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Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

site posted:

was only worth maybe 4 tho

As someone who's been reading Hickman since Nightly News and loves the Krakoa era... Yes.

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Joe Fisto
Dec 6, 2002

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.
When I run for president one of my campaign promises will be to make comics 25 cents again. I hope I can count on your support.

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Nov 8, 2018

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Joe Fisto posted:

When I run for president one of my campaign promises will be to make comics 25 cents again. I hope I can count on your support.

And make them injurious to the morals of our nation’s youth. Retvrn

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


The QAA podcast recently did an episode about Frederic Wertham and how a 2012 study discovered that Wertham "manipulated, overstated, compromised and fabricated evidence" by doing stuff like editing or even making up quotes.

Conrad_Birdie
Jul 10, 2009

I WAS THERE
WHEN CODY RHODES
FINISHED THE STORY
No poo poo

Random Stranger
Nov 27, 2009



muscles like this! posted:

The QAA podcast recently did an episode about Frederic Wertham and how a 2012 study discovered that Wertham "manipulated, overstated, compromised and fabricated evidence" by doing stuff like editing or even making up quotes.

A psychiatrist faking research data to give them the predermined outcome they want which also happens to be sensationalist and sells copies of their book? Why such a thing is unheard of, and definitely not what the vast majority of the field is built on.

ruddiger
Jun 3, 2004

Tim Odland (Eye of Odin) is auctioning original art to fund his medical bills, if you or someone you know is in the Utah area, help spread the word.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4i16GYRKR7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Tess Fowler (Rat Queens) is also selling a lot of original art currently on her store envy page, buy some art to help pay the bills.

https://tessfowler.storenvy.com/

Soonmot
Dec 19, 2002

Entrapta fucking loves robots




Grimey Drawer
I'm in the process of going through my old trades and seeing what I can get on Kindle since my eyes are going and I dislike having to wear glasses to read the physical books instead of throwing them up on my tv screen through the laptop. It's looking like I'm gonna have to rebuy Astro City, are the metrobooks vol 1-4 the new complete collection? I had all the early stuff, but started missing issues when I moved away from buying physical copies and the book kept relaunching and switching publishers.

Senior Woodchuck
Aug 29, 2006

When you're lost out there and you're all alone, a light is waiting to carry you home
Yep, the Metrobooks are collecting the whole shebang in order. I think Vol. 5 comes out soon?

drrockso20
May 6, 2013

Has Not Actually Done Cocaine
Yeah volume 5 just came out

Sentinel Red
Nov 13, 2007
Style > Content.
Aw man, Mark (MD) Bright has died. He was basically *the* Iron Man artist to me, I loved his stuff.

Random Stranger
Nov 27, 2009



Sentinel Red posted:

Aw man, Mark (MD) Bright has died. He was basically *the* Iron Man artist to me, I loved his stuff.

He was great and I feel like he never got the attention he deserved. He had such a fluid sense of motion...

thetoughestbean
Apr 27, 2013

Keep On Shroomin
The annual Comics Beat analysis of graphic novel sales for 2023 has been posted.

The main takeaways: goddamn, Dav Pilkey makes money.

Soonmot
Dec 19, 2002

Entrapta fucking loves robots




Grimey Drawer
A discord I'm in was talking about Fable a few weeks ago, warning a new reader about Willingham's agenda in the later books. I was curious to see how they held up since I haven't read them in years and within the first couple pages, Snow White is already saying that social programs are government coddling, so I guess the signs were always there the whole time .

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thetoughestbean posted:

The annual Comics Beat analysis of graphic novel sales for 2023 has been posted.

The main takeaways: goddamn, Dav Pilkey makes money.

It is absolutely shameful that Marvel can’t move Spider-Man books.

Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS

Soonmot posted:

A discord I'm in was talking about Fable a few weeks ago, warning a new reader about Willingham's agenda in the later books. I was curious to see how they held up since I haven't read them in years and within the first couple pages, Snow White is already saying that social programs are government coddling, so I guess the signs were always there the whole time .

Ugh is he a chud? I haven't thought of him since Fables

RevKrule
Jul 9, 2001

Thrilling the forums since 2001

Medullah posted:

Ugh is he a chud? I haven't thought of him since Fables

And how! He's an extreme zionist and incorporates that pretty heavily into Fables too. It starts very small and subtle and as the series grew in popularity he become much more obvious about it.

Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

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RevKrule posted:

And how! He's an extreme zionist and incorporates that pretty heavily into Fables too. It starts very small and subtle and as the series grew in popularity he become much more obvious about it.

I read through the entire series but that was when I was innocent and didn't pay attention to politics. :(

I actually have the revival of it in my pulls but haven't read it yet...guess I'll cancel that

JordanKai
Aug 19, 2011

Get high and think of me.


thetoughestbean posted:

The annual Comics Beat analysis of graphic novel sales for 2023 has been posted.

The main takeaways: goddamn, Dav Pilkey makes money.

Glad to hear They Called Us Enemy is still selling well. It's an incredible read.

StumblyWumbly
Sep 12, 2007

Batmanticore!
Willingham wrote for Breitbart at one point, so not much question where his politics is.

The politics is pretty easy to ignore for a lot of Fables because it is a pretty easy parody to say Snow White, who worked her way up (with some help from her fairy godmother) is a small gov't conservative, but that angle is never really examined and there are a few places where the mask really slips.

Bigby goes on a pro-Israel rant for a page and a half, and that's aged pretty poorly.

Soonmot
Dec 19, 2002

Entrapta fucking loves robots




Grimey Drawer
yeah that and witch using abortions to power her magic were the big ones. I do agree that writers can and should write characters with views that are not the writer's own, but knowing what we know now, that mask started slipping early.

In the second trade and Goldilocks being a parody of a leftist revolutionary hits the same feeling.

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I got the first issue of Penthouse Comics because I wanted to support that kind of thing, especially now that Heavy Metal is dead. But it wasn’t very good. I’m not sure why they decided to do all crime stories. I think the second issue comes out this week but I’m not sure if my desire to support comics for grownups is enough to get me to buy it.

RevKrule
Jul 9, 2001

Thrilling the forums since 2001

I had been wondering about Penthouse Comics. I've been seeing a lot of very good artists on covers but hadn't heard much about the interiors. Sad that it's much worse quality. I too would like to support (good) comics for grownups.

ruddiger
Jun 3, 2004

Didn’t they use AI art for one of the covers?

Gripweed
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RevKrule posted:

I had been wondering about Penthouse Comics. I've been seeing a lot of very good artists on covers but hadn't heard much about the interiors. Sad that it's much worse quality. I too would like to support (good) comics for grownups.

The art is great, it’s the stories that are ho hum. And too samey, imo, all crime stuff. And the porno pages at the back are just a topless lady who looks slightly angry on a motorcycle. I was expecting them to go a little artier or high concept with it.

ruddiger posted:

Didn’t they use AI art for one of the covers?

Yeah there’s a big thing in the first issue where they apologize for that.

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Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Gripweed posted:

Heavy Metal is dead.

Heavy Metal's dead? Wow.

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