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ruskerdax posted:Don't worry, you can pay me in Bitcoin. It's not real money, anyway. lol you're probably going to get poo poo for that, but I think this is funny. It's a good reminder of how this can come off if I don't put enough effort into it. honestly, I'm trying to wonder if maybe it be better to start off of with my other idea that's much less political. But now I'm wondering if that's me pussing out. Because I do have another idea that I am very passionate about, but I know I can't do both at once. The other idea would be for a series called not so Superman and would be about, essentially, the life of Clark Kent while never showing Superman. Not literally that because that's a lawsuit, but a reasonable facsimile. Like how irredeemable got around it. But, I already did write that script, even if I do have to revise it. And I don't want to fall into that Infamous problem of doing too many things at once and never finishing anything. Edit: no, U should stick with it for now. I just wish I didn't always have to second-guess myself.
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Covok posted:lol you're probably going to get poo poo for that, but I think this is funny. It's a good reminder of how this can come off if I don't put enough effort into it. I'm glad. I realize it probably comes off as mocking, but I wasn't intending for it to be mean-spirited. The script you wrote does have some good ideas, but the tone is one that takes itself extremely seriously. That makes for a perhaps unintentionally funny result when combined with the general camp surrounding comic book superheroes. Drawing Mitch McConnell as a literal turtle-man is a lot of fun, though.
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ruskerdax posted:Don't worry, you can pay me in Bitcoin. It's not real money, anyway. Having now read the script, this is... accurate. Sorry Covok. There is a making comics thread if you're looking for more detailed feedback.
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Dec 13, 2017 02:52
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Jordan7hm posted:Having now read the script, this is... accurate. Sorry Covok. I didn't realize we had one. I'll be sure to utilize that.
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Dec 13, 2017 03:09
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Now that it's halfway over, here is a link to one of my Christmas projects this year, the Alphabet of Christmas. It's an illustrated poem (art by Chuck Knigge) with a different Christmas figure from around the world for each letter. The figures are typically a little deeper dive than the "F is for Frosty" you might expect. So far we've featured cyclops-slaying fairies, a child-murdering butcher, an ice wizard, a woman who carries her eyes on a plate, and a guy who sneaks into your bedroom and pats your belly to make sure there are enough chestnuts in it, among others. Maybe check 'em out.
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Thank you so much for this.
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Benito Cereno posted:Now that it's halfway over, here is a link to one of my Christmas projects this year, the Alphabet of Christmas. It's an illustrated poem (art by Chuck Knigge) with a different Christmas figure from around the world for each letter. The figures are typically a little deeper dive than the "F is for Frosty" you might expect. So far we've featured cyclops-slaying fairies, a child-murdering butcher, an ice wizard, a woman who carries her eyes on a plate, and a guy who sneaks into your bedroom and pats your belly to make sure there are enough chestnuts in it, among others. Maybe check 'em out. This is terrific. Gwiazdor is my new favorite Christmas character.
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Dec 14, 2017 15:35
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Thanks! There are lot more that would have been fun to cover that I could only mention in the notes because of doubling up of letters. Fortunately, this alphabet is just basically a preview for a much larger book that I've written that's in production now.
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Benito Cereno posted:Thanks! There are lot more that would have been fun to cover that I could only mention in the notes because of doubling up of letters. Fortunately, this alphabet is just basically a preview for a much larger book that I've written that's in production now. Do you know if there's ever going to be another Boo! Holiday Special? I have developed a great love for the Boo! comics and I have given several people that as a stocking stuffer seeing as I'm cheap and it costs all of one buck.
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I keep telling Jon we need to do another one, but it's ultimately up to what he has time and mental RAM for. This Krampus story I wrote was for the BOO! Holiday Special, but it didn't make it in for reasons. I was hoping to slot it in to the next installment of BOO! Holiday, but there wasn't one, so I just put it online. I dunno, maybe next year.
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Here, this has nothing to do with comics but I'm posting about it anyway. It's a recent thing I've discovered which annoys me a bit. It's when classic movies are released on DVD with "modern" covers that make them look like direct-to-video action movies from 2009. For example:    Bleh. That Shaft one is particularly disappointing because Shaft should really have the movie poster with Richard Roundtree opening fire on mobsters while abseiling through a window.
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Benito Cereno posted:I keep telling Jon we need to do another one, but it's ultimately up to what he has time and mental RAM for. This Krampus story I wrote was for the BOO! Holiday Special, but it didn't make it in for reasons. I was hoping to slot it in to the next installment of BOO! Holiday, but there wasn't one, so I just put it online. I dunno, maybe next year. I think I saw this here before. Good stuff! Thanks for posting it up.
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Okay I think I'm finally gonna give Multiversity a read. What do I need to "get" it? Is it just Watchmen again and that Superman tie-in to Final Crisis I never read?
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:Okay I think I'm finally gonna give Multiversity a read. What do I need to "get" it? Is it just Watchmen again and that Superman tie-in to Final Crisis I never read? Everything Morrison has ever written
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Dec 16, 2017 20:41
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Definitely all of Final Crisis, especially Superman Beyond. His New 52 Action Comics run, though you could probably trim it down to just issue 9 if you didn't want to read the whole thing. I don't think re-reading Watchmen is super necessary, but it's never a bad idea, just because. It's been a while since I read Multiversity, but I think those are the main ones, but yeah, there are definitely thematic throughlines that go all the way back to Animal Man and weave through JLA and Batman and such.
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:Okay I think I'm finally gonna give Multiversity a read. What do I need to "get" it? Is it just Watchmen again and that Superman tie-in to Final Crisis I never read? Superman Beyond is pretty much essential for Multiversity (and I still can't believe you didn't read it). Action Comics #9 might be too. Other than that I don't think there's much that is strictly necessary. What you remember of Watchmen is probably enough.
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Dec 17, 2017 02:15
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God you loving assholes are gonna make me read a loving 50+ issue reading order for a loving single series, including and especially a line wide crossover I didn't like the first time. Why does Grant Morrison have to be like this
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:God you loving assholes are gonna make me read a loving 50+ issue reading order for a loving single series, including and especially a line wide crossover I didn't like the first time.
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I mean I know, I loved R.I.P., its literally the best Batman story ever, but gently caress I hate having to go from "well I sure would like to read morrisons weird multiversal treatise on what comics mean" to "well I guess I should reread one of the greatest comics ever made that Morrison writes fan fiction of, sure" to "gently caress he's doing his dumb Morrison thing again now I have to read an event I really disliked again and his entire run of a completely unrelated comic now, great"
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Dec 17, 2017 04:38
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Even Action Comics #9 isn't that important to be honest. It introduces one of the characters/universes but the Multiversity as a series throws so many alt-universes at you that you need to be able to go with the flow anyway. Superman Beyond (and the rest of Final Crisis) on the other hand... Doctor Spaceman fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Dec 17, 2017 |
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:I mean I know, I loved R.I.P., its literally the best Batman story ever, but gently caress I hate having to go from "well I sure would like to read morrisons weird multiversal treatise on what comics mean" to "well I guess I should reread one of the greatest comics ever made that Morrison writes fan fiction of, sure" to "gently caress he's doing his dumb Morrison thing again now I have to read an event I really disliked again and his entire run of a completely unrelated comic now, great" Congrats you figured out one of the major flaws in his writing.
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He's the only writer I read who seems to loving revel in making his comics into homework projects.
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Dec 17, 2017 05:58
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Just read Superman Beyond. Or not. There's really nothing you have to read, just stuff that'll enhance the overall package.
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I read multiversity having read none of what anyone is telling to read and understood it. I think people may be over selling you.
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It's a direct sequel to Final Crisis, I really don't think that's skippable.
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Dec 17, 2017 08:43
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It's skippable. Morrison has themes that run through almost most of his comics (I mean you could say Flex Mentalo is required reading almost) and certain characters do pop up in all his work but you don't need to read everything is his to enjoy Multiversity. It definitely adds layers to the reading but isn't necessary. Personally I would say skip Final Crisis because I really disliked it (though I probably should try reread it). Just read Multiversity on its own.
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I read Final Crisis awhile back and kinda liked it, but didn't understand any of it, I'd read all of his Batman up to that point, but missed out on Superman Beyond, is that the only thing I was missing?
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Skwirl posted:I read Final Crisis awhile back and kinda liked it, but didn't understand any of it, I'd read all of his Batman up to that point, but missed out on Superman Beyond, is that the only thing I was missing? The Final Crisis trade has Submit (which isn't essential I guess?) and the 2 issues of Superman Beyond in it.
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I don’t think you really need to read Final Crisis (again, in LTW’s case), so long as you remember that it ended with monitor dude who’s name I forgot waking up as a normal boy. I would probably recommend the Action Comics with President Superman (I thought it was 13, but assuming it’s actually 9 from the other posts) and that’s it. I’ve been reading Tom King’s Vision. 
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Aww I didn’t like the second half of that series as much as the first 
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I hate myself, so I'm reading through every Wolverine. In the 1982 mini, there's an ad for a Darkseid/Dark Phoenix team up. Did this actually happen?
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Soonmot posted:I hate myself, so I'm reading through every Wolverine. In the 1982 mini, there's an ad for a Darkseid/Dark Phoenix team up. Did this actually happen? That's probably the crossover between X-Men and Teen Titans
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I read Multiversity the first time having skipped Final Crisis entirely and loved every page, hope this helps
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People get obsessed with whether or not things are 'skippable' or not but you know, you can read lots of things without getting every single reference. I read Crisis on Infinite Earths as a little kid without knowing there were a bunch of Crises on Multiple Earths for twenty years prior to it. I didn't realize that Reservoir Dogs contained a bunch of homages to 1970s new wave cinema because no one gave me a recommended watching list before I rented it and I still somehow managed to enjoy it. Mostly I just remember people freaking out during Final Crisis about how obscure and confusing all of the [brand new] characters Grant Morrison dug up out of [new ideas] and jesus christ you can't even loving google NIx Uoton or Most Excellent Super Bat but i'm supposed to know who they are and I read his Seven Soldiers but where did he dig these characters up from so confusing!
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I got burned on Final Crisis w/r/t Morrison, where it was a largely incomprehensible mess because I had little-to-no experience with Fourth World stuff and especially Morrison's interpretation on it, so if people say I should read other comics to lead into a Morrison event comic I'm gonna loving read them. Final Crisis I had very little idea what was happening outside of the very broadest of strokes
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Has either DC or Marvel ever made a trans superhero? And not like an allegorical one like Earth-1610 Jessica Drew, Spiderwoman, but someone who was born genetically as a one sex but wasn't CIS so they transitioned to the other sex to match their gender identity or are in the process of transitioning or simply have a gender identity that doesn't align with their biological sex at birth. And, this is important, it not being done in a weird way. You know what I mean, comics don't always handle things well, older comics have older "values", and the fetishization of trans individuals is a thing and is offensive and, yeah, you get it. I don't believe they have. It's unfortunate since there really should be a superhero for everyone, ya know? Someone the audience can relate to when it comes to issues unique to a group.
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Angela's girlfriend Sera, but she's a minor character. And one of the side characters in Squirrel Girl, I forget which.
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Aphrodite posted:Angela's girlfriend Sera, but she's a minor character. Are they a superhero or a character in the story?
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