Also I wasn't here but https://alewing.tumblr.com/
This is making me Highly Anticipatory of his upcoming Hulk comic.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 26 April 2018 13:39 (six years ago) link
strange...
― Nhex, Thursday, 26 April 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
I’ve lost touch with AE’s work since Mighty Avengers and Loki ended, but his current weekly run on Avengers with Mark Waid (!) is a lot of fun
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link
Man, I think that weekly Avengers thing is hot fucking garbage. To each their own.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
Ha, I've only read the first two, but liked them enough. Here goes nothin'
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
It gets more Waid-ish as it goes on
― mh, Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link
Sometimes that's good! Sometimes... it isn't
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
One of the digital TPBs I bought in that recent .99 sale is "Hawkeye: Kate Bishop Vol. 2: Masks (Hawkeye (2016-))" [complete titling for y'all], which collects issues #7-12 of the current series. It's outstanding! Kelly Thompson's scripting and Leonardo Romero's artwork are totally on point. I've been casually following the series (I love the character), and it's been good-not-great until now; but everything comes together in the main story arc in this collection. Highly recommended.
(A few points docked for a groaner misrepresentation of L.A. geography... the Hollywood sign is NOT a short jog up a hill from the Sunset Strip!)
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Sunday, 29 April 2018 04:55 (six years ago) link
Haven't read it yet, but it's one the handful of Marvel titles nominated for an Eisner and which have already, to a number, been cancelled. Akira Yoshida's Cebulski's tenure as EiC is off to a pretty great start.
― a REAL SCARIE robot!!!! (Old Lunch), Sunday, 29 April 2018 12:06 (six years ago) link
I'm gonna double down on AVENGERS NO SURRENDER MAYBE THERE'S A COLON SOMEWHERE. I read the whole thing over two super-lazy weekend brunches and thought it was terrific. It's very DC for a Marvel comic - it reminded me of Grant Morrison's JLA run: big cosmic baddies, heroes in costume at all times, lots of character bits using superpowers to solve specific problems, action-heavy but without grimdark violence, the focus on second-tier heroes... etc. Good, disposable fun. Anything that involves Waid comes with a pre-packed amount of squareness, obviously, but it didn't tip the balance here.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 29 April 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
Also Al's new villain was a mind controlling octopus called MENTACLE.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 29 April 2018 14:17 (six years ago) link
and which have already, to a number, been cancelled.
:(
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Sunday, 29 April 2018 15:12 (six years ago) link
There was a letterer who worked for Marvel mostly in the mid-70s, Denise Wohl. I liked her work, thought it was distinctive — tall ascenders, slightly thicker line. I googled her the other day and got a bunch of results about an NYC socialite who sold her co-op apartment in 2015 for $15M+. According to Sean Howe, they're the same person. I'd love to know her story and the route from Marvel letterer to wealthy socialite, or how the 2 paths ran concurrently.
― WilliamC, Monday, 30 April 2018 20:00 (six years ago) link
Wohl has sold the co-op apartment where she lived for 25 years with her husband, real estate titan Larry Wohl, before the two's reported split.
hmm!
http://observer.com/2007/11/wohl-goes-woowoo-socialite-denise-mother-of-arden-shills-spiritual-comic-book/
Denise Wohl, mother of headband-wearing alterna-socialite Arden, has started a new comic book company, Intrinsic Comics, hiring James Shooter, the former editor in chief of Marvel Comics, where she used to work as a letterer, to help realize her vision.
I vaguely remember hearing about that, but...
1. Work at Marvel2. Meet and marry real estate guy in NYC3. Start comics company4. ??
― mh, Monday, 30 April 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
I can't think of any plan that wouldn't be vastly improved by bringing the temperamental co-creator of Warriors of Plasm onboard.
― a REAL SCARIE robot!!!! (Old Lunch), Monday, 30 April 2018 22:46 (six years ago) link
how about living in a cave
― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Monday, 30 April 2018 23:05 (six years ago) link
that observer article has a lot of incredibly questionable ideas, truly a divinely inspired venture
― mh, Monday, 30 April 2018 23:12 (six years ago) link
living in a cave with Jim Shooter seems like it might make for a better comic premise
― mh, Monday, 30 April 2018 23:13 (six years ago) link
He's always bumping his head on the stalactites, it's hilarious.
― a REAL SCARIE robot!!!! (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 00:14 (six years ago) link
Wait, why haven't anyone told me S.H.I.E.L.D. #5 is out today?
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
oh hey frederik S.H.I.E.L.D. #5 is out today btw
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
He's always bumping his head
this was my joke btw btw
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
Thanks, bg
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
Al Ewing’s You Are Deadpool is a love letter to both 40 years of Marvel and Choose Your Own Adventure books. It’s also a full-throated example of the latter, including “Man-Thing has 5d6 combat dice - but if you are carrying a mirror, turn to 45”
It does have Kieron Gillen’s worst pun during the tutorial, though.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 28 May 2018 09:43 (five years ago) link
Looks like this is the logical replacement to the cancelled Hawkeye & Gwenpool series that I really liked: https://news.marvel.com/comics/89123/kelly-thompson-west-coast-avengers/
Although, not sure about this angle-- Instead, to get funding, the team will be part of a reality show while living together under the same roof.(??)
I also don't think I have experience w/the artist (Stefano Caselli).
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 7 June 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
I dig Caselli's work. Nice mix of realistic and cartoony. He did the art for most of Hickman's Secret Warriors.
― This Bobo Isn't Going to Honk Itself (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 June 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
Cool... maybe I'll go 4 it.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 7 June 2018 18:35 (five years ago) link
I might read it just for more America Chavez punching adventures. But let's face it this will be canceled by issue 9
― Nhex, Friday, 8 June 2018 02:26 (five years ago) link
Immortal Hulk, y’all
― mh, Friday, 8 June 2018 12:54 (five years ago) link
I’ll probably dig it, but isn’t that the plot of X-statix?
― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 8 June 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link
xpostYeah, I can’t imagine it will last long...
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Saturday, 9 June 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
Hulk was cool. I prefer Al E like this, in non-cosmic mode. It’s heavy-handed, but heavy-handedness suits the glum horror mood. I think it would benefit from telling single-issue stories for a while, and save the world-building for the second year (and hopefully it lasts that long).
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 10 June 2018 12:36 (five years ago) link
Belatedly caught up with the conclusion of the Jane Foster Thor saga ("The Mighty Thor" #706) – a nice wrap-up. Also read the one-shot epilogue that follows it ("The Mighty Thor: At the Gates of Valhalla").
Is anyone reading the new "Thor" series, with Odinson back in the role? Looks like there's been a few issues so far.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Saturday, 7 July 2018 06:05 (five years ago) link
yup
he's dropped by Hel with his bros and there's a monster truck and a flying boat
― mh, Saturday, 7 July 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/whats-next-for-the-spider-man-universe-after-venom-exclusive-1202900203/
Some of Sony’s previously announced plans for Spider-Man and company are being reworked. Namely, the studio is scrapping “Silver & Black,” which was supposed to chronicle the team of Silver Sable, a mercenary who runs a company that hunts war criminals, and Black Cat, a burglar named Felicia Hardy. Instead, the characters will be in standalone films, the first of which will likely feature Black Cat.
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
Also — Silk would be cool; but Jackpot and Nightwatch? (admittedly, I’m not too familiar with either of them)Will a Jessica Drew movie ever be even contemplated?
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
TBF, I thought it was just a stupid idea that would eventually get quashed, not a stupid idea that would become two stupid ideas.
They're making a Kraven film as well, now. WTF is Kraven even without Spider-Man. Who wants that. Who. WHO, SONY.
― Funkface LLC (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
Venom is probably the one chance they have to make a successful Spider-Man-free Spider-Man movie. If it tanks, watch this entire slate get wiped out in one fell swoop.
― Funkface LLC (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
I could see a standalone Silver Sable or Felicia Hardy movie being cool; they’re both interesting characters
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
Sure, but we're talking about big Hollywood movies that depend upon an audience's familiarity with the IP which are, thusly, doomed to failure.
I mean they could get a big star in the title role and pull off a 'RDJ as Iron Man' shockeroo but c'mon...this is Sony we're talking about here.
― Funkface LLC (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 August 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
What, Old Lunch, you don't remember *digs through notes* when Nick Fury made a pre-Avengers version of the Avengers in popular title Avengers 1959 with Kraven included?
― mh, Thursday, 9 August 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
I’d watch Richard D. James as Iron Man!
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Thursday, 9 August 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
reminder that any time you spend money on Marvel you are giving it to https://www.propublica.org/article/ike-perlmutter-bruce-moskowitz-marc-sherman-shadow-rulers-of-the-va
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 9 August 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
Eh, not really. AFAIK Perlmutter's been sidelined like a MF-er by Disney.
― Funkface LLC (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 August 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
He's still the CEO. He gets his fair share of Marvel money.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 9 August 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
I actually send his cut of the proceeds from any Marvel products I'd buy directly to Mar-a-Lago with a note marked "please apply to Ike's membership fees" and then pirate the comics online. To make sure the wrong people aren't getting any of my money.
― mh, Thursday, 9 August 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
He still dictates Marvel's one-bathroom-per-gender and no-backlist-of-books policies.
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 9 August 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
Is there a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g good happening / worth reading on the Marvel front at the moment?? I’m totally out of it.
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 03:19 (five years ago) link
The new Hulk book is good, and I like TNC's new Captain America - he's definitely improved since his terrible start on Black Panther. Aaron's Avengers comic is meh so far, annoyingly.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 09:17 (five years ago) link
I'm inching eeeeever closer to the present day, caught up to the beginning of last year now. Shit got political, I see (particularly Waid's Champions, of what I've read thus far). I hope they kept it up.
― Funkface LLC (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 12:09 (five years ago) link