I think I'm going to request Zoe for #2 and Wash for #3. That is, if my comic book guy will let me.
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
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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.
sumi - Jul 14, 2005 6:30:11 am PDT #8360 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Gandalfe - Jul 14, 2005 6:50:04 am PDT #8361 of 10000
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I'm getting all variant covers. Because I'm a geek.
Jeff Mejia - Jul 14, 2005 7:49:20 am PDT #8362 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
I'm getting all variant covers. Because I'm a geek.
Geek on! I was lucky enough to pick up all three covers, as well. Hell, I'm geeky enought that I even contemplated picking up all of the Angel covers, but the ugliness of the John Byrne cover dissuaded me. I've decided to just stick with the David Messina covers, since that was the only one I could get last issue.
Atropa - Jul 14, 2005 9:51:50 am PDT #8363 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I finally got a copy of issue 1 of Neverwhere.
Um. No.
That is not how Door is supposed to look. That is not how the Marquis de Carabas is supposed to look. That is not how the Great Beast of London is supposed to look. And the writing ... the sections that are directly lifted from Neverwhere the book are good, no surprise. Mike Carey tries really hard to live up to that, and fails. His dialog doesn't ring true for the characters. I fear how this series is going to represent Hunter.
I know that Neil Gaiman is "overseeing the project as consultant", according to the DC/Vertigo website, but that isn't enough to convince me to buy the other issues.
DXMachina - Jul 14, 2005 9:53:34 am PDT #8364 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I felt the same way about it. Not buying the rest of it either.
Atropa - Jul 14, 2005 9:56:53 am PDT #8365 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I felt the same way about it. Not buying the rest of it either.
Pete was vastly amused by observing my various cranky and indignant outbursts while reading it last night.
I did like The Dead Boy Detectives by Jill Thompson, no surprise there. It was cute. Fluffy, kinda silly, but charming.
sumi - Jul 14, 2005 10:02:13 am PDT #8366 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I don't remember which artist this is but I got the cover with Angel and the rest of the gang. I liked the one of Angel in the snow, but I figured I got the solo Angel one last time. (I hated the one with Angel and Spike in vampface attacking the beastie.)
DXMachina - Jul 14, 2005 10:05:38 am PDT #8367 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I got that cover, too, then got all confused because Angel implied that Cordy is dead, and it occurred to me that I have no idea when the current storyline is set. If he's dating Nina, then is it before or after the end of S5? And if it's after, why are all those dead people on the cover?
sumi - Jul 14, 2005 10:27:11 am PDT #8368 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Well, why was there a puppet Angel on the cover of the 1st one? There is no puppet Angel in the book.
Jeff Mejia - Jul 14, 2005 12:03:41 pm PDT #8369 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
I got that cover, too, then got all confused because Angel implied that Cordy is dead, and it occurred to me that I have no idea when the current storyline is set. If he's dating Nina, then is it before or after the end of S5? And if it's after, why are all those dead people on the cover?
I think at the back of issue #1, where they had the IDW output for that month, there was a description of this series as taking place after Season 5 (which the mention of Nina and dating tends to indicate) and they describe the series on the IDW website as post-series.