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Post by the4thpip on Oct 25, 2014 13:02:47 GMT -5
That's good to hear. It worked for Slott's She-Hulk, where they did the same thing.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 25, 2014 16:42:39 GMT -5
Blacksad: Amarillo showed up. But I think I'm going to re-read the other volumes before diving in.
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Post by Randle-El on Oct 25, 2014 20:01:04 GMT -5
Hope that She-Hulk does return, and preferably with Soule behind it.
I did not realize that Trees was a limited series. So it's what, eight or nine issues long? I picked up the first two but didn't commit to adding it to my pull... may have to pick up the rest of it's only a few more issues.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2014 21:32:24 GMT -5
The initial run of Trees will go 8 issues. Then they will take a break and come back with a second arc when they are ready. Ellis has said in his e-newsletter he plans on continuing the numbering when it returns, but no word how long the hiatus will be between arcs, so I am treating it as a mini/irregularly published series even if it is monthly while being released.
-M
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 21:14:04 GMT -5
Finally got to "Try the red one" in Daredevil today. Man. Also finished the series (it's new numbering now, right?) and the thing I'm most sure of is I want a book of Jack and his monster crew. Overall the series was pretty good, but I'm not sure I need to continue with his move.
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Post by berkley on Oct 26, 2014 22:55:49 GMT -5
Read the latest Multiversity: The Just. This is the one about the next generation of superheroes, the offspring of Batman and Superman (wait a second, that doesn't sound right ...) and all the well known DC superheroes. The schtick is that they're all very trendy and shallow in a Kardashian or pop-star way, spending most of their time texting each other and getting angry about not being invited to parties, and so on. The cover is a mock version of one of those celebrity magazines you see on there rack at the grocery store check-out, and is just as ugly and repulsive as the covers of those rags tend to be.
The concept behind this one didn't appeal to me at all, but I have to say that Morrison really made it work - though some of the impact was diminished for me because I don't know the DCU well enough to recognise who some of the youngsters are supposed to be descended from. I'll have to look at the online annotations that are going around. And once again, you just get what feels like a brief glimpse of this world and then the issue's at an end. Admittedly, in this case I'm not sure how much more of it I could take, even with Morrison's excellent craftmanship, but I was once again left with a feeling of, "... oh, it's over already?"
But, as I keep saying, I suspect it'll read a lot better as part of a completed whole in the collected edition, once the series is done. Starting to think I should have waited for the trade on this one.
Also bought the Ellis Moon Knight collection but probably won't read it till I catch up on a couple of the earlier MK miniseries from the late 90s that I've been keeping on my stack.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 0:34:33 GMT -5
Blacksad: Amarillo showed up. But I think I'm going to re-read the other volumes before diving in. Can't wait to read that. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 0:35:41 GMT -5
Made some major changes as I updated my pulls, so thought I would post the new list here... So is the new Stumptown series an ongoing? |
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 27, 2014 0:48:02 GMT -5
Read the latest Multiversity: The Just. This is the one about the next generation of superheroes, the offspring of Batman and Superman (wait a second, that doesn't sound right ...) and all the well known DC superheroes. The schtick is that they're all very trendy and shallow in a Kardashian or pop-star way, spending most of their time texting each other and getting angry about not being invited to parties, and so on. The cover is a mock version of one of those celebrity magazines you see on there rack at the grocery store check-out, and is just as ugly and repulsive as the covers of those rags tend to be. The concept behind this one didn't appeal to me at all, but I have to say that Morrison really made it work - though some of the impact was diminished for me because I don't know the DCU well enough to recognise who some of the youngsters are supposed to be descended from. I'll have to look at the online annotations that are going around. And once again, you just get what feels like a brief glimpse of this world and then the issue's at an end. Admittedly, in this case I'm not sure how much more of it I could take, even with Morrison's excellent craftmanship, but I was once again left with a feeling of, "... oh, it's over already?" But, as I keep saying, I suspect it'll read a lot better as part of a completed whole in the collected edition, once the series is done. Starting to think I should have waited for the trade on this one. Also bought the Ellis Moon Knight collection but probably won't read it till I catch up on a couple of the earlier MK miniseries from the late 90s that I've been keeping on my stack. My feeling was very similar to yours, Berk. My wife follows all that celebrity crap, which is fine for her, not me. I don't care, but, this was a good issue. My faith in Morrison paid off, cause anyone else and I probably would've skipped it. Now, ask me if I'd buy a regular ongoing of this. Probably not. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 0:51:25 GMT -5
Made some major changes as I updated my pulls, so thought I would post the new list here... So is the new Stumptown series an ongoing? Rucka mentions talking to his co-creator (who is not doing the art this time) about the rigors of doing Stumptown as an ongoing, in explaining why there is a new artist, so I am assuming it is an ongoing this time around, but I don't know for certain. Oni is usually pretty good at solciting minis as issue 1 of x and there is none of that, and the early rumors of it before it was officially announced called it an ongoing, so all clues pointed to that, even though I am not 100% certain it is so. -M PS I suspect it may do like Image books, i.e. do an arc, take a break for the collection, come back with a new arc after a month or so break.... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 1:20:03 GMT -5
Cool, either way, Rucka investing more time in Stumptown is a good thing for me. Knowing he plans on sticking with it. I was never too sure. He seems to have had enough going on in comics, who knows if there would be another arc or not. Must be selling enough though. It's one of my favorite crime comics.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 18:13:23 GMT -5
Tried that Multiversity-The Just book and I really didn't like it - just felt like more of Morrison's metatextual aren't-I-so-clever posturing; the more I read of his work, the less I like any of it.
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Post by DubipR on Oct 28, 2014 20:20:09 GMT -5
NEW RELEASES FOR WEEK OF 10/29/14....
- Harley Quinn Annual Intl #1
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Post by dupersuper on Oct 28, 2014 23:27:11 GMT -5
I thought the artwork on the new She-Hulk series looked pretty good. The only problem is, it's a She-Hulk series! One of those knock-off characters I've never liked, with one of the stupidest names ever invented - and that's saying something when you're talking superhero comics. Plus the whole sexy, flirty career-girl persona, and finally the coy "fourth-wall breaking" schtick ... everything about this character rubs me the wrong way. Wow...between the current series, Peter David, Dan Slott and John Byrne I'd say that "knock-off character" has had some great series... |
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Post by berkley on Oct 29, 2014 1:13:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I know She-Hulk has a lot of fans. I'm not one of them, what can I say. But I will read those Steve Gerber issues one of these days!
I read the last two volumes of Fatale last week. I liked it, but at the same time it felt a bit lacking. You can see Brubaker knows what he's doing - good story concept and I was impressed with a lot of the little touches he showed, especially in several of the character portraits, but the series ended up feeling a bit repetitive by the end.
And the artwork by Phillips was equally impressive in most ways - excellent evocation of setting and atmosphere, for example. The one big problem I had with the art - an unfortunately it was a pretty important one, given the nature of the book - was that more often than not Josephine just did not look convincing as the Femme Fatale that cast a spell over every man who came into contact with her. Yes, I understand that that allure was supposed to be supernatural rather than a simple attraction based on her looks, but in a visual medium I think you need the image to echo the concept, and for me it didn't here. The odd thing is that the occasional panel or cover would show that Phillips was capable of rendering her seductive beauty convincingly, but whether through haste or as a deliberate choice, those were rare exceptions. Perhaps he and Brubaker wanted her to look a little drab and ordinary in order to emphasise the supernatural nature of her hold over men.
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