odessasteps Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 I think it's been changed a number of times. I think it was Gaiman who had Woodrue as a professor who had Isley, Holland and the guy who made Black Orchid as students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Yeah, the origin has been changed several times, but it's usually been "Woodrue was a human who....". I don't remember anything that changed his origin to "never human, mystical creature from another dimension exiled here." T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Dastardly and Muttley #1 by Garth Ennis review: ...huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 New Batman cover artist, Olivier Coipel! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 16 hours ago, Cliff Hanger said: Dastardly and Muttley #1 by Garth Ennis review: ...huh. I was going to joke about them being realistically written WWI flying aces. And then I saw the blurb for the actual comic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 There is a running thing about the "pigeon" rendering the world more cartoonist in areas it passes through (it's a Predator drone spewing a cloud of wingdings). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Batman: Heart of Hush collects Detective Comics #846-850. Hush knows the true identity of Batman and wants his revenge dating back to when they were kids. I asked for this book for Christmas 2015 as it’s written by Paul Dini, a key contributor to the excellent Batman: The Animated Series and drawn by a favourite artist, Dustin Nguyen. I really liked this story for them, the flashbacks to Bruce Wayne/Tommy Elliot as kids, Tommy’s difficult relationship with his parents and the ending. Batman: Arkham City collects Batman: Arkham City #1-5 and online as Batman: Arkham City Digital Chapters written by Paul Dini who is rightly loved for Batman: The Animated Series. Batman: Arkham City #1-5 starts at the end of Batman: Arkham Asylum (videogame) leading up to Batman: Arkham City (videogame) release. Batman: Arkham City #1-5 shows the reason for Arkham City’s creation, a walled section of Gotham turned into a prison and how the characters end up where they do. The latter extends to Batman: Arkham City Digital Chapters made up of five eight page chapters on Hugo Strange, an ex-con trying to avoid imprisonment in Arkham City, The Riddler, Robin (Tim Drake) and Bane. This was a really good book for those who have and haven’t played the Arkham games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 So how is Metal so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Interesting twist in Tec with Tim Drake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 16 hours ago, Eivion said: So how is Metal so far? I'm wondering the same. @The Unholy Dragon and @WholeFnMachine be your best bets. 15 hours ago, odessasteps said: Interesting twist in Tec with Tim Drake. Do tell, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Metal has been real good, I think. The main title is still sort of in the picking up steam phase and I don't know how it reads without a pretty comprehensive knowledge of the last decade of Snyder and Morrison DC work behind it, but as I have that I'm having a ball. Tie-ins have been shockingly good too. The Evil Batman ones are mostly just your usual twisted origin fare (though the GL one this week added an interesting twist to the GL mythos) but the Gotham Resistance ones really landed for me. It's kind of like if Final Crisis had actually hide linewide support. Relatedly, Grant Morrison will now be co-writing spinoff title Sideways. And The Terrifics will include Tom Strong and his family, bringing them into the DCU. EDIT: Also! Milestone Comics coming back as a micro-imprint ala Wildstorm right now. Main title Milestone by Reginald Hudlin and Denys Cowan, Static Shock by Kyle Baker, one or two more titles later. Coming next Spring. Vertigo relaunching on 8/8/18. Targeted relaunch including at least one big name creator returning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I'd be a lot more hopeful for Milestone if Hudlin's name wasn't attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I'm hoping we can get some classic Milestone collections out of it. Icon and Static at the least. 3 more launch titles announced: Duo with a plot by Hudlin/Cowan and scripts by Greg Pak, covers by Jim Lee. No artist announced yet. Earth-M by Hudlin/Alice Randall with art by Cowan/Sienkiewicz. Love Army by Hudlin/Ryan Benjamin So yeah, very much looking like Hudlin is to this what Gerard Way is to Young Animal/Warren Ellis is to Wildstorm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Nice to see something happening with Milestone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I hope BloodSyndicate finds away to be relevant in the new Milestone. I'm excited for the return of Icon and Rocketthough James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Morrison and Snyder together on something Metal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I have a little time to play catch-up right now. Past King's Batman, what is the best of the last two years ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Future Quest Scooby Doo Team Up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Detective has been pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 17 minutes ago, odessasteps said: Future Quest Scooby Doo Team Up The HB stuff I've been reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 I really have lost interest in Batman with this joker vs riddler arc. I think theres another catwoman issue next. Forgot to mention mister miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Honestly I think Detective would be my first run choice too. Flash has been super solid as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I'll get there. I'm working on Action/Superman now. The Jurgens stuff is a nostalgia hit, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's great or anything. While King's Batman hasn't been top notch or anything, I did strongly enough the proposal and acceptance issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I tend to like the tonal difference of the Rebirth universe. For instance, Captain Carrot is sacrificed early in the Superman-Multiverse storyline and that'd be the end of it five years ago, except for that it'd be far more gruesome and brutal (five years before that it'd be both weirdly nostalgic AND brutal). Here, though, he gets to come back and be triumphant towards the end. It's a definite difference, especially out of Tomasi who was one of the bloodiest writers they had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Bug by the Allerd family has been solid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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