The cover for NextWave #11 almost made me choke on my coffee.
Yeah, I shot precious coffee through my nostrils when I saw that this morning.
"Mark Millar Licks Goats!"
You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.
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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 - Sep 05, 2006 5:53:27 am PDT #9762 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
P.M. Marc - Sep 05, 2006 7:04:57 am PDT #9763 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 am very glad I hadn't gone to get coffee, because it would be everywhere except in my belly where it belongs right about now.
That's a thing of beauty.
esse - Sep 08, 2006 3:31:44 am PDT #9764 of 10000
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Was anyone following Lucifer? I'm sad to see it ending, but pleased that it had such a good run. There's a nice article about it over at Popmatters.
Strega - Sep 08, 2006 5:18:03 am PDT #9765 of 10000
Didn't it end months ago? I've been reading it in the TPBs, so for me it won't be over for a little while yet. But yeah, I thought Carey did an amazing job. It made me happy that Lucifer remained such a complete asshole throughout. I mean, that's a tricky character to base a series around.
esse - Sep 08, 2006 5:23:24 am PDT #9766 of 10000
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Well, it was released at the end of June, so I guess it has been two months. I've been reading it in spurts, though, so I hadn't been buying it off the shelf.
Strega - Sep 08, 2006 5:32:18 am PDT #9767 of 10000
Heh, I wasn't sure myself. I think I deliberately stopped noticing the floppies at some point when I knew they would tempt me with their shiny newness.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 08, 2006 6:26:44 am PDT #9768 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 read it up through the end (using the Alan Moore/Neil Gaiman loophole I gave myself for my No More DC policy). Wasn't terribly impressed by the final issue though.
Polter-Cow - Sep 08, 2006 6:52:31 am PDT #9769 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, it's over? I guess that means I can start reading it all eventually.
Strega - Sep 08, 2006 7:19:19 am PDT #9770 of 10000
I did think this bit from that Popmatters piece was goofy:
Like a lot of Gaiman fans, I was outraged that DC would try to milk even more money out of Neil’s precious creations
Oh, please. Because I'm sure no Gaiman fan buys the reissues and spin-offs and statues and posters and action figures and stuffed animals and whatever else. I'm not thrilled that there's such a market for all that crap, but it's not DC I blame for that.
esse - Sep 08, 2006 7:22:18 am PDT #9771 of 10000
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Yeah, that was a little wanky. I skimmed the first few paragraphs about how the author had to get over himself to read something that wasn't Pure Gaiman (TM), even though it was endorsed by Neil, which is why I started reading it. (Well, that and Fay thrusting it into my hands.) But it reminded me of why I liked the series so much, and I'm going to go back and re-read all of them. When I get things sorted out a little more.