prez Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 I can't be the only person who is tired - really tired - of the Marvel Zombies gimmick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 You're not. The crossover with Army of Darkness was charming, but that was the last time I cared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Cover for Booster Gold#27 I was hoping for a one issue story, but it won't be, which is a little bit of a shame. But atleast Dc is going with Blackest night and having it affect everything, and the favt it is going to boost sales has nothing to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Is that supposed to be Ted? Because it looks a damn sight more like Jamie to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Look at the logo and goggles. That's Ted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 The bottom of the mask looks like Jamie. I'm sure it's meant to be Ted, but ih. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prez Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Ok, generally I'm lenient with comic timelines and continuity. I understand that some characters need to be in two, sometimes three, books at once. But lately it seems that both companies are completely ignoring everything and just doing whatever the hell they want. And it's no longer just Marvel fucking with their big guns. It's both companies. Marvel is the biggest offender of course: - Wolverine is currently on three teams? More? X-Force, X-Men, New Avengers, then he's in his own book. Last month, that put him: in the future, in NYC, on an island in San Francisco Bay and in Russia. - BuckyCap is currently trying to save Steve Rogers and in NYC fighting Norman Osborn. He also recently traveled back in time to WWII with the other New Avengers while doing all this. - Spider-Man is a mess. He's currently living in an apartment with some chick I still haven't figured out - and is crashing with the rest of the New Avengers at BuckyCap's house. He is also battling Osborn on two different fronts, in his book and in New Avengers, and just became Mayor J. Jonah Jameson's official photographer. - Black Widow is currently a captive of Norman Osborn ... and is also helping Maria Hill escape her captors to help Tony Stark ... and is helping BuckyCap bring back Steve Rogers. Formerly pretty solid DC is getting almost as bad: - Hal Jordan is fighting the Black Lanterns in space, is fighting the Black Lanterns on Earth with Barry Allen and is crusading in Cry For Justice. - Red Robin is tracking down Bruce Wayne and nearly dying in Iraq and saving Dick and Damian in Blackest Night: Batman. - Wonder Woman is fighting supervillains side-by-side with Black Canary in her own book, helping the minor league JLA in that book and is a captive of some crazy slavery dude in Secret Six. And, honestly, Dick and Superman are in too many books to count. And Ollie and Barry are nearly the same. Really, I'm just asking for advice here. How do you reconcile these things in your head while you read? Do you just not care? Is anything canon anymore? Or perhaps EVERYTHING is canon now, and time has no meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 I've just always gone with the assumption that, unless otherwise noted, none of these stories are going on at the same exact time. W/r/t Blackest Night, I thought he was in Gotham as of the last main book, and actually hasn't been mentioned in the main GL book for the last few issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 Lent a friend Formerly Known As The Justice League and they are thoroughly enjoying it. I'll lend them I Can't Believe Its Not The Justice League to follow. Two of the funniest books ever written, if you haven't had the chance, check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Cover to DC's Holiday comic. Wish they would do a black lantern version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prez Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Don't understand Huntress being there, but is that a dead Batman snowman?! SWEET. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Yet another reason to worship Dustin Nguyen. "Little Gotham": And it's becoming a series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prez Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 That is freaking great. Couple of questions though: - What's with Babs in full on Batgirl gear? She's probably been Oracle longer at this point. - Who is the girl sitting on Clayface's shoulder? - Why does Batwoman have black hair? - Are the proportions in Nguyen's work always so far off? (Bats having a huge upper body, Penguin being gigantic, Scarecrow being the tallest person in the DCU) Those are just minor irritations, though. I'd hang that on my wall it's so cool. (My wife probably wouldn't let me though) EDIT: The Batwoman in the panels on the linked page has red hair, so I guess it was just a goof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 That is freaking great. Couple of questions though: - What's with Babs in full on Batgirl gear? She's probably been Oracle longer at this point. - Who is the girl sitting on Clayface's shoulder? - Why does Batwoman have black hair? - Are the proportions in Nguyen's work always so far off? (Bats having a huge upper body, Penguin being gigantic, Scarecrow being the tallest person in the DCU) Those are just minor irritations, though. I'd hang that on my wall it's so cool. (My wife probably wouldn't let me though) EDIT: The Batwoman in the panels on the linked page has red hair, so I guess it was just a goof. I'd excuse most of that stuff, because this isn't meant to be a press release. Nyguen posted it as a fun doodle on his Deviant Art a few months (maybe a year) ago. Someone at DC picked up on it and made an offer for an Annual. The little girl is Annie, from the New Batman Adventures Episodes, Growing Pains. She's a portion of Clayface that got amnesia, became friends with Robin, and then was re-absorbed into Clayface, royally pissing Robin off. Edit: Also, Nguyen was going intentionally cartoony here. His proportions in most work are normal: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I like when Nguyen did these style of covers for his Detective issues with Dini. The mad hatter and Scarface ones are also awesome. Also, everyone still knows Babs best as Batgirl, even though she's been Oracle for around well over decade now, I think. I can't be the only person who's now hoping for a fill in issue of Tiny Titans with Dustin Nguyen doing the art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Robinson Posted September 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 I got Paul Pope's 100% in the mail today. I know nothing about it. Looks great though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 So. Stephenie Meyer is getting an biographical comic. About writing Twilight. *TWITCH* Preview, for those of you masochistic enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 At least we know she's stupid. Blue Water Comics? I smell quarter bins!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 It's not like she's writing it, or even approved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 She at least approved it. Otherwise it would have to say "unauthorized" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I assumed with those Blue Water Female Force comics it was a given they're all unauthorized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prez Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Yeah, I don't think like HIlary and Condolezza Rice were approving comic books about themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Difference is, they're public figures, so they don't have to be approved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Screw the trivialisation of the modern rogues gallery. Both the DC and Marvel universes have downplayed the individual threat posed by classic villains by just throwing them into makeshift super teams with no characterisation. Case in point, and this is bad editorial oversight too, Matt Fraction spends several issues of Invincible Iron Man bringing back classic villain The Controller and making him a really creepy evil threat. All of this effort was wasted by making him a goofy untrustworthy sidekick in Dark Reign: The Hood. Really? The guy was a major Iron Man and Captain Marvel villain and now he's comedy sidekick to Marvel's Spawn/The Darkness ripoff? He's on a level footing with Mandrill? Can I get a fucking editor in here so that this sort of shit doesn't happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 C'mon Stavros...we both know editors don't exist. They're funny little elves that are made up to entertain writers and artists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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