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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 27, 2020 17:00:30 GMT -5
I have decided to drop single issues by the end of this year and switch to trades. I will "finish" titles on my pull list (like Hawkman) if they will be canceled and stuff like The Immortal Hulk I will switch at the end of an arc. The only single issues I am going to buy going forward are the anniversary issues like the recent 80 years of... issues at DC and any Marvel ones that will celebrate 60 years over the next few years. Well, I'll have to soldier on alone then with the single issues so you know what trades are good  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 12:24:35 GMT -5
I have decided to drop single issues by the end of this year and switch to trades. I will "finish" titles on my pull list (like Hawkman) if they will be canceled and stuff like The Immortal Hulk I will switch at the end of an arc. The only single issues I am going to buy going forward are the anniversary issues like the recent 80 years of... issues at DC and any Marvel ones that will celebrate 60 years over the next few years. Well, I'll have to soldier on alone then with the single issues so you know what trades are good I'm counting on it! |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 30, 2020 15:07:54 GMT -5
Just read the last few, and re-read the first two, installments of the the Covid Chronicles, a series of web comics scripted by Ethan Sacks and drawn by Dalibor Talajić. They're slice-of-life stories about people dealing with the Covid pandemic in various ways - they're short, but very effective and well worth reading.  These made me go back and re-read another, similar project Talajić worked on a few years ago, Madaya Mom, co-produced by ABC News and Marvel, which is based on phone conversations and text messages from a woman in Madaya, Syria. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 1, 2020 13:18:16 GMT -5
That Texas Blood is the best Brubaker/Phillips book not being done by Brubaker & Phillips. It's a pretty spiffy crime/noir book. Give it a try.
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 1, 2020 20:11:49 GMT -5
Just read the last issue of Shazam and it was pretty scattered.
Dale Eaglesham's lack of being able to keep a schedule killed the momentum this book started with. Scott Kolins' work on Flash about 20 years ago I liked, but his stuff has looked horrible here. Probably a rush job to get the book out as quickly as possible.
Looking forward to the next Shazam title.
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Post by Trevor on Sept 3, 2020 9:43:53 GMT -5
I’ve used the pandemic as an excuse to get back into single issues to a small degree. I buy a ton, so use DCBS, collections, and digital to keep my cost per issue down under a buck. But I also want my local stores to survive. Over the years I’ve always visited them regularly and gave them some cash, mostly supplies and bargain bin books. But now with the pandemic I’ve started a routine of visiting all three of my local shops each Wednesday, and buy at least one single issue.
Now,I just have to start reading them and posting here....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2020 10:21:47 GMT -5
 Batman '66 Meets Green Hornet Written by Kevin Smith and Ralph Garman. Art by Ty Templeton. Cover by Alex Ross. This series reunites Batman, The Green Hornet, Robin and Kato. They battle the deadly team of General Gumm and The Joker. Great fun for fans of the Batman 1966 TV show. |
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Post by String on Sept 8, 2020 19:42:17 GMT -5
So, I finally got around to reading Detective Comics #1000, overall I enjoyed it; it had some good vignette stories. However, I'm baffled by one scene in the opening story by Synder & Capullo:  Ok, starting clockwise, you have Detective Chimp, Slam Bradley, J'onn, Hawkgirl (Kendra), Hawkman (Carter), Question. I wanna say the skinny guy in the orange suit is Ralph but I'm not sure. Anyone know who is the girl beside him? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2020 20:25:45 GMT -5
So, I finally got around to reading Detective Comics #1000, overall I enjoyed it; it had some good vignette stories. However, I'm baffled by one scene in the opening story by Synder & Capullo: Ok, starting clockwise, you have Detective Chimp, Slam Bradley, J'onn, Hawkgirl (Kendra), Hawkman (Carter), Question. I wanna say the skinny guy in the orange suit is Ralph but I'm not sure. Anyone know who is the girl beside him? Ralph's wife Sue. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Sept 9, 2020 4:23:21 GMT -5
Just read the last few, and re-read the first two, installments of the the Covid Chronicles, a series of web comics scripted by Ethan Sacks and drawn by Dalibor Talajić. They're slice-of-life stories about people dealing with the Covid pandemic in various ways - they're short, but very effective and well worth reading. (...) On the topic of Covid Chronicles, I did brief e-mail interviews with both Sacks and Talajić, which you can read at this link. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2020 21:19:59 GMT -5
 Bloodshot (2019) Book One. Collects Bloodshot (2019 Valiant) #1-3 and Bloodshot Special (2019 Valiant) FCBD. Written by Tim Seeley. Art by Brett Booth and Tomas Giorello. Bloodshot is a one man army. A super soldier that can't be stopped. Finally free from the organization that created him he fights against those he feels are harming innocent people. Seeley wrote the Grayson and Nightwing (2016) series at DC. He can write action well. And Booth's art can be hit or miss. I happen to like his kinetic style. I feel he has grown from his Image days. There were a lot of scenes in this book that he handled well showing Bloodshot "rebuilding" after an injury. Will be picking up Book Two later this month. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2020 0:43:32 GMT -5
As part of the Fandome celebration, DC made a bunch of comics free to read digitally for 14 hours, including the Milestone Returns #0 which sets up the return/revamp of the Milestone Universe...  I am excited for this relaunch and was hyped to read this. It really feels like a FCBD kind of issue giving you a glimpse of things to come but not quite telling a full story in and of itself. IT updates some origins (Static's origin is now tied to BLM protests for example) and previews/sets up some of the stuff to come in the Dakota and the Milestone Universe. Rocket and Icon are the centerpiece of this preview, providing the framing sequence as well as setting up their status quo for readers. I liked it for what it is. It shows a lot pf promise and I will be adding the Milestone launches to my pull list once February hits. -M |
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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 16, 2020 12:35:28 GMT -5
Bloodshot (2019) Book One. Collects Bloodshot (2019 Valiant) #1-3 and Bloodshot Special (2019 Valiant) FCBD. Written by Tim Seeley. Art by Brett Booth and Tomas Giorello. Bloodshot is a one man army. A super soldier that can't be stopped. Finally free from the organization that created him he fights against those he feels are harming innocent people. Seeley wrote the Grayson and Nightwing (2016) series at DC. He can write action well. And Booth's art can be hit or miss. I happen to like his kinetic style. I feel he has grown from his Image days. There were a lot of scenes in this book that he handled well showing Bloodshot "rebuilding" after an injury. Will be picking up Book Two later this month. I kind of dropped off of Bloodshot after Lemire left. He took the series to such highs that it was hard to see anything being "that damn good" afterwards
the 8 issue Rising Spirit series had some interesting ideas, but felt pretty bog standard in hindsight and that's kind of why I never gave Seeley's take on the character much of a chance
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 21:07:31 GMT -5
 Bloodshot (2019) Book Two. Collects Bloodshot (2019 Valiant) #4-6 and Bloodshot's Day Off Special (2017). Written by Tim Seeley and Eliot Rahal. Art by Brett Booth and Khari Evans. Really enjoyed this. Will be checking out Lemire's Bloodshot series as well based on Batflunkie comments plus I love Lemire's work. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 16, 2020 21:17:36 GMT -5
Will be checking out Lemire's Bloodshot series as well based on Batflunkie comments plus I love Lemire's work. I'm not overselling it when I say that it's incredible. You don't necessarily have to read The Valiant first, but it does kind of help add a bit more context to the story |
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