Well, since we're on the subject, There really was no way that Magneto was dead. Even Grant Morrison's not going to kill a character like that off-camera. What I've liked about the run is that Magneto's been a looming presence in the book from the get-go. I also like that--in the tradition of the Buffy season arcs, Magneto seems to be turning out to be the little bad, and Phoenix may well turn out to be the Big Bad.
But I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. And you found me broken. It's hard for you.
River ,'Safe'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
victor infante - Nov 20, 2003 4:21:18 pm PST #1234 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Jeff Mejia - Nov 20, 2003 6:02:23 pm PST #1235 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
I had been following along in trades, but I was spoiled in a blog. When I get time, I'll go back and read through the issues again to catch up on the clues that were laid out.
In Buffy- related news, Cameron Stewart, the artist on the first issue of Tales of the Vampires, has the first six pages of the story (no color, no dialog) up at this site.
Noumenon - Nov 21, 2003 2:09:52 am PST #1236 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Speaking of Ultimate Spider-Man, what happened to the MTV series? People plugged it, Brian Michael Bendis was helming it, but my Tivo's never seen it.
Jeff Mejia - Nov 21, 2003 7:39:34 am PST #1237 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Speaking of Ultimate Spider-Man, what happened to the MTV series? People plugged it, Brian Michael Bendis was helming it, but my Tivo's never seen it.
They've shown some episodes about 2 months back, but I don't know exactly when they were scheduled to run (who knows with MTV's scheduling?) Bendis' role was scaled way back to where he was a consultant, and maybe had some script input on the first episode or so.
The response was generally "eh" from the comcs boards.
Tom Scola - Nov 21, 2003 7:42:33 am PST #1238 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
They were showing them last summer on Friday evenings, there were about 13 episodes, then it went into reruns.
It was OK, but not so good to make me watch MTV to find out if/when there are more episodes.
Trudy Booth - Nov 25, 2003 5:22:25 am PST #1239 of 10000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Is there a release date on the Firefly DVDs?
Hayden - Nov 25, 2003 6:59:21 am PST #1240 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
So, are any of the other X-Men titles worth reading? I think that the New X-Men is excellent, and Uncanny X-Men (based on the first two tpbs) is pretty dumb.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2003 7:17:01 am PST #1241 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Uncanny X-Men (based on the first two tpbs) is pretty dumb
Which issues did it cover?
Hayden - Nov 25, 2003 7:45:12 am PST #1242 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm not sure. The names of the tpbs are "Hope" and "Dominant Species". I'm pretty well through with this series, though.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2003 7:48:55 am PST #1243 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think I've read those -- the art is manga-esque?
I'm quite enjoying The New Mutants. There's a book that was thoroughly ruined, but so far the revamp is a graceful "next generation" scenario.