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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2016 13:18:42 GMT -5
I just read the first trade of that series form the library and really liked it. There's a danger when you write too immediately about the events of the day that work will feel jingoistic when it comes out and dated very quickly, but the early issues by John Ney Rieber and Cassay were very good at avoiding both. The Hairsine and Jae Lee art worked well in the later issues, but when Chuck Austen took over the writing it devolve dinto a muddled mess quickly.
And of course to make us all feel old, you have this in the modern comics thread, but it's over 10 years old (came out in 2002-2003), so a classic run by the site's definition.
-M
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Post by Batflunkie on May 12, 2016 13:46:55 GMT -5
Curious thing how time flies ain't it? But I still consider anything from 2002 relatively "modern", even Comedy Central is showing re-runs of SNL from that era these days. If you really want to feel old, I would have been 11 or 12 when it came out
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2016 16:51:01 GMT -5
Curious thing how time flies ain't it? But I still consider anything from 2002 relatively "modern", even Comedy Central is showing re-runs of SNL from that era these days. If you really want to feel old, I would have been 11 or 12 when it came out Get off my lawn you whippersnapper! -M (born in the 60's-barely, but still a 60s baby). |
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 12, 2016 21:58:15 GMT -5
Read some Marvel stuff from my DCBS box... weird group of comics..
Thor is essentially an old school fill in story, with Loki telling a story of Viking days. Since I like Aaron writing about Vikings alot more than I like him writing about Jane Foster, this is a good thing. The weird part is that is a multi-part fill in story.
While not quite a fill in, Ultimates similarly features none of the main characters, but rather after showing they got home save from outside the universe, it's about Galactus being a bad ass and telling off other cosmic beings. Not sure where they're going, and honestly if they do get there soon I'm probably done with this one
International Iron Man continues to be a decent spy story about someone else that I'm sure will have about as much future relevance as Superior did, but I'm a sucker so I'll buy it.
Regular Iron Man continues to obsess about facial hair and get punked alot. *Sigh*
Hercules continues to be a better verison of American Gods
Ms. Marvel's clone story gets resolved with lots of guest stars in a nice, heart warming way. And a wedding in a superhero book without chaos!
Spiderman (Miles), which I got for the Ms. Marvel team up, is actually running the exact same plot as Ms. Marvel, only with a crazy grandma instead of Loki-powered pseudo-clones. I like the clones better
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 0:23:46 GMT -5
Read the #0 issue of Rom from IDW that was part of FCBD.
It's a short 11 page prologue that is mostly set up, but it looks like an interesting story. It's sets up the conflict between ROM and the race of Dire Wraiths (apparently they were part of the initial marketing material for the toy and not a Marvel creation), who in this iteration are a race who draws power from wizardry, and how that conflict came to Earth.
The second feature in the issue was Action Man, a descendant of the UK version of the original G.I. Joe line from the sixties. Again, a short prologue, mostly set up, but well done and intriguing.
Not sure I will pick up Action Man at $4 a pop, but I might give ROM a try.
-M
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Post by Batflunkie on May 13, 2016 7:33:10 GMT -5
I liked the 2000 CGI Action Man cartoon, but beyond that, I know almost next to nothing about the character. Maybe he would have been a better addition to the G.I. Joe team as some sort of rouge agent, who knows?
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 13, 2016 18:27:09 GMT -5
Last couple Marvel Universe titles...both Stand Off tie ins. First off, it's kinda silly that some books already have 'Civil War II' trade dress before Standoff is even over.
Anyway, so Agents of Shield (Which I'm not getting, but got this one for Songbird on the cover)... boy, what a mess. Totally unclear who's on what side... the New Avengers attack Coulson's helicarrier... while one of them is undercover.. but for MAria Hill, who isn't connected to Coulson at all.
What really annoyed me was the fights... the SHIELD guys got totally punked by 3rd stringers (Songbird, New Power Man, and White Tiger) in their own book... it wasn't even close. Meanwhile Mockingbird and Agent May handled 4 supervillains without working up a sweat. Then there's Rick Jones. Ugh.. good that I dropped this.. the one fun part with Coulson didn't make up for the crappiness.
ANAD Avengers was firmly part of the crossover, and mostly involved Deadpool saving the day, so I kinda wish I skipped it.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on May 14, 2016 8:39:28 GMT -5
I'm reading Scarlet by Bendis and Maleev currently and OMFG I love it, love the way its told, her voice, the whole 4th wall thing, the way she seems to always be looking at me as she tells her story, the art, OMG the art...go...go...go on, go get the damn thing and read it, now.
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Post by earl on May 15, 2016 17:23:50 GMT -5
It is definitely not for everyone as it is really dark and brutal, but Jason Aaron and RM Guerra's 'The Goddamned' is pretty impressive. It's pretty much a violent spaghetti western sword and stone version of the fall of man starring Cain and Moses. (Yes, that Cain and Moses.) Guerra's artwork is always good, but there is some amazing pages in the comic. I'd figure fans of Joe Kubert's artwork would find something to like here and just like with Scalped, the colors seem in perfect synch with the pen and ink work.
Another series I'm working through partially for the second time is the reboot of Prophet. It's very much in the Heavy Metal/Moebius type of science fiction comics, but pretty inventive and fun. I read the first two trades a year ago and finally got volume 3 and 4 with the conclusion in vol. 5 just around the corner. I'm through the first trade, it's some really wild comics.
In keeping with just waiting out till the next reboot then getting last volume in back issues, I got the 20 issue Punisher run largely wrote by Nathan Edmondson for under two bucks an issue off ebay. I've read the first five issues this weekend. It's solid Punisher procedural comics so far, we will see how the run develops.
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Post by berkley on May 15, 2016 21:25:58 GMT -5
Read Jonathan Hickman's Nightly News a week or two ago. My first reading of anything of Hickman's, this is one of his earliest works and I'd have to say it shows. Some interesting ideas, but on the whole it didn't really come together for me. My biggest problem was the characetrisation: the motivation of the characters didn't feel convincing to me and generally I didn't feel very involved in what was happening to them. Still, if I had read this back when it came out, I'd have been willing to try his next book, which I plan to do some time over the next month or two.
Last week I read the 2nd and 3rd volumes of Gillen and McKelvie's The Wicked + the Divine. Still not feeling in tune with Gillen's choice of teenage pop-stars as the embodiment of his divinities, but accepting that for what it is, I've found myself able to enjoy this series more than I did on first exposure. I'll keep reading, for now.
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Post by hondobrode on May 16, 2016 11:21:21 GMT -5
I was pretty impress with The Nightly News and thought it was pretty well done, esp for Hickman's early work.
ROM looks good. Looking forward to trying it. That's a character that's grown on me over time.
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Post by Dizzy D on May 16, 2016 11:27:18 GMT -5
I was really wondering about Rom and kinda happy to find out that they appearantly can use the Dire Wraiths (weird that Marvel is still using them if they are part of the initial toy) because I thought that the Rom license only included Rom himself and the new series would have to build up everything from scratch.
I liked the Nightly News a lot, certainly better than Transhuman, Red Wing or Pax Romana, but East of West is my favourite work by Hickman so far.
Wicked+Divine: I finally gotten around to getting the first 3 trades and reading them. Still like Phonogram better, but I really like this series. Has anyone done which artist each god is (I mean Baal is based on Kanye West, Innara on Prince, Woden is Daft Punk and Lucifer is David Bowie as far as I can see, but anybody have any ideas on the rest?)
And the Fix #2 was still as funny as issue 1.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2016 11:35:35 GMT -5
I was really wondering about Rom and kinda happy to find out that they appearantly can use the Dire Wraiths (weird that Marvel is still using them if they are part of the initial toy) because I thought that the Rom license only included Rom himself and the new series would have to build up everything from scratch. I liked the Nightly News a lot, certainly better than Transhuman, Red Wing or Pax Romana, but East of West is my favourite work by Hickman so far. Wicked+Divine: I finally gotten around to getting the first 3 trades and reading them. Still like Phonogram better, but I really like this series. Has anyone done which artist each god is (I mean Baal is based on Kanye West, Innara on Prince, Woden is Daft Punk and Lucifer is David Bowie as far as I can see, but anybody have any ideas on the rest?) And the Fix #2 was still as funny as issue 1. Apparently the name Dire Wraiths was mentioned in the initial press material Parker Brothers developed and released for the toy line, and it mentions that they got their power from sorcery and infiltrate the population of planets, so it was part of the ROM material Parker Brothers sold and usable by IDW. How they were developed from that in the Marvel Comics was Mantlo's doing. However I don't think the name Dire Wraiths was ever trademarked by either Parker Brothers or Marvel, so it is available for both to use. -M |
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Post by String on May 19, 2016 9:47:57 GMT -5
Comixology needs to work on this. Micronauts #2 was released yesterday but they had it near the bottom of their featured list. Blink and you may miss it.
I'm liking the dynamics of this new group and again, we're slowly piecing together the galactic crisis. I appreciate that Bunn isn't doing a massive info exposition dump in regards to that, instead letting the characters' reactions and motivations speak more for it. The art is near perfect for this type of adventure, lots of good action and shots here. And I admit, my history of the Micronauts is spotty at best so as far as I know, Bunn introduces a new character at the end that would appear to be Karza's opposite in this civil war (great entrance shot of him by the way).
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2016 1:31:57 GMT -5
Read and enjoyed Micronauts # 2 as well ( I am currently reading the first volume of the Time Traveler Trilogy-the prose Micronauts series that came out in 2002 so I had a bit of trouble remembering IDW #1 and keeping it straight from the set up of the novel, butt he recap page at the beginning of #2 helped me sort it all out. We're still getting to know the main cast and the world building is still being laid out, but I like it so far.
Also read and quite enjoyed Future Quest #1 (As I mentioned in the Hanna Barbera thread).
I seem to be in full on relive childhood favorites from the 70s mode right now, but I am digging this stuff re-imagnined for the current era.
-M
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