We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.

Mal ,'Serenity'


Other Media 2: It's Astounishing!

Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!

Please use spoiler font for new releases until after the weekend following release.


Polter-Cow - May 16, 2011 9:47:21 am PDT #3503 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Yeah, I was hoping not to be disappointed, and it was just so lovely and understated and even though I felt like I didn't really get to KNOW these characters in the span of ten issues, they still felt real in a way.

I also read Nick Spencer's Jimmy Olsen book, which I loved! So much fun, and very clever.


DavidS - May 17, 2011 1:21:18 pm PDT #3504 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I am very sad I don't own this comic.


§ ita § - May 18, 2011 5:44:23 am PDT #3505 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Can someone explain Jason Todd's hair to me?


Tom Scola - May 18, 2011 5:47:02 am PDT #3506 of 5059
They pay me in WOIMS

Just speculating; could it be a Lazarus Pit thing?


Steph L. - May 18, 2011 5:55:28 am PDT #3507 of 5059
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

ita, I don't know where I read this, but I feel like it was retconned that he always had red hair but dyed it dark brown when he was Robin. (Possibly he dyed it because Batman made him?)

I swear I read that in one of the comics, because I can't imagine I would just dream that up in my head.


§ ita § - May 20, 2011 5:11:12 am PDT #3508 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

And then he dyed in a white streak? So confusing.

Anyone reading Flashpoint? What's up with it? Any good?


§ ita § - May 21, 2011 7:18:51 am PDT #3509 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have had the hair question cleared up in my reading of Batman: Black Glove. You are absolutely right, Steph. Then he mentions the Lazarus pit gave him a white streak, and then the colourist goes on to not give him a white streak for the next couple of issues.

It's really weird seeing him red-headed. I keep thinking he's Allen or West.


Steph L. - May 21, 2011 8:08:53 am PDT #3510 of 5059
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I have had the hair question cleared up in my reading of Batman: Black Glove. You are absolutely right, Steph.

Oh, *that's* where I read it!

Still, I dislike the red hair immensely.


Tom Scola - May 21, 2011 8:27:30 am PDT #3511 of 5059
They pay me in WOIMS

I thought his hair reminded me of Ra’s’. (Ra’s’s? Ra’s?)


Laga - May 21, 2011 8:35:24 am PDT #3512 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Ra’s’. (Ra’s’s? Ra’s?)

this has to have come up before. Somewhere it must be canon.