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InnercityGriot posted:Haha, for real? Learn something new every day. He did that quite a bit back then. "Does the body rule the mind Or does the mind rule the body ? I dunno..."
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redbackground posted:Ellis' banned issue of Hellblazer to finally be printed. source (well, and here) It seems like Lee and Didio are kicking open the vaults in general. Pretty sure that Brubaker Batman mini was never supposed to see the light of day either.
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Jul 21, 2010 04:44
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What is Air about and is it any good?
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blue.eyed.ash posted:It seems like Lee and Didio are kicking open the vaults in general. Pretty sure that Brubaker Batman mini was never supposed to see the light of day either. Which Brubaker Batman mini do you mean? The only DC Comics Presents I see for that is a reprint of some stories that already ran in Batman.
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Jul 22, 2010 10:38
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SpaceMost posted:What is Air about and is it any good? It's really hard to explain, honestly. It's about an airline hostess who gets wrapped up in a conspiracy theory that involves a airplanes powered by your mind and Amelia Airheart and well yeah. It's a very good book, though. I really enjoyed what I read of it. Unfortunately, it's also now canceled.
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Bleeding Cool is reporting that Karen Berger has confirmed its rumors: all DCU-originating Vertigo characters will soon be returned to the editorial control of the DCU offices, with the apparent exception of John Constantine. This oddly isn't being reported by any of the other sites (CBR, Newsarama) that one would expect to have full coverage of the panel, but I can only assume that Rich Johnston wouldn't pull a quote from a panel out of his rear end. Oh, and this rumor will no doubt thrill those who wanted to read the Mieville Swamp Thing series: Rich Johnston posted:Bleeding Cool first ran the story that he was coming back to DCU continuity, scotching an already-in-the-works project from the Vertigo, the green elemental’s home for so long. But… how? After all, he’ll probably need a grand entrance.
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Star City? So I guess that means he'll be showing up in J.T. Krul's Green Arrow book? If they're going to to bring Swamp Thing back into the DCU, I wish they'd get a better writer to handle him than J.T. Krul. I still don't get this decision anyway. Did someone over at DC go, "poo poo, Marvel's been having Man Thing show up a lot lately. He showed up in the Legion of Monsters recently, and now he's on the Thunderbolts! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WE MUST COUNTER THIS MOVE SOMEHOW! What's Swamp Thing doing?"
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Jul 24, 2010 21:08
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teekun posted:
Wait what gaaaaaaaaaaaaaah For actual content: I've read the first four trades of Lucifer and man does it go downhill during "Dalliance With The Damned". Still an enjoyable series so far, though... the whole alternate creation thing is very well done. Must go fritter more money on TPs! strangemusic fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jul 25, 2010 |
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Jul 25, 2010 21:04
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So that's why Death is making a DCU appearance? I guess Sandman will follow as well then. Other than Hellblazer what other characters are still in Vertigo? Animal Man, Doom Patrol, Scarab and Kid Eternity all went back to the DCU. Shade is in HB right now but he could still jump back over when they relaunch Suicide Squad again.
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Jul 25, 2010 21:08
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No one outside of Rich has confirmed this, but then again no one has talked about the Jill Thompson Delerium OGN announced at this panel either. DC has their podcast of the panel up, but the last couple minutes where this exchange allegedly too place gets cut off. It really only affects Swamp Thing, regardless. I wrote it up more here.
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Jul 26, 2010 01:02
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Rhyno posted:So that's why Death is making a DCU appearance? I guess Sandman will follow as well then. Other than Hellblazer what other characters are still in Vertigo? Animal Man, Doom Patrol, Scarab and Kid Eternity all went back to the DCU. Shade is in HB right now but he could still jump back over when they relaunch Suicide Squad again. If Sandman and Death count wouldn't that qualify Lucifer and Tim Hunter too? VVVV Constantine was listed as an exception. Gassire fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Jul 26, 2010 |
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Jul 26, 2010 03:27
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Gassire posted:If Sandman and Death count wouldn't that qualify Lucifer and Tim Hunter too? And John Constantine?
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Jul 26, 2010 04:58
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How can you all forget Black Orchid? Well, very easily as I've only just remembered the godawful Vertigo book from back in the day...
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Jul 26, 2010 09:46
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Edge & Christian posted:No one outside of Rich has confirmed this, but then again no one has talked about the Jill Thompson Delerium OGN announced at this panel either. Is Jill Thompson the one who did the manga version of Death? Edit: Yes she is. Gonna pass on this one then. Shame too cause Delirium was one of my favorite characters. Ride The Gravitron fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Jul 26, 2010 |
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Jul 26, 2010 22:01
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She's also the one who did Beasts of Burden, which is just gorgeous.
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Jul 27, 2010 15:37
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Volume posted:Is Jill Thompson the one who did the manga version of Death? But she was also the penciller on Brief Lives, the Sandman arc in which delirium plays her only major role.
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paulnewmanseyes posted:She's also the one who did Beasts of Burden, which is just gorgeous. and the Marquis De Sade arc of Invisibles, which wasn't.
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Jul 27, 2010 16:35
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Is this new Delirium story gonna be in that manga style?
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Jul 27, 2010 18:00
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They did not specify on the panel, but they compared it to the Little Endless Storybook (which was watercolors) and not At Death's Door/The Dead Boy Detectives (manga) so hopefully the former.
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Jill Thompson's watercolor work is pretty great. I've never read that death manga, so I don't know if it's better or worse. Beasts of Burden cover:  Interior page of The Little Endless Story Book:  Also, I wonder how the DC property reclamation will effect the Madame Xanadu ongoing... she's technically DC right, even if they stopped caring about her? There are solicitations for her series up through October, but I guess that doesn't mean much.
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Nuns with Guns posted:Also, I wonder how the DC property reclamation will effect the Madame Xanadu ongoing... she's technically DC right, even if they stopped caring about her? There are solicitations for her series up through October, but I guess that doesn't mean much. They've already said it's being cancelled. It could be a mutual thing as Wagner only intended to write it for about a year and Hadley's moving on to other things. Hopefully it'll get picked up in the DCU proper, it is practically a DCU book in all but name anyway. Shameless fucked around with this message at 09:29 on Jul 28, 2010 |
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Jul 28, 2010 09:25
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Shameless posted:They've already said it's being cancelled. It could be a mutual thing as Wagner only intended to write it for about a year and Hadley's moving on to other things. Hopefully it'll get picked up in the DCU proper, it is practically a DCU book in all but name anyway. Well drat, I was reading it in trades and I really liked the first one. The second wasn't quite as good, but it did make me wish they'd do more with Wesley Dodds. I wonder if they're planning on launching some kind of main line magic series or something. It'll probably suck, but I don't see why else they'd want to take back all those characters.
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I have to say Sandman Mystery Theatre was one of my favourite comics as a kid, I loved the art style and narrative but sometimes I wish they'd bring it back - Dodds became a whipping boy in the last 10 years (See the many deaths he's had in Kingdom Come/JSA ect and the new Sandman/Sand is too *ick* to love
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Jul 29, 2010 11:46
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I just finished the first volume of Demo and I was floored. Absolutely fantastic stuff. Now to decide if I want to wait for the second volume in trade or try and find the singles.
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Sweet Tooth is okay, and Daytripper is great, but jesus loving christ Scalped is the best thing I've read in a long time. I'm glad I didn't know it while I was reading 100 Bullets. I love how the story arcs circle around an event we already know happened, and it's still gripping and thrilling. The two main characters are so incredibly well written, I just hope they can keep this up. Thanks, thread.
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Aug 6, 2010 06:11
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i, Zombie is cute. I wouldn't say it's deep and must-read, but it has a sort of early Buffy flavor that makes it a fun, light timewaster. And the art's just amazing, of course.
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Aug 6, 2010 06:23
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The idea that Jason Aaron has only been writing comics since 2006 and has made something as great as Scalped makes me look forward to anything he writes in the future.
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Aug 6, 2010 09:57
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Jason Aaron might be Marvel's best writer.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The idea that Jason Aaron has only been writing comics since 2006 and has made something as great as Scalped makes me look forward to anything he writes in the future. Scalped only seems to get better as time goes on, and I can't wait to see what Aaron brings to the table in the future.
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Aug 6, 2010 19:03
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Is there another comic book publisher who specializes in comics for adults that is the quality of Vertigo?
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GOP posted:Is there another comic book publisher who specializes in comics for adults that is the quality of Vertigo? Icon is Marvel's Vertigo. It's not quite as developed yet as Vertigo but there are some great books on it including Powers, Incognito, Criminal, Cassanova and there are high hopes for Scarlet. Again, it's in it's infancy but especially with Fraction, Bendis and Brubaker all with books, it'll grow given half a chance.
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Aug 8, 2010 23:58
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Image doesn't specialize in adult comics, but offers plenty of great "independent" titles as well including Invincible, Chew, Four Eyes, The Walking Dead and Jonathan Hickman's creator own work, at least until he gets pulled into the Icon line.
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^burtle posted:Image doesn't specialize in adult comics, but offers plenty of great "independent" titles as well including Invincible, Chew, Four Eyes, The Walking Dead and Jonathan Hickman's creator own work, at least until he gets pulled into the Icon line. Four Eyes is still being published? What issue are they on?
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Aug 9, 2010 05:19
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4 and then the first trade just came out like two weeks ago.
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RevKrule posted:Powers, Incognito, Criminal, Cassanova and there are high hopes for Scarlet. Are there actually any other authors on icon?
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Aug 9, 2010 18:42
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Millar releases stuff through Icon.
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Starsnostars posted:Millar releases stuff through Icon. He does the excellent Nemesis through Icon doesn't he?
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Kick-rear end, Nemesis and I think Superior are through Icon.
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I made it about halfway through the Sandman trades (it's great, sure) before getting down on Lucifer and I've just gone helplessly gay for the lightbringer. Carey's such a smart guy.. it kills me when writers aren't really as clever as they've made their characters out to be, the kind of thing that inevitably winds down with some kind of bizarre deus ex poo poo or similar creative failure. There's something about Lucifer, the character and the series, that Morpheus (despite his own charms) just can't give me. So yeah, I'm hooked and too broke to snap up the whole thing right now. Trying to pace myself with the few trades I've already bought so I don't have to endure too much dead time before my next purchase. A lot of you guys must know that feeling.
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choobs posted:The thing about Jack is that he was never too interesting in Fables, but his own series was awesome and hilarious. The Great Fables Crossover makes a lot more sense if you saw what happened leading up to it in Jack's series and seriously, it funny non-stop. So I've finally caught up on Jack of Fables and holy poo poo were you ever right. It really, really improved the Great Fables Crossover for me as I now understand everything surrounding Jack Frost, Babe (who is the loving best), Mr. Revise, Kevin Thorne, the Page Sisters, and Old Sam. Hell, even Dex feels less like... well... Dex after seeing how they had encountered him earlier. Thorne's motivations were also made so much more sense. They kind of just brief over it in GFC with Revise saying "I changed his stories a bunch" but I had no idea he was basically a villian for the entire story up to that point (more or less). And yeah, JoF is quite funny non-stop. WHOOPS fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Aug 10, 2010 |
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