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Codependent Poster posted:John Layman is taking over. I never read Chew so I dunno how good he is. John Layman once wrote a good comic out of the concept, "Let's make a sequel to Scarface. No, Tony totally survived. He did." He also wrote Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness, which was better than it had any right to be. But yeah, Chew is good poo poo.
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Gavok posted:He also wrote Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness, which was better than it had any right to be. It was also better than every other Marvel Zombies book before or since.
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Jul 28, 2014 07:15
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Lurdiak posted:It was also better than every other Marvel Zombies book before or since. I will fight you over the two series with Machine Man in them.
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Jul 28, 2014 07:50
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Machine Man makes everything good.
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Jul 28, 2014 08:11
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Man every announcement was basically underwhelming. At least Aaron is still doing God of Thunder and interesting stuff but I don't really have any interest in putting A list creators onto film/tv show spin off books.
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Jul 28, 2014 08:30
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Lurdiak posted:It was also better than every other Marvel Zombies book before or since. It might have been better than Marvel Zombies 4, but it certainly wasn't better than Marvel Zombies 3.
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Jul 28, 2014 09:30
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Gavok posted:John Layman once wrote a good comic out of the concept, "Let's make a sequel to Scarface. No, Tony totally survived. He did." I read his Detective Comics run, and to be honest, while it certainly wasn't horrendous but it certainly felt boring. At best, it introduced The Penguins new arch-nemesis, Man-Penguin (actually Emperor Penguin). He was cool, but as a Batman book the most boring character takes center stage. And that is what I think his failing is, without distinctly interesting characters Layman's writing is a mess. This is best contrasted with Chew whose characters are all extremely distinct, and all a joy to read (or at least for the first 20-or-so issues I read). Even his Mars Attacks series was more interesting and engaging than his Batman run. However, I do think another major factor in Chew's success is in it's amazing cartoonist-ry that showed off his animated writing. This is fairly evident in his Mars Attacks where everything is drawn ala the DC House Style, making his script less punchier.  Not to say it's a bad run, but it could be better. As for Batman, it's a gig marred by a boring lead and uninspired art, all without the benefit of Layman's biggest strength, humorous self-awareness. As for what my big point is, it's that I'm wary his Cyclops run will actually be worthwhile. And that problem comes from Lil' One Eye himself. In addition, with the supporting cast being round out by the Starjammers, I worry Layman will be able to create interesting characters and output something entertaining. Especially since this is the artist:  That said, I base this on a Batman run that for all I know, was meddled with by the editors to hell and back. As well, his Mars Attacks could have similarly been mangled by a less capable or cooperative artist. For all I know, come January and we'll be speaking of Cyclops as the new Hawkeye and bringing more swashbuckling into our lives. I sure Hope so as I would much rather have a good pirate comic than a bad Layman one.
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Jul 28, 2014 09:34
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Dacap posted:I'm not really impressed with a lot of the creative team changes I've been hearing on books at Marvel recently. Is Fraction done with Marvel over drama? Or does he just like doing his own books outside of the big two better?
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Jul 28, 2014 15:03
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Trast posted:Is Fraction done with Marvel over drama? Or does he just like doing his own books outside of the big two better? I think he's only doing creator owned now that he's in demand. He just got Eisner awards for both Hawkeye and Sex Criminals.
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Jul 28, 2014 15:14
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How was Inhumanity? We have the big hardcover at work and I might borrow it (not a euphemism for shoplifting, we can borrow some books). Worth reading for free?
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Jul 28, 2014 15:49
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Waterhaul posted:Man every announcement was basically underwhelming. At least Aaron is still doing God of Thunder and interesting stuff but I don't really have any interest in putting A list creators onto film/tv show spin off books. Yeah I can't remember one time I felt especially hyped about the announcements from any publisher at SDCC this year. Everyone's playing it safe until NYCC I guess.
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Jul 28, 2014 16:01
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Unmature posted:How was Inhumanity? We have the big hardcover at work and I might borrow it (not a euphemism for shoplifting, we can borrow some books). Worth reading for free?
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Jul 28, 2014 16:06
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Endless Mike posted:I honestly had no idea that Inhumanity was even finished.
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Jul 28, 2014 16:17
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Unmature posted:How was Inhumanity? We have the big hardcover at work and I might borrow it (not a euphemism for shoplifting, we can borrow some books). Worth reading for free? I liked the main series (as well as Soule's Inhuman), but it was just two issues, and it definitely fizzled out due to endless delays, so there's not much point. That hardcover just looks to be a bunch of barely related tie-in issues, and I don't really think it'll be very fulfilling to read. Though it does look to have DeConnick's little Superior Spider-Ladies arc, which I think is by far the best work she's done for Marvel.
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Jul 28, 2014 16:37
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There were two issues of Inhumanity and maybe three one-shots, the Avengers Assembled tie in story and a few of other books.
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Jul 28, 2014 16:39
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Dacap posted:I think he's only doing creator owned now that he's in demand. He just got Eisner awards for both Hawkeye and Sex Criminals. Thanks.
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Jul 28, 2014 18:28
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Endless Mike posted:I honestly had no idea that Inhumanity was even finished. I had no idea it even started. Aside from the mists showing up in Ms. Marvel and New Warriors, the event itself just seemed like a little background event while we all waited for Uatu to get shot.
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SilverSupernova posted:I had no idea it even started. Aside from the mists showing up in Ms. Marvel and New Warriors, the event itself just seemed like a little background event while we all waited for Uatu to get shot. The delayed launch of Inhuman derailed the entire event. And to add to the hilarity, imagine if it had started on time, Joe Mad couldn't even get the book out on time with a three month delay.
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Jul 29, 2014 05:07
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Rhyno posted:The delayed launch of Inhuman derailed the entire event. And to add to the hilarity, imagine if it had started on time, Joe Mad couldn't even get the book out on time with a three month delay. Joe Mad is a great artist, but I don't know why you'd ever hire him for a time sensitive event book, unless you told him it was supposed to come out a year earlier than it really was.
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Jul 29, 2014 05:12
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Skwirl posted:Joe Mad is a great artist, but I don't know why you'd ever hire him for a time sensitive event book, unless you told him it was supposed to come out a year earlier than it really was. I like that he once defended a super late book with the excuse that "a new Final Fantasy game came out."
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Jul 29, 2014 05:13
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Rhyno posted:I like that he once defended a super late book with the excuse that "a new Final Fantasy game came out." Well, to be fair, it WAS Final Fantasy VII...
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Jul 29, 2014 06:28
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Chill Penguin posted:Well, to be fair, it WAS Final Fantasy VII... There were plenty of opportunities where he could work on the book while hitting circle with his toe repeatedly. The only time you actually need to pay attention is when you're navigating from the last cut scene to the next one.
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Jul 29, 2014 06:48
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Hey guys, we got a shout out on Brevoort's Formspring today  http://brevoortformspring.tumblr.com/post/93209240038/just-curious-you-mention-every-time-you-announce
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irlZaphod posted:Hey guys, we got a shout out on Brevoort's Formspring today I like that he never actually answered the question.
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I prefer #HOPELESSLAND my new favorite writer/artist combo
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Lunatic Sledge posted:I like that he never actually answered the question. He never does.
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Vincent posted:He never does. To be fair most of the questions he gets are pretty dumb.
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Yeah, it must be fairly crappy to wake up in the morning and deal with probably thousands of asks, with roughly 60% of them being incredibly racist/sexist, another 10% asking if such-and-such is going to be collected (which isn't in his control), and another 20% essentially asking him to spoil an upcoming story.
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Todays Hawkeye was awesome and Barney is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. I love that family of gently caress ups.
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So, despite me not really giving a poo poo about Uncanny Avengers, I bought the latest issue after Remender boasted that it was the end of a story started in Uncanny X-Force #1. Now maybe I missed that particular story thread but, I didn't see any of that so I was wondering what the gently caress.
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ElNarez posted:So, despite me not really giving a poo poo about Uncanny Avengers, I bought the latest issue after Remender boasted that it was the end of a story started in Uncanny X-Force #1. Now maybe I missed that particular story thread but, I didn't see any of that so I was wondering what the gently caress. The twins
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Speaking of twins. Whatever happened to those two characters that showed up in that Marvel Point One issue a few years ago? Was anything ever done with them outside of that one issue?
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Deadpool posted:Speaking of twins. Whatever happened to those two characters that showed up in that Marvel Point One issue a few years ago? Was anything ever done with them outside of that one issue? Nope. While Marvel ended up salvaging Brubakers idea with Original Sin they were just scrapped when VanLente effectively left Marvel.
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bobkatt013 posted:Todays Hawkeye was awesome and Barney is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. I love that family of gently caress ups. Hawkeye was great as usual. Has anyone seen a translation of the sign language from the issue though?
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bobkatt013 posted:Todays Hawkeye was awesome and Barney is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. I love that family of gently caress ups. I'm gonna be really mad if they turn Barney back into a boring, lovely villain when this run is over. The Barton brothers own. 19 was seriously excellent though. I'm going to miss this comic. 
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Rocket Raccoon's half raccoon/half blue alien thing triplet SilverSupernova fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Jul 30, 2014 |
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So I got the Blank Variant of Storm #1 -- what the heck do I do with it? It's the first time I've ever gotten one... save it for creator signatures? Commission an artist to draw a cover? What do most people do with these? Sorry I'm new to the world of ~*~comics~*~ and just picked it up since it was the only variant in the stack. vvv Makes sense! Chicago Comic Con is coming up... maybe I can get something done there! BLUNDERCATS! noooo fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Jul 30, 2014 |
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BLUNDERCATS! noooo posted:So I got the Blank Variant of Storm #1 -- what the heck do I do with it? It's the first time I've ever gotten one... save it for creator signatures? Commission an artist to draw a cover? What do most people do with these? Sorry I'm new to the world of ~*~comics~*~ and just picked it up since it was the only variant in the stack. Most people take it to cons to have an artist draw something on it.
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BLUNDERCATS! noooo posted:So I got the Blank Variant of Storm #1 -- what the heck do I do with it? It's the first time I've ever gotten one... save it for creator signatures? Commission an artist to draw a cover? What do most people do with these? Sorry I'm new to the world of ~*~comics~*~ and just picked it up since it was the only variant in the stack. Did your shop charge you more than the standard cover price for it?
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Rhyno posted:Did your shop charge you more than the standard cover price for it? No, it was the same price as the standard cover.
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