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Choco1980
Feb 22, 2013

I fell in love with a Video Nasty

Red posted:

Actually, no:



He was decapitated by the Iraqi supervillains while they were invisible.

In the same storyline, Crimson Commando is crippled by a mine (and is later turned into Cyborg X), rescued by Avalanche, who decides to abandon Blob and Pyro, who are captured by the Iraqis.

Stonewall was killed by the Reavers in a previous battle, electrocuted by Donald Pierce.

Yeah, that was pretty much the end of Freedom Force, Marvel's answer to the Suicide Squad...They weren't so suicidey on Marvel's side.

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prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

Red posted:

Actually, no:



He was decapitated by the Iraqi supervillains while they were invisible.

In the same storyline, Crimson Commando is crippled by a mine (and is later turned into Cyborg X), rescued by Avalanche, who decides to abandon Blob and Pyro, who are captured by the Iraqis.

Stonewall was killed by the Reavers in a previous battle, electrocuted by Donald Pierce.

I could have swore that he got killed by neck-tripwire when a depowered Storm beat up their whole gang through sheer gumption. Maybe she almost got him.

Red
Apr 15, 2003

Yeah, great at getting us into Wawa.

prefect posted:

I could have swore that he got killed by neck-tripwire when a depowered Storm beat up their whole gang through sheer gumption. Maybe she almost got him.

Cable toyed with Freedom Force using the tripwire trick.



Edit:

Storm was double-crossed by a drug dealer FF had captured, and an avalanche buried Sabre - everyone thought he was dead:

Red fucked around with this message at 20:09 on May 17, 2016

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Red posted:

Cable toyed with Freedom Force using the tripwire trick.



The Blob's secondary mutation: 42 teeth.

Discendo Vox
Mar 21, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 6 hours!

Selachian posted:

The Blob's secondary mutation: 42 teeth.

35. 21 on the lower jaw, 14 on the upper. I counted. Kill me.

quite stretched out
Feb 17, 2011

the chillest

the face in the very last panel would make a great av

wayfinder
Jul 7, 2003

Discendo Vox posted:

35. 21 on the lower jaw, 14 on the upper. I counted. Kill me.

They're not all visible. 11 per quadrant, so 44 in total.

Discendo Vox
Mar 21, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 6 hours!

wayfinder posted:

They're not all visible. 11 per quadrant, so 44 in total.

You're making a number of assumptions about Blob/Liefeld Anatomy that I don't think hold true.

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



willus posted:

the face in the very last panel would make a great av

Maguire is my favorite artist for facial expressions.

ruddiger
Jun 3, 2004

Red posted:

Yes and yes.

Erik Larsen usually drew MJ in pretty skimpy clothes with big hair, almost like Peg Bundy. But I remember he had some good side-stories for Peter and MJ, like them worrying about having a mutant baby, or MJ auditioning for a part where she'd have to be naked.



But at least the man could draw people who could emote:



A few pages back, but Larsen's Spider-Man runs were great. The amount of villains that showed up in those books were crazy. He even recycled some of the art from his issues into a couple of Savage Dragon issues, it was pretty cool seeing those pages pop up again and reworked to fit in SD.











Wheat Loaf
Feb 13, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Right, from the cover of Fantastic Four #588, this is what I have as my phone's lock screen and home screen backgrounds:



It's great.

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

ruddiger posted:

A few pages back, but Larsen's Spider-Man runs were great. The amount of villains that showed up in those books were crazy. He even recycled some of the art from his issues into a couple of Savage Dragon issues, it was pretty cool seeing those pages pop up again and reworked to fit in SD.





It's weird how exaggerated her breasts and nipples are in the second version.

purple death ray
Jul 28, 2007

me omw 2 steal ur girl

Considering it's Larsen it's kind of weird that the top one's boobs/nipples aren't

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Travis343 posted:

Considering it's Larsen it's kind of weird that the top one's boobs/nipples aren't

The top one was Marvel who at the time was still marketing to children.

davidspackage
May 16, 2007

Nap Ghost
Is there a special significance to the little black & white inset of Sandman on the cover? I think I've seen 90s era comics do that sometimes and it seems so weirdly unspecific here.

I Before E
Jul 2, 2012

davidspackage posted:

Is there a special significance to the little black & white inset of Sandman on the cover? I think I've seen 90s era comics do that sometimes and it seems so weirdly unspecific here.

They need to replace the UPC with something for the direct market edition.

Vulpes Vulpes
Apr 28, 2013

"...for you, it is all over...!"
Simon Gane and Jordie Bellaire's work on They're Not Like Us is so great:

I love it when characters in comics wear actual interesting clothes.

Pinch Me Im Meming
Jun 26, 2005

Vulpes Vulpes posted:

Simon Gane and Jordie Bellaire's work on They're Not Like Us is so great:

I love it when characters in comics wear actual interesting clothes.

That is god drat spectacular. Second pic feels very much like some ancient chinese scroll, must be the isometric perspective. e; and the crimson red, obv.

Pinch Me Im Meming fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Jun 1, 2016

Chinston Wurchill
Jun 27, 2010

It's not that kind of test.


I love Mignola's work so much and I'm sad to see Hellboy in Hell come to an end.



On the other hand, I read Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. recently and this depiction of an alleged human child appalled me.

Discount Trombones
Jan 22, 2014
I'm really surprised I've never seen François Schuiten in this discussion, because I think his work is incredible.





He draws these sprawling landscapes and art-déco cities (he's also an architect), but I especially like his characters. It's a very interesting style that works in color as well as in black and white.

Vulpes Vulpes
Apr 28, 2013

"...for you, it is all over...!"
Those are really great. I though the first one was Kaluta at first glance.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Here's some good bad art that just popped up.

Green Arrow #2 variant by Neil Adams

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

Teenage Fansub posted:

Here's some good bad art that just popped up.

Green Arrow #2 variant by Neil Adams

His beard is covering up a freaky growth of chin-bone? :stonk:

Crowetron
Apr 29, 2009

Gelatinous Skull is so loving tired of Green Arrow's bullshit.

10 Beers
May 21, 2005

Shit! I didn't bring a knife.

Is the door supposed to be broken? It just looks bent. Or is Ollie just really bad at Photoshop?

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Neil Adams used to be considered a comics genius.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

Lurdiak posted:

Neil Adams used to be considered a comics genius.

Is he the guy who thinks there's no gravity, we just stick to the earth because it's continually expanding?

redbackground
Sep 24, 2007

BEHOLD!
OPTIC BLAST!
Grimey Drawer

prefect posted:

Is he the guy who thinks there's no gravity, we just stick to the earth because it's continually expanding?
Don't know about that specifically, but he is a proponent of the hollow earth "theory". He's a wackadoo.

edit: According to his wiki, yeah, he thinks Earth is growing.

redbackground fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Jun 7, 2016

VERY COOL MAN
Jun 24, 2011

THESE PACKETS ARE... SUMMARILY DEALT WITH
now i just want to read batman odyssey again

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Lurdiak posted:

Neil Adams used to be considered a comics genius.

Used to? We should have more comics like Batman Odyssey and Coming of the Supermen.

e: And variants where heroes are drawn like soaking dogs.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Jun 7, 2016

redbackground
Sep 24, 2007

BEHOLD!
OPTIC BLAST!
Grimey Drawer
I thought that was a scorpion on his head.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


We should have seen the signs when he spelled his first name with an a.

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

I just realized why that skull looks like that -- it's supposed to be a skull with Merlyn's hair and beard.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

Selachian posted:

I just realized why that skull looks like that -- it's supposed to be a skull with Merlyn's hair and beard.



He really needs to ease up on the hair gel.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

While we're on the topic, the artist for the new GA series rules.

Otto Schmidt.

IUG
Jul 14, 2007


Why does the arrow deflect off of one guy's shoulder, but goes through another's?

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Bones.

haitfais
Aug 7, 2005

I am offended by your ham, sir.
One of the arrows is clearly not pointy.

Rotten Red Rod
Mar 5, 2002

prefect posted:

Is he the guy who thinks there's no gravity, we just stick to the earth because it's continually expanding?

Ohh, fellow whackadoo Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) thinks that too. He devoted the last chapter of one of his (otherwise unrelated) books to it.

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Carl Killer Miller
Apr 28, 2007

This is the way that it all falls.
This is how I feel,
This is what I need:


Teenage Fansub posted:

Here's some good bad art that just popped up.

Green Arrow #2 variant by Neil Adams

Jesus, that is just terrible. On the other hand, I hear that they pay guys like 60 bucks apiece, depending on how many show up.

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