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People keep asking if you need to know anything about the original Prophet or Glory to read the new comics, and really you don't. Prophet was originally like Captain America, a superhuman from the 1940s revived in the present, and the only direct reference in the new series I've seen is that in the third issue there's a skeleton wearing the original Prophet's costume, though I don't know if that's a plot point or just an in-joke. Maybe the new Prophets are his clones, but they haven't explained it. Glory was like Wonder Woman, except her father was some sort of demon and she'd been in a relationship with Supreme. Alan Moore basically rebooted Glory already in the 1990s, but only a few issues were published. I don't think anyone has mentioned that Supreme has been restarted too. They finally printed Alan Moore's long-lost last issue, and then the next issue brings back the original Supreme from the early 1990s, who depowers and/or kills of all of Moore's characters. I think I would've preferred for the series to be rebooted with little to no connection to the past, like the others.
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Urban Space Cowboy posted:Really? Oh goody, more new old stock Moore to track down! quote:Do you mean the last issue that was published way back then (the Jack Kirby tribute), or the storyline that was under way when the title was cancelled (the Supremacy vs. Daxia götterdammerung)? Action Jacktion fucked around with this message at 22:51 on May 25, 2012 |
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Benny the Snake posted:How's the Valiant Reboot so far? I'm not dropping in 'till Bloodshot hits the shelves.
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I read the first two issues of Rogues and they were pretty good. The series is a big homage to Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories: two thieves live in a sword & sorcery world, but they have problems other than having to save kingdoms or fight old gods. The first storyline deals with the protagonists being cursed to have a chicken follow them everywhere, and they must figure out how to life the curse. It's funny and well-written, and I hope the creators can keep it up.
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The next LoEG spinoff has been announced and is scheduled for a March release: quote:Sixteen years ago, notorious science-brigand Janni Nemo journeyed into the frozen reaches of Antarctica to resolve her father's weighty legacy in a storm of madness and loss, barely escaping with her Nautilus and her life. The Twilight Heroes were Dr. Caligari, Mabuse, Rotwang, and Maria.
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Dec 30, 2013 18:34
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The new 8house was good, though it's going to get difficult remembering all the different storylines, in both 8house and Island. Paper Girls was okay, but I was disappointed that it seems to be about time travel. Comparing their time with the present doesn't sound interesting, though maybe there'll be more to it.
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Oct 8, 2015 15:42
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Prophet: Earth War comes out this week. Also Island and Monstress. Did anyone else read Amazing Forest? It's another SF/F anthology and it was pretty good. However all the issues are already available digitally for $0.99. I don't know if readers will think it's worth it to get physical copies, even if the series is good. Maybe I'll wait for a collection.
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Jan 25, 2016 18:47
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There's a new company called Overground Comics that's establishing its own superhero universe. It has to be better than Double Take, at least. Some of their stuff is free on their site: http://overgroundcomics.com/free-reads/
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Feb 13, 2016 18:12
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Shageletic posted:Also well did Prophet wrap up? There was so much amazing build-up in that comic. Prophet Earth War #3 of 6 comes out this week. Multiple Warheads is running in Island now, and the next issue is supposed to be out next month. I'm not sure if 8house is still going though. Action Jacktion fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Apr 4, 2016 |
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Apr 4, 2016 20:04
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Picklepuss posted:Does anyone know if the cover of Renato Jones is anything like what's inside? This might sound silly but I don't want to read it if the book's some kind of creepy, misogynist snuff fantasy. The story has a rich person who tortures and kills poor people, and then hulks out into a big monster when the protagonist attacks him. It came across as silly but probably not in the way the creator intended. Zweihander01 posted:Did anyone else pick up Archangel? I'm a fan of Gibson's work in general and liked it, but curious to know what others thought of it. I liked it, but I was disappointed to see it's only a five-issue mini-series. It doesn't seem like much can happen. I also read Mae by Gene Ha. The art is really good, and it's interesting to see Ha drawing more cartoony characters. However it 's a pretty generic story about people in the real world finding a way into a fantasy world.
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May 22, 2016 03:29
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Synthbuttrange posted:Cinema Purgatorio: Did the Vast story just get repeated? Avatar acknowledged the error and said the next chapter will be in the next issue. No refunds or anything, I guess.
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Nov 22, 2016 21:08
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Synthbuttrange posted:Is Island worthwhile? From the cover it looks like its another zooniverse issue It's just a short Zooniverse story. The issue also has the second part of "Island 3" from last time. And there's some art by Jack Cole but it's a different Jack Cole.
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Dec 8, 2016 04:16
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For anyone who remembers it, Young Terrorists #2 comes out this week.
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Synthbuttrange posted:Is this week's Island any good? I liked it. It has another "Pop Gun War" chapter and some interesting new stuff. There's no Zooniverse.
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X-O posted:I decided to jump back into some of the recent Aftershock comics I had lapsed and missed out on, and one that really stands out so far is Babyteeth. I'm not usually much for "Evil Baby Antichrist" stories but Donny Cates is approaching it in a really different way with the "teenage mother in over her head trying to protect her baby" angle. And it's building up some neat background mythology with secret organizations that apparently try to kill demonspawn pretty regularly. I hope it gets to go on a while as it feels like the story has some real legs to it. I liked World Reader, though it's now on hiatus while they decide if it's popular enough to continue. The best Aftershock comic was Replica, but I guess it isn't coming back.
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Cinema Purgatorio is supposedly coming out next week. Also, if you liked the weird science fiction of Prophet and Island, you might want to look at the new series Prism Stalker. It's from Sloane Leong, who did some work on Prophet and Glory.
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May 10, 2018 20:17
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Synthbuttrange posted:Anyone been reading Isola or Prism Stalker? I bought the first issues but they didnt seem strong enough for me to bother with followups just yet? Prism Stalker hasn't been incredible but it's been interesting enough to keep reading and it has really good imaginative art:   Also there's this guy: 
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Endless Mike posted:Sex Criminals is back and wow I think I need to go back and read the last few issues because I was totally lost! I wish the letters pages would bring back the porn in the woods stories. As for other Image stuff, Low is coming back soon, but for its last storyline. Also there's supposed to be more Prism Stalker later this year. Halloween Jack posted:What was that company a few years ago that was so bad, people were accusing them of putting out product just to cover up some kind of racketeering? I recall there was a comic that seemed to revolve around a little girl cursing a lot. Double Take.
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Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing is only 40-some issues but really good. There’s also Don Rosa’s Donald & Scrooge, which was recently collected in ten volumes. And if you’re willing to stoop to manga, there’s Akira (six volumes) and Lone Wolf & Cub (twenty-eight volumes, but a legendary conclusion).
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Mar 7, 2020 13:10
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ainda_ posted:Hey y'all I just got my copy of Stray by Molly Mendoza in the mail and then promptly read, loved, and lost (lol,) it and I decided I wanted to just buy everything else by her that's gotten a physical release and I was wondering if anybody knew were I could look for a copy of The Worst? I can't find any online I found a used copy on Alibris: https://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?invid=16850832218
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Heavy Metal posted:It is cool that every 80s-90s cartoon can have a home in comics. Speaking of which, a company called Nacelle has acquired the rights to a number of half-remembered properties and plans to do new titles with each of them through Oni Press. A special issue introducing the shared universe (of course it's a shared universe) comes out next week. Nacelle says it's also working on new animated series for each property. The properties are RoboForce, Biker Mice from Mars, The Great Garloo, Sectaurs, Power Lords, and C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa.  Remember any of these?
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X-O posted:I've heard of Biker Mice From Mars but never seen it. I know of Sectaurs only because I inherited some of my older cousin's toys when from when he was a kid of a couple of them were weird bug people with big eyes called Sectaurs. Never once saw the show though as I'm pretty sure it was cancelled before I would have been old enough to see it and it never played in reruns. Most of the cartoons I loved as a kid were all reruns by the time I saw them like GI Joe, Thundercats, Ghostbusters, etc. Sectaurs only had a five-episode mini-series and an eight-issue Marvel series. The line seems like a rip-off of Thundercats but both started the same year. And yeah a major gimmick was there were big bug puppets the figures could ride on. ruddiger posted:I loved the robo force toys as a kid because instead of feet they had a suction cup base so you could stick them on walls and stuff. RoboForce had a single half-hour animated special and three issues from DC. Unfortunately the line came out in 1984, the same year Transformers started, and the squat, chunky RoboForce figures couldn't compete. But there was the large-scale programmable Maxx Steele, part of the early to mid-80s home robot wave. But does anyone really want to read comics with these characters, or see them interact? I'm not sure of the point.
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