I think he's projecting his own feelings about Marvel onto us. The slightest comment, and he has to jump to a rabid defense. I make two posts about Hydra Cap and Hydra Magneto in six months, and suddenly I'm "obsessed." It's not us, it's Zero.
[Movies] MCU: Phase 3 And Beyond
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Maybe? I really thought it was you a bit back, but maybe im associating past disliking of things as being all yours. If so, I'm sorry. For some reason it feels like people are being repetitive around here, but I could be rereading posts and thinking they're new.[DOUBLEPOST=1501345708][/DOUBLEPOST]
The weird thing is, the artist initially wanted something more usual and Ryan North insisted on this style. But I know the bombshell model wasn't people here; there was a Reddit thread. Don't remember how long ago.[DOUBLEPOST=1501345766][/DOUBLEPOST]
I'm not getting into it with you because you might threaten to leave again over nothing, but I will say both Covar and Yoshi have seen me bitch plenty about Marvel in past few months.
Y'know what? Just fuck off. I'm not having it today.
See, your first mistake was Reddit. Any large subreddit is going to become just the worst possible people.
That said, I've put up with mediocre art for good story before. And that squirrel girl art probably isn't even that noticable once you get used to it, but the overly simplistic style is going to stand out to new eyes. But criticism of the art isn't criticism of the whole.
The Dark Knight Returns was one of my favorite comics as a kid, despite hating the art and thinking it looked like shit. Now, as I've grown older, I've started to realize all of it might be shit, but that is a different conversation entirely.
I was in HS when it first came out. IIRC there were delays on top of delays as the series progressed. I wound up giving up before the last couple of issues finally arrived in stores.
I was just shocked to see the standard Tumblr Marvel "fan"* defense. "I think the art in that middle panel looks bad." "Sorry you can't jack off to squirrel girl you sexist cis-shit-lord!"
Regarding that art I don't recall exactly, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was from when Erica Henderson was also doing Jughead or the Squirrel girl beats the Marvel universe graphic novel at the same time as the monthly. Woman has some crazy fast output, but it does hit the quality a bit sometimes.
*does not actually purchase comics
I thought it was funny, so thank you. And I ain't saying shit about the art, one way or another.
Why must you create such chaos?
Weird, I thought you did buy comics. But I guess I wouldn't either if I worked in a place that sold them.
Anyhow, I was being tongue in cheek at my first response, but then Fade made a completely rational response that I interpreted as denial, so I went off, which then may or may not have even been based on his behavior at all, I'm not digging through the forum's guts so I'll take his word for it, and I apologized.
So to set the record straight: I do not genuinely think that if someone dislikes a comic's art, it's because they want a more masurbation-worthy example of the character, otherwise I'd be getting questions about that I think Todd McFarlane's art in The Incredible Hulk run looks shitty.
In the 90's, I was certain the Kuberts only got their jobs because of their dad. They've improved, but it was, like, Rob Liefeld levels of awful back then.
I don't mind Henderson's over-all style, but I feel like faces are her weak point. It's almost like she draws out everything else in the panel, saves the faces for last, and when she finally has to deal with it, she does a quick scribble and calls it a day. Not every face she draws is like that, but it happens so often, it seems like facial structure for her is like feet for Liefeld.
I don't mind Henderson's over-all style, but I feel like faces are her weak point. It's almost like she draws out everything else in the panel, saves the faces for last, and when she finally has to deal with it, she does a quick scribble and calls it a day. Not every face she draws is like that, but it happens so often, it seems like facial structure for her is like feet for Liefeld.
I was making a crack about how all the twitter and Tumblr praise doesn't translate into sales, and it's not just direct market either. Digital is only around 10% of the direct market volume and the top charts don't differ enough from the two to be significant. It does better in the book market, but that's relative to the sales band.
My pull list definitely got smaller when we opened the store. I think I only have 3 monthly titles on. Supersons, Invincible, & Usagi Yojimbo. I still read stuff, just a lot of older trades and single issues here and there. I wish I had more Rebirth titles from the start, but they were selling so well I wanted the shop to get some more money and customers from them.
Anyway that's not what this thread that has really gone of the rails is about. Let's all agree that things got weird and move on.
fade
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To flesh out what I meant, I don't like her face art in particular in the second panel. Even cartoon art has to "work" so to speak, and the upper and lower buck teeth break that rule to me. I don't get the purpose of the peak in her lip. But I can let all that slide if it weren't for the weird facial features floating in a sea of face thing combined with an expression that seems to say she doesn't even know where she is kind of dumb. It really is the whole thing together that just doesn't work for me. But even so, jeez I just meant that as a passing remark. I had, like, zero emotional investment in that statement, which is why I was kind of shocked at the reaction.
To flesh out what I meant, I have no sexual desires for Joe Fixit.
What if Patch is part of the deal?
fade
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Do you think hulk's dong size changes with his incarnations? They're based on his personalities. The green hulk is supposed to be a big invulnerable 3 year old, so he should have a tiny 3 year old thingy. Joe Fixit on the other hand is all the darker thoughts and he always has women. So maybe he's got like a 3rd leg.
GasBandit
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I've seen stuff on imgur that says otherwise.
NOOOOOOO! Not again!
*rolls into a foetal position and sucks his thumb, remembering the nightmare-inducing gif*
Now we're back on topic and it isn't weird anymore!
Apparently your nightmares are the stuff of my dreams.
GasBandit
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I mean, you know, we won't judge
Yeah. It's like a mashup between Star Crash and Solid Gold.Shared that earlier on the Awesome Videos thread. It's so awesomely cheesy!
EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS AMAZING. I didn't even realize that was the cast until Batista and Karen Gillan showed up.
GasBandit
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I agree, the yellow-brown palette, the disco beat, the hair and costumes all scream "late 70s" to me.
