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[Owzers]

my statue exchange was "shipping today" all day.

Lies, all lies!

 

[Messi]

my statue exchange was "shipping today" all day.

Lies, all lies!

Disgraceful, absolutely disgraceful

My Batwoman bombshell was picked by dcbs today :/

 

[frye]

Great, thanks, I'll keep an eye out for it.



I really thought, initially, that it was the spiritual successor to Fear Agent. Problem is Grant is insufferable, and there's nothing particularly gripping about a shitty father trying to save his shitty kids from shitty circumstances he put them in. Like, there's no real anchor for me to latch onto here, and because the setting keeps shifting and the sci-fi fuckery is just random chaos, there's not much beating to the heart of the book.

The best thing Remender did here was

Spoiler

make the supposed villain of the story the hero after Grant "dies".

That was fucking fascinating, and could have worked so well. Eh, this book just bums me out for what it could have been.

I still remember finishing the first issue of Black Science and thinking that none of it worked for me at all

 

[VanWinkle]

I'm loving Legenderry. Man. Really wonderful art and general feel. Makes me sad that this one trade is the entire series.

I'm happy.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Disgraceful, absolutely disgraceful

My Batwoman bombshell was picked by dcbs today :/

Splotchy hair for everyone!

 

[Messi]

Splotchy hair for everyone!

I think I'll paint it. Sillymonkey made me believe.

 

[Freezasaurus]

I think I'll paint it. Sillymonkey made me believe.

Email DCC and ask them what kind of paint they used for her hair.

 

[Owzers]

Email DCC and ask them what kind of paint they used for her hair.

i was going to do this for catwoman's glasses that missed a spot of paint but i could never find the email address, closest was dc's shop entertainment store customer support.

 

[Filthy Slug]

I still remember finishing the first issue of Black Science and thinking that none of it worked for me at all

Your gut instinct was right, unfortunately. Oh well, we've got Tokyo Ghost for good sci-fi Remender (and Murphy).

 

[Messi]

Your gut instinct was right, unfortunately. Oh well, we've got Tokyo Ghost for good sci-fi Remender (and Murphy).

Low too and that is better than both imo.

 

[Filthy Slug]

Completely forgot about Low, which is damn good. Remender is pulling off some absurd writing feats considering how many excellent books he's juggling.

 

[Brian Fellows]

The art in Low is major turn off for me.

 

[Freezasaurus]

The art in Low is major turn off for me.

 

[my name is ed]

Great, thanks, I'll keep an eye out for it.



I really thought, initially, that it was the spiritual successor to Fear Agent. Problem is Grant is insufferable, and there's nothing particularly gripping about a shitty father trying to save his shitty kids from shitty circumstances he put them in. Like, there's no real anchor for me to latch onto here, and because the setting keeps shifting and the sci-fi fuckery is just random chaos, there's not much beating to the heart of the book.

The best thing Remender did here was

Spoiler

make the supposed villain of the story the hero after Grant "dies".

That was fucking fascinating, and could have worked so well. Eh, this book just bums me out for what it could have been.

I read the first three volumes of Fear Agent and it didnt really do anything for me. I have the first volume of Low but havent read it. Did you read Last Days of American Crime? That was the first thing I read that Remender wrote. Quite good

Man, sleeping is great. I love sleeping almost as much as video games.

I'd say I enjoy sleeping almost as much as buying comics. I enjoy reading comics much less than either of those

 

[googleplex]

If the spoilers I read for why all the X-men hate Cyclops again post Uncanny #600 are true. I just may have to completely give up on the X books.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

The art in Low is major turn off for me.

This is turning you off?

 

[Effigenius]

If the spoilers I read for why all the X-men hate Cyclops again post Uncanny #600 are true. I just may have to completely give up on the X books.

It doesn't seem like they have stopped hating him.

I read 600. It was eh.

Kind of funny how the 16 page backup story that was a reprint of a much older story took me longer to read than the 36 page main feature.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

The best thing Messi did in the last time was posting this Jlaw kissing gif :3

 

[Brian Fellows]

This is turning you off?

Those are just covers. The color palatte of the interiors is much different.

 

[Sandfox]

If the spoilers I read for why all the X-men hate Cyclops again post Uncanny #600 are true. I just may have to completely give up on the X books.

They never stopped hating him.

 

[Messi]

The art in Low is major turn off for me.

Major turn on for me. Love his art.

 

[Mindwipe]

Major turn on for me. Love his art.

Yeah, it's great. I never expected to enjoy Low half as much as I did.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Those are just covers. The color palatte of the interiors is much different.

I think the colors flow perfectly. I like how there not constrained to an object and person and just mix in with the rest of the art, distorting them and giving them a theme for the rest of the panels. I love when Tajo get's in the suit and when she unleashes all you see is a mixture of red and orange all over the page.

 

[Messi]

Yeah, it's great. I never expected to enjoy Low half as much as I did.

That first volume was a complete roller-coaster of emotions for me. Loved it.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

This Ben Carson stuff makes my head hurt

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

This Ben Carson stuff makes my head hurt

Ain't that America.

 

[BossDarkseid]

This Ben Carson stuff makes my head hurt

You mean the whole "The media are smearing me but I did try to kill my sister + mother"?

Also I read a bit of anad amazing spiderman...its quite fun. Gonna give Invincible Iron Man another go.

Not that I need more comics to read but is Bendis' X-Men run good if you're only real exposure to them is the cartoon + Morrison...and Whedon...

 

[Owzers]

This Ben Carson stuff makes my head hurt

That's all the more reason to vote for him, he's a brain surgeon and will help soothe that pain. Besides, Carson has no chance at winning a general election, Trumps got this.

 

[my name is ed]

You mean the whole "The media are smearing me but I did try to kill my sister + mother"?

Also I read a bit of anad amazing spiderman...its quite fun. Gonna give Invincible Iron Man another go.

Not that I need more comics to read but is Bendis' X-Men run good if you're only real exposure to them is the cartoon + Morrison...and Whedon...

Thats a pretty good base to start from IMO

You could probably read the wiki entry for Marvel vs X-Men and be fine since Bendis's run starts right after that.

 

[GrandHarrier]

Catching up on comics. Been reading Batman and Robin Eternal. Man, this is some pretty good stuff. Has there been any chatter about it?

 

[whatsinaname]

The Valiant: That was pretty ok. Really liked the first issue and the second one was good too. But it was a bit of a downhill after that. Seemed to devolve into some generic event writing, with the story being written to throw in everyone else from the universe.

Spoiler

The ending would have been interesting too, but it seemed more concerned with changing the status quo of Bloodshot than a satisfying resolution.

Anyway, the art was good throughout and it got me interested in reading Eternal Warrior (along with my previous interest in Archer & Armstrong). Maybe that's all they were going for, an advertisement for their shared universe.

 

[Messi]

Catching up on comics. Been reading Batman and Robin Eternal. Man, this is some pretty good stuff. Has there been any chatter about it?

Not really. I dropped it as the weekly schedule was too much

 

[Foofaraw]

Oh man, I really forgot about Low! I really liked the first 2 issues, but decided to trade wait to save some money. The time skip in the second issue also threw me off a bit. Really need to get some of Remender's Image trades. Also X-force Omni.



Ed, I should have charged you an art for those comics instead of dollars. I goofed!

Started reading Bendis X-Men yesterday, ANXM 1-5. Hank is a real jerk. Jean getting telepathy without Xavier's help guiding her is interesting. Everyone understanding that Xavier with mind wipe the kids, including the kids, and just treating it as a normal thing is really disturbing. I forget if Xavier got actually sympathetic during Claremont, but I remember hating him when I read the silver age stuff. Very evil towards the X-men, totally behind Cyclops offing him.

 

[Tyrant Rave]

Catching up on comics. Been reading Batman and Robin Eternal. Man, this is some pretty good stuff. Has there been any chatter about it?

It's okay. Better than Batman Eternal so far IMO.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

The Leia Mini was really far worser than Vader or Star Wars

 

[Brian Fellows]

Major turn on for me. Love his art.

I know you do. From what I've noticed you and I seem to have similar tastes when it comes to stories but we differ much more when it comes to art.

I think the colors flow perfectly. I like how there not constrained to an object and person and just mix in with the rest of the art, distorting them and giving them a theme for the rest of the panels. I love when Tajo get's in the suit and when she unleashes all you see is a mixture of red and orange all over the page.

Well you clearly know more about art than I do. The best way I can describe it is when I look at Low I get an icky feeling.

I'm sure it's a good book. The story sounds interesting enough. I just can't do it.

 

[Messi]

Oh man, I really forgot about Low! I really liked the first 2 issues, but decided to trade wait to save some money. The time skip in the second issue also threw me off a bit. Really need to get some of Remender's Image trades. Also X-force Omni.



Ed, I should have charged you an art for those comics instead of dollars. I goofed!

Started reading Bendis X-Men yesterday, ANXM 1-5. Hank is a real jerk. Jean getting telepathy without Xavier's help guiding her is interesting. Everyone understanding that Xavier with mind wipe the kids, including the kids, and just treating it as a normal thing is really disturbing. I forget if Xavier got actually sympathetic during Claremont, but I remember hating him when I read the silver age stuff. Very evil towards the X-men, totally behind Cyclops offing him.

Just wait..

 

[Sadist]

Foofaraw going to be in a for a surprise, lol.

It still blows that the last really fun X-book I've read was Amazing X-Men volume 1 by Aaron.

Spoiler

Nightcrawler pirate antics in heaven and hell. How can you not love this?

 

[Foofaraw]

Let's see, Xavier forced Cyclops to kill him so he could have floating head adventures?

I vaguely recall seeing/hearing stuff about Prof X being a floating head in a jar or something for a while.

Well, you two have me excited, but I won't be able to read more for a day or so. Really need to get to bed.

 

[Messi]

Let's see, Xavier forced Cyclops to kill him so he could have floating head adventures?

I vaguely recall seeing/hearing stuff about Prof X being a floating head in a jar or something for a while.

Well, you two have me excited, but I won't be able to read more for a day or so. Really need to get to bed.

Are reading All New and Uncanny? They crossover heavily especially early on. Uncanny is the better of the two BTW

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Let's see, Xavier forced Cyclops to kill him so he could have floating head adventures?

What the hell

 

[Brian Fellows]

I wish CMX would do me a solid and put Manifest Destiny on sale.

 

[Messi]

What the hell

He is guessing m8

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

I wish CMX would do me a solid and put Manifest Destiny on sale.

They usually do a 50% off everything image by the end of the year

 

[Filthy Slug]

I read the first three volumes of Fear Agent and it didnt really do anything for me. I have the first volume of Low but havent read it. Did you read Last Days of American Crime? That was the first thing I read that Remender wrote. Quite good

I really suggest going through the entirety of Fear Agent. It may sound silly to say, "yo finish a book you dug into but didn't dig," but man, the last arc is fucking magic. It's nowhere near Remender's most polished book, but dude stuck with his story, got remarkably better at writing as he progressed, and stuck a hell of a landing.

And nah, I've heard of Last Days (with Tochinni right?) but I never picked it up. I'll see if I can pick up a copy if you say it's solid.

 

[Brian Fellows]

They usually do a 50% off everything image by the end of the year

They pretty much just did a while back. And it was like the only series not on sale. I did get a bunch of The Walking Dead, the rest of Rasputin, and all of Black Science/Strange Girl though. So it wasn't all bad.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

When you realize that you bought a used trade and there are pages missing -,-

 

[Owzers]

When you realize that you bought a used trade and there are pages missing -,-

tell me what you think is on the page and i'll draw it up for you.

statue exchange is still "shipping today"...

 

[my name is ed]

Ed, I should have charged you an art for those comics instead of dollars. I goofed!.

haha well you did cut me a good deal so if you want ill make you a custom avatar as a thanks!

 

[VanWinkle]

Okay, starting Wonder Woman Vol. 1 (Azzarello/Chiang) again. Last time I read through issue one and just wasn't feeling it, but I liked it a lot better this time. I think I must have just not been in the mood for it last time.