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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 13, 2024 12:09:53 GMT -5
JMS wrote that Superman book, right? I didn't get what all the fuss was about. Babylon 5 was boring so I didn't watch much of it, but comics fans raved about Rising Stars and Midnight Nation, but they were really boring, especially the latter. I tried the first few issues of his Spidey run, but again, boring. Credit where it's due, Sense8 was entertaining, if odd. Did he ever write any genuinely good comics? I don't know. To my knowledge I've never read any other comics by him. |
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Post by rich on Sept 13, 2024 13:44:20 GMT -5
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Post by chaykinstevens on Sept 13, 2024 14:24:37 GMT -5
I didn't get beyond the original Transmetropolitan miniseries either. Spider Jerusalem struck me as the kind of self-appointed crusader who is ready to lie, steal, cheat and abuse anyone just so he can feel good about his self-righteous person. I know character has many, many fans but I couldn't stand his personality. So yeah, I was disappointed. I don't remember Transmetropolitan having started as a miniseries. How many issues did you read? |
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Post by chaykinstevens on Sept 13, 2024 14:32:18 GMT -5
You can get a singed one with a worse cover for only $700.00! Had somebody tried to burn it? |
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Post by rich on Sept 13, 2024 14:32:56 GMT -5
Hahaha, good spot
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Post by rich on Sept 13, 2024 14:39:23 GMT -5
I didn't get beyond the original Transmetropolitan miniseries either. Spider Jerusalem struck me as the kind of self-appointed crusader who is ready to lie, steal, cheat and abuse anyone just so he can feel good about his self-righteous person. I know character has many, many fans but I couldn't stand his personality. So yeah, I was disappointed. I don't remember Transmetropolitan having started as a miniseries. How many issues did you read? I got to about issue #48. I wonder if it ended well? The only reason I bought the first issue was the Geoff Darrow cover. Gotta love that detail... |
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Post by Duragizer on Sept 13, 2024 14:39:35 GMT -5
I've read plenty of comics I disliked, but very few of them I can say I outright hated. The only example that readily comes to mind is The Dark Knight Strikes Again. I went into this comic blind; I knew nothing about its bad reputation. I enjoyed TDKR and thought I'd be getting a similar experience, but I was utterly appalled by how terrible every single aspect about the thing was.
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Post by rich on Sept 13, 2024 14:41:06 GMT -5
I've read plenty of comics I disliked, but very few of them I can say I outright hated. The only example that readily comes to mind is The Dark Knight Strikes Again. I went into this comic blind; I knew nothing about its bad reputation. I enjoyed TDKR and thought I'd be getting a similar experience, but I was utterly appalled by how terrible every single aspect about the thing was. It's such a shame 21st century Miller bares no resemblance to 20th century Miller... |
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Post by DubipR on Sept 13, 2024 15:16:39 GMT -5
I didn't get beyond the original Transmetropolitan miniseries either. Spider Jerusalem struck me as the kind of self-appointed crusader who is ready to lie, steal, cheat and abuse anyone just so he can feel good about his self-righteous person. I know character has many, many fans but I couldn't stand his personality. So yeah, I was disappointed. I don't remember Transmetropolitan having started as a miniseries. How many issues did you read? The first 4 issues of Transmet were under DC's Helix line, as part of their creator own science fiction line. When that went under, it was moved over to the Vertigo line for the remainder of the 60 issues. |
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 13, 2024 15:37:30 GMT -5
A Freudian slip?  Perhaps someone really does want to burn it. |
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Post by rich on Sept 13, 2024 15:55:23 GMT -5
A Freudian slip? Perhaps someone really does want to burn it. I was tempted to say that style of art deserves to be burnt, but then remembered as a young teenager I enjoyed such art 😅🥴 Gosh I hate looking at a lot of 90s art (and late 80s art) now... 😱 |
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Post by Duragizer on Sept 13, 2024 16:34:18 GMT -5
I've read plenty of comics I disliked, but very few of them I can say I outright hated. The only example that readily comes to mind is The Dark Knight Strikes Again. I went into this comic blind; I knew nothing about its bad reputation. I enjoyed TDKR and thought I'd be getting a similar experience, but I was utterly appalled by how terrible every single aspect about the thing was. It's such a shame 21st century Miller bares no resemblance to 20th century Miller... Looks like he started going off the deep end in the '90s, if what I've seen of Spawn/Batman and Tales to Offend is anything to go by. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 13, 2024 16:49:27 GMT -5
No nose Feral Wolverine comes to mind... I was interested in the bone claws era but when they started making him a feral mess I was out. The Crossing of course... that always needs to be mentioned whenever bad comics are discussed. The other Iron Man plot that qualifies for me was when Tony was made Secretary of Defense (which was a fun change) but then they ended it by having someone take over the armor and assassinate a diplomat... such a silly an extreme way to change tack, and how does TONY STARK get hacked? makes no sense. Didn't that happen in the '80s when Tony was facing Justin Hammer? I'm all for recycling, but recycled plots aren't my favourite. Except when it's Brian Bendis outing Matt Murdoch as Daredevil. |
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Post by rich on Sept 13, 2024 16:53:08 GMT -5
It's such a shame 21st century Miller bares no resemblance to 20th century Miller... Looks like he started going off the deep end in the '90s, if what I've seen of Spawn/Batman and Tales to Offend is anything to go by. He did plenty of good work in the 90s too. Sin City was great, and personally I enjoyed 300 even if it was silly. More hit than miss. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 13, 2024 17:04:17 GMT -5
I didn't get beyond the original Transmetropolitan miniseries either. Spider Jerusalem struck me as the kind of self-appointed crusader who is ready to lie, steal, cheat and abuse anyone just so he can feel good about his self-righteous person. I know character has many, many fans but I couldn't stand his personality. So yeah, I was disappointed. I don't remember Transmetropolitan having started as a miniseries. How many issues did you read? It could just have been the first story arc. It was collected as a thin tpb. |
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