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Hey, nothing wrong with that. I read everything up to New Spawn, then I totally lost interest. I didn't want to see anyone but Al. But I can also see why they did it. I mean what's left after
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[Comics] What Comics are you Currently Reading Thread
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Reading book nine of Fables, Mike Allred has a real popping style doesn't he? Its just kinda funny going from Mark Buckingham's also unique style to Allred's at the drop of a hat. While I'm on the fence on most of their individual designs of the characters I prefer Buckinham's design of Pinnochio design over Allred. If Pinnochio doesn't look like a miniature 1920s gangster the world just doesn't make sense.
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If you're going to pick up six issues this year - Hobgoblin and Carnage's AXIS minis were spectacular.
Axis is so fucking weird, but it's turned Carnage into an awesome character.
Also, I'm not really reading much lately, Marvel's big events aren't super interesting and I've never been big on DC in general.
Too bad he's going to sacrifice himself to stop Apocalypse's bomb from killing everyone.
Also, I'm not really reading much lately, Marvel's big events aren't super interesting and I've never been big on DC in general.
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Guess who appears in a future issue of NOVA??
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Hooray! I hope he's still as ridiculous as he is right now, he's one of the only good parts about Axis.
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Man I don't know if any of you have been reading the Megaman comic, but they explore some pretty dark shit. This album is a few pages from MM's confrontation with Needle Man.
If you've ever listened to The Megas, there's a lot of parallels you can draw between the tone of their songs and this series, especially in the area of what the Masters are programmed for/to do compared to MM.
If you've ever listened to The Megas, there's a lot of parallels you can draw between the tone of their songs and this series, especially in the area of what the Masters are programmed for/to do compared to MM.
The Mega Man comics have been fantastic. I only get the trades though.
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Ugh, the heat man part too. ;_;
Oh, and don't forget Spark Man!
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The new Ant-Man shows promise. I'm probably going to get a subscription to that - it's written by Nick Spencer and he was amazing on Superior Foes of Spider-Man.
The first issue was pretty good. Axis Tony is hilariously douchey.
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I hope he stays around. Iron Man started off as a character that Stan Lee wanted to be unlikeable.
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Well, Spider-Verse has certainly been upsetting with who has and hasn't been killed yet - but Spider-Man 2099 had a nice little cameo by someone who hasn't been seen in 20 years and he wrecked the baddie.
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Captain America: Castaway in Dimension X
Maybe I'd read this far too long after the hype. I remember this getting a lot of great reviews and a number of my friends enjoyed it. And I just found it kind of...meh. I think it's largely because I'm just not a fan of John Romita Jr's artwork. His anatomy is way off - especially with children, as seen here and in Kick-Ass - and I find that his work looks more lazy and rushed as a series continues. This is no exception. The story and characters are overall ho-hum, especially Steve Rogers, who feels like he could be replaced with anyone and it'd be the same. The new characters are dull and uninteresting, there's little to no explanation of where they are or how the villain got there, and the villain himself is just your usual boring Evil for Evil's Sake.
Honestly, this was a 2-volume story, I read only the first volume and I doubt I'll go back to it. These were borrowed out from the library, so I'm glad I didn't pay money for them.
Thor: The Mighty Avenger
This, on the other hand, was just as charming and enjoyable to read the second time as it was the first. Really criminally underrated and REALLY criminally cancelled far too early.
Maybe I'd read this far too long after the hype. I remember this getting a lot of great reviews and a number of my friends enjoyed it. And I just found it kind of...meh. I think it's largely because I'm just not a fan of John Romita Jr's artwork. His anatomy is way off - especially with children, as seen here and in Kick-Ass - and I find that his work looks more lazy and rushed as a series continues. This is no exception. The story and characters are overall ho-hum, especially Steve Rogers, who feels like he could be replaced with anyone and it'd be the same. The new characters are dull and uninteresting, there's little to no explanation of where they are or how the villain got there, and the villain himself is just your usual boring Evil for Evil's Sake.
Honestly, this was a 2-volume story, I read only the first volume and I doubt I'll go back to it. These were borrowed out from the library, so I'm glad I didn't pay money for them.
Thor: The Mighty Avenger
This, on the other hand, was just as charming and enjoyable to read the second time as it was the first. Really criminally underrated and REALLY criminally cancelled far too early.
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ARGG I THOUGHT I SPOILERED THE IMAGE SORRYWell, thanks for that spoiler there.....
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Do you mean dimension Z? Cos if not, I would be all up ons a marvel/ninja turtles cross over.
Do you mean dimension Z? Cos if not, I would be all up ons a marvel/ninja turtles cross over.
Whoops, yes I did. Slip of the finger.
Damn, I would pay good money to see Steve Rogers punch Krang in the face.
It's okay, just got my ship notice and the issue should be here on Saturday. I'll probably forget anyway.
I can't decide if I like Spider-Verse or not. It's your usual loldimensions kind of fare, but Slott's really starting to grate on me. Silk is stupidly overpowered and is starting to remind me of Count-the-Jellybeans-Vision-era Superman with the way new powers just kind of show up in her dialogue. On the other hand, I love all the random SM versions that have been showing up, most of which have been pretty fun.
I really think it's time he hands the book over to someone else, though. Personally I'd love Posehn and Duggan to do it up like they have Deadpool, they really turned him into a great character.
I really think it's time he hands the book over to someone else, though. Personally I'd love Posehn and Duggan to do it up like they have Deadpool, they really turned him into a great character.
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Yeah, I'm definitely not a fan of Slott, Silk being better than Peter at everything is really annoying. Really wish Yost got a try at it - he wrote a fantastic SpOck.
I decided to read the wiki version of Silk's origin... I can tell that would beat reading the actual comic she's in. It's akin to the turtle who shall not be named from "Next Mutation", we are just supposed to believe that ALL this time there was another person who was bitten by the same spider as Pete? Yeah I think I missed the part where after Peter was bitten that someone else said "Ouch, the same spider bit me as well!" Out of all the dumb pointless retcons to the spider-verse... this is one of them.
Latest issue of Attack on Titan--so much sad and bad.
Saw the preview pages of the new Squirrel Girl comic and read some comments about the comic online. The reactions are really mixed. Some hate the art style, other the humour and some just Squirrel Girl as a character. Has anybody here read the comic, is worth picking up and are there other good Marvel titles right now?
I generally hate squirrel girl. The character is a joke parody character that her fans seem to think is supposed to be legit (see Lobo). That said the book was enjoyable. Ryan North was great on Adventure Time and Dinosaur Comics continues to be entertaining so I checked it out. The art is good and serves the style of the story, which is a whimsical comedic take on the hero now coping with settling down in real world stories Marvel has been doing lately.
Other good Marvel titles? Daredevil!
