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GEORGE LUCAS HAS AN INVERTED COCK ELBOW!!!!!!!!!! by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Jun 11th, 2008 07:06:35 AM

MICHEAL BAY KNIFED MY TAINT!!!!!!!! by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Jun 11th, 2008 07:07:32 AM

but seriously folks, by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Jun 11th, 2008 07:08:29 AM
I miss Gone.
Looking for some advice here by kungfuhustler84	Jun 11th, 2008 07:22:56 AM
I am a comic geek for sure. I go to the shop every Wednesday, purchasing an average of about three to five titles every week. My tastes range from several Marvel titles (mostly Astonishing, Twele, Iron Fist and Cap) to the more indie selections (Infinite Horizon and Walking Dead). But with the acception of All Star Superman, I rarely ever buy any DC titles. However, I have been a fan of most of the heroes for years. Most of the titles just haven't really clicked with me. Does anybody have any good spots to jump in for some good DC titles? They can be trades, or just recent issues. I just feel like I'm missing an entire half of the spectrum, and some advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
green lantern rebirth was where i jumped in by couP	Jun 11th, 2008 07:36:59 AM
damnit, i've missed out on this tournament. i think nightwing's gotta win; ninja's in a proper fight against a trained fighter can't win, it's like that ninja vs. samurai thing.
DC Jump In Kungfu by optimous_douche	Jun 11th, 2008 07:46:49 AM
Green Lantern Rebirth is a great place to start if you like GL. Also The SInestro Corps War was one of the best titles in recent memory. I guess the real question is what characters do you like best? That would help narrow the playing field.
DAMN! YOU AICN! by Series7	Jun 11th, 2008 07:53:34 AM
Fucking dragging me back into comic books! I went in just to buy Kick-Ass. I left with pretty much anything Millar, and now I have to hunt down anything Deadpool because he's popular again. And the Walking Dead! FUCK I gotta stop reading this, because now I going to start Skarr and 1985! I ain't made of money.
Um... but no escrima sticks or batarangs, remember... {g} by JasonPratt	Jun 11th, 2008 07:55:03 AM
I'm pretty sure those weren't what got him this far. (It does however illustrate that a hero's choice of weaponry makes such a huge difference that it's hard to ignore EVEN WHEN THE CONTEST DOESN'T ALLOW WEAPONRY!! {amused g})
Kinison in SECRET INVASION by RenoNevada2000	Jun 11th, 2008 08:01:15 AM
When I saw that billboard I was momentarily hoped that the Kinison that died all those years ago was a skrull and that the new Sam would be back, more pissed than ever. I look forward to the day the UFOs bring him and Bill Hicks back to us.
am I a skrull = am I a cylon by RaveX	Jun 11th, 2008 08:15:08 AM
nothing wrong with that, though. btw., is it really really really wrong that I'm starting to like norman osborn? he's been kicking all sorts of ass in tbolts lately, and those 2 pages between him and marvel in SI#3 were pure win.
GL ftw, optimous. love that guy by couP	Jun 11th, 2008 08:17:49 AM
i totally believed he could take out the rest of the justice league as he described in rebirth
Brian Azzarillo's a cock muncher! by the grev	Jun 11th, 2008 08:18:18 AM
Presumably Loveless sold fuck all issues because everyone's realised that Azzarillo's writing is fucking abysmal. I dropped 100 bullets years ago after I got fed up forking out cash for a comic where fuck all happened, and even worse, fuck all happen and the writing was getting worse issue by issue. Lot's of brooding men - who all looked the same - muttering cod philosophical crap - slowly - as they stared into the distance - panel - after panel - after - crappy - fucking - panel. AAAGH!!
I have heard about Green Lantern by kungfuhustler84	Jun 11th, 2008 08:30:30 AM
I suppose I could get Sinestro Corps at some point. I really love a good Batman yarn, especially if Joker is in it. Superman is great if done right (rarely happens though, see All Star Superman for a good example of how to do it). Are there any obscure or cool characters besides the big guns anybody could recommend? I got scared off by all the crisis events and whatever.
MJ by ThomasFlynn	Jun 11th, 2008 08:40:02 AM
I'm starting to suspect more and more that Mary Jane remembers EVERYTHING -- that keeping her memory intact was part of what she whispered into Mephisto's ear. My guess is that by keeping the memories, she knows that she won't make the mistake of falling in love with Peter again.
Secret Invasion #3 was filler and what about pym? by Reelheed	Jun 11th, 2008 08:42:43 AM
Nothing really happened in SI3 with any of the big characters. And as to the coping smarts business what about Yellowbelly? Dudes a skrull and also the 3rd smartest person in the room. The skrulls are an advanced shapeshifting, power duplicating, spacefaring alien race why the heck couldnt they be as smart as ironman who is a guy in robotic armour. What about smart skrulls? Do you think there could just be really clever skrulls? Who arent going to be tricked by 'whats my favourite film?' (god that was terrible)
Loveless by steverodgers	Jun 11th, 2008 08:50:59 AM
i thought i was the only one who couldn't tell anyone apart. i thought at first it might have been some David Lynch type thing - but then i just found it annoying and gave up.
JSA/Justice Society by Laserhead	Jun 11th, 2008 09:28:00 AM
I used to love Johns' former series, but since the relaunch, I can't get over how, well, stupid the new series is. The new legacies have no real origins, they just appear and get thrown into battle without training, and the society handles incredible threats like... burning buildings. Which they battle by forming a single-file line and passing a bucket of water. Plus, all the shoe-horned Kingdom Come stuff puts the characters and drama of the JSA into the background. Am I the only one who was never very impressed with Kingdom Come?
JSA by bottleimp	Jun 11th, 2008 10:11:58 AM
I'm with you on that one, Laserhead... loved the relaunch of JSA a few years ago; gave up this current series after three issues of crappy characterization and overused narrative captions. However, I am a Kingdom Come fan... I just think it should be allowed to stand on its own as it was originally intended and not worked into a continuity.
Corben's Lovecraft by bottleimp	Jun 11th, 2008 10:16:11 AM
I wasn't as impressed with the comic as I thought I would be... if anyone wants to see some really great cosmic Richard Corben art, check out DC's graphic novel THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND, adapted from a story by William Hope Hodgson, who was a literary precursor to Lovecraft's cosmic fiction. Very good stuff.
Kingdom Come stuff shoehorned into JSA by Shigeru	Jun 11th, 2008 10:45:27 AM
no thank you.
laserhead by saddael	Jun 11th, 2008 11:31:39 AM
that standing in a line thing really bugged you didn't it?
Secret Invasion #3...Is that Leinil Yu cover art too? by CarmillaVonDoom	Jun 11th, 2008 11:32:31 AM
Amazing stuff, he keeps getting better and better. Got a new desktop image with that one.
Do you (the comic reviewy) guys ever review 2000ad at all? by O_Goncho	Jun 11th, 2008 11:51:53 AM
Just curious.
Kungfu Recommendation by optimous_douche	Jun 11th, 2008 11:52:44 AM
Kung, If you like Superman you are doing yourself a disservice if you don't read the Legion arc taht ended two months ago in ACTION. Wait for the trade, but when it arrives buy it.
2000ad by saddael	Jun 11th, 2008 11:58:55 AM
if only they'd release zenith in trades. Damn you Grant Morrison!
JSA Does Have one Flaw by optimous_douche	Jun 11th, 2008 12:00:40 PM
The roster, good God this roster must stop growing. Everyone will continue to be just a brief appearance when you have 25 Superheroes on the team. AS far as the Kingdom stuff goes, I don't I know, I like it. I loved Kingdom Come and I was told that the official sequel was lackluster at best and atrocious at worst. I had a feeling when the multiverse was repoened we might see a resurgence of some Elseworld universes. Again though, I'm a sucker for alternate realties. I throw the gauntlet down on DC to resurrect Red Son Superman.
They probably don't do 2000AD... by rev_skarekroe	Jun 11th, 2008 12:00:47 PM
...because it's a weekly from England and not too many funnybook stores stateside carry it, in my experience.
Yeah, it really, really did by Laserhead	Jun 11th, 2008 12:01:36 PM
I can't seem to let it go. And its indicative of the way the relaunch, in addition to being heavy on exposition, maintains this child-like, Romper-Room-ish atmosphere among the cast. How much time do they spend each issue talking about what a family the JSA is, how important all their legacies are, how much they love one another? ("I see Damage, and Liberty Belle, and Hourman, and I see Wildcat II, and Cyclone, and Tommy, and Janey..."). Bizarrely, this family love-in has given way at times to shocking violence-- when the Nazi villain's attacked Steel's family, literally tearing little children to bits at super-speed. Things like Steel's really inexplicable armor-- which doesn't seem necessary and makes him plod like Frankenstein, rendering him useless except when catching things --and like Ma Hunkel's mentally handicapped granddaughter, have become the new norm, and gone is the sense of high-adventure and strong characterization, moving the 'legacy' theme to the foreground, rather than keeping it as background info that informed and deepened the characters and stories, now creates their entire content.
Rock-Me, it's "Arse Heart"... by MisterE	Jun 11th, 2008 12:04:45 PM
Rock-Me, the anagram for Sara Ehret is "Arse Heart", and she has an anus in her cleavage.
laserhead by saddael	Jun 11th, 2008 12:09:35 PM
ace post dude. but you've got to let it go, for the sake of the shredded children
i really like... by saddael	Jun 11th, 2008 12:16:44 PM
the way optimous douches says that he 'transforms'. makes me chuckle every time. the only problem i have is the sheer vastness of the manga bit, but i can live with it
I am Batman by WarpedElements	Jun 11th, 2008 12:47:26 PM
Sounds like someone's jealous that he doesn't get a smart-ass biography. It's just being goofy. If you want all serious reviews on comic books with no personality in them...then die. There's no where like that when it comes to reviewing comic books. So die.
Thanks Saddel by optimous_douche	Jun 11th, 2008 12:49:41 PM
When I wanted to start getting feedback on my own title I almost dropped the "transforms" part. Bug convinced me to keep it.
its the quotation marks... by saddael	Jun 11th, 2008 01:05:02 PM
that make it
... by blackthought	Jun 11th, 2008 01:11:07 PM
any mention of black adam thaws my very cold black heart little by little. long live black adam.
Whoa--Chuck Dixon no longer working for DC. by SleazyG.	Jun 11th, 2008 01:33:56 PM
Sounds like this just happened, and doesn't sound like it ended well, either. http://tinyurl.com/5y78p6
Stone Shame You Couldn't go to WizWorld by optimous_douche	Jun 11th, 2008 01:52:02 PM
They were giving out House of Mystery issues in droves. At least in philly they were.
Trinity Nova Lovecraft by Pancho Straight	Jun 11th, 2008 04:06:49 PM
is my favorite Latina porn star from the '90s. Too bad she got deported back to Venezeula after that drug thing, but I don't really blame them for searching there. She sure was good with her mouth, though. Lovely speaking voice, too.
Kinison In Secret Invasion... by DuncanHines	Jun 11th, 2008 04:24:22 PM
It's all Wanda's fault. Still. Secret Invasion is House Of M 2. Or Yu was just watching some old Sam Kinison tapes when he drew it
JSA and Invasion by Homer Sexual	Jun 11th, 2008 04:53:21 PM
I so agree with the unbelievable lameness of the bucket brigade. It's total DC at its worst. As long as its the exception, I can deal, but it seems to be increasingly the rule. Do I recall Joey Q saying no way was Stark a Skrull? I believe so, and have assumed he was therefore NOT a skrull. However, Bendis has now written himself into a position where, if Stark isn't a skrull, this whole series is going to crash. Stark's eyes even appear to be blue with green around the pupils, but I can never tell with coloring if it's intentional or not. Still, despite not previously caring, I now say Stark better be a frigging skrull. And killing Echo to bring back Mockingbird? Also seems pretty weak.
2000AD by the grev	Jun 11th, 2008 05:26:15 PM
One thing I've never figured out is why Rebellion don't team up with a publisher stateside and circulate issues of 2000AD. If it was widely available in comic stores in the US surely there must be a market for it?!
2000AD has been covered here before... by Ambush Bug	Jun 11th, 2008 09:07:21 PM
And will be again. We usually touch upon it every now and again in the Indie Jones section. In the past, I've covered JUDGE DREDD, ABCWARRIORS, and especially SLAINE who's artist Clint Langley, I named Artist of the Year two years ago for the @$$ies. I'll be sure to cover some 2000AD again sometime soon.
Mark Millar: FAIRLY ODD PARENTS FAN by Buzz Maverik	Jun 12th, 2008 01:52:28 AM
Is it just me or does 1985 sound an awful lot like those cartoons where the Crimson Chin (voice of Jay Leno), his arch-nemesis the Nega-Chin (voice of Jay Leno) and his minor foes such as the Bronze Kneecap and H2Olga enter our world where Timmy Turner becomes the Chin's sidekick Cleft, the Boy Chin Wonder?
SI - Who Do You Trust? = A fun read. Check it! by Reelheed	Jun 12th, 2008 04:53:59 AM
If you're into Secret Invasion I'd recommend picking up "who do you trust?" It fills in some of the gaps in the story so far regarding Captain Marvel and Marvel Boy (what was the chances of them both appearing in the same book hmm?) There's some really funny moments, a nice detective piece and a whole Agents of Atlas story which IMO makes it well worth the asking price.
homer by saddael	Jun 12th, 2008 06:21:36 AM
you really shouldn't mention buckets. it takes 20 mins of laserhead's life everytime he thinks about it.
...my god... by Laserhead	Jun 12th, 2008 06:44:46 AM
...it's... full of... buckets...
Great "Detective" done-in-one, the Robin/Joker Christmas issue by TallBoy66	Jun 12th, 2008 10:28:46 PM
I thought that one worked perfectly in the confines of the 22 page format. Me likey.
kung fu, you've read the frank miller dark knight yeh? by couP	Jun 13th, 2008 07:54:56 AM
and Hush by jim lee/
Tony Stark's Not A Skrull. He's... by Buzz Maverik	Jun 13th, 2008 05:23:21 PM
...Obadiah Stane.

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