Why do you think everybody got excited by the advent of Frank Miller and Alan Moore?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm just spoiled by how good we've got it now.
Even my old Marvel shit's pretty... well, lame. And occasionally funny, in that 1970s way.
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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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.
P.M. Marc - May 11, 2004 9:29:32 pm PDT #2664 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
MechaKrelboyne - May 11, 2004 11:46:18 pm PDT #2665 of 10000
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
What the hell kind of name is Power Man?
It has the virtue of being direct and to the point. Iron Fist is right up there with Mr. Fantastic on the Porniest Super Hero Name List. Sweet Christmas!
Steph L. - May 12, 2004 3:59:42 am PDT #2666 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
So. No Man's Land. Is it Batverse canon? Or AU, like Dark Knight Returns? Cause, Gotham is FUCKED UP, yo. If it's canon, how do they come back from that?
Obviously, don't answer how they come back from it. But I *do* want to know if it's canon or not.
amych - May 12, 2004 4:10:49 am PDT #2667 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yes, fucked up, and yes, canon.
shrift - May 12, 2004 4:20:39 am PDT #2668 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Teppy, have you read Batman: Cataclysm? 'Cause in that one, you get to see how Gotham got fucked up, and it's terrifying.
Steph L. - May 12, 2004 4:22:32 am PDT #2669 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Canon? Niiiiiice.
Just started NML #1. (Thank you Cincinnati Public Library! I have 1-3 and 5. Don't know why someone is keeping #4 from me, but I've requested it. I'm hoping it comes in before I get through #3.)
Talking to a friend over the weekend, he asked me "What are you reading lately?"
Me: "Ummm....Batman comics, mostly. Well, entirely."
Friend: "No *books*?"
Me: "Hey! The stories are no less valid because they're comics!"
I don't think I convinced him.
Steph L. - May 12, 2004 4:25:00 am PDT #2670 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Teppy, have you read Batman: Cataclysm? 'Cause in that one, you get to see how Gotham got fucked up, and it's terrifying.
I also have that one requested from the library. (My library SO rules, yo! Although Plei is making me want to read BoP, and they have none.)
Fortunately, NML #1 has a little explanation at the beginning of why Gotham is suddenly devastated and no longer US territory.
It's seriously canon? That's so fucking COOL.
shrift - May 12, 2004 4:35:49 am PDT #2671 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
It's seriously canon?
Yep. It spills over into at least the Nightwing and Robin titles, and probably others. (Plei? D'you know?) It's also where they introduce the new Batgirl.
amych - May 12, 2004 4:41:16 am PDT #2672 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
It's seriously canon?
Yep. I'd cuss about how its canonicity is fucking with that story I keep failing to write, only it's such incredibly cool canon.
Volans - May 12, 2004 5:23:28 am PDT #2673 of 10000
move out and draw fire
Porniest Super Hero Name List
OK, I guess this is going to have to be the next topic of conversation.
Apparently I'm way too Marvel/Indy/Alternative. From DC, I only ever liked the Batstuff. All in all, I can buy into heroes who have a darker side, or an unwilling side, or are vigilantes far easier than I can buy into the Golden Age types.
Guess that's why Buffy worked for me.