That reminds me that I have Tomie and Uzumaki but I never got around to re-reading them.
Then again, I still have Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto, Vagabond and Berserk to re-read now that I own the physical editions.
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Then again, I still have Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto, Vagabond and Berserk to re-read now that I own the physical editions.
Second half of Justice League was solid. Best of the decade is strong, but I enjoyed it. Darkseid War had some goofy shit, but it was goofy in a fun way. It was finally doing things with N52 that hadn't been done a billion times.
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What could possibly go wrong when you love all the characters.
Have you met Power yet? If not you haven't reached peak adorableness yet.
Top 30 Comics of the 2010s, not really in order, just as they popped in my head. Quote me with whatever I missed
1. Mister Miracle by Tom King and Mitch Gerads
2. Hawkeye by Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Annie Wu
3. Daredevil by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Paolo Rivera, et al
4. Thor by Jason Aaron, Esad Ribic, Russell Dautermann, et al
5. Batman Inc by Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham, et al
6. Saga by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples
7. The Private Eye by Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martin
8. Stray Bullets by David Lapham
9. Scalped by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guéra
10. Powers of X/House of X by Johnathan Hickman, Pepe Larez, and R.B. Silvia
11. Young Avengers by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie
12. Two Brothers by Gabriel Ba and Fábio Moon
13. Wicked + Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie
14. Battling Boy by Paul Pope
15. Vision by Tom King and Gabriel Weta
16. My War Gone By by Garth Ennis and Gorlan Parlov
17. Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett
18. Kill or Be Killed by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
19. My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris
20. Scott Pilgrims Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley
21. Multivesity by Grant Morrison, Ivan Reis, Frank Quitely, et al
22. the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
23. Hellboy in Hell by Mike Mignola
24. Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender and Jerome Opena
25. Richard Starks Parker by Darwyn Cooke
26. Moon Knight by Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey
27. Silver Surfer by Dan Slott and Michael Allred
28. Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fábio Moon
29. The WildStorm by Warren Ellis and John Davis Hunt
30. March by John Lewis, Andrew Anylin, and Norm Powell
edit: shit forgot Priest Deathstroke...
1. Mister Miracle by Tom King and Mitch Gerads
2. Hawkeye by Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Annie Wu
3. Daredevil by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Paolo Rivera, et al
4. Thor by Jason Aaron, Esad Ribic, Russell Dautermann, et al
5. Batman Inc by Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham, et al
6. Saga by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples
7. The Private Eye by Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martin
8. Stray Bullets by David Lapham
9. Scalped by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guéra
10. Powers of X/House of X by Johnathan Hickman, Pepe Larez, and R.B. Silvia
11. Young Avengers by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie
12. Two Brothers by Gabriel Ba and Fábio Moon
13. Wicked + Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie
14. Battling Boy by Paul Pope
15. Vision by Tom King and Gabriel Weta
16. My War Gone By by Garth Ennis and Gorlan Parlov
17. Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett
18. Kill or Be Killed by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
19. My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris
20. Scott Pilgrims Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley
21. Multivesity by Grant Morrison, Ivan Reis, Frank Quitely, et al
22. the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
23. Hellboy in Hell by Mike Mignola
24. Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender and Jerome Opena
25. Richard Starks Parker by Darwyn Cooke
26. Moon Knight by Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey
27. Silver Surfer by Dan Slott and Michael Allred
28. Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fábio Moon
29. The WildStorm by Warren Ellis and John Davis Hunt
30. March by John Lewis, Andrew Anylin, and Norm Powell
edit: shit forgot Priest Deathstroke...
Haha. I saw that and heard positive things about the campaign, like Kamala being far more the main character than it seemed. I'm still not getting it anywhere near launch.
The magic thing really does sound like something kid me (or a kid) would make up.
They probably did think that. I haven't watched it myself, but I had heard it was really porny.
She showed up at the end of chapter 4 and I already can't wait to read more about her. She's already very adorable after 2 pages.
I decided I can wait for at least 1 price drop because I'm ridiculously poor. The Kotaku article and saying it had a huge focus on Kamala was the main reason I felt a burning desire to buy it immediately lol
DCeased Dead Planet
So, this is turning into George Romero's Land of the Dead for the DC Universe. Also, Damian hugging Jim Gordon was a great moment.
Just put all BPRD/Hellboy content in one spot under Mignolaverse
I can't argue with a lot of that. Though on a list that long, I'd definitely include:
- Thor: The Mighty Avenger by Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee
- Spider-Man: Life Story by Chip Zdarsky and Mark Bagley
- Black Hammer by Jeff Lemire
- Jim Henson's Tale of Sand by Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl and Ramon Perez
I almost put Spectacular Spider-Man #310 from Zdarksky on there. And I forgot Mighty Avenger was 2010, thought that was 2009. I knew back then Chris Samnee was gonna be the GOAT but like 12 people bought that book.
I appreciate Jeff Lemire's very constructed narrative sensibilities very tight workmanlike stuff. My brain keeps wanting to say "depression era sensibilities" and I don't know why because it makes no sense.
Al Ewing's Avengers was incredible to me. Tynion's Detective Comics is also up there way high.
MAN those are some good choices. Some I would add are:
Omega Men by King and Bagenda
Fantastic Four by Hickman
Daredevil by Waid and Samnee
Wonder Woman by Rucka, Sharp, and Scott
Detective Comics by Tynion, Barrows, and Martinez
I liked Ewing/Ward's Ultimates a lot, and Rocket, and that Avengers Ultron Forever special. Like you could just tell this guy definitely Had It, and one of his books was gonna break out eventually. Didnt think it would be the Hulk, but life is full of surprises!
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I like how Chip left Spectacular cause he wanted to do other things and then has Spider-Man show up in Daredevil like every 6 issues.
If Cates is next up instead of him I'm cancelling Marvel. Dude could easily be in the top 1-3 Spider-Man writers ever if he gets the chance.
If Cates is next up instead of him I'm cancelling Marvel. Dude could easily be in the top 1-3 Spider-Man writers ever if he gets the chance.
Ewing's incredible purely off me being a fan of Hulk. I don't like the genre, and I don't like the character, but that's a good book.
Other good superhero comics:
1.) Hickman's Avengers
2.) Loki: Agent of Asgard
3.) IDW Transformers
Other good superhero comics:
1.) Hickman's Avengers
2.) Loki: Agent of Asgard
3.) IDW Transformers
Cates' rise in Marvel happen damn near over night. One minute he was picking up on Jason Aaron's Doctor Strange, the next he gets Venom, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor. Like damn bro it took Kelly Thompson half a decade to get to Deadpool and Capt Marvel.
Ewing's run for refocusing on Banner, his choices, and how he engages with the modern world and probably the smartest way anyone could have. He gets that lasting appeal of the Hulk isn't how good he can punch things it's an expression of raw emotion and trauma made flesh. As something of an on-again off-again Hulk fan it just made me so happy.
And his decision to have a ride along character whose emotional connection to Banner is just wanting to understand why he gets to have what he has and be allowed to exist as he does, and to some extent speak to the inherent unfairness of this white man who can do incalculable damage to the world being seen for the most part as an American hero is so good.
The reframing of Banner's sort of affected nebbishness and how it shapes his relationships? Beautiful.
And his decision to have a ride along character whose emotional connection to Banner is just wanting to understand why he gets to have what he has and be allowed to exist as he does, and to some extent speak to the inherent unfairness of this white man who can do incalculable damage to the world being seen for the most part as an American hero is so good.
The reframing of Banner's sort of affected nebbishness and how it shapes his relationships? Beautiful.
Cates said that Alonso gave him his exclusive to lock him down for Thor years down the road when Aaron finished.
Cates had already done stuff like God Country and IIRC previously worked for Marvel.
Yeah but there's no transgressive element to saying hey yeah this asshole billionaire is a total piece of shit. Writers want to feel like they're doing something naughty.
Was Hickman's Avengers run the first time there was an "Earth 3" type of evil alternate versions of the mainline heroes? If so I'm shocked no one from Marvel cribbed that from DC sooner.
What should happen is they should write some actual villains and stop making characters I like unlikable.
I don't like flipped versions as a trend either, I'm just saying that one of them is actually more interesting.
Iron Man's been evil a lot, actually. The Crossing, Civil War, Superior Iron Man....only one of them has been good admittedly.
A while back I was thinking about how something like Forever Evil would happen with Marvel. It was a real struggle for me to even come up with a list of villains who could take part in such an event. They don't really have the same caliber of villains as DC imo, and that's mainly because they've neglected their villains to do nonstop hero vs hero bullshit since Civil War.
It's because the only villain treated like a true global threat is Doom and he's a hero a third of the time.
Even Thanos jobs out in two pages in Marvel crossovers.
Okay but for real Wildgoose is legit and I really like him
You and I get along so well
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Hellmouth crossover, and the current Willow mini. Seven Secrets. Translucid.
Secret Avengers by Ales Kot and Walsh (I think)
Jessica Jones by Bendis and Gaydos
Translucid by Chondra Echert and Claudio Sanchez
Namor
Doom
Octavius
Fisk
Creel
Titana
Kraven
Maximus
Loki
Like that's your potential good guy team.
Not even gonna bother laying down the potential X characters
Someone needs to do something with Count Nefaria. That's a fascinating character.
Alright, checking out Something is Killing the Children, Wynd, and throwing in a pre-order for Drakkon New Dawn issue 2.
Might consider We Only Find Them When They're Dead also, if the first issues turns out pretty good.
Might consider We Only Find Them When They're Dead also, if the first issues turns out pretty good.
So like there was a bunch of Tim Drake talk earlier aboit DC not knowing what to do with him
Look, it's real simple
No one wants to write him. It's not editorial. I mean it is, but it isn't. Editorial is trying to put him somewhere, but no one wants to write him. Tynion did, and gave him a perfect thesis and capped it off. Bendis clearly does, and continued it through not in the best way when carried out, but in a way that made sense initially (I have not read YJ this week but I know what happens ish).
But who else has shown any actual Desire for the character? Not Tomasi or Snyder, the other two big Bat writers. Percy seemed to have a lot of enthusiasm but was denied and left because of it. I mean, no one gives a fuck about Tim, and as such there is no one to give Tim an arc. In reality there aren't a lot of fans of the Bat family writing at DC right now. Specifically Robin, but that's a whole separate line of thought.
Look, it's real simple
No one wants to write him. It's not editorial. I mean it is, but it isn't. Editorial is trying to put him somewhere, but no one wants to write him. Tynion did, and gave him a perfect thesis and capped it off. Bendis clearly does, and continued it through not in the best way when carried out, but in a way that made sense initially (I have not read YJ this week but I know what happens ish).
But who else has shown any actual Desire for the character? Not Tomasi or Snyder, the other two big Bat writers. Percy seemed to have a lot of enthusiasm but was denied and left because of it. I mean, no one gives a fuck about Tim, and as such there is no one to give Tim an arc. In reality there aren't a lot of fans of the Bat family writing at DC right now. Specifically Robin, but that's a whole separate line of thought.
When was the last time he showed up in something? Legit was it Bendis' Moon Knight? Because that was fucking 2008. I wanna say maybe Williamson's Illuminati, but it was a short stint (boy that book was fun) in an already short book.
Seems like they were already gearing up for an evil super team take over story with Aaron-Avengers' Squadron Supreme.
Most of your list have already been on some form of Avengers or Alpha Flight.
Aaron just needs someone to job to T'Challa since Mephisto can't do it every single issue.
It's one thing to think you couldn't do a Forever Evil type story with Marvel villains but I don't think that makes the villain roster necessarily weaker.
I'm pretty sure you could do a Me Too thread off of just Professor X thought Bubbles.
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