Too late, I already did, but don't worry, I balanced it out with some manga! Got around learning about Layers of Fear by Junji Ito from 2017, and that was.... quite something.
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Too late, I already did, but don't worry, I balanced it out with some manga! Got around learning about Layers of Fear by Junji Ito from 2017, and that was.... quite something.
The books are usually up around 11 PST, sometimes earlier. It was like that last year as well.
Is this a Marvel thing? Cause I am damn sure I had to wait for DC stuff till midnight.
Why is there a non-Director's Cut version of Magnificent Ms. Marvel #1 up on CMX this week? Is this a new Marvel experiement to get an extra $1 out of people to read a book earlier?
The Director's Cut was $4 on the week of release and then the next week the raised the price and put out a regular version at the old price. They did the same thing with Daredevil.
I wanted to when I was younger, but my parents were like fuck no those are expensive. Now I haven't had the urge to, but man those books are always super nice.
I used to, but everything becomes so outdated so quickly in comics, why even bother?
Also this. By the time one of those comes out, I'm sure a character's full status quo has changed and their profile isn't relevant anymore.
Basically they look good on the shelf, but they're mostly for people who like these characters but don't want to spend the ton of time investing in them that is required with comics.
Which is silly, because an hour on the DC/Marvel/Image/etc Wiki or Wikipedia will tell them all they need to know on damn near everything.
Now that State of Play and moving house are mostly done, I can slowly reintegrate myself back into society...
First up - ya'll been recommending/talking about Venom... thank you. Picked up the first few issues and enjoying it. Great work by the creative team on a character who is very, very easy to get wrong. Does it maintain this general quality throughout?
Second - anyone read Batman: White Knight? Worth picking up?
Thirdly - for those who were interested in my imminent sci-fi-/fantasy short story anthology (Deadlier Than... ), here's some new artwork from one of the tales (a genre story about mental health and discrimination called The Cure for Fire):
Very lucky to be working with an amazing art team on that story - Olivia Samson (Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins), Ted Brandt (Mighty Captain Marvel; CROWDED) and Kit Buss (Critical Role: Season 1; Cloven: Bloodlines).
Currently a couple of high profile pros have some nice stuff to say about Deadlier Than... which will give us a nice little extra push during the forthcoming pre-order campaign, so if I'm lucky enough that any of you stumble across it in the wilds of the 'net, don't be afraid to say hi :)
First up - ya'll been recommending/talking about Venom... thank you. Picked up the first few issues and enjoying it. Great work by the creative team on a character who is very, very easy to get wrong. Does it maintain this general quality throughout?
Second - anyone read Batman: White Knight? Worth picking up?
Thirdly - for those who were interested in my imminent sci-fi-/fantasy short story anthology (Deadlier Than... ), here's some new artwork from one of the tales (a genre story about mental health and discrimination called The Cure for Fire):
Very lucky to be working with an amazing art team on that story - Olivia Samson (Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins), Ted Brandt (Mighty Captain Marvel; CROWDED) and Kit Buss (Critical Role: Season 1; Cloven: Bloodlines).
Currently a couple of high profile pros have some nice stuff to say about Deadlier Than... which will give us a nice little extra push during the forthcoming pre-order campaign, so if I'm lucky enough that any of you stumble across it in the wilds of the 'net, don't be afraid to say hi :)
I really enjoyed the Vampire Arc in Avengers. The twist at end was a bit cliche and cheap, but otherwise it was pretty good. Hopefully we see more Red Widow soon.
Yes.
Yes.
No no no nonononono no no not this again no please not again
Whoa! That anthology looks interesting. And you have Ted Brandt? That's cool
I have the most recent DC Encyclopedia and plan to get the new Marvel one when it releases soon.
They are pretty, filled with great art and designed to attract your attention on each page. Basically good coffee table books but not close to as good as just reading a wiki for real insight. You get blurbs that give minimal info, just enough to understand the basics, but the books aren't really made for research. Still, they are fun to flip through and look at the pretty pics, and get a few sentences on background if that is enough for you.
I bought the DC Encyclopedia a few years ago....to play Scribblenauts Unmasked. They used it as a reference, so every character listed in the book is in the game.
I then bought the Marvel one a month or two later because it seemed lonely. I tend to get a lot of these style of books from friends in Secret Santas and such (in fairness, it's a nice gesture, and they usually don't have a clue what to buy me).
Cheers.
Wait, what hornet's nest have I accidentally kicked...?
Thanks! Yeah, it's a bit of a long story in terms of how Ted got involved, but I'm glad that he did - sterling work. There's a bit more info on a whole here.
EDIT: And a fellow Mother 3 fan, I see ;-)
Some thoughts on Tec 1000.
The best story by far is the Denny O'Neil/Steve Epting story, followed by Ellis/Clooney. The Synder/Capullo story is legitimately the first Batman thing by Snyder I've liked, but good lord does Capullo draw the worst
I've ever seen. Bendis/Maleev was fine for what it was, as was Priest/Adams. Tynion/Martinez-Bueno was really good. Johns/Jones could have been good if it wasn't marred by some of the laziest Kelley Jones art I've ever seen. Hands down the worst thing in it is the Tom King bit. It's kind of amazing how little feel he still has for the extended Batfamily's voices.
The best story by far is the Denny O'Neil/Steve Epting story, followed by Ellis/Clooney. The Synder/Capullo story is legitimately the first Batman thing by Snyder I've liked, but good lord does Capullo draw the worst
Elongated Man
anybody read the Cloak & Dagger book by Dennis Hopeless? saw the trade on IST, wondering if it's any good
Umbrella Academy #6 out today, they brought something in from the TV series that I was really hoping they'd incorporate.
They went up early cause of Tec 1000. They definitely went up early last night.
Theres a free War of the Realms teaser issue thing out today.
Its kind of a running joke here.
Wow. Okay, asked and now answered. I won't inquire why it's such a car wreck, but I'm definitely curious...
I definitely missed it. The Comics thread here moves at a pace I can't keep up with.
Ain't that the truth. (That said, I'm still on the line of thinking that the series is being remade. No insider info, just based on the current industry climate, having worked with all three companies and how strange the whole back and forth has been. But that's enough OT).
I've never read it to be clear, just a running joke in here
supposedly for being bad but then again there are people here who would dare to suggest that Maximum Carnage is anything but a literary classic
White Knight has great SGM art but the writing is nowhere near the quality of the art. SGM writes Joker almost like a self-insert character and it's super hokey. It's not the worst thing in the world, it's worth a read if you're curious at all
Thank you - I was getting the odd reviews which said similar, but there was an overwhelming positive slant drowning this out.
Last issue was the Gnarrk, Harley, Booster vignettes with the end being Booster seeing Wally cradling Arsenal and then blasting him, and Harley seeing Booster blast Wally and attacking him, setting up the very beginning of the series.
Ramos was great last issue but there's some whack stuff this time around. That flashback MJ is horrifying. Hunted has been amazing so far otherwise, the suspense is real.
No one talks like human beings, the issue is a giant waste of time and Mann just wants to draw cheesecake. I was right too.
I read Duwang when I was reading JoJo years ago!
Just thinking about it, get a feeling so complicated.
At this point I can easily say Identity Crisis is less offensive that HiC. What an unmitigated smear.
I've had a few over the years. As others say, they were much cooler pre-Wikipedia. They typically look great at least.
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let's not forget he also wrote and illustrated a book called "Punk Rock Jesus", which I'm assuming was based on the Kid Rock album of the same name
If you read it as an isekai, it's okay.
Also what's this PlayStation thing, I thought you were in animation.
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