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paulnewmanseyes posted:In Tom Strong it's a dude who gets raped, which is a change from the norm I guess Twice. And on both occasions he basically goes: "Welp." which is a bit hosed up. And since we're talking Tom Strong, I finished reading the new series, The Planet of Peril. I liked it, even though it should've been called Tom Strong/Terra Obscura, because unless you read that mini a few years ago, you would be lost as to who the hell anyone (besides the Strong family) is.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:"Kirby: King of Comics!" by Mark Evanier is a motherfucking steal for 75 cents. Excellent book. It's a steal at 75 DOLLARS. That book is a must-have for superhero fans or anyone interested in comics or pop art.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:16
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Is Fairest any good? I never bothered to read Fables.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:22
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Gatts posted:Is Fairest any good? I never bothered to read Fables.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:24
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Benito Cereno posted:It's a steal at 75 DOLLARS. That book is a must-have for superhero fans or anyone interested in comics or pop art. Yeah the short autobiographical comic that double-page spread is from is worth the price of admission at basically any cost.
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Feb 6, 2014 04:30
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Gatts posted:Is Fairest any good? I never bothered to read Fables. 1/2 good, 1/2 boring. Fables is the same way, 1/2 good, 1/2 abysmally boring. Oh, and authorial political posturing, which ruins characters when you realize it's happening.
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Feb 6, 2014 06:44
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Mister Roboto posted:1/2 good, 1/2 boring. The worst part about PLUCKY LITTLE ISRAEL, beyond even the politics, is how horrifically ignorant it is of the real world. "Plucky little Israel" who just happened to have a big brother with a big dick who stood behind them glowering at people. rear end in a top hat. Anyway, why is the last issue of Hitman so good? Why does it make my room get so dusty all of a sudden? Mysteries for the ages.
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Feb 6, 2014 06:50
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Literally The Worst posted:The worst part about PLUCKY LITTLE ISRAEL, beyond even the politics, is how horrifically ignorant it is of the real world. "Plucky little Israel" who just happened to have a big brother with a big dick who stood behind them glowering at people. rear end in a top hat. I'm not bothered by people's politics, pro or anti Israel, in this scenario. I was more bothered because that was when I realized that Bigby was the wish-fulfilment self-insert of Willingham. It changed Bigby's characteristics into Willingham's characteristics. That meant things like Bigby wanting to marry Snow because they had sex wasn't actually Bigby talking, but Willingham pushing his conservative values, coming right alongside Snow calling abortion a primitive act by savages. There were many little things that gave it away that it's no longer a character and just a mouthpiece. That ruined Fables for me, because then it spread and it became clear that some characters were meant to be strawmen and others meant to be virtuous examples of his political views.
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Feb 6, 2014 07:31
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Senor Candle posted:Hey I forget if it was this thread or not, but a while back people were posting pictures of their bookshelves and now I'm gonna do that! How are those Zelda manga and that Left 4 Dead comic?
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Feb 6, 2014 07:51
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Action Tortoise posted:How are those Zelda manga and that Left 4 Dead comic? The Zelda manga are pretty childish, ridiculous but also fun. Especially as you can feel the author trying to come up with a coherent storyline reason for bizarre videogame logic. That and Link is always silent in game, so the comic writer has to come up with various dialogues that explain why he does certain things.
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Feb 6, 2014 08:05
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Benito Cereno posted:It's a steal at 75 DOLLARS. That book is a must-have for superhero fans or anyone interested in comics or pop art. Well thanks I had to go and buy it. It just so happens I buy it on the 20th Anniversary of his death. I imagine it looked like something like this. 
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Feb 6, 2014 14:12
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I've made an Ultimate Marvel writers quiz. I've left off the Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn ones because I'm not entirely sure who's writing them, but other than that I think I've covered more or less everything.
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Feb 6, 2014 14:18
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Metal Loaf posted:I've made an Ultimate Marvel writers quiz. I've left off the Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn ones because I'm not entirely sure who's writing them, but other than that I think I've covered more or less everything. I got pretty much all of them except blanking on Rucka on Ultimate Daredevil and Edmonson on Ultimate Comics Iron Man I'm not counting Loebs friends that he got on books either cos nobody knows their names 
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Feb 6, 2014 14:27
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Metal Loaf posted:I've made an Ultimate Marvel writers quiz. I've left off the Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn ones because I'm not entirely sure who's writing them, but other than that I think I've covered more or less everything.
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Feb 6, 2014 14:44
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Mister Roboto posted:I'm not bothered by people's politics, pro or anti Israel, in this scenario. I was more bothered because that was when I realized that Bigby was the wish-fulfilment self-insert of Willingham. It changed Bigby's characteristics into Willingham's characteristics. Snow's character arc is literally from independent, career-minded woman to homemaker.
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Feb 6, 2014 14:52
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Action Tortoise posted:How are those Zelda manga and that Left 4 Dead comic? The Zelda manga is my girlfriend's and she liked them. I never actually read the Left 4 Dead comic in that I got it for the TF2 stuff.
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Feb 6, 2014 15:03
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I think with the Zelda manga you are basically getting what you'd expect. I wouldn't put it on a list of great manga but it's not terrible. The Left4Dead comic was done by Mike Oeming so it's not bad. Valve still have the webcomic version of it up on http://www.l4d.com/comic/ if people want to read.
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Feb 6, 2014 15:19
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Mister Roboto posted:That ruined Fables for me, because then it spread and it became clear that some characters were meant to be strawmen and others meant to be virtuous examples of his political views. Senior Woodchuck posted:Snow's character arc is literally from independent, career-minded woman to homemaker. I had enjoyed- I- augh. How didn't I notice- dammit, knowledge- 
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Feb 6, 2014 15:58
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Is there a way to read One Punch Man legally without having to buy whole Shonen Jump books? Are those scan sites legal? I'm not *too* concerned about it, but it seems like something I'd enjoy based on the pages I've seen in various threads.
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Feb 6, 2014 17:09
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Endless Mike posted:Is there a way to read One Punch Man legally without having to buy whole Shonen Jump books? Are those scan sites legal? I'm not *too* concerned about it, but it seems like something I'd enjoy based on the pages I've seen in various threads. They haven't released collections yet in the US for some reason so apart from buying the backlog of WSJ or just waiting no. You should catch up on scans or whatever then subscribe to Shonen Jump. It's only like $25 a year and it's super rad..
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Feb 6, 2014 17:20
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Senor Candle posted:They haven't released collections yet in the US for some reason so apart from buying the backlog of WSJ or just waiting no. You should catch up on scans or whatever then subscribe to Shonen Jump. It's only like $25 a year and it's super rad.. "Some reason" being you have poo poo like a page that's literally a 7 MB gif of a dude getting punched and going flying.
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Jack Kirby died 20 years ago today, so when you have a half-hour free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbDtGwKJnFk Benito Cereno posted:It's a steal at 75 DOLLARS. That book is a must-have for superhero fans or anyone interested in comics or pop art. 
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Feb 6, 2014 21:55
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Alien Rope Burn posted:I had enjoyed- I- augh. How didn't I notice- dammit, knowledge- Yeah, that's basically what I went through. Fables started so well, sigh. Willingham also made it worse by acting like a complete smug dick when called out on it, too.
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Feb 6, 2014 23:33
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redbackground posted:Jack Kirby died 20 years ago today, so when you have a half-hour free: You're a son of a bitch. Where'd you score that?
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Feb 6, 2014 23:46
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Rhyno posted:You're a son of a bitch. Where'd you score that? I dunno about him, but I got my copy for 10 bucks at Barnes and Noble.
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Feb 6, 2014 23:49
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I Before E posted:I dunno about him, but I got my copy for 10 bucks at Barnes and Noble. And it's 30 bucks on Amazon.
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Feb 7, 2014 01:42
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At what point does Fables go bad? I bought Vol 1 from the Comixology DC sale...
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Schneider Heim posted:At what point does Fables go bad? I bought Vol 1 from the Comixology DC sale... Vol. 11 is the end of the adversary war, at which point everything goes downhill. Some would say it's always been bad, some would say it's still good, but has peaked long ago. It's hard to say, just keep reading until you don't want to anymore, that's what I did. I still think it's a really good comic despite Willingham's bullshit.
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Feb 7, 2014 03:32
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Schneider Heim posted:At what point does Fables go bad? I bought Vol 1 from the Comixology DC sale... I thought it was a by and large entertaining read until the end of the Adversary War (issue 75?) at which point it starts a rapid decline until it hits the crossover and craters. I have no idea how it is now, I gave up long ago. Jack of Fables was the same way, except it hits the crossover much sooner and the downslide was so sharp that I'd recommend against reading any of it given that it started pretty promisingly and ended so badly. I agree about the characters devolving into mouthpieces more and more but at least through the war there's enough plot momentum that I found stupid poo poo easy to ignore. I imagine reading month to month would have been much more difficult. Zachack fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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Rhyno posted:You're a son of a bitch. Where'd you score that? Schneider Heim posted:At what point does Fables go bad? I bought Vol 1 from the Comixology DC sale...
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Rhyno posted:You're a son of a bitch. Where'd you score that? I got mine for 20ish on ebay.
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Metal Loaf posted:I've made an Ultimate Marvel writers quiz. I've left off the Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn ones because I'm not entirely sure who's writing them, but other than that I think I've covered more or less everything. I got all of them, but you forgot Cullen Bunn on Ultimate Comics Wolverine. Edit: And Charlie Huston on the second Ultimates annual.
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Mister Roboto posted:Yeah, that's basically what I went through. Yeah, I seem to recall some of that slipping into Shadowpact but I don't remember the details. Zachack posted:I thought it was a by and large entertaining read until the end of the Adversary War (issue 75?) at which point it starts a rapid decline until it hits the crossover and craters. I have no idea how it is now, I gave up long ago. Yeah, I concur Fables was pretty solid for me up to #75, but I haven't reread it with fresh eyes in about five years. After that it just persists, and starts to somehow feel like fanfiction by the original author. And yes, the Jack of Fables ending has got to probably one of the worst cappers to a comic. It's ballsy, but ultimately horrible and self-indulgent.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Yeah, I concur Fables was pretty solid for me up to #75, but I haven't reread it with fresh eyes in about five years. After that it just persists, and starts to somehow feel like fanfiction by the original author. And yes, the Jack of Fables ending has got to probably one of the worst cappers to a comic. It's ballsy, but ultimately horrible and self-indulgent. So exactly like Jack, then. I don't know, I thought that ending was really funny at the time - looking back it's pretty lazy, and a clear result of him having no idea where to go with the story, but I still think it's oddly fitting for how insane that book was in general. I'd put it in the same league as something like Meet the Feebles.
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Hakkesshu posted:So exactly like Jack, then. I don't know, I thought that ending was really funny at the time - looking back it's pretty lazy, and a clear result of him having no idea where to go with the story, but I still think it's oddly fitting for how insane that book was in general. I felt more willing to roll with it when I first read it. The fact that's what I have to look back on when I remember it has lessened my forgiveness considerably.
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I was googling Stan Sakai to see how his wife was doing, there was that auction late last year to help him out, and I saw this. Man, poor guy. This looks nice. 
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So does anyone in the know want to explain these panels to me? Because, to the untrained eye, it looks like an old Superman making out with a 14-year old (at most) girl.
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Hakkesshu posted:So exactly like Jack, then. I don't know, I thought that ending was really funny at the time - looking back it's pretty lazy, and a clear result of him having no idea where to go with the story, but I still think it's oddly fitting for how insane that book was in general. I'd put it in the same league as something like Meet the Feebles. I read the ending as a giant "gently caress this, I'm done *drops the mike" which I would have been a lot more ok with if the series hadn't been bad for a long while prior to that. House of Mystery (same author) was the same way, except much less "interesting" at the end which is pretty criminal in a series that gets Gilbert (or Jamie?) Hernandez to do one of the stories. It's like Sturges can come up with great ideas but can't carry it past the first 10 issues... and then it keeps going to 50.
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Lurdiak posted:So does anyone in the know want to explain these panels to me? Perspective looks off to me for some reason. He's drawn like we're looking down on him but she's drawn as if we're viewing her mostly at the horizon yet they're supposed to be level with each other.
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Lurdiak posted:So does anyone in the know want to explain these panels to me? John Byrne.
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