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Three by Kieron Gillen, Ryan Kelly and Jordie Bellaire finally came out and it is an amazing pisstake on Frank Miller and all those who uphold the Sparta as some sort of mythical state of superheroes and defenders of the western civilization. Probably the first comic in my experience that actually lists a historical consultant in the credits. All authors (including the colorist) share equal space on the cover and the credits page - hope that all indies will follow the example. fatherboxx fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Oct 9, 2013 |
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Oct 9, 2013 19:01
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Yeah I really liked Three. Gillen is great when he gets really angry and passionate about things and the creative team all just flow together so well. Jordie's name should always be on the cover because she's pretty drat great and I've bought books just knowing she's colouring them.
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Oct 9, 2013 20:18
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Yeah, Jordie has earned a well deserved rep over a fairly short time.
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Oct 10, 2013 00:23
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Any Mike Carey fans out there Boom Studios put out the first trade of his new book Suicide Risk alongside the first issue of the next arc. First arc was really good followed by a single issue of world building so it's just as Mike Carey as can be. A cop get super powers in a world of super powers. Nothing happens like you'd expect, and at this point I'm enjoying it more than I ever like Powers. Ya'll should check it out.
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Oct 10, 2013 00:27
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Three is great, but does anyone know if you can get the comixology reader to to flip the pages 90 degrees? My laptop is my digital reader, so flipping it on the side and reading like that is much easier than reading small double page spread or having to move the page the around with the mouse on full screen.
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Oct 10, 2013 00:57
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What's collected in the new Multiple Warheads thing that came out today? Does it have his old porno stuff or is it just early MW comics?
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Oct 10, 2013 01:24
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Is anyone else reading Rachel Rising? I think it's pretty cool. Sort of slow burning but it's really starting to pick up. And it looks pretty.
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Oct 10, 2013 04:56
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Yeah, I've been reading it since the beginning. It really is a great story and spooky.
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Oct 10, 2013 05:24
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Robot Wendigo posted:So that's what happened. Okay, now the book makes a bit more sense. I thought all the flowing colour was just her feeling really groovy for awhile afterwards. I loved Manhattan Projects, interested to see where the Oppenheimer Civil War is going
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Oct 10, 2013 07:01
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Consummate Professional posted:Is anyone else reading Rachel Rising? I think it's pretty cool. Sort of slow burning but it's really starting to pick up. And it looks pretty. Yeah, I've been reading it ever sicne that Gender in Comics online course from this spring assigned it. It is great.
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Oct 10, 2013 07:15
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Iggles posted:I would say "No offence intended" but that wouldn't be completely true. Are you serious? Did you actually read the book at all?
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Oct 10, 2013 07:18
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Qwo posted:The idea that she can stop time is hardly clear from the comic itself until maybe the last page. Anyone who reads it blind is probably not going to get that unless they're aware of the premise. The scene where she has sex for the first time telegraphs it pretty clearly.
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Oct 10, 2013 08:23
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Mr Wind Up Bird posted:What's collected in the new Multiple Warheads thing that came out today? Does it have his old porno stuff or is it just early MW comics? It's an early MW comic AND one of the porn comics in one. The stories are fine I guess, if not up to the standards of prophet/current MW, but man I do not read porn comics and the explicit sex scene with dude with the werewolf dick was a little embarrassing to read.
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Oct 10, 2013 09:08
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Consummate Professional posted:Is anyone else reading Rachel Rising? I think it's pretty cool. Sort of slow burning but it's really starting to pick up. And it looks pretty. Yeah, love this title. Don't know what it is, but its one of the title's that sticks in my mind. It's simple and understated and haunting.
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Oct 10, 2013 11:20
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Arrghhh why didn't anyone tell me that Battling Boy came out this week! Did anyone get it? How is it? I need to know!
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Oct 10, 2013 16:00
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Mr Wind Up Bird posted:Arrghhh why didn't anyone tell me that Battling Boy came out this week! Did anyone get it? How is it? I need to know! I got it but haven't read it yet. It looks cool as gently caress though. I read the 'prequel' and thought it was great so if it's even in the same vein at all then it will rule.
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Oct 10, 2013 16:10
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Iggles posted:I loved Manhattan Projects, interested to see where the Oppenheimer Civil War is going Yeah, MP is constantly vying with Saga for my favorite/best book on the stands right now, but there were one or two MP issues recently that seemed to mess with the pacing a bit. This issue, I'm psyched again. Has Nick Pitarra had any other comics where his art has been this good? I *love* the Manhattan Projects art.
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Oct 10, 2013 16:47
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I recently read the first two Manhattan Projects TPBs (thank you, public library!), and while some of Hickman's alternate history ideas are interesting, I find the book kind of distasteful and mean-spirited. It reminds me of some of Warren Ellis' more self-indulgent and forgettable works where everyone is a mad genius but also a horrible deviant and bastard. (See also: Garth Ennis.) I guess I'm just not a fan of famous scientist fanfic, which is essentially what it is.
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Oct 11, 2013 14:02
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Thanks all for the recommendations. I've bought and enjoyed Prophet, Glory, and Godzilla Half Century War due to this thread. When I was looking up Rachel Rising (which I'm probably going to get) on Amazon, I saw Revival. Is it any good?
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Oct 11, 2013 15:18
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I recently read the first two Manhattan Projects TPBs (thank you, public library!), and while some of Hickman's alternate history ideas are interesting, I find the book kind of distasteful and mean-spirited. It reminds me of some of Warren Ellis' more self-indulgent and forgettable works where everyone is a mad genius but also a horrible deviant and bastard. (See also: Garth Ennis.) Huh. You're right, it's incredibly non-optimistic. (The other thing I noticed, when I was thinking about recommending it to people, is that there are literally no female characters, right?) I guess I don't mind its tone because so much else happening right now IS optimistic (backlash to the cyberpunk/dystopian grimness that pervaded a lots of 90s and early 00s speculative fiction?). This is backlash to the backlash, maybe. Not many works of fiction right now would call an arc/chapter/etc "Science. Bad." fatherboxx posted:Three by Kieron Gillen, Ryan Kelly and Jordie Bellaire finally came out and it is an amazing pisstake on Frank Miller and all those who uphold the Sparta as some sort of mythical state of superheroes and defenders of the western civilization. Probably the first comic in my experience that actually lists a historical consultant in the credits. Three was great. Not just a pisstake--also good art and interesting characters and emotionally engaging. Excited for this one. onefish fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Oct 11, 2013 |
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Oct 11, 2013 15:46
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onefish posted:(The other thing I noticed, when I was thinking about recommending it to people, is that there are literally no female characters, right?) Manhattan Projects desperately need Grace Hopper and COBOL-based evil AI. I highly enjoy cynical Hickman, his early works like Pax Romana and Nightly News are mean in a very good way.
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Oct 11, 2013 16:28
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Revival isn't as good as Rachel Rising, but it's interesting and has kept me reading since launch.
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Oct 11, 2013 18:24
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Revival's kind of scattered. It started off okay, but I think it has tailed off IMO. Rachel Rising is great and keeps getting better. It's a story that for whatever reason just keeps sticking in my mind.
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Oct 12, 2013 10:09
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What do people generally think of Dynamite's pulp hero comics? I just finished Masks (thank you, public library!), and while it was a relatively simple, almost generic story with mediocre artwork, I still enjoyed seeing the Shadow, the Green Hornet and Kato, the Spider, and Zorro team up. It was more fun than DC's deplorable First Wave, which teamed up Batman, the Spirit, and Doc Savage and somehow managed to be as boring as the infamous L.A.W.: Living Assault Weapons miniseries. I'm just a sucker for "mystery man" sorts of heroes with suits and trench coats and fedoras, ideally in retro settings. Sandman Mystery Theatre is one of my all-time favorite series for capturing that retro-pulp aesthetic but with actual good, modern writing. Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 08:07 on Oct 13, 2013 |
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Oct 13, 2013 07:50
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The only one I have an opinion on is their Miss Fury book that I got because I was curious. I only read the first issue but her characterization seemed to end at "I AM REALLY ANGRY BUT ALSO SEXY" and I was like "this is really bad and stupid." A lot of people I respect are writing some of them though. I know Phil Hester wrote/is writing a few. I bet those are good.
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Oct 13, 2013 14:15
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On the topic of Pax Romana, I just read it and I don't think I've ever read something so unabashedly self-masturbatory before. What a brainless sub-literary sub-intellectual turd, just a completely transparent attempt at grade-school social commentary, like Warren Ellis x10. This thread had me wanting to give Manhattan Projects another go, but blegh, more Jonathan Hickman, no-thank-you. The pages of Pax Romana were practically sticking together from his cum.
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Oct 13, 2013 21:09
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Mr Wind Up Bird posted:The only one I have an opinion on is their Miss Fury book that I got because I was curious. I only read the first issue but her characterization seemed to end at "I AM REALLY ANGRY BUT ALSO SEXY" and I was like "this is really bad and stupid." Yeah. I want to like all those pulp series because pulp heroes are the best, but each one has been somewhat boring. More of a standard superhero action/drama book that the purple prose and over the top or noirish type of book I went in expecting.
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Oct 13, 2013 21:24
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chukamok posted:Thanks all for the recommendations. I've bought and enjoyed Prophet, Glory, and Godzilla Half Century War due to this thread. When I was looking up Rachel Rising (which I'm probably going to get) on Amazon, I saw Revival. Is it any good? I like Revival quite a bit, but I have a lot of time for Tim Seeley. He's reined in a lot of his more irritating habits from Hack/Slash and Witchblade and the result's very readable.
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Oct 13, 2013 21:28
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I know Chris Roberson writes some of the Dynamite pulp comics. I always like his work, but haven't read any of his Dynamite stuff, so I'm sad to hear it doesn't seem to be that good.
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Oct 13, 2013 22:30
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Wanderer posted:I like Revival quite a bit, but I have a lot of time for Tim Seeley. He's reined in a lot of his more irritating habits from Hack/Slash and Witchblade and the result's very readable. Holy poo poo, this is the same write as Hack/Slash? Yeah, immense improvement. There's a book I should have loved, but just could not get into.
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Oct 14, 2013 04:50
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If I think 1990s Spawn was a low point in comics, is there anything in Valiant's line up worth reading? Comixology was running a $20 sampler dealie.
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Oct 14, 2013 22:08
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I assume you're talking about the original books? It's hard to recommend them because even though they were some of the best comics in their day, their day was 1993. And I don't know what constitutes this deal. If it's #1's I'd definitely say "no". I love Archer and Armstrong but the first issue is literally, "the titular characters meet cute and get sucked through a hole to dinosaur land and a line wide crossover". #2 is like part 7 of the crossover and it's not really explained what happened in the other books. That sounds bad, but that's superhero comics in 1993. Some books have aged better than others (my god... Shadowman's costume...) but not a one of them is as bad as Spawn.
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Oct 15, 2013 00:18
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Did anybody else go to APE? I thought it was a lot better than last year, but still no SPX/MoCCA. Lots of people selling art, not enough selling comics.
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Oct 15, 2013 00:22
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Does anybody else like Storm Dogs? It's a pretty cool grim/gritty hard SF series set on a human-occupired planet with two native alien races. Short though, with only 6 issues per "season" (and the first season ended on several cliffhangers). Trade comes out in December.
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Oct 16, 2013 03:47
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I don't know if anyone else is interested in Gail Simone and Jim Calafiore's LEAVING MEGALOPOLIS, but the book's apparently at the printer and Calafiore put up a ten-page preview on his website. I'm a sucker for a good apocalypse so I'm at least somewhat interested.
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Oct 17, 2013 05:40
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Hedrigall posted:Does anybody else like Storm Dogs? It's a pretty cool grim/gritty hard SF series set on a human-occupired planet with two native alien races. Short though, with only 6 issues per "season" (and the first season ended on several cliffhangers). Trade comes out in December. That sounds interesting and I'd like to hear a bit more about it. I just got the 2nd Skull Kickers OSHC. I was surprised I liked the first one because I'm really not a fantasy guy, but it has enough smart rear end stuff going on around the main story to be fun. The 2nd book shows a larger plot, but otherwise is about the same as vol 1 in terms of quality. I feel like the book is close to being great, but just isn't there yet, maybe I'm not enough of a D&D guy to love it. I'm not a D&D guy at all, if you are you should check Skullkickers out.
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StumblyWumbly posted:That sounds interesting and I'd like to hear a bit more about it. http://www.newsarama.com/10145-storm-dogs-a-csi-noir-thriller-western-in-space.html Here's an interview with the creators, has some basic plot info, nothing spoilery. edit: Oh and hey, issue 1 is free on Comixology if digital is your kind of thing: http://www.comixology.com/Storm-Dogs-1-of-6/digital-comic/33615 Hedrigall fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Oct 17, 2013 |
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Oct 17, 2013 06:13
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Did anyone else pick up Amy Reeder's Rocket Girl last week? I just finally got around to reading it and it's really not what I expected. Good stuff, lots of interesting questions raised (why is the future police department composed of children, being a main one). The art is, of course, gorgeous.
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Did Powers end up being a good read? I only read the first TPB and I enjoyed it, but I don't know if it maintains quality or just drops. I don't even know if it's finished, but according to Wikipedia it doesn't seem like it?
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