The Unholy Dragon Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Infinite Kung Fu is just...the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 The first issue of the Greg Pak/Jonathan Coulton collaboration "Code Monkey Save World" was released to the kickstarter backers digitally this week. It's glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Complete run of Hypernaturals is on sale at Comixology. It's not the best thing D&A ever did, but I'd still recommend it to fans of their Marvel cosmic and especially fans of their LSH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Today marked the final issue of "Remain In Light" in TF: MTMtE. Not how I expected that story to end. Now I need to catch up on six issues of the other TF book before the crossover starts in November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Jones Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 So if anyone has thought about reading Saga, but has not started reading Saga... you really, really, really need to start reading Saga. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Great week for non big two books Saga Fatale Atomic Robo East of wWest Lil Hellboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 So if anyone has thought about reading Saga, but has not started reading Saga... you really, really, really need to start reading Saga. I'll start reading it, when it's completely finished and collected, same as I did with Ex Machina and Y: The Last Man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MushroomJones Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I can't stress that enough. Saga is maybe the strongest book being published anywhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tele-Viper Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I still can't seem to get into Saga. It just seems so obnoxious and dumb but I'm willing to keep trying because something so beloved can't be bad, right? Then again, I can't seem to dig into Hawkeye, Manhattan Project, or Atomic Robo so maybe I just have bad taste. To me Fatale, Lazarus, Baltimore, Hellboy In Hell, and Cobra Files are the best non-big two comics currently on the stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Man, I can't fathom somebody not enjoying Atomic Robo. Especially when you enjoy Hellboy, given that Robo is really basically science Hellboy with more quipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tele-Viper Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 That's the problem, it rips off Hellboy (and The Rocketeer to some extent) but offers little more than some quips and okay art as compensation. Not original enough for me, I guess. Fun though but nothing memorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 I also like Robo for all the wacky historical cameos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Read Hack/Slash: First Cut. Euthanized was a decent story, but it didn't as much for me I was hoping. Girls Gone Dead was pretty fun. I liked the angle with the Slasher and the crazed school girl. Also sort of dug Cassie's defenses being downed for a bit. Comic Book Carnage was probably my favorite of the three stories. There is just something too amusing about actual creators being used as the victims, and I loved so many of the scenes with Vlad who was probably my favorite character by the end of this. This was a fun read overall. I like Vlad and Cassie and the general concept is cool though I tend to go either way with stories like this for whatever reason. Even well done ones don't always entertain me to the extent they do others. Still I liked it enough that I think I will check more of it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Hack/Slash is weird; the minis establish the concept, but it doesn't really get interesting to me until after the ongoing starts. Then the ongoing bogs down in its own mythology and over-arc, and picks up again with the change to Image. Amusingly, Skottie Young comes back later a couple of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin877 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Infinite Kung Fu has come n the mail from Top Shelf. I will be diving into this much awaited kung fu epic tonight after work and whenever RAW starts to drag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Hack/Slash is weird; the minis establish the concept, but it doesn't really get interesting to me until after the ongoing starts. Then the ongoing bogs down in its own mythology and over-arc, and picks up again with the change to Image. Amusingly, Skottie Young comes back later a couple of times. Interesting, glad to hear it gets better even if it has its occasional weak moments. Also happy to hear Skottie Young returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellsworth Toohey Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Dear Valiant, Deep down you already know how this latest "return" by Christopher Priest to Quantum & Woody will end: The series cancelled with horifically low sales in the four digits, and Priest whining on his blog and the Newsarama boards about how he was screwed by his editors and they didn't advertise the book enough and the fans didn't support the book and then finally a full-on meltdown with Priest railing against fans who'd rather read Battle of the Atom instead of "smart" books like he writes. I don't care how nice a guy he is towards his fans, Jim "Christopher Priest" Owsley is like the Lex Luger/Sid Viscious of comics. No man has ever gotten so many "chances" as this guy and failed so consistently. At least Sid and Lex never whined in public afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 PHONOGRAM is on sale on Comixology this week. Buck an issue (with Singles Club #1 already a freebie) or $5 per TPB. I guess I finally have to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 Speaking of Gillen, His author's notes on THREE #1 //kierongillen.tumblr.com/post/64146726462/writers-notes-three-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 That time of the month where I ramble about Transformers. This was possibly my least favorite issue of the series so far. There were some neat individual bits (the Ammonites/Terradores, for instance) but by and large I felt it was kind of weak. I understand the need for a breather between the end of the twenty-plus-issue first "season" and the crossover that starts next month, but I would've liked to see more of the fallout from "Remain in Light" instead of behind-the-scenes bits that happened before the Overlord story. The bits with Thunder Clash are especially problematic; he's a Mary Sue of astonishing proportions (helped Ratchet make it through med school, manages to be as detail-attentive as Ultra Magnus without coming off as stiff and anal retentive like Magnus does, briefly carried the Matrix when Optimus took a sabbatical but never took the Prime title, etc.) The comparison that comes to mind is Ace Rimmer from Red Dwarf, in that the point of his appearance isn't so much "Thunder Clash is AWESOME!" as "Rodimus is kind of a childish prick and doesn't deal well with being upstaged." It still really doesn't work for me. I'm also not crazy about this being the comic that comes with Skids when his new toy ships; he's barely in it, and it's mostly as kind of ineffectual comic relief. Given the shit we've seen him do in the past 21 issues, and that he's been my favorite Autobot since I was a kid, I would've liked to have his pack-in be something where he gets to be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Read Invincible Vol. 18: Death of Everyone. The teasers that were coming out for this one led me to believe it would be a much more disastrous story than it actually was. Instead of some grand event which led to tons of big character deaths you get a sizable but not cataclysmic event that leads to the end of one character's story and the next chapter for a few others. It all felt a bit transitional to be honest but not bad. I enjoyed the realizations Mark comes to and where it seemingly is leading him in the next stage of his life. I also dug how things were going for the Viltrumites and the new place they end up at. Nice read. Read Atomic Robo Volumes 2-4. It took a bit, but I'm finally digging AR. Volume three with Robo battling a Lovecraft monster at different points in time was probably favorite. That said, you can't go wrong with insanity that is Doctor Dinosaur. I particularly love how Robo kept pointing out all the faults/bs of his origin. Hopefully I will be reading volume 5 within the next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Dear Valiant,Deep down you already know how this latest "return" by Christopher Priest to Quantum & Woody will end:The series cancelled with horifically low sales in the four digits, and Priest whining on his blog and the Newsarama boards about how he was screwed by his editors and they didn't advertise the book enough and the fans didn't support the book and then finally a full-on meltdown with Priest railing against fans who'd rather read Battle of the Atom instead of "smart" books like he writes.I don't care how nice a guy he is towards his fans, Jim "Christopher Priest" Owsley is like the Lex Luger/Sid Viscious of comics.No man has ever gotten so many "chances" as this guy and failed so consistently. At least Sid and Lex never whined in public afterwards. Not trying to be a Priest apologist here, but there are a couple of mitigating factors for the final issue numbers. The first 18 issues sold over 10,000 copies each, then Acclaim yanked the comics division. When the book came back, the company had been all but dormant for a year. Add in the fact that the last issues (like all of the final Acclaim books) were extremely late and retailers quite possibly had their orders cancelled and resolicited. As far as I'm aware, Quantum & Woody is also considered one of the best books that Acclaim was putting out at the time. The new books just a miniseries, so I doubt that sales will kill it prematurely. I'll give it a shot and am looking forward to it. I think that Quantum & Woody was a great book, and I'm looking forward to revisiting the characters by their creators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Why is noone talking about the most important comic book release of the year that happened yesterday? Man, it's so good to finally read a good Asterix book again. Feels like I'm 8 years old again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Read Invincible Vol. 18: Death of Everyone. The teasers that were coming out for this one led me to believe it would be a much more disastrous story than it actually was. Instead of some grand event which led to tons of big character deaths you get a sizable but not cataclysmic event that leads to the end of one character's story and the next chapter for a few others. It all felt a bit transitional to be honest but not bad. I enjoyed the realizations Mark comes to and where it seemingly is leading him in the next stage of his life. I also dug how things were going for the Viltrumites and the new place they end up at. Nice read. Read Atomic Robo Volumes 2-4. It took a bit, but I'm finally digging AR. Volume three with Robo battling a Lovecraft monster at different points in time was probably favorite. That said, you can't go wrong with insanity that is Doctor Dinosaur. I particularly love how Robo kept pointing out all the faults/bs of his origin. Hopefully I will be reading volume 5 within the next week. Death of Everyone ended up referring more to the cataclysmic event that killed...well, a LOT of people. They pushed that much more heavily. In an era of 'shocking character deaths' as sales drivers, it was kind of nice to be faked out that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I thought the fake out was pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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