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Soonmot posted:The Brand is amazingly cool. All of these bounty hunters have been so wonderfully larger than life and distinctive. I actually forgot this in the face of the rest of the issue, but yeah, every single bounty hunter is wonderfully unique and interesting. Dartgun dog nostrils is the (second) best sidekick ability. Jedit posted:Lying. You got me.
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Yeah, two of the three bounty hunters we've seen have had animal sidekicks. Is that just a human thing or does The Stalk have a buddy out there? Or was she merged with her buddy? I don't even know! The mythology surrounding this universe is wonderfully vast and unexplored, it really is the way Star Wars felt when I was a kid in the 80's.
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I knew someone was going to die, but why did it for sure have to be Heist and probably the Will as well? I mean, the story was definitely going in that direction, but it doesn't make it any less of a bummer.  And yeah, the Brand was super awesome, if not a little overshadowed by the rest of the issue (which is understandable). I'm hoping we get to see more of the Brand and her awesome dog sidekick... I feel like she's waaaaay too interesting a character already to let go to waste!
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Also the world building! Apparently all the bounty hunters are unionized. That is awesome and brings up so many interesting questions. Argh! Next month cannot come soon enough.
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The Will can't be dead. It has already been established by the narrator that her parents meet him. Everyone should stop being worried. Besides he's obviously going to be Han Solo and I will not hear a word otherwise.
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Dec 21, 2013 18:45
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RandallODim posted:I swear to god if The Will is dead for good I am going to be very very sad, especially because that's such a great final scene for him. Though let's be honest, I'm already pretty sad. Poor Heist. Was he giving out tax advice at the end there? That was so hilarious that it made me worry less.
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Der Luftwaffle posted:Was he giving out tax advice at the end there? That was so hilarious that it made me worry less. It kind of made me wonder if he owes money on something....? Like he thought if he died Sophie would have to pay for it, and she would be overwhelmed? But I'd also accept he was just out of it.
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Niemat posted:It kind of made me wonder if he owes money on something....? Like he thought if he died Sophie would have to pay for it, and she would be overwhelmed? I think he was just trying to give her the best advice he could think of at the moment.
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Niemat posted:It kind of made me wonder if he owes money on something....? Like he thought if he died Sophie would have to pay for it, and she would be overwhelmed? Understanding taxes is important, mmmmm'kay? Megazver fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Dec 22, 2013 |
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The_Other posted:I think he was just trying to give her the best advice he could think of at the moment. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he was just trying to leave her with the most beneficial knowledge he thought he had to impart. Which ended up being about tax payments. What really hit me was "...money...fucks up...everything...and yet...". It read to me like The Will regretting that seeing money as so important screwed things up for him, but ironically, the thing that ended up getting him killed was that he cared about Sophie, and to some extent The Stalk too.
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Niemat posted:It kind of made me wonder if he owes money on something....? Like he thought if he died Sophie would have to pay for it, and she would be overwhelmed? Or if as The Will he is leaving her money the inheritance tax stuff is important. In The Will. It's in his name. He just dies a lot and leaves things to people. Or he's out of it, which makes more sense really.
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Also I don't think anyone pointed out issue 17's callback to issue 1 when Alana says, "Because we have a family to think about now." a phrase she denounced in the first issue as "the rallying cry of losers"
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kender posted:Or if as The Will he is leaving her money the inheritance tax stuff is important. In The Will. It's in his name. He just dies a lot and leaves things to people. Or he's out of it, which makes more sense really. I did say I was willing to accept he was really out of it...
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Lying Cat and Slave Girl are really my favorite characters in this comic, which is saying something considering how packed with great characters it is.
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Given how Lying Cat was rescued from obvious death... I would not be completely put out by a revelation that, oh, I dunno, maybe Heist's brain isn't in his head? But I'm probably just grasping at straws. Also, the scene with Marko and the knife... I'm pretty sure he wasn't talking about mercy-killing Hazel, but rather about cutting off her wing stubs.
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Parahexavoctal posted:
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Superstring posted:Eh? Why would he do that? Er, correction. Cutting off her horn stubs. "I don't think you really know the robots. You haven't seen what they do to people with horns. To children with horns."
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Parahexavoctal posted:Er, correction. Cutting off her horn stubs. Except that wouldn't do anything to help the situation. He's there for them and their child. If they're there, and there's a child with wing nubs and bleeding wounds on her forehead where her horns would/should be, it's not hard to connect the pertinent details. I think it's more correct to think he was saying that they should be prepared to try and kill Prince Robot IV, despite his vow of pacifism, which he is slightly bad at keeping when his family is at risk. His follow-up of "it won't come to that." when Alana think he's talking about killing Hazel seems to point towards that.
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cafel posted:Because I don't give Fiona Staples the props she deserves, I have to say that this months cover is jaw dropping and the expression Heist has when he says artist scare him is inspired. Her work on Mystery Society wasn't as good, but is still loving awesome and led me to Saga.
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Finally read issue 17. That was pretty rough. Regarding The Will, I feel like he's the more likely than Heist to be the one who gets to live, but I also have the sneaking suspicion that Sophie might actually be The Will that Hazel was referring too. Part of this is that I kind of expect the book to jump around in time, and give us a progressively older Hazel. It feels like a leap, but him advising her on money made me imagine Sophie becoming a Freelancer in her future.
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onefish posted:Man, I love Fiona Staples' art for this series. Anyone have recommendations for other really good series or miniseries that are also good showcases for her art? Sorry for dragging this up from page 2, but I've got a miniseries I think you'll like: North 40. Written by Aaron Williams, too. http://www.comicvine.com/north-40/4050-27021/
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Lars Blitzer posted:Sorry for dragging this up from page 2, but I've got a miniseries I think you'll like: North 40. Written by Aaron Williams, too. http://www.comicvine.com/north-40/4050-27021/ Hey--thanks! Had not heard about this, and it looks quite cool. comicvine posted:Somewhere in Midwestern America was a place called Conover County. When the old book was opened, and the runes therein used in haste and ignorance, a place of farms, simple folk, and small-town dreams became a den of monsters and nightmare. NORTH 40 is the story of those who survived and came to confront an even greater evil on the horizon - one that wouldn't just consume their flesh, but their souls as well. Heroes arise with power to bring against the dark: Wyatt, an unwilling protector of his former tormentors; Amanda, an apprentice to forgotten arts; and Sheriff Morgan, whose bonds with Conover County go back farther than even he can remember. See where it started, and watch where it's all going in NORTH 40 #1. Created by Aaron Williams (PS238, The Nodwick Chronicles) and Fiona Staples (SECRET HISTORY OF THE AUTHORITY: HAWKSMOOR).
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Here's a preview of Issue 18: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=19990 Anybody know when it comes out?
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get out of fyad posted:Here's a preview of Issue 18: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=19990 It says it on the link. Tomorrow!
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The wait until I can read this issue tomorrow is going to be unbearable. There are so many boots waiting to fall this issue.
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I wait for the trade paper backs, so it's just such a wonderful wait. I think issue 2 ended with... marko and his mom on that planet trying to save isabel
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As per usual for an issue with a number divisible by 6: poo poo! gently caress! poo poo! May?
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Man, any scene involving Lying Cat is just gold. How is an animal that can't say more than one word so much more developed as a character than like 90% of the characters out there?
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Jan 29, 2014 22:42
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The Will's sister calls him Billy. I love this comic.
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RandallODim posted:The Will's sister calls him Billy. I love this comic. At first I thought she was making that part up.
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GodDAMN this is a great comic. Did Y: the Last Man feel this amazing month-to-month? I read Y all in one go and loved it, but practically every single issue of Saga is a stunner.
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cafel posted:Man, any scene involving Lying Cat is just gold. How is an animal that can't say more than one word so much more developed as a character than like 90% of the characters out there? It doesn't hurt that the rest of the characters are good and the writing is subtle. Note how in that scene Lying Cat doesn't say either Klara or Isobel is lying. That tells us a lot about both of them, and about Lying Cat herself. We also get to see exactly why people on Cleave were afraid of that forest.
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It's gonna be hard times waiting four months to find out if The Will is staying in the game.
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Yawgmoft posted:It's gonna be hard times waiting four months to find out if The Will is staying in the game. We may have to wait longer than that. BKV said the next arc is a lot different than this one, and I believe there's a panel in the latest where the narrator states that their paths won't cross again until much later.
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onefish posted:GodDAMN this is a great comic. Did Y: the Last Man feel this amazing month-to-month? I read Y all in one go and loved it, but practically every single issue of Saga is a stunner.
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Shitshow posted:We may have to wait longer than that. BKV said the next arc is a lot different than this one, and I believe there's a panel in the latest where the narrator states that their paths won't cross again until much later. I don't know how solid that information is supposed to be. After all, it was immediately clarified with "well what is time to a baby anyway" and then a time skip.
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Yawgmoft posted:I don't know how solid that information is supposed to be. After all, it was immediately clarified with "well what is time to a baby anyway" and then a time skip. You might be right. I just felt that - given the Vaughn quote below and where a lot of the secondary characters were left at the end if 18 - that it might be a while before we see them again. "I don't want to say anything about #18 yet, but the six issues after it are going to be very, very different from anything that's come before. It's a story about money, among other subjects that terrify new parents. We're already hard at work on #19, and it's a doozy. You're either going to think it was totally worth the wait or cancel your pull-list subscription on impact."
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What a great series. Like onefish, I read almost all of Y in one setting (I think I just had to wait for the last one or two trades) but I'm really enjoying following Saga along issue by issue.Shitshow posted:"I don't want to say anything about #18 yet, but the six issues after it are going to be very, very different from anything that's come before. It's a story about money, among other subjects that terrify new parents. I kind of wish that they did end up getting jobs with the space telenovella, but that might have been too similar to the acting troupe from Y.
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