archangel Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 not really. we knew it was only a matter of time with the arcs in which both McCoy and Clint found out what was going on. I think it was actually well done...I'm just curious how the X-Men are going to react.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Just wrapped up Secret War, this far behind the goddamned curve and wowee, what an amazing book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Just wrapped up Secret War, this far behind the goddamned curve and wowee, what an amazing book. Which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 The Bendis one/ third. Ridiculously cool idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 man, that one took forever at the time cause of the artist. it's a shame it didn't get touched on much afterwards; now all i have related in my head was the awful final fight of Ultimate Alliance 2. still, it was a cool move to send Fury underground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Wait, UA2 macks on SW some? I just don't get it. How does a game following up on the greatness of UA & the Xmen Legends series before it, incorporating elements of Civil War AND Secret War end up being so shit? Admittedly I dropped off the game the minute they quit with the Civil War component and hit Wakanda though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 read @ the final fight. i too was puzzled how they dropped the ball with such solid material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Having never read the Steranko stuff from the 70's(it's on the list), I always looked to Ennis' mini as the best take on Fury as a character in this modern PC world, but good god Secret War showcases his 'man out of time' persona so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 The Steranko stuff is the shit, JZA. Really surreal, and he nails the Bond vibe better than Bond. You have to take it in context with other comics at the time though, natch. I came here to talk about The Ultimates. I'd read the first two years ago, reread them again. Still pretty entertaining. I always thought Volume 2 Part 2, with the Evil Foreign Avengers, was getting pretty stupid (even though it did have it's moments), so I started ignoring it (along with the rest of the Ultimate universe, really). I'm reading Ultimates 3. Holy god. It makes me regret ever saying an unkind word about the previous installments. Grand Theft America looks like it was written by fucking J. D. Salinger now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Got the new walking dead TPB, so going to head home and devour that. In other news: The local comic shop is having a huge 40% certain books. I just got "God Loves, Man Kills" in hardback for under 10 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Oh, nice. Bible-thumper Stryker coulda been fun in the movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Currently reading Nextwave: Agents of H.a.T.E. I'm about halfway through. Pretty damn entertaining so far. What really surprised me is that this seems to be 616 canon, amiright? If so, that's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Finally read Walking dead 14 and: fucker just can't catch a break can he? And having finished God loves, man kills I feel that this hole in my heart that I didn't know was there is filled. Tonight I read: Locke & Key, welcome to Lovecraft and Head Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Finally read Walking dead 14 and: fucker just can't catch a break can he? And having finished God loves, man kills I feel that this hole in my heart that I didn't know was there is filled. Tonight I read: Locke & Key, welcome to Lovecraft and Head Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Just read DMZ 1-4. That series is SO fucking good and I recommend it to anyone looking for something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 AGREED! I'm actually not much further than that, but it's something I've always meant to sit down and read in it's entirety. I would have done it by now if there was a nice hardcover or some bigger trades. HINT HINT DC! I WANT TO GIVE YOU MY MONEY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 i'm like 3 or so issues behind on it. ill read almost any Brian Wood shit, and im seeing it through...but im a bit sad the book didnt explore a more pivotal direction it was looking at an arc or two back. i'll elaborate in spoiler tags when you guys catch up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I'm making my way through Ex Machina currently, loving it. DMZ for whatever reason, I just couldn't get into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senshik Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 (edited) just caught up with walking dead, though i think there's one more issue out@Nza get on it! ... also, i should probably finish reading Y. :o what's everyone think so far on what's going on the walking dead verse? Edited August 22, 2011 by Senshik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Anyone else picking this one up? Kagan McLeod's new graphic novel Infinite Kung Fu seemingly occupies the nexus of every martial arts film ever made. There are hyper-stylized wuxia techniques, unbeatable Shaolin monks (and their giant training robots), and a town out of a 1970s blaxploitation flick anachronistically plopped down in an ancient China overrun by the walking dead. It's all bonkers, but within its tapestry of fists and forbidden arts is an immensely readable fantasy tale. If you like your martial arts à la RZA or with giant flying peaches, this should be your huckleberry. McLeod — who's made a name for himself doing magazine illustration — has finally collected and appended the scattered issues of the Infinite Kung Fu comic series in this single volume from Top Shelf Productions. The story here is as simple as it is tortuous — the spirits of the dead are entering corpses and the remaining students of the Eight Immortal kung fu masters have all been corrupted by the forbidden Poison Arts and have pledged allegiances to the evil Emperor. The Immortals' last hope is Yang Lei Kung, a soldier who accidentally becomes the disciple of the immortal chief Chuang Li Ch'uan. Lei Kung finds Ch'uan's body on an icy mountain and cremates him — it turns out that Ch'uan had just been meditating for nine years, and his spirit comes back to haunt/teach/yell at Lei Kung for burning him mid-enlightenment. From there, McLeod uses Lei Kung's training as the reader's entry point to this trippy dimension, where kung fu is so powerful it grants immortality, regeneration, and just about every damn superpower under the sun. McLeod illustrates this in world in handsome grayscale brush strokes that make each masters' increasingly absurd techniques look splendiferous. And if you need a primer on the book's various crazy techniques, there's a 250-page preview online. Infinite Kung Fu may not always make a ton of sense, but A.) neither do some of the most watchable martial arts films; and B.) this book always look exquisite. With its wholesale zombie slaughter (that never come across as played out), slapstick fight scenes, and deranged roster of martial artists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Just finished DMZ through the last TPB. That series just keeps getting good. i hated the lull in the story about TPB 5 but its picked up again in full force. Planet Hulk: I hate the Hulk as a character but fuck I loved this book. Too good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Best book you've never heard of: First Wave. Azzarello(who forever gets a pass for 100 Bullets, Hellblazer run, etc) and Rags Morales colaborate(SP) on a team book made up of Doc Savage, Batman & the Spirit. Right now I'm just on the Spirit tie-in stuff but I always loves me a good 'inexperienced Batman who's okay with guns' angle. Very pulp. And now for a quick rant: Key thing about Batman is his use of fear(because everyone outside of Eastern Europe is scared of bats, right?) as a weapon, yet he's still gun-shy. Love to my boy Bruce but FFS, when you're not above kryptonite boxing gloves, kidnap and bat-shark-repellant you might's well give up the pretense and use a fucking gun. Simple, effective, Joker's less likely to walk let alone set up elaborate deathtraps when you pop a round into each knee. Babs would've been cool with that too back when she couldn't walk. Shit, given how wheelchair accessable the Bat-cave isn't, I'd make crippling my M.O if I couldn't just man up and put two in the back of their heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 JZA - azarello gets a pass for 100 bullets, or on it? too easy bindy - stop at planet hulk. it's fantastic and you don't need World War Hulk in your life. damn, dont know how i missed Logan's post on Infinite Kung-Fu, but i gotta go find that one now, thanks man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I've been reading every issue of the new 52 and reviewing them without spoilers on my friends facebook wall with him. If you'd like I can post them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Put 'em here. I'm certainly interested in hearing some feedback from someone else, especially on the titles I'm currently ignoring (Omac, Men of War, Hawk & Dove etc.) Just picked up Action Comics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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