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Post by maddog1981 on May 26, 2014 9:35:44 GMT -5
New comics for 5/28/14
DC:
Batman #31
Flash #31
Future's End #4
Dynamite:
Doctor Spektor #1
Marvel:
All New Invaders #5
Avengers #30
Guardians of the Galaxy #15
Iron Man #26
Uncanny Avengers #20
Valiant:
Harbinger #23
Shadowman End Times #2
Note, I get every book in the Valiant line because DCBS offers a monthly bundle deal where I get half off the whole line. So it's cheaper to get the books I am interested in this way.
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Post by the4thpip on May 26, 2014 13:15:32 GMT -5
I recently dropped adjectiveless X-Men and the new volume of Wolverine & the X-Men. 'Cause I got bored with them, and books are too expensive to bore me.
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Post by maddog1981 on May 26, 2014 13:19:14 GMT -5
I just did the same thing. I kept both about 6 months longer than I should have because I enjoyed the previous volumes so much.
I actually just did a big purge of books. I dropped those two, Green Lantern Corps., Earth 2 and another book I can't remember. Justice League Dark has been on the chopping block for probably a year at this point and I never seem to pull the trigger on it.
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Post by Action Ace on May 26, 2014 21:10:17 GMT -5
DARK HORSE
Star Wars Rebel Heist
The Star Wars
DC COMICS
Adventures of Superman
Aquaman
Batman
Flash
Nightwing
Superman
IDW
Godzilla Rulers of the Earth
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 27, 2014 19:18:00 GMT -5
Kind of a bummer but I feel like older readers were shut out of the Nu52 /Dc comics world. They just changed everyone into unrecognizable characters running around with similar names. I used to enjoy Birds Of Prey and the Wally West Flash. I don't see them anymore. Oh good. Honestly, the '60s retro nostalgia comic superhero culture always freaked me out. I'm glad the big corporations are trying to give modern fans something that's there's, rather than constantly aiming at people my age and hoping we don't die. I should not be the target audience for anything in pop culture at this point, dangit! |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 27, 2014 21:26:19 GMT -5
Kind of a bummer but I feel like older readers were shut out of the Nu52 /Dc comics world. They just changed everyone into unrecognizable characters running around with similar names. I used to enjoy Birds Of Prey and the Wally West Flash. I don't see them anymore. Oh good. Honestly, the '60s retro nostalgia comic superhero culture always freaked me out. I'm glad the big corporations are trying to give modern fans something that's there's, rather than constantly aiming at people my age and hoping we don't die. I should not be the target audience for anything in pop culture at this point, dangit! You have a point. I read a professional once say that comic fans were never meant to stay reading the same books for life. I guess we were supposed to out grow the medium and move on. |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2014 23:12:04 GMT -5
I was actually just thinking the other day that a Silver Age revival could boost comic readership. Superheroes are obviously the major American comic genre, but I think they've gotten to a point that only established fans can appreciate them, the ones who aren't driven away. But if they went back to all age friendly material, toned down the reboots and crossovers and whatnot, and cut the titles on the stand down to about fifteen or so, I think they could reach a wider audience.
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Post by the4thpip on May 28, 2014 6:20:51 GMT -5
Kind of a bummer but I feel like older readers were shut out of the Nu52 /Dc comics world. They just changed everyone into unrecognizable characters running around with similar names. I used to enjoy Birds Of Prey and the Wally West Flash. I don't see them anymore. Oh good. Honestly, the '60s retro nostalgia comic superhero culture always freaked me out. I'm glad the big corporations are trying to give modern fans something that's there's, rather than constantly aiming at people my age and hoping we don't die. I should not be the target audience for anything in pop culture at this point, dangit! Yet DC somehow did away with old continuity and STILL told stories for middle-aged men, and even told Paul Pope so when he wanted to pitch a Kamandi series aimed at a new generation of readers: www.bleedingcool.com/2013/08/07/when-dan-didio-told-paul-pope-he-could-draw-scooby-doo-but-not-kamandi/ |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 28, 2014 8:07:19 GMT -5
I just bought Dark Horse's Conan & the People of the Black Circle, with a script by Fred Van Lente and art by Ariel Olivetti. It's a hardcover collection of the miniseries' four issues and a good value for under 18 bucks.
I'm only partly into the first issue, but am already liking what I see. Van Lente brings a certain humour to the tale without being frivolous and without contradicting Howard's prose; Olivetti's artwork is very nice to look at. (His female characters look like actual human beings, for a start, which is always good). The Eastern feel of the setting is also appropriate and looks fairly authentic. The intricate mosaics sometimes seen in the background look very nice indeed.
I read that Van Lente took over the regular Conan mag at Dark Horse (now titled "Conan the avenger"), and judging from the few pages of PotBC I've read it will deserve a look.
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Post by Jesse on May 28, 2014 9:20:25 GMT -5
Some of these recent Robot Chicken variants are really cool.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 12:58:08 GMT -5
I just bought Dark Horse's Conan & the People of the Black Circle, with a script by Fred Van Lente and art by Ariel Olivetti. It's a hardcover collection of the miniseries' four issues and a good value for under 18 bucks. I'm only partly into the first issue, but am already liking what I see. Van Lente brings a certain humour to the tale without being frivolous and without contradicting Howard's prose; Olivetti's artwork is very nice to look at. (His female characters look like actual human beings, for a start, which is always good). The Eastern feel of the setting is also appropriate and looks fairly authentic. The intricate mosaics sometimes seen in the background look very nice indeed. I read that Van Lente took over the regular Conan mag at Dark Horse (now titled "Conan the avenger"), and judging from the few pages of PotBC I've read it will deserve a look. I bought and read the mini as it came out. I thought Van Lente had a good grasp of Conan as a character and the feel of a Howard story, which is good. I liked Olivetti's painted art except for his Conan himself, which was too much like the 90's steroid musclehead image than the lithe panther like Conan Howard describes or even the imposing but believable Conan of Buscema. The Conan the Avenger series got off the a decent start (the first issue was good not great and haven't read #2 yet), my hesitation is that it is going to have the rotating artist every 3 issue arc and DH did not make a lot of great artistic choices when they did this with the Wood CTB series. Cloonan was excellent, Shelvey was good too, but some of the others left a lot to be desired. So we will see who they line up after Ching for Avenger, but I wish they would get an artist and let him develop a rapport with Van Lente, as the Thomas/Buscema Busiek/Nord and Truman/Giorello teams all had time to develop that and produced stronger and stronger material as they got deeper into their time working together. -M |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 28, 2014 13:44:28 GMT -5
I just bought Dark Horse's Conan & the People of the Black Circle, with a script by Fred Van Lente and art by Ariel Olivetti. It's a hardcover collection of the miniseries' four issues and a good value for under 18 bucks. I'm only partly into the first issue, but am already liking what I see. Van Lente brings a certain humour to the tale without being frivolous and without contradicting Howard's prose; Olivetti's artwork is very nice to look at. (His female characters look like actual human beings, for a start, which is always good). The Eastern feel of the setting is also appropriate and looks fairly authentic. The intricate mosaics sometimes seen in the background look very nice indeed. I read that Van Lente took over the regular Conan mag at Dark Horse (now titled "Conan the avenger"), and judging from the few pages of PotBC I've read it will deserve a look. I bought and read the mini as it came out. I thought Van Lente had a good grasp of Conan as a character and the feel of a Howard story, which is good. I liked Olivetti's painted art except for his Conan himself, which was too much like the 90's steroid musclehead image than the lithe panther like Conan Howard describes or even the imposing but believable Conan of Buscema. The Conan the Avenger series got off the a decent start (the first issue was good not great and haven't read #2 yet), my hesitation is that it is going to have the rotating artist every 3 issue arc and DH did not make a lot of great artistic choices when they did this with the Wood CTB series. Cloonan was excellent, Shelvey was good too, but some of the others left a lot to be desired. So we will see who they line up after Ching for Avenger, but I wish they would get an artist and let him develop a rapport with Van Lente, as the Thomas/Buscema Busiek/Nord and Truman/Giorello teams all had time to develop that and produced stronger and stronger material as they got deeper into their time working together. -M Too bad about the Conan on steroids look. I wish more artists would go for the Smith or the Adams look instead of trying to give us the Hyborian Hulk. Your point about writer/artist teams needing time to develop their synergy is a good one. It would be good to get a talented and consistent artist for more than a handful of issues. (I liked Cloonan's art too, even if Conan looked way too young and lithe for a man in his mid-20s). |
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Post by numberthirty on May 28, 2014 21:49:32 GMT -5
I just did the same thing. I kept both about 6 months longer than I should have because I enjoyed the previous volumes so much. I actually just did a big purge of books. I dropped those two, Green Lantern Corps., Earth 2 and another book I can't remember. Justice League Dark has been on the chopping block for probably a year at this point and I never seem to pull the trigger on it. It has been sort of tough. I think I'm down to Moon Knight/ Thor: God Of Thunder/ Wonder Woman. |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 23:30:46 GMT -5
I haven't read the newest issues of Conan, but I'm getting the trades when I can. I've been loving it.
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Post by maddog1981 on May 29, 2014 11:00:18 GMT -5
Kind of a bummer but I feel like older readers were shut out of the Nu52 /Dc comics world. They just changed everyone into unrecognizable characters running around with similar names. I used to enjoy Birds Of Prey and the Wally West Flash. I don't see them anymore. Oh good. Honestly, the '60s retro nostalgia comic superhero culture always freaked me out. I'm glad the big corporations are trying to give modern fans something that's there's, rather than constantly aiming at people my age and hoping we don't die. I should not be the target audience for anything in pop culture at this point, dangit! They kind of did the opposite and aimed even older with the New 52. It's a bunch of old men trying to show they're hip and understand the kids these days. My niece is 12 and into comics and DC has pretty much shut her out of their universe. The books are just too violent. |
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