The Comic Book Thread

[XvGojira]

I'm mildly surprised this hasn't popped up here but have you seen it? It's totally ridiculous.



How is THAT Superman's new duds? Is it Kryptonian casual Friday or something? I mean the difference between his identities were thin to begin with (hair curl and glasses) but now it's just the glasses. And didn't he JUST get a new suit? Did people really hate the fingerless gloves so much they had to change it?

Or maybe they thought that people would criticize less if Superman's and Batman's new looks were total crap. And the biggest issue with WW's new attire are the Baraka gauntlets. Her shoulder pads seem odd to me but it could just be that pose or something and I think the blue parts of her suit were probably exposed skin (neck, upper arm, and thighs) until near the end of the design process. But whatever. At least it's not some dumb jacket again, right?

But Superman is... well Superboy-Man and Bats in now . I'm guess it's not actually Bruce but Alex "The Rabbit" Murphy or something. Or maybe the gun only fires batarangs, or it's a literal Bat-gun, shooting out bats. Wayne Enterprises just acquired the rights to distribute all of Gotham's rabies medicines. and Bruce needs to pump up his bottom line.

I may have gotten carried away. Sorry, it's 3 am on the last night of 6 straight 12-hours shifts. I'm more than a little loopy.

[klen7]

[lhb412]

^Pretty sure those are temporary costumes being trotted out to give the three main heroes some press while the less prominent heroes are the main focus of the line-wide revamp.

[jellydonut25]

Wonder Woman at least looks like some version of Wonder Woman and not a robo-rabbit, or a buff dude wearing a superman T-shirt while he works on his car.

[MekaGojira3k]

I thought I read that Superman was going to or had revealed his identity in some way in this New 52 stuff. I wondered if the costume just had to do with him giving up on the whole secret identity stuff.

[MekaGojira3k]

Yay Picking up Comics, two week's worth actually

[klen7]

That is a big haul! I have been trade waiting a lot more frequently recently, mostly because I rarely jump on a #1 unless I know the creative team. I kind of wish I did single issues for a few of the series I trade wait, but my slighlty ocd collector tendencies get nutty about switching formats

[lhb412]

This is as good as any time to ask: what is on everyone's pull-list?

Here's mine:

Hellboy (now two different series: Hellboy in Hell and Hellboy and the BPRD)
BPRD
Abe Sapien
Lobster Johnson
Witchfinder
Frankenstein Underground
Sledgehammer '44 (yes, all of these have been Mignolaverse so far)
Usagi Yojimbo
Dark Horse Presents
Adventure Time
the various Adventure Time miniseries
Classic Popeye

... and, soon to be added:
Uncle Scrooge
Donald Duck
Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories

I'll probably drop The Goon after the current miniseries ends. I've been reading it for over a decade, but the spotty quality and spottier publishing schedule of the last few years has soured me a bit. Also, Eric Powell is great with cartoony action, but rather poor with drama, which is what the series has been skewing towards. Also thinking of dropping Baltimore. I've been following because it's a Mignola collab, but Chris Golden's scripting just doesn't do anything for me. Sadly, the Steven Universe comic ended with issue #8, but there's a one-shot and an original graphic novel coming up, so I'm happy about that.

I know a lot of people have gone digital, or at least entirely trade-wait, but I think picking up monthly comics has a certain fun to it. I like going to my comics shop every week. If I moved to a place without a shop (or just a crappy one) I suppose I'd acquiesce. Many of these titles I've collected for some time, so there's a certain pleasure in having a (almost complete) set. I don't want my pull-list getting too much bigger, so when I get into a new series these last few years (like Atomic Robo or Batman '66) I generally trade-wait, but I find myself continuing to make an exception for kids/all-ages comics, whose collections almost always collect a low number of issues (usually 4) so the trades either cost about the same or even more than the single issues! The Adventure Time collections are especially confusing, with the various longer storylines, single issue stories, and back-ups by rotating artists spread out over the maximum number of paperback and hardcover collections.

The Hernandez brothers have made it real easy with Love and Rockets: they stopped doing single issues 8 years ago and now put out an annual 100 page paperback!

Series I'm currently eying, with possible intent to trade-wait: Saga; Groo, the Wanderer; Rocket Raccoon; Ms. Marvel; Lumberjanes; Groot; and Howard the Duck (I really liked the GotG movie, okay?). I try to sample 'em via the various branches of the public library if I can... well, except for Groo. I pretty much know I'll like that (Sergio Aragones!) and am just waiting for the supposedly in-development omnibus editions that are gonna collect all the classic issues.

[mr.negativity]

Eisner Award-winning creator Nate Simpson tells CBR News, his Image series is not only back, he has a plan and a schedule for its 7-issue run.

[klen7]

[mr.negativity]

[lhb412]

[MekaGojira3k]

My Pull List
Ant-Man
Amazing Spider-Man
Squirrel Girl
Star Wars
Darth Vader
Princess Leia
The Winter Soldier
Rocket Raccoon
Ghost Rider
Moon Knight
Secret Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Legendary Star-Lord
The Flash
Guardian Team-Up
Godzilla: Rulers of Earth
Star Trek/Planet of the Apes Crossover
Gotham Academy
Klarion
And now Frankenstein Unbound

Luckily the upcoming Marvel event will cut the list down a bit (but I also just randomly grab Batman, Justice League, Daredevil and the like).

[lhb412]

Read Shaolin Cowboy: Shemp Buffet, and I'm not sure whether I love it or didn't care for it at all. Despite some misgivings I'm beginning to lean towards the first one, though. There's one thing for sure: Geof Darrow is a virtuoso artist and leaves one hell of an impression either way.

A neat piece on why 2015 is looking like a great year for comics.

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2 ... or-co.html

I must say, I agree. It's getting to the point where there's almost too much cool stuff to get excited about.

[mr.negativity]

Mignola spoke at ECCC about everything currently happening across the Mignolaverse titles, and spoke frankly about the upcoming end of Hellboy's story.

[lhb412]

^ Man, I just don't know. Mignola has said so many things about the ultimate fate of the series in the last decade or so. He's said fairly recently that all storylines, Hellboy and BPRD, will be resolved and that's just on the horizon - then clarrified that after all that's settled he'll essentially retire to doing old fashioned 'Hellboy wanders around and has self-contained adventures' stories, which is ultimately his favorite thing.

While Hellboy may technically end, I don't think we'll see the end of actually getting new Hellboy comics.

[lhb412]

The world's greatest comic book returns Wednesday with Uncle Scrooge #1 (405)

Hmmm, does the title for this story strike anyone as... familiar?

[mr.negativity]

^Awesome!

[MekaGojira3k]

I must be the only one who is "Meh" about Miller returning to Batman. I read the first Dark Knight Returns and didn't really care for it. I think because it felt absurdly grimdark, not unlike what the current DC Cinematic Universe is going for, so I sort of shrugged it off.

[Specium Ray]

I thought everyone hated Frank Miller these days. I am a fan, but I still think they need to keep him away from Batman.

[lhb412]

... is tomorrow! Don't forget. Go out and get free comics. Unfortunately, I'll be working in the salt mines, but hopefully I'll get a representative or two to make a trip and pick up some titles.

[lhb412]

Merry Free Comic Book Day, and a Happy Avengermass!

I got BOOM's 10th anniversary sampler (lots of cool stuff in there, probably the best value of any FCBD offering), Supermutant Magic Academy, Fight Club/The Goon, Bob's Burgers, Dark Circle Comics, TMNT, DC's Divergence, Doctor Who, and (apparently a leftover from several years ago) a sampler of John Stanley comics from the '60s.

[The Shadow]

I miss having a comic shop in town. Nowadays the closest is probably an hour away, too far to be worth going to.

[MekaGojira3k]

We hit up both stores. Comics for me, the lady, and three of the actual children in the family.

[lhb412]

^I wanted to get the Miles & Kamala-infused Avengers, but it was apparently the most popular of the FCBD titles: gone in both stories I visited.