BlackSun17
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This is the first comic I bought at a store, off the spinner rack. The very first non-canon Star Wars story!
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For me, it was non-superhero movie properties that got me into comics.
Godzilla. Planet of the Apes. Star Wars.
Which I bought at a convenience store. Then I found a good comic store, with an owner that had lots of cool and different stuff for me to get into.
X-Men. Cerebus. Groo.
Then I latched onto creators, either writers or artists.
Byrne. Mignola. Morrison.
That opened all sorts of other doors for me.
I would recommend picking up a trade of some property that seems interesting to you. And I would do it at an actual comic shop - not a bookstore. From there you should be able to branch out into many different directions.
Just remember, every comic is someone's first. All comics have some (or a lot) of history to them. Do not let that turn you off or intimidate you.
Most of all, have fun. Enjoy the medium, enjoy the stories, and embrace the history that led to the creation of this great MMO. -
Just finished watching 'The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill'. Nice job getting through a lot of story in one episode.
When Sif said the security code for Skuttlebut .... my jaw nearly hit the floor. Major kudos to the show writers for putting that in! -
Cool to see that the writers of The Avengers are going after some of the largest and most famous storylines. Very pleasently surprised to see The Korvac Sage make its way onto the screen!
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Holy guacamole!
I had no idea that the actor playing Thanos was Alexis Denisof (Wesley from BTVS and Angel)! -
Also....
Saw this movie in a Lux cinema - dinner, drinks, comfy chair, the works. They had drink specials, which made me chuckle:
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Quote:One of the first things I thought of after the movie was that Stark specifically mentioned LMDs to Coulson (jokingly, of course). So with it established that LMDs exist in this movie universe, there is an easy way to get Coulson back into the movies...and it would totally fit in with Fury wanting to motivate the team to band together.Originally Posted by Inazuma
A spoiler on Coulson:
According to Joss Whedon (and Coulson's actor, Clark Gregg), Phil Coulson didn't actually die. Fury lied about that to motivate the Avengers. Phil survived his wound. We'll see him again.
Of course, my jaw dropped when everything went down. So very sad to see him go out...even as a hero putting a god in his place.
Fantastic flick - way too much to take in with one viewing. My only nitpick was that I did not like the font used when The Avengers title came up at the start of the movie. I would have preferred this:
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Great work, Zwill. Getting this out to non-attendees quickly is much appreciated.
Quote:Originally Posted by Agent White
Psst, everyone ask for a mini-hamidon vanity pet!
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Quote:...you forgot to add the Simonson Surtur storyline....Originally Posted by LadyGrimrose
On the Avengers: Looks like both the Civil War and Secret War storylines are in motion. They must have long term plans for the show. Good.
Ultimate Spider-Man: Uhg! Hate the rework on Venom. Hate that Nova is not Richard Rider. This show is aweful. Off my DVR as well.
Legend of Korra: I have a sneaking supicion that the masked individual is either the Firelord or related to him in some way. Again, the show's creators know how to pull an audience in. I am very excited to see how this is all going to unfold. -
Quote:hmmmm...the pics I have seen on the web of the Loki action figure from the movie have the Cosmic Cube in his staff...and now that I think of it they had that same figure on display at NYCC last fall, and it was the cube as well...off to find a pic.Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
All these sites are coming out with articles speculating and asking the fans who they think the army is. I think it's become pretty obvious that it's the Annihilation Wave, what with the chitin style of the army and ships and Loki sporting the Cosmic Control Rod in that staff he's carrying around now.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Cobalt Azurean
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Quote:Whelp....I like the claws animations as is...sorry!Originally Posted by Zyphoid
I would prefer new animations, but I could also live with some retro fitting. There are surely DB animations that could work with claws.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
No update on this either. To be honest, I do not expect these to be corrected anytime soon.
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...frick.....
I forgot to turn on SG mode when I went collecting them.
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Broke 1300 by getting MoDD - onwards and upwards!
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Solid info (as always). Thanks!
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Truly a legend - his imagination was one-of-a-kind.
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Quote:Originally Posted by jwbullfrog
Hey, where's Perry?
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Quote:I hear what you are saying, but DC editorial reports to the DC publisher, who reports to WB. And despite skeptisism, prequels / sequels make TONS of cash for studios, as do 'event' comics.Originally Posted by TrueGentleman
The editorial job of DC's execs is to find, nurture, and retain creative talent. Recycling old material after burning bridges with its creators is the opposite of that.
After The Dark Knight Strikes Again, The Kingdom, DC's new The Spirit, the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Star Trek: Enterprise, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Godfather Part III, etc., etc., etc., any corporate decision to push prequels or sequels ought to be greeted with intense scepticism.
Even if Alan Moore had taken DC's earlier offer to write more Watchmen-related stories in exchange for getting his creator's rights back, the odds are that the results would be inferior to the original. Lightning rarely strikes twice in the same place, and when it does, it's even harder to bottle the second time around.
So in the case of Before Watchmen you have a 'perfect storm' of a prequel event. -
Quote:LOL - I like that!Originally Posted by TrueGentleman
And if this prequel series is financially successful, the DC editors will start thinking about which other Watchmen characters they can prequelize...
From what I can tell, pressure to produce the Before Watchmen books is coming from waaaay above the DC editors. WB execs are looking to maximize revenue from their existing stable of properties, and the removal of Levitz as DC President & Publisher was partially based on his reluctance to visit the Watchmen universe again.
Say what you want as a fan, but the WB execs are doing their job pushing for these books. One casualty of being owned by a public corporation (DC and Marvel) is losing the ability to ultimately pick and choose what you want to publish.
Regarding the books, I am coming around to wanting to see what they are like. Probably sampling some of the books and waiting on word-of-mouth for others. Comic store owners seem to fall into the camp that their order numbers will be based mostly on what type of discount / returnability DC offers. They are not sure how to order the book as it is a prequel to a 25+ year old comic and 2+ year old movie. The discount / returnability program that DC is using for the new 52 lanuch (relaunch / reboot / etc.) has been very successful for everyone, and I would be shocked if DC did not employ a similar plan for retailers to use in ordering these books.
And I am sure that the long-term thinkers at WB are thrilled to have a new stable of DC books (HC and TPB) for sale in the future. -
Quote:Marvel is struggling currently to sell anything that is not an event. And even those event books are limping along. Their resources seem directed more towards film than towards print. Exception to me is Hickman's work - which reminds me of the creativity of Stan Lee in the 60s and John Byrne in the 80s.Originally Posted by Dark One
Now that is the way to write comics.
Comics today have lost that sense of fun and LOL. It's all brooding, ultra-massive-gonna-change-everything!-but-not-really, total crossover to sell underperforming books even if the story doesn't actually call for it, cancel and relaunch 3 months later, and "superstar" writer/artist fanwanks.
Comics are supposed to be an escape from the **** we call reality. If I want a story "ripped from the headlines", I'll watch any of the interminable cop dramas on tv.
DC is again bringing lots of attention to the comic medium with this move, which hopefully will infuse the business with long-term readers and attract new creative talent (writers) to the business. -
Grabbed the other two covers for everyone to see:
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Slowly but surely some cover art is being released at various websites.
Here is what we have so far:
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Seven limited series, all set...before Watchmen.
USA Today has an article about it.
But Bleeding Cool has better info, and more pics.
The books are:
Rorschach by writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo
Comedian by Azzarello and artist J.G. Jones
Minutemen by writer/artist Darwyn Cooke
Silk Spectre by Cooke and artist Amanda Conner
Nite Owl by writer J. Michael Straczynski and artists Joe and Andy Kubert
Dr. Manhattan by Straczynski and artist J.G. Jones
Ozymandias by writer and original Watchmen editor Len Wein with art by Jae Lee
DC has thrown a heck of a lot of talent at this. My gut reaction still says that this is totally unnecessary. This will be a major topic of conversation this summer...will be very interesting to see how comic retailers order and how the comic-buying public will respond to a series of prequels to a story that is 25 years old. -
Quote:This....Originally Posted by Texarkana
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