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Lovecraft's exceptional racism isn't as easy to spot now, in comparison to the conventions of the day, because it wasn't typically directed at the usual targets. He was relatively normal when it came to the usual skin colour variations, but holy gently caress did he hate the Spanish. Edit: Did not plan on starting a new page with dead racist horror writers. Got no panels, sorry.
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 from Strange Adventures 45 Gorilla covers never get old. e: The Gorilla Professor wonders why these two humans are so content to be in a gorilla zoo. The truth, it turns out, is absurd and stupid:   from Strange Adventures 45 GorfZaplen fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Sep 19, 2013 |
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GorfZaplen posted:
Once again, Strange Adventures lives up to its title.  Which is it? An endless staircase or does it go somewhere? C'mon Stan get it together.
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muscles like this? posted:Once again, Strange Adventures lives up to its title. It goes somewhere, but he doesn't have enough stars yet.
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Please somebody spoil that strip for me I can't take the suspense.
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Mr. Squishy posted:Please somebody spoil that strip for me I can't take the suspense. It's a Led Zepplin reference, but he's a villain so he can't reach the top, and so he turns around and this happens.
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Speaking of twist endings in old anthologies, I've recently come across what would've been one of the best panels in comic book history if it hadn't been cut out. Chamber Of Darkness #4 used hooded witches gathered around a cauldron as the framing device for a story. This is what the last page looked like:  And this is what Jack Kirby originally drew:  If Marvel Comics ever came to an end, that last panel, devoid of dialogue, is what it should look like.
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Gatts posted:I always appreciate Transformers artists because it can't be easy to keep a schedule and draw complicated tech well. I was a big fan of Geoff Senior in the original comics in my youth, he got the angular toy look just right while still putting a lot of action into the panels. Then there was the other guy who obviously had a phobia of rulers; awful lumpy bulgy robots - what was his name? Every issue he did the art was a childhood 
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TwoPair posted:Did somebody mention Dr. Strange's relationship woes? Well that's as good of an excuse as I need to repost these!
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John Dyne posted:It's a Led Zepplin reference, but he's a villain so he can't reach the top, and so he turns around and this happens. That is Ditko As gently caress.
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The entire issue of Adventure Time #20 needs to be posted here, but I'll settle for someone posting the pages from the adventure tome.
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After reading Gavok and some other people post positively about it recently, I gave Thunderbolts a shot. It's surprisingly decent. Anyway, context: Frank Castle is leading the team to (unsurprisingly, as Deadpool points out) take out a NYC crime family. But then they get caught in traffic.    And then because this is actually an Infinity tie-in, Thanos starts attacking the city.   Thunderbolts #15
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It's so weird. When characters actually do something, the book is actually enjoyable. Anyway, here's the book that had the first showing of the Heroic Age era New Avengers in Wolverine: Weapon X (I think issue 9 or something like that)  When Aaron gets finished with Thor, I'd love for him to get a Spidey title.
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Hahahaha oh God that was hilarious. Danny and Luke's is the best panel and so is the notion of the catchphrases in battle. Holy poo poo I actually have a tear. I think I took it as some kind of meta commentary on superhero comics/characters though. EDIT: I think Jason Aaron just loving gets it, though. Gatts fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Sep 20, 2013 |
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TwoPair posted:Thunderbolts #15 It was Deadpool.
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redbackground posted:I attended a small local comic-con a few months ago with a friend who knows just enough about superheroes that he can identify the popular ones, and specifically pointed out how he liked this one guy's Spider-Man costume. Jeez, even when Liefeld gets it right he fucks up.
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notthegoatseguy posted:It's so weird. When characters actually do something, the book is actually enjoyable. Is there a more legible version of that? I can't read the tiny writing on it.
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Good thing other heroes never got dumb catchphrases.
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Fuego Fish posted:Actually Lovecraft was so shockingly racist, even considering the era, that his correspondence with fellow pulp writer of the age Robert E. Howard actually went a ways toward making Howard less racist. A few years ago Terry Bison wrote a really good story called "Shoggoths in Bloom" that was essentially a response to Lovecraft's racism. It's worth checking out if you're a fan of Lovecraft because it's a different direction from the usual pastiches. This was my exact reaction to the film conversation.
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Are you talking about Elizabeth Bear's piece from Asimov's Science Fiction, or are there really two different pieces dealing with Lovecraft's racism named Shoggoths in Bloom? For reference, here's Bear's story: http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0803/shoggoths.shtml
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Weird did the Thunderbolt suddenly become a good book? I remember reading the initial run drawn by Dillon I think and it was garbage. When did it start becoming good?
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It's still not quite there, but giving Way the boot is the beginning of it trying desperately to climb out of the hole.
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Mr. Maltose posted:Are you talking about Elizabeth Bear's piece from Asimov's Science Fiction, or are there really two different pieces dealing with Lovecraft's racism named Shoggoths in Bloom? For reference, here's Bear's story: http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0803/shoggoths.shtml Yes I am. Wrong animal scifi author.
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Hollis posted:Weird did the Thunderbolt suddenly become a good book? I remember reading the initial run drawn by Dillon I think and it was garbage. When did it start becoming good? I haven't read it in months, so this is news to me too. I've dropped almost every DC book I was buying, should I give this another chance?
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Gatts posted:Hahahaha oh God that was hilarious. Danny and Luke's is the best panel and so is the notion of the catchphrases in battle. Holy poo poo I actually have a tear. I think I took it as some kind of meta commentary on superhero comics/characters though. Do Danny and Luke even really hang out anymore?
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Hollis posted:Weird did the Thunderbolt suddenly become a good book? I remember reading the initial run drawn by Dillon I think and it was garbage. When did it start becoming good? Pretty much what Mr. Maltose said. It's not fantastic, but it has some really humorous moments and seems to be getting better and better with time, so hopefully given enough time away from the toxic touch of people like Dillon or Way, it'll become a truly good book.
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Gatts posted:Hahahaha oh God that was hilarious. Danny and Luke's is the best panel and so is the notion of the catchphrases in battle. Holy poo poo I actually have a tear. I think I took it as some kind of meta commentary on superhero comics/characters though. You'd love the panels from the Carnage mini where Hawkeye cant stand Grimm's catchphrases. Ah here it is. TwoPair posted:Yep, I've still got those sitting in my images folder! Along with this "Avengers dicking around" scene:
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Prison Warden posted:Do Danny and Luke even really hang out anymore? they showed up at the end of the most recent superior foes issue.
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Hollis posted:Weird did the Thunderbolt suddenly become a good book? I remember reading the initial run drawn by Dillon I think and it was garbage. When did it start becoming good? Way left at #11. #12 was a decent Punisher solo story. #13 was cleaning up a mess Way created where he introduced a character Mercy while never explaining her in any way before leaving. #14 is when the series hits its new mission statement and finally picks up.
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NoneMoreNegative posted:I was a big fan of Geoff Senior in the original comics in my youth, he got the angular toy look just right while still putting a lot of action into the panels. That was Dan Reed , I think. Reed's stuff always looked like everyone was covered in crude oil for no reason. Senior was better by miles.
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Adventure Time #20 The adventure tome has lots of useful information. 
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 From Iron Man #149, Doom and Tony dance whenever they're able.
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Random Stranger posted:A few years ago Terry Bison wrote a really good story called "Shoggoths in Bloom" that was essentially a response to Lovecraft's racism. It's worth checking out if you're a fan of Lovecraft because it's a different direction from the usual pastiches. According to Wikipedia, it was Elizabeth Bear who wrote the story. So... wrong large mammal? 
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Fuego Fish posted:According to Wikipedia, it was Elizabeth Bear who wrote the story. So... wrong large mammal? Random Stranger posted:Yes I am. Wrong animal scifi author. Yup. EDIT: Seriously, everybody read that story, I linked to it and everything. It's SO good.
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Jerusalem posted:
Doom pushes the pram a lot
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Mr. Maltose posted:Yup. Where? The wikipedia link to the story on Bear's site is dead.
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Squidster posted:Where? The wikipedia link to the story on Bear's site is dead. Mr. Maltose posted:Are you talking about Elizabeth Bear's piece from Asimov's Science Fiction, or are there really two different pieces dealing with Lovecraft's racism named Shoggoths in Bloom? For reference, here's Bear's story: http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0803/shoggoths.shtml
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Shoot, my reading comprehension would appear to be terrible. I had actually read that after I googled the name, but assumed it was an incomplete excerpt based on the whole "Please make sure to check out the conclusion in our March issue on sale now!" in the footer.
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Squidster posted:Shoot, my reading comprehension would appear to be terrible. I had actually read that after I googled the name, but assumed it was an incomplete excerpt based on the whole "Please make sure to check out the conclusion in our March issue on sale now!" in the footer. Magazines usually post the entirety of award nominated (or in this case winning) stories on their sites. It helps raise their profile in the voting.
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