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So I read the new Hawkguy with my partially-deaf wife. She drat near cried. It was delightful.
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My LCS finally got a shipment of Ms. Marvel... #6! Now I only have to wait for them to get #5. 
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Jul 31, 2014 02:53
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How is Uncanny X-Men? It's been a while since I've taken on the X-Men, but the cover for Uncanny #24 kind of caught my eye for some reason and made me wonder how the series was doing. Not particularly in a risk-taking mood though.
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Evil Sagan posted:How is Uncanny X-Men? It's been a while since I've taken on the X-Men, but the cover for Uncanny #24 kind of caught my eye for some reason and made me wonder how the series was doing. Not particularly in a risk-taking mood though. It's a total mess in my opinion. All characters are written as snarky teenagers, which does not fit for well-established characters like Cyclops, Emma, Magick, Magneto, etc. The plotting is also nonsensical, even by Bendis standards. There is a solid 10-issue stretch where nothing of note happens - there are larger plot elements supposedly in-progress, but no issue advances them in any meaningful way. Then everything randomly comes to a head all at once in a manner that manages to be simultaneously disappointing in terms of theme, character arcs, and just plain old logic. And this is coming from someone who is a lifetime X-Men fan, is much more interested in Cyclop's side of the world than Wolverine's, and hadn't read Bendis's prior Avengers run so wasn't already sick of him. All-New X-Men is a small step above Uncanny, but the current X-titles I'd actually recommend are X-Force and Uncanny Avengers (feels like a continuation of the plots and more importantly themes of Remender's Uncanny X-Force, which is a definite must-read).
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Jul 31, 2014 04:00
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I read the latest Hawkeye, and it is good stuff. I have to admit I fell off the bandwagon after the second trade, and was not really following the Kate story. I do know at least that Clint finally put it together that the old lady was helping the tracksuit mafia, and got deafened for his troubles. So I see the book is ending, which is good. Hopefully it is ending the way Fraction wants it to end, but on the other hand I am glad to see shoes finally dropping on the Clint plotline.
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Jul 31, 2014 09:25
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I'm just excited to see how "everyone" the call to Jess is. I kinda wanna see Iron Man just go sick house on those guys.
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Jul 31, 2014 09:36
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Evil Sagan posted:How is Uncanny X-Men? It's been a while since I've taken on the X-Men, but the cover for Uncanny #24 kind of caught my eye for some reason and made me wonder how the series was doing. Not particularly in a risk-taking mood though. Yeah, even as someone who's generally liked ANXM, Uncanny has always been very erratic and it's gotten way worse. It just seems like one big build up to something important happening, but nothing ever happens.
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Jul 31, 2014 10:09
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Yikes; sounds rough. Thanks for clueing me in.
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Jul 31, 2014 15:40
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Defiance Industries posted:I'm just excited to see how "everyone" the call to Jess is. I kinda wanna see Iron Man just go sick house on those guys. I was thinking "everyone" means all of Clint's ladies.
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Jul 31, 2014 16:13
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twistedmentat posted:I was thinking "everyone" means all of Clint's ladies. Maybe also Spider-man and Wolverine since they have appeared in the book.
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Jul 31, 2014 16:17
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bobkatt013 posted:Maybe also Spider-man and Wolverine since they have appeared in the book. Wolverine's final battle before dying: russian guy in a tracksuit. ANGR was great, too, that ending got a big smile on my face 
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Jul 31, 2014 16:51
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bobkatt013 posted:Maybe also Spider-man and Wolverine since they have appeared in the book. That's why I included Iron Man. Tony set up Clint's TV once.
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Jul 31, 2014 16:59
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Hawkeye 19 might be the best comic book I have ever read. What an issue. Is it safe to say that Fractions Hawkeye might be the definitive Hawkeye run?
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Jul 31, 2014 22:25
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SalTheBard posted:Hawkeye 19 might be the best comic book I have ever read. What an issue. Is it safe to say that Fractions Hawkeye might be the definitive Hawkeye run? I would say so. Future Hawkeye writers will have their runs compared to his.
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Jul 31, 2014 22:34
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It's not like Hawkeye has that many solo comics to compare it to. Like what, people are gonna compare it to that super lovely mini from a couple years back where Barney became the new Trickshot?
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Jul 31, 2014 23:15
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Has a translation of the sign language been published yet? I don't know how to begin to translate the signage
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Jul 31, 2014 23:37
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Kikkoman posted:Has a translation of the sign language been published yet? I don't know how to begin to translate the signage http://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/2c58pc/hawkeye_19_working_translation/ I know some sign language and reading the translations looks pretty accurate.
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Jul 31, 2014 23:50
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Lurdiak posted:It's not like Hawkeye has that many solo comics to compare it to. Like what, people are gonna compare it to that super lovely mini from a couple years back where Barney became the new Trickshot? The Gruenwald mini is dope. But yeah, that's pretty much it.
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Lurdiak posted:It's not like Hawkeye has that many solo comics to compare it to. Like what, people are gonna compare it to that super lovely mini from a couple years back where Barney became the new Trickshot? You can always see how it holds up against the 2003 series where Clint drinks Gaylord's lemonade, fucks a librarian because he can't use computers, and has to go to Laos to try and destroy a statue of Jesus so a bunch of Vietnam veterans can't ... tell the world Jesus was in Laos 2000 years ago? I'm honestly not sure why he destroyed the thing. And then the two issues where Natasha kills a dude who runs a deli and Clint has to make a shot one-handed because Natasha, I don't know, decided to use a hyper-specific muscle relaxant on just one arm immediately before a badguy Clint needed to shoot showed up. Now that was a definitive run if I ever saw one. The best part is Clint's terrible haircut, and also how he's drawn with, like, fuckin elf ears the whole time? And there's a panel where T'challa looks like a vampire.
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Aug 1, 2014 02:57
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I actually have a soft spot for Hawkeye's adventures in the early issues of Solo Avengers from around 1987 but that's probably just nostalgia.
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Aug 1, 2014 17:43
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The AV Club had a fantastic article about Hawkeye #19 today: http://www.avclub.com/article/hawkeye-19-uses-deafness-help-broken-clint-barton--207612 I'm tradewaiting (which is more frustrating than usual on this series), but I couldn't help read the article and get blown away by Fraction and Aja all over again. My wife will be teaching a class on Critical Disability Studies this fall, and I might get her the issue to use in the class.
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Aug 1, 2014 19:46
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Lurdiak posted:It's not like Hawkeye has that many solo comics to compare it to. Oh, I'm sure he will have plenty after this is such a critical darling. Marvel will try to keep the Hawk-love going, but eventually they will put terrible writers on a Hawkeye book and we will all drat the monkey's paw for wishing for more Hawkeye.
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Aug 1, 2014 21:02
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TwoPair posted:Oh, I'm sure he will have plenty after this is such a critical darling. Marvel will try to keep the Hawk-love going, but eventually they will put terrible writers on a Hawkeye book and we will all drat the monkey's paw for wishing for more Hawkeye. Scott Lodbell and Greg Land's Hawkeye!
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Aug 1, 2014 21:03
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Denis Hopeless' Hawkeye Arena
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Aug 1, 2014 21:34
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JMS returns to take Hawkeye on a walk through America.
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Aug 1, 2014 21:36
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Hawkeye vs Occupy, by Frank Miller.
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Aug 1, 2014 21:43
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Metal Loaf posted:Hawkeye vs Occupy, by Frank Miller. Hawkupy Wall Street
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Aug 1, 2014 21:48
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Dacap posted:Hawkupy Wall Street 
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Aug 1, 2014 22:14
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Dacap posted:Hawkupy Wall Street Where do I send the check?
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Aug 2, 2014 03:22
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Matt Fraction's Brohawk Hawkdog Brosong Bro Bro Bro Mountain Goats Lyrics Reference Metajoke v2 ft. MODOK or someone like that
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Dan Slott's Superior Hawkeye
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Edge & Christian posted:Matt Fraction's Brohawk Hawkdog Brosong Bro Bro Bro Mountain Goats Lyrics Reference Metajoke v2 ft. MODOK or someone like that That's basically Kot's Secret Avengers, except replace John Darnielle with members of the Situationist International.
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I'm not that familiar with Hawkeye's characterisation, but how much did Fraction change it, as opposed to just doing what was already there better?
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MikeJF posted:I'm not that familiar with Hawkeye's characterisation, but how much did Fraction change it, as opposed to just doing what was already there better? Hawkeye's always mostly been an outspoken, argumentative wiseass in the Avengers with some obvious self confidence issues and a deep seated sense of right and wrong. He also has a rough past and is terrible with women, so I'd say that what Fraction did was take the subtext of the character and make it the text, while toning down the other elements. That poo poo with him shooting people in the eye during that one issue was wildly out of character, though.
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Aug 2, 2014 09:39
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Lurdiak posted:That poo poo with him shooting people in the eye during that one issue was wildly out of character, though. That was Kate, though.
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I'm still pretty new to comics, so I'm having trouble figuring how big of a deal it is that Ms Marvel is getting its 6th reprint. On its face that sounds huge to me, but is there a general run amount that's consistent among titles? The newest Spider-Man #1 sold 500k+ it's first month on one printing, and I'm sure that's a special case, but do #1's usually have something like 50k runs or does it vary by publisher/title?
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zelah posted:I'm still pretty new to comics, so I'm having trouble figuring how big of a deal it is that Ms Marvel is getting its 6th reprint. On its face that sounds huge to me, but is there a general run amount that's consistent among titles? The newest Spider-Man #1 sold 500k+ it's first month on one printing, and I'm sure that's a special case, but do #1's usually have something like 50k runs or does it vary by publisher/title? This is still impressive, but to answer the broader question, there is no set amount for a given print run, they're based almost entirely on orders from comic shops in the case of Marvel, and while other companies sometimes overprint something, they're still variable numbers.
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Genetic Toaster posted:That was Kate, though. Counterpoint, Kate owns.
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zelah posted:I'm still pretty new to comics, so I'm having trouble figuring how big of a deal it is that Ms Marvel is getting its 6th reprint. On its face that sounds huge to me, but is there a general run amount that's consistent among titles? The newest Spider-Man #1 sold 500k+ it's first month on one printing, and I'm sure that's a special case, but do #1's usually have something like 50k runs or does it vary by publisher/title? The big deal isn't in the units sold, but that the character is pulling in new readers. I had a lady friend over the other night that doesn't read comics, but asked me if I heard about the new Ms. Marvel, and gushed as she flipped through the issues I gave her. Told her to keep them, and pass them to the next person that might enjoy them.
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I love how vol 2 of savage wolverine has nothing to do with issues 1-5.  why is there a story about him waking up on a unknown planet when thats exactly what happens in 1-5 when he wakes up in savage land?
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