I like comics, How 'bout you?

Post by **Best First** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:13 pm

i decided i would wait for the trade - i think i missed 2.

Thanks for the X-Men/DAvengers link - i like it when cross overs span titles i already pick up.

Deadpool made me laugh out loud this week. Does that mean i have the same sense of humour as Yaya?

Also Buffy: yay, Andrew.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:35 pm

New column, on Avengers: The Iniative and X-Factor.

http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.co ... rticle=019

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:25 pm

X-Force 13 made me

It's the flagship X-title at the moment IMO

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:07 pm

Read Marvel Zombies Volume One.

That may be the funniest comic I have ever read.

I laughed out loud many a time reading that.

Thanks BF. Twas very Deadpool-esque in the humor deparment, true comedic genius.

Are volume 2 and 3 as entertaining?

The part where Pym just bites off Wasps head after she went bitching to him was ace.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:06 pm

Hound wrote:X-Force 13 made me

It's the flagship X-title at the moment IMO

Better than X-Factor? Seriously? I guess I could see it, if only because X-Factor can't get a decent artist.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:43 pm

Finished all three Marvel Zombie volumes.

Volume 1= one of my top five fav stories

Volume2=pretty good with some funny moments

Volume 3=average, but they lost what made this series so great. The humor.

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:38 pm

bumblemusprime wrote:
Hound wrote:X-Force 13 made me

It's the flagship X-title at the moment IMO
Better than X-Factor? Seriously? I guess I could see it, if only because X-Factor can't get a decent artist.

X-Factor is great, but I don't think of it as a traditional X-book.

X-Force is epic. Relentless pace, great cliffhangers, great characterisation and a genuine feeling that everyone is at peril. It's also fan-pleasing without fan-wanking.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:08 pm

So... Am I the only one that thinks Uncanny X-men kicks arse now that Fraction's come in and enhanced Bru's run with some much-needed new blood?

I am also oddly impressed with X-men Legacy, it's making Professor X an actual relatable and likable character again. Deeply flawed yes, but very human, and with a very valid and logical life-goal. Hippie-whining be damned, he's got the dream.

Very clever right now btw, with how it looks like the good Professor will more or less reluctantly be banding together a team of X-men of the peeps that are currently outcasts from Cyke's regular teams.

Post by **Best First** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:28 pm

Hound wrote: X-Force is epic. Relentless pace, great cliffhangers, great characterisation and a genuine feeling that everyone is at peril.

ZOMG Boom

Post by **Best First** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:51 pm

Yaya wrote:Finished all three Marvel Zombie volumes.

Volume 1= one of my top five fav stories

Volume2=pretty good with some funny moments

Volume 3=average, but they lost what made this series so great. The humor.

Volume 3 by far the most amusing in my book.

Phew. Don't have the same sense of humour as Commander Yaya after all.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:02 pm

Best First wrote:
Yaya wrote:Finished all three Marvel Zombie volumes.

Volume 1= one of my top five fav stories

Volume2=pretty good with some funny moments

Volume 3=average, but they lost what made this series so great. The humor.
Volume 3 by far the most amusing in my book.

Seriously? I don't think it was intended to be that humorous. Was it?

Apparently there's a Volume 4 on the way.

Bought a TPB yesterday that features a story called "Dead Day" that I think occurs in the Ultimates universe.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:12 pm

Yaya wrote:Bought a TPB yesterday that features a story called "Dead Day" that I think occurs in the Ultimates universe.

Dead Day or Dead Days? Dead Days is a prequel to Volume 1 set in the Marvel Zombies universe.

Post by **Best First** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:43 pm

Yaya wrote:Seriously? I don't think it was intended to be that humorous. Was it?

i think it was intended to be both darker and more irreverant than the previous incarnations - and i think it yanks it off with some aplomb.

And its all out of gum.

Same creative team on volume four.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:18 am

How can something starring Aaron Stack not be funny?

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:39 pm

Brendocon wrote:How can something starring Aaron Stack not be funny?

Where's he from?

The last I ever read about Machine Man he was this generic Spiderman villian in the 80's with retractable arms and legs. Looked ridiculous, really.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:38 pm

NEXTWAVE

Boom.

Post by **Best First** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:49 pm

you sure you aren't confusing him with Stilt Man?

The similarities are actually the basis for a joke in MZ3

And thinking of Mr Stack's handling of that situation is making me chuckle.

Machine Man has been in two classics
- The eponymous Barry Windsor Smith limited series based in 2020
- NEXTWAVE

As well as playing a key role in the slightly wierd Earth X stuff.

He also had a crap X-Men spin of title for a bit where he got remade as part sentinel but it was gash so its probably best not to worry about it too much...

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:31 pm

Best First wrote:you sure you aren't confusing him with Stilt Man?

The similarities are actually the basis for a joke in MZ3

Funny, cause I was actually thinking of a guy with the face of the real Machine Man but the body of Stilt Man.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:38 pm

... Stilt Man??

There were days when Stan Lee just wasn't trying, weren't there?

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:35 pm

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/040906-Springer.html

Frank Springer died.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:09 pm

Ozz wrote:http://www.newsarama.com/comics/040906-Springer.html

Frank Springer died.

It's moments like these, when the creators of the things I held dear in my youth pass on, where my own mortality begins to hit home.

It's jarring, because I can remember reading Marvel TF #1-4 as if it were yesterday, as if I were that same impetuous kid.

Except it's been 25 years since then.

And Frank Springer is dead.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:27 pm

May he rest in peace

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:16 pm

The Last Autobot wrote:May he rest in peace

And with this panel was the legend that is Optimus Prime born.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:39 pm

Damn. Sad to hear that. He did work on an historic book. I wonder if he ever imagined that little 4-issue mini he was working on, would ever continue on to become part of this big phenomenon?

Best First, Paul, do you think we could put up a note of memorial on the front-page, a news-item?

I don't consider myself a great man with words, otherwise I would do it myself. Do you think EmmVee could be up for it?

Man... I'll never forget his first shot of Megatron in action, with the fusion-cannon... letting lose the power of anti-matter and ending an entire city in one single stroke.

Post by **Best First** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:50 pm

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:21 am

I really liked the last two issues of Amazing Spider-Man. Highly recommended.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:20 pm

As someone else on the internet said, I wouldn't touch the book if Jesus and Jim Lee were on it.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:10 am

bumblemusprime wrote:As someone else on the internet said, I wouldn't touch the book if Jesus and Jim Lee were on it.

Yeah but that's true for any title, surely?

I mean Jesus' writing career jumped the shark seriously after that whole "Easter" storyline. He's singlehandedly to blame for the trend in comics that nobody stays dead.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:11 pm

Brendocon wrote:
bumblemusprime wrote:As someone else on the internet said, I wouldn't touch the book if Jesus and Jim Lee were on it.
Yeah but that's true for any title, surely?

I mean Jesus' writing career jumped the shark seriously after that whole "Easter" storyline. He's singlehandedly to blame for the trend in comics that nobody stays dead.

Well played, sir.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:34 am

Professor Smooth wrote:
Brendocon wrote:
bumblemusprime wrote:As someone else on the internet said, I wouldn't touch the book if Jesus and Jim Lee were on it.
Yeah but that's true for any title, surely?

I mean Jesus' writing career jumped the shark seriously after that whole "Easter" storyline. He's singlehandedly to blame for the trend in comics that nobody stays dead.
Well played, sir.

I second that.