Aw, fuck. I knew I shouldn't even be SKIMMING the introductions. I mean, I had a slight inkling Dream was going to die, what with the final book being called The Wake, but I still hate being actually spoiled.
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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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 - May 04, 2006 11:27:47 am PDT #9470 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jon B. - May 04, 2006 3:33:15 pm PDT #9471 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And I just liked the character of Prez, his unflagging idealism and the way it was tied to the desire to fix watches.
Not sure if you know this, but there was a short-lived comic called Prez back in the 70's that starred that character. Short-lived as in 4 issues, I believe. [ yep: [link] ]
Polter-Cow - May 04, 2006 5:08:46 pm PDT #9472 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I didn't know it when I read it, but I have since been notified.
Mr. Broom - May 04, 2006 6:57:30 pm PDT #9473 of 10000
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Re: "It's about family," I feel very much that "Brief Lives" is more about change than family. "You can stop being anything." Destruction is change, so he changes and stops being Destruction. This to be contrasted with Dream's resistance to change in himself, though he's already undergone some of it despite this. Delirium having such a large role points at this further. Together they are, in order, one who has changed and become something other, one who has neither changed (much) nor left the Endless, and one who has changed and stayed Endless. They almost describe a cycle in three persons.
(I'm reading along at this point. Damn you.)
Matt the Bruins fan - May 04, 2006 7:24:49 pm PDT #9474 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
I finally had the chance to read this week's comics after work today.
The very first comic book I can recall buying with my own allowance money was All-Star Comics #64 back in 1977, featuring Power Girl and the Golden Age Superman and Flash. So it's fitting that those same characters are also in Infinite Crisis #7, the last DC comic I will ever buy. DC has just pissed away 29 years of loyal readership and lost my business forever.
DavidS - May 04, 2006 9:02:20 pm PDT #9475 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Not sure if you know this, but there was a short-lived comic called Prez back in the 70's that starred that character.
I had those comics!
DC has just pissed away 29 years of loyal readership and lost my business forever.
You can kill characters. You can fuck with continuity. But when you do both at the same time you piss people off.
Frankenbuddha - May 05, 2006 3:30:32 am PDT #9476 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Not sure if you know this, but there was a short-lived comic called Prez back in the 70's that starred that character. Short-lived as in 4 issues, I believe. [ yep: [link] ]
Holy crap! I have a (sadly beat up) issue of this that I can't remember how I acquired. It revolved around a US/USSR chess tournament (Bobby Fischer was big news at the time - probably the only time in US history that chess was a trendy topic). I knew it must have been short-lived, but I didn't realize how short-lived. In case it's not incredibly obvious, I haven't gotten around to WORLD'S END yet. Go Neil with the obscure character use, though.
Hayden - May 05, 2006 5:29:27 am PDT #9477 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The art on that is by Mike Allred, who did stellar work on the X-Statix comic.
Edited for clarity to say: I mean the art on the Prez section of World's End.
Jon B. - May 05, 2006 5:56:46 am PDT #9478 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I think I had two issues of Prez back in the day (#'s 1 & 4), but I sold them off years ago.
Hayden - May 05, 2006 5:58:19 am PDT #9479 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."