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Soonmot posted:I started reading the Simonson Thor trades I bought during the amazon sale and they are just as amazing as I've been told What's so cool about them? Legitimately don't know much about Thor runs--is Simonson in the 80s?
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Does anyone have an opinion on the early GI Joe comics? The commentary in the back of GI Joe vs Transformers refers to them a lot and I was curious if they were any good, and if they were collected in trades somewhere. I'm not very familiar with the lore beyond having watching the cartoon show as a kid.
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X-O posted:I think Larry Hama is still writing the original GI Joe series today, only through IDW and not Marvel. I've only ever heard great things about his GI Joe stuff. I don't suppose the Marvel GI Joe stuff from the 80s is on Marvel Unlimited? The IDW reissue trades are like 20 bucks each and there's at least 16 of them.
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Jul 3, 2017 00:47
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They're sort of the perfect thing to find at a Half Price Books or something, but I've never seen GI Joe stuff there. Or if I do, it's some trade from a few years ago, not the classic stuff. Speaking of IDW, I did find a cool deluxe hardcover compilation of the early TMNT stuff--I've never read it, but I think it's the original issues from 1984. I'm kind of excited to read it, just to see what the idea was that sprouted such a massive franchise.
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Jul 3, 2017 03:03
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Huh, it's so seldom this happens anymore but I took a look on ebay and found someone selling a lot of the first 5 GI Joe trades for around 50 bucks. Since every other listing I saw was 1 trade for $25, I jumped on it. That's like the first 50 issues, so should give me a good idea if I want to track down the other 11 trades!
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Jul 3, 2017 03:29
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:By #50, you'll either love it or...nah, you'll probably love it. Hmm, I can't actually tell from the picture--maybe you can? I think that link should go to the completed listing. http://www.ebay.com/itm/162567726671
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Jul 3, 2017 04:35
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Senor Candle posted:Did they do the Hickman Avengers Omni right? Just read older, better comics.
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Jul 6, 2017 14:58
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I really like the 395 cents price!
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Jul 11, 2017 13:03
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I ordered an Amazon Fire yesterday and I was wondering if anyone had any issues with using it to read comics. I'm pretty new to digital comics at all but I've found it really hard to read physical books with our baby in my lap so I thought a Kindle might be easier to read with 1 hand.
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Jul 12, 2017 13:34
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Roth posted:The only problem I ever had was that Marvel Unlimited isn't supported, but that's easily solved by getting the apk file and installing it. It works great. That's weird Marvel Unlimited isn't supported, I had just assumed it would be. Is it difficult to get the apk or whatever? I'm not super familiar with that.
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Jul 13, 2017 02:44
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Rhyno posted:Because I have a disease I drove an hour out of my way to go look at a comic collection after work tonight. 5 long boxes, nothing special but he said he had a lot of Deadpool issues and Deadpools are easy money right now. He had the two minis, the first 12 of the ongoing from 1997 and a bunch of X-force issues. Not really worth the trip to be honest. He wanted $200, I talked him down to $100 and then struggled to fit the 5 boxes in my Miata. Got home, got unloaded and dumped them in the garage and I'm sitting here alphabetizing them and I've found a complete run of X-Factor from 1-121 (so far), first Apocalypse and Archangel in NM shape and in box #4 I hit his New Mutants stuff. Started at #53 and I'm flipping through and I get to #95 and I swear I got sweaty and my hands went numb and BAM, New Mutants #98. And it's loving flawless. Hell of a score for $100 and two hours out of my day. What is so special about New Mutants #98??? Pardon my ignorance!
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Jul 13, 2017 02:45
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I like comics but I don't really collect them--mostly buy trades. How much is that New Mutants issue in question worth?
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Jul 14, 2017 02:16
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Oh man, Malibu! I had a few of those as a kid, is there anything worth remembering about their superhero stuff? Some guy named Hardcase, maybe? And I remember an Ultron rip off robot whose head gets found in a junkyard and takes over the person who found it.
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Jul 14, 2017 12:53
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Has there ever been a hero named Maverick? I feel like there would have had to have been, but I can't picture him.
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Jul 20, 2017 22:54
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"However, Omega Red soon attacked the building, looking for the carbonadium synthesizer." What the hell is the carbonadium synthesizer? It's mentioned like 4 times on Maverick's wiki page as something Omega Red has been looking for since the 60s. Is it just a macguffin?
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Jul 21, 2017 02:07
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The only letterer I know by name is Todd Klein, probably because Gaiman and Alan Moore both work with him a lot. Are there other letterers who contribute a lot that I'm missing? They almost seem like good design--done well, it's invisible. But maybe I'm just ignorant of this aspect of comics? The BKV book The Escapists had a character who was a letterer which was insightful if true, since the guy loved copying out books by hand in high school.
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Jul 23, 2017 01:43
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Can everyone who posted a letterer post an example of their work (if you haven't)? I'd love to see a bunch of distinctive lettering work side by side.
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Jul 23, 2017 13:34
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Edge & Christian posted:I always remembered Gaspar! as a kid buying back issues because his name was just GASPAR! but he did a huge amount of DC covers and logos and just regular ol' lettering for DC from the Go Go Checks era through Ambush Bug through Arkham Asylum. Todd Klein himself calls Gaspar his "inspiration" in a pretty extensive memorial retrospective. I guess just how does a letterer win an Eisner each year? What are they winning it for, exactly? I can see how an artist or writer creates something the industry wants to reward, but lettering doesn't strike me as an artistic craft exactly. So I feel like I'm missing something.
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Jul 23, 2017 15:50
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mrchoupon posted:Clayton Cowles made an Ask/Tell thread a few years ago about comic lettering; it had some interesting details and anecdotes. It's even on the live forums still: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3736698&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 This was informative and cool! Thanks everyone for all the lettering info--was something I always had questions about!
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Jul 25, 2017 02:30
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I tried watching Riverdale the other night and couldn't get through the first episode with how trashy it was. I mean, implied twincest, Archie loving Miss Grundy in a car, Betty and Veronica making out...all in the first 40 minutes of the first episode! Does it represent the current state of the comics or is it just a weird take on the material?
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Jul 28, 2017 04:48
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Seems somewhat divisive, but if I enjoy the placid nostalgia of old Archie comics, Riverdale doesn't sound like the show for me! At least my appraisal of its trashiness wasn't ill-informed, just some see that as a strength.
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