[Comics] What Comics are you Currently Reading Thread
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That wasn't the reference I was going for, but that works too.
She-Hulk realizing she'd been raped years ago as a narrative means of getting her superpowers back ... classy Dan Slott. Real classy.
And oh goodie, the next issue is the Civil War tie-in. I'm so done with this run, but I bought these fucking things and I'm going to finish it. And then never read another book by Dan Slott.
And oh goodie, the next issue is the Civil War tie-in. I'm so done with this run, but I bought these fucking things and I'm going to finish it. And then never read another book by Dan Slott.
You are doing Kal-El's work, suffering through this so others may not.
I think others suffered through other work of his, because several people here fucking warned me. Not about Slott's She-Hulk run in particular, but Slott.
I thought the first few issues were fun and bought the whole run. HAHAHA, oops! There are moments of cleverness or even great character stuff, but it's like ... one page per issue, if that. None of the stories have the energy they did at first, or the humor, and then there's a lot of stupid or offensive shit. Pug has been carrying a torch for She-Hulk since the start of this series. At the current issue I'm at, that would be three years of this run. How many pages wasted on this subplot?
Soule's She-Hulk run was a little dry, but the stories were solid and interesting. How did that get cancelled after 12 issues, but this got to keep going for 30+? Probably the artwork, but I'll take solid writing and okay art over excellent art with lackluster writing.
Night of the Monster Men parts 1 and 2 in Batman and Nightwing. It's a Halloween crossover between three Bat-titles, and that's really about it; just an intense monster romp that probably won't have much consequence or character development. The biggest non-monster thing going on is everyone having to deal with Bruce in his grieving.
Superman #7 was not the issue solicited. Summary said Lois and Clark ponder Jon's place in the aftermath of dealing with Eradicator and Doomsday ... nope! Instead they all have a family outing to the county fair, and it was wonderful. I really hope this book keeps being about the two of them as parents; I'm afraid that once Super Sons begins, it won't be about that anymore.
Superman #7 was not the issue solicited. Summary said Lois and Clark ponder Jon's place in the aftermath of dealing with Eradicator and Doomsday ... nope! Instead they all have a family outing to the county fair, and it was wonderful. I really hope this book keeps being about the two of them as parents; I'm afraid that once Super Sons begins, it won't be about that anymore.
Having finished Supergirl season 1, my wife decided she wanted to take a crack at the new series of Superman. She's loving it.
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I'm confused. I got a notification that I was tagged in a post. But I don't see where.
The masked tagger strikes again!
It was me. I had a longer post above saying you might want to check out the first Superman arc (even if you don't toss cash to DC ahem) and it might click with you despite DC's superdickerying you around in the past, but then I thought you probably didn't want to hear any of that, so I deleted it. I thought deleting it would also remove the alert, but now I've learned to be more cautious when tagging people.
Though #7 between-arcs issue is so great I want to hug it. I might just read it again tomorrow.
In other non-shame news, gonna start picking up Monstress when it resumes next month. I read the first trade, and while it's the kind of story I'd rather have in trade form, I figure Image and this comic deserve the love. Plus, though Image's comics are the same price as Marvel, their trades are lower, at least for this title, enough that it won't feel like double-dipping if I buy the trade later.
Marvel floppy $4, four to six floppies in a trade, $18.
Image floppy $4, six floppies in a trade, $10.
Given the context of the post, I figured that's what it was. But I can't. They've systematically destroyed any goodwill I might have had left for them.
Got it, but if ye ever be changing yer mind, matey, ye be knowing where to look, arr.
It may have been deleted.
...see?
Yes, if you're going to delete a post, you should delete tags and stuff in it, otherwise ghostly remnants linger.
--Patrick
I did. I edited it out of the post. Doesn't matter.
As soon as the post was posted, the notification was sent. Kinda like the email notifications, the first post after you've read up to current will be sent as a notification, even if it is immediately deleted.
Wife is now caught up on Superman. She ate through the last few issues tonight and is excited for the next one (like I am).
In my own reading, I just hit The Incredible Hulk #377 ... damn. I'm happy with the end of the issue, it's getting more toward what Hulk was when I was a kid, but what a journey getting to this point, and this was the most emotionally arresting issue so far in Peter David's run.
In my own reading, I just hit The Incredible Hulk #377 ... damn. I'm happy with the end of the issue, it's getting more toward what Hulk was when I was a kid, but what a journey getting to this point, and this was the most emotionally arresting issue so far in Peter David's run.
Why are you bothering to point this out? It was already settled between me and ZE.
All this tag drama is TEARING ME UP INSIDE!
I was still catching up on the thread, hadn't reached the end yet when I posted.
I did consider deleting my response, but since the whole thing was about deleting (and because it might answer someone else's question later), well...
--Patrick
Finished Peter David's Hulk, volume 6. That was the best one so far. Probably the best one, which is why it's the most expensive. I'm eager to see more adventures of whatever the integrated Hulk is called. I think he was already the Professor when I started reading.
What am I not reading? Ms. Marvel, but the author is not making that easy. You got Dan Slott literally begging people to order more of his comic and I just roll my eyes. Meanwhile, G. Willow Wilson says nothing like that, just tweets stuff like I'm glad this arc is over, it was emotionally taxing, and I don't know how I'm supposed to wait for the trade in November. Damn you, Wilson.
What am I not reading? Ms. Marvel, but the author is not making that easy. You got Dan Slott literally begging people to order more of his comic and I just roll my eyes. Meanwhile, G. Willow Wilson says nothing like that, just tweets stuff like I'm glad this arc is over, it was emotionally taxing, and I don't know how I'm supposed to wait for the trade in November. Damn you, Wilson.
Batman: Hush
... that was dumb.
... that was dumb.
Now that I've had some rest, I can be more descriptive.
Hush was really dumb. The whole book is full of characters acting out of character, situations that seem unrelated but we're promised they're connected, and you take it on faith that the whole contrived mess will add up in the end, but it does not. Everything is much more apparent than Loeb seemed to realize and far less interesting. The Long Halloween also did a villain romp, but their presence in each chapter was incidental, it was a vehicle for propelling the overall mystery but not part of it. Here it's just, let's do this one chapter, and then this next chapter, and I'm sure it'll all work out! But it doesn't.
And on a subjective note, this kind of villains romp isn't really my kind of Batman story. I prefer focus, on one situation, even if that happens to involve several villains. For a video game, great. But The Court of Owls is more my kind of thing.
That, and Scott Snyder is a better writer. Loeb's Batman inner monologue is less its own thing and more Diet Frank Miller.
Hush was really dumb. The whole book is full of characters acting out of character, situations that seem unrelated but we're promised they're connected, and you take it on faith that the whole contrived mess will add up in the end, but it does not. Everything is much more apparent than Loeb seemed to realize and far less interesting. The Long Halloween also did a villain romp, but their presence in each chapter was incidental, it was a vehicle for propelling the overall mystery but not part of it. Here it's just, let's do this one chapter, and then this next chapter, and I'm sure it'll all work out! But it doesn't.
And on a subjective note, this kind of villains romp isn't really my kind of Batman story. I prefer focus, on one situation, even if that happens to involve several villains. For a video game, great. But The Court of Owls is more my kind of thing.
That, and Scott Snyder is a better writer. Loeb's Batman inner monologue is less its own thing and more Diet Frank Miller.
I feel like that could also describe The Long Halloween, but it worked better there. That, or I'm looking at The Long Halloween through nostalgia goggles; I haven't read it in 10 years.
The Long Halloween is still good. If Loeb and Tim Sale are working on something together, it generally turns out well. Separate them, and the results are far more spotty.
If Long Halloween didn't completely wreck the ending it could have been quite good, but it was so bad I'm completely soured on the rest of the book and have no desire to ever go back and read it.
It's not like Hush though, because while they both feature and all star cast, most of Hush's "cool" moments are just excuses for Jim Lee to draw classic Batman scenes.
Oh shit, I forgot the ending. I had to look it up. For some reason I remembered
that Falcone's son was Holiday. That it wasn't a red herring, but the actual answer.
Seeing now what it really was, yeah, that's dumb. Dumb like with Hush's answers.
I kind of got that vibe from it, and my problem is that I'm just not into reading it for "cool" factor. Those moments flash and then fade. Hickman's Secret Wars had a lot of cool moments, but ultimately most of them didn't matter in the face of the honest emotional conflict between Doctor Doom and Reed Richards. Hush tried to have something like that, but you can't retcon something like that into existence or jam it in expecting there to be any emotional resonance.
Tommy
was so obvious the whole damn time, if only because it didn't belong. There was no sense of betrayal because the character was forced into continuity abruptly, the connection was made largely through flashbacks, and the motives were weak.
Just read Taskmaster Unthinkable.
Really liked it.
Here's a much better review than I could write:
http://comicsalliance.com/taskmaster-unthinkable-review/
Really liked it.
Here's a much better review than I could write:
http://comicsalliance.com/taskmaster-unthinkable-review/
I'm not sure omnibuses are for me, which is going to be fun since that's the only decent format some comics come in.
But in any case, I'm kinda regretting getting the 52 omnibus. I'm loving the story so far, but I'm only 10 issues in because hauling up this giant unwieldy book discourages reading it unless I'm at the kitchen table where it can rest. Maybe that's good in a way because it keeps me from eating through it, but it's also annoying.
Not sure how easy it would be to sell and purchase the two-volume TPB, or if that's even a good idea.
But in any case, I'm kinda regretting getting the 52 omnibus. I'm loving the story so far, but I'm only 10 issues in because hauling up this giant unwieldy book discourages reading it unless I'm at the kitchen table where it can rest. Maybe that's good in a way because it keeps me from eating through it, but it's also annoying.
Not sure how easy it would be to sell and purchase the two-volume TPB, or if that's even a good idea.
Finished FF vol 1, of Hickman's Fantastic Four run. That was ... not the direction I expected things to go.
This is some cold shit going on. Though I'm bewildered by the reading order; apparently read vols 1 and 2 of FF, then Fantastic Four vol 5, then FF volumes 3 and 4, and then finish with FF vol 6. Weird. Not that Avengers/New Avengers is much better. This must have been hell to read monthly. But it's so good.
A handful of Reed Richards from other universes ready to destroy ours so they can go home.
This is some cold shit going on. Though I'm bewildered by the reading order; apparently read vols 1 and 2 of FF, then Fantastic Four vol 5, then FF volumes 3 and 4, and then finish with FF vol 6. Weird. Not that Avengers/New Avengers is much better. This must have been hell to read monthly. But it's so good.