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[Comics] What Comics are you Currently Reading Thread
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BananaHands
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Ant-Man shows promise - Hickman's Avengers and New Avengers run is actually coming to a head. The new Uncanny Avengers has a pretty unique line-up too.
Superior Iron Man is great too. I definitely recommend picking up the Superior Foes of Spider-Man run too, probably the best thing that's come out in years.
Sabertooth is on the Avengers?
Shit that might be fun.
Shit that might be fun.
BananaHands
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He went through an inversion of sorts.
Oh my god and I love that Peter is making a Carnage-Man statue.
Ah, didn't know he was affected by the Sixis stuff too. Still, though, might be worth checking out.
BananaHands
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Yeah - it wasn't outright terrible with him. He definitely has his ruthlessness still, just has this guilt weighing on him for what he's done.
Posting this here too, get the Humble Bundle Image bundle. It's fucking madness, easily hundreds of dollars worth of good to amazing comics for 20 beans.
https://www.humblebundle.com/books
https://www.humblebundle.com/books
I haven't really been able to read any new comics lately other than the ones I make or I'm apart of lol 
BananaHands
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The new Uncanny Avengers...
...I love it.
...I love it.
BananaHands
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Cat strippers.
Cocky Quicksilver?
I'm in.
I'm in.
BananaHands
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The issue was okay - but the Quicksilver parts were the best. Also, Sabertooth being a good dude but incredibly snarky was great.
BananaHands
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Lo and behold - a Spider-Man book that's actually FUN.
Spider-Man & The X-Men!
Spider-Man & The X-Men!
SM&XM is amazing and everyone should buy it. It's one of the best books out there right now.
Amazingly, Deadpool is still going strong, too.
Amazingly, Deadpool is still going strong, too.
I have a friend who is huge into Valiant and since I've heard nothing but good things (literally) about the publisher's line, I borrowed the first two issues of the Valiant and the first trade of Quantum & Woody. Seeing how I'm opening up a comic book store in a few weeks I thought it would be good to familiarize myself with more of the smaller publishers.
The Valiant
My first exposure to the Valiant universe and it's taken me by surprise. Paolo Rivera handles the art duties, and it goes without saying that this title is absolutely gorgeous. The story by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt is compelling, and they do a good job nailing down the crossover big event feel while characters are still allowed room to breathe and not just be a series of full and double page spreads. As a new reader I'm getting enough about each character to really pique my interest and want to read more. The world really feels fleshed out and unique, not just a take on the DC or Marvel universes. I never really get the sense that anyone is just an analogue of a hero from the big two.
Quantum & Woody
Hilarious. A good story, compelling characters, and a sense of humor that never distracts from the book. I'd describe it as reading a super hero book that is funny, not a humor book about super-heroes. Written by James Asmus with art by Tom Fowler.
The Valiant
My first exposure to the Valiant universe and it's taken me by surprise. Paolo Rivera handles the art duties, and it goes without saying that this title is absolutely gorgeous. The story by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt is compelling, and they do a good job nailing down the crossover big event feel while characters are still allowed room to breathe and not just be a series of full and double page spreads. As a new reader I'm getting enough about each character to really pique my interest and want to read more. The world really feels fleshed out and unique, not just a take on the DC or Marvel universes. I never really get the sense that anyone is just an analogue of a hero from the big two.
Quantum & Woody
Hilarious. A good story, compelling characters, and a sense of humor that never distracts from the book. I'd describe it as reading a super hero book that is funny, not a humor book about super-heroes. Written by James Asmus with art by Tom Fowler.
BananaHands
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Basically everything is ending and everyone is dicks.
I've heard lots of good things, I'm going to have to see if I can snag copies this week from the LCS.
TMNT Essential volume 2, FUCK I love the Mirage comics. The Cerebus cross-over, Donnie's crazy monster battle, and the return of SHREDDER- just great.
Attack on Titan
I love that by now when Eren gets self-pitying and moody during a crucial moment of survival, the other characters react with "how are we not used to this by now?"
I love that by now when Eren gets self-pitying and moody during a crucial moment of survival, the other characters react with "how are we not used to this by now?"
Fables book 10 and 11
Damn do I love this series, but really what the hell was the Adversary thinking in "The Good Prince"?
Just saying, LOVE the series, love the characters, but it felt very Deus ex machinaish. Its a very small criticism though, as there's enough cool shit from both sides in "War and Pieces" to make up for it.
Damn do I love this series, but really what the hell was the Adversary thinking in "The Good Prince"?
Emperor: Father, the king of haven has magic armor that gives him control over all magic, and an army of ghosts that nullify almost every one of our armies! What should we do.
Gepetto: Why the answer is simple, send ALL of our magical wooden soldiers to attack him!
Emperor: That...that's a terrible plan, he'll probably wipe them all out.
Gepetto: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH but the wooden soldiers are made of super special magic that he can't touch!
Emperor: Yeah, but what if he can do some other thing that we didn't forse-
Gepetto: CALL ALL THE SOLDIERS YOU ETRIGAN LOOKING SON OF A BITCH!
Emperor: This empire is fucked.
Gepetto: Why the answer is simple, send ALL of our magical wooden soldiers to attack him!
Emperor: That...that's a terrible plan, he'll probably wipe them all out.
Gepetto: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH but the wooden soldiers are made of super special magic that he can't touch!
Emperor: Yeah, but what if he can do some other thing that we didn't forse-
Gepetto: CALL ALL THE SOLDIERS YOU ETRIGAN LOOKING SON OF A BITCH!
Emperor: This empire is fucked.
Just saying, LOVE the series, love the characters, but it felt very Deus ex machinaish. Its a very small criticism though, as there's enough cool shit from both sides in "War and Pieces" to make up for it.
You're almost at the point where I stopped reading the book. Actually, 11 might have been my cut-off. There's one volume that's a crossover with Jack of Fables, which isn't very good on top of being a crossover. Plus, I didn't find the series as compelling once the G-Man went down. Apparently, the book was originally planned to end at that until Williangham decided to keep it going and turn the whole thing into a franchise with spin-offs and mini-series.
YUP, I figured as much. Outside of the whole Boy Blue/Rose Red deal it felt like it could be a proper series finale.
Damn great book. If you want more of Brian Wood, might I recommend DMZ? I'm not usually one for political kind of books, but this one's great. Very different from Northlanders, but still great for different reasons.
So I gave femThor a few issues, and man I don't know what happened to this writer (he was doing great work on the Godkiller arc) but it is just so bad. This dumb conversation between her/Creel/Titania is so full of pandering and terrible dialogue, and for the most part every book is written like that.
Not everyone is good at writing women, or they over compensate for it, like that conversation with Thor and Tatiana. Just writer her like any other character/Asgardian. (On the otherhand, Absorbing Man's dialogue could have been taken ,word for word, from a number of posts I've seen online, which is whole different type of sad.)
After reading my second book coming out later this year, a friend of mine told me I did a great job writing female characters. She used both my first and second book as examples.
I don't know if everyone would agree with that, but I don't know. I think of all my characters as characters first - motivations, for example - before their gender. Maybe that's why.
I don't know if everyone would agree with that, but I don't know. I think of all my characters as characters first - motivations, for example - before their gender. Maybe that's why.