Has this already happened? I thought something was.. off about the comics i picked up this month, at least the covers felt different somehow
― Nhex, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 04:10 (six years ago) link
That stinks... the trades, too?!
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 05:09 (six years ago) link
Long shot and niche request but are there any good podcasts out there discussing 60s/70s/80s Marvel comics in a nerdy way, or podcasts with good interviews with creators from that era?
― canary christ (stevie), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 10:15 (six years ago) link
Maybe the new cover stock is supposed to function like those red cellophane fortune telling novelties? Depending on which way it curls and/or torsions itself, you will fall in love or be afflicted with a terrible illness etc
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 14:00 (six years ago) link
There's that Baxter Building podcast by the Wait, What? people that goes through all the Fantastic Four in order. Never listened to it because I give no shits for the Fantastic Four, but ymmv.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
Thanks James!
― canary christ (stevie), Thursday, 20 September 2018 11:32 (six years ago) link
I’m tempted to check out Marvel’s new “Wolverine” podcast, if only to hear the SFX when he pops his claws.
― growing up in publix (morrisp), Thursday, 20 September 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
It'll probably be something like 'TSSSSSNIKTSSSSSS'.
(Wolverine has hot claws now, for those who didn't know. Yes, seriously. No, I don't know why.)
― I Don't Have Any Ears, I Am Positive (Old Lunch), Thursday, 20 September 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
This guy does Logan's voice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Armitage_(actor)
He actually looks like not unlike Logan (...though he's a Brit, guess he's good at accents?)
― growing up in publix (morrisp), Thursday, 20 September 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
that podcast came out six months ago and the best press it has received is a) this exists and b) Chris Gethard being bemused at getting star billing when he plays a henchman or librarian or something for a scene or two
― Mighty Seething Bat (sic), Thursday, 20 September 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
Huh - I heard an ad for it on another podcast this morning (made it sound "new").
― growing up in publix (morrisp), Thursday, 20 September 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
Who asked for this and can we put them in jail for asking for this: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/09/26/rob-liefeld-is-working-on-a-huge-x-men-crossover-for-2019/
― Mummenschanz in a Metal Mood (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
"Now that they have them more, what was told to me was..."
-- a writer
― growing up in publix (morrisp), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
I guess demonstrating the ability to write down words does technically make one a writer.
― Mummenschanz in a Metal Mood (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
Here’s the deal. Since the X-Men movies came out and Disney didn’t have them, I don’t know if you’ve ever paid attention, but Marvel kind of turned the volume down on the X-Men for almost 20 years. Now that they have them more, what was told to me was, ‘Oh yeah. Our budgets on the X-Men books are back up to what they used to be because now we own them all.’
― Nhex, Thursday, 27 September 2018 03:38 (five years ago) link
There may be a germ of truth to what he's saying (see: Perlmutter sidelining the FF to spite Fox) but I'd wager he's getting his wires crossed a little.
― Mummenschanz in a Metal Mood (Old Lunch), Thursday, 27 September 2018 03:45 (five years ago) link
Yeah I’ve heard that said by readers (mutants supposedly being sidelined, in favor of Inhumans, due to the movie rights thing), but was never sure how much truth was actually in it.
― growing up in publix (morrisp), Thursday, 27 September 2018 04:09 (five years ago) link
I do believe that about the TV/media properties - mutants not existing in Marvel Studios properties, hence the ballooning of the Inhumans in Marvel Comics over the past decade - but does it look like they really cut back on the X-Men books? They still had high profile creators, and several titles going on - team and solo characters alike - going at any given time. I mean, how many failed X-Factor/X-Force books there were alone...
With FF/Ghost Rider/Punisher other non-MCU properties, it's easier to make the argument they didn't get pushed, because I think they never do well in sales anyway
― Nhex, Thursday, 27 September 2018 04:24 (five years ago) link
It's at least true that Marvel has put a ton of energy into raising the profile of the Inhumans, with decidedly mediocre results.
― Mummenschanz in a Metal Mood (Old Lunch), Thursday, 27 September 2018 11:59 (five years ago) link
They are mediocre characters to begin with (except the dog, the dog is great)
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 27 September 2018 12:05 (five years ago) link
lockjaw is an absolute fucking treasure
protect lockjaw at all costs
― heteroflexible pansexual polyamorous relationship anarchist (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 27 September 2018 12:21 (five years ago) link
:)
https://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Funko-Lockjaw-Plush-2-600x462.jpg
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 27 September 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
Spider-Man was Marvel's biggest character/title even before the deal with Sony, I doubt that at any point in the last 5-10 years there's never been less than 5 X-Men-related books going at once.
― louise ck (milo z), Thursday, 27 September 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
New Captain Marvel series coming, with Carol back on Earth: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/kelly-thompson-and-carmen-carnero-will-take-captain-marvel-on-her-next-adventure
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
I also read a detailed spoiler/review of a "battle at the end of the universe" story in a recent issue of Thor... sounds pretty, er, gnarly.
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
guess it was time for a new #1 for the movie release. or ya know, a Tuesday
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 22:10 (five years ago) link
I just learned there's a new (since July) "X-23" series, featuring Laura & Gabby? They couldn't use "All-New Wolverine" anymore, now that the "real" Wolverine is back? That's kinda lame. (What do her teammates call her in "X-Men Red" -- "Hey, you?")
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Thursday, 11 October 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
they're also killing off Old Man Logan iirci'm reading X-23 anyway, it's decent and i like Tamaki
― Nhex, Friday, 12 October 2018 03:55 (five years ago) link
Cool, maybe I’ll get the TPB. I love Laura, just didn’t like the direction “ANW” went.
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Friday, 12 October 2018 04:59 (five years ago) link
how's that? post-Victim Syndicate?
― Nhex, Friday, 12 October 2018 05:35 (five years ago) link
I stopped prior to that... when Laura & Gabby drive cross-country and Laura is exposed to the "trigger scent"; goes to Madripoor; etc.
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Friday, 12 October 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
ugh, fuck Marvel all over the placehttps://www.themarysue.com/marvel-star-wars-chuck-wendig-fired/
― louise ck (milo z), Saturday, 13 October 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
seriously. between this and Gunn you start to wonder if the comicsgaters have someone powerful on this inside
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 13 October 2018 03:14 (five years ago) link
to me it reads as some old-timey execs who don't understand the world we're living in now. if you're a human being, you're probably gonna have some kind of response to these douche nazis
― Nhex, Saturday, 13 October 2018 05:58 (five years ago) link
Ike Perlmutter?
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Saturday, 13 October 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
morrisp yeah kinda what I’m thinking
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 13 October 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
The thing with Gunn was a dumb decision but at least made a tiny bit of sense, given how freaking awful those old tweets were. But it's not really clear what Wendig did, except exist, on Twitter.
I mean, given the two firings, and the re-trenching back to *mostly* white comic leads, and the creative stagnation, and the mediocre number of female creators at Marvel right now, maybe the "powerful on the inside" theory isn't too ridiculous. I can't think of anything must-read they're putting out now (except Hulk).
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 13 October 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
Trying to think who their decent writers are right now. Even Jason Aaron's been off the boil for a long while now. TNC seems to have gotten a *lot* better in the past few years but I need to catch up.
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 13 October 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
Yeah and the Gunn thing was also (as I understand it) a Disney/Marvel Studios matter.
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Saturday, 13 October 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
Here’s another thing in the news: https://www.cbr.com/marvel-vision-chelsea-cain-canceled/
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Saturday, 13 October 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
Yeah given the shit she had to put up with last time, Marvel should really be in the Do Whatever The Fuck Chelsea Cain Wants business. Also, she's a good comic book writer!
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 13 October 2018 22:36 (five years ago) link
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, October 14, 2018 2:29 AM (seven hours ago)
Wendig says it was his editor, since-the-days-of-Malibu veteran Mark Paniccia. I don't think I've ever heard a story of Perlmutter being involved in hiring or firing of creators, and doubt that he's read a single comic book since buying the company.
― My Gig: The Thin Beast (sic), Saturday, 13 October 2018 23:06 (five years ago) link
part of a thread:
This was done with purpose and swift measure, suggesting an ideological bent. Further, nothing I'd said or done in my tweets recently had made the news -- well, it made cuckoo alt-right news blogs, which is the only place I make that kind of splash.— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) October 13, 2018
― My Gig: The Thin Beast (sic), Saturday, 13 October 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
Interesting thread, and what a crappy thing. F*** Marvel, I guess.
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Sunday, 14 October 2018 05:12 (five years ago) link
Yeah fuck marvel for throwing chum to these fuckers
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 14 October 2018 11:50 (five years ago) link
I’m down on Marvel, but this Target moment was undeniably cool:https://i.imgur.com/zUtvE7r.jpg
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 05:19 (five years ago) link
It’s amusing how even this (well-done) newspaper survey of all these Spider-characters doesn’t know how to summarize Jessica Drew’s background: https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-et-hc-spider-verse-spidey-characters/Looking forward to seeing this movie with my kid, btw.
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Sunday, 9 December 2018 23:39 (five years ago) link
Why were marvel superheroes always getting put in tubes in the 1970s
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 9 December 2018 23:47 (five years ago) link
https://lamardelibros.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/avengers_vol_1_174.jpg
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 9 December 2018 23:54 (five years ago) link
My favorite variety of tube is that which requires the captive to be nude for some reason but whose restraints thoughtfully cover all bathing suit areas.
Jessica Drew is the Hawkman of Marvel. Her past is a mess so the best thing you can do is just move forward.
― vocabulary is just a way to sound samrter than you actually are (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 December 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link