I've gotten to the point where I can't get into serialized comics anymore.
Like I grew up on Gwen Stacy being dead. Now she's got her own comic? Green Goblin came back and killed Ben Riley. Then there's Ultimate Spider-Man (Miles).
Wolverine dies, will be back. Thor is female. Superman dies, comes back. Onslaught. Heroes Reborn. etc. etc. etc.
I just can't track all these universes, retcons, and such. I like my stories to have one consistent trajectory. One cannon. There can only be one.
Batman beats Superman..."no wait, that' s just one author's interpretation!" The Killing Joke and The Man Who Laughs is canon, but what he does to Oracle is not? PPL get mad at the alt cover, etc.
This is why I only do limited releases/series. I like my stories complete, never to be touched or altered again. Where are THOSE comics? They're obviously not the superhero kind.
Like I grew up on Gwen Stacy being dead. Now she's got her own comic? Green Goblin came back and killed Ben Riley. Then there's Ultimate Spider-Man (Miles).
Wolverine dies, will be back. Thor is female. Superman dies, comes back. Onslaught. Heroes Reborn. etc. etc. etc.
I just can't track all these universes, retcons, and such. I like my stories to have one consistent trajectory. One cannon. There can only be one.
Batman beats Superman..."no wait, that' s just one author's interpretation!" The Killing Joke and The Man Who Laughs is canon, but what he does to Oracle is not? PPL get mad at the alt cover, etc.
This is why I only do limited releases/series. I like my stories complete, never to be touched or altered again. Where are THOSE comics? They're obviously not the superhero kind.
all that stuff has happened over years though. ben reilly is still dead, gwen stacy is still dead. it really isnt as complicated as your making it,
you should read planetary. its a beginning to end story thats a love note to capes as well as building on dcs then multiverse
you should read planetary. its a beginning to end story thats a love note to capes as well as building on dcs then multiverse
Some cool world building going on in Secret Wars #2. This is reminding me of House of M a little bit.
By Apollo Go To PostHeard a rumor Marvel is changing shit after SW. Some of the characters are getting the GL and Batman nu52 treatment. As in it isn't a reboot but shit is different.
Hopefully my boy Peter gets his life back.
TOLD YOU.
Eventually, I'm gonna sit down and catch up on all this Secret Wars business. Around the time of Infinity, I got super burnt out on comics and haven't read much of anything beyond one or two books for years. No idea what's going on at all in Marvel or like 97% of DC.
This is a good time to mention I've always hated Wolverine's suit and it doesn't look any better on Laura.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpu6yPAFHrs
Here's the first mini episode from Justice League God and Monsters.
It was pretty good. Bruce TImm might be the best creative working at DC right now.
Here's the first mini episode from Justice League God and Monsters.
It was pretty good. Bruce TImm might be the best creative working at DC right now.
its funny that a lot of people arent feeling the short. but i suspect that it has all to do with harley being the antagonist and not the batman thing
By parallax Go To Postits funny that a lot of people arent feeling the short. but i suspect that it has all to do with harley being the antagonist and not the batman thing
Yeah as a alternative universe I could see it rubbing people the wrong way. But I loved that whole sequence a lot better than the very similar and longer fight between Dollmaker and Batman in the recent "Batman vs Robin" movie.
I'm also glad they used harley instead of the joker. No reason to waste such a big character on a introduction mini episode. Especially since they already have plans to expand it.
Deadly Class - finished reading 1 - 14 of the series. Really good writing that's expected from Remender and the art is top notch. Very stylish and consistent for what is essentially teen angst high school shit.
ZERO - fucking amazing. Never read any of Ales Kot's work but this shit kept me interested from beginning to end. A very fine espionage comic that blows up into something greater.
ZERO - fucking amazing. Never read any of Ales Kot's work but this shit kept me interested from beginning to end. A very fine espionage comic that blows up into something greater.
Marvel pays tribute to classic hip-hop in amazing new variant covers
A few highly questionable choices for "classics," but whatever.
More at the link.
A few highly questionable choices for "classics," but whatever.
More at the link.
They stole that Hip Hop Cover idea from the internet..... but it was a great idea so I don't blame them.
By JayEleven Go To PostMarvel pays tribute to classic hip-hop in amazing new variant covers
A few highly questionable choices for "classics," but whatever.
More at the link.
I really dig this.
Squirrel Girl doing Tyler the Creator, and Spiderman doing A Tribe Called Quest? If I'm not careful I might end up buying a Marvel comic. Still on the fence about the Run The Jewels covers a couple months back.
By GringoSuave89 Go To PostSo, new issue of Justice League. Batgod actually became a God. Kinda cool, kinda stupid.A d apparently he knows who The Joker really is.
By Ragnarok Flames Go To PostA d apparently he knows who The Joker really is.
If the answer is anything but the chair has no idea, or he's something older than time (like how Batman Endgame portrayed him), I'll be pissed.
By Silky Go To Post
God, I love X-23. Might start picking this up.
By JayEleven Go To PostMarvel pays tribute to classic hip-hop in amazing new variant coversThese are nice.
A few highly questionable choices for "classics," but whatever.
More at the link.
Is anybody reading Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars? There's a funny bit in the latest issue where he comes across the symbiote, implying he implanted some of his own insanity onto it just before it bonded with Spidey.
Thors is a really good book too, though not much happened this month, just more world building, and more implications that everyone's memories on Battleworld have been implanted by Doom.
Thors is a really good book too, though not much happened this month, just more world building, and more implications that everyone's memories on Battleworld have been implanted by Doom.
When is the latest Marvel shitfest event over? I'm seriously tired of all the crap, crap, crap tie-ins.
Meanwhile, Batman on the Mobius Chair in the latest JL was dope as fuck. We're never gonna find out the Joker thing though, right?
Meanwhile, Batman on the Mobius Chair in the latest JL was dope as fuck. We're never gonna find out the Joker thing though, right?
By rave Go To Postsup brehs, let's talk about Hellboy
shit's rad
Hellboy hasn't been the same since he left BPRD. I feel like Mignola is either bored with Hellboy and focusing more on the other characters, or he is just stalling to the point he has to end it all when Hellboy returns to life.
By Zeus Ex Machina Go To PostHellboy hasn't been the same since he left BPRD. I feel like Mignola is either bored with Hellboy and focusing more on the other characters, or he is just stalling to the point he has to end it all when Hellboy returns to life.Really? I don't get that vibe :(
There's always Hellboy & The BPRD for adventures of him hanging with the Bureau. I'm not caught up with Hellboy or BPRD myself but I think the quality has stayed consistent throughout.
By rave Go To PostReally? I don't get that vibe :(
There's always Hellboy & The BPRD for adventures of him hanging with the Bureau. I'm not caught up with Hellboy or BPRD myself but I think the quality has stayed consistent throughout.
Its just the lack of direction on Hellboy books that has turn me off. It really feels like Mignola has written himself in the corner with Hellboy so he's writing everything else before he continues with the main tale but instead of explicitly saying that he just has any story that takes place with the current Hellboy go nowhere.
By rave Go To PostReally? I don't get that vibe :(
There's always Hellboy & The BPRD for adventures of him hanging with the Bureau. I'm not caught up with Hellboy or BPRD myself but I think the quality has stayed consistent throughout.
Are you cheating on us?
By Silky Go To PostMidnighter is fucking cool.
Always was. Glad he's getting his due.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/08/25/dc-comics-down-2-million-on-projected-figures-for-20142015/
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/08/25/dc-tells-editors-stop-batgirling-go-back-to-meat-and-potatoes/
So DC is losing a shit ton of money and might go back to making stories fans want......Finally
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/08/25/dc-tells-editors-stop-batgirling-go-back-to-meat-and-potatoes/
So DC is losing a shit ton of money and might go back to making stories fans want......Finally
Meanwhile Secret Wars is getting a ninth issue slated for December. The story won't even be finished before all the new number ones come out. LOL
My Wednesday pickups:
Fight Club 2 #4: continues to be gleefully insane, especially mystery man that might be Robert Paulson, Chuck being "God", and the violent revenge of Angle Face". Just too fucking good.
Invader Zim #2: missed the show, and the comics doesn't miss a beat. Ending was appropriately messed up.
Batman Arkham Knight: Genesis: its pretty cool to get an origin for AKArkhamverse Jason Todd[/spoilers]. Hope the series goes into a little bit of the post-game territory.
Kind of a shame, cause some of the fringe books were pretty good. I'm loving Prez right now. But in terms of the main A-list characters, yeah, hands off.
Fight Club 2 #4: continues to be gleefully insane, especially mystery man that might be Robert Paulson, Chuck being "God", and the violent revenge of Angle Face". Just too fucking good.
Invader Zim #2: missed the show, and the comics doesn't miss a beat. Ending was appropriately messed up.
Batman Arkham Knight: Genesis: its pretty cool to get an origin for AKArkhamverse Jason Todd[/spoilers]. Hope the series goes into a little bit of the post-game territory.
By Zeus Ex Machina Go To Posthttp://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/08/25/dc-comics-down-2-million-on-projected-figures-for-20142015/
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/08/25/dc-tells-editors-stop-batgirling-go-back-to-meat-and-potatoes/
So DC is losing a shit ton of money and might go back to making stories fans want......Finally
Kind of a shame, cause some of the fringe books were pretty good. I'm loving Prez right now. But in terms of the main A-list characters, yeah, hands off.