[amphibian]

I think the difference rests in that I don't view someone who is nice to fans and publicly/professionally detrimental to women/people of color on his panels and in the industry as a candidate for "nicest guy".

[QuickTidal]

And I’m just saying the context for my statement is when I met the guy 15 years ago. Shrug, Im not sure what you are looking for from me here.

[Abyss]

It all makes more sense when you read FABLES backwards and realize it’s THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES BACK.

[T77]

I'm sure most of you know this, but for those who don't, Hickman is back at Marvel writing the X-Men. Really looking forward to this.

https://www.cbr.com/...-x-powers-of-x/

This post has been edited by T77: 24 March 2019 - 01:34 PM

[Abyss]

T77, on 24 March 2019 - 01:34 PM, said:

I'm sure most of you know this, but for those who don't, Hickman is back at Marvel writing the X-Men. Really looking forward to this.

https://www.cbr.com/...-x-powers-of-x/

I was initially psyched but the format, two alternating 6 issue LS', just reminds me of some of the lamer x-crossovers of recent.

Hickman does his best work with a long run... i'm thinking this doesn't play to his strengths.

[polishgenius]

I wonder if it's a coincidence that a big new X-Men relaunch after a while sort of trying to shunt them in favour of the Inhumans is announced just days after final confirmation of the Disney/Fox deal that will give Marvel control of the X-Men movies.

[Salt-Man Z]

Just give me a single ongoing X-Men title that lasts longer than 2-1/2 years and doesn't require reading two other titles to keep up with, please.

[Abyss]

polishgenius, on 25 March 2019 - 06:29 PM, said:

I wonder if it's a coincidence that a big new X-Men relaunch after a while sort of trying to shunt them in favour of the Inhumans is announced just days after final confirmation of the Disney/Fox deal that will give Marvel control of the X-Men movies.

It is wholly uncoincidental.In fact, it is deliberate as hell.

Salt-Man Z, on 25 March 2019 - 06:30 PM, said:

Just give me a single ongoing X-Men title that lasts longer than 2-1/2 years and doesn't require reading two other titles to keep up with, please.

Nope.#1s sell and new series’ always get an uptick in hard sales. This is the new floppy xcomic reality. Just accept it.

[Salt-Man Z]

Abyss, on 26 March 2019 - 12:26 AM, said:

Nope.#1s sell and new series’ always get an uptick in hard sales. This is the new floppy xcomic reality. Just accept it.

I don't really care about the new reality. I'm not going bother following a monthly series if it's just going to get rebooted at issue #20. I'll buy the collections on sale at Comixology a couple years down the road, thanks.

Abyss, on 26 March 2019 - 12:26 AM, said:

polishgenius, on 25 March 2019 - 06:29 PM, said:

I wonder if it's a coincidence that a big new X-Men relaunch after a while sort of trying to shunt them in favour of the Inhumans is announced just days after final confirmation of the Disney/Fox deal that will give Marvel control of the X-Men movies.

It is wholly uncoincidental.In fact, it is deliberate as hell.

As someone who basically just binged the last 7-8 years of X-Men comics in the past 18 months, this is such a weird conspiracy theory to me. Just going by the X-titles alone, I really don't see it. Was Marvel pushing the Inhumans too hard? Maybe. But the only thing I thought the X-books suffered from was the aforementioned reboot-itis. (And heck, the volume of Uncanny Inhumans that I did read was pretty darn good.) And it's not as if wiping out the mutants isn't something Marvel already does every 10 years or so.

This post has been edited by Salt-Man Z: 26 March 2019 - 01:51 AM

[Abyss]

Salt-Man Z, on 26 March 2019 - 01:50 AM, said:

Abyss, on 26 March 2019 - 12:26 AM, said:

Nope.#1s sell and new series' always get an uptick in hard sales. This is the new floppy xcomic reality. Just accept it.

I don't really care about the new reality. I'm not going bother following a monthly series if it's just going to get rebooted at issue #20. I'll buy the collections on sale at Comixology a couple years down the road, thanks.

Abyss, on 26 March 2019 - 12:26 AM, said:

polishgenius, on 25 March 2019 - 06:29 PM, said:

I wonder if it's a coincidence that a big new X-Men relaunch after a while sort of trying to shunt them in favour of the Inhumans is announced just days after final confirmation of the Disney/Fox deal that will give Marvel control of the X-Men movies.

It is wholly uncoincidental.In fact, it is deliberate as hell.

As someone who basically just binged the last 7-8 years of X-Men comics in the past 18 months, this is such a weird conspiracy theory to me. Just going by the X-titles alone, I really don't see it. Was Marvel pushing the Inhumans too hard? Maybe. But the only thing I thought the X-books suffered from was the aforementioned reboot-itis. (And heck, the volume of Uncanny Inhumans that I did read was pretty darn good.) And it's not as if wiping out the mutants isn't something Marvel already does every 10 years or so.

They put a bunch of b and c list art n author teams on the xbooks, and tried really hard to sell the Inhumans as a big thing. It failed, other than giving the world Kamala Khan.X fandom was too entrenched to be swayed.

[polishgenius]

Abyss, on 26 March 2019 - 02:19 AM, said:

They put a bunch of b and c list art n author teams on the xbooks, and tried really hard to sell the Inhumans as a big thing. It failed, other than giving the world Kamala Khan.X fandom was too entrenched to be swayed.

Yeah not to mention it was the Inhumans being included in major events from the ones I saw, more than X-Men which obviously used to be the case.

A quick google suggests that they started to reverse this trend in 2017 with something risibly titled ResurrXion, but doing this, harking back to the most significant X-Event of the last twenty years, and bringing Hickman in for it, still feels like a pretty obvious ploy.

(p.s. it is fucking weird to me that it will be (significantly) longer between House of M and this than it was between Age of Apocalypse and House of M).

[Abyss]

And that’s not even as fncked as what they tried to do w the FF. Ending the books was one thing, but at one point they were rereleasing tpbs and removing them from the covers and blurbs.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 28 March 2019 - 02:38 AM, said:

And that’s not even as fncked as what they tried to do w the FF. Ending the books was one thing, but at one point they were rereleasing tpbs and removing them from the covers and blurbs.

All of that....every one of those shitty decisions was because of one SUPER shitty, sexist, Florida-Retirement community-based old rich white GOP dude named Ike Perlmutter, and all because he and Kevin Feige didn't get along because Fiege is a HUGE success and Perlmutter has been on the wane for like 20 years now. So his irrelevant ass kept making these stupid and petty decisions. Luckily, SOMEONE higher up is now gainsaying him (I think it's Bob Iger because Disney+ streaming is taking control of the TV wing which was always Perlmutter's purview before this and I think the comics need to fall in lockstep with that).

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 28 March 2019 - 12:46 PM

[T77]

Humble is doing another Transformers bundle. If you've purchased a past bundle, as I have, someone on Reddit pointed out that you probably have all of the $1 tier, half of the $8 tier and not much of the $15 tier. I also checked Hoopla and it doesn't have as much as what's in this bundle. I've read a few volumes already and was just thinking of picking it up again, so I am in for the full bundle.

[Abyss]

T77, on 28 March 2019 - 04:52 PM, said:

Humble is doing another Transformers bundle. If you've purchased a past bundle, as I have, someone on Reddit pointed out that you probably have all of the $1 tier, half of the $8 tier and not much of the $15 tier. I also checked Hoopla and it doesn't have as much as what's in this bundle. I've read a few volumes already and was just thinking of picking it up again, so I am in for the full bundle.

Yeah, there is still a pile of stuff in this bundle not in the previous one, as well as completing few sets that were not complete.


I'm torn, i keep buying these and not quite getting around to reading them but the price is stupid low (ffs $15usd for the whole thing, that would barely get you even one of the subsets) even for just the ones i don't already own and WANT DAMMIT WANT.

[polishgenius]

Just read the third volume of Warren Ellis's Wild Storm reboot. This is so good you guys. Things start to really come together in this volume and it's fricking great.

[T77]

DC is addling all of their comics to their digital service. The only catch is that it's 12 months behind. Surprising, as Hoopla is 6 months behind, you get the trade as soon as it comes out. Granted you get video too. I don't think I will subscribe unless they pull or delay more on Hoopla. Still a great deal.

And I agree with polishgenius, the new Wild Storm is well worth your time.

This post has been edited by T77: 30 March 2019 - 01:31 PM

[stone monkey]

polishgenius, on 29 March 2019 - 06:00 PM, said:

Just read the third volume of Warren Ellis's Wild Storm reboot. This is so good you guys. Things start to really come together in this volume and it's fricking great.

The Midnighter and Apollo just wrecking the Skywatch capture mission is several miles beyond awesome. Ellis is just killing it on this one; nods to the past but telling his own story.

This post has been edited by stone monkey: 31 March 2019 - 12:02 AM

[polishgenius]

Aw man I hadn't got that far (since I'm tradewaiting) and now I'm simulatneously hyped and mad that I have to wait till August for that.

[Abyss]

Finished FABLES.
Wow. They managed to keep that level pretty solid all the way to the end. As a complete story, the whole thing is just.... wow.
I didn’t entirely love the A-plot heading into the finale, there was a level of contrivance to it that bugged me after how organically the previous storylines evolved, but even so, as a conclusion to 150 floppies... yeah, that was superior comics there.
I have a bunch of the spinoffs but I think i’ll read something else first.