely inconsequential. Really, all you need to know is that she was a prostitute and was friends with some kids, one of whom was Kiden. Kiden has time powers.
Nothing really interesting happens with Laura's character during the actual story. She makes some friends and then doesn't show up in the next series, since in-universe she went back to the X-Men. Kiden becomes relevant for a couple plot points in the Kyle and Yost X-Force run and a one-shot X-23 issue. I would just read both the X-23 collections, and if you really want to flesh out Laura's history, then read NYX.
It would be worth it.
Freezasaurus
Member
It's my favorite terrible line from any of these Marvel shows.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I hated it. Basically the complete opposite of what I want out of something with Danny.
echoshifting
Banned
Donnie likes Living Weapon. In comicgaf there is a defense force for every run
"Invulnerable bag head murder comic" was a wild Google ride, but alas I don't seem to have found it
"Invulnerable bag head murder comic" was a wild Google ride, but alas I don't seem to have found it
Yeah, I've tapped out after 7 episodes. I'm serious when I say that Arrow did the same show better five years ago.
Of course, I've bailed halfway through most of the Marvel shows because they become an uninteresting chore to watch. Each show has what I call the "Daredevil problem" in the sense that it becomes a boring, padded slog after the fifth or sixth episode.
I want Marco Rudy on an ongoing again. He can channel Steranko all goddamn day and it's glorious.
Freezasaurus
Member
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH FUCK THIS SHOW. HOW IS THIS STILL EPISODE 1!? IT FEELS LIKE I SHOULD BE HALFWAY THROUGH THE SERIES ALREADY.
Rising Stars maybe (was that the name of a comic? lol)? Its not Marvel thats for sure, it was from my non-Marvel phase.
Argh.
Oh. I should've warned you. Everything is as slow as molasses and 85% of the season feels like a prologue.
Freezasaurus
Member
So far Colleen Wing is the only redeeming thing in this show.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
I do like it, but not sure what the defence force talk about is. I mentioned to whatisinaname a page back or so that I like it but it's not incredible (not that I'm apologising for that stance mind). It's hardly a book I've ran to champion. And here I thought you read my posts man
85%? Haha. I finished the season last night and had a good time, but the WHOLE season feels like a prologue. In fact, depending how Defenders goes, it hasn't even really left off feeling like he's *there* as the Danny Rand people are familiar with in the comics.
Freezasaurus
Member
Three episodes of Iron Fist down. Goodness this show is a slog.
What happened now
LordOfLore
Banned
Yeah, and when it wasnt called Mass Effect, the Reviews were again much lower.
Mass effect: we have no idea what we're doing, here's some new humans.
ME's reception reminds me of its E3 showing where it was behind the scenes development of a shoulder and a vehicle. This is mass effect, we have nothing, but it's coming.
I was sick when I saw Fastlane, almost threw my blanket at the tv when the Owens Goldberg match ended, haven't watch wrestling since. Roman vs undertaker at wrestlemania? Redeemed!
ME's reception reminds me of its E3 showing where it was behind the scenes development of a shoulder and a vehicle. This is mass effect, we have nothing, but it's coming.
I was sick when I saw Fastlane, almost threw my blanket at the tv when the Owens Goldberg match ended, haven't watch wrestling since. Roman vs undertaker at wrestlemania? Redeemed!
LordOfLore
Banned
Are any of the Heroes For Hire, Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu or Immortal Weapons books in the CMX sale worth a buy?
Edit: Backstagers ongoing hopefully?
Edit: Backstagers ongoing hopefully?
echoshifting
Banned
I do like it, but not sure what the defence force talk about is. I mentioned to whatisinaname a page back or so that I like it but it's not incredible (not that I'm apologising for that stance mind). It's hardly a book I've ran to champion. And here I thought you read my posts man
Aw I'm just taking the piss
That said, I only read comics