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OK, so where did the dog on the right come from?
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Jul 8, 2014 12:46
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It's a famous "world's ugliest dog" winner from years past. It died IIRC after a rather full and loving life under a caring owner, so that's good at least. I never did get the full story but yeah, the general impression is that the dog was purposefully kept ugly as possible.
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Jul 8, 2014 13:58
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Bloodly posted:OK, so where did the dog on the right come from?
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Jul 8, 2014 14:37
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mind the walrus posted:It's a famous "world's ugliest dog" winner from years past. It died IIRC after a rather full and loving life under a caring owner, so that's good at least. I never did get the full story but yeah, the general impression is that the dog was purposefully kept ugly as possible. I don't see a lot you could do for that pooch apart from canine cosmetic surgery.
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Jul 8, 2014 15:28
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Crayon art by Hoang Tran:
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Jul 8, 2014 17:08
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mind the walrus posted:It's a famous "world's ugliest dog" winner from years past. It died IIRC after a rather full and loving life under a caring owner, so that's good at least. I never did get the full story but yeah, the general impression is that the dog was purposefully kept ugly as possible. I look at the dog, and what's gets me is the tooth and eye...I'd say 'damage' but I'm not sure whether it affected it's life. Could it see? Could it eat well? You've said it lived a full life. I hope so.
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Jul 9, 2014 16:35
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I think you can be blind with hosed-up teeth and still qualify as having a good life.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:29
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Mr. Squishy posted:I think you can be blind with hosed-up teeth and still qualify as having a good life. Sam's owner found him at the pound and fell in love with him and pampered him like crazy for the rest of his life. He ate gourmet food and never drank anything except bottled water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbhPUVRQykc He died in 2005 at the ripe old age of 15.
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Jul 9, 2014 19:54
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Drifter posted:It's a goddamn face. How did it take me a day to realize this? Also the people there are the same race as Medphyll, the plant Green Lantern. 
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Jul 9, 2014 23:36
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He's in that issue, isn't he?
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Jul 10, 2014 00:33
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Lurdiak posted:He's in that issue, isn't he? He sure is.  Sidenote: these old Alan Moore issues really love those weird optical illusion lookin patterns. They're everywhere in them.
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Jul 10, 2014 01:58
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That was especially true during the "SWAMP THING IN DEEP SPACE" arc that was going on during this issue these pages are posted from. There's one issue where Swamp Thing is essentially raped by a weird techno-organic thing in space because they're somewhat biologically compatible to reproduce, and the art looks gorgeously trippy and abstract. Seriously if you don't like the Alan Moore Swamp Thing run in its entirety you can go straight to hell. Even the weaker issues hold up remarkably well aside from some iffy 80s coloring problems like bright solid color backgrounds. I still hope they never do a recolor though, or at least a very minor recolor to fix issues like said backgrounds and not a total overhaul that turns the bright color palette into muted garbage.
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Jul 10, 2014 02:05
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The entire Moore run of Swamp Thing is gold, but the space stuff near the end is some of Moore's best work, bar none.mind the walrus posted:I still hope they never do a recolor though, or at least a very minor recolor to fix issues like said backgrounds and not a total overhaul that turns the bright color palette into muted garbage. Keep dreaming.
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Jul 10, 2014 02:07
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Was watching a pretty good superhero documentary on Netflix and they showed the panel on the right: That's supposed to be Obama, and I assume that Spider-Man is supposed to be human.
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Jul 10, 2014 05:27
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Why the hell is it that when non-comic reading folk need to get pages of comics they always seem to find the doofiusest-looking examples?
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Jul 10, 2014 05:33
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Professor Wayne posted:Was watching a pretty good superhero documentary on Netflix and they showed the panel on the right:
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Jul 10, 2014 13:33
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redbackground posted:Was he shot in the forehead? No that was a different president.
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Jul 10, 2014 13:36
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mind the walrus posted:That was especially true during the "SWAMP THING IN DEEP SPACE" arc that was going on during this issue these pages are posted from. There's one issue where Swamp Thing is essentially raped by a weird techno-organic thing in space because they're somewhat biologically compatible to reproduce, and the art looks gorgeously trippy and abstract. One of the highlights both artwise and storywise is the sex scene between Abby and the Swamp Thing:  But I think that Swamp Thing in space is the weakest part of series (especially the Adam Strange story) because Alan Moore was preoccupied whith writing other stuff (like Watchmen) and it shows. Alhazred fucked around with this message at 13:52 on Jul 10, 2014 |
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Jul 10, 2014 13:46
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Hah I never noticed the star-nosed mole until today. Got to love that use of obscure animals. And yeah you could post almost any pages of the entire "sex" sequence and they'd fit into this thread.
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Jul 10, 2014 13:49
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Professor Wayne posted:Was watching a pretty good superhero documentary on Netflix and they showed the panel on the right: Huh. At least they're showing, rather than the 'completely shadowed on a clear day' trick.
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Jul 10, 2014 15:03
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Bloodly posted:Huh. At least they're showing, rather than the 'completely shadowed on a clear day' trick. They only pull that stuff when the president's being lovely. This was some goofy "we know Obama's a comic nerd, let's cash in on it" one-shot.
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Jul 10, 2014 15:43
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Professor Wayne posted:Was watching a pretty good superhero documentary on Netflix and they showed the panel on the right: So that's what Ghost Rider would look like if he put on the spidey mask.
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Jul 10, 2014 16:08
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Professor Wayne posted:Was watching a pretty good superhero documentary on Netflix and they showed the panel on the right: President Obama is pals with dangerous criminal vigilantes. Special expert J. Jonah Jameson to explain why the president terrorist fist bumps public menace. Next on Fox News.
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Madkal posted:President Obama is pals with dangerous criminal vigilantes. Special expert J. Jonah Jameson to explain why the president terrorist fist bumps public menace. Next on Fox News. Chameleon showed up to the inauguration as Obama because he thought if he got sworn in while pretending to be Obama then he would become the president. Unfortunately for him, Obama was already there (and Spiderman).
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Jul 10, 2014 18:00
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zoux posted:Chameleon showed up to the inauguration as Obama because he thought if he got sworn in while pretending to be Obama then he would become the president. Unfortunately for him, Obama was already there (and Spiderman). That issue would have been really good if they played it like a Spidey Super Stories issue. Could have had Allred do the art or something.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:04
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zoux posted:Chameleon showed up to the inauguration as Obama because he thought if he got sworn in while pretending to be Obama then he would become the president. Unfortunately for him, Obama was already there (and Spiderman). There's a Marvel Two In One where Thing's plan to save president-elect Jimmy Carter from assassination is to have Impossible Man stand in for him, which he does throughout the swearing in process. So I think he's technically president.
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Senor Candle posted:That issue would have been really good if they played it like a Spidey Super Stories issue. Could have had Allred do the art or something. Those super stories sure didn't have Allred level art. The Obama issue is great because it's a terrible and rushed 4 pages or so of Peter and Obama talking but it's only the back up while the main issue is a really good one shot based on Peter and Betty Brant's relationship. Marvel got hundreds of thousands of people to buy a quiet relationship drama issue focused of Spider-Man.
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Jul 11, 2014 09:27
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 That's not how you're supposed to hold a rifle, doofus.
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Jul 11, 2014 10:28
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New Avengers Annual #1, art by Marco Rudy Nothing will get me to read New Avengers but this is quite lovely.
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Jul 12, 2014 00:29
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That is gorgeous. I love it when artists go hog wild for Strange.
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Alhazred posted:One of the highlights both artwise and storywise is the sex scene between Abby and the Swamp Thing: Not gonna lie, it took me some time before I even got that they had sex. I thought that was the whole point of Abby eating Swamp things weird fruit.
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Hellbunny posted:Not gonna lie, it took me some time before I even got that they had sex. To be fair, even Abby have to ask after they're finished.
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Jul 13, 2014 13:28
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socalled posted:New Avengers Annual #1, art by Marco Rudy I thought NA was supposed to be good now?
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DarkCrawler posted:I thought NA was supposed to be good now? It is very good (in my opinion one of Marvel's best books ATM), but some people here really don't like Hickman.
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Jul 14, 2014 13:16
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mind the walrus posted:That is gorgeous. I love it when artists go hog wild for Strange. I want Bill Sienkiewicz doing Dr. Strange so much. 
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Hakkesshu posted:It is very good (in my opinion one of Marvel's best books ATM), but some people here really don't like Hickman. The annual wasn't written by Hickman, and stands on it's own, so there's no excuse for not reading it.
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Jul 14, 2014 18:53
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It's not a comic but Bernie Wrightson is or was a comic book artist and I finally got his illustrated Frankenstein for my birthday. Good lord is his art great.
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BiggerBoat posted:It's not a comic but Bernie Wrightson is or was a comic book artist and I finally got his illustrated Frankenstein for my birthday. Good lord is his art great. I mean if you're willing to squeeze it under the broad definition of sequential art, I'd say it's one of my favorite comics of all time.
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Jul 15, 2014 13:10
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I really, really like Phil Noto.
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Yeah, he's awesome. I wish he was on a better book, though. Black Widow is super pretty, but the writing is largely forgettable.
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