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COMICS! |OT| February 2014. Flowers? Candy? Please. Get that guy/gal an omnibus!

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Splatt

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I loved the random Booster cameo in Jonah Hex
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Seriously what in the flying fuxk. All it takes is what editor fucking destroy this shit. 12 weekly books 18 fuxking Batman books 7 fuxking Lantern books. Where the fuck my teen books not written by forty year olds? Where my book propelling brahs to comics superstardom? WWWWWWHHHHHHHAAAAATTTTT is going on.....
 

Filthy Slug

Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
12 or more weekly issues...What the fuck is wrong with Didio? Also, How many will Scott Lobdell be writing?
 
Last book of New X-men is crazy, I don't even know how to feel.

I'll probably be picking up x-factor #3 and harley quinn #0 this weekend. Might try to get the batman and two face issues if they have them.
 

Owzers

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Every character that they've reintroduced that people want to see in a solo book are gonna end up in this new weekly.

I'm going to be disappointed if Justice League #28 was set-up for characters to be thrown into a massive weekly book by random writers...i'm going to re-open my mind and wait to hate things until they are officially officially announced. Passing on Batman Eternal, probably passing on Future's End, we'll see about the mystery one.
 
Fuck, I wrote out a few paragraphs defending the move but you know what? If you want to follow the DC Universe, buy 3 weeklies. That's 12 fucking books a month. How the fuck is that supposed to "re-energize your brand". It's kinda scaring me the fuck away.
 

Owzers

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Fuck, I wrote out a few paragraphs defending the move but you know what? If you want to follow the DC Universe, buy 3 weeklies. That's 12 fucking books a month. How the fuck is that supposed to "re-energize your brand". It's kinda scaring me the fuck away.

that's more than 1/3rd of what i want to buy monthly, how is that a reasonable proposition? I know no one is forcing me to buy things and i'll probably get none of them, but it does feel like i'm being pushed out of a section of comic reading, like in poker when someone goes all-in. Am i supposed to match or fold?
 
that's more than 1/3rd of what i want to buy monthly, how is that a reasonable proposition? I know no one is forcing me to buy things and i'll probably get none of them, but it does feel like i'm being pushed out of a section of comic reading, like in poker when someone goes all-in. Am i supposed to match or fold?

Only way it would work is if they were $1.50-2.00 a book and you know that won't happen.
 
that's more than 1/3rd of what i want to buy monthly, how is that a reasonable proposition? I know no one is forcing me to buy things and i'll probably get none of them, but it does feel like i'm being pushed out of a section of comic reading, like in poker when someone goes all-in. Am i supposed to match or fold?

Yeah, if these rumours are true- big if, right?- it would feel like an ultimatum. "Ok Fanboy, pick a side. Either you're with DC or the other guys. No more flirting with both sides." And as someone who flirts with DC, nothing would make me less interested in their brand then multiple central weekly series.
 
It's really good. First ten issues in particular are great. I feel it's lost its' way for a bit but it's been getting better again since the Weapon Minus arc started.

FUUUU, probably can't get issues from that far back so I'll have to wait for a collection.


Is any of the Iron Man stuff any good right now? I'm tempted to get this just because I really like the cover. ;.;

 

tim1138

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I found a list of every creator Pitarra has killed in Manhattan Projects:

Ryan Stegman
Tommy Patterson
Riley Rossmo
Joe Eisma
Greg Capullo
Rob Guillory
Charles Paul Wilson
John Layman
Jeff Lemire
Scott Snyder


I'd love to get these guys to sign the pages their MP analog is brutally killed on.
 

Parallax

best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
tell me does anything happen in superior? i find it lacking as hell

odin is on that truthspeak in uncanny though
 
12 books. Wow. I'm stunned right now. In a day where a Rocket Raccoon ongoing is announced. Just complete opposite direction. Just goes to show there are many paths to comics super stardom. Just wow.
 
FUUUU, probably can't get issues from that far back so I'll have to wait for a collection.


Is any of the Iron Man stuff any good right now? I'm tempted to get this just because I really like the cover. ;.;

I like it. Gillen has a lot of great ideas, but the art could be better. Not sure about the annual, as it builds off of the digital-only Infinite Comic which I have yet to catch up on.
 

Filthy Slug

Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Yeah man, that place used to be really cool about 8 years or so ago then it fell apart. tbh I think the problem with creating a prejudice-free online utopia is that it tends towards righteous bitchiness. They chased me out for being a racist/misogynist/homophobe, it was crazy.

They had a great comics and music section though, was a formative part of my education.

Ah, man, sucks that I came into comics so late and missed out on all of that madness. I definitely would have been in there, and then booted if it's as you said it was. I'd love to hear some fun stories from there, if you have any!
 

ElNarez

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I like it. Gillen has a lot of great ideas, but the art could be better. Not sure about the annual, as it builds off of the digital-only Infinite Comic which I have yet to catch up on.

Yo Iron Man Fatal Frontier basically rules it's Future Comics Superstar Al Ewing riffing on Cool Ideas Man Kieron Gillen's ideas on THE MOON. And then it gets wonderful. You should read it.
 

Filthy Slug

Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
All Star Western is cancelled. Don't expect it to be replaced though, gotta make room for more weeklies!

I was on-board with all of the cover-related hijinx that DC has gotten into with the new 52 but the introduction of so many weeklies is fucking gross. The amount of bad artists and bad writers that are going to be pumping these damn books out is going to be absurd. Every other week Lobdell and Brett Booth comics.
 

tim1138

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I know none of you aholes care, but someone has collected all the Clavis Aurea entries that appear in Manhattan Projects.

therecordedfeynman.blogspot.com
 
Yeah, if these rumours are true- big if, right?- it would feel like an ultimatum. "Ok Fanboy, pick a side. Either you're with DC or the other guys. No more flirting with both sides." And as someone who flirts with DC, nothing would make me less interested in their brand then multiple central weekly series.

The correct answer to this internal debate is Image :p
 

arkon

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I know none of you aholes care, but someone has collected all the Clavis Aurea entries that appear in Manhattan Projects.

therecordedfeynman.blogspot.com

I'm getting there, man! I'm getting there. Just got FF, Daredevil and X-Men Legacy to catch up on before I get to MP.
 

ElNarez

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All Star Western is cancelled. Don't expect it to be replaced though, gotta make room for more weeklies!

It got about 23 more issues than I thought it would, and I think it's got the longest streak of issues by one creative team of the new 52 save for Batman, someone back me up with numbers on this.

Anyways, that's four bucks saved a month. Can't be that bad a piece of news.
 
The 3rd weekly is Earth 2. It's the reason James Robinson left the company.
I can't believe they are ignorant enough to believe that can sustain a weekly. I love Earth 2, I wish it had dour books but not a fuxking weekly. I mean I want to propel Blue Devil to be a household name. Doesn't mean it will happen though.
 
12 or more weekly issues...What the fuck is wrong with Didio? Also, How many will Scott Lobdell be writing?

Man, this news is awful. I'm mostly a DC reader, but Marvel keeps looking better and better to me. Can't wait to get my Thor: God Butcher HC from IST. Probably get into Daredevil and Guardians as well. I already read more Image than DC, mostly because of the quality but also because of how terrible DC is at getting out trades.

I've only been into comics for a year or so. Can anyone tell me how Didio got his job? He seems universally hated. I've never heard a good thing about him.
 
I think you guys are misreading the 12 weekly issues thing. I think it just means that starting in October there will be 3 weeklies running

4 issues of Batman Eternal
4 issues of Future's End
4 issues of Earth 2 Universe

12 issues
 
I think you guys are misreading the 12 weekly issues thing. I think it just means that starting in October there will be 3 weeklies running

4 issues of Batman Eternal
4 issues of Future's End
4 issues of Earth 2 Universe

12 issues
We get that. But that takes twelve places of the 52 per Didio. No Amethyst. No Vibe. No Blue Devil. No Lagoon Boy. No Stargil. No Shazam. No Cyborg. No Woozy Winks.
 

Quake1028

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Does anyone here like All-New Invaders? I get it for cheap because I buy someone's digital code, but yeesh. It's pretty bad so far.
 

Vyer

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Meh, it felt like I was doing that kind of volume when I was reading superior and all the X Books.

I'll probably skip Earth 2 or wait for a trade.

I know none of you aholes care, but someone has collected all the Clavis Aurea entries that appear in Manhattan Projects.

therecordedfeynman.blogspot.com

Been reading MP from the beginning! Thanks for the link.
 
Marvel has to respond to this

Holding the line at $4.99 initiative is GO

"When you look at the video game industry, lower-priced games are often seen as 'lesser' or 'cheaply-made', Alonso said, "we don't want to get potential readers or our current fanbase that impression. We have the best writers, artists, colorists, letterers, and editors in the business. That's why we're raising all our prices to $4.99 starting immediately. Fans will know when they see that price tag, much like a pair of Jordans, its a seal of quality."
 
Marvel has to respond to this

Holding the line at $4.99 initiative is GO

"When you look at the video game industry, lower-priced games are often seen as 'lesser' or 'cheaply-made', Alonso said, "we don't want to get potential readers or our current fanbase that impression. We have the best writers, artists, colorists, letterers, and editors in the business. That's why we're raising all our prices to $4.99 starting immediately. Fans will know when they see that price tag, much like a pair of Jordans, its a seal of quality."
Nailed it.
 

Parch

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Does anyone here like All-New Invaders? I get it for cheap because I buy someone's digital code, but yeesh. It's pretty bad so far.
Just read the first one. It looks like ass. Like some generic Dynamite title.

Saw the cover of New Warriors. I'm not familiar with the older stuff so who are these people? Is that Scarlet Spider? DC flushes their teen teams so this is Marvel's response? Good luck with that.
Marvel is taking some interesting gambles with their titles lately.
 

Eppy Thatcher

God's had his chance.
Uhg.. ok so .. since i'm insane behind the curve on all my X reading - Can someone catch me up on wolverine real fast? Like... what was it this time that took his healing factor away and - if you've got the gumption - perhaps you can explain to me why when Logan has no healing factor he can still pop his claws through his skin at the drop of a hat and oh yah... survive constant adamantium poisoning? whatever tho .. no biggia *le sigh*

Really hope this punisher run ebs closer to the MAX line... god that stuff was so great.
 
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