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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 5, 2020 10:08:06 GMT -5
I think when we realize that we are lucky to have a person love us that it is only natural to not want to take that for granted. Or at least not on a consistent basis. When you realize/think you are the lucky one of the two it's easy (at least for me) to overthink the small things and wonder if we really are giving our all to that person. In my case about, this weekend, I realized that had I not wrote what I did for her it would gnaw away at me, and make me miserable and in turn affect her too. It's happened before because I am terrible at expressing emotion, and always on guard that I consider her first and foremost even at the emotional cost to me. And when these instances come up she always tells me to say what I need to say even if I think it will hurt. Because my own emotional pain will effect her, even if I think I'm doing it to protect her. So at least I can say with myself I can perfectly understand "maybe it's because I love her so much that I worry I don't lover her enough"
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 5, 2020 9:04:29 GMT -5
I've pursued 4 women, including my wife, and one woman pursued me. And that gal, Icc, was much like one you mentioned in that she was in a relationship with a POS man who got her pregnant and left her. That might be close to love, but I think it was more I wanted to rescue her emotionally so that she knew that not all men are like him. So it may have been love but it wasn't a romantic love, though she didn't see it at first. She was infatuated with me because I was kind to her and let herself go emotionally. But eventually she saw that and was ready to move on with her life.
So I would say I've only been in love once; and that is with my wife of 21 years right now. Last week I wrote my wife a three page letter of things of an intimate nature that were weighing heavily on me for some time. I never gave her the letter, until Sunday. We were out on the porch, she was smoking, and I had a few drinks and was feeling brave and I gave it to her. She read it and we talked about it. And I was so amazed, at this woman that I don't deserve, that took the time to talk out those concerns without belittling the gravity that they had on me, even though she couldn't understand why I was worried about what I was. It's crazy that 22 years ago a chance purchase of a WebTV I made at the store on a whim lead me to the woman that changed life for the better. There's an excellent chance she literally save my life from the bottle.
Brutalis I so sorry to hear that you lost your soul mate. Throughout my early life I had always been afraid of death. After I met my wife and the more closer we have grown together into "one flesh" as God intended, I've come to fear my wife dying before me, than I am my own death. Because the loneliness and despair I'd feel without her would drive me back to the bottle. And that would be an existence worse than my own death. I hope that there is another soul mate out there for your my friend. I really do.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 5, 2020 8:33:20 GMT -5
Thank you for all the suggestions ladies and gents. I will see if I can track down these issues or trades.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 5, 2020 8:31:47 GMT -5
Of the series that have been mentioned that I have read, I agree with. One that people site a lot that I don't is Moore on Swamp Thing. It was definitely great writing and art, but per the criteria of the OP, I will disagree, as I don't think it was better than Wein/Wrightson. But I can say why I see people site his run as revolutionary and/or better than preceding writers on Swamp Thing.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 2, 2020 13:34:19 GMT -5
After reading Emperor Doom, I'm interested in Purple Man. I don't recall him and am certain that was the first comic I've seen him in. Anyone have any good suggestions of Purple Man stories to read?
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 2, 2020 13:26:48 GMT -5
Emperor Doom came in the mail yesterday so I read it during my lunchtime. A good story all in all. It had a really nice setup to get Doom's plan moving. I found the "middle" with Doom's musings about his success a nice touch to the character and why he felt the emptiness he did. And Wonder Man being front and center was nice. I enjoyed his solo series that was some time after this story. The only minus to me, was the conclusion. It felt like first three quarters of the book were the setup and story, which was really well done and engrossing and not just a weak superhero plot. But the conclusion was almost like how you turn off a light. Just flip the switch. Almost like it was as easy as that. And Wonder Man being able to recruit help that easy seemed less believable. The way Doom used Namor to take out Machine Man, Vision and Ultron, it seemed that when Wonder Man woke up he would have went after them. Especially since he saw the incident with Vision. All he would of had to do is take the discs off of them and recruit them. To me a much more interesting team. If he could have convinced Ultron to help him just to overthrow Doom. In fact there was all that setup with Doom and Namor at the start and then once Doom won, they were forgotten.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 2, 2020 9:08:55 GMT -5
At the risk of skewering your opinion of me even more; I'd take sherbet over ice cream too. I don't think they make pillories anymore, so you're good. I can't believe the moderation team of this forum allows this kind of anti-sherbert climate smh ;-)
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 2, 2020 7:25:55 GMT -5
Not to start an argument, but I can't see putting Bryne too far up on a pedestal when literally Berni Wrightson exists. And that's just one name off the top of my head. However he is/was a good writer of what I've read of his; FF, She-Hulk, Alpha Flight, etc I think people probably got a bit less hot on collecting his work in the mid-late '80s, had gotten their fill more by then. By the '90s I can see even his fans passing on certain titles... for me I haven't tried She-Hulk, The Atom or Omac and maybe I never will, it kind of got to a phase of what characters hasn't he 'done' and things were down to properties less of interest maybe even to him? I also had dropped Fantastic Four and Alpha Flight at some point before he left them (came back for one FF, #286), although I was buying almost nothing with super characters by anyone at that time. I did want to see 'his' Doom Patrol once I knew it existed, as much out of liking the characters as John Byrne art. Spider-Man: Chapter One, Lost Generation, X-Men: Hidden Years, Spider-Woman with Bart Sears have all been good enough for me to get the full series. After sampling some Byrne Wonder Woman (not a character I've ever been a real fan of) the next place I would go I expect would be The Next Men series, or if there was a Doomsday continuation, but it's not a high priority like say a Dave Stevens Rocketeer meets early Superman would definitely have been! I suppose a new John Byrne Captain America or The Invaders would get me excited though! If She-Hulk, was, as you said, one of the properties he was less interested in, he knocked it out of the park, for me. It has that serious yet comical take on things. Something like Brisco County Jr (jc that's old, thanks wikipedia for reminding me how old I am). To the point that a lot of covers poked fun at the sexiness of female characters in comics books. My actual only gripe about the series is that he did the art. Thankfully enough there were plenty of different artists doing covers at least. The art was competent, but it was Bryne, so ... :shrugs:
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 1, 2020 16:29:50 GMT -5
Well seeing as things like murder, rape, torture, bigotry, drug use, and psychopaths all still exist and happen, those stories can still be relevant and told today. Now whether the climate of the US, at least, can weather those stories at this point and time as people get .... fragile, about certain things would be different. You'd be surprised in a country where the level of violence on TWD makes news and people are okay with it, yet some of the same people want to shy away from reality and pretend to be ignorant of the travesties committed within our borders.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 1, 2020 15:37:11 GMT -5
@roquefort Raider
I agree with you on Keith's Aliens work. Though I just didn't realize that, that's why lol. I was just but off by it compared to the amazing Bolton covers.
Now Mignola on the other hand .... is style is perfect for Aliens comics.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 1, 2020 15:31:53 GMT -5
October 1990
Aliens Vs. Predator #3 Aliens:Earth War #4 Cadillacs & Dinosaurs #2 Dark Horse Presents #46 Fantastic Four #347 Ghost Rider #8 Incredible Hulk #376 Legends of the Dark Knight #12 New Warriors #6 She-Hulk #22 Silver Surfer #44 Spider-Man #5 Wolverine #34
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 1, 2020 15:20:53 GMT -5
October 2000
Angel #12 Batman:Legends of the Dark Knight #136 Deadpool #47 Green Lantern #131 Green Lantern Vs. Aliens #2 Grendel:Devil's Legacy #8 Harley Quinn #1 Incredible Hulk #21 Oh My Goddess Part IX #4 Robin #83
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 1, 2020 15:10:12 GMT -5
Not to start an argument, but I can't see putting Bryne too far up on a pedestal when literally Berni Wrightson exists. And that's just one name off the top of my head. However he is/was a good writer of what I've read of his; FF, She-Hulk, Alpha Flight, etc
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 1, 2020 8:12:30 GMT -5
To chime in on two posts here Cei-U's about Hela and Confessor on the Marvel Knights ... This cover of Thor is what got me into the second volume of Thor. The first series, though I read it at the time, did not end in the best way. A lot of the 90's fads were prevelant towards the end, and so when the second series started I was hesitant to buy it. But this Hela cover amazed me. And I am not a big JRJ fan. I don't dislike his art per say just his style isn't really for me. But I bought it and #1 and then started reading it. I kept up through Jurgens/and JRJ's stint on it and enjoyed it. As for Marvel Knights, I didn't read the particular issues Confessor posted but I did enjoy the Spiderman Marvel Knights series for as long as Millar and Dodson were on it. Very enjoyable series. (I haven't gotten the rest of the series yet.) But then I am a Dodson fanboy so that may have influenced my appreciation of it. It was a well laid out story involving Aunt May. Probably the only one I have since I swore not to indulge Marvel since they retconned her death from Amazing Spiderman #400. But I told myself this was an okay exception since it seemed like an alternative timeline due to the Marvel Knights imprint. :-)
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Sept 30, 2020 16:33:45 GMT -5
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