hah, that reminds me of the criticism of newspaper op-ed columns: most people only have a really good idea to launch a story every so often, but you've got to run a column every week regardless of the quality of the pitch
who's the comics equivalent of david brooks, i wonder
i just read the crimson dawn wikipedia page and it is utterly impenetrable
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 2 October 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
it's chuck austen
― mh, Monday, 2 October 2017 15:38 (six years ago) link
although it looks like jeph loeb wrote the crimson dawn junk, and he's another good candidate. he's also failed upwards stupendously
― mh, Monday, 2 October 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
chuck austen is a solid choice, yeah - and unlike the inexplicably successful loeb, he doesn't even have the screenplay for commando in his credits to burnish his reputation
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 2 October 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
scott lobdell maybe?
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 2 October 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
frank tieri?
Lobdell did ok with the between-event crap (I know DJP enjoys his Gen X stuff) but not so great with original ideas
I can't remember Tieri's stuff enough to care either way?
― mh, Monday, 2 October 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
John Byrne
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 2 October 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
Crimson Dawn was a Loeb/Lobdell twofer
The thing I liked about Lobdell's writing was how willing he was to throw every single plot idea he had in his head onto the page at any given time, making the X-Men stories into an interlocking series of subplots that would then hammer into big events in weird and sometimes unexpected (and sometimes unintentionally hilarious) ways. The problem is that half of his ideas were really dumb, but he was very good at juggling them right up until he wasn't.
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Monday, 2 October 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
I drive my beer truck staight through your heart, Old Man Logan.
― Mike Dixn, Monday, 2 October 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxAo6KhBFFs
― Nhex, Monday, 2 October 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
Meanwhile, some really good artwork (by Paolo Villanelli) in the "Ms. Marvel / Ms. Marvel" issue of Generations.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 03:09 (six years ago) link
Ms. Marvel art is consistently really top-notch
― rb (soda), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
so that northrup comic book then
― Dr Keith Assblow (stevie), Friday, 6 October 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
This whole Marvel Legacy turn in the past few years is pretty funny when you consider the years that many of the zombies ragged DC comics for years about having multiple versions of the same character and a constantly changing 'universe'.
― earlnash, Monday, 9 October 2017 01:52 (six years ago) link
When the universe is so pliable that Franklin Richards or an Infinity Gem can remake it on a whim -- and this happens biannually -- it begins to feel like there's nothing at stake.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 05:34 (six years ago) link
...sorry, make that "Cosmic Cube," not Infinity Gem.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 05:25 (six years ago) link
So I've blasted through most of the first six months of All-New, All-Different material, and the reports that things went severely downhill after Secret Wars has me scratching my head. The quality is really quite high on average (the worst I'd say is that some of the books are pretty inessential). Maybe it's just like Civil War II people were complaining about? Haven't made it that far yet, so we'll see.
Anyway. I mostly just wanted to mention that Spider-Woman is really, really good so far. The pregnancy storyline legit got me a little choked up.
― Fresh Toast (Old Lunch), Sunday, 12 November 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
There was great AN/AD stuff, and CWII did end up sidetracking it without recovery (IMO). I loved (pre-sidetrack) Spider-Woman, and the pregnancy storyline in particular.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Monday, 13 November 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
I, too, enjoy the Spider-Woman
― mh, Monday, 13 November 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
OK, in this crazy digital sale I've bought the first 2 vols each of Spider-Woman, Squirrel Girl and Gwenpool. What else is worth it?
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 22:58 (six years ago) link
Vision is great, as is Waid's short run on Black Widow, which reads really nicely on the "guided view" part of the app.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
Vision I have, and it was wonderful. Black Widow I will investigate. Cheers!
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
The Matt Fraction "Hawkeye" series (especially the "L.A. Woman" volume) -- if you've never read it!
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Thursday, 23 November 2017 01:56 (six years ago) link
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, all of the Ms. Marvels A+++ charming and surprisingly deep.
― rb (soda), Thursday, 23 November 2017 02:06 (six years ago) link
Yes, I was very pleasantly surprised by Moon Girl. Hadn't really heard much chatter about that one.
I've finally started Waid's run on DD. The writing isn't blowing me away but the art/design is gorgeous.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Thursday, 23 November 2017 02:22 (six years ago) link
Squirrel Girl is good fun
― mh, Thursday, 23 November 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
Moon Girl's pretty great, from what little i read
― Nhex, Thursday, 23 November 2017 02:34 (six years ago) link
I really dig that they've maintained this sub-imprint of sorts comprised of fun, well-written, smart, and fairly progressive stuff featuring young female protagonists. I'd like to think it's actually being enjoyed by a similar demographic and not just the usual old dudes like me. The Squirrel Girl letters pages seem to reflect that they are.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Thursday, 23 November 2017 02:53 (six years ago) link
So have the "Patsy Walker, aka Hellcat" letters pages...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Thursday, 23 November 2017 03:38 (six years ago) link
OK, have also bought the Patsy Walker, Black Widow and Moon Girl TPBs.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 23 November 2017 03:57 (six years ago) link
co-sign on Black Widow, Vision, Fraction Hawkeye... I think the new Black Bolt is pretty good! I've fallen off for the past four months or so.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 23 November 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link
Al Ewing's Ultimates / Ultimates^2 is great fun if you like the big cosmic Marvel, Galactus and Eternity and such.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 23 November 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
Okay I was just talking about how gorgeous the art in Waid's DD is and I come across an issue which inexplicably features art by Khoi Pham, who is maybe my least favorite Marvel artist since the halcyon days of REALLY bad art in the mid-'90s. But tbf, I don't know his biographical details, maybe he draws really well for a twelve-year-old.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Friday, 24 November 2017 13:49 (six years ago) link
Just read THE MIGHTY THOR #700. It's a pretty epic jam!
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Thursday, 30 November 2017 06:45 (six years ago) link
Apropos of nothing, I'd like to share with y'all what might be my favorite Marvel Comic cover of all time, from 1994's Namor the Sub-Mariner annual number 4:
https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/6754/1375638-namor.sub_mariner.annual4cover.jpg
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Sunday, 3 December 2017 00:56 (six years ago) link
I knew that it was going to be something amazing before clicking on it, and was not disappointed
― mh, Sunday, 3 December 2017 01:37 (six years ago) link
Leaping orca (check); mutant Seagal (check); monstrous version of "swimmer's physique" (check)... yep, a stone classic
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Sunday, 3 December 2017 06:30 (six years ago) link
i’m particularly taken with the contrast between namor’s obsessively detailed musculature and the weirdly um how do I say this nonspecific depiction of the contents of his green speedo
― Dic Space has been contacted for comment. (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 3 December 2017 07:43 (six years ago) link
forgot what my new screen name was before posting, seems apt to the discussion at hand
― Dic Space has been contacted for comment. (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 3 December 2017 07:44 (six years ago) link
and while we’re talking about sub-marine dicks is the orca a subtle free willy reference?
― Dic Space has been contacted for comment. (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 3 December 2017 07:48 (six years ago) link
Don’t know what you’re talking about, you can clearly see the top of his shell, I’m disgusted.
The artist also appears to have determined that water, on exposure to air, immediately turn into sand.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 3 December 2017 09:41 (six years ago) link
someone *approved* this lmao
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 4 December 2017 05:01 (six years ago) link
I’m transfixed by those two orifices located where his armpits should be
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Monday, 4 December 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
davenold cronenegger
― Dic Space has been contacted for comment. (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 4 December 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
This commentary is not disappointing. Thank u all.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Monday, 4 December 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
I've learned that this painter also did the box art for the Genesis Punisher game:
http://r.mprd.se/media/images/38924-Punisher,_The_(USA)-1459831342.png
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Monday, 4 December 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
every picture by this guy has that same facial expression
https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/9/90/Thor_Vol_1_460.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20070405011804 https://78.media.tumblr.com/5f3140f0fa7bf7dc3342a536df8be6bf/tumblr_n8y3m3VMW31twdz6wo1_500.png
― soref, Monday, 4 December 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
completely surprising that his work appeared in a marvel swimsuit specia
― mh, Monday, 4 December 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
*special