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With Invincible on Amazon Prime, that series is on my mind again, and I went back and reread the first two volumes, and something stuck out to me. So, Kirkman's talked about how he pitched his Walking Dead comic to the publisher as "look, it's gonna be zombies at first, but then we're gonna reveal the twist that they're actually the first invasion wave for aliens!", and then when he told them that he lied about that after the sales figures came in, they laughed all the way to the bank about it. Paraphrased, but still. I'm wondering if that's something like what he did with Invincible? Because, y'know, the thing that happens- Omni-Man killing the Global Guardians- happens after the first few issues of what appears to be a perfectly normal, kinda goofy superhero series. D'you think he had a plan to write a more straightforward story if the sales had been strong enough, or had the plan been the twist all along, and his real talent was just rolling his plot in whatever direction fit the tone of things? I dunno.
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I don't think Kirkman plans more than a single arc ahead of time.
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The original plan was for the twist to come up a couple years in, but sales were waning so the reveal got pushed forward.
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Inkspot posted:The original plan was for the twist to come up a couple years in, but sales were waning so the reveal got pushed forward. Personally I would have much rather Invincible and Kirkman's career had died in obscurity
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It was a good comic at first, but then it just didn't stop, which seems to be a problem with Kirkman.
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So I'm interested in this but there's concerns about the packaging and image quality in the reviews. Thoughts? https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B07VGLHCJC/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A1NFYUP9OOHACP&psc=1
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Vincent posted:It was a good comic at first, but then it just didn't stop, which seems to be a problem with Kirkman. You have MAJOR STORY SPOILERS INCOMING the Onmi Man reveal, Mark hooking up with the Teen Guardians, some guy reanimating dudes as Canon fodder, Mark fighting with the US Gov, Robot being a weirdo 8chan Founder Gremlin, Robot getting a sexy teen clone body, Robot and Monster Gal getting stuck in the Lunkhead Dimension and MonsterGal going Poly on him, some brain dude that won't stop until Mark is dead, Atom Eve getting pregnant then kinda losing her powers, OmniMan turning a planet of BugPeople into a breeding ground, Mark getting Raped.... God almighty
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Apr 15, 2021 06:36
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Omni Man only banged one bug. Thragg used the planet to breed disposable soldiers
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Apr 15, 2021 06:46
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If the new thread title is too spoilery by some odd chance let me know, but I laughed too long and too loud at that post to let it slip away.
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FilthyImp posted:Oh man did it EVER not stop. I don't want to come off like I'm defending Kirkman's shortcomings as a storyteller, but I feel like you could make a list like this just as easily for Spider-Man, if not easier.
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Rhyno posted:Omni Man only banged one bug. Thragg used the planet to breed disposable soldiers I mean it's an accurate account of the events
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Uthor posted:Has InStockTrades just become really slow to ship orders? It took about 3 weeks to get something over Xmas (understandable) and my latest order has been "waiting to process" for a week so far. Update on this: order placed 3/25, shipping label created 4/2, actually shipped 4/13 after emailing them and complaining (didn't get a response to my email), will probably get delivered on Monday. I'm a patient person, but I'm super not happy about this. Any other decent trade sellers out there not run by chuds?
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I stopped reading Invincible somewhere around issue 70 I believe and I think I'll eventually pick it back up. I didn't dislike it, I just kind of lost track of it. The gore is a bit off putting at times but it's not a total dealbreaker to me. I did finish Tech Jacket and Astounding Wolf-Man and I think both of those are way better books though and I'm sad they never hit the same level of success as Invincible or Walking Dead. That being said the best thing I've ever read by Kirkman was easily Super Dinosaur. I loved that book.
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Hey everyone, I have a doctorate now so please let me know if you need a prescription... for comics and fun
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Congratulations!
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How Wonderful! posted:Hey everyone, I have a doctorate now so please let me know if you need a prescription... for comics and fun What can you prescribe me for this uncontrollable hate of John Byrne?
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Rhyno posted:What can you prescribe me for this uncontrollable hate of John Byrne? Xanax?
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Is that one of the new Hickman books?
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How Wonderful! posted:Hey everyone, I have a doctorate now so please let me know if you need a prescription... for comics and fun What can you prescribe for good upbeat comics?
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Rhyno posted:What can you prescribe me for this uncontrollable hate of John Byrne? Are you in a legal medicinal weed state
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Madkal posted:What can you prescribe for good upbeat comics? Bad Machinery, Giant Days.
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How Wonderful! posted:Hey everyone, I have a doctorate now so please let me know if you need a prescription... for comics and fun You've already sworn revenge on the person who had the dorm room next to you, right?
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Madkal posted:What can you prescribe for good upbeat comics? I've been re-reading Assassination Classroom and it has some really feel-good stories, even if the basic premise is that students want to kill their teacher because they think the world will end if they don't.
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Madkal posted:What can you prescribe for good upbeat comics? Laid Back Camp is a very nice story about how it's fun to go camping in the winter
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How Wonderful! posted:Hey everyone, I have a doctorate now so please let me know if you need a prescription... for comics and fun How wonderful Dr. Wonderful
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How Wonderful! posted:Hey everyone, I have a doctorate now so please let me know if you need a prescription... for comics and fun Congrats! 
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As a comic book fan, I understand that a doctorate means you can prescribe drugs, invent rayguns, identify ancient artefacts and fly spaceships. Oh, and fight crime on the side.
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Gaz-L posted:As a comic book fan, I understand that a doctorate means you can prescribe drugs, invent rayguns, identify ancient artefacts and fly spaceships. Oh, and fight crime on the side. And also time travel
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How Wonderful! posted:Hey everyone, I have a doctorate now so please let me know if you need a prescription... for comics and fun And honestly, Dr Wonderful is a solid hero name
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Soonmot posted:And honestly, Dr Wonderful is a solid hero name Sounds like a golden age character that get a weird reboot from Grant Morrison or Alan Moore. Edit: Or Tom King.
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https://twitter.com/TomTaylorMade/status/1384190303641358338?s=19
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Skwirl posted:Edit: Or Tom King. 
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Chatting today someone mentioned 'Does Superman ever take a day off' and it reminded me of _____ who never stops and has a constant relay of super jobs needing doing beamed to him. I read the books years back but the name escapes me?
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Chatting today someone mentioned 'Does Superman ever take a day off' and it reminded me of _____ who never stops and has a constant relay of super jobs needing doing beamed to him. I read the books years back but the name escapes me? The Samaritan from Astro City. It's the basis of the very first issue
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Chatting today someone mentioned 'Does Superman ever take a day off' There's a good line in, I think, Red Son where Superman says something along the lines of "if you heard someone begging for help, could ignore it?" with regards to his super hearing.
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Gaz-L posted:The Samaritan from Astro City. It's the basis of the very first issue That's the one thankyou; I knew it was S-something, I was Sentry, Sentinel..? edit: huh, I just read #1 of the 2005 Sentry run and maybe it was this instead? He has a constant stream of tasks being passed over by his robot admin, CLOC. NoneMoreNegative fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Apr 20, 2021 |
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NoneMoreNegative posted:That's the one thankyou; I knew it was S-something, I was Sentry, Sentinel..? Could be both. It's a nice way to show that your Superman type character is a Superman type character.
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Greetings, just something that I thought might be interesting for any fine folks here to consider.  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/schnumn/sensory-life-on-the-spectrum
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I'm currently re-reading Green Lantern Corps from Recharge all the way through the Tomasi run (debating whether I will do the Bedard stuff when I get there) and I forgot what a great run the book was. I am getting up to Blackest Night now which I remember not really liking much but I will probably re-read it with this run like I did with Sinestro Corps War which really holds up well. I'm not reading Johns' Lantern run though even though there is some crossover with Corps mentioning events in Green Lantern but not enough to distracts. I really am digging the characters and Rayner is getting his due (as is Gardner). The book is giving me the warm feels though and I might pick up the new Green Lantern stuff now if it is just as good.
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Any of you read that Rise and Fall of Stan Lee book? Also this sounds good https://aux.avclub.com/a-comics-ico...9644.1615754795 El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Apr 29, 2021 |
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