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Travis343 posted:Jubilee can have July, the only month anybody uses fireworks.
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Teenage Fansub posted:Wait till that artist returns in Batman Inc to depict cyberspace. It's horrific. It's great. Different artist. Still terrible both times, agreed.
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Toxxupation posted:Did The Black Casebook come out right before Morrison's Batman RIP run? Because I'm trying to see how anyone could reasonably remember a bunch of super obscure Golden/Silver Age Batman stories (and Robin Dies At Dawn) without it, or how the run makes any loving sense whatsoever if you don't have those stories fresh in your mind. Or is Bat-Mite/Zur-En-Arr/Club of Superheroes more memorable than I assumed? Just chillax, enjoy some high-quality Batmanning about, and take to heart that you don't actually need to know anything about those past stories. They're referenced, they're out there if you want to read them, but you don't need them. I have never read the Black Casebook issues, but that era of Grant's Batman is still one of my favorites hands down. Grant did not expect you, the casual reader, to have read the entirety of the Silver Age. Or any of it, really. Like, the Batmen of Nations; like, there was an international group of ersatz Batmen once. OK, that's all you need to know, and you learn that within the comic. All of the characters' relationships is established within the comics, too. It is dense, sure, and it only gets more complicated (hellooooooo, Return of BW #6!), but that's part of the fun, and what makes this run stand out so much. Don't fight it, roll with it, baby! redbackground fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Jun 4, 2016 |
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Travis343 posted:Except for Morrison loving up the ending of Son of the Demon so that Talia date-rapes Bruce instead of them essentially being a happily married couple. I can still be upset about that, right? Yes.
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Toxxupation posted:Thoughts:
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I'm actually re-reading Final Crisis right now as Prime Bathroom Reading Material, and man, it is just drat fantastic. Superman Beyond is better than I remember in like, every way.
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Die Laughing posted:Someone made my favorite avatar from that. Where Superman is holding the ledge while a animated Mandrakk spirals towards nothingness. "I'm in a self assembling hyper story! And it's trying its best to destroy me!"
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oh hi double post
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Toxxupation posted:Reading Battle for the Cowl I'm reminded how much Jason Todd is just the WOOOOOOOOOOORST holy poo poo he's the worst, he's just the loving worst. What lovely list are you using that didn't include Morrison's own comics but had BFTC in there? redbackground fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Jun 6, 2016 |
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I would say it's a common opinion that Kitchen Irish is the weakest arc of PMAX. The upcoming Russian/Fury stuff might be my favorite. The whole run is pretty stellar, though.
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Rhyno posted:You started reading Ennis Punisher and you didn't start with Welcome Back Frank?
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Rhyno posted:He didn't specify the MAX run! 
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Rhyno posted:The first book in Ennis' Punisher run is Welcome Back Frank! 
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Toxxupation posted:I liked Battle For the Cowl. At the very least, it had Dick Grayson beating the unholy poo poo out of Jason Todd, so it's not all bad. Should've just asked us 
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Toxxupation posted:
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Wheat Loaf posted:In fact, I'm pretty sure that after he heard about the ending of Countdown to Infinite Crisis, Kevin Maguire went back to the last issue of said mini before it went to print and changed the art on the last page to show Blue Beetle and Max Lord sharing a friendly laugh. edit: from the comments below: "He (Maguire) mentions in his Masterworks interview Dan Didio excitedly showed him the art from Countdown to Infinite Crisis of Lord blowing Beetle’s head off and thinking Maguire would dig it like him."
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Toxxupation posted:Hot Take: Zero Year is better than Year One. It's not, but it's a solid, long-form story I was expecting much less from initially. Ridder is where Snyder shines, not his oooh, spooooooooky Joker poo poo. The concentrated greatness of Year One over its four issues is a hell of a beast.
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Toxxupation posted:Outside of "Yes father, I shall become a bat" and the dinner scene - which, admittedly, are two of the greatest scenes ever printed in comics - Year One didn't really do much for me. I'm cool with the Bruce coming back in Y1 being a Bruce has already been doing his globetrotting preparation for his war on crime, so yeah, he's ready to get started. I also still underestimate, every single time, just how much more of a Gordon story it is, overall, and his relationship to his wife is simply crushing. Also, I am struggling to find it online, but it has the single best panel Mazzuchelli ever drew, the perfectly timed moment of Bruce pushing the homeless woman out of the way as Gordon grabs for control of the truck bearing down on them. I could re-read Year One over and over again and never get tired of it. Almost every line hits like a fist, and Mazz just made you feel like Gotham was a real damned place; the cityscapes, the face-work, the cinematic, but not "widescreen" paneling...a pure delight. redbackground fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Jun 7, 2016 |
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Toxxupation posted:I prefer Capullo to Mazz, gotta say. Also the coloration on Zero Year is just incredible- the encroaching darkness punctuated by so much stark neon giving it a sort of nightmarish fantasy feeling, like a drug trip gone bad. The coloring of zero year is probably my favorite part of the whole thing.
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Toxx, have you read the other Miller/Mazz team-up, Daredevil: Born Again?bobkatt013 posted:What version of year one did you read? There is one trade were the coloring ruins it. edit, added link. BravestOfTheLamps posted:But what about Batman: Earth One? redbackground fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Jun 7, 2016 |
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Jun 7, 2016 22:06
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Top 3 Worst Re-Colorings: 1) Flex Mentallo 2) Killing Joke 3) Sandman The only recoloring that I know of that is an improvement over the original is Miracleman, and even then, poor decisions were made.
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Die Laughing posted:I don't even know where the picture is from. redbackground fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Jun 18, 2016 |
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Jun 18, 2016 14:15
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hup posted:Yeah but you get the
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hup posted:E2: vv the expansion adds a Killer Croc fight! vv I did enjoy the Season of Infamy chapters quite a bit, honestly.
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bobkatt013 posted:It's not a movie but the amazing Happy Endings I will toss Rome & Jewel onto the pile as well. edit: and uh, pretty much this list. Shame it can't be reordered by date, though. redbackground fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Jun 22, 2016 |
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The idea that leaving the EU could possibly lead to a good chuck of the UK also breaking up is just astonishing. Go Scotland Go!
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Toxxupation posted:The big problem with Batman, Incorporated was how boring all the alternate Batmans were. The only ones I really liked were Knight and Squire, or rather Beryl's Knight. Beryl is always a delight, though, especially in GMozz's JLA Classified arc.
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Lurdiak posted:I've been watching Community on Netflix, and all the people who told me Donald Glover "isn't funny" and Alison Brie is "obnoxious" were horrible liars who probably voted Yes on Brexit. Alison Brie is always a delight, that's just science.
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Lurdiak posted:A lot of talented, pretty actresses have to weather a storm of horrible rom-coms until they can take good roles.
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WickedHate posted:So, no loss?
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Argue posted:I was thinking, Marvel has a couple of recurring characters who were intentionally designed to evoke DC characters (eg: Squadron Supreme, Sentry). Does DC have any recurring characters intentionally designed to evoke Marvel characters?
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