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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.


victor infante - Mar 22, 2005 7:08:32 am PST #7688 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

"Countdown to Infinite Crisis" looks awesome, but man, that is the worst title ever.

Will I buy it? Oh yes. But I will still mock the name.

They better not kill Blue Beetle, though. Especially not so soon after killing Sue Dibny. Although if they are doing that, I can see why the whole thing might have driven Keith Giffen to leave DC.


amych - Mar 22, 2005 7:11:22 am PST #7689 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Victor, I get the bad feeling they're going to. Because they're ratfuckers and they hate me.


§ ita § - Mar 22, 2005 7:12:57 am PST #7690 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But! But! I like him! They can't do that. And those preview pages make me like him more.


P.M. Marc - Mar 22, 2005 7:16:16 am PST #7691 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

amych took the words out of my mouth.

Damn it.


victor infante - Mar 22, 2005 7:16:56 am PST #7692 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

victor infante - Mar 22, 2005 7:18:06 am PST #7693 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

I know. Those previews are some of the best he's been handled in ages, aside from maybe in BoP, and I think he's a goner. I'm pretty sure that's who Batman's holding on the cover. Of course, other rumors say Nightwing or the Atom, but my money's on Mr. Kord


§ ita § - Mar 22, 2005 7:22:31 am PST #7694 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I admit, after reading the pages, I went back up and relooked at the cover with a sense of closing doom. I hope I'm making up the goggles in the guy's silhouette. And, you know, there's no assurance (is there?) that the guy's dead, right?


DavidS - Mar 22, 2005 7:37:20 am PST #7695 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'll second Tom's recommendation of Ed the Happy Clown. One of the most demented and yet haunting comics ever.

I'd rather not see Blue Beetle, Nightwing or Atom killed. What's with all the killing? Can't they tell a nice story about catching burglars with a few witty bon mots and jumplines? A little super speed, some snazzy puns, a catch phrase battle cry in splash page sized font...what's wrong with that?

Besides death has been thoroughly devalued by now as a narrative trope. If they can bring back Jason after 9,000 panels of the empty suit in the glass case, then they're just minutes away from jerking Barry Allen back into this timeline.


Tom Scola - Mar 22, 2005 7:40:18 am PST #7696 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

If they can bring back Jason ..., then they're just minutes away from jerking Barry Allen back into this timeline.

Uhm.... [link]


Frankenbuddha - Mar 22, 2005 7:40:52 am PST #7697 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Besides death has been thoroughly devalued by now as a narrative trope. If they can bring back Jason after 9,000 panels of the empty suit in the glass case, then they're just minutes away from jerking Barry Allen back into this timeline.

Ah, hell if they bring back Larry the lobster Jason then I wouldn't put it past them to bring back Sue Dibny at some point.