I got a booster box from UKamazon today after only two days, but I do have Prime.
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COMICS!!! |OT| March 2020 | According to Ireland, St. Patrick threw all the snakes out of ComicERA. He missed some.
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I got a booster box from UKamazon today after only two days, but I do have Prime.
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I think the majority of those people are the ones shopping at places like Barnes and Noble or Walden Books.
Just give it some time. I ordered a book like 3 weeks ago and finally got it yesterday. I got a message that the post office had to request a delay, so they must just be getting hit hard. Maybe try contacting UPS also.
yar i did a form letter thing to ups, but i can't tell if it's reliable. usps is much easier to get in contact with.
It's what happens when a movement like Comicsgate is based upon the bitterness of its founders (EVS and D&C).
The ironic thing is the industry collapsing on itself would only hurt what they consider traditional comics.
More Inclusive tiles featuring women, PoC, and LGBT+, and books aimed at those markets would be safe as they've already showed their strength in the graphic novel market and as well as online platforms like Webtoon.
Meanwhile Comicsgate and it's founders don't have vision to change any paradigms or make meaningful change or splashes in the medium other than lining their own pockets by fleecing their fanbases.
You know people hate on Joker and his over saturation right now, but he's the best thing to happen to Nightwing since Percy's post-bullet concept that never will make it to page
It may still be good. I have had some packages recently arrive where tracking disappeared for a good week and worried they wouldn't show. Suddenly one morning an update and its out for delivery.
I suppose if you must choose ONLY one medium, art would suffice
And here we thought enjoying Shonen art was going to be our new future.
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I like physical so I can sell it if I beat it quick enough and I'm too lazy to transfer stuff over on the Switch. PS4 I'm fine with but if I'm already pay the same price, I prefer physical.
Hello, ComicsERA.
Thanks to the delay or cancellation of new comics, it's time to...actually do something about my digital comics backlog!
In that spirit, I've been looking back through the early volumes of the Giffen and DeMatteis Justice League International. I've read some of this run before, but not all of it. It's been pretty enjoyable so far, but I had forgotten just how quickly the book becomes more of a sitcom than the typical JL run from both before and after this era. I believe they've said the original intent wasn't to aim for comedy as an approach, at least not on purpose, yet it still ends up squarely in that territory, even though they go on more or less serious adventures featuring death and destruction. While some of the jokes are either dated or politically incorrect, naturally enough, I think it still provides a good lighthearted tone for the book.
The cast does have a significant amount of chemistry, which is nice considering all the rotations in this particular roster. Captain Marvel seemed like a promising inclusion and ultimately doesn't stay around. Dr. Light, the second one, is on the cover but technically isn't even a real member either. At least Dr. Fate does remain for an arc or so, though I am not sure if this portrayal of the mystical side of DC was seen as internally consistent at the time. I'd add that the art by Kevin Maguire holds up pretty well, yet it's surprising to notice how he doesn't draw nearly as much of this run as I had thought.
This recent re-read also make me recall that the Millennium crossover was a thing...a very, very strange thing. And yes, Maxwell Lord was always an asshole even before they made him go full villain in subsequent decades. They probably didn't need to go that far, arguably, but the guy wasn't exactly a class act. He's a total con man.
On an unrelated note, I am thinking about checking out Godland by Joe Casey and Tom Scioli next. I admit that my purchase was mostly based on the Kirby-style art, which is always a valid reason to pick up a comic book even if you might not necessarily like the rest of the contents, but I hope the book itself is decent.
PS: I read the earlier posts on Code Geass and...man, I guess BKatastrophe is my official anime enemy now.
You can't pay me enough to rewatch Bleach. No, not even in my currently unemployed state. Yet I've seen CG a few times and, flaws and all, I still like it a lot more.
Thanks to the delay or cancellation of new comics, it's time to...actually do something about my digital comics backlog!
In that spirit, I've been looking back through the early volumes of the Giffen and DeMatteis Justice League International. I've read some of this run before, but not all of it. It's been pretty enjoyable so far, but I had forgotten just how quickly the book becomes more of a sitcom than the typical JL run from both before and after this era. I believe they've said the original intent wasn't to aim for comedy as an approach, at least not on purpose, yet it still ends up squarely in that territory, even though they go on more or less serious adventures featuring death and destruction. While some of the jokes are either dated or politically incorrect, naturally enough, I think it still provides a good lighthearted tone for the book.
The cast does have a significant amount of chemistry, which is nice considering all the rotations in this particular roster. Captain Marvel seemed like a promising inclusion and ultimately doesn't stay around. Dr. Light, the second one, is on the cover but technically isn't even a real member either. At least Dr. Fate does remain for an arc or so, though I am not sure if this portrayal of the mystical side of DC was seen as internally consistent at the time. I'd add that the art by Kevin Maguire holds up pretty well, yet it's surprising to notice how he doesn't draw nearly as much of this run as I had thought.
This recent re-read also make me recall that the Millennium crossover was a thing...a very, very strange thing. And yes, Maxwell Lord was always an asshole even before they made him go full villain in subsequent decades. They probably didn't need to go that far, arguably, but the guy wasn't exactly a class act. He's a total con man.
On an unrelated note, I am thinking about checking out Godland by Joe Casey and Tom Scioli next. I admit that my purchase was mostly based on the Kirby-style art, which is always a valid reason to pick up a comic book even if you might not necessarily like the rest of the contents, but I hope the book itself is decent.
PS: I read the earlier posts on Code Geass and...man, I guess BKatastrophe is my official anime enemy now.
You can't pay me enough to rewatch Bleach. No, not even in my currently unemployed state. Yet I've seen CG a few times and, flaws and all, I still like it a lot more.
Stop copying me! You did this earlier with the Murphy post, too. 😂 😂 😂
I wish you luck. Like me trying to go back to FF14, it's impossible to wait that long.
Thankfully some jerk already spoiled what happened to Aerith in the 90's. I won't tell you guys tho!
😛 No.
I don't do it intentionally lol. But I'll stop anyways to not have repeated jokes.
Also I keep getting these Era security errors that make it annoying to post.
#4 issues in.
This is pretty dope and I like how space is treated like it's, well, a sea. It reminds me a lot of Low, like how in that story they're all underwater but it often feels like they're actually in space where here they're in space but it's all drawn like it's a sea. Definitely scratches the same itch.
#4 issues in.
This is pretty dope and I like how space is treated like it's, well, a sea. It reminds me a lot of Low, like how in that story they're all underwater but it often feels like they're actually in space where here they're in space but it's all drawn like it's a sea. Definitely scratches the same itch.
That's a very nice cover and, as much as the "space = sea" comparison has probably been done to death over the years, it's a fitting one to see done well.
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Ooh, this looks interesting. Have to look it up.
The one thing I need to know about remake is how far they get and if there's enough added content to make it worthwhile. After that I'm all spoilers all the time.
great writeup! what made you dive into JLI first and what's next in your backlog?
also, there are no allies in anime. just look at how aimless stole everyone's waifus.
Thanks!
I wasn't reading too many comics when the book was actually new, but after seeing some of the art years later...I thought Scioli really captured the right look.
This one takes a bit of a different take on that. Usually (at least from what I've seen) it's space being portrayed as something you sail on but in this it's something you swim in. Lots of whales and shark type animals.
Oh, interesting. That sounds like a neat way to give more variety to a space setting than a more usual approach.
I suppose both the Justice League in general and DeMatteis in particular have been on my mind lately, especially given that he scripted the Superman Red Son movie with mixed results. He's a good writer though, so I felt like trying to go back and see if I can complete (or make progress towards completing) his JLI work.
Next might well be Godland, apparently.
I bought that during one of those giant Image sales on CMX where they offered extra discounts with a code. Not as many of those these days.
I think we can safely say Sophie Turner won't ever be relevant again.
Thank god. She was fine in GoT I guess but is awful in this. Same goes for J.Law.
Well least now they can do the dark phoenix story-line again for a third time in the MCU. I luckily avoided having to sit through this movie. My mom is a fan of the X-Men movies and she has liked them all I believe except for Logan she didn't enjoy that. So yes she liked that terrible origins Wolverine movie that I had the pleasure of helping it make $373 million at the box office.
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