I haven't heard shit from my college but I think it's happening.Yo, WVU is having us all switch to online classes after spring break next week lol.
I haven't heard shit from my college but I think it's happening.Yo, WVU is having us all switch to online classes after spring break next week lol.
I'm considering maybe making my next comic purchase an omnibus. Never gotten one before, so might as well start now. But the question is...which one to start with. 🤔
It probably will, sounds like a bunch of them just announced today and im sure others are discussing it and trying to figure out how to get everyone set up for the online only classes. Plus, theres not even a confirmed case in my state yet, so this was not expected. Sounds like Summer classes will probably be the same.I haven't heard shit from my college but I think it's happening.
Xavier's the idealist and by comparison I feel like Apocalypse is more pragmatic. He's not as much of an idealist as Xavier, but he clearly he as a vision of Krakoa. He's more of a pragmatic person. Magneto is constantly establishing the superiority angle because he knows what humans are capable of so he's scaring them and going "make a move. I dare you. We'll fuck you up." Apocalypse gives zero fucks and is just doing his own thing.Apocalypse will tell it to you straight, Xavier and Magneto come off like they'll you how we're Above This but then doing some fuck shit in the background.
Oh no
I bet Orlando would make a really good Quicksilver book
This is true
Shade the Changing Girl/Shade the Changing Woman was 2016-2018. Boy is that a tripI recently caught up on Immortal Hulk and Harleen, which were great. What are some recent(I have read a lot of older/famous graphic novels) arcs or comics that are as well done and also have a more psychological focus? I really like both series getting in depth into characters. I don't read too many recent ongoing comics besides the new Dawn of X or Hickman.
Polygon actually got the alternate pages drawn, if fans had voted for Jason Todd to survive.
I miss this. This was Tim Seeley right? Man this was so cool. Man quick someone needs to pull the pitched concept art for Blade's daughter because that was fucking cool.Recently,
An announced but never made Blade series from like 2015.
I just picked up Gail Simone's Wonder Woman and it is gooooooorgeoussssssI'm considering maybe making my next comic purchase an omnibus. Never gotten one before, so might as well start now. But the question is...which one to start with. 🤔
Soon.Yo, WVU is having us all switch to online classes after spring break next week lol.
LOL the Bruce WIllis movie was a comic?
It was a comic first, dude.
Yeah that's what I mean, it was a comic first. Huh.
I'll have class all day on the day it releases unless my college closes in the next month due to the virus.The Astonishing X-Men Omnibus from Whedon and Cassaday is getting reprinted really soon (April 8 on IST). It's standalone, is one of the best Marvel stories ever told, and is a must-have for any collection. Highly recommended.
It will sell out quick tho, but if you get it as soon as it goes up you'll get 50% off, which will be just $50, and you'll get free shipping!
Noted thanks!Gotham Central is a beautiful book. Or Batman and Robin by Tomasi and Gleason is top tier Batman.
That one looks great and is a consideration.I just picked up Gail Simone's Wonder Woman and it is gooooooorgeoussssss
And also an outstanding run of superhero comics. One of my absolute favorites and I only read it for the first time this past Christmas season. Legit top 5.
The Losers was another comic no one remembers that they made a movie out of.Yeah that's what I mean, it was a comic first. Huh.
Next you'll tell me Road to Perdition was a comic...*sniff*
And 2 Guns lolThe Losers was another comic no one remembers that they made a movie out of.
That and RED and they looked like the same damn movie.The Losers was another comic no one remembers that they made a movie out of.
The Room
Diana leads a squad of gorilla soldiers to fight NazisI'll have class all day on the day it releases unless my college closes in the next month due to the virus.
Noted thanks!
That one looks great and is a consideration.
Losers was great! Jock did the art on the book.
Batman!
Goes to IST and looks at price.
Oh You'd like to believe it was anything that wasn't what I'm 90% was an Albanian college student's film class final project that somehow made it on to Netflix
I don't think they could have cast three actresses I hate more.Don't forget the The Kitchen movie.
Vertigo movies are cursed.
I couldn't remember this movie even coming out last year. Which says enough on what this movie is.Don't forget the The Kitchen movie.
Vertigo movies are cursed.
The shit is thisDon't forget the The Kitchen movie.
Vertigo movies are cursed.
...huhScarecrow was added toward the end of this book, which was fun. He was a book-loving teacher who was teased for his shabby clothes. He decided to threaten and kill people for more money for more books, scaring them with his Scarecrow guise. Meanwhile, a fear toxin did crop up but not related to Scarecrow.
I don't think they could have cast three actresses I hate more.
It's about 3 women living in 1970's Hell's Kitchen and something involving mobs.
Truly insane how fast you read that. Impressed.All done with Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1. the final third of the book was definitely the least interesting of it. Very this on interesting changes or additions, plus a clear trend toward moral lessons over pulpy action and mystery. Very formulaic, which is to be expected and probably only gets worse through the rest of the golden age.
Scarecrow was added toward the end of this book, which was fun. He was a book-loving teacher who was teased for his shabby clothes. He decided to threaten and kill people for more money for more books, scaring them with his Scarecrow guise. Meanwhile, a fear toxin did crop up but not related to Scarecrow. Joker also dropped a riddle. Seeds for ideas that will crop up in the future.
Batman didn't get any new tools in this final bit of the book, but he did trade in his normal car Batmobile (which swapped between red and blue issue to issue) for a silly-looking new Batmobile with the traditional batwing-like flares on the back and a big Batman face on the front. Just like the Batplane (that could turn into a boat!). Batman even mostly stopped using the choking gas pellets from his toolbelt.
The book heavily suffers from the most recurring villain being just generic mobsters. There's no depth to these characters or their motivations. They rob banks, do protection rackets, and constantly plot to steal jewels and stock and shit from the rich. And apparently breed like rabbits. The only thing worse than them is the racist caricatures, mostly of Asians. I don't think there's been a speaking role for a black character yet. Incredibly sad stuff to reflect on.
One thing I am surprised by is the continued deaths. Mobsters and rich victims die in quantity book to book. Batman himself is rarely directly involved in the deaths any more (tho he does still punch dudes off buildings/trains/etc. from time to time). I keep waiting for this stuff to stop, but maybe it stays through the Golden Age?
Really interesting overall, given I know very little about this era from comics. I'll admit I've found I have less emotional sentimentality for it than I expected, though. I mentioned in a different post about the book how much I genuinely care about and enjoy early Spider-Man. Not so much Batman, I guess.
edit: backlog RNG has picked the Brubaker Criminal Deluxe Editions! oh shit yes.
VanWinkle in live action:
mon/tue is my weekend and i had a mind to finish.
You don't read comics. Only collect themI used to read comics fast once upon a time. Sometimes I still do, but lately I've been in a rut.
It inspires me to finish my 12-issue Booster Gold HC that I've been reading for the last two months.
I don't even do a good job collecting them. Haven't made an IST order is two months.You don't read comics. Only collect them
It's been my head canon for all these years and hasn't changed
I don't even do a good job collecting them. Haven't made an IST order is two months.
Will say this, though. I just counted my DC omnis, of which there are 45, and I've only not read 4 of them. 65 DC deluxe editions and haven't read three of them.
Now, Marvel, I have 22 omnis and haven't read 8 of them.
As someone who has met Tommy Wiseau twice, I think this is very funny. That's exactly how I described him. An alien.
Me, too. Like 4 months or so now.I used to read comics fast once upon a time. Sometimes I still do, but lately I've been in a rut.
Hahaha. I say this probably like once a week and have for a long time, and it's all because of Greg.
that's pretty good. pretty pretty good. i wish my backlog was below 20. my reading's already booked for 2020, i'm pretty sure.I don't even do a good job collecting them. Haven't made an IST order is two months.
Will say this, though. I just counted my DC omnis, of which there are 45, and I've only not read 4 of them. 65 DC deluxe editions and haven't read three of them.
Now, Marvel, I have 22 omnis and haven't read 8 of them.
It sounds good, but when it comes to trades I have dozens and dozens yet to be read.that's pretty good. pretty pretty good. i wish my backlog was below 20. my reading's already booked for 2020, i'm pretty sure.
that's pretty good. pretty pretty good. i wish my backlog was below 20. my reading's already booked for 2020, i'm pretty sure.
Mine, too. It's shameful.
My friends made me watch Over the Garden Wall like 3 years ago and it's now permanently in my regular lexicon.Hahaha. I say this probably like once a week and have for a long time, and it's all because of Greg.
I'll probably never read half of mine. 🐍
I enjoyed it way back when, but I haven't kept up with the new ongoing. I liked Fatale, too. Which was basically Criminal with a supernatural twist.