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FMguru posted:Actually, he did Why did they draw the Star Trek crew as flabby old guys, but put them in the 60s uniforms?
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They look pretty decent, as a matter of fact. They're explorers more than soldiers, why wouldn't they be on the fitter side of average? The distinct drawing styles clash too much, though.
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FMguru posted:Actually, he did This comic has proven way more relevant in far more situations than I ever expected. KittenofDoom posted:They look pretty decent, as a matter of fact. They're explorers more than soldiers, why wouldn't they be on the fitter side of average? The distinct drawing styles clash too much, though. Rising standards of body perfection from the 80s onwards have really warped perceptions of how fit the men of the 50s-70s actually were.
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KittenofDoom posted:They look pretty decent, as a matter of fact. They're explorers more than soldiers, why wouldn't they be on the fitter side of average? The distinct drawing styles clash too much, though. They would look fine, unless you compare them to the X-Men on the very same page. And Kirk gets a ton of cardio-vascular work-outs from all the green alien girls.
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mind the walrus posted:Rising standards of body perfection from the 80s onwards have really warped perceptions of how fit the men of the 50s-70s actually were. That crossover spawned multiple TNG-era sequels and at least one novel. I'm pretty sure the entire purpose of it from the beginning was to set up this gag 
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FMguru posted:You can almost always tell where an episode of TOS falls in a season based on Shatner's fitness. He'd get in shape during the hiatus, and then get flabbier and flabbier as the long weekly shoots ground on. This is also true. Shatner was always most likely to be out of shape and ridiculously overstated as a man of action who could hold his own in a fight.
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My problem isn't actually with how the crew is drawn, t's that they are drawn that way, but Jean, Scott and Bishop are still drawn in the 90's Marvel style. It's a pseudo military vessel that has fist fights weekly as part of their diplomatic missions. When this was made, yes, James Kirk was portrayed by an actual human being and Scott Summers hadn't yet, but (aside from the laser eyes) from what I know about the fictional history of these characters Kirk should be roughly as fit as Summers, maybe a little less, because he's older, but if Kirk and crew are in their the TOS uniforms and Grey is wearing that costume, not much older.
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Poison Mushroom posted:It's one that's already come up here several times, I'm sure, but whatever gets the thread back on topic. That is a GREAT "Oh, gently caress me" expression on Goblin's face.
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Someone did a comic adaptation of Isaac Asimov's The Last Question. http://imgur.com/gallery/9KWrH Linking only the gallery as it's a set of long images.
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Jedit posted:Someone did a comic adaptation of Isaac Asimov's The Last Question. Agh, man, that story gets me every time.
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Discendo Vox posted:Agh, man, that story gets me every time. Yeah, I started skimming it, didn't really like the art, then got about half way down and just read it to the end.
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Jedit posted:Someone did a comic adaptation of Isaac Asimov's The Last Question.
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Uthor posted:
Welp, you've convinced me to get this. Thanks!
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Groot #4 was the best thing I read in a month. It was both hilarious and uplifting.
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I really like her speech bubbles. 
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That's a great visualisation of the meaning that's meant to be lost behind Groot's words normally.
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I've heard a lot of complaining about those pages and I donno why. They're real good.
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ImpAtom posted:I've heard a lot of complaining about those pages and I donno why. They're real good. What's to complain about?
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And who did the complaining?
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I don't have an issue with them, but if I was critiquing, I'd say that Numinus looks too Disney Princess, Scarlet Witch's head is just loving wrong, and that the GROOT textimages go for a lot of cheap pops.
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Phylodox posted:What's to complain about? I've heard people saying that Groot is arguing that the old Marvel characters are the problem and the new (i.e: female/non-white) ones are the 'good' thing. Which feels like a huge misreading of the page but y'know, assholes.
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Groot was right, Civil War sucked
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Toshimo posted:I don't have an issue with them, but if I was critiquing, I'd say that Numinus looks too Disney Princess, Scarlet Witch's head is just loving wrong, and that the GROOT textimages go for a lot of cheap pops. The artist works as a storyboard artist for Disney, so.... I'm really liking the artwork in the book.
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I'm tickled that it's 2015 and comic books are still drawing on imagery from the 1980s when I last collected them, in this case Phoenix getting zapped. Has it always been iconic, or is this just a random thing? EDIT: vvvvv But didn't all that come long after X-Men 137? Unless I'm remembering it wrong I thought this was a call-back to the panel where she gets blasted after combat with Lilandra's team on the moon. EDIT 2: This one. Forgive me if I'm getting everything mixed up. I haven't followed comics closely for a very long time. 
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Dick Trauma posted:I'm tickled that it's 2015 and comic books are still drawing on imagery from the 1980s when I last collected them, in this case Phoenix getting zapped. Has it always been iconic, or is this just a random thing? The Trial of the Phoenix and CRISIS on Infinite Earths are 2 of the most iconic moments in their respective publishing houses and are referenced incessantly.
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Is Numinus an established cosmic entity, or is this her first appearance? Also, what is the Captain Marvel thing where she's kneeling over the corpse? That's the only event I don't know. (Thank you for posting these panels, by the way. I just picked up all four issues and I love them.)
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Evil Mastermind posted:Is Numinus an established cosmic entity, or is this her first appearance? That's not Captain Marvel; it's Phoenix-Cyclops kneeling over Dead Professor X. e: Also apparently Numinus first showed up in Power Pack. Check here for more info, inclusing her amazingly hilarious original appearance; I think Disney Princessifying her was definitely the way to go.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Is Numinus an established cosmic entity, or is this her first appearance? Numinus has the best powers. 
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:That's not Captain Marvel; it's Phoenix-Cyclops kneeling over Dead Professor X.  
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It's like someone took a charicature of Whoopi Goldberg, and gave her some Jack Kirby armor.
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Choco1980 posted:It's like someone took a charicature of Whoopi Goldberg, and gave her some Jack Kirby armor. That's exactly what the character was purposefully designed as.
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Choco1980 posted:It's like someone took a charicature of Whoopi Goldberg, and gave her some Jack Kirby armor. Yeah I'm calling bullshit, that is not a Marvel Comics character that is concept art for that Theodore Rex movie.
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Travis343 posted:Theodore Rex 
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X-O posted:That's exactly what the character was purposefully designed as. So for this Groot series they revamped her as Whoopi from Captain Planet?
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ImpAtom posted:I've heard people saying that Groot is arguing that the old Marvel characters are the problem and the new (i.e: female/non-white) ones are the 'good' thing. Which feels like a huge misreading of the page but y'know, assholes. I am genuinely proud of myself that such a reading never even crossed my mind until you said something. What assholes.
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Yeah, he's pretty clearly pointing out that most of the stuff she's worried about has turned out OK in the long run. The Avengers are still around and better than ever, Captain America is transcending generations, Spider-Man and Captain Marvel are inspiring a new generation and the FF have become a family.
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Gaz-L posted:Yeah, he's pretty clearly pointing out that most of the stuff she's worried about has turned out OK in the long run. The Avengers are still around and better than ever, Captain America is transcending generations, Spider-Man and Captain Marvel are inspiring a new generation and the FF have become a family. I feel like it's even simpler that that. I feel like the message is stuff is awesome now. Let's roll. I am Groot.
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Soylentbits posted:I feel like it's even simpler that that. I feel like the message is stuff is awesome now. Let's roll. I am Groot. "Change is good. Don't worry about it. I am Groot."
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