Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
I have to get Manhunter back issues because SA is an evil pimp.
But a cute one!
The cutest!
And wasn't I right? Great title.
Oh, wait. I think the "evil pimp" comment was from Holli. But you ARE an evil pimp.
Red Son = I didn't have the last-page OMG reaction that you did, but still -- that is a *seriously* good comic.
Oh! And how did things work out with the roommate sitch?
Someone posted this link on the Firefly OB: Superman is a Dick
Heh. From Superman is a Dick:
List of more pratical uses Superboy can make of a machine that can see through time:
1. Betting on the outcomes of sporting events.
2. Forseeing natural diasters and catastrophhe.
3. Letting Bruce Wayne know that his parents are going to be gunned down in front of his very eyes in a filthy alley, you dick.
Red Son = I didn't have the last-page OMG reaction that you did, but still -- that is a *seriously* good comic.
I think my OMG reaction was mostly because I didn't see it coming at all. I'd like to blame part of it on being distracted on the train, but most likely I just wasn't astute enough. I really liked it though.
Oh! And how did things work out with the roommate sitch?It remains unresolved. The chick still hasn't checked out of my room yet, which is posing a problem for me as the RA's are beginning to get testy at me since I'm the only one they see--not her.
I set up my pull list at my comic book store on Saturday. I was afraid that they would be as somewhat unknowledgeable as they'd been in the past, but it seems to be better managed. They're working on organising, too, which is excellent news. And they may actually be able to get me back issues. All of which is exciting.
However, the length of my pull list was astonishing, in a where's-my-money-going sort of way. And as I noted to Steph when I saw her the other day, I never thought a year ago that this would be me. I remember coming back from Rome and buying Plei Batman socks because I thought she'd find them cute, and not being comics-oriented at all. A year later, I'm as involved as she is. Well, perhaps not quite as involved.
The chick still hasn't checked out of my room yet, which is posing a problem for me as the RA's are beginning to get testy at me since I'm the only one they see--not her.
But are you and B. still in the same room, or did you get kicked upstairs to F suite?
Okay, the second one down on this page of Superman is a Dick is the funniest cover EVAH. It's Superman's and Batman's smiles that make it so damn funny.
I personally love, in addition to the one I tagged and Teppy quoted the last one on this page. [link]
I can't believe those are real. Are they really real? I cannot believe it. Those are Photoshopped, right? Really well?
I can't believe those are real. Are they really real? I cannot believe it. Those are Photoshopped, right? Really well?
Well, I don't know about the others but I have read that first one with the bubble-car. I can believe that they're real.
If I wanted to start him on Batman comics, which would be a good one? Are they too dark for a 9 year old? Are there current (i.e. not old collector's issues) series that might be good for him to read?
As noted above, The Batman Strikes is the current "all-ages" Batman title and ties into the current The Batman cartoon. However, the two previous "all-ages" Batman titles, Batman: Gotham Adventures and Batman Adventures, tied into the earlier Batman cartoon and is, IMHO, the superior title. There are many trades collecting the series.
Bruce Wayne's parents were shot when he was eight years old, in a street alley, while he watched. In the movie it was the man who would eventually become the Joker. In the comic book, it wasn't the Joker, it was just some random mugger.
Interesting note: The Batman: Gotham Adventures/Adventures series I mentioned above used the Joe Chill character as the one who killed the Waynes, but Batman never caught him. In the last issue of the series, though, there was an interesting, bittersweet coda to that story.
However, Bruce Wayne is just pretending to be a pampered, billionaire playboy. Bruce Wayne is the disguise, while Batman is the real person.
I recently read an interview, I think it was of Scott McDaniel, where he noted that Chuck Dixon once told him that the real person was the one who was in the Batcave, with the costume on, but with the cowl off.
Red Son = I didn't have the last-page OMG reaction that you did, but still -- that is a *seriously* good comic.
Another curious note: the ending came from an idea that Grant Morrison gave to Mark Millar.