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El Gallinero Gros posted:Bendis is really good at stomach punch moments in USM. Doesn't quite top "Were you Spider-Man's mommy?" but pretty drat close. I've said it before, that funeral page actually made me say "gently caress you, Brian Bendis and Mark Bagley" out loud. With some, like, dust or grit in my eye. And throat. And heart.
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Gaz-L posted:I've said it before, that funeral page actually made me say "gently caress you, Brian Bendis and Mark Bagley" out loud. With some, like, dust or grit in my eye. And throat. Another page that got me was Aunt May in Peter's bed with the Spider-man outfit crying. That mini was crual.
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Lurdiak posted:Fair warning to everyone, the following pages are very touching, but they're not inspiring at all. I liked this a lot, but I feel it works just as good, if not better and easier to read, as a short story. I also think that USM 200 page is ridiculously great. Like the funeral stuff with Aunt May, Bendis is great at making comic book deaths more personal and less soap opera. Though it is maybe a little soap opera.
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Chinaman7000 posted:I liked this a lot, but I feel it works just as good, if not better and easier to read, as a short story. It's a little soap opera, but in an appropriate way that seems honest and realistic. It's not melodrama. If USM was a country, I'd be nominating Bendis for Dictator for Life.
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Gavok posted:Ultimate Spider-Man #200 is about all of Peter's friends (as well as Miles and Ganke, who never met him) getting together to celebrate his life, two years after his death. At one point, to break the silence, Mary Jane asks if anyone ever thinks about what Peter would have been like had he grown up. They all go over their own ideas, accompanied by two-page spreads. I feel like a terrible person but I can only focus on Peter's face in the lower right and not on the things other people are talking about.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:It's a little soap opera, but in an appropriate way that seems honest and realistic. It's not melodrama. I'm torn about Bendis. When he works (USM) he's fantastic, nothing can stop him and he's completely untouchable amazing. But, inversely, when he doesn't work (Avengers, maybe GotG, I haven't really read his run yet) he just...isn't very good in those cases.
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Yeah, Bendis is so schizophrenic with his talent. When he's on, he's REALLY on, top quality emoting and characterizing, but when he's off he's Jeph Loeb levels of saccharine. I assume he's just like us, has bad and good days.
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Apr 4, 2014 07:58
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Good/bad Bendis tends to break down along the solo/team axis - Bendis writing solo characters: often excellent (USM) Bendis writing team book: ugh look out (Avengers) Although I've seen some kind things written about his recent X-Men work.
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FMguru posted:Good/bad Bendis tends to break down along the solo/team axis - His avengers was not that bad when he had a story to tell. It was obvious that after Siege he did not give a gently caress anymore and we got that stupid stupid Dark Avnegers 2.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:It's a little soap opera, but in an appropriate way that seems honest and realistic. It's not melodrama. I'm pretty sure he will be writing USM until they completely cancel it, or he dies. I'm not sure which is going to happen first.
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This isn't a comic page, so I hope this is okay! it's definitely a little touching and inspiring. It's a short news item on Jeff Lemire touring the province that's inspiring his upcoming Canada based Justice League book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kiqc7qBmNJs Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Apr 5, 2014 |
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Gaz-L posted:I'm pretty sure he will be writing USM until they completely cancel it, or he dies. I'm not sure which is going to happen first. I'm betting he won't, actually; I get the impression that his Giant Epic Run (tm) on Avengers basically took the blush off the rose for long-term engagements in a shared universe. He can have USM because it's his, that's become an intensely personal book... but Avengers was never really 'his,' he had to share those characters and that setting and that world. And the X-books have the same issue. It is possible that I am a hopeless optimist.
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From Deadpool's wedding in Deadpool #27. Frank's happy 
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Gavok posted:From Deadpool's wedding in Deadpool #27. Garth Ennis just flipped a table somewhere and he doesn't know why.
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Lurdiak posted:Garth Ennis just flipped a table somewhere and he doesn't know why. Yes, I'm sure the guy who wrote the comic where Frank asks Elektra out to dinner is downright furious.
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Gavok posted:Yes, I'm sure the guy who wrote the comic where Frank asks Elektra out to dinner is downright furious. I'm not saying he's actually mad, but he did seem determined to write Frank as addicted to misery, especially during the MAX years. It's just a funny contrast.
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Gavok posted:From Deadpool's wedding in Deadpool #27. Are we sure that's Frank? I mean... a tie? I thought it looked more Hammerhead, personally.
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Are we sure that's Frank? I mean... a tie? I thought it looked more Hammerhead, personally. Pretty certain that's Frank and Elektra, especially since they're Wade's coworkers. Frank's probably glad to know that Deadpool won't be creeping on his girl anymore. Besides, even Hulk was wearing a suit and tie.
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To be fair, Hulk's probably spent more panels in a suit than Frank Castle has. Dude was a well dressed Made Man.
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Gavok posted:From Deadpool's wedding in Deadpool #27. I really love this. It's about time Frank got to smile about something.
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Rhyno posted:I really love this. It's about time Frank got to smile about something. He also has a pet coyote now!
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Mr. Maltose posted:To be fair, Hulk's probably spent more panels in a suit than Frank Castle has. Dude was a well dressed Made Man. Grey Hulk came correct.
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Gavok posted:He also has a pet coyote now! That coyote is going to die so hard.
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ImpAtom posted:That coyote is going to die so hard. Last time someone had a coyote it turned out to be a skrull.
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ImpAtom posted:That coyote is going to die so hard. Shut up shut up shut up. Amadeus Cho is going to swoop in and save it, and they're going to fly off to have magical science-adventures in the ruins of Asgard.
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Gavok posted:Ultimate Spider-Man #200 is about all of Peter's friends (as well as Miles and Ganke, who never met him) getting together to celebrate his life, two years after his death. At one point, to break the silence, Mary Jane asks if anyone ever thinks about what Peter would have been like had he grown up. They all go over their own ideas, accompanied by two-page spreads. Huh, I guess Peter is this universe's Gwen Stacy. The true love that died and keeps being brought up in conversation. Wonder if that's ever going to turn up in the TV series or if that's going to continue being boring "whacky" one-parters with very few lasting bits of plot.
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evilmiera posted:Huh, I guess Peter is this universe's Gwen Stacy. The true love that died and keeps being brought up in conversation. Ultimate Spider-Man the cartoon has nothing to do with Ultimate Spider-Man the comic book apart from the name and the fact it's about Spider-Man. The plotlines are completely divergent from go.
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Here's all of Deadpool's wedding. It's nice to see the guy win one.    The "... and it did" actually gave me the warm 'n fuzzies Deadpool #27
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10 years ago, if you told me that Deadpool was going to be married, by Nightcrawler, and surrounded by friends and loved ones, I wouldn't have believed any of it.
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Wade being liked and respected by Steve Rogers is such an awesome bit of character development and I never expected anything like it.
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Logan's there too, and that's REALLY surprising, given their history. Fuckin' A, Wade.
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I just noticed Uatu in the first panel. One last wedding before his funeral.
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Rhyno posted:Wade being liked and respected by Steve Rogers is such an awesome bit of character development and I never expected anything like it. Does Captain America remember the time that Wade saved the earth (by kicking Captain America in the balls?)
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I wasn't a big fan of the title initially and dropped out for most of the Dead Presidents thing but I'm so glad I picked Deadpool back up. It's really been one of my favorites as of late and I like where they're taking the character a lot.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Logan's there too, and that's REALLY surprising, given their history. Fuckin' A, Wade. It all changed when wolverine discovered that wade was refusing Warren's checks and his relationship with Evan
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Not to mention North Korea happening. I do dig Wade being maskless the whole time.
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Is that a ghost Ben Franklin?
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Speaking as someone who stopped reading Deadpool when he was still a super-whacky fourth wall-breaking comedy jackass (I think the last thing I read even involving him was Agent X) where do I start this whole "Deadpool becomes a cool guy and cool things happen to him" storyline? Because it sounds kickin' rad.
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Deadpool's wedding was great. I really hope his wife sticks around as a character, she helps fill a similar role to his pining for death, but is alot more "grounded" so to speak, someone he can actually interact and communicate with. And with Marvel ramping up Thanos for the movies, it's probably best to move DP on. All in all Deadpool's been a pleasant surprise and this issue was a very warm and fuzzy read 
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Pierson posted:Speaking as someone who stopped reading Deadpool when he was still a super-whacky fourth wall-breaking comedy jackass (I think the last thing I read even involving him was Agent X) where do I start this whole "Deadpool becomes a cool guy and cool things happen to him" storyline? Because it sounds kickin' rad. If you like the look of this, try the current series from #1. He was also a member in Rick Remender's Uncanny X-Force which was amazing.
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