I like comics, How 'bout you?

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Thu May 05, 2011 2:45 pm

In which I ponder upon Chewbacca's toilet habits:

http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.co ... rticle=045

Post by **Best First** » Thu May 05, 2011 4:37 pm

gah - now there is an 11 year old one as well.

I can't stand Terry Dodson's art. It's so.... basic. Most of his characters are only distinuisable by their haircuts.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Tue May 10, 2011 9:35 pm

X 23 sees to be back on track (even if the art was apparently done by a pat lee disciple). Uncanny Xforce had its weakest issue in the shadow king. That's not saying its bad. Its just not as good as apocalypse or dethlok. Still badass. And the wolverine 1 shot was as brilliant as it was simple.

Love me some xforce

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue May 17, 2011 12:34 am

Best First wrote:gah - now there is an 11 year old one as well.

I can't stand Terry Dodson's art. It's so.... basic. Most of his characters are only distinuisable by their haircuts.

Or the fact that he was copping their poses off his most likely encyclopedic collection of porn.

Post by **Best First** » Tue May 17, 2011 6:57 am

Best First wrote: distinuisable

That's bad even for me.

Ha, yeah - given his pose base and the fact his wife inks his work... well he has obvioulsy got something figured out.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:25 pm

Best First wrote:
Best First wrote: distinuisable
That's bad even for me.

Ha, yeah - given his pose base and the fact his wife inks his work... well he has obvioulsy got something figured out.

I picture Rachel Dodson as a cowed, meek woman who is afraid to speak up to her sleazy husband and only occasionally ventures: "This pose is the slightest bit risque, dear..."

Either that or another flaming porn fiend. Which is maybe more likely, since a comic book nerd would stick with one if he found her.

Post by **Best First** » Wed May 18, 2011 8:51 pm

surely a comic book nerd would stick with any woman if he found her?

I mean i'm speculating here, obviously...

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:27 pm

Long, rambling column on the subject of the DC reboot,

http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.co ... rticle=046

Post by **Best First** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:05 pm

Any excuse!!

Which i, naturally, applaud.

Stoopid dead horse.

DJ_Convoy · Post by **DJ_Convoy** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:32 pm

Interesting read, Bumble. I'm still conflicted, m'self. I'm 99% leaning toward the "Fine place to jump off" side of things... but I'd be a liar if didn't say that there were one or two books that sound at least okay.

I mostly read this as desperation- DC's finally under scrutiny of big papa Warner... and they have to hit this out of the ball park. And hey, more power to 'em. I just don't know that yet another reboot and some kewl, totally rad, extreme elements left over from the 90's are what I want.

Anyway.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:22 pm

This one was a little sloppier than my usual columns, probably because I decided not to have any journalistic integrity anymore.

Marvel's .1 thing seems like a much, much better idea than yet another Crisis-style reboot. Because, as you know, Bob, sixty issues down the line they will run into the same problems. The idea seems liberating, but it will actually be worse for DC when they have Ultimatum syndrome.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:41 pm

Ultimate Spider-Man 160 was, to me, a bit of a disappointment. Although it did deliver on its promise. I hope Ultimate Fallout does what it needs to.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:05 pm

Kick-Ass 2? Why? Kick-Ass was one of the worst comics I've ever read, nay, dreamed of, nay, been in the same sphere of existence with. I'm shocked they managed to pull a half-decent movie out of it.

In other news, I soldier on:

http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.co ... rticle=047

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:14 pm

Mighty Thor is just all kindsa awesome, with all kindsa excuses to show Sif's sideboob. Anyone reading Journey Into Mystery? I think I want to know more about young Loki.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:30 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:Ultimate Spider-Man 160 was, to me, a bit of a disappointment. Although it did deliver on its promise. I hope Ultimate Fallout does what it needs to.

But are you excited about Miles Morales? Apparently he was spotted at Comic Con....

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:02 pm

The Marvel glut is driving me a little nuts, yes? Hulk is ending. But beginning. Bucky-Cap is dead and Steve-Cap is back with three titles or something. Loki is now in Journey Into Mystery, and Thor has another title. Or six.

I wish I had the kind of obsessive understanding of Marvel's endless glut as I do of IDW's mismanaged TF series.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:52 pm

I stopped collecting all comics save for Transformers, Godzilla, and a few manga like 20th Century Boys and Naruto.

The mediocrity for $3.99 was just not worth it anymore.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:55 pm

Yaya wrote:I stopped collecting all comics save for Transformers, Godzilla, and a few manga like 20th Century Boys and Naruto.

The mediocrity for $3.99 was just not worth it anymore.

You... DON'T find Naruto mediocre...? I was under the impression that mediocrity is one of the most common criticisms of the Manga, and in perticular, the Anime, of said series?

On the other hand, Manga is often cheaper, so there's that, I guess.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:01 pm

Yaya wrote:I stopped collecting all comics save for Transformers, Godzilla, and a few manga like 20th Century Boys and Naruto.

The mediocrity for $3.99 was just not worth it anymore.

for the 500th time:
Buy X23 and Uncanny Xforce ffs.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:13 am

On the Marvel movies of the summer:

http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.co ... rticle=048

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:32 pm

Predabot wrote:
Yaya wrote:I stopped collecting all comics save for Transformers, Godzilla, and a few manga like 20th Century Boys and Naruto.

The mediocrity for $3.99 was just not worth it anymore.
You... DON'T find Naruto mediocre...? I was under the impression that mediocrity is one of the most common criticisms of the Manga, and in perticular, the Anime, of said series?

On the other hand, Manga is often cheaper, so there's that, I guess.

Naruto has become mediocre. It's past it's prime, for sure, and I think needs to come to an end soon.

I hear most manga is mediocre. Really, I only buy the one's suggested to me as the best. Namely, anything by Naoki Urasawa. Naruto is just sort of light-hearted reading but no longer essential for me.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:26 pm

Age of apocalypse wolverine
"Ascended" archangel
Apocalypse

Not sure who would be worst to fight.

DJ_Convoy · Post by **DJ_Convoy** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:16 pm

Hulk as War.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:01 pm

OI! Any of you buggers tried the new DC 52 yet??

I can make a small report, from the 3 titles which I have bothered to seek out.

Justice League - Good, but slightly, slightly disappointing, because it's too light in the character-department. The action seems to take too much room. Huh.

Action Comics - Excellent! However... not quite as supremely wowed as I was by All Star Superman, which is one of those comics that I can just keep reading again and again and again... Still, tons of potential. Superman is FINALLY, after nearly 70 friggin' years, past that Silver Age wussiness, and back to being Golden Age bad-ass.

DO RIGHT! Or Superman will PUNCH YOU!

Batgirl - Decent, but not super-duper-awesome... It could, frankly, be better. I kind of think Gail Simone is at the heart of the problem tho'... she simply isn't a Grant Morrison or Geoff Johns. Nor is she a JMS or Bendis, heck, not even a Millar.

And therein lies the tragedy... She is good, but she is NOT great.

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:04 pm

Stormwatch was pretty good. I like Paul Cornell.

Animal Man is brilliant.

Justice League International was fun but feels a bit liteweight.

I liked Batgirl a lot.

This is my first voyage into DC comics. I'm really enjoying DC52 so far.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:19 am

I ponder ART:

http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.co ... rticle=049

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:28 pm

Wonder Woman was one HELL of a comic. Holy ****. I thought I would be sorry I paid 10$ for it.

DJ_Convoy · Post by **DJ_Convoy** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:59 pm

Heard it was good, but I was so turned off by every interview Azzarello gave about it (and his track record on superhero books has been less than stellar for me) that I passed.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:38 pm

Imagine if Diana's pantheon were more American Gods than DC.

DJ_Convoy · Post by **DJ_Convoy** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:21 pm

I'd check that out.