Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.

'Conviction (1)'


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.


§ ita § - Aug 11, 2012 1:50:04 pm PDT #4296 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm bouncing around the web, looking at various comic artists and the responses to same. I just have to say--after the Greg Horn section, I wanted to disinfect myself. When it looks too slutty for Emma Frost--recalibrate.

Anyway--I'm looking at this Sam Keith, and while it's deliberately stylised, I don't think that kind of stylisation has much to offer to those characters--was this title a comedy? I don't recall having read it.

And defense of this seems to be of the ilk of "I don't see why you wouldn't like it"--but maybe I just read that wrong. I have to have read that wrong. Because...it's hideous. And not in the Sienkiewicz way, which is my bar for non-representative comic art.


Tom Scola - Aug 11, 2012 2:34:55 pm PDT #4297 of 5059
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I think maybe in the second one he is deliberately parodying Leifeld? That was kind of the point of AzBats.


Tom Scola - Aug 12, 2012 2:10:31 pm PDT #4298 of 5059
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Oh, fuck.

Joe Kubert, RIP.


§ ita § - Aug 12, 2012 3:04:07 pm PDT #4299 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

85, though. Good long run.


DavidS - Aug 12, 2012 3:16:40 pm PDT #4300 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Joe Kubert, RIP.

If I lived to 85 with his legacy I'd die a happy man.

I loved his art so much. Easily my favorite of the classic era DC artists.

Big fan of his Tarzan and Enemy Ace and Sgt. Rock stories.


§ ita § - Aug 13, 2012 9:33:19 am PDT #4301 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Nobody show this to Scrappy: How tacky is DC?


§ ita § - Aug 13, 2012 11:20:53 am PDT #4302 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Ah, they saw sense.

If you didn't click on the link in time, the obit used to say:

"We are saddened to learn of the death of our colleague and friend Joe Kubert. An absolute legend in the industry, his legacy will not only live on with his sons, but with the many artists who have passed through the storied halls of his celebrated school. His latest work on BEFORE WATCHMEN: NITE OWL was among his best, and we are so honored to have worked side-by-side with such an unforgettable force in both comics and in life." - DC Entertainment Executive Team


Tom Scola - Aug 13, 2012 11:23:20 am PDT #4303 of 5059
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I was confused, ita. The quote you just posted IS tacky.


Polter-Cow - Aug 13, 2012 11:31:49 am PDT #4304 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Oh, okay, yeah, I was really confused too.


§ ita § - Aug 13, 2012 11:31:57 am PDT #4305 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's better than awful that they listened to feedback and took that shameless shill down. I mean, there's no question that they couldn't spit in their virtual writers room without hitting someone who would have a tearjerking Kubert story to tell.

I shudder to think that someone who knew him personally might have written or okayed that. It's awful, and it shouldn't take outraged fans to get them to realise it.