Since doomsie's back... THE OFFICIAL COMICBOOK/GEEK THREAD

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I really wish I would had caught this deal, where for 100 dollars, you can buy the first 52 of the reboot.

Besides the art, I didn't really like the first Justice League. Green Lantern annoyed me. IDK.
Detective #1 was badass.

I still need to pick up Batgirl, and I had high hopes for Flashpoint 

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he's supposed to be annoying, he's young brash and cocky... and batman totally pwns him.
having said that, the "how else are we going to get there? talk in a deep voice?" was rofl.

considering the last few years of JL this was a huge step up. the brad metzler run showed a lot of promise... but then he was off the title to write some new "Real" book... and every cool aspect he introduced and set up... was quickly abandoned for some huge crossover. it was a travesty. you had the late great dwayne mcduffie (who wrote some of the best dc cartoons ever) with his hands tied because higher ups prevented him from telling the stories he wanted to tell. hell, one of the panels was changed mid-story by the higher-ups and he was forced to rewrite something on the fly. it felt weird and he acknowledged as much on a message board and then dc fired him.
then he died like a year later or something.
damn shame he was real good but editorial fucked him over...
that book has been a mess for awhile.

i have high hopes for it now, even though it's being written by the higher-ups again... but at least they're more upfront about it and they're more capable than the last higher-ups.



new reviews:
omac #1 was actually a lot of fun... but weird that there's no "omac created by jack kirby mention" seeing that the whole thing is a WAY OBVIOUS tribute to him.

punisher #3
took 3 issues until the punisher finally said something. too awesome. this is a real good punisher book. rucka can do no wrong.

also daredevil's been too fucking cool and spider-man continues to be the best spidey book since the early 60s.

also picked up rick veitch's The Big Lie #1... if you've ever seen 'loose change' you know what they're dealing with...
but it has a very heavy sci-fi, almost twilight zone-esque vibe.
really well done, altho the book's pissing a lot of people off because... well, duh.

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http://www.space.com/12963-tatooine-planet-2-suns-star-wars-kepler-16b.html

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Hopefully Lucas wont find out about this.  He would try to sue the planet for copyright infringement and then CGI a 3rd sun in because he's always wanted to piss off someone from another solar system.

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megalolz

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BASICALLY.
lol

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montreal comiccon was awesome.
omg. never been to a con before and i regret that greatly.
yes, i know.

got stan lee to sign my oldskool paperback spiderman pocketbook trade... altho it was rather rushed and assembly line-ish and very impersonal, but the guy is like 88 and was signing stuff the whole time he was there, so i don't blame him. his panel was awesome and that guy is still with it. fucking hilarious. and a nice guy.

met sid haig, so fucking cool. love that guy. signed my copy of devil's rejects/ ^_^

met sergio aragonés! got him to sign and sketch stuff for me and my brothers. that guy is astonishing. he drew a doodle of himself in seconds. i was in awe. i then left in such a huff and realized i lost my wallet. yes. at comiccon. with all those people. (25k at last count) yea. ran back to the aragones table. and he asked if i lost something. yes, sergio aragonés found my wallet. that's how rad he is. yes. love that man. love him.

met neal adams. one of the funniest panels ever. that guy rules. there's a reason he made batman so badass in the 70s. he's just that badass.

met dale eaglesham and commissioned a wicked kickass catman sketch! so badass.
and him and his wife are super nice.

and of course i met my favourite writer ever and gave her some cartoons that i (and spade) made for her. and she loved them so freaking much and it made my entire week.
awesome time and it definitely encouraged me to do this whole cartooning thing more frequently.

here's a link to the "art" i gave her:
http://hastilyputtogether.com/2011/09/batman-wearing-purple-culottes-and-eating-a-poutine/

good time.
spent a lot of cash on art and prints.
so much amazing stuff there.

pics to follow. maybe.

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finished issue 12 of Morning Glories.
lots of unanswered questions. Lost Vibes.


also read Stephen King's N.
WEIRD. Left a lasting impression. good stuff.


Also picked up Scarlett, excited to start it.

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scarlett is amazing.
kinda fizzles towards the end but the story is gonna continue at a later date so i'm not worried. overall really good.

dc continues to put out awesome stuff during this reboot.
any thoughts on it overall doomsie?

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Okay, so this Sebastian Shaw/Emma Frost fan video takes a minute to get up to speed, but when it does it's pretty funny.


"Every time we go somewhere, you read someone's mind, what are they thinking? 'Oh! Tits!'"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_gEWRQA4go

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"NO! THAT'S NOT BETTER, YOU TOOK STUFF OFF!"

rofl

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I like that Emma's costume is literally just sexy underware with a cape.

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that's also why emma frost is one of my fave characters ever. :p

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omfg this is amazing

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read the new 52 Batman.

I like it so far. Even though 3 Robins show up for a moment.

I still really want to get Aquaman.