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http://lamerciepark.com/comics/deathstroke/ Christopher Priest wrote A LOT of words about his upcoming Deathstroke run. You can easily glean how excited he is for this project and the passion he seems to be bringing to this. Art doesn't look too bad either. 
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"Joseph the Good Son" Wonder how long that will last this time.
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Jul 19, 2016 00:42
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Is it wrong to be vaguely interested in a new addition to the Emotional Spectrum in the Year of Our Lord 2016? If so, does it help that I'm more interested in the solicits that are about Simon & Jessica just hanging out with family? It feels strange to finally, 100% be done with Green Lantern as an "Event" book.
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Jul 19, 2016 00:46
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Even with Priest, though I can't say I've read anything good by him in years, I can't imagine there being any reason I would want to read a Deathstroke twice a month. Even if I wanted to check it out the twice a month thing kinda kills my interest in some of the fringe books.
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Jul 19, 2016 01:03
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It's good to see Priest so excited, too bad it's about loving Deathstroke.
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Jul 19, 2016 01:16
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Priest's Q&W follow up was really bad so I am very skeptical about this.
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Jul 19, 2016 01:31
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TwoPair posted:It's good to see Priest so excited, too bad it's about loving Deathstroke. quote:With Deathstroke, we are more or less doing old-style done-in-one’s; Priest in Denny O’Neil Mode writing within a planned episodic structure. Each issue is both a story and part of a larger story. This is a book that doesn't have to wait for the trade, it can be read issue-by-issue and still work (Rebirth being a notable exception as that story concludes in Deathstroke #1). In today’s broader and more visually-oriented style, telling a full story in a single issue can be a real challenge and make for a crowded look, but my goal is to give the fans more than their money’s worth: a good, solid read with strong characters we hope you will grow to care about and want to see more of. This might help sell you. Rhyno posted:Priest's Q&W follow up was really bad so I am very skeptical about this. http://lamerciepark.com/comics/qwoody/ Priest himself had a lot to say about this.
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Jul 19, 2016 01:36
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That costume looks good as hell. Deathstroke lives or dies by the costume, IMO.
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Jul 19, 2016 01:49
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I'd like to give it a shot, since if it's as good as Priest is making it seem to be, it's probably going to be the best version of the character since Wolfman was writing him. But I sincerely hope that Jericho doesn't turn evil for a dumb reason yet again. I may think he's an otherwise boring and uninteresting character, but I really can't stand him as a villain.
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Jul 19, 2016 01:53
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X-O posted:Even with Priest, though I can't say I've read anything good by him in years, I can't imagine there being any reason I would want to read a Deathstroke twice a month. Even if I wanted to check it out the twice a month thing kinda kills my interest in some of the fringe books. This is basically my feeling. Like if Priest ends up basically just recreating Deathstroke and making into some totally different far more interesting character I might bite, but it sounds like this is still fundamentally Deathstroke, and I fundamentally have no interest in reading Deathrstoke 2 times a month.
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Jul 19, 2016 02:42
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Chainmail bra
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Jul 19, 2016 04:14
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His selling pitch is great, lets just see the execution though.
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Jul 19, 2016 04:28
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Gaz-L posted:Argh, so she WAS Oracle now? I get that Rebirth is specially to allow poo poo like this, but good lord, make up your minds, people! To be fair, even the Burnside run didn't specifically invalidate that she was Oracle.
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Jul 19, 2016 19:38
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Looks like Michael Cho is taking over the Silver Age Omnibus covers from Darwyn Cooke. Good choice. https://twitter.com/Michael_Cho/status/755429718065762304 Here are some of Cooke's   
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Jul 19, 2016 20:41
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I was re-reading some Infinite Crisis era stuff recently and saw some of Phil Jiminez's notes on character designs he'd worked on around the time in the back matter of one of the collections (I think it was the TPB of the core series). One comment he makes is how he was annoyed by how Dr Psycho was being portrayed as "a little person in dress clothes" whereas is idea of the character was that he was more troll-like and inhuman-looking. Is there any interesting story behind this? Where did the "little person in dress clothes" version originate? I remember the character from the Gail Simone run on Superman and Villains United and thought his whole "I'll make him kill himself with a potato peeler!" portrayal was sort of try-hard, but I'm not sure if it was meant to be or if he was supposed to be a serious villain. Have also started reading Silver Age Flash - I haven't read a huge amount of it and was expecting it'd be silly like Silver Age Superman, but it's really good and I'm enjoying it a lot. I appreciate how those Broome / Infantino stories were completely earnest about all the pseudo-science explanations for how Barry could do all his speed tricks.
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Jul 20, 2016 04:05
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Wheat Loaf posted:Have also started reading Silver Age Flash - I haven't read a huge amount of it and was expecting it'd be silly like Silver Age Superman, but it's really good and I'm enjoying it a lot. I appreciate how those Broome / Infantino stories were completely earnest about all the pseudo-science explanations for how Barry could do all his speed tricks. Nobody has really worked up a better way to draw super speed than what Infantino did back then.
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Jul 20, 2016 04:07
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Wheat Loaf posted:I was re-reading some Infinite Crisis era stuff recently and saw some of Phil Jiminez's notes on character designs he'd worked on around the time in the back matter of one of the collections (I think it was the TPB of the core series). One comment he makes is how he was annoyed by how Dr Psycho was being portrayed as "a little person in dress clothes" whereas is idea of the character was that he was more troll-like and inhuman-looking. Is there any interesting story behind this? Where did the "little person in dress clothes" version originate? I think the explanation of Dr psycho looking the way he did was that he projected that look into people's minds. I think a book covered this but was retconned.
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Jul 20, 2016 04:34
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Dr. Psycho is a victim of Stardust.
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Jul 20, 2016 04:39
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https://twitter.com/DCComics/status/755583042194968579 Constantine leaving America due Trump made me chuckle. But aside of that I'm not feeling this title and the art looks really rough at some spots.
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Jul 20, 2016 05:27
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I wrote off the new era of Hellblazer as being terrible after the incredibly forced and unfunny Night Vale reference(and I like Night Vale).
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Jul 20, 2016 05:28
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It's nice to see at least one major publisher doesn't give a poo poo about their characters smoking on the covers of their books.
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Jul 20, 2016 05:33
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The colouring's a bit overly rendered for him, but Moritat rules.WickedHate posted:I wrote off the new era of Hellblazer as being terrible after the incredibly forced and unfunny Night Vale reference(and I like Night Vale). I can't remember that, but the last Tynion/Doyle series was quite good. e: Woop. Pardon the editing. Those first few pages didn't look like Moritat. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Jul 20, 2016 |
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Jul 20, 2016 05:38
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If it's not utterly terrible, I'm going to support Hellblazer as much as I can out of some vain hope that it doesn't get cancelled within 12 issues.
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Jul 20, 2016 05:43
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Kinda funny that Constantine would leave America due to Trump when the UK now has Margaret Thatcher 2.0 as PM now along with Brexit to deal with.
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Jul 20, 2016 08:18
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Constantine leaves the Earth entirely, becomes a Green Lantern.
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Jul 20, 2016 08:23
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God that art is arse. Cunts at DC couldnt let Doyle continue
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Jul 20, 2016 11:15
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Veg posted:God that art is arse. Cunts at DC couldnt let Doyle continue I have the issue on my desk but I'm way too tired to read it now, so, quick question: Does Moritat still draw every woman in the book with the creepy dead eyes and the curves of a doll? e: Also, Doyle only did writing, the main artist on the previous run was Riley Rossmo, who I did not notice was also the guy who did Wild Children with Ales Kot
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Jul 20, 2016 12:02
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goldenoreos posted:Kinda funny that Constantine would leave America due to Trump when the UK now has Margaret Thatcher 2.0 as PM now along with Brexit to deal with. That would be awesome if that's exactly how it plays out though and we get a kind of Delano style run filled with anger and frustration over the current political scene mixed in with demons.
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Jul 20, 2016 13:37
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I had to reset the big "IT HAS BEEN _ WEEKS SINCE TOMASI AND GLEASON KILLED AN ANIMAL" counter (again!) but otherwise Superman was still good. BoP was alright. I really did not need to see another loving TKJ flashback though. Rebirth issues are always just a bunch of set dressing before the actual comic starts. I don't know how well I buy this sudden transformation of the Helena from Grayson into the classic bloodthirsty mobster-slayer Huntress. Justice League was boring and I probably won't read another issue. Batman is still going real slow but I'm starting to dig it more. Really liked the hidden Bat-cycle. I'm oddly relieved that Gotham and Gotham Girl are apparently not just waiting to turn on Batman but I'm sure the source of their powers is going to be something sinister. Them's the comics I read this week, cheers.
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Jul 20, 2016 13:40
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:https://twitter.com/DCComics/status/755583042194968579 Oh no he's doing a Dreamworks face.
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Jul 20, 2016 14:09
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Piss and smoke.
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Jul 20, 2016 14:22
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I appreciated John Workman breaking out his Thor onomatopoeia fonts in Batman.  
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Jul 20, 2016 14:33
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Travis343 posted:I had to reset the big "IT HAS BEEN _ WEEKS SINCE TOMASI AND GLEASON KILLED AN ANIMAL" counter (again!) but otherwise Superman was still good.
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Jul 20, 2016 14:45
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Maybe it was just Jimenez, but I don't dig on Krypto suddenly not being all wolfy 
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Jul 20, 2016 14:51
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Dario the Wop posted:I think it was a fakeout. Note the Eradicator Phantom Zone retcon. I bet Superdad and Son are gonna go on a road trip. Yeah I make room for the idea that Jon is gonna go all Gohan and beat the Eradicator until a dog falls out, but it is getting a little silly that 2/3 of the new superman now has a pet getting killed in it.
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Teenage Fansub posted:Maybe it was just Jimenez, but I don't dig on Krypto suddenly not being all wolfy Isn't that essentially how he was drawn back in his N52 debut?
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Jul 20, 2016 14:57
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I'm already seeing clickbait articles about Krypto.
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Jul 20, 2016 18:22
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Picked up Green Lanterns, Justice League, and Birds of Prey, and... I liked them? Green Lanterns is making good decisions with its characters, and I look forward to the upcoming arc that has way less to do with this "Red Dawn" video game prologue level. The idea that Simon was on the verge of healing Bleez's rage, only for a ring-challenged Jessica to hit her with a copy machine and trigger her rage back into power was bizarrely funny to me. Bonus: this opens the door for other characters to go through the revolving door of Red Lantern membership without dying. Justice League had some pretty moments, wasn't great, but I'm a sucker for seeing the team take on worldwide threats, so I was satisfied. Kind of surprised that the story buried Atlantis in the first issue, I thought that sort of destruction was reserved for more noteworthy events. Birds of Prey... aw, yeah. Weren't some people mildly upset that DC would even hint at retconning The Killing Joke? Well, it's still canon as gently caress. But more importantly, the gang's getting back together!
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Jul 20, 2016 18:45
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I think I'm dropping Green Lanterns and Batman after this week. It's just not doing much for me at this point. Superman continues to be awesome and probably my favorite thing DC is doing right now (maybe detective comics).
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