Why aren't you reading Ult. Spidey, you Bendis junkie?
I really should, but I feel way too behind, though that didn't stop me from jumping into Ult. X-Men. I did read the first USM trade and liked it.
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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.
Polter-Cow - Feb 03, 2005 9:40:12 am PST #7401 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kalshane - Feb 03, 2005 9:44:32 am PST #7402 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.
I have electronic copies of the first 40 or 50 issues (which I'm in the process of replacing with the trades). If you'd like I can slap them on a CD and send them your way.
Polter-Cow - Feb 03, 2005 9:55:37 am PST #7403 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ladies and gentlemen, I think I have a new pusher.
P.M. Marc - Feb 03, 2005 9:56:03 am PST #7404 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 like Firestorm. Good stuff, and next issue looks interesting too.
Agreed. I've really enjoyed the fact that the dynamic between Jason and his dad isn't at all a simple black and white thing, because it would have been so easy to paint the dad as your stock abusive asshole parent, instead of what they've been doing, which is exploring a guy who, while basically decent at his core, reached the end of his rope on many levels before the book even began. I also really like Jason. He's a smart kid, but really obviously still a kid in many ways, and acts like one.
P.M. Marc - Feb 03, 2005 9:59:01 am PST #7405 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
(Of course, my whitefont probably didn't need to be whitefont, because it really has very little to do with the last issue.)
Which, from where I'm sitting, was a great balance of action and character development, and I'm really hoping Ronnie gets to stick around in Jason's brain.
§ ita § - Feb 03, 2005 10:03:45 am PST #7406 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I used to collect Firestorm in the 80s, so it's interesting that Ronnie is being written pretty much the same and I like how different that is from Jason.
Steph L. - Feb 03, 2005 10:58:59 am PST #7407 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I didn't have a single comic this week. However, when SA visited, she hooked me up with a bunch of comics on CD (as, for instance, Transmetropolitan). So I have plenty to read.
§ ita § - Feb 03, 2005 12:30:15 pm PST #7408 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, and what is wrong with the Endsong art? It's like misguided photorealism (i.e. NOT Alex Ross). It looks creepily airbrushed and lacking in impact.
Kalshane - Feb 03, 2005 3:18:23 pm PST #7409 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.
P-C, insent.
Jeff Mejia - Feb 04, 2005 7:10:08 am PST #7410 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Catching up (my books are finally starting to come in on time)...
Okay, having read Pleides and Teppy's discussion about Lois Lane and the Superman books - I decided to take a look at Adventures. Sadly, the most recently finished arc was missing pieces so I just picked up the most recent one.
Was the most recently finished Supes arc post-IC? When in the time-line did Wonder Woman lose her sight?
Only the last Adventures (#636, I believe) has occurred after IC. Although, to be fair, Superman has been set a year in the future for the Brian Azarello/Jim Lee run. Wonder Woman's blindness occurs shortly after IC (she had a remark about "too many funerals recently" that seemed to indicate this).
Has anyone picked up Warren Ellis's Ocean on Wildstorm? I think it was my favorite of the stuff I've picked up recently. It's interesting right off the bat, had intrigue, space, and sci-fi, and I only have to commit to 6 issues.I think it has been wonderful. Good science fiction that should find a wider audience than it has, and the art (by Chris Sprouse) has been specatcular, with stunning visuals of Jupiter and Europa.
I finally read Nightwing #102, and was thrilled by it. Miles better than 101. This issue seemed to have a real flow to it, and it touched on some classic elements of DC history. When I saw the opening splash page, with the black bats mingling with the white doves over the Daily Planet tower, I was hooked. And even though I like the fact that Superman is married to Lois now, it was fun to go back to the old storyline of Lois trying to figure out what was really going on with Clark. I liked how the story casually showed how hard Supes worked at maintaining his secret identity (with the sudden hockey knowledge). We also go to see Dick acknowledge that he figured he would become Batman someday. Plus, DEADMAN!!! I love that character. I can't answer how he fits into Post-Crisis continuity with respect to the Nightwing identity, so I'm researching it. It's clear to me that Deadman isn't dead yet in this story.
If you all haven't picked up the 3 issues of We3, you are missing out on the best comic story of the last year. I'm sure it will be a trade, but DC"s trades take a lot longer to come out than Marvel's, so it may be a bit of a wait.