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Sorry if this has been posted before. I try to stay up with the thread but... Anyway, the public library in the town I just moved to has a pretty decent comics section, including the Infinity Gauntlet omnibus, all seven pounds of it. I re-read Thanos Quest, The Inifinity Gauntlet main series and some of the Silver Surfer issues that led up to it. But I just couldn't make it through the collected tie-in issues because 90's art looks so much worse than I remember. Bad enough that I'm wondering how I could've possibly liked it as a kid. However, there was this panel that I snapped a pic of with my cell phone.  How much of Asgard's annual budget goes to ceremonial eyepatches? How much?
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Bloodly posted:I like 'talking shop' like this. Probably because it doesn't happen often. That's why I like taskmaster so much. It's all business with him. He doesn't have a personal vendetta, he doesn't want to rule the world. He's a guy who (typically) punches Hawkeye because he's getting paid to do it. And we get to see a bit of the behind the scenes stuff when he's around. It's like all the business workings of The Guild of Calamitous Intent from Venture Brothers.
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Feb 11, 2018 04:31
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Is there a non-Marvel/DC series like that? With a cast that does super-heroics/villainous feats but they're all jobbers? Sounds like something that could be cool and it's a pretty obvious concept so there must be one or two titles like that around.
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Feb 11, 2018 04:43
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Heroes for Hire, maybe? In concept at least if not in execution. Edit: Also the dumb Civil War started off with a team of C-Listers lead by Speedball trying to turn being superheroes into a Reality TV show. It was all worth it though as a complicated delivery mechanism for "The Penitent Puss" Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Feb 11, 2018 |
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Feb 11, 2018 04:47
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Samuringa posted:Is there a non-Marvel/DC series like that? With a cast that does super-heroics/villainous feats but they're all jobbers? Sounds like something that could be cool and it's a pretty obvious concept so there must be one or two titles like that around. I dunno about non-Marvel/DC. The first thing that came to mind, though, is Kurt Busiek's Power Company, a high-profile flop whose premise was "superhero team, but organized like a law firm."
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Feb 11, 2018 05:06
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Samuringa posted:Is there a non-Marvel/DC series like that? With a cast that does super-heroics/villainous feats but they're all jobbers? Sounds like something that could be cool and it's a pretty obvious concept so there must be one or two titles like that around. I've been thinking a lot about the weird day to day realities of a superhero universe lately and while it's not directly what you're looking for, Astro City is brilliant for foregoing all that standard punching villains stuff for personal stories of people impacted by it. The flip side of that coin is Top 10 where the superheroes are all cops in a city where everyone is superpowered and it's just a job to them. Pest control in Top 10 is also a bit different: 
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Feb 11, 2018 05:14
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Goddamn Top 10 ruled so muchGlorified Scrivener posted:90's art looks so much worse than I remember I used to think Ron Lim was the best artist in the world 
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Feb 11, 2018 05:28
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Selachian posted:I dunno about non-Marvel/DC. The first thing that came to mind, though, is Kurt Busiek's Power Company, a high-profile flop whose premise was "superhero team, but organized like a law firm." Hey now, Power Company made it almost two years, that's a fair bit better than a shitload of other books.
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Feb 11, 2018 05:33
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Jerusalem posted:Heroes for Hire, maybe? In concept at least if not in execution. That was the New Warriors, though it had a few changes from the original lineup. I guess you could call them C-listers, but it's not like it wasn't mostly characters who had previously been in a long-running series.
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Feb 11, 2018 05:50
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Glorified Scrivener posted:Sorry if this has been posted before. I try to stay up with the thread but...
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Feb 11, 2018 06:00
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The first time I read a Jim Lee X-men comic I was comparing it to back issues of Byrne stuff I had read and I was like "Holy crap why does everyone look like melting monsters? Why is there always spittle coming out of their mouth when they talk?"
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Feb 11, 2018 06:08
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I've been meaning to read Top 10 for a while, so I guess that's one more reason. Although Power Company sounded more like what I was aiming for - despite taking place in the DC universe - it was never published here and it ain't on Comixology either.
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Feb 11, 2018 06:15
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Samuringa posted:I've been meaning to read Top 10 for a while, so I guess that's one more reason. Do it. It is so, so good. I’m not going to spoil it much, but there’s a scene in there involving a teleported mishap. It is so loving ridiculous in concept, but there is so much grace and beauty in those three pages I tear up every time I do a re-read.
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Feb 11, 2018 06:23
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Jerusalem posted:I used to think Ron Lim was the best artist in the world And people used to tell me I was insane when I said Lim was pretty ordinary
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Feb 11, 2018 06:27
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Jerusalem posted:I used to think Ron Lim was the best artist in the world He's fine. Not someone I'd go, "Oooh! Ron Lim is on this book!" but pretty far from the worst and in terms of being able to tell a story in his art he was better than most of the "hot" artists in 1990. And for gently caress's sake, read Top 10. Just don't bother with any of the material not written by Alan Moore.
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Feb 11, 2018 06:36
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Proteus Jones posted:Do it. It is so, so good.
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Feb 11, 2018 06:43
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Jerusalem posted:Goddamn Top 10 ruled so much I used to think the same about Mike Grell, though I got that from Warlord which I think he was very suited to do.
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Feb 11, 2018 08:23
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Random Stranger posted:He's fine. Not someone I'd go, "Oooh! Ron Lim is on this book!" but pretty far from the worst and in terms of being able to tell a story in his art he was better than most of the "hot" artists in 1990. I think I'm the one guy on these forums who thinks the non-Moore Top 10 stuff wasn't bad. I mean, it wasn't up to the quality of when Moore was writing it, but that's a pretty tall glass of water to set your benchmarks to.
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Feb 11, 2018 08:26
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Jerusalem posted:Goddamn Top 10 ruled so much In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king Hes good, not amazing, but he sets a clear bar for what quality should be at. Rigged Death Trap fucked around with this message at 11:06 on Feb 11, 2018 |
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Feb 11, 2018 11:03
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Not a "comic" "panel" as such, but... https://twitter.com/thomas_violence/status/962690220364767238
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Feb 11, 2018 15:12
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Is it by him?
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Feb 11, 2018 15:24
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Billy Batson, huh?
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Feb 11, 2018 16:44
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Selachian posted:Billy Batson, huh? He goes "SHAZAM" every time he sees those breasts.
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Feb 11, 2018 16:48
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Scaramouche posted:I used to think the same about Mike Grell, though I got that from Warlord which I think he was very suited to do. Whooooooooa there buddy. Mike Grell is leagues beyond Ron Lim.
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Feb 11, 2018 17:07
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Superior Foes of Spider-Man had a lot of shop talk by a team of c-list villains. It was also funny as hell.
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Feb 11, 2018 21:00
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Choco1980 posted:I think I'm the one guy on these forums who thinks the non-Moore Top 10 stuff wasn't bad. I mean, it wasn't up to the quality of when Moore was writing it, but that's a pretty tall glass of water to set your benchmarks to. The Zander Cannon stuff is aces.
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Feb 11, 2018 21:09
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prefect posted:Not a "comic" "panel" as such, but... This looks like every drat M rated movie from the 80s.
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Feb 11, 2018 21:53
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Choco1980 posted:I think I'm the one guy on these forums who thinks the non-Moore Top 10 stuff wasn't bad. I mean, it wasn't up to the quality of when Moore was writing it, but that's a pretty tall glass of water to set your benchmarks to. The best thing about the post Moore Top 10 was the homage to this panel: 
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Feb 11, 2018 21:55
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Random Stranger posted:The best thing about the post Moore Top 10 was the homage to this panel: "HEY AUIMSTERANKO EFFECT?"
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Feb 11, 2018 22:27
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A Jim Steranko effect
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Feb 11, 2018 22:49
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Synthbuttrange posted:A Jim Steranko effect And here's the Top 10 homage of that panel from Beyond the Furthest Precinct #2: 
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Feb 11, 2018 23:42
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Ok, we JUST had a panel from Newspaper Spider-Man but.. come on. 
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Feb 12, 2018 01:33
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mind the walrus posted:I never bothered to watch it once I got spoiled on the ending, but I heard the first season of True Detective flat-out stole some of the best lines from this issue. Yeah, I watched it a few months ago for the first time and was flabbergasted as I told my wife "That's from Top 10!" and had to rush to the trade to show her.
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Feb 12, 2018 01:57
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evilmiera posted:Ok, we JUST had a panel from Newspaper Spider-Man but.. come on. I like Banner's face as he seems to realize just what the hell he's doing. He probably paused for about 5 seconds before continuing up the stairs anyway. At least when he's not the Hulk he's still loving jacked.
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Feb 12, 2018 03:11
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chitoryu12 posted:I like Banner's face as he seems to realize just what the hell he's doing. He probably paused for about 5 seconds before continuing up the stairs anyway. There are only two builds in comic-land; fat and loving jacked.
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Feb 12, 2018 03:42
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It's like being an NPC in the Hitman universe. If you are a dude, you are this body type, regardless of diet, exercise or profession.
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Feb 12, 2018 05:04
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CzarChasm posted:It's like being an NPC in the Hitman universe. If you are a dude, you are this body type, regardless of diet, exercise or profession. Or at the very least, your clothes will conform to 47's build. Are you a 5'2" Chinese waiter? Well nobody will notice you're suddenly a foot taller, bald, and a pale white man when he steals your clothes!
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Feb 12, 2018 05:07
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Man, it’d be pretty trippy to play through a Hitman level where you sneak and murder as usual, but all the mooks are in the midst of this Kafka-esque nightmare, walking in to work and suddenly finding themselves in entirely different bodies and builds.
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Feb 12, 2018 05:58
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It's like that issue of She-Hulk where she realizes her She-Hulk physique is a multiple of her regular physique so she gets jacked in her regular form to fight Champion as She-Hulk. Bruce is just making Hulk stronger.
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chitoryu12 posted:At least when he's not the Hulk he's still loving jacked. You'd make drat sure you were jacked too, if half of your life consisted of waking up nearly naked in dark alleys in the bad part of town. Especially after you try to take a shower at the local Y and get set upon by the local gay rape gangs.
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