Author Topic: Bore Comics Thread: Crisis On Infinite Megathreads (Read 1017362 times)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #480 on:** November 15, 2010, 11:58:31 PM »

52 is supposed to be good though, at least, right? That's what I've heard on the Internets.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #481 on:** November 16, 2010, 12:26:30 AM »

52 - definitely some good parts, but a lot of tedious/ridiculous/pointless stories in there as well. I like the obviously Grant Morrison bits best. I read it month by month and a lot of months, I was just like, I don't care about this AT ALL. I wouldn't mind reading the whole thing over a couple of days - I bet it's a lot more compelling that way.

bork · « **Reply #482 on:** November 16, 2010, 01:56:26 AM »

Read all of Planet Hulk, following all of the Secret Invasion storyline. Secret Invasion was definitely better.

I didn't read Infinite Crisis or 52 either, so maybe that's next. Also finally got through the first Freedom Fighters TPB. It was better than the awful, awful Battle For Bludhaven, but was still a bit hard to finish.

Diunx · « **Reply #483 on:** November 16, 2010, 10:48:59 AM »

Read 52, skip Final Crisis and just read the wiki entry.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #484 on:** November 16, 2010, 05:11:53 PM »

I read Identity Crisis, it was pretty cool except at the end when everyone except Batman thinks that Captain Boomerang committed all the crimes. It doesn't take the world's great detective to figure out that Boomerang's bumbling home invasion was totally different than when Sue was killed. He doesn't even have any abilities other than being able to throw a freaking boomerang really good, for crissakes!

Then I read The OMAC Project & Superman: Sacrifice. OMAC was okay, I like seeing some Booster Gold + Blue Beetle action, even if Blue Beetle did get killed, which kinda sucked. I flipped through the new Blue Beetle comics at the comic store, and it looked kinda gay. Superman: Sacrifice was awesome in it's lawl-worthiness. Max Lord steals Superman's brain!

How powerful of a telepath is he that he can take over Superman's mind despite being hundreds of miles away, and having Superman know what's happening? And not even Martian Manhunter can stop him? WTF

Even Zatanna has to touch people's heads to erase their minds. But the real hilarity is when he uses his mind control to make Superman think that Lois is making out with Brainiac or that he's in a literal boxing match with Darkseid, complete with Lois ringside in some slavegirl/groupie getup.

Pretty amazing stuff.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #485 on:** November 16, 2010, 05:24:27 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on November 16, 2010, 10:48:59 AM

Read 52, skip Final Crisis and just read the wiki entry.

boo

ManaByte · « **Reply #486 on:** November 17, 2010, 04:26:35 PM »

bork · « **Reply #487 on:** November 17, 2010, 04:48:31 PM »

Batman's back in full-force now.

Batman, Inc. #1 and Batman: The Return (one shot) are out today. That's a double dose of Morrison. Cormac will be pleased.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #488 on:** November 17, 2010, 06:48:20 PM »

The Morrison-Bats schedule has been crazy recently - clearly Ryan Sook held up the whole show with Return of Bruce Wayne 5. Since then we've had a flood of pent-up stuff. And it's all been awesome.

bork · « **Reply #489 on:** November 17, 2010, 07:31:39 PM »

I didn't like#6, but Returns #1-5 were fun reads. Hated the ending, but I was there for the whole Batman throughout various periods thing anyway.

So now there's gonna be a whole bunch of Bat books. I think it's two-three comics with Dick as Batman and two with Bruce. Not sure what I am going to start/stick with.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #490 on:** November 17, 2010, 07:38:43 PM »

I seriously doubt the 2 books written by artists are going to be any good (Batman and Dark Knight). Batman Inc should be great, Detective should be great with Scott Snyder (American Vampire has been great) and Jock and BaR might be ok but I don't have high hopes. Otherwise, Batwoman is a must cause of JH Williams III. Everything else is eminently missable, I'd say.

Diunx · « **Reply #491 on:** November 17, 2010, 07:41:41 PM »

Morrison is no longer writing BaR? what is he writing besides Batman Inc.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #492 on:** November 17, 2010, 07:46:09 PM »

Nothing in the Batverse that I know of. Paul Cornell is doing a 3 issue arc on BaR, then Peter Tomasi is taking over. I've liked Paul Cornell generally but Knight and Squire was pretty weak, so not wildly excited. Peter Tomasi has done one thing of quality that I know of (The Mighty).

Presumably Morrison is working on the Multiversity project for next summer and so forth. Very little has been announced beyond Batman Inc.

Diunx · « **Reply #493 on:** November 17, 2010, 08:15:55 PM »

I completely forgot about Multiversity it was supposed to come out this year! something else that I was looking forward but never came out is League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century vol II :'(

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #494 on:** November 17, 2010, 10:12:13 PM »

Multiversity has been scaled back quite a bit as well, by the sound of it.

ManaByte · « **Reply #495 on:** November 18, 2010, 02:39:19 AM »

IDW's D&D comic from John Rogers (creator of Leverage) is excellent.

Vizzys · « **Reply #496 on:** December 08, 2010, 10:02:46 PM »

I just finished reading No Hero

and I think need to stop reading things with twist endings

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also the main character tore out another guys spine and put it where his penis was

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ManaByte · « **Reply #497 on:** December 15, 2010, 11:51:37 AM »

So Morrison takes Catwoman to Tokyo...and she ends up wrapped in tentacles.

:facepalm

Diunx · « **Reply #498 on:** December 15, 2010, 02:03:31 PM »

Downloading now

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #499 on:** December 15, 2010, 11:02:02 PM »

So I'm reading Countdown to Final Crisis and yeah it pretty much sucks like everyone said, but then OMG!

The look on Superman's face makes the entire series.

Then later Jimmy makes it with a freaky alien babe! (with a little something-something for ladies!)

Then you've got Black Mary Marvel going pycho-bitch on everyone, some semi-sapphic scenes with Holly Robinson and Harley Quinn in togas, and gay jokes at the expense of The Trickster (portrayed below by Mark Hamill).

(Oh sorry, that's actually the straight man of the group, it's Pied Piper that's gay.)

How can you hate this series?

ManaByte · « **Reply #500 on:** December 16, 2010, 09:18:00 PM »

Superman Earth One is amazing

JMS

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #501 on:** December 18, 2010, 07:54:15 AM »

also posted in the WDYB thread but probably more relevant here:

This showed up from amazon today:

100 covers from DC's 75 year history. It is the classic YMMV product but there are about 15-20 in there that I'd happily put on my wall. So I went to my local crafts shop and got some cheap-ass frames, all half-price. I cut some cheap card to fit and just pasted the covers on top. It's utterly ghetto but that says 'comics' to me a lot more than expensive reproductions under glass, in a way. Big, garish cheap and disposable!

Here's the 3 I settled on (to begin with - the shop only had 3 frames!). Top is Animal Man #5, the classic 'The Coyote Gospel', which is a 4th wall-breaking exercise in existential terror based on the Roadrunner cartoon. One of the best single issue comics of the period. Cover by Brian Bolland, who does very little interior work but who is probably best known for The Killing Joke with Alan Moore. Written by Grant Morrison of course.

On the bottom left is Batman Year 100 #1, by writer/artist Paul Pope. I fucking love his art, it's just savage and lush and sexy. His Batman is genuinely weird and terrifying but very human at the same time.

On the bottom right is Ronin #1 by Frank Miller, which may be the first comic I can remember reading that really broadened my appreciation of the medium. This came out when I was about 12 yrs old and it was pretty mind-blowing, combining as it did elements from manga (Lone Wolf and Cub/Shogun Assasin, Akira etc) with European Heavy Metal-type artists like Moebius along with Frank's own post-Kirby superhero madness. It doesn't quite come together the way his later work did, but it is probably the most interesting thing he has ever done, for its ambition if nothing else. I have the Absolute edition, and I'm SERIOUSLY considering cutting it up to frame it as well. Such a beautiful book.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #502 on:** December 18, 2010, 10:32:24 PM »

from the Buy thread -

Whole bunch of comics-related stuff has showed up from amazon, part of my yearly Xmas binge shopping:

SOLO by Brendan McCarthy:

Just insane psychedelic art.

Prison Pit #1-2 by Johnny Ryan (#2 pictured):

The INCAL Classic Collection by Jodorowsky and Moebius. This is one of 750 produced in English, at the original Euro size and coloring:

Green Lantern: Will World (for the incredible art by the late, great Seth Fisher. Only tangentially a GL story really. It reads much more like Little Nemo in Slumberland by Windsor McCay)

Best of American Splendor by Harvey Pekar etc. Best toilet book ever! I love Harvey.

Krazy & Ignatz 1927-1928: "Love Letters in Ancient Brick" (Krazy Kat)

Powr Mastrs #1-3 by CF. (#3 pictured below) One of the strangest comics ever published, and a book of the year candidate.

Hellboy - Library Collection #1-3 (only 1 pictured below). These share the production values of DC's Absolutes, but are far cheaper for some reason. No slipcase but almost the same size and done on beautiful paper. The Mike Mignola art is a revelation at that size.

Duncan the Wonder Dog by Adam Hines - 800pgs of an alternate history in which animals can talk.

If n'Off by Brian Chippendale

Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods (DVD documentary)

and finally: Absolute All Star Superman

Don't even ASK what all of this cost. It isn't pretty.

chronovore · « **Reply #503 on:** December 21, 2010, 05:52:24 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #504 on:** December 21, 2010, 10:29:36 PM »

Been reading some Power Girl: A New Beginning [also have Aliens and Apes to read after this] and it's really good. Power Girl's basically Superman but actually interesting as a character.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #505 on:** December 22, 2010, 01:13:59 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on December 18, 2010, 10:32:24 PM

The INCAL Classic Collection by Jodorowsky and Moebius. This is one of 750 produced in English, at the original Euro size and coloring:
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ARGH why didn't you tell me this was coming out

I bought this in Paris the last time I was there and actually high school Frenched my way through both volumes

it's awesome but I would love the official English

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #506 on:** December 22, 2010, 01:34:15 AM »

Sorry dude

I didn't actually know about it until a few weeks ago, and impulse pre-ordered. It's $100 though, in case that eases your pain at not buying it.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #507 on:** December 22, 2010, 09:33:40 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on December 22, 2010, 01:34:15 AM

Sorry dude

I didn't actually know about it until a few weeks ago, and impulse pre-ordered. It's $100 though, in case that eases your pain at not buying it.

"ease my pain"? the moment I saw this thread I placed an order on Amazon, just in case it ever comes back in stock

I'm sure I'll track one down eventually

Reb · « **Reply #508 on:** December 22, 2010, 03:09:36 PM »

I got the Walking Dead hardcover for Sinterklaas, pretty awesome.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #509 on:** December 22, 2010, 06:19:30 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 22, 2010, 09:33:40 AM

Quote from: Cormacaroni on December 22, 2010, 01:34:15 AM
Sorry dude

I didn't actually know about it until a few weeks ago, and impulse pre-ordered. It's $100 though, in case that eases your pain at not buying it.

"ease my pain"? the moment I saw this thread I placed an order on Amazon, just in case it ever comes back in stock

I'm sure I'll track one down eventually

Sorry, you made me look on amazon again and HOLY SHIT, the only re-seller on amazon is asking $799.99 for it. I never re-sell books but I would flip the CRAP out of it for that.

That would finance my plan to buy an original Brendan McCarthy canvas

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #510 on:** December 29, 2010, 10:13:59 PM »

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #511 on:** December 29, 2010, 10:35:28 PM »

Been reading some of Paul Dini's Jingle Belle in celebration of Christmas.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #512 on:** December 30, 2010, 01:51:46 AM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 29, 2010, 10:13:59 PM

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aaand it's out of stock again. so thanks to Cormac for mentioning it earlier. Boritos never say die! When there's stuff to be bought, we will find a way.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #513 on:** December 30, 2010, 02:05:33 AM »

awesome!

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #514 on:** December 30, 2010, 02:08:26 AM »

Just in case, you may want to get on this as well 'cause it will also be a very limited run:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600108334/ref=wms_ohs_product

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #515 on:** December 30, 2010, 02:36:34 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on December 30, 2010, 02:08:26 AM

Just in case, you may want to get on this as well 'cause it will also be a very limited run:

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600108334/ref=wms_ohs_product

Looks cool, but I already own this from last year: http://www.amazon.com/Rocketeer-Complete-Deluxe-Dave-Stevens/dp/1600105378/

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #516 on:** December 30, 2010, 03:04:24 AM »

This is apparently wondrous to behold though. The original art at the original size. I'm double-dipping, and will probably cut a few pages out for my wall!

I bought that Brendan McCarthy canvas btw - will post pics when it arrives and I get it framed!

chronovore · « **Reply #517 on:** January 03, 2011, 01:59:24 AM »

That's a sumptuous series, and D.S. is a genuinely nice guy. I was working at a comic store during its original run, and he came by and signed stuff. I probably have a mylar bagged signed copy of #1 somewhere. And he introduced many comic fans to Betty Page, so we should all be extra thankful.

chronovore · « **Reply #518 on:** January 04, 2011, 09:58:30 PM »

I swung by Atlantis Fantasyworld in Santa Cruz, CA today. Picked up the following:

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, c. 1900
Alan Moore's Writing for Comics
McCloud's Understanding Comics
Vertigo First Cut (it was super cheap)
Kirkman's Invincible 3, 4, 5
Star Wars thing written by a friend from college
2 Authority TPBs I didn't have yet
All-Star Superman Vol. 2
Aetheric Mechanics
Chew (on Cormac's recommentdation)
Madman and the Atomics

Diunx · « **Reply #519 on:** January 04, 2011, 10:05:53 PM »

Waiting for the new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is such a torture :'(

Eric P · « **Reply #520 on:** January 07, 2011, 09:40:09 AM »

derpa

Eric P · « **Reply #521 on:** January 07, 2011, 09:40:35 AM »

http://bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2011/01/commissioner-gordon-is-jerk.html

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #522 on:** January 07, 2011, 05:41:23 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on January 07, 2011, 09:40:35 AM

http://bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2011/01/commissioner-gordon-is-jerk.html

I hope he was using his growly Batman voice so Gordon didn't recognize him!

Diunx · « **Reply #523 on:** January 07, 2011, 06:12:12 PM »

I lost The Invisibles 1-20 on ebay, someone bid 50 more cents in the last two seconds :'(

ManaByte · « **Reply #524 on:** January 13, 2011, 01:37:46 PM »

Last night at Golden Apple Comics in LA:

Diunx · « **Reply #525 on:** January 13, 2011, 02:59:26 PM »

Are you the old asian dude or the blonde kid?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #526 on:** February 01, 2011, 04:46:11 PM »

what issue did supergirl get polio

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #527 on:** February 01, 2011, 04:58:52 PM »

I think the one where she got exposed to Blue Kryptonite

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Diunx · « **Reply #528 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:03:21 PM »

What an awful cover

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #529 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:09:44 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on February 01, 2011, 04:58:52 PM

I think the one where she got exposed to Blue Kryptonite

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chronovore · « **Reply #530 on:** February 01, 2011, 06:05:36 PM »

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on February 01, 2011, 04:46:11 PM

what issue did supergirl get polio

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She's just super-sore after an evening of scissor-sistering with PowerGirl.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #531 on:** February 01, 2011, 06:14:43 PM »

Speaking of Power Girl, I hope the Power Girl series never ends. They could just repeat the same stories over and over and I wouldn't care.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #532 on:** February 01, 2011, 06:14:52 PM »

Power Girl >>>>> Supergirl

Diunx · « **Reply #533 on:** February 01, 2011, 07:36:33 PM »

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #534 on:** February 10, 2011, 03:26:47 PM »

We3 Deluxe Edition

http://www.amazon.com/We3-Deluxe-Grant-Morrison/dp/1401230679

http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=17721

This amazing hardcover features new story pages by Morrison and Quitely.

(10 pages)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #535 on:** February 10, 2011, 04:15:41 PM »

Awesome. I remember there was a rumor going around that it was going to be an Absolute Edition, but it's only like 100 pages long, so that doesn't really make sense. For 16 bucks though, I'll rebuy it.

Diunx · « **Reply #536 on:** February 10, 2011, 04:40:15 PM »

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #537 on:** February 10, 2011, 06:35:13 PM »

I just rushed to amazon to check but I had already pre-ordered that on Jan. 23rd, before the cover image was released

You guys know Flex Mentallo is coming as well, right? No date on that yet though.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #538 on:** February 13, 2011, 10:12:21 PM »

over the last year I've been gingerly sticking my toe into the comics world, a hobby that I had not pursued since I was about 12 years old. I got a treasure trove of great stuff from a going-out-of-business sale and I'll be working through a considerable backlog in time. Before I get to all that stuff (lotsa Garth Ennis) I worked through the entire collection of 100 Bullets the library had on hand.

I started reading it because I liked another book from the same author. I'm a sucker for good crime stories, and the initial premise was great. And it was great, for the first couple of volumes it was a captivating read. Then things got convoluted, then the B-stories started taking over the space for the A-stories, and then the initial, anthology style 'revengers dilemma' stuff just about disappeared entirely to make room for a full time and boring as hell story about some shifty and all powerful conspiracy. If the plot was at all clear it wouldn't be as much of a problem, but this shit gets murkier then a mud bath.

100 Bullets was almost a series at war with itself. The only interesting characters would be the ones who die almost immediately, and the ones that stick around are ciphers who are trying desperately to out-badass each other to the point that nobody has any personality besides 'Kill!'.

Oh yeah, and just like this post, the ending sucks too.

Diunx · « **Reply #539 on:** February 13, 2011, 11:22:17 PM »

I love 100 bullets, gonna try and read it again this year

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