Topic: Funnybooks (Read 170768 times)

Thad · « **Reply #360 on:** January 30, 2009, 06:24:03 AM »

I remember posting a link to an article about guys dressed like Batman and Robin helping somebody change a tire a few years back, and I saw one the other day about a burglar jumping out a window when the homeowner showed up dressed like Thor, but this sounds a lot more organized.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #361 on:** January 30, 2009, 07:11:55 AM »

There was that guy in England who was removing the boots from cars.

Also that article pretty much sounds like one of the extra material from Watchmen, where they describe how ordinary people started acting like superheroes.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #362 on:** January 30, 2009, 07:21:58 AM »

I already mentioned in IRC my idea of fighting crime in an armored bear suit. My name will be CRIME BEAR, THE BEAR THAT FIGHTS CRIME.

Romosome · « **Reply #363 on:** January 30, 2009, 07:25:53 AM »

There's a bunch of them, probably spurred by the recent trend of Superhero movies. They seem to mostly be harmless wish fulfillment with a few hardcore guys that actually try to bust drug deals thrown in for good measure.

I personally think a great deal of them are just vain, self-obsessed fucks though. Article I read talked about an incident where one of these "real life superheroes" heard a woman scream outside his apartment when he was in it and went to put his costume on, and by the time he was finished playing dress-up and got downstairs whatever had been going on had broken up. That just makes me pissed, honestly. "Well gosh, I really was concerned you were being hurt, but I had to have my cool mask and trenchcoat on!" Useless retard.

It'd be unfair to paint them all like that I guess but I really get the vibe most of them are in it for the tights.

Here's the site.

Zach · « **Reply #364 on:** January 30, 2009, 12:53:32 PM »

Quote from: Thad on January 29, 2009, 09:00:20 PM

I'll admit I haven't read Simone's WW, but I admire her and she's the first person I'd trust to put out a good Wonder Woman book.

Not Greg Rucka? I thought that he balanced the warrior and the diplomat pretty well, embraces the mythological angle, and was even on the way to creating some memorable supporting characters before he disappeared. It's my definitive version of Wonder Woman.

Next up: Grant Morrison post.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #365 on:** January 30, 2009, 01:07:03 PM »

Quote from: Romosome on January 30, 2009, 07:25:53 AM

I personally think a great deal of them are just vain, self-obsessed fucks though. Article I read talked about an incident where one of these "real life superheroes" heard a woman scream outside his apartment when he was in it and went to put his costume on, and by the time he was finished playing dress-up and got downstairs whatever had been going on had broken up. That just makes me pissed, honestly. "Well gosh, I really was concerned you were being hurt, but I had to have my cool mask and trenchcoat on!" Useless retard.

Well, of course. He had to protect his secret identity.

Zach · « **Reply #366 on:** January 30, 2009, 01:29:55 PM »

Quote from: Thad on January 28, 2009, 10:20:22 PM

Frankly I'm all right with that -- it's clear Morrison's got plenty of stories left to tell in his own good time, but I'm happy to see him take a break and get back to Seaguy.

I imagine that if I tried to explain how excited I am about more Seaguy, it would quickly enter the realm of gushing superlatives. I'm not against Morrison working on mainline continuity stories, but his stories from the margins don't have to worry how other writers will handle his concepts. (Also, I haven't read his X-Men run, which probably disposes me toward him more than most comic fans.)

The one contrary example that comes to mind is that I imagine that someone else could do more with the Super Young Team. They work as a one-note commentary on Japanese celebrity, but the only one who I want to know more about is [spoiler]Most Excellent Superbat[/spoiler].

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The way they fade out of the story is also a pointed comment on how I actually imagine they’ll fare as characters in the DC Universe!

Without taking behind-the-scenes information into account (other boards complaining that it is too confusing, is this a sigil to banish Didio's dark influence from DC guys?), I had a lot of fun with Final Crisis. I think that I like high cosmic heroics with lots of room for street and non-mainstream characters. Also, no time-punching! The only thing that I'm confused about is [spoiler]why Detective Chimp is immune to the Anti-Life Equation[/spoiler].

Zaratustra · « **Reply #367 on:** January 30, 2009, 01:54:49 PM »

more like defective chimp am i rite

Thad · « **Reply #368 on:** January 30, 2009, 10:31:45 PM »

Quote from: Zach on January 30, 2009, 12:53:32 PM

Quote from: Thad on January 29, 2009, 09:00:20 PM
I'll admit I haven't read Simone's WW, but I admire her and she's the first person I'd trust to put out a good Wonder Woman book.

Not Greg Rucka?

To be fair, he'd just namedropped Greg Rucka for his work with Renee Montoya.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #369 on:** January 30, 2009, 10:59:51 PM »

to be frank if Grant hadn't opened his dumb mouth about not understanding Wonder Woman I wouldn't have even noticed he treated her like crap. Mostly, I was too busy being bothered by Mary Marvel as a punk rock slut possessed by an old pervert with a haircut invented by Satan himself.

OK on retrospect it's not that WW was treated badly in FC, it's that all women were except maybe Supergirl and Black Canary. You didn't see any male heroes being possessed by Furies and becoming Apokoliptian supersluts.

On other news, Apokoliptian Supersluts will be the name of my band.

Thad · « **Reply #370 on:** January 30, 2009, 11:16:24 PM »

Okay, but remember I already called Women in Refrigerators.

Bal · « **Reply #371 on:** January 31, 2009, 08:53:32 AM »

I haven't read all of Final Crisis, but I laughed heartily when Lois said she'd give Superman a big kiss when she "got back from the fridge"

Romosome · « **Reply #372 on:** January 31, 2009, 09:22:31 AM »

Wait, Supergirl WASN'T made into an Apokoliptian Superslut for once? Isn't that a first?

Thad · « **Reply #373 on:** January 31, 2009, 11:43:24 AM »

Quote from: Bal on January 31, 2009, 08:53:32 AM

I haven't read all of Final Crisis, but I laughed heartily when Lois said she'd give Superman a big kiss when she "got back from the fridge"

Wow, how did I miss THAT?

Anyway. Regarding Zara's comments on the whole WiR thing -- I was probably more bothered by Mary and Supergirl calling each other sluts than Wonder Woman becoming the leader of the Furies and generally getting short shrift. There's definitely at least a hint of sexism in several parts of the story, but on the other hand, the standard "but plenty of bad things happened to GUYS, too!" response applies. Turpin may be the character who was most thoroughly brutalized in the story, and of course Batman had it pretty rough.

On female characters given good, positive roles in the story: Renee Montoya.

Romosome · « **Reply #374 on:** January 31, 2009, 03:13:43 PM »

And she got that positive role in the first place from a male character being crammed into the refrigerator.

Thad · « **Reply #375 on:** January 31, 2009, 05:21:43 PM »

Well, kinda. I was disappointed in Vic's death, but as superhero deaths go it was much more Mar-Vell than Kal-L.

(Speaking of, apparently Kal-L's been confirmed, in a roundabout way, as a Black Lantern. Which fucking reeks on the surface, but in the long term means Johns is planning on working him back into Earth-2.)

Thad · « **Reply #376 on:** February 16, 2009, 09:21:18 PM »

Spirit continues to be a good read. #26 is a decent story with the Octopus and Silken Floss. I like the art -- the anatomy's not great but it's pleasingly kinetic.

And this series gets some INCREDIBLE cover artists -- this month it's Bolland. (I was going to say that it's nice to see he's still working despite his near-blindness, but it turns out I was thinking of inker John Totleben; as far as I can tell from reading Wikipedia, Bolland's eyesight is fine.)

Royal☭ · « **Reply #377 on:** February 18, 2009, 06:55:55 AM »

Spirit #26 was enjoyable, but I'm not as impressed by the cover art as I was by the inside art. The bar scene in particular was a good one. In two months, though, the artist switches to Paul Rivoche, and that art looks simply gorgeous:

*click for a bigger look, natch

Thad · « **Reply #378 on:** February 18, 2009, 05:01:46 PM »

Bar scene was a different artist than the rest of the issue; was going to mention that but then I didn't.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #379 on:** February 18, 2009, 05:05:42 PM »

Yeah, rechecking it the entire art changes at the scene starting in the cemetery. I wonder why.

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