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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Mar 4, 2015 23:01:22 GMT -5
I dont have anything against the cameltoe part of the picture, it has as much right to exist as the massive breasts Mr Hughes endowed WW with in your other picture. I dont even think the picture was that well done, however its the combination of blood(and the implication of a wound) with provocative sexuality like that, on a cover aimed at pubescent males, that suggests(to me alone it seems) it is ok to associate sex with violence to women. To me the cover isnt about the exploration of your sexuality, or your partners, nor does it suggest to me an exploration of bondage or sado/masochistic feelings, it just combines the two. Hell I used a bondage cover in my entry for the last cover contest so that type of kink(for want of the better term which has slipped my ever decreasing mind) is alright if its what you like. As Adam said, consenting adults...
Sorry man, with the blood its creepy, without its just a pathetic wank shot.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Mar 4, 2015 16:25:31 GMT -5
Well, of all the pics posted since mine I would say IMHO that the Hughes WW is the only "sexy" one. Sorry 'pip, cant be objective with yours, but I see where you're comin from. That Balent Catwoman(which looks like Campbell too to me) is awful, sorry Mecha, and IVY looks...uncomfortable...maybe she has Sonja's chain bikini on. Promethea is pretty, as are Vampi and Batwoman, but neither cover strikes me as sexy in any way. The Cardy cover is cool, maybe sexy in an innocent 60s kinda way, and as for Sue Storm, dunno what youse fullas is on, but thats a...nice shot. To be honest I couldnt get over how good she was made to look in the recent red outfit in Robinsons run.
Oh yeah, the Hack/Slash...I find that rather disturbing actually. I aint no prude, certainly appreciate the female form, but the combination of a bloodied woman with her knickers pulled up her crotch seems to sell this as it being ok to get turned on by beating/maiming women/men. Hell if you want a stroke mag, get one, but that combo just seems all kinds of wrong to me.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Mar 3, 2015 17:07:57 GMT -5
I think I may need to ask for an intervention. You see I saw Read a Graphic Novel week and saw this...and thought it was a good idea. This is how low I have sunk. I could have gone to the library and hunted down some Eisner(well maybe, certainly not my local library, but someone over here MAY have an Eisner), I could have found something online, but no, I thought I would be smart, read this, you already have it, you don't have to try hard for this one...IDIOT. I read the previous 2, not great, but I read them, but this is just a whole new level of...f***ing mediocrity, actually it aspires to mediocrity, it wishes fervently at the altar of graven idols for the opportunity to be mediocre, ...it...mate it blows chunks. No spoilers, go, see for yourselves, if you dare. I'm only a Kiwi, what would I know about the great American hero. Go on, I dare you, read this piece of ****. I have rarely been so annoyed with a comic as to wish I had those minutes back in my life, I've read some crap in my time, you only have to look in my reading club list, BUT I really wish I hadn't wasted that hour or so this morning. So...Intervention...nah stuff it, Ive got a stack of comics that wont read themselves...
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Mar 3, 2015 16:49:39 GMT -5
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Mar 3, 2015 16:08:48 GMT -5
Looking at my Feb. list and the thing that strikes me is the amount of severely everage books I read. Other than the Saga of the Swamp-Thing trade and Todd the Ugliest Kid, nothing stood out. Not saying theyre bad, just average, standard superhero(for the most part) fare. Even my beloved Legion from the mid 80s, which I always considered one of my favourite runs, is quite frankly boring in large sections. Thank god for Image (hands up everone who NEVER thought they would ever say that), they produce the most varied, consistantly great series of all the publishers.
...and I cant believe how much DC I read last month(its kinda lookin the same this month too), my tastes run more to Marvel so I guess theres a disproportionate amount of DC I havent read yet.
...big words...making brain hurt...
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Mar 3, 2015 14:48:16 GMT -5
Benday-dot
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Mar 3, 2015 14:34:48 GMT -5
Zatanna is nearly always hot, especially in all those Bolland covers. Campbell is boring, same face, same pose, on over-inflated bimbos. Any cover, well chick cover that is, by Amanda Conner is hot. Most Adam Hughes covers do it for me too, he gets the right balance of beauty and sluttiness.
And lastly, Jordi Bernet, damn he can draw some smokin hot dames, they sizzle right off the page. I love having a modern artist put out work that evokes the greats of the 40s and 50s.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Feb 27, 2015 1:04:15 GMT -5
R.I.P. Brett, I remember being amazed by your early work on Judge Dredd, it stood out in an era when 2000AD had some real BIG guns.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Feb 25, 2015 19:59:38 GMT -5
So I search Black Panther...nothing...Jungle Action...nada...Tarzan...zilch...just as well cos they were incredibly predictable, and the only decent covers didnt fit the theme. Wasnt going to look at that loser Ka-Zar and didnt know the names of any of the hordes of trashy 50s jungle starlets, well, other than Nyoka, who was often reprinted in a lot of the old Aussie B+Ws I read as a young pakehaboy. This would have served well for last weeks too I guess, I do love the old bondage covers from that era, be they Jungle, SF, or Crime.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Feb 25, 2015 3:42:42 GMT -5
Dupersuper for me too
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Feb 22, 2015 11:53:52 GMT -5
Multi-plot juggling is something Paul Levitz did best during his Legion of Super-heroes run back in the 80's. I'd say Levitz is one of the best plot developers in the business. Correct. Advance past GO. Collect $200.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Feb 22, 2015 11:51:00 GMT -5
Another View of Cosmic BoyOne of the worst character design ever! ... I agree with everyone assessment here. It honestly depends on one's sexuality I think. as a young gay boy, I LOVED this (as well as Shadow Lass' black bikini, and Saturn Girl's hot pink one with thigh-highs). (and I HATED Element Lad's blue/green one with the arrow crotch) To be honest, his Blue/Green one is the only one from this timeframe I didn't care for -- although Blok's later outfit was much better. (love Projecta's and Phantom Girl's outfits too). Mate not a sexuality thing, I really like the Cosmic Boy (and ELad) costume, but loathe the pink 70s bathing suits.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Feb 22, 2015 11:48:23 GMT -5
I haven't read many, myself. Getting into comics in the late 1980s/early 1990s, Avengers were at an all time low in both quality and popularity. Up until last year, I think the only Avengers story I'd read beyond the first four had been Operation: Galactic Storm, and I barely remember anything about it. I'd never really given the Avengers a second thought until recently. Last year, though, I read the Kree/Skrull War and really enjoyed it. And now, based on what I saw come out of the Top 100 Sagas list, I've been slowly compiling an Avengers run from #89 to #300, and I plan to read it all some day soon. Mate I dont know why but this really surprised me. It has always seemed that your tastes were really varied, not saying they're not, and to not have read much of a major book seems so out of "character"...from whatever "character" I had you personified in my little head. I guess you were an all-wise, all knowing, embodiment of Justice...oh wait, thats the avatar... Hmmm...weirdness over now...I went for the Thanos story myself, but agree with some of the later comments, its not so much an Avengers story, its a MARVEL UNIVERSE saga, but oh well, play them as they lay. I do find that as much as I love most of them, the storylines here tend to be flawed in some way or other, giving me pause to vote for any. I also have to upset a few by (re)expressing my appreciation for the Bendis era, and throwing in another vote for the Ultimates to get a nomination.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Feb 19, 2015 11:42:27 GMT -5
You know my answer man, I have extolled this story-line every time it gets mentioned-Bride of Ultron, but it's like picking a favorite child for me-the Nefaria saga, the Korvac saga, the Death of Thanos in Ann 7/MTIO Ann 2 all defined my comics reading as a kid and made me a lifelong comic fan. The period between 140-191 (with annuals and tie ins like MTIO Ann. 2 and SVTU #9) is the sweet spot for the Avengers for me. The tail end of Englehart, the arrival of Perez, Shooter, Starlin, Byrne, Hellcat, Roxxon, Serpent Crown, Attuma, Doom, rebirth of Wonder Man, Graviton, Ultron, Grim Reaper, Jocasta, Nefaria, Thanos, Warlock, The Collector, The Guardians of the Galaxy, Gyrich, Ms. Marvel, the Wundagore saga, Arsenal (Ann #9 with art by Don Newton) etc. etc. it's just one classic story after another (with a few forgettable inventory stories thrown in because of the DDD). But then I also love classic Thomas/Buscema and the earlier Englehart stuff (Kang & Mantis.Avengers/Defenders War) and of course the Busiek/PErez run for Heroes Reborn is what drew me into organized fandom on the computer The Old AML and WCAML I was part of) so I have fond memories of that too. I am one of the rare Avengers fan who isn't crazy about Stern's run and the Under Siege arc. I thought it was solid, but Buscema's work then even with Palmer was a pale shadow of his classic Avengers stuff or even his Conan stuff and I didn't like a lot of the characters Stern focused on as much as some of the more classic line ups (part of this was the advent of the WCA who I felt stole a lot of the best pasts of a classic Avengers line up and left the heart of the team divided into 2 separate entities each of which was less than the previous whole was. So I can't say there is a bad choice on the list, but still my favorite is the Bride of Ultron even though it is more for nostalgic reasons than any kind of objective evaluation of quality. -M Mate this is, almost exactly, how I feel about the Avengers. I started with 170, the issue with Cap and Beast talking at the start while Cap worked out, ending with Beast waltzing off with the massive dumbbell Cap was straining to lift. I'd read smatterings as a youngster but this issue really spoke to me for some reason, I loved the camaraderie, the verbal bantering, and the individual dynamics of the group, all facets I've always felt the Dreaded Competition lacked in their JLA book/team. I managed to acquire a reasonable number of back issues over the next few years, and got to read so many of those outstanding stories from the mid to late 70s, and even a few of the older through some reprint title whose name sadly evades my ancient brain. In the end I voted the Thanos Saga, just one of my favourite stories period, though any of the Perez arcs come close seconds, but have to admit to being "meh" about the Kree/Skrull War and Under Siege. The latter was fine but I do remember feeling let down with their run as a whole, Palmer drowns Buscema(though I do understand NOW that John was only doing breakdowns so no surprise) and some of my least favourite team members populate the books.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Feb 6, 2015 21:09:19 GMT -5
I obviously have a bias against Bendis' style, but I can't even say that his dialog is a strongpoint; page after page of dialog is not my idea of a good superhero comic. I have nothing against this in practice, many pages of Sandman were constructed that way, but it simply doesn't work for me in Avengers. When I read Sandman, I wanted that sort of thing as an experience from a stylistic perspective. As far as realism is concerned, I've always found that to be the most overrated aspect of the post-Watchman/DKR's era. What's most important to me is emotional resonance and substance. I can only speak for myself, but well written idealism has always moved me more than well written postmodernism. I like both, but I certainly favor one over the other. Sorry to cut it all so short but 2 things... "page after page" is something I usually enjoy with Bendis because the conversations are interesting(mostly) and often witty. However it isnt something I want in every comic, not all writers make this work, I'm thinking Claremont and Nicieza(god I got that right first time) on X-Men here, a book I always thought was over talky. As far as "realism' or "emotional resonance", its more a failure on my part to lable clearly, I'm all for substance and emotional content, I want my heroes to be empathetic and to have real feelings, and I want it to be written well. Sorry but I still have got no idea what postmodernism is, and deconstruction makes me wonder when they changed it from demolition... Shame if Bendis is leaving X-Men books, I've enjoyed his work there (and mostly on his Avengers, previously, apart from unwinding everything he'd done at the end). New Avengers (last week) and Avengers, this week, seem markedly more interesting that the last few issues - they seem to be getting to the crunch point now (shame that point is going to be Secret Wars, but still) Glad I'm not a lone voice here Simon, havent always agreed with everything you say, but lately apart from the Bendis thing, your posts here have echoed a lot of my own opinions of modern books I read. I also thought that Avengers has seemed to be picking up, obviously with an end point well staked out by Secret Wars. Now if Trebor and Coldwater were talking about Avengers as the book dragging on and on, I would completely understand. I am excited to hear that he is off the X-Men. I am in the group of folks who could not stand his X-Men. And if this means the end of the X-Men? So be it. I'd rather have them end than to be written by him, dragging on and on and ON for an eternity doing NOTHING. Despite disagreeing over Bendis, I do agree that he has a tendency to drag things out a bit, this was one of the things that bugged me with the first volume of New Avengers. That year of Dark Avengers would have been about a month in real time, but I enjoy the stories so its not a BIG issue for me.
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