Topic: Funnybooks (Read 170002 times)

Thad · « **Reply #1780 on:** March 07, 2012, 09:06:57 AM »

Yes.

Besides which point, Alan Moore already had the last word on grim-'n'-gritty Captain Marvel back in the 1980's.

Lottel · « **Reply #1781 on:** March 07, 2012, 12:06:27 PM »

Rob Liefeld Drawing and Driving!

Why didn't I hear about this?

Mongrel · « **Reply #1782 on:** March 07, 2012, 01:21:43 PM »

"Oh and I'm filming myself too. Did I mention that?"

Please tell me that video was recovered from the twisted wreckage of a car that plunged off a curve into a gorge.

Thad · « **Reply #1783 on:** March 09, 2012, 12:30:46 PM »

Amy Reeder off Batwoman, cites creative differences. Fanboy speculation is that Harras is meddling and wants to sex the book up to sell more copies. Guess we'll know in a few months.

(Total number of lesbian sex scenes in Batwoman to date: one, near as I can recall. Granted it was pretty graphic for a "teen" book.)

Mongrel · « **Reply #1784 on:** March 10, 2012, 08:26:09 PM »

Okay, I am thinking of pulling the trigger on some very hard-to-find old Moebius books which would complete my collection of every book he had printed through Epic, but the only place they are available is Amazon and Amazon seriously has to be the worst fucking site in the world for internet commerce (nobody ever offers international shipping, the few who do have exorbitant rates, and inventories are actually completely segregated by nation - no US seller or their wares appears on Amazon.ca, etc.).

Can someone receive and re-mail three books for me?

If you want to be terrified, check this out (that's a mint new version - I'm looking at a used copy for $75).

Also looking at Lieutenant Blueberry 3 & 4 and Marshal Blueberry 1 & 2 (bookmarks are mainly for my benefit).

Also, I don't think anybody else here actually collects this stuff, but I have an extra copy of Blueberry #2 (Ballad for a Coffin & The Outlaw) I would let go for cheap.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1785 on:** March 11, 2012, 05:10:11 PM »

Green Arrow plumbs new depths

Wow, that's pretty much just a straight-up porno.

TA · « **Reply #1786 on:** March 11, 2012, 05:11:36 PM »

... wait a minute. What exactly do they have twelve of?

Lottel · « **Reply #1787 on:** March 11, 2012, 05:13:38 PM »

Why is he saying they're adorable as Kitten Hitler?
Is that more or less disturbing than them having twelve assholes or whatever?

TA · « **Reply #1788 on:** March 11, 2012, 05:20:16 PM »

There's three of them, so it's something that they have four each ... and it's supposed to be sexual, but ... jeez, what does a lady have four of?

The only possible explanation I can think of is that they're counting labias both majora and minora, and that's ... creepy as fuck.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1789 on:** March 11, 2012, 05:22:54 PM »

Easier explanation: That writer has never actually seen a real vagina.

Also, the lines about "DADDY CHANGED US" are suuuuuuuuuuuuuper-fucking-creepy.

TA · « **Reply #1790 on:** March 11, 2012, 05:29:38 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on March 11, 2012, 05:22:54 PM

Easier explanation: That writer has never actually seen a real vagina.

Also, the lines about "DADDY CHANGED US" are suuuuuuuuuuuuuper-fucking-creepy.

The writer is Ann Nocenti. A woman. So ...

Mongrel · « **Reply #1791 on:** March 11, 2012, 06:33:48 PM »

Huh. Maybe it's a personal in-joke directed at people who've never seen vaginas then? Like "Haha, let's see who pretends they get it."?

I dunno, I'm just reaching at this point.

Thad · « **Reply #1792 on:** March 12, 2012, 07:16:43 AM »

I think you guys may be overthinking it. I think you're supposed to go "Wait, twelve?" and then stop there.

Anyway, responding to Mongrel's post in the I Don't Have the Patience to Answer Questions But I'm Going to Completely Stop My Media Consumption You Guys thread:

Quote from: Mongrel on March 11, 2012, 03:43:17 PM

Did you stop reading [DMZ] because the story quality went into the crapper or because the character became an unlikable asshole?

IIRC I stopped reading because I lost my job and had to drop a bunch of books.

But the reason that one wasn't on my list of keepers anymore was basically that it just felt like it was dragging. I wouldn't say the story quality went in the crapper, but it just felt, even with major shakeups like Parco being elected and trying to get his hands on a nuclear weapon, like it was meandering and nothing was really changing.

That I didn't like Matty anymore was part of the problem. I give Wood some credit for having the balls to take him in that direction; making your protagonist unlikable is a gamble. But in my case, at least, it didn't pay off; after awhile I was tired of waiting for Matty to finally Learn His Lesson and become one of the good guys again.

Thad · « **Reply #1793 on:** March 16, 2012, 08:12:46 AM »

io9 inteviews Mieville about Dial H. There's not much to the interview, but there are some good pics; this is probably the series I'm most looking forward to right now.

Thad · « **Reply #1794 on:** March 16, 2012, 12:34:29 PM »

...and all of a sudden there is a title I am looking forward to SECOND-most: The Rocketeer, by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee.

Friday · « **Reply #1795 on:** March 16, 2012, 04:20:39 PM »

I have 1,374 of these.

And each and every one is razor sharp.

Büge · « **Reply #1796 on:** March 17, 2012, 05:18:31 PM »

So ~~Ms.~~ Captain Marvel is getting her own series again, and Jamie McKelvie designed her a new look:

I like it! It's a heck of a lot better than what Jim Lee did to Power Girl.

Thad · « **Reply #1797 on:** March 19, 2012, 11:11:24 AM »

You know, it's only just occurred to me that Demon Knights probably has more tokens than any other book I have ever read, but they're integrated into the story tightly enough that I didn't even really think about it.

I mean, we've got a woman who can't walk, a Muslim, and I think at this point it's pretty clear that Sir Ystin isn't dressing as a man simply as a disguise, he is in fact transgendered. (Which may make him the first major transgendered character in a DC or Marvel comic whose story hasn't revolved around shape-shifting in some way -- can anyone think of any others?)

Last week Paul Cornell joked that A Million Moms should boycott Saucer Country to boost his sales. But really, if they knew there was a Muslim and a transgendered character in a book RIGHT NEXT TO DETECTIVE COMICS on the stand*, the fundamentalists would flip.

And yet the whole thing never really feels like it's pandering. (Maybe because, like all European medieval fantasy, it is so incredibly lily-white.)

* Well, not really; everybody knows Detective Comics goes under "B".

Zaratustra · « **Reply #1798 on:** March 19, 2012, 01:08:52 PM »

Oh yes. The fundamentalists would flip if they knew the book called DEMON KNIGHTS has trannies in it.

Thad · « **Reply #1799 on:** March 19, 2012, 01:15:42 PM »

Well yes, fair enough. But this makes it more offensive than Hellboy.

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