Topic: Funnybooks (Read 170147 times)

Büge · « **Reply #2120 on:** September 18, 2012, 09:16:23 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on September 18, 2012, 07:49:32 PM

LADY COP

(no relation to Axe Cop).

With the way DC is churning through their old properties, I think we can expect the hydroencephalites in charge to give Lady Cop her own ongoing in the next few months.

Thad · « **Reply #2121 on:** September 20, 2012, 11:06:19 AM »

Rucka doesn't have anything nice to say about Marvel either.

Another midlister leaving the Big Two. Glad to hear it and I look forward to his creator-owned work.

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Despite what the publishers say, their interest in the talent is minimal now, the interest is only in promoting the financial worth of their properties. That was not the case as of two or three years ago, when there was an ‘Exclusives war’, but that’s all gone by the wayside now. Ultimately, they are saying, “We don’t need you,’ because they can get a million more just like you.

...that's it.

That's the pending crash of the current decade.

Should have hit me sooner, but that's it: if the "even = boom, odd = bust" cycle continues, this time it's going to happen because Disney bought Marvel and WB took a more active role in DC and the comics are now (again) run by a bunch of people who see them as character banks to exploit and don't recognize the value of talent.

Which, so far, is working out pretty well in the movies, but I don't expect that to last forever either. DC hasn't been able to succeed with any movies not starring Batman, and while Marvel's doing gangbusters now and I expect it to do so at least through Avengers 2, there are plenty of chances to stumble. (Much as I like the idea of Guardians of the Galaxy, it could be a tough sell.)

Mark Millar predicted, years ago, that the next crash would be precipitated by all the talent leaving comics and going to Hollywood. He had it backwards: it's going to be caused by Hollywood coming to the comics and chasing out all the talent.

Thad · « **Reply #2122 on:** September 20, 2012, 11:36:41 AM »

Welp, the zero issue of Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld -- written by the creator of Jem -- has an attempted gang rape in it. Chris Sims has opinions on this.

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It might not even be necessary to elaborate on why that thoroughly ruined the book for me, but to be honest, it's actually pretty difficult to be mad about it at this point. Throwing rape and the threat thereof into a superhero story to give it an air of edginess and modernism is a trick that writers and editors have pulled over and over and over again over the past 20 years in an attempt to recapture the critical success and importance of Watchmen and, in the case of DC Comics, assure their dwindling readership that Aquaman was definitely not silly, no sir. It's cropped up in stories from Green Arrow to Nightwing, a trend that culminated in the abysmal Identity Crisis, a story explicitly designed to go back and put rape into past comics that didn't already have it. And, to be fair, it's not just DC, either -- superhero comics as a whole have developed an over-reliance on rape as a plot point to signal that they're trying to be more "mature" or "relevant." At Marvel, Kevin Smith added a rape into Black Cat's backstory, and Mark Millar can't do a mini-series without throwing in at least a few hints, if not an outright incest-rape-pregnancy with a "booby-trapped womb" to go along with it. But with DC, it's become mainstream. I had a slight hope last year that the New 52 relaunch would signal that they'd finally move on and stop chasing this thirteen-year-old's idea of "maturity," but it wasn't. They doubled down on it, and here we are.

That's what makes it so difficult and exhausting to be angry about it. It's not that it's not an abhorrent cliché that sums up everything that's wrong with their line in one tidy scene, because it certainly is that, it's that this just seems to be how it is now. Rape and rape threats have become a cornerstone of the DC Universe. Complaining about it at this point is like complaining about Marvel having a bunch of comics about mutants. It's just something they do in their books because they don't know any other way to tell stories.

The more I thought about it, though, the more infuriating it was, and a large part of it was that this was the last book where I expected it to crop up yet again. As goofy and fannish as it may seem, I feel like they suckered me into getting excited about it, presenting it as a genuine attempt to draw in new readers and experiment with genres that they hadn't tried for a while. Instead, it's just the same thing they always do. They have once again shown themselves to be the Lucy Van Pelt of rape comics, pulling that football away just as soon as you hand over four bucks for the privilege of trusting them not to.

Büge · « **Reply #2123 on:** September 20, 2012, 12:32:25 PM »

Wow. That's awful. And it has a cover that makes it look like it's about the adventures of off-brand She-Ra, so you just know that there are young girls who will be reading it.

McDohl · « **Reply #2124 on:** September 21, 2012, 05:26:16 AM »

So in the Ultimates universe, Captain America got elected to the presidency by write-in ballots. Just heard it on the radio.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #2125 on:** September 21, 2012, 06:41:21 AM »

if authors are interchangeable why does Geoff Johns write so fucking many comics

Büge · « **Reply #2126 on:** September 21, 2012, 07:53:29 AM »

Is that a rhetorical question, or do you actually want answers?

Zaratustra · « **Reply #2127 on:** September 21, 2012, 11:48:40 AM »

I want him to stop writing comics.

Büge · « **Reply #2128 on:** September 24, 2012, 06:45:57 AM »

Büge · « **Reply #2129 on:** October 02, 2012, 11:48:01 AM »

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/09/29/multiversity-grant-morrison-interview-and-frank-quitely-art-morrisoncon/

This looks like it could be interesting.

Thad · « **Reply #2130 on:** October 02, 2012, 12:10:00 PM »

Yeah, I've been looking forward to it for years.

Büge · « **Reply #2131 on:** October 02, 2012, 12:43:48 PM »

I especially like the idea of each comic being featured in the next comic. I just wonder how they can exist. Would the comics be considered "too violent" in Thunderworld? Would DC be a floundering, mismanaged company in '90s World, surviving on the last fumes of nostalgia? Maybe it's a propaganda mouthpiece in Nazi World, showcasing what a mess the world would be like without the firm hand of Fascism.

Thad · « **Reply #2132 on:** October 02, 2012, 01:06:34 PM »

The Beat just broke my heart with the misleading headline NYCC Exclusive – Quantum & Woody at Valiant -- as it turns out it's just the original series coming out in digital format.

Still and all, obviously the idea is to gauge enthusiasm for a new series.

#1 is going to be free on Comixology starting 10/24. I will remind you all then.

Because Quantum and Woody is one of my absolute favorite comics in the history of ever. And you guys need to buy this, because I want a new series.

Büge · « **Reply #2133 on:** October 02, 2012, 02:18:28 PM »

Mongrel · « **Reply #2134 on:** October 09, 2012, 08:44:13 PM »

Source

Zaratustra · « **Reply #2135 on:** October 10, 2012, 03:48:49 AM »

I want to see one for alternative comics.

Squares include "10 pages of people talking in the same room" and... that's it pretty much

Thad · « **Reply #2136 on:** October 11, 2012, 07:50:25 AM »

Cornell's leaving Demon Knights.

Good. I need to drop some books.

Thad · « **Reply #2137 on:** October 11, 2012, 08:54:55 AM »

Quote from: Thad on June 20, 2012, 07:52:44 AM

Life in Hell ends. Wow -- the phrase "end of an era" gets thrown around a lot, but seriously, end of an era.

To Hell With You, Matt Groening: 9 cartoonists bid Matt a fond farewell via poster. The poster itself appears to be down (probably due to traffic) but you can see the strips on that page.

EDIT: Poster looks to be working now, and has quite a few more cartoons than the 8 on the Slate page. (Spiegelman! Nice.)

Büge · « **Reply #2138 on:** October 13, 2012, 05:38:06 PM »

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/nycc-2012-guarians-of-the-galaxy.html
GOTG written by Bendis? Nova written by Loeb? What the

Quote from: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JakeLester/news/?a=68635

With Marvel doing their version of a soft reboot, titled Marvel Now, Quesada said you can expect the GOTG comic book to go along with the movie in some ways. "There is sutff that I know is going on with the movie that we might be able to apply to the Marvel Cosmic Universe. And try and develop that Synergy. Not to copy one from the other, but to make it look like it's on the same page," He explained. He also went on to say that it is important to make sure that not only is it important to capture what the comic book fans want, but also to make sure general audiences understand what they are seeing in their movies.

Thad · « **Reply #2139 on:** October 14, 2012, 08:01:01 PM »

...dude. They just got done introducing Nick Fury's black son who is also named Nick Fury and has an eyepatch.

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