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Mr Hootington posted:It wasn't terrible either which is very surprising. Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised. There are way better uses for Tom Taylor though.
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# ¿ May 4, 2019 15:45 |
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# ¿ May 11, 2024 16:50 |
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https://twitter.com/JeffLemire/status/1149371687844098048 I don't really care about Joker stories, but I'll always give Lemire and Sorrentino a chance.
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# ¿ Jul 11, 2019 19:05 |
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McCloud posted:
I don't disagree with any of your other critiques, but I think it was stated that the wand only had one charge.
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# ¿ Aug 21, 2019 21:56 |
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Teenage Fansub posted:I'm so there for Rafael Grampá. I love Daniel Warren Johnson so I guess I'm buying Wonder Woman comics now! Rafael Grampá is my new favourite comic artist name.
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# ¿ Sep 13, 2019 23:16 |
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This month's Jimmy Olsen was wonderful. I was going to post some panels but there was a lot of lead up to most of the gags so you'll just have to trust me. Dex-Starr is a good kitty.
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# ¿ Nov 20, 2019 20:44 |
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Two Tone Shoes posted:Wait when did Tom Taylor become a good writer? Isn't most of his work DCeased and Injustice? Both of which are shockingly good considering the concepts. He does a combination of humour and pathos very well.
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# ¿ Jun 3, 2020 04:37 |
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So anti-life Plastic Man from last week's DCeased was certainly horrifying.
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# ¿ Aug 10, 2020 21:35 |
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Cassa posted:Anyone been reading Batman's Grave? Because it's blowing me away how boring it is. Yeah, aside from wacky Alfred I'm not getting a whole lot out of it.
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# ¿ Aug 13, 2020 17:12 |
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I'm always up for more Taylor!
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# ¿ Aug 18, 2020 23:06 |
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Cassa posted:I was reading some godawful event comic tie in where exactly this happened, except it was Deadshot and some other people with names, and the prison was introduced and broken out of within three pages. Something like this also happened in Dark Knights: Metal, with the Joker in a secret cell under the bat cave.
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# ¿ Oct 9, 2020 18:00 |
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I've been reading through Ed Brubaker's work and just finished Gotham Central. It's great and it seems like an easy project to adapt for TV...which upon checking is apparently something we'll see in the near future. The series ends with "to be continued in 52." Is 52 the good weekly series from that era? I forget if it was Countdown or 52 that people hated.
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2021 19:38 |
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Ryan North said that he's behind one of the pitches so I hope that one wins. I'm guessing Super Pets, but there are a few contenders.
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# ¿ Mar 31, 2021 21:57 |
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Xelkelvos posted:Some good stuff going on in Nightwing. The art direction and story seems solid. Yeah, I hopped on because of Tom Taylor but I'm really liking the art and layouts. Also the dog.
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# ¿ May 18, 2021 22:08 |
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Cartridgeblowers posted:Anyone else read the Man-Bat mini? I oddly enough really liked it. Yeah, my low expectations going in were handily surpassed. A nice exploration of the character and some good art to boot.
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# ¿ Jun 1, 2021 19:51 |
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In other Tom King news, the first issue of Superman: Son of Kal-El is out today and it's off to a good start. I enjoyed the interactions with Damien, and I assume the ending is leading to something with better results than Injustice.
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# ¿ Jul 27, 2021 19:05 |
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site posted:gotta be honest, going in i thought a Tom Taylor Superman would be a no brainer, but it's not really doing much for me Yeah I didn't love it either. The bit at the school was pretty bad and the rest of the setup doesn't seem all that interesting. Hopefully it improves with time, as I like most of Taylor's other stuff.
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# ¿ Aug 24, 2021 19:59 |
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catlord posted:How's Batman: Reptilian so far? It sounds like it's right up my alley and the art I've seen looks great, but at the same time how Ennis-y is it? Because when I'm reading Batman it's because, you know, I like itt I've been surprised at how much I enjoy it. It's dark and over the top but not excessively puerile like a lot of his other stuff, and there are some funny bits too. Speaking of DC books I've been enjoying, The Nice House on the Lake has been interesting so far. Lots of mystery and intrigue with a great setup. Chinston Wurchill fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Sep 8, 2021 |
# ¿ Sep 8, 2021 04:03 |
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Interesting bits from Jeff Lemire's Substack newsletter:Lemire posted:Robin and Batman will not be my last DC or work-for-hire project released. The same time I wrote this series I also wrote another 3-issue oversized Black Label book for one of my all-time favourite artists, Doug Mahnke! That one will be announced this coming month and when it is I’ll get more into it here.
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# ¿ Sep 13, 2021 19:19 |
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Spoilers from this week's Action Comics, but I guess it's time for another death (and return?) of Superman...and Apollo, and Enchantress, and Lightray, and... Nightwing annual was fun, as expected on this run.
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# ¿ Dec 1, 2021 01:48 |
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This week's Nightwing is just delightful and I'd strongly recommend it to anyone, even people who aren't following. Doesn't require a lot of context aside from that Dick recently decided to use money he inherited to help people in Bludhaven and this has angered some of the locals.
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# ¿ Dec 21, 2021 16:04 |
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Another great Tom Taylor joint this week on Superman, featuring Nightwing. I'm glad he's getting to run with semi-prominent books rather than being restricted to mostly elseworlds-type stuff (though he's generally great there too).
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# ¿ Mar 8, 2022 20:29 |
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Boy, business picked up in the latest DC vs. Vampires.
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# ¿ Mar 30, 2022 04:01 |
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Another great Nightwing this month! I don't know much about the Flash or his relationship with Dick but it seemed really well depicted and it was fun to see Flash doing the sorts of things any actual human would do with his powers (i.e., compulsively checking in on everyone he cares about).
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# ¿ Apr 19, 2022 22:35 |
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I'd be more excited for this if DWJ was doing the interiors, but Gedeon seems good too.
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# ¿ Apr 26, 2022 18:38 |
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Joe Fisto posted:Y’all I love Taylor’s Nightwing. Makes me smile. Big agree! It's a consistent highlight in terms of both writing and art and I'm always left wanting more.
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# ¿ May 18, 2022 04:41 |
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Aquaman Andromeda seems promising. I'm into horrors of the deep and Ram V has been doing good stuff lately. Art is nice too!
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# ¿ Jun 8, 2022 04:06 |
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vseslav.botkin posted:Anybody read One Bad Day? I just finished it and the art is spectacular, but the story is very very Tom King. I just read it and I generally agree with your take. I did find it funny how young Edward's father seemed to be modeled on Kurtwood Smith, Edward looked like Micheal Stipe, and Bruce looked like John Hamm. Decent fan casting!
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# ¿ Aug 20, 2022 02:18 |
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TwoPair posted:I was kinda disappointed at first (like, I knew the minute Superman showed up he was gonna get chumped and I'm always a little disappointed when Superman/the JL guest star in a book just to get wrecked to make the point of "whoa, check out how dangerous this new enemy is!") but as it went on I like the idea more for taking the "Batman preptime" meme to a almost ridiculous extreme and making that the villain. Yeah, I like how Batman's over-preparedness is biting him on the rear end. I feel like Tynion just did a police state with robotic surveillance in Fear State, but I only really read the Nightwing tie-ins so maybe this will be different. In other DC matters, I enjoyed Sgt. Rock last week. Given the setting and subject matter it reminded me of Hellboy a bit, and the art was good.
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# ¿ Oct 5, 2022 00:16 |
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Nightwing is (rightfully) getting a lot of positive attention this week, but I also really enjoyed the Mr. Freeze one-shot. Great art by Matteo Scalera and a good take on the character by Gerry Duggan. The Death of Superman 30th anniversary issue, on the other hand, was not so good.
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# ¿ Nov 16, 2022 18:03 |
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Woof, I was hoping GCPD could be a spiritual successor to Gotham Central but then they had to go and make the recruit of Puerto Rican background shoot Renee Montoya's brother and his girlfriend as revenge for a racist prank that other cops pulled on him, with a promise for further "war" on Renee. The series was already pretty dark, but I think I'm out.
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# ¿ Jan 18, 2023 16:32 |
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Jiro posted:This June an all new Universe shaking DC event: Etiquette Extinction! From the thrilling events of Lazarus Planet, a new Crisis unfolds as the spirit of Alfred Pennyworth inhabits all the non meta-Human populace of Earth 0!!! Wayne Manor is overrun with too many Alfreds!! How will Bruce and Damian be able to choose the old Alfred in a new body???? Find out in the prelude event, The War of Manners and Decorum!!! I'd be more interested in Crisis of Infinite Alfreds than most other DC events.
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2023 20:24 |
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I'm so glad Tom Taylor has moved into a more prominent position with DC. Both DC and Marvel have a pretty great slate of writers those days!
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# ¿ Feb 6, 2023 17:23 |
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World's Finest was a lot of fun this week and Nightwing was good as usual, though it was a bit more table-setting than usual.
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# ¿ Feb 22, 2023 00:59 |
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radlum posted:So if I like noir, don’t care for the JLI and dislike Guy Gardner, will I enjoy Human Target? I'd say there's a good chance. Pun not intended.
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# ¿ Mar 1, 2023 20:28 |
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Madkal posted:Which of the One Bad Days are actually worth checking out? I quite liked the Mr. Freeze and Catwoman ones (both had great art), and Bane and Clayface were also good. I haven't read Ra's yet, I didn't care for Riddler, and I don't really remember Penguin or Two Face.
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# ¿ Mar 22, 2023 19:39 |
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I kind of liked Gotham City: Year One (Phil Hester's art was a big part of why) but the final issue shoehorned in a bunch of ridiculous connections to the Bat-mythos. - Ace Chemicals used to be Wayne Chemicals. - Richard Wayne used what is now the batcave to house his collection of adultery memorabilia and presumably to jerk off in privacy. - Richard Wayne used "the bat-man' as his alias on the ransom note when kidnapping his own child. - Constance Wayne asked Slam Bradley to mentor young Thomas Wayne so he'd know that it was unsafe to wander down alleys in Gotham. Slam refused. Oh no! I'm not as down on Tom King as some people, but this was pretty hacky.
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# ¿ Mar 31, 2023 20:22 |
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Gaz-L posted:Just read Adventures of Superman #1 and... the Injustice thing is gonna be them needing Injustice Clark to fight Ultraman, isn't it? I'd suggest reading #2 which came out yesterday.
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# ¿ Apr 5, 2023 12:41 |
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Another month, another great Nightwing! I'd have posted a bunch of the hell's IT department stuff in the funny panels thread but it was across multiple pages and difficult to crop. DCeased wrapped up today and that was good too! Twas a terrific two Taylor Tuesday!
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2023 22:05 |
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Batman #135 was a lot of fun. The whole multiverse thing is getting pretty played out these days but it was well executed.
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# ¿ May 2, 2023 20:33 |
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# ¿ May 11, 2024 16:50 |
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Azubah posted:It was cool, is that the end of his run or will there be more? Zdarsky is writing the start of a new arc in 136 so I assume he's around for a while yet.
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# ¿ May 2, 2023 22:09 |