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Ccs posted:Yeah they're super blatant knockoffs, except perhaps for Immortal. The city Darkwing lives in even has the red sky that Gotham had in the 90s Batman cartoon. Oh, the violence route is still very much covered in Savage Dragon too.  To keep this on topic, Invincible's first official appearance was in this issue of Savage Dragon, which is pretty hilarious. 
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muscles like this! posted:Yeah, Red Rush punching Nolan actually tears his costume and visibly injures him, so it seems safe to assume that he was doing some real damage. That sequence reminded me of the speeders in Uber.
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I’m a little bummed they sacrificed the cult of Burger Mart garbage in London for the secret service step-dad and his son, but I am curious what other side gags from the comics those two will probably also absorb.
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Yeah, this thread is a lot of fun, I’m loving the angles everyone’s coming at the story from.
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Brexit really broke some blokes.
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Could’ve been even more stupid and called him Captain Image.
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I don’t remember where I read it, but Steven Yeun made it seem like he’s in it for the long haul (book spoilers) Mark ages from a teenager to an adult and a parent in the comics, Steven talked with Kirkman and said he’s purposefully playing Mark’s voice as younger in this first season because he knows how much the character grows and wants the voice to age with the character. E: it’s from this nytimes interview with Kirkman, but there are book spoilers in the link, so here’s the relevant quote from the article. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/...tp1LcYlOTEZHp14 quote:While the series has just started, he and Yeun already have Mark’s future in mind. “In the very earliest recording sessions, Steven pulled me aside and said, “I’m trying to play him as very young and naïve because I know where the character goes and I want to be able to change my voice over time,’ ” Kirkman said. “I don’t know exactly how many seasons the show will run at this point, but the goal is to tell that complete story.” ruddiger fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Apr 14, 2021 |
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Since Science Dog was turned into Seance Dog for the show, I wonder if we’re going to get
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zoux posted:Average Dragon After Dragon's son Malcolm takes over the book, Dragon loses his super powers, so he's just a regular dude with green skin and a fin on his head. Erik had this strip run in the letters page.  Ccs posted:Salvage Dragon. He's got a mechanical arm, but it's like, steampunk-ish. Bill Sienkiewicz drew this in my Savage Dragon sketchbook years ago.  Tarquinn posted:Savate Dragon. Same character, but more kickboxing and a french accent.  (Disclaimer: I'm a huge nerd for Erik Larsen)
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double negative posted:yeah. especially them doing the old mark disappears/invincible appears mid-battle, with amber being none the wiser. i get what they’re building towards, but it’s very tired Yeah, but the long pause on William before he blurts out “Mark?!” was goddamn hilarious.
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zoux posted:I've never read Savage Dragon is it unequivocally good? I'm obviously incredibly biased, but I honestly think it's one of the best books that has ever been published. It's so much more than it's traditionally linear comic book story, it's a creative tour de force that encompasses the entire history of comics. Larsen bridges the gap between indie publisher and the established status quo, and in that position he can incorporate the best of both worlds in his narrative. Savage Dragon's storyline runs in real time, but it also runs through almost every facet of comics storytelling imaginable. Larsen tears down and reconstructs the book constantly, the real time nature of the storytelling turns the narrative into an ongoing thesis on the format of comic books itself. Whether it's Daredevil-style man on the street stories or FF-style cosmic adventures, to the flip side and turning the book into a Fabulous Furry Freak Bros road trip, or a R. Crumb inspired sex romp, every choice Larsen makes is informed by the history of the format itself. He's also constantly playing with his art style. The early 90s Image style eventually gives way to a more Kirby-esque influence as the series goes on (the book goes full Kamandi around issue 75), but he's also experimented with heavy inks ala Frank Miller and the very open line art of the European artists. One of his recent issues (252) was a salute to the classic Sunday funnies, every page dedicated to a different comic strip and the art style associated with it. It's also one of the few places where you can see characters grow in real time as well. I think the only other time I've seen this type of storytelling mastered was in the movie Boyhood. Watching Malcolm Dragon grow from a baby in the late 90s to an adult man with his own passions and motivations has been a journey like no other, he's truly one of the most unique characters of the 21st century, and it's exciting knowing that in the coming years we can watch his children grow and experience a whole new ride through their eyes. also, there's boobies and people exploding into chunks. ruddiger fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Apr 17, 2021 |
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Collateral posted:I just started the comic and...does the artist ever figure out how to draw noses? Which artist? Cory Walker leaves the book after the first story arc, and Ryan Ottley’s art jumps leaps and bounds from his early issues. Walker eventually comes back for some fill-in issues with an even more aggressive style which I loved (he also worked on Destroyer with Kirkman over at Marvel).
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Collapsing Farts posted:It may be a bit childish but I enjoyed the gore in this silly cartoon. Does it keep the ultraviolence going forward? That's basically what I find novel about this otherwise unremarkable animation Think Story of Ricky and add spandex
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Yeah, that was pretty cool, and they nailed the “you should’ve stayed dead” and the “we have to talk” lines perfectly. Walton Goggins loving killed it this episode too. ruddiger fucked around with this message at 15:41 on Apr 23, 2021 |
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VagueRant posted:We saw the kaiju in a previous ep, right? I swear they set it up, but I can't remember. Yeah, they showed Nolan fighting it on the news in a previous ep
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One thing I couldn’t help compare with the Boys was the invisible wetworks team in the Grayson house and how it mirrored the cabin scene with Homelander and the dispatch team he dealt with.
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Phenotype posted:oh my god all the Viltrum men are rocking the giant cop stache This is my favorite spoiler of all time
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VagueRant posted:Probably not meant to think about this but how did Mark's teeth come back? Can Viltrumites regenerate adult teeth? Maybe they shoved the broken teeth back into the sockets and viltrumites can remend them as long as the parts are being held in place? I dunno. ruddiger fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Apr 30, 2021 |
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Nikumatic posted:Absolutely just stick with the core comics, you don’t need to know about all the other Image wieners who show up outside of what’s presented in the main through line. Are you calling time honored characters like Pitt and Youngblood wieners? Fair enough.
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I seriously couldn’t stop laughing when Nolan punched Mark so hard he detonated a chunk of downtown Chicago. JK Simmons line delivery in that moment was amazing.
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I’m assuming the train gag in this season is (book spoilers) going to have a loooooooong term visual payoff from the end of the books which I’m not going to describe since it’s a long ways away from the current storyline.
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There’s a Korean/Mexican fusion food truck in Los Angeles that’s pretty amazing. This has zero relevance to Invincible but I think I know what I’m getting for dinner tonight.
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I was reading the last issue of the series (no spoilers, I promise) and Kirkman mentions in the outro that he originally was going to put the Nolan turn in like issue 25, Jim Valentino (head of Image Comics at the time) was like "dude, your book won't make it to issue 25 if you don't have a hook, move it up to issue 12" and he eventually moved it up to issue 7. Before the Nolan hook landed, sales were waning hard and he mentions the book looked like it wasn't even going to make it to issue 12, but then word of mouth started buzzing, sales picked up, and eventually Kirkman would become, well, Kirkman, and Invincible would last for 144 issues. Crazy.
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Kulkasha posted:I can only imagine what would have happened if someone like Kirby was able to work in such a company during his time. Kirby did do an Image book! Phantom Force! It’s kinda a mess but was made with the best of intentions and gave Kirby the biggest pay day of his comics career. The cartoonist kayfabe fellas did a video on it that’s really good and informative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPoVrCX1ah8 Good Citizen posted:Savage Dragonballs
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Open Source Idiom posted:I assumed it was two things: a Martian infiltrator on the shuttle and a possessed human still on Mars. Correct. Speaking of violence in comic movies 
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Azhais posted:Certainly more than the comic, their introduction there was everyone getting paged to go to the secret base I did like the gimmick they used in the comic to introduce the guardians. Kirkman got different artists to do each Guardian’s intro in a different style fitting the character (War Woman’s art was very Kirbyesque work from Mark Englert, Dave Johnson drew Aquarius’ intro, Cliff Rathburn did Green Ghost, etc).
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Zaphod42 posted:He saved the first men on Mars from getting killed by Martians, This reminds me, in the comics, the country throws a huge parade to honor Invincible for saving the Mars mission astronauts, but the only time you get to see it is on the cover 
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Wheeee posted:Indefatigable 
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Doc Seismic felt like a Venture Bros villain.
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Mr Interweb posted:can someone explain why it was okay for amber to be mad at mark for not telling her his secret, even though she was yelling at him for running away when the humanoid thing on the college campus attacked? There’s an offhand remark from Cecil that they found dna evidence in Darkblood’s detective office, Nolan used the gore on his suit to frame the demon detective.
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Jedit posted:Cecil straight up says he knew Omni-Man killed the Guardians but was holding back until he knew the reason for it. That's why he banishes Damien Darkblood for coming too close to finding out. This isn't subtext, it's just text. On first watch you don’t really notice, but once you know it’s coming, it’s pretty apparent Cecil knows as soon as he’s talking with Nolan in the hospital.
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Mark’s a “lovely boyfriend” because he’s processing all the trauma induced ptsd that comes with being a superhero. There’s a reason why they showed how badly mangled that old lady he tried to save was on his first outing. Whether Amber acknowledges his trauma or not is irrelevant. It’s like being mad at a veteran for waking up screaming from night terrors, or mad at the wife who has to live with it. It’s not because he’s an inconsiderate sleeper or because she’s selfish. It’s because he has a head full of hosed up memories and living with someone who has that is an ongoing process.
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Zaphod42 posted:And if you woke up with night terrors every night, but when your wife expressed concern you refused to talk about it, I would expect serious conflict in the relationship. Did you stop reading before this part? quote:living with someone who has that is an ongoing process. “Ongoing process” would indicate serious discussions and definitely therapy, sorry that I didn’t spell it out for you.
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stratdax posted:Ha yeah what a loser, this (fictional, cartoon) teenager should be reading comics and fantasy novels like I did instead. She read the Seance Dog comic while waiting in his room! Seance Dog spin off when?
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Zaphod42 posted:Dangerously close to comic spoilers there. So dangerous you still have it quoted. 
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ruddiger fucked around with this message at 08:17 on May 14, 2021 |
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Facebook is rife with white supremacists who have nothing better to do than shitpost about poc in media/politics/their neighborhoods/etc.
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I like Mantzouskis’ Rex Splode. ruddiger fucked around with this message at 06:57 on Aug 22, 2021 |
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What if the show is following one of the alternate universe Invincibles from the Invincible War storyline.
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