[Abyss]

polishgenius, on 16 March 2012 - 12:57 AM, said:

The thing I love about Bone is that at first glance it seems a goofy, silly, fun comic, and it is- stupid, stupid rat creatures - but as it goes on it becomes more and more apparent that it's epic and heartwarming and sad and tense and frightening and generally full of awesomeness.
...

Truly.

the way he breaks up some of the serious situations

Spoiler

such as where Rockjaw drags Thorn and Phoney to the Hooded One... everyone heads in for a rescue... everything is all grim and looking bad... and Fone picks up a stick... "Okay, first you messed with my cousin, now with my girl... LET'S GO... RIGHT NOW!!!" ... the visual... this absurd little white cartoon character

...had me laughing outright.

[RodeoRanch]

Just finished Mike Carey's "Lucifer." Holy balls, what a series. Easily one of the best comic series I've ever read.

Speaking of Carey, anyone know when his next "Felix Castor" book comes out?

[QuickTidal]

Huh, a very well written article about BEFORE WATCHMEN (and general DC and Marvel crappiness). It's hard to argue with the columnists logic.

http://www.comicsall...rs-moore-kirby/

[POOPOO MCBUMFACE]

RodeoRanch, on 15 April 2012 - 03:30 AM, said:

Just finished Mike Carey's "Lucifer." Holy balls, what a series. Easily one of the best comic series I've ever read.

Brilliant series. I read it after Sandman - having read the second volume as a kid and leaving very, very confused - a couple of years back and I'd say I actually enjoyed it more. Felt like heresy at the time, but in retrospect, I think I'm sticking with it. Don't quite understand why

Spoiler

Lucifer decided to go off and become nonexistent at the end

but I might be due a re-read

[Salt-Man Z]

QuickTidal, on 19 April 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

Huh, a very well written article about BEFORE WATCHMEN (and general DC and Marvel crappiness). It's hard to argue with the columnists logic.

http://www.comicsall...rs-moore-kirby/

I dunno. I found the whole "I'm not going to see The Avengers because Marvel's promoting the characters as theirs and not Kirby's" to be a bit...well, silly, to put it politely.

[QuickTidal]

Oh, you're absolutely right SMZ. His reactions to the situations are silly and they don't stand up to much. Boycotting is not the answer as it would never work...and doing nothing is...well, doing nothing.

What I liked about the post is how he very succinctly sums up what is wrong with the whole Moore and Before Watchmen thing and how SO many people really do just turn a blind eye to what's happening behind the scenes....provided we get what we want...The comments prove that mentality even further. Comic fans will be nothing if not apathetic about the plight of creative property. It's an extension of the GRRM is not your bitch convo actually...since the reaction by so-called fans is similar...it's a "screw the creator's rights and needs....provided someone gives us the goods and right now."

I'm less sure about the whole Marvel thing, but he makes the point stick about the way Marvel treated the creative force behind their entire line. Kirby is not really revered so much as chuckled about....he signed a bad contract...bad on him...

...but I'm here to question the bad contract as well. I don't think Corporations should get a pass for being dicks...just because they made it legal to be dicks.

[QuickTidal]

Oh and the 6th Felix Castor book was SUPPOSED to be out late last year...but wasn't. I've not even heard a title yet. Carey is a busy guy though so who knows. I'd hope its this year myself, but it might not be.

[Abyss]

Everyone who ever has ever read a DC comic needs to go read this webcomic rtfn... http://limbero.org/littleleague/18

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 17 May 2012 - 06:09 PM, said:

Everyone who ever has ever read a DC comic needs to go read this webcomic rtfn... http://limbero.org/littleleague/18

That strip is PURE fucking genius.

LOVE it.

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 17 May 2012 - 06:20 PM, said:

Abyss, on 17 May 2012 - 06:09 PM, said:

Everyone who ever has ever read a DC comic needs to go read this webcomic rtfn... http://limbero.org/littleleague/18

That strip is PURE fucking genius.

LOVE it.

Seriously, i just finished the whole archive. It is PERFECT.
And i love how it's done to look like an old newspaper strip.

[polishgenius]

That is amazing.

[McLovin]

Begun catching up on the DCNu with JUSTICE LEAGUE.

Phenomenal art.

[Abyss]

I have to geek out a moment to note how thoroughly awesome it was to
a) see the Guardians of the Galaxy in the Avengers cartoon,
have them include Rocket Racoon and
c) watch him shoot the Hulk in the face repeatedly.

I'll even forgive the Australian accent.

[RodeoRanch]

Been working way my through the entire "Hellblazer" run. It's weird. Sometimes very awesome weird and sometimes just awful weird. The first run with Jamie Delano was terrible and I seriously thought about dropping the title. Luckily the Garth Ennis run came along and saved the series for me. I'm now in the Paul Jenkins run and it's good.

[QuickTidal]

RodeoRanch, on 23 May 2012 - 12:24 PM, said:

Been working way my through the entire "Hellblazer" run. It's weird. Sometimes very awesome weird and sometimes just awful weird. The first run with Jamie Delano was terrible and I seriously thought about dropping the title. Luckily the Garth Ennis run came along and saved the series for me. I'm now in the Paul Jenkins run and it's good.

It's funny, but the BEST stuff for John Constantine for me was his periphery stuff in Alan Moore's SWAMP THING, and Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN...I find they made him compelling and mysterious without getting too bogged down in the plot arcs.

Never was fond of the main line of comics for HELLBLAZER though.

[Abyss]

The Ennis run is pure comics morphine.
The rest i can take/leave.

[polishgenius]

What little I've read of Ellis' brief run was good too - shame it got cut short by the Shoot controversy.

I like Carey's run a lot. But it'll be difficult for anyone to ever top Ennis (and for my money Ennis hasn't topped it either with any of his later works, or even come especially close from what I've read though I do like Punisher Max and The Boys and I've not read much of Hitman).

[Primateus]

Abyss, on 17 May 2012 - 06:09 PM, said:

Everyone who ever has ever read a DC comic needs to go read this webcomic rtfn... http://limbero.org/littleleague/18

That strip is simply pure awesome!

[yuna_anomander25]

just bought DC Birds of Prey #9, was choosing between Supergirl, Batgirl or any Batman titles, in the end BoP is the one i got, and a Supergirl ish at sale,
this is the 1st time i bought floppies, right now i'm considering buying graphic novels/paperbacks, but its so pricey,

a little question, why didn't they include huntress in the reboot?
i know oracle is now currently the batgirl, but couldn't they have included huntress, i like black canary but i like huntress more,
but i will still continue to read BoP, even if Night of Owls will conclude on another, that's one of the things i hated in DC/Marvel, all this cross-overs, to finish it, you MUSt buy every ish available,
so you know what will happen, but i won't, i'll just continue and move-on,

[QuickTidal]

yuna_anomander25, on 30 May 2012 - 07:03 PM, said:

just bought DC Birds of Prey #9, was choosing between Supergirl, Batgirl or any Batman titles, in the end BoP is the one i got, and a Supergirl ish at sale,
this is the 1st time i bought floppies, right now i'm considering buying graphic novels/paperbacks, but its so pricey,

a little question, why didn't they include huntress in the reboot?
i know oracle is now currently the batgirl, but couldn't they have included huntress, i like black canary but i like huntress more,
but i will still continue to read BoP, even if Night of Owls will conclude on another, that's one of the things i hated in DC/Marvel, all this cross-overs, to finish it, you MUSt buy every ish available,
so you know what will happen, but i won't, i'll just continue and move-on,

You should be reading BATMAN (Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo), it is THE BEST title in the entire DCnu reboot.

As far as THE HUNTRESS, the reason she's not in BoP is that she had her own title in the DCNu. It ran 6 issues from Oct 2011 to Mar 2012...but then she was part of the first cuts DC made to their reboot I believe so she no longer has an ongoing.

I think the main issue is that everything she was doing in her title, both Catwoman and Batgirl and especially Batwoman were doing better (with better writers) in their on-goings...kind of making Huntress redundant.