Dan Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 RIP John Severin. I grew up reading everything this guy turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 I'm thinking of reading the Deathmate crossover. Does anyone know the proper reading order? I've seen it listed as Preview (Green), Preview (Orange / Pink), Prologue, Yellow, Blue, Black, Red, Epilogue. But I've also seen Preview (Green), Preview (Orange / Pink), Prologue, Black, Yellow, Blue, Red, Epilogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 I believe it is Black before Yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Samnee will be rotating with Pablo Rivera every other issue on Daredevil as of #12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 Normally I don't like moves such as this. However, they're both master craftsmen and their styles mesh, so I take no issue with it. In fact, I think it will actually improve the book. Which seems impossible, considering how awesome it already is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 Plus, Samnee has (the most adorable) baby girl, so he might not be able to do a regular monthly book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 I just like knowing that Marvel thinks enough of him to put him on such a big book. That and more delicious Samnee art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 A blog I love visiting on a weekly basis is the 2000AD covers blog Usually the week's cover artist provides a short spiel on their approach and ideas. D'Israeli did a great one a while ago which also served as a primer for using Manga Studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 In an upcoming issue of Life With Archie, it will be revealed that Cheryl Blossom is suffering from breast cancer. Dan and I spoke about this during our latest Grumpy Old Fans, but I'll repeat it here: How weird is it that Archie freaking Comics is the go-to publisher for real-world issues in mainstream comics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Dan Parent, who is pretty much the main reason for the current Archie revolution, is going to be at C2E2. I really hope they have a panel because I would love to hear some of his thinking. That said, Life With Archie is gradually reminding me more and more of Funky Winkerbean, only well written and without mimes that lead people to the afterlife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Jim Shooter on the future of the comics business model in the digital age A lot of interesting stuff there. I quite like his point about pricing the digital stuff far lower than the print editions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 I quite like his point about pricing the digital stuff far lower than the print editions. This needs to happen if the publishers are going to survive. While I absolutely do not want to see my LCS go out of business, it's going to happen. It will. I hate to see it, I will miss it incredibly, but it's going to go away. Digital is where things are headed, and the fact that I have to pay as much for a file as I do for a paper copy makes no sense. The fact that Diamond has such a stranglehold on the industry is choking the life out of it - HAS choked the life out of it - and the middleman has to go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 While we're talking about digital comics. starting in June, all of Marvel's $3.99 books will include a code for a free digital copy. To do that, though, I think all of the books will have to be bagged. Which will cut down on impulse-buying after a quick flip-through. So this could backfire on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 I think the entire comics industry has been backfiring on itself for decades. But having DL codes in there is a good idea. Certainly better than the way DC's doing it, charging an extra dollar. They should really just drop the price of every digital-only issue to 99 cents, but that'd destroy the LCS market... which unfortunately might be a good thing for the industry as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Of course, Marvel's applying it only to the books where they already charge an extra dollar so everything evens out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Yeah, but I guess $3.99's better than $4.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 About 50% of uk comics shops bag all issues anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 A good number of American stores do that too, but I mean they'll come pre-bagged by Marvel. At least when stores bag them, you can pull the books out for a quick look. Not when they're polybagged, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 So, from a recent Cracked article: Here's where I'm going to lose some readers: the boldest and most interesting thing that Christopher Nolan can do is prove that Bruce Wayne becoming Batman was the wrong choice. Because really, it is. Objectively. Batman helps clean up the street, but his vigilante-copycat-inspiring antics are ultimately dangerous for Gotham (a point raised in The Dark Knight), and his ridiculous, over-the-top style will only encourage more ridiculous and over-the-top villains (a point raised in After Hours). For Nolan's trilogy to reach its logical conclusion, Batman needs to, as Harvey Dent put it, "Live long enough to see [himself] become a villain." He needs to become an ultimate villain, too, not just a power-hungry jerk that operates in a moral grey area. Rachel Dawes, the love of Wayne's life, died as a result of his reckless shenanibatmanigans, and that didn't stop Wayne from fighting the good bat-fight, so it's going to take quite a lot to get him to retire. Bruce Wayne needs to see himself as a monster, a monster that's so horrible he would have to hang up his mask and quit Batmanning forever. Since this is Bruce Wayne we're talking about, the most monstrous thing he could see himself doing would be to kill his own parents. Which, obviously, he can't do. Or can he? YouTube Alfred cares more about Batman than anyone in the world (excluding me, obviously). He took care of Bruce as a boy. He raised Bruce. He covers for Bruce whenever he decides to go Batmanning all over town, he stitches Wayne up when said Batmanning doesn't go as well as Batplanned. He lies, helps defraud Wayne Enterprises and breaks several laws, all for Bruce Wayne. He's like a father to Bruce. And if you think that Alfred wouldn't kill to protect Bruce's secret identity, then you're vastly underestimating the strength of a father-son bond. That's the Batman movie I'd make. The film opens on a series of murders, and all of the victims are people who, through research and analysis, are clearly on the verge of discovering Batman's identity. The police are hunting Batman, because clues support the idea that Batman would be the one to murder to protect his own identity, and Batman meanwhile is doing his best detective work to find the real killer, to clear his name and to, you know, stop all of that killing. But he can't catch the real killer, who always seems to be one step ahead of Batman. It's almost like the killer knows everything before Batman knows it; he's a better detective and knows exactly how to fly under Batman's radar. Only someone with intimate knowledge of Batman could be that good at avoiding capture. And obviously they'd probably have some kind of police or military background. YouTube Alfred. Because Alfred, decades ago, swore to Thomas Wayne that he would protect Bruce with his life, it's clear that he would do anything to preserve Wayne's secret identity, even if it meant killing a bunch of people who could potentially reveal everything. It wouldn't be an easy choice, but Alfred knew that being Batman's associate was never going to be easy. It means being the Alfred that Batman needs, not the Alfred that Batman deserves. Batman, being Batman, would eventually catch and be forced to stop Alfred, by any means necessary (death or jail, which would also basically be death). Essentially, Batman would be killing his own father figure, thereby watching his father die twice. It would be heartbreaking and horrible and difficult, but it would also be the only thing that could teach Bruce that being Batman does come with a cost, a cost that even he can't withstand. Nolan's Batman universe is a realistic one, and in reality, no one should be Batman, because it's wrong. Legally, morally and ethically. Read more: 4 Sequels Hollywood Should Have Made by Now | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.c.../#ixzz1pV6jis00 So, here's my question. Has anyone ever done a story in the comics along these lines (excepting what was hinted at in What Happened To the Caped Crusader)? Cause that sounds like something I'd actually like to read, if not see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Alfred was turned into a criminal in the 60's comics, if I remember, and then killed off, to be replaced by Aunt Harriet. And on a separate note, something similar was done in the "Bruce Wayne: Fugitive/Murderer" storyline, with Bruce being framed for murder, and Batman having to solve the case, while at the same time, considering that Bruce Wayne may just be the murderer this time. So, the two ideas have been done, but just not together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Preview picture of A Zaucer of Zilk by Brendan McCarthy and Al Ewing starting in this week's 2000AD. Quite looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Franco Aureliani, Art Balthazar, and Marc Hammond are opening a family-friendly comic store in Skokie, IL Mike, you are required to go here. Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 The other partner is Art's collaborator Franco Aureliani, not Francesco Francavilla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Duhr. Work day's getting to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 IDW has just got the license for Dredd in the US. http://comicbuzz.com/?p=38861 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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