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Post by berkley on Jun 16, 2014 22:40:54 GMT -5
This whole Ellis thing is exactly why I wait on lots of new stuff. Things change down the road, it might get cancelled, etc. Some titles, like Infinity Man and the Forever People, I'll be getting soon, cause I want to support it, but I'm waiting for the obligatory price drop on Comixology. There's a new Fourth World series out? I know I'll regret asking this, but who's writing and drawing it? And how does it look so far? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 22:50:25 GMT -5
Came out this week, Dan Didio was writing it so it was a big pass for me. Not sure who is on art.
-M
Edit, peeked at the review on CBR to see it is Keith Giffen with inks by Scott Koblish on art.
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Post by Jasoomian on Jun 17, 2014 17:52:39 GMT -5
I've been accumulating credit at a local bookstore by trading in some old books, both my own and others from houses I've been helping clean out. Anyway, they acquired a handful of new copies of Peter Bagge's Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story (2013) and priced them for only $8 or $9. I like Bagge's stuff so I picked this one up. There's only 72 pages of comic, but there's also an introduction, afterword and extensive footnotes. I enjoyed this one. Sanger had a very interesting life so the story moves along at a rapid clip. Bagge's expressionist style well-served many of the outre situations Sanger found herself in. I thought Bagge did a good job dispelling some of the myths out there about Sanger being an irredeemable racist eugenicist type. Bagge obviously admires Sanger and her work, but it's not a whitewashed hagiography, either. Sanger's faults and ego issues, etc are on display as well.   |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2014 18:28:18 GMT -5
Looks good. I'm a Bagge fan as well. May have to hunt this down.
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Post by berkley on Jun 17, 2014 19:09:41 GMT -5
Came out this week, Dan Didio was writing it so it was a big pass for me. Not sure who is on art. -M Edit, peeked at the review on CBR to see it is Keith Giffen with inks by Scott Koblish on art. Yeah, I'll give that one a miss as well. I don't know why Didio thinks he's capable of writing Kirby characters. Didn't that same team do an OMAC series a little while ago? |
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 17, 2014 19:22:53 GMT -5
They did, but DiDio said that was more manic crazy 70's. This will be more serious with some humor.
Buying it it right now. Will let you know.
Ok, read it, liked it, and congrats on a great Kirby vibe.
BTW, it's rated 4 / 5 on Comixology.
This is title is going to be important leading up to the next Crisis too, methinks.
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Post by ironchimp on Jun 17, 2014 20:09:07 GMT -5
Omac was a cool book. It was one of those books where you had no idea what you were going to see when you turned the page. def worth a flick through if you see it cheap in trade
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 17, 2014 20:11:51 GMT -5
That and Frankenstein. Loved em both.
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Post by ironchimp on Jun 17, 2014 20:21:21 GMT -5
Me too. Ponticelli was outrageous on frankenstein with those monsters and wild inks. Just classic old school comics - not dark or gritty - just free and crazy
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 0:15:33 GMT -5
Just got around to reading Chaykin's first issue of The Shadow: Midnight over Moscow. Interesting take of an older Shadow, the action begins on New Year's Eve as 149 becomes 1950 in NYC. Filled with all the things you'd expect in a Chaykin comic, plus an interesting non-specific Tarzan cross-over as Lamont Cranston has dinner with an old friend at a social club, who is only in town because his wife Jane wanted to experience Christmas with snow again, but they would be returning to Africa soon, the character however is not fully named, referred to by Lamont as "My Lord" and his scoffing response is along the lines of, please, we're friends John is good enough..., so not explicitly Tarzan, but a fun little nod...
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 18, 2014 20:01:46 GMT -5
Ratings for this week's comics
1. Astro City #13 ***1/2: I'm not a fan of nonlinear storytelling, but Busiek keeps the train on the tracks
2. Star Wars #18 ***1/2: kind of a rushed ending it seems, but very action packed
3. Superman/ Wonder Woman #9 ***: Doomed continues to exceed expectations
4. Green Lantern Corps #32 ***: Uprising seems to be getting better by the issue
5. Justice League United #2 ***: Lemire's definitely got the team characterization down
6. Batgirl #32 **1/2: looking forward to the next issue with Barbara, Dinah and a surprise guest I've been waiting to see team up with Batgirl for a loooooong time
7. Detective Comics #32 **1/2: I'm liking the art a bit more than the story
8. Batman and Ra's al Ghul #32 **1/2: was not expecting that guy to show up
9. Wonder Woman #32 **1/2: I thought Wonder Woman was fine in the seven pages she was in this comic
10. Supergirl #32 **: kind of the same theme as Doomed in some parts
11. Superboy #32 **: now that's a lot of Superboys
12. Worlds' Finest #24 **: two years of overture, now we get to the point
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Post by Randle-El on Jun 19, 2014 0:38:25 GMT -5
Some thoughts on recent books from the last couple of weeks:
1) Checked out Trees and The Wicked + The Divine from Image. Both books seem to have gotten glowing reviews, but I thought they were just OK. I liked the premise of Trees a lot more than the actual execution -- I didn't feel like they really introduced a main character for you to invest in. The Wicked + The Divine was interesting, if a little bit weird. I feel like I need another issue or two before I can decided whether I really like it or not.
2) Really enjoying the creative team on Detective Comics. I'd say that the art is main selling point for the book -- but that art is really nice to look at, and definitely elevates the book overall.
3) Silver Surfer is a ton of fun. I'll admit that I haven't been a big Surfer fan in the past (I'm not big on the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe), but maybe that's why I'm able to enjoy this book. From what I've heard, this is a pretty different take on the Surfer, and one that might not sit well with a lot of traditionalists.
4) Continuing to enjoy She-Hulk, but wasn't too keen with the fill-in artist for issue #5. Hope Javier Pulido is back on the book soon.
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Post by Jasoomian on Jun 19, 2014 0:57:18 GMT -5
You don't like Elektra Scott? That book blew me away - i know it's a deal with the devil with marvel but that book is something else - the art team and panel layouts are incredibly inventive I flipped through the new issue at the LCS today and it did look really nice. |
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Post by The Captain on Jun 19, 2014 6:01:10 GMT -5
So, apparently this week's issue of Iron Man (#28) is the last one for a while, with IM going into a Original Sin tie-in mini with Hulk. Although I am a huge IM fan and have almost an entire run from the beginning (I'm only missing #'s 43 and 48), this might be it for me. Marvel's idea of "seasons" for books, like they were TV shows, doesn't really appeal to me; each new writer that comes onto the title has to put their stamp on it, even if it means completely ignoring what previous writers did. One of the biggest things I liked about Marvel was the continuity, but that has been obliterated because they're constantly trying to grab new fans who could care less about what happened before.
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Post by the4thpip on Jun 19, 2014 8:03:15 GMT -5
You don't like Elektra Scott? That book blew me away - i know it's a deal with the devil with marvel but that book is something else - the art team and panel layouts are incredibly inventive I flipped through the new issue at the LCS today and it did look really nice. Marvel has really surprised me with the quality of those Marvel Now!!! B and C lister character books. Though the latest issue of Black Widow was a bit disappointing. But Elektra, Moon Knight, Ms Marvel and She-Hulk have been really great and I hope BW will pick up again, too. |
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