LaunchpadMcQ
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I feel like King probably should have done the whole event. Not even just because he's better at this sort of thing, but just to keep it consistent.
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COMICS!!! |OT| May 2017 - Every Empire Falls
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I feel like King probably should have done the whole event. Not even just because he's better at this sort of thing, but just to keep it consistent.
Brianimaniac
Banned
That "takedown" is bullshit.
That guy is constantly criticizing Spencer's "who gets to decide who it's okay to punch?" thing with a dismissive "you punch the Nazis, it's pretty clear-cut", when Spencer is actually living his counterpoint. Again, search Spencer's name on Twitter, and you'll see people advocating daily for punching and killing him, on the grounds that they've decided he's a fascist and a Nazi, when his offense that qualifies him for this is writing a comic and disagreeing with people about free speech on Twitter. Those people are hard evidence that his position is at the very least understandable. How can you not understand why a guy would take a "who decides who the fascists are?" stance when he is being labeled as a fascist and threatened with violence for it every day? You can still disagree with him if that's your thing, but to not even acknowledge that it makes total sense for him to feel that way based on his own specific experiences with the issue is crazy.
RepairmanJack
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King said he decided to have Williamson write the script because he felt he could do it better. I don't really believe that that is how it went down, I do think Williamson wrote it because what they needed to come across in this crossover was not really suited for King's style. It would have been pretty weird to have basically the same information conveyed by King in a different way.
I almost wonder if this was set up first and as Metal or Forge/Casting became more solid what they needed to happen in The Button changed resulting in the switch up and the delay in the final issue.
That's not really fair tbh. Who's to say King keeps it either?
RepairmanJack
Member
Yeah, I agree, but it seems almost like it'd be Kings damn dream. It's been his basic motif for two of his biggest series and then he's writing a crossover kind of involving another series that almost solely uses that motif?
I was mostly getting it out there because I still just wanted it written by King, but it'd be weird if he didn't continue it.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I mean, I guess? I'm not sure I agree with him. I think King is well-suited to this high-concept stuff, and the paneling/pacing of the first issue was pretty much as perfect as it can get to convey the gravity of the crossover.
Also, I haven't read Batman 22 yet, so I didn't notice Williamson was on that one till you mentioned it.
RepairmanJack
Member
Oh I don't agree with King either, I just wonder if that's what came down and King is just spinning it that way. I feel like stuff changed and it turned out they needed to handle the back two issues differently and that headbutted with King's idea so they gave the rest of it to Williamson.
What if Harley is fading as a pillar?
RepairmanJack
Member
It can be Johns' story, but they have very clear differences in style of scripting. I wouldn't care who did it, I just would have rather had it be one person for the whole thing and not said to be King until less than a week before the issue. As it stands the first issue comes off as pretty epic and an awesome set up, then we kind of get two issues of exposition and catch up with some cool new details coming in the newest issue. They feel almost completely separated in style and delivery.
You shut your whore mouth
No. They're separate offerings.
And most of the Marvel titles added to Amazon Prime the other day require a Kindle Unlimited subscription as well as a Prime subscription, only about 20 books are included in the base Prime subscription (I think they're all in Comixology Unlimited).
All of the above assuming that you're in the US. Virtually none of the above are available internationally.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
I love how
the professor turns out to be a total bullshitter lol it gave me shades of Battlestar
Vic_Viper
Member
Ive got a Prime account so I was just curious, thanks for clarifying. Already have Marvel Unlimited so im not paying for Comixology's service.
That Defenders trailer was soo good!
Aside from the upcoming Defenders run from Bendis is there anything else that comes close to a team up book with this roster? I know Bendis had them in his New Avengers run but it was only for a few issues here and there right? Need to get back to reading that too.
That Defenders trailer was soo good!
Aside from the upcoming Defenders run from Bendis is there anything else that comes close to a team up book with this roster? I know Bendis had them in his New Avengers run but it was only for a few issues here and there right? Need to get back to reading that too.
Also Azrael's women issues are... well, something else. It definitely reads well as a clever parody nowadays.
Brianimaniac
Banned
The only thing I own in the Dark Horse app is the Star Wars: Legacy run by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman, and I hate having a whole app for one run, so I know I'll get those again on a CMX sale some day.
I feel like the 9-grid worked in Batman #21 as the visual representation of the thematic argument about what "Watchmen in the DCU" exactly means. (The answer being: it makes shit sad, fucked up and foreboding) The climax of Batman #21 postpones going deeper on that question, to focus on the more immediate matter of
Thawne being dead as all hell
Thawne reappearing to punch Batman in the face
And once the shift in focus is made, the following two issues go to DCU business as usual, cribbing heavily from Johns' work both on the Rebirth one-shot, and on Flashpoint, with Batman #22 pretty much just being
the final coda of the Flashpoint timeline
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
The Secret Wars relaunch was really dumb in hindsight, especially when you consider there were plenty of books that ended up losing their reading retention much quicker after it like Ms. Marvel, Spider-Gwen ,and Silk.
If nothing else it made it very clear
that all of this is getting maguffined out of existence by the end. It feels a bit boring given that.
TWD 167 spoilers:I was not ready for this issue. Jesus that was heartbreaking. I can't believe she's actually dead, poor Rick and Carl. Well RIP Andrea you survived a really long fucking time
I don't remember all of the last issue but
i thought maybe they'd do a fake out and have her bitten by one of the whisperers instead of a zombie. If i had the issue on hand i'd give it a reread to see zombie face. I still don't like the whole horseback roundups, i thought they made for repetitive scenes to replace action and having Andrea get bitten in a scene i didn't like to begin with was a disappointment. I don't think i'll miss Andrea though...i'm not really attached to any character right now.
Also, this marks the first new comic i bought digitally and i miss paper.
That reminds me, why were the Avengers
Following Steve's orders even after he went public with the Hail Hydra?
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I was just thinking about how I had some books on that garbage app.
For once, I think we agree on something, Monkey.
LordOfLore
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Tyrant Rave
Banned
Dark Horse digital comics before they came to Comixology were dark times
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Literally unbelievable
LordOfLore
Banned
I'm not the only one who sees a bit of Bolland's Joker in Janin's version, right?
Freezasaurus
Member
The worst. I remember downloading that piece of shit app just to read the Massive short from Brian Wood. I gave up trying to read it because the app was so clunky.
That's literally been it since the Justice League reveal. One is 40s Joker, one is 80s Bolland Joker, and one is New 52 Alt-Right Haircut Joker.
Freezasaurus
Member
Anyone read Youngblood yet? I'm dreadfully curious.
The good, the bad and the ugly.
god you just reminded me of the Death of the Family issues of Gleason and Tomasi's Batman and Robin run and that was SO GOOD for both the great fucked-up visuals and the callbacks to literally the best Morrison Batman & Robin story
LordOfLore
Banned
You read the newest Nightwing yet?
my shop didn't get the books because of may day, so I just bought Batman on digital
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
You definitely are not.
Yeah that was a really cool twist, I'm interested in seeing where that goes with the
robot he and the professor found in the past. There's some Mass Effect vibes going on.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Awesome, I've actually got the third vol sitting up to read over the next few evenings, definitely up for shooting thoughts back and forth once you're through them! I'm kind of holding my tongue here haha there's some really good stuff layered in on top as it goes though. I can definitely see the mass effect comparison, a bit of battlestar, and definitely shades of Sweet Tooth. The good thing is, if you loved that, it just gets better. I thought maybe the first half volume played out a little slow, getting to what you kind of know is the premise, but things really ramp up.
Hulu has put the order in for a full season of Runaways. Have not watched a Hulu production yet but I hope it shakes out.
Oh yeah, I guess you're right. That story isn't really on my radar to be honest
LordOfLore
Banned
Freezasaurus
Member
I have a question. How the fuck does Marvel keep getting me to buy these shitty event books? Do I have an innate need to punish myself? Do I need to keep up with the current story no matter how bad it is? Do I just hate money?
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