Hey guys, it's ridiculously hot right now across most of North America, a perfect time to refuse to go outside and read some comic books. I mean I tried to go outside and look what happened to me: So here's a thread to shoot the poo poo while we wait for Iceman to come and save us all.
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Jul 4, 2018 22:10
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Visit New Zealand. It's cold as poo poo here (Relatively. I've never seen snow.)
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Jul 4, 2018 22:21
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Today it rained quite a bit so it's also relatively cold here(25 C°). Any neat comics you guys have been reading? I've been on a manga binge lately so I haven't posted much, I'm on Vol. 15 of Assassination Classroom. It's pretty good, like a GTO but the students learn lessons while trying to kill the teacher.
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Jul 4, 2018 22:27
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I am on vacation in Europe. I struggled hard with jet lag the first couple days and spent many hours reading comics. Someone talked a few weeks back about reading Savage Dragon and a lot of the panels I saw had really interesting art so I decided to give that a shot. I read about 100 issues in two pretty sleepless nights. Thoughts: Savage Dragon is actually pretty good all things considered. Larsen is a really good artist. He leans into the t&a a lot harder than I’d like, but he tries out a lot of different styles during the course of the run and he draws some very dynamic action scenes. In a lot of ways this reminds me of what we’d later see with Invincible. An indie series that leans in hard to standard popular superhero drawing styles but tries to tell a much larger story. Lots of “mature” content that isn’t really that mature, but nonetheless a bit more interesting and real than you’d see in a big 2 book. Two things that stand out for me: Larsen getting into a huge argument with Peter David in his letter columns (seriously some of the letter pages are like 6+ pages). A 20 issue storyline that I’m still in the middle of that completely resets the story and send Savage Dragon into a Kamandi esque apocalypse world due to time travel / dimension hopping shenanigans. Larsen loving loves Kirby and it’s super clear. Overall, this is the best I’ve read of what I’m calling the 90s cheese (the Darkness, Youngblood, Witchblade, etc).
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Jul 4, 2018 23:27
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Today...I felt...like a TRAITOR!!!!! Some backstory: Since I moved to Canada I have been going to the same LCBS (so roughly 16 years). I used to go there one a week, then it became every Wednesday, then it fell into a part of a Wednesday Routine (which I called my Wednesday Routine) which consisted of going to the LCBS and then going to the all day breakfast place right next door and then going to work. It helped that I had a later start time on Wednesdays meaning I could take my time with my Wednesday routine. Then, around 4 odd years ago, things began to change. My all-day breakfast place changed owners, and more importantly my LCBS moved. It was still bikable for me, but now instead of it taking 12 minute bike ride to get there it would take me about 20 odd minutes to get there. This cut into my time that it would take for me to enjoy my Wednesday routine. Add to this two other facts: 1: The shop only opened at 11 am meaning I had about an hour to complete my Wednesday routine before work 2: There were no places to grab a bite nearby my comicshop (ie next door). These were all minor annoyances but now something major has happened. I am not too knowledgeable on the scoop here, but for the past month or so shipments have been coming a week late to the shop. So todays readings were actually from last week etc. I don't really care about reading comics a week later from when they shipped but it was a bit grating. My LCBS has been asking for patience and such while they sort things out, but who knows when the problem will get fixed. This has all lead me to my new shame!!!! Today I went to another comic shop!!! One that is a 5 minute bike ride from my place. One that opens at 10 am. One that has tons of food places nearby. I went there and I opened an account. I got a pull box. I basically cut my pull box from my LCBS in half. As I was doing this I began to feel guilty. I felt like I was betraying the place I had frequented in over 15 years, especially at their time of need when they needed business the most. I had jumped ship. I had sold out my values. How will I be able to look them in the eye when I tell them to cancel half my titles?
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Jul 4, 2018 23:54
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Picked up my hero Academia Vigilantes today. I actually read the main series when it first came out. Like when the first issue was new. But I stopped reading for a long time. It's funny how big it exploded and how I could have been there for that but I chose not to. I still haven't caught up. I thought the spin-off series might be fun. I haven't read it yet. But I did just see the back cover and I worry now. That picture on the back is not a good sign. Cross-posted from the June Thread because I forgot we do them by months in this sub-forum.
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Jul 5, 2018 00:03
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 My fears were completely unfounded. This comic is amazing.
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Jul 5, 2018 01:04
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Thank you for making the July thread. The problem with Iceman "saving" us is that it will probably cause Snowpiercer world.
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Jul 5, 2018 01:11
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https://twitter.com/79SemiFinalist/status/1014628360759083008
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Jul 5, 2018 18:25
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https://twitter.com/benito_cereno/status/1014936260488540160
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Jul 5, 2018 19:21
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Is there a guide out there to the best Judge Dredd comics?
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Jul 6, 2018 01:30
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willie_dee posted:Is there a guide out there to the best Judge Dredd comics? All of them.
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Jul 6, 2018 05:06
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I tried that new Dredd comic from Mark Russell and I thought it was pretty uninteresting.
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Jul 6, 2018 05:44
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willie_dee posted:Is there a guide out there to the best Judge Dredd comics? In all honesty, one of the best ways to hit it is to just grab, digital or not, the phonebook collections of the strip they're reprinting in order, a year at a time. If you really want you can skip the first year, but the series hits the ground running and finds its baseline fast, and a lot of major characters and recurring arcs are there within the first 3 or 4 years. The other issue is that we're talking about a series which, US adaptation aside, doesn't really do collections of single arcs for you to have an easy jumping on point, and has been running in continuous real time since launch. Dredd has aged. People have died, of old age, of catastrophe, of accident. Sometimes someone who was sentenced to 5-10 years in the cubes gets out of the cubes and becomes relevant again. I legitimately cannot think of a story that I've hit yet after getting through the first... 14? phonebooks which I'd go "Yeah, start here, it's made for new folks".
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Jul 6, 2018 05:59
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I like the Mr Miracle comics but I'm kinda confused as to what the point of the shifts(? Not sure how to describe them) in some of the panels may be an allusion to. Can anyone explain how they fit into the larger story?
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Jul 6, 2018 06:38
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The new series with the bits of static? I take that as forces exerting themselves on Scott beyond his control. Like the 'Darkseid is' panels. Maybe Scott/the comic/the reader are under the influence of the anti-life equation, and that's how it's conveyed. It's a comic about PTSD and he's usually pretty detached from extreme things happening around him, so it could also be saying that his life is passing in front of him like he's watching it on TV. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 07:02 on Jul 6, 2018 |
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Jul 6, 2018 06:53
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A lot of the staticy shifts also depict words and art/scenes from the classic Mr. Miracle comics, that may have some connections to the scenes they are interrupting.
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Jul 6, 2018 07:18
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END ME SCOOB posted:In all honesty, one of the best ways to hit it is to just grab, digital or not, the phonebook collections of the strip they're reprinting in order, a year at a time. If you really want you can skip the first year, but the series hits the ground running and finds its baseline fast, and a lot of major characters and recurring arcs are there within the first 3 or 4 years. One other thing, though, is that except for the giant epic stories, just about any story is a good jumping on point for Dredd. The comic has a formula that it runs by and is solidly episodic. You don't need to know anything about who Dredd is, the fact that you're asking about him means that you already know everything important. The thing with the epic stories is they often build on world so you'll appreciate them more with some context and that context can come from just reading some of the one-offs.
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Jul 6, 2018 12:51
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https://twitter.com/CBR/status/1015241729274994689 Huh. Add to that that Iko Uwais is getting a martial-arts Netflix show with mysterious forces, we might just be getting an actual Iron Fist series https://twitter.com/TheAVClub/status/1014127135211032577
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Jul 6, 2018 16:42
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Since when was Iron Fist a martial arts show?
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Jul 6, 2018 16:46
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That RAID comic looks...not terrible?!
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Jul 6, 2018 17:41
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The raid deserves more attention but i just cant imagine reading a story not being a disappointment compared to watching the fight choreography on screen cuz the fight scenes in those movies are sick as hell
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Jul 6, 2018 17:49
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Guy Goodbody posted:Since when was Iron Fist a martial arts show? All the pre-release hype was about how it was going to be a legit martial arts show, which is why what we got was so disappointing
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Jul 6, 2018 17:54
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Hey guys excuse me for getting real and bringing down the room for a moment, but I've not been around nearly as much as I'd like in the last month due to some health issues. I honestly still don't entirely know what's really going on at this point but I may be having some kind of surgery in the next week or so depending on how my next couple of doctor trips go. I don't really get into my personal stuff here on the forums ever but it's been rough and I figured if I disappear for several days or a week you guys should probably know what's going on. Basically back at the beginning of June I got a pretty hellacious sinus infection, which honestly I get a few times a year with very little issue. This one took a really bad turn about three days in though. I woke up one morning and couldn't hear out of my left ear and then stood up and was so dizzy and out of sorts I immediately got sick in a way I haven't in about in 15 years or more. I could't walk at all without getting immediately sick for like 24 hours or so. Two days later I went to my GP and he said I had a severe ear infection gave me antibiotics and referred me to an ENT that I went to three days later. He looked in my ear and immediately showed concern asking me if I'd ever had surgery on it before (I haven't and have no history of earaches or infections) and then said my ear look extremely unhealthy and said this didn't look like something that happened overnight (although it pretty much did). I saw an Audiologist and then confirmed I had 100% hearing loss in my left ear as my eardrum was not moving at all. At this point I'm also still very unstable walking and using a cane to get around. He sent me to get a CT scan which he said showed the infection may have spread into the bone. At this point he tells me he's still unsure of exactly what is going on and is referring me elsewhere, basically the best ENT group in the area and said there's a possibility I will need surgery. This all happened over the course of two and half weeks through two or three visits. But now since it's not deemed an emergency situation I'm basically having to wait for my chance to get into this other place which as I said is the best in the area and is pretty locked down when it comes to appointments. Right night I'm scheduled for next Friday. Which will be about five weeks since this whole ordeal began. I still have 100% hearing loss in my left ear with tinnitus that ranges from bearable at most times to severe at other times and cannot walk without a cane or something to keep me steady. There's no pain or anything in the ear, but the tinnitus is really starting to wear on me mentally as it's always there and never stops. It's hard to really watch movies or TV just because it's hard to concentrate. TV I can stand a little better just because it's less time involved but I have to have breaks between just to get my head in a space where I can watch something else. Reading is better just because there's no noise involved but it's still not easy. Again the constant ringing and white noise in my left ear just makes concentrating on something difficult. At this point I'm greatly concerned about permanent hearing loss or damage and my life has been pretty miserable for four weeks now. Luckily the company I work for is loving amazing and has let me work pretty much at home for the last month and is being very supportive. I don't know what I'd have done without them letting me do that. But basically that's what's going on with me now. I'm way behind on a lot of comics, just trying read the things that interest me the most at this point. They're one of my few little escapes from this lovely situation at the moment.
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Jul 6, 2018 21:47
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Sorry to hear that and I hope the eventual surgery goes well. Be sure to read some good comics in the meanwhile.
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Jul 6, 2018 21:52
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That completely loving sucks, X-O. I've had ear and sinus issues for most of my life and they can get pretty bad, but nowhere near the nightmare you're describing. I really hope some of that damage is reversible.
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Jul 6, 2018 22:05
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Sorry to learn of that, boss. Hope they can figure out what's going on and take care of it.
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Jul 6, 2018 22:47
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Steve Ditko has passed. https://www.cbr.com/steve-ditko-spider-man-creator-dead/
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Jul 7, 2018 01:04
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Steve Ditko has passed away at 90.
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Jul 7, 2018 01:05
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What a dick move, stealing XO's thunder like that.
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Jul 7, 2018 01:16
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I really liked that man.
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Jul 7, 2018 02:09
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He somehow managed to be a decent person AND and objectivist.
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Jul 7, 2018 03:32
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I hope things get better for you, XO.
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Jul 7, 2018 03:50
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https://twitter.com/bransonreese/status/1015430777272758272  
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Jul 7, 2018 04:04
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https://twitter.com/Brandon_Bird/status/1015388167254335488
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Jul 7, 2018 06:58
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Get better X-O.
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Jul 7, 2018 09:04
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https://twitter.com/MinovskyArticle/status/1015409976830038016
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Jul 7, 2018 10:00
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That sounds really difficult and frustrating X-O. Hopefully things get better for you soon. Ditko dying is sad, but dude was pretty old. Ditko for me is early Marvel, from the monster books to those first years of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange. His Spider-Man is rightfully his most famous creation, but his psychedelic imagery in Dr. Strange, and more importantly his consistently high quality work, is what put him a cut above Kirby in my book. My favourite early Marvel artist.
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Jul 7, 2018 10:30
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X-O, that sounds like a nightmare. We're all rooting for you. My wife has a disability, chronic pain that goes along with it, and a lot of other health problems, some from being a preemie (including a weakened immune system, which makes her very susceptible to sinus and ear infections). She is also completely deaf in her left ear due to a doctor yanking a tube out of her ear as a baby and rupturing her eardrum, and she still sees all kinds of specialists for all kinds of things. She works part-time and doesn't drive, and I'm a caregiver as well as a husband. And even though I'm reasonably healthy, last year I had a nightmare summer with back-to-back hospitalizations, first getting the worst pain of my life from kidney stones (which I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy), and then having to go back into the hospital two weeks later with the second-worst pain of my life from pneumonia (which I probably caught in the hospital the first time). So it's not the same things at all, but I empathize more than you know.
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Well wishes from an anonymous person online may not be what you want or need right now, but I do hope you get better, X-O.
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Jul 7, 2018 14:34
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