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There's nothing edgy or rebellious about super bad opinions here.
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May 4, 2016 15:32
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Aphrodite posted:There's nothing edgy or rebellious about super bad opinions here. It's actually my entire posting strategy,and I'm the very model of a modern BSS white noise poster.
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May 4, 2016 15:43
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I've got extremely good opinions but I'm withholding them to punish y'all, and instead you get whatever this is.
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May 4, 2016 15:45
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zoux posted:I've got extremely good opinions but I'm withholding them to punish y'all, and instead you get whatever this is. Nice new skull, btw.
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May 4, 2016 15:48
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I'm edgy and rebellious but I do it ironically. Mojo was right!
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May 4, 2016 16:33
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Squizzle posted:Nice new skull, btw. Thanks, I love skulls.
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May 4, 2016 16:50
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zoux posted:Thanks, I love skulls. Mike mignola puppet account spotted
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May 4, 2016 21:14
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Wait I meant Skrulls.
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May 4, 2016 21:15
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I wish people would shut the gently caress up about what a horrible monster Hillary Clinton is.
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May 4, 2016 22:28
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Lurdiak posted:I wish people would shut the gently caress up about what a horrible monster Hillary Clinton is. Well get used to it. We probably have at least 4 and a half years of it.
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May 4, 2016 22:45
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The Bernie supporters are actually the most vicious, which is weird.
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May 4, 2016 22:47
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Lurdiak posted:The Bernie supporters are actually the most vicious, which is weird. It was the same way in 2008. Everyone came around by the end of it.
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May 4, 2016 22:49
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Yeah, Clinton has supporters who were full crazy on Obama too. It's just what modern elections are like. That said the fact that we're going to be dealing with May-to-November of Clinton vs Trump is enough to make me desperately wish I was in a coma.
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May 4, 2016 22:56
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If Trump were to win, at least we'd get four(? Barring impeachment, total war, or the collapse of Western civilization, I guess) years with more unflattering appearances of the real-world POTUS in superhero comics than even Reagan had. That's at least some sort of entertainment.
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May 4, 2016 23:52
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Squizzle posted:If Trump were to win, at least we'd get four(? Barring impeachment, total war, or the collapse of Western civilization, I guess) years with more unflattering appearances of the real-world POTUS in superhero comics than even Reagan had. That's at least some sort of entertainment. This Prez reboot sucks!
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May 4, 2016 23:54
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Squizzle posted:If Trump were to win, at least we'd get four(? Barring impeachment, total war, or the collapse of Western civilization, I guess) years with more unflattering appearances of the real-world POTUS in superhero comics than even Reagan had. That's at least some sort of entertainment. I doubt any parody in comic books of Trumps reign will seem satirical enough. I honestly don't know how comics will make him more abhorrent than he already is.
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May 5, 2016 00:03
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If you think this poo poo is nuts, I'm reading a terrible late-90s fantasy novel with thinly veiled caricatures of the Clintons and man, I forgot how insane the right was about those dudes before we got to this level. They wife swap and give half the liberals turbo-AIDS.
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May 5, 2016 00:43
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Madkal posted:I doubt any parody in comic books of Trumps reign will seem satirical enough. I honestly don't know how comics will make him more abhorrent than he already is. Draw him like Cruz.
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May 5, 2016 00:50
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END ME SCOOB posted:If you think this poo poo is nuts, I'm reading a terrible late-90s fantasy novel with thinly veiled caricatures of the Clintons and man, I forgot how insane the right was about those dudes before we got to this level.
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May 5, 2016 01:11
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Squizzle posted:If Trump were to win, at least we'd get four(? Barring impeachment, total war, or the collapse of Western civilization, I guess) years with more unflattering appearances of the real-world POTUS in superhero comics than even Reagan had. That's at least some sort of entertainment. They'd have to reboot the Ultimate universe so we can see Trump's Ultimates. They'd probably be a lot like Bush's, but we'd get Ultimates branded water and steaks.
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May 5, 2016 01:29
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It would be Trumps branded because really, it's the exact same meaning.
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May 5, 2016 02:21
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Ghostlight posted:I didn't know Heinlein wrote fantasy. This dude is a dyed-in-the-wool hardcore Rand loving Objectivist, so worse.
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May 5, 2016 02:29
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END ME SCOOB posted:If you think this poo poo is nuts, I'm reading a terrible late-90s fantasy novel with thinly veiled caricatures of the Clintons and man, I forgot how insane the right was about those dudes before we got to this level. gently caress Terry Goodkind and his awful, rapey writing. I figure this may be the thread to discuss how painfully oblivious/autistic people in comic stores can be. I was picking up my copy of Wicked & Divine today and ended up behind Patton Oswalt in line. A fan of his comes in the store, recognizes him and immediately rushes up to him: Neckbeard: "Mr. Oswalt, I'm your biggest fan! Can I get a picture with you?" Patton: "Now's not a good time." Neckbeard: "Can I go over there and take a picture of you from a distance?" Patton: "Please don't." Patton Oswalt has been dealing with the sudden, unexpected and surprisingly-publicized death of his wife over the last two weeks. God dammit, comic fan.
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May 5, 2016 02:31
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So is Gerry Conway supposed to be like... good? Because I've been reading some Marvel Team-Up and his stories tend to be at the Spidey Super Stories level of creativity and logic without the charm. This guy named Basil Esks became The Basilisk, and then robots caused earthquakes to loosen Manhattan from its foundations so they could use a submarine to pull the entire island out to sea and hold it ransom. That particular story was so ridiculous that it had an editor's note jokingly apologizing for how far-fetched it was. Was he just trying to keep the book accessible to younger readers or something? Or is this just what comics were like in the 70s and I've been spoiled by reading actually good books from the era?
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May 5, 2016 05:51
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None of that sounds out of place for even the "good" stories of the era so I dunno.
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May 5, 2016 05:54
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I suppose I'm not painting a very clear picture with just those two examples.
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May 5, 2016 05:55
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It sounds no less far-fetched than when Dr Doom had the Puppetmaster hook the Fantastic Four up to a machine to transport their consciousness into doll-sized clones just so that he could pretend to be a professor and poo poo on an artificially-stupid Reed.
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May 5, 2016 06:06
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Since I'm kinda tired and not feeling up to trying to mount a cogent argument for why I can accept Stan Lee goofiness over the goofiness of Conway (other than to just shrug and say that it's clumsily written and lacks charm), I'm going to post these panels out of context to make him look bad.
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May 5, 2016 06:18
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I do a DC-themed OP for the May Australian Politics thread, and suddenly the major daily newspaper here is doing 3D hologram variant covers of the treasurer as Superman 
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May 5, 2016 06:35
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Lurdiak posted:So is Gerry Conway supposed to be like... good? Going back into my youth, he was always one of the guys who was just.... there. He was never particularly bad but he certainly wasn't ever great. Pretty much the definition of a journeyman writer.
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May 5, 2016 09:13
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I think Mark Millar and Garth Ennis are bad writers. I know I'm not alone but I just had to put that out there.
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May 5, 2016 19:07
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They've both written some things I really enjoy, but they've also written a bunch of loving garbage that I'm annoyed I wasted my time reading.
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May 5, 2016 19:19
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I feel like Millar has an occasional hit amongst a sea of misses, and with Ennis, you probably know what you're getting before you get in on it and you'll either like it or you won't.
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May 5, 2016 19:31
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Going to do a reverse question here seeing people bring up Ennis and Millar and people generally liking their older stuff more than their newer stuff, so which creators later outputs for succeed their your earlier output.
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May 5, 2016 21:23
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Do you want to try that question again?
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May 5, 2016 21:33
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Lurdiak posted:Do you want to try that question again? I think he's going with "Generally, people prefer the earlier works of Ennis/Millar over latter-day projects - are there creators with the inverse issue, where they debuted terrible and now give consistently quality product?"
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May 5, 2016 21:37
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Millar might be making his best work now, though. Huck was really sweet. Got high hopes for his Greg Capullo comic. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 21:45 on May 5, 2016 |
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May 5, 2016 21:37
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END ME SCOOB posted:I think he's going with "Generally, people prefer the earlier works of Ennis/Millar over latter-day projects - are there creators with the inverse issue, where they debuted terrible and now give consistently quality product?" Yep, pretty much this.
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May 5, 2016 21:41
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I think Hickman's overall output has improved quite a bit, although I've heard Manhattan Projects has gone downhill. I'll hesitantly say Moore because I think his overall output during the ABC period was stronger than anything prior, plus I really loved Promethea. Most well known creators, though, I feel have a really strong middle period more than anything else. Everyone had to churn out some mediocre 2000AD comics first! I'll toss in Soule, I think he's steadily improved. Zachack fucked around with this message at 21:49 on May 5, 2016 |
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May 5, 2016 21:47
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I mean, I suppose Stan, Steve and Jack were all quite far along their careers when they turned out their best work. But even they have Stripperellas and Hawk and Doves tarnishing that.
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