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Thad · « **Reply #1980 on:** June 11, 2012, 07:55:58 PM »

Quote from: Constantmean on June 10, 2012, 08:25:36 PM

So is Nightcrawler still a literal demon these days?

No.

Absolutely everyone completely ignored the entirety of Austen's run.

Bal · « **Reply #1981 on:** June 12, 2012, 03:50:44 AM »

Mostly Nightcrawler is dead these days.

Thad · « **Reply #1982 on:** June 12, 2012, 09:16:09 AM »

Yeah, but the parallel universe one is in X-Force.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #1983 on:** June 12, 2012, 09:31:06 AM »

what, they're resetting all comics numbering already? It's not even been a year yet.

Thad · « **Reply #1984 on:** June 12, 2012, 12:44:36 PM »

A #0 isn't really a reset, it's a one-off. But yeah, it's pretty silly.

Büge · « **Reply #1985 on:** June 12, 2012, 01:29:00 PM »

Quote from: Thad on June 12, 2012, 09:16:09 AM

Yeah, but the parallel universe one is in X-Force.

Man, why can't they bring Roguecrawler into the main universe?

Thad · « **Reply #1986 on:** June 14, 2012, 09:29:33 AM »

Gertler makes a chart investigating something I've been talking about for quite some time: that nearly all the post-1980 comic books to be made into movies have been creator-owned.

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Of the large mainstream publishers that preexisted the change, Marvel and Archie have published no new company-owned properties that have reached the big screen. DC has published four over those 30 years. In contrast, in just the 10 years preceding 1982, Marvel launched 6 purely-Marvel-owned properties that would later become movies, including a couple that were made into movies within 15 years after creation (so it’s not merely a matter that company-owned concepts take longer to reach the screen – although they seem to – that prevents post-1982 Marvel material from showing up.)

Fascinating. Would be interesting to see one with TV properties added too -- TMNT looms pretty large in that space, and The Tick had two different series to his name.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #1987 on:** June 14, 2012, 05:18:02 PM »

So it looks like Dan Slott is trying to turn Spider-Man into a Ditko-esque moral absolutist.

I'm not kidding when I say that Spidey stuffing his face while lecturing Franklin Richards about baseball is the most unintentionally hilarious thing I've seen all week.

Thad · « **Reply #1988 on:** June 14, 2012, 05:29:06 PM »

Quote from: Teddy Bearmont on June 14, 2012, 05:18:02 PM

I'm not kidding when I say that Spidey stuffing his face while lecturing Franklin Richards about baseball is the most unintentionally hilarious thing I've seen all week.

How'd that bit in Ricky Bobby go? Something like "Man, I was high when I said that! 'If you ain't first, you're last'? That don't even make sense! You could be second, you could be third...hell, you could be FOURTH!"

Anyway. I'm kinda curious if it IS unintentional. Can't tell, out of context. I've been a fan of Slott since Ren and Stimpy and while he's written some terrible Spidey books (he was part of the Clone Saga morass) he's written some brilliant ones too. Between the torture issue and this stuff, I'm inclined to think he's going somewhere with this.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #1989 on:** June 14, 2012, 05:33:14 PM »

Yeah, and he was basically responsible for salvaging She-Hulk, too. Maybe there's just something about working on Spider-Man for a long time that turns people into assholes.

Thad · « **Reply #1990 on:** June 14, 2012, 06:40:15 PM »

Action Comics has been hit-or-miss, but I thought this issue was delightful. Particularly a Watchmen bit in the middle.

Also the ending makes me legitimately wonder where things are going to go from here. I mean obviously there's a reset coming sooner or later, but I'm really interested in seeing what happens before that.

TA · « **Reply #1991 on:** June 14, 2012, 07:59:36 PM »

Quote from: Teddy Bearmont on June 14, 2012, 05:18:02 PM

So it looks like Dan Slott is trying to turn Spider-Man into a Ditko-esque moral absolutist.

I'm not kidding when I say that Spidey stuffing his face while lecturing Franklin Richards about baseball is the most unintentionally hilarious thing I've seen all week.

You ... you understand that only the first couple pages, the "No one dies" and the "I failed" ones ... they're they only ones that are real. You get that, right? That the others are the person writing the article relettering things for his joke?

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #1992 on:** June 15, 2012, 06:21:43 AM »

Thad · « **Reply #1993 on:** June 15, 2012, 07:02:50 AM »

Yeah, I kinda went from "Wait, this is a joke, right?" to "This...this is real?" myself.

Thing is it's not really much of a stretch. Poe's Law.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #1994 on:** June 15, 2012, 07:23:16 AM »

When Spidey started quoting the Question in the JJJ panel I figured something was up. That said, it's a testament to the guy's lettering skills that you thought they were real.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1995 on:** June 16, 2012, 09:16:39 AM »

http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/6/14/3084348/the-second-40-worst-rob-liefeld-drawings

In light of recent discussions, they did a sequel.

Still hilarious, but the bitterness at Rob's ill-gotten-gains burns through a lot more this time around.

Shinra · « **Reply #1996 on:** June 16, 2012, 10:10:55 AM »

Man, this piece is pretty bitter and for Liefeld a lot of these drawings aren't that bad. #40 in particular just strikes me as mediocre-OK and were it not for Liefeld's name actually being on the piece I wouldn't guess it was liefeld over any other generic comic book artist. #31 is a better drawn female than some of the recent offerings, given that we can't see simultaneously her ass and her breasts. Also #29 is even striking me as an objectively good drawing, despite the absolutely bizarre guns and subject matter. If anything, this is a case study for how much Liefeld has improved at his art in the last five years.

I get that Liefeld is making money despite being a hack and also a 14 year old (and that is admittedly awful) but christ these are some sour grapes.

Thad · « **Reply #1997 on:** June 16, 2012, 10:47:23 AM »

Yeah, I'm all for making fun of Liefeld's art but there's no reason to make it personal. I actually like the guy's just-don't-give-a-fuck attitude. I think what Zappa said about punk rock applies here:

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Well I liked the attitude of punk, I didn't necessarily like it from a musical standpoint; it is anti-musical. The whole idea was we're gonna play shitty and fast and so what? The so what part I always like. But anybody who's against music I don't like.

That's pretty much it. The "So what?" part I like.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1998 on:** June 16, 2012, 11:35:42 AM »

Well, in fairness to the gripers, there's a difference between "It's shitty. So what?" and "I'm the greatest! You don't like it? So what?". But there's still merit in the latter too.

Calling Rob a 14-year old is most apt, because when you get too mean, it's like kicking one.

Thad · « **Reply #1999 on:** June 19, 2012, 01:10:36 PM »

Langridge:

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Marvel and DC character sketches: This was a tough one. I was faced with a dilemma: should I just refuse to do them? Should I do them for free and annoy my neighbours, who would be charging? Or should I take the money and leave myself open to charges of hypocrisy and other malarkey? My elegant solution is to do Marvel and DC character sketches as usual, but to donate the proceeds from drawing those characters to the Hero Initiative. I've been in touch with the organisation about this and they're keen, and have helpfully supplied me with official logos and so forth, so that's what's happening. In short: from the point of view of you, the attendee wanting a sketch of Thor, it'll be business as usual. Plus, you'll be helping a good cause. Everybody wins!

Have I mentioned this week that I love Roger Langridge?

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