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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.


Michele T. - Jun 03, 2004 6:15:38 pm PDT #3447 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

The cover was excellent. I had to double-check that it was a Bat-title.

I thought that it was a little obvious that of course the person who would help the black guy is the black chick, in one of those weird we're trying to be PC but it's not working moves, but then when I thought about it if Oracle is trying to seem like a homeboy he probably couldn't have, say, Huntress watching his back.

See, I have no particular investment in the Green Arrow or Lantern mythoi of now, which might be part of the issue here. (I do kind of feel, as per Allyson I believe it was, that being defeatable by yellow is kind of lame). Much as I love John Stewart on the JLA 'toon. And another Buffista's LJ defense of him as the civil servant of superherodom! But that's as far as I've gone.


§ ita § - Jun 03, 2004 6:23:07 pm PDT #3448 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Variable. 7'.

A little too variable, and she's not drawn consistently at 7'. Such is my beef.

I do kind of feel, as per Allyson I believe it was, that being defeatable by yellow is kind of lame

Green Lantern of now is not defeatable by yellow. t /pedant


P.M. Marc - Jun 03, 2004 6:23:14 pm PDT #3449 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

See, I have no particular investment in the Green Arrow or Lantern mythoi of now, which might be part of the issue here.

Oh, yeah. I know that reading crossover storylines where I don't have any investment with half the cast leaves me less moved than perhaps I should be. And that if I develop an investment, and go back and re-read, I enjoy things a lot more than I did when I didn't. (See: anything with Wally West.)

I have major Arrow and Lantern investment, which, like most things, started as part of the whole BoP gateway drug. Well, Arrow did. Lantern just sort of happened. I think maybe there were a lot of seeds one night and I was bored or something.

I'm trying hard to avoid picking up any more titles or characters.

I'm failing, but I'm trying.


shrift - Jun 03, 2004 6:32:56 pm PDT #3450 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Picked up two Green Arrow trades today. Both Kevin Smith. Read the intro to Quiver. Laughed uproariously. Realized I was doomed.

Bother.


askye - Jun 03, 2004 6:35:56 pm PDT #3451 of 10000
Thrive to spite them

Tampa Bay lost Game 5 and I'm going to need retail therapy so I don't go for chocolate therapy.

So I see myself checking out Green Arrow trades....because obviously I don't have enough comics to read.


P.M. Marc - Jun 03, 2004 6:44:18 pm PDT #3452 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

Picked up two Green Arrow trades today. Both Kevin Smith. Read the intro to Quiver. Laughed uproariously. Realized I was doomed.

Picked up the first Starman trade, on account of it being a limited comic day for me, and on account of people saying it's really good.

The doom keeps coming.

Managed, however, to avoid clearing out their Impulse backstock.

Cursing that I missed the seed on that. Wasn't invested yet.

Need more Bart now.


Polter-Cow - Jun 03, 2004 6:46:38 pm PDT #3453 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Picked up the first Starman trade, on account of it being a limited comic day for me, and on account of people saying it's really good.

My pusher kept recommending Starman to me.

As for Kevin Smith, I really enjoyed his Daredevil run, though the Quesada art didn't hurt.


P.M. Marc - Jun 03, 2004 6:50:53 pm PDT #3454 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

I liked Quiver, but didn't love it like some people did. I think that's the part of me that read a lot of the Grell run first. That seems to hit the usual split. Also, WTF was up w/the Our Fathers w/Connor? Hell-o? Not. Catholic. I mean, I'm not an ashram expert, but...


victor infante - Jun 03, 2004 6:51:33 pm PDT #3455 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

My pusher kept recommending Starman to me.

Your pusher is right. "Starman" is among the finest super hero stories I've ever read.


Kiba Rika - Jun 04, 2004 1:25:56 am PDT #3456 of 10000
I may have to seize the cat.

Picked up two Green Arrow trades today. Both Kevin Smith.

What's the one that's not Quiver?

I didn't go to the comic book sale on Wed. and thus didn't pick up two trades. This is good because it means I'll actually spend less money on Saturday when I head over there, since I'll not be able to justify buying two on a "but it's half off!" thing.

Probably gonna get Y - The Last Man TPB #2.

Debating about Essential Wolvie #1 - I could read it in the store, but it's so nice to HAVE those. But I think, with my upcoming month of free time (that ought to be spent cleaning, packing, and updating websites) I will probably be visiting the megabookstores quite a bit and treating them like libraries for comics.