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Anyone have any theories as to why Marvel published the "Death of Spider-Man Prelude" TPB with two covers? I bought it when it first came out, it looked like this:  But subsequent printings have this cover:  I don't really mind either way, it just seems odd.
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Starsnostars posted:Rick Remender announced that a Fear Agents omnibus is coming out in October. I've loved Remender's work at Marvel so I'm pretty curious about this, how good is Fear Agents? It is decent, you'll see a lot of familiar Remender storytelling methods though.
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Apr 1, 2012 21:56
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^burtle posted:It is decent, you'll see a lot of familiar Remender storytelling methods though. I'd say it's more than decent if you like Remender's style.
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Apr 1, 2012 22:36
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Zachack posted:I'd say it's more than decent if you like Remender's style. I don't know some folks really really don't like Time Travel.
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Apr 1, 2012 23:02
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Zachack posted:I'd say it's more than decent if you like Remender's style. It is my favorite thing he's done, and that's including X-Force
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Apr 3, 2012 04:22
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Just thought I'd make everyone's day a little better. It exists and it hits retail tomorrow. I can't wait til tomorrow afternoon so I can take my copy home with me.
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Apr 3, 2012 18:46
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Rhyno posted:glory  You are a loving legend. This has made my otherwise lovely day!
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Apr 3, 2012 20:56
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Rhyno posted:It exists and it hits retail tomorrow. I can't wait til tomorrow afternoon so I can take my copy home with me.
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Apr 3, 2012 21:00
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Rhyno posted:Just thought I'd make everyone's day a little better. I love you for this.
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Apr 3, 2012 21:38
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Colors look good, I have not sat and read it because O have a whole comic order to process, that will have to wait til tomorrow. Be aware though, the dust jacket is a thinner paper than most HCs, I feel like I could very easily tear it so be careful when you pick up your copies. I will post pictures of the interior tomorrow when it is cool to do so, I really just wanted everyone to know that the book has indeed shipped.
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Apr 3, 2012 22:06
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I can't wait to discover that they put some pages in upside down or something and have to pulp the whole batch and delay it again for another six months.
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Apr 3, 2012 22:12
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Mr Wind Up Bird posted:I can't wait to discover that they put some pages in upside down or something and have to pulp the whole batch and delay it again for another six months. I just had my lunch break and I went through page by page to check for any printing errors, it looks goo so far.
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Apr 3, 2012 22:42
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Rhyno posted:Just thought I'd make everyone's day a little better. Just picked this up. Never heard of it before, but I trust Goon hype.
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Apr 4, 2012 20:04
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Dan Hollis posted:Just picked this up. Never heard of it before, but I trust Goon hype. You are in for an amazing ride my friend. Everyone grab your copies, we had one damaged and Diamond is showing no stock for reorders right now.
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Apr 4, 2012 20:23
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Dan Hollis posted:Just picked this up. Never heard of it before, but I trust Goon hype. It should be mentioned, Flex Mentallo, the man of muscle mystery, is not your normal comic. If you made it past the cover thinking it is, I don't know what to say. E ^ But Vertigo doesn't usually let things stay out of print for long, right? Unlike Marvel's Omni/OSHC
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Apr 4, 2012 20:27
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StumblyWumbly posted:E ^ But Vertigo doesn't usually let things stay out of print for long, right? Unlike Marvel's Omni/OSHC Who knows with this book. For all the legal red tape they might have been restricted to one printing. But nevermind, it's now showing up in inventory again. Probably just Diamond's lovely site acting up again.
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Apr 4, 2012 20:30
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Saw this on CBR: I knew they were "upgrading" the coloring of the Flex HC a little bit, but I had no idea it was this drastic:  Original on the left, 2012 version on the right. Goddammit, DC. redbackground fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Apr 6, 2012 |
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Apr 6, 2012 16:05
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On the one hand, I prefer the bright and crazy colors. Maybe they're doing something so some scenes are bright and crazy and some are dull and real world? On the other, I had completely forgotten about that scene where he discusses the impacts of the not-Kryptonite. I don't remember it well enough to quote, but everything I do remember about it is amazing.
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Apr 6, 2012 16:22
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Does DC have it out for their artists or something? I forgave The Killing Joke because the original artist did the recolor but then you have the downright insulting Incal which butchered Moebius' art completely, Mazuchelli's work in Year One being "tossed in the garbage," and now Flex Mentallo is getting the lovely airbrush treatment despite the work being an homage to Golden Age comics. There's no need to fix the coloring or touch things up. Artists don't want their work airbrushed over, collectors want a definitive compilation for their bookshelves, and new readers aren't going to turn their nose up when they open a premium priced hardcover of a series they haven't heard of before. What's the decision making process behind these things? Who sits down and says "This definitely won't sell in 2012! Change it!!" How much money does DC invest into having someone color over every page? I want to know these things. al-azad fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Apr 6, 2012 |
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Apr 6, 2012 17:06
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Rhyno, is this true?
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Apr 6, 2012 17:27
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redbackground posted:Saw this on CBR: I hadn't looked at anything from the original for a while. I didn't notice it at the time I reread Flex, and now I won't ever unsee it. Dammit.
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Apr 6, 2012 18:19
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al-azad posted:but then you have the downright insulting Incal which butchered Moebius' art completely Can you expand on this? I tried googling it, but couldn't find anything about it. I thought Humanoids publishing was generally really good about preserving stuff, especially considering that it was founded by Moebius himself.
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Apr 6, 2012 18:19
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I'm pretty sure Morrison and Quitely have both praised the recolor. Yeah, Doherty says he did it "in close collaboration" with Frank Quitely. http://notaproperperson.blogspot.ca/
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Apr 6, 2012 18:36
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d00gZ posted:I'm pretty sure Morrison and Quitely have both praised the recolor. Well, Neil G. praised the Sandman re-colorings, and those were an abomination (Gradients! Gradients everywhere!). The quality of the recolored FM looks better, but I honestly prefer the original color choices. I was just surprised how far the recoloring went. I'll just pick the book up used, instead.
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Apr 6, 2012 18:45
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Kunzelman posted:Rhyno, is this true? Is what true? Edit: So I'm putting together my initial April order and I've come to the Invisibles Omnibus. Who is actually ordering this? I don't know that I can justify the price point for a book that will probably be so heavy the pages will tear out of the spint. Rhyno fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Apr 6, 2012 |
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Apr 6, 2012 19:37
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d00gZ posted:I'm pretty sure Morrison and Quitely have both praised the recolor. http://www.comicbooked.com/studio-sessions-frank-quitely/
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Apr 6, 2012 19:56
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Rhyno posted:So I'm putting together my initial April order and I've come to the Invisibles Omnibus. Who is actually ordering this? I don't know that I can justify the price point for a book that will probably be so heavy the pages will tear out of the spint. I love the Invisibles and unless I hear something amazing about how it is put together I cannot justify that omnibus. The money doesn't even matter as much as the fact that half the book will be lost in the gutters.
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Apr 6, 2012 20:09
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StumblyWumbly posted:I love the Invisibles and unless I hear something amazing about how it is put together I cannot justify that omnibus. The money doesn't even matter as much as the fact that half the book will be lost in the gutters. I just don't know. We get it a wee bit cheaper if it's initially ordered so I'm trying to make a call on this.
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Apr 6, 2012 20:12
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Rhyno posted:I just don't know. We get it a wee bit cheaper if it's initially ordered so I'm trying to make a call on this. You know, I want one. I really do. But I want to see it first, see how they handle a book that big losing things in the gutter.
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Apr 6, 2012 20:20
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bairfanx posted:You know, I want one. I really do. But I want to see it first, see how they handle a book that big losing things in the gutter. I'm exactly the same, especially after how bad the New 52 omnibus turned out.
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Apr 6, 2012 20:32
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Is it oversized or recolored?
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Apr 6, 2012 20:33
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GrandpaPants posted:Can you expand on this? I tried googling it, but couldn't find anything about it. I thought Humanoids publishing was generally really good about preserving stuff, especially considering that it was founded by Moebius himself. In 2004 DC signed a deal with Humanoids to reprint The Incal in English. DC ended up recoloring and censoring everything and it looked butt loving awful. Most recolors preserve the line art but this reprint would regularly alter and paint over the lines. You couldn't even tell it was drawn by Moebius. It would be like asking a child to paint over the Mona Lisa or something. Couple of images here. Safe example of the censoring NSFW censoring examples Whoever was in charge of the decision to do this needs to be ousted from the industry completely.
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Apr 6, 2012 21:10
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al-azad posted:In 2004 DC signed a deal with Humanoids to reprint The Incal in English. DC ended up recoloring and censoring everything and it looked butt loving awful. Most recolors preserve the line art but this reprint would regularly alter and paint over the lines. You couldn't even tell it was drawn by Moebius. It would be like asking a child to paint over the Mona Lisa or something. Thanks for this information! Good to know that I have a good version of the book, but geez, that is some godawful coloring. Why anyone would do that to someone else's art, let alone frickin' Moebius, is beyond my understanding.
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Apr 6, 2012 21:16
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Is the Johns Flash Vol 2 omni as bad as the first one is supposed to be?
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Apr 6, 2012 22:09
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Nodoze posted:Is the Johns Flash Vol 2 omni as bad as the first one is supposed to be? I never cracked the shrink wrap on the first one, what was so bad about it?
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Apr 6, 2012 22:18
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Rhyno posted:I never cracked the shrink wrap on the first one, what was so bad about it? According go the reviews on Amazon, it is glued instead of sewn and doesn't collect as much as it should
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Apr 6, 2012 22:42
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Nodoze posted:According go the reviews on Amazon, it is glued instead of sewn and doesn't collect as much as it should poo poo, I bet the Invisibles is glued as well. God that should have been a 3 volume set.
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Apr 6, 2012 22:59
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al-azad posted:In 2004 DC signed a deal with Humanoids to reprint The Incal in English. DC ended up recoloring and censoring everything and it looked butt loving awful. Most recolors preserve the line art but this reprint would regularly alter and paint over the lines. You couldn't even tell it was drawn by Moebius. It would be like asking a child to paint over the Mona Lisa or something. Is this the most recent edition of the Incal?
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Apr 6, 2012 23:33
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bairfanx posted:Is this the most recent edition of the Incal? Naw, the most recent edition is superb.
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Apr 6, 2012 23:49
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bairfanx posted:Is this the most recent edition of the Incal? I agree with d00gZ. I just got it a couple of weeks ago and it is gorgeous.
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