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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.


Steph L. - Nov 17, 2004 5:12:23 am PST #6498 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

::snerk:: On the DC message boards, there's a thread titled "Identity Crisis -- who murdered Connor's hair?"

I'm easily amused today.


Kalshane - Nov 17, 2004 5:12:42 am PST #6499 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Ult. X-Men and Ult. Spiderman for me.

I'm trying to figure out how Bendis' head doesn't explode. I know he's working on several other comics beyond Ult Spidey and for the last few months, Ult Spidey's been coming out twice a month.


Kalshane - Nov 17, 2004 5:17:32 am PST #6500 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

On the DC message boards, there's a thread titled "Identity Crisis -- who murdered Connor's hair?"

Heh. I don't even really know the character and my first reaction was "What is up with that haircut?"

Somewhat unrelated, it amazes me the GA manages to maintain his secret identity. I mean, yeah, Clark just uses a pair of glasses, but he's a fairly normal-looking, build aside, man. Oliver's beard and mustache is rather distinctive.


DXMachina - Nov 17, 2004 5:28:54 am PST #6501 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Somewhat unrelated, it amazes me the GA manages to maintain his secret identity. I mean, yeah, Clark just uses a pair of glasses, but he's a fairly normal-looking, build aside, man. Oliver's beard and mustache is rather distinctive.

Well, Mia figured it out in about five seconds, so they have acknowledged that.


Tom Scola - Nov 17, 2004 5:41:36 am PST #6502 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

It doesn't help that GA has the sorriest excuse for a mask ever. It looks like he went only slightly overboard with the eyeliner.


shrift - Nov 17, 2004 6:50:20 am PST #6503 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

"Identity Crisis -- who murdered Connor's hair?"

Connor's hair was fugly. Although not nearly as atrocious as Ultimate!Gambit's hair, which was a travesty, and could make the baby Jesus say, "...the fuck?!"


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 17, 2004 7:34:35 am PST #6504 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Yeah, after all the crying is over I want to see a bull session of JLA members laughing as someone says "... and can you believe he thought Guy Gardner was someone to imitate?"


Steph L. - Nov 18, 2004 5:57:49 am PST #6505 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Dude, I think I'm going to stop reading Robin, as much as it pains me to say that, because you know I have the great big Tim love.

But really. The writing is execrable, and the art in #132 is some of the worst art I've ever seen. I no longer give one damn about it.

And I *so* can't figure out the timeline of things in the DC-verse. Tim said that he buried Darla, Steph, and his dad, in just a matter of days. The fact that he mentioned his dead dad means that Robin #132 is taking place after IC #5/6. I just don't see how it all slots together, time-wise. War Games, even though it felt like YEARS, took place over (more or less) 2-3 days. Given that you really need to bury people relatively soon after they die, Darla and Steph had to have been buried, at most, within a week after War Games. So, given that week of leeway, did the whole of IC take place in that one week? Because that's when Tim's dad died.

Me confused. Make head hurt.

I loved that TT #18 used the IC mind-wipe knowledge -- though I'd guess that Zatanna is long gone, and Dark Raven probably does it.

I have a lot more to say about TT #18, but I need my comic in front of me. Though I really dig the implication that Bruce and Selina got married.


Holli - Nov 18, 2004 7:01:00 am PST #6506 of 10000
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore

Steph, I'm ignoring Willingham's messed-up timeline (and, actually, Meltzer's messed up timeine too, even though it's better-written).

As far as I can tell, the chain of events is something like: Tim quits. Steph is Robin, Steph is fired, Tim is Robin, Steph is dead. Tim's dad has a couple of weeks to adjust to Tim being Robin, then he's dead too. Tim is traumatized 4-EVAH. The End.


sumi - Nov 18, 2004 7:03:56 am PST #6507 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!

Isn't Willingham going to stop writing Robin? Or am I very very confused?