The Comic Book Thread

[Neo_Version 7]

It was pretty entertaining for what it was. As for the "continuity Appreciation", I thought it worked well within a given frame but I could see why it wouldn't work for everyone. Cassaday's art was ridiculous though. I still have a poster of the first issue on my wall (with the X-Men doing the cheesy attack pose). His art was that good.

 

[GraphicNovelty]

I mean, i didn' tthink it was that bad, i just hate whedon for squandering the opportunity to appeal to the non-comic reading audience. Like "Hey Remember when Colossus died from the Legacy Virus? Hey Remember the Hellfire Club? Hey The Danger Room is sentient isn't that crazy! Hey Remember Xavier's Evil psychc twin?" is all going to ring totally hollow for anyone who doesn't already know all of that ****. It could've been a "hey let's go beat up magneto and comment on how mutants are a thinly veiled metaphor for race/sexuality" that you could give someone who didn't know much about comics, but instead it was just hyper-contextualized and really masturbatory. Also, Whedon's dialogue tends to make everyone sound "pithy" in a really indistinguishable way. Part of what makes the X-men cool is that they're all really different, but when they're all clever whedon-bots, they just kind of mush together. JSC: You might want to try narrowing your focus a little. Not saying the stuff you have picked out is bad, but like, there's a lot of much better stuff out there.

 

[JSC437]

Originally Posted by GraphicNovelty

I mean, i didn' tthink it was that bad, i just hate whedon for squandering the opportunity to appeal to the non-comic reading audience. L


Is there a non-comic reading audience? I went in to the Midtown Comics the other day and almost freaked out when I saw the cover price. I usually buy my comics via ebay.. so i had no idea that there was a $3.99 cover price for 23 or so pages of art. That is $$$$$

Who can afford these things anymore? I think you need to be a "true believer" to shell out $3.99 x multiple comics per month

 

[GraphicNovelty]

.cbr's dawg

 

[JSC437]

Originally Posted by GraphicNovelty

.cbr's dawg

Really? I need check that out.

 

[L.R.]

.cbr ftw.


I download most of mine these days. It lets me ignore comics for a few months, the read them all at once. Mind you, I still go out and buy the collections afterward. Part of the problem is where I live.... the closest place to reliably buy comics is an hour and a half drive away ha ha.

 

[Rambo]

If you don't download then try the library. They usually get in TPB's to read.

I forgot that Ennis does The Boys - which is great by the way.

Anybody been reading Brightest Day? I've downloaded them all but haven't looked at them yet.

 

[Hard2Fit]

On my hit list right now:

Absolute Dark Knight
We3 Deluxe Edition
I Kill Giants Titan Edition
Astonishing X-Men Omnibus
Thor by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus
Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus

 

[Rambo]

I thought We3 was boring myself. Astonishing was hit and miss.

 

[dave333]

Reading Walking Dead.

Awesome.

 

[L.R.]

Originally Posted by Neo_Version 7

It was pretty entertaining for what it was. As for the "continuity Appreciation", I thought it worked well within a given frame but I could see why it wouldn't work for everyone. Cassaday's art was ridiculous though. I still have a poster of the first issue on my wall (with the X-Men doing the cheesy attack pose). His art was that good.

Haha, I have the same one. I found Astonishing great, but I am a Whedon fan in any medium. (Except for his Dollhouse, that didn't strike me as good). Cassaday's art just took it to another level, it was beautiful.

 

[estlincs]

We3 was a lot of fun, I don't think it was as good as it's made out to be, but a lot of fun. Not sure the need for a "Deluxe edition".

The JMS Thor with Coipel on art is awesome, mostly because Coipel's draws Thor better than anyone.

I thought the Astonishing series was a good read, but mostly because of Cassaday's art. Then Ellis took it over and it **** the bed.

Myself, I just started Starman Omnibus #5.

Also picked up Irredeemable 1 & 2 and Incorruptible.

 

[Jr Mouse]

Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men is one of the best the franchise has ever had. Everything about it was fantastic. Cassaday's art always pleases too. The man is an amazing comic artist. His work on X-Men and Planetary makes me

 

[GraphicNovelty]

Originally Posted by JMRouse

Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men is one of the best the franchise has ever had. Everything about it was fantastic. Cassaday's art always pleases too. The man is an amazing comic artist. His work on X-Men and Planetary makes me

Planetary was ******* awesome.

 

[Neo_Version 7]

Originally Posted by L.R.

Haha, I have the same one. I found Astonishing great, but I am a Whedon fan in any medium. (Except for his Dollhouse, that didn't strike me as good). Cassaday's art just took it to another level, it was beautiful.

Another cover that I really liked was the one where Emma is covering Scott's eyes with her hands but you can see faint optic light seeping through her fingers. Art was off the chain.