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Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Thanos is getting a series for some reason. New Jessica Jones as everyone predicted.

The Ultimates is being reset to #1, I'm guessing because there will either be a new team (because Captain Marvel will be the new evil tyrant after playing this Civil War's Tony Stark) or a new writer (if it's not Al Ewing, I'm out).

On the upside, not everything is being soft rebooted. Ms. Marvel, for instance. Somehow, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur will continue for another year, which is awesome for people who like it, but I really need to cancel that subscription.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

True, but Bendis won't have his hands on it and I'm curious to see how they handle Slapstick in general. I'm willing to give it a shot if it reads remotely like the Herc run did.

Also apparently Deodato's doing the art on the replacement Iron Man, which has me fleeing even further from it now.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I've seen the leaked list. Some stuff I'm surprised will be continuing, but also glad (Hellcat, Power Man and Iron Fist). Other stuff is being relaunched (Avengers, Captain Marvel). Some stuff is weird (Ultimates squared? Weird.)

What sucks is that I can't get too excited about much of it. Pretty much just adding Champions and U.S. Avengers to my stuff, and will probably continue trade-waiting with Ultimates and Power Man. I guess that helps my wallet since so much of the DC Rebirth stuff is so good.

For Spider-man fans: new event comic to balance out the crappy return of the Clone Saga. Renew Your Vows will put Peter Parker and MJ back together.

To throw some crap on there, apparently Miles Morales + Spider-Gwen. I'm pretty sure she's about six years older than him, and he's 16. Thanks, Bendis.
 
Covar

Covar

Zero Esc said:
To throw some crap on there, apparently Miles Morales + Spider-Gwen. I'm pretty sure she's about six years older than him, and he's 16. Thanks, Bendis.
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Unless they love as fast as the first few years of amazing I thought she was still in high school?
 
Frank

Frank

Zero Esc said:
To throw some crap on there, apparently Miles Morales + Spider-Gwen. I'm pretty sure she's about six years older than him, and he's 16. Thanks, Bendis.
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I thought Spider-Gwen was 18.

An 18 year old and a 16 year old isn't a big deal.

Though, she's doomed. Things don't go well for Gwen Stacys dating Spider-Men.

OOOOOOOOR, he's doomed. Or they both fall from a bridge and snap each other's necks trying to save each other. Bendis, you genius.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Frank said:
I thought Spider-Gwen was 18.

An 18 year old and a 16 year old isn't a big deal.

Though, she's doomed. Things don't go well for Gwen Stacys dating Spider-Men.

OOOOOOOOR, he's doomed. Or they both fall from a bridge and snap each other's necks trying to save each other. Bendis, you genius.
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I was wrong on both. Gwen is 19, and Miles is 14. Eeegh ...
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Frank said:
He was aged up, he's a junior in high school, so 16 is about right.
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The Wikia, updated in June says 14, and since that's after Secret Wars, I'm not sure when else he'd have been aged up. I'm not seeing anything about his being a junior.

I'm just gonna ask Bendis on Tumblr, see if he responds.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/07/15/are-you-teamcho-or-teamrucka-over-wonder-woman/

Greg Rucka and DC mildly change Frank Cho's Wonder Woman variant cover to take away a panty shot.

Cho flips out and quits DC.

What nonsense over a couple of inches. Personally, I'm on DC and Rucka's side. There was no need for the panty shot and Cho is known for being a cheesecake artist. Variant or not, the tone doesn't fit with Rucka's tone in the comic.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

In the end I think the lesson is don't put Cho on a book if you don't want a little cheesecake. The guy's insanely talented but he's also insanely stubborn, like most artists will be when it comes to their own work.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

CynicismKills said:
In the end I think the lesson is don't put Cho on a book if you don't want a little cheesecake. The guy's insanely talented but he's also insanely stubborn, like most artists will be when it comes to their own work.
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He just needs a book of his own to do this with. Hell, let's have him go to Image and have his own, sexy, creator-owned book. I'm sure it'll sell well. Doubt I'd be personally interested, but still.
 
strawman

strawman

ThatNickGuy said:
He just needs a book of his own to do this with.
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https://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=frank+cho+books&gws_rd=ssl[DOUBLEPOST=1468609882,1468609449][/DOUBLEPOST]This kerfuffle is nothing new for Cho. DC knew what they were going to get, and they doubtlessly gave him a list of things he couldn't do, and chances are good the panty line was across the line and Cho was trying to sneak it through. This is a time honored tradition for artists.

DC in the past might have simply erased the line, but that results in calls that DC modified the artist's work, which is apparently worse than cropping, so they cropped this one. It didn't result in any less of a brouhaha, and Cho angrily walking away from his contract is nothing new.

For DC, though, it's just extra press, and absent the panty line the drawing is still very sexualized anyway.

My bet is that Cho still cashed/cashes the check he got for that cover. He isn't all that interested in his principles, but he likes publicity and his personal brand of oversexualized females.[DOUBLEPOST=1468610354][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, for those not familiar with his long line of credits in the comic book industry (lots of stuff for marvel over the years) his wikipedia article might prove informative:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Cho
 
Sara_2814

Sara_2814

Gail Simone's FB post in that whole mess is one of the reasons I love her.

The cover isn't too bad--I've definitely seen worse in the "oversexualized superheroine" department. It's actually quite tame for Cho. Her boobs are relatively normal sized!

If it's supposed to be panties--if they're colored to draw attention to them being panties, like making them hot pink--I can see that as a definite problem. But if it's colored to just be the bottom of the one-piece swimsuit style costume--well, what else is going to be under her skirt? Is she supposed to be wearing a thong under there? Is she going commando? This just seems like something that could have been solved by the colorist.

Seems like a lot of drama on Cho's part, though, considering he was hired to do artwork. When someone is paying you, you do the artwork they want. Keep your personal creative choices for your original work.
 
evilmike

evilmike

I'm reminded of a story about Frank Frazetta and his work La of Opar. (NSFW)

Just before the big Frazetta Halloween show in 1994 being held at the ALEXANDER GALLERY on Madison Avenue in NYC, Alex Acevedo (the owner) was buying a lot of Frazetta originals. Frank was in a selling mood because he was trying to pay off his newly purchased home in Boca Grande, Florida. This was going to be the new home of the Frazetta Museum.

Alex was quite interested in buying the Tarzan meets LA of Opar watercolor. Frank would not sell it because of the pornographic nature of the piece. Tarzan was shown with a huge erection. This made the piece. One of the slave girls was looking down at the erection with obvious lust in her eyes. The Queen was lifting herself off the throne and thrusting her pubic area toward Tarzan. Great Frazetta ribald humor! A masterpiece. Frank put a lot of work into the details.

Alex wanted it. Frank said that he would have to remove the penis. Alex agreed. I was thoroughly despondent sitting there watching this scenario play out before my eyes. "My God, Frank, you can't take out that penis. It will ruin the piece." I said it calmly and quietly while Alex was looking at other potential acquisitions. Frank simply said: "I can draw another one." I've heard this before and it never happened. Alex was willing to pay 45K for the piece.

Frank got out his gouache bottles and a little water. In a few minutes he had scraped off the penis and flawlessly filled-in the open area. He matched every tone perfectly. It was an amazing thing to see. It is impossible to see that anything different was there before.​

(DocDave's Frazetta blog)

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