The Boys

[The NZA]

in check how, you mean schedule-wise or how?

[Jables]

Meaning Ennis' work is pretty random & gratuidous when compared to anything he does with SD(shit, look at Knights punisher during & after Dillon's departure). What worries me is the out-preacher Preacher statement referring strictly to pushing boundaries. Any fucking hack can churn out guts & sodomy with a smile(it only got Peter Milligan so far- I kid, X-Force was great but X-Statix lost it's way about 12 issues in). I want that shit I'll talk to the little psychopaths inna internet cafes. My initial impression of that statement was epic scope(my first thought when I think Preacher), and the book's no doubt gonna be solid for it's run, I just hope the need to make sodomy jokes & WS editors cringe doesn't get inna way of a good story.

[The NZA]

i agree, i got the same concerns. The preacher comment i figured was for the Wizard crowd, who think the book is all about arseface, meatwomen and shock value moments, which only take you so far.

 

I know Milligan fell off the mark in X-Statix but i still enjoyed it...not sure how much longer idve stayed on if it kept going, but ah well. Same went for Punisher MK vol 1, really went to shit by the end (you read that octopus issue?!).

 

Anyway, just finished issue # 1, was fun Ennis story and all, good to see Robertson back too; ill say more when the first arc is done.

[Ganny McVagflaps]

Eat my ass.

 

X-Force/X-Statix was gold from start to finish.

[The NZA]

there was a point, after El Guapo lost his legs, that i fell off and didnt read for a few months...i think it was around the princess Di thing fell through.

by the time they fought the avengers, i was all over it again.

[Ganny McVagflaps]

cunt

[The NZA]

Book was solid, and Milligan balked on the Di thing. Next thing you know, its Niceza on Cable & Deadpool, and you prolly didnt even touch Milligan's x-men cause Salvador Larocca did pencils and you hate the spanish.

[Jables]

I saw the trade of that & thought 'Yeah, I gotta be checking that out'. I went back through & re-read the last run of X-Force issues and I can still read Doop's little heiroglyphs. S'a pity they don't make a Doop Keyboard for that shit. Bah. Guess I'll have to settle for albeid.

 

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[Ganny McVagflaps]

BEST SHIT MARVEL HAVE DONE FOR YEARS.

[MetalHeart]

I NEED TO READS.

[The NZA]

HE'S TALKIN BOU er wait, he's talkin bout X-Statix tho.

 

The Boys was good for its first issue, like i said, i wanna see more. He's done anti-cape before, i want some angles i havent seen him do for htis book. My concern is that, like Ellis has done lately, im gonna end up with his archetypal favorite characters that ive seen in books before...we'll see, im hopeful, and happy enough just to see this creative team again.

[Jables]

So # 2's out & I'm not mortified yert. Kinda funny but with the dogs, fledhed out the teaam a little. Wee Hughies gonna be the new Arsefave I can tell already.

[APANCHALYPSE FOREVER]

Don't burn me at the stake people, but this book needs to get to the point already! I like the characters, and it's funny AND violent as all hell, but Ennis is takin' his sweet time to get the ball rolling! I guess he thinks that just cause it has his name on it, people will stick around (and he's right), but let's get to it already!

[The NZA]

Eh, i guess i disagree...i enjoyed # 2, and if they arent saying how long the series is gonna go, im ok with the first arc being all intro/set-up, im realizing now he had more planned with this book than i thought from the first issue. Lil Hughie (think it was?) seems to be the reader's way into it, like in Wanted, but i suppose if we get a few more issues in and im on the same page as panch ill say the same. Hell, Bendis kept spidey outta costume for like 5 or 6 issues; im a patient man with decompression.

 

i hear panch will never go deep-sea diving. that's how much he hates decompression. HAW!

 

ps Butcher can crush guns with his hands, but he's not a super...?

[Jables]

S'doable. You don't read Batgirl?

 

Yeah Panch, ease up! S'going nicely so far. I DO look forward to the head cracking though. Saaaaaaay Wildstorm isn't affiliated with Top Cow or Image at all are they?

[Lycaon]

Just finished the first 5 issues, and its interesting. Art's a bit different than I'm used to (god, Butcher lloks evil, and Lil' Hughie looks a lot like Shaun from Shaun of the Dead), but not bad.

Anyone else notice on the first page where the agents visit Wee Hughie's apartment in the second frame ("Express our deepest condolences", "Tragic Loss" etc.) "Shaun of the Dead" is on the TV?

How can you see that without someone pointing it out to you first? Is that the walking home from the bar scene before the shit really hits the fan?

I NEED TO READS.

Yes, you do.

 

Eh, i guess i disagree...i enjoyed # 2, and if they arent saying how long the series is gonna go, im ok with the first arc being all intro/set-up, im realizing now he had more planned with this book than i thought from the first issue. Lil Hughie (think it was?) seems to be the reader's way into it, like in Wanted, but i suppose if we get a few more issues in and im on the same page as panch ill say the same. Hell, Bendis kept spidey outta costume for like 5 or 6 issues; im a patient man with decompression.

 

i hear panch will never go deep-sea diving. that's how much he hates decompression. HAW!

 

ps Butcher can crush guns with his hands, but he's not a super...?

If you haven't been reading, they answer that in issue 3 or 4.

[Jables]

Heh. Huey's 'innoculation'. Mike from the Knoll's the goods.

[The NZA]

Yeah, just got all caught up - Ennis is having his fun, no doubt, but im officially on board here. This next issue's gonna be the action some've waited for, and there's been enough time to set the JLA-esque up as cunts and at least start to flesh the team out....you cant really have doubts when Ennis does an original series, mcuh less with Robertson on the pencils.

This one's quickly rising to the top of a strong list of books i gotta read first when they show up.

[Ganny McVagflaps]

To end it all....

 

 

Man, I don't know if I'm enjoying "The Boys". It has some funny shit and some gross stuff, but it's not really going anywhere. I'll be there for the fight next month and maybe a few more after but if Ennis doesn't get his shit together soon...

[Jables]

Yeah, the story doesn't really have the scope Preacher did, or the storytelling of Fury or Welcome Back Frank, does it? It's alright, but it'll be good to see an overall agenda. Something to work toward.

[The NZA]

Yeah, alright, in light of preacher, fury, war stories etc its not on par there, but i think you guys might be missing the bigger picture:

go back and read the first arc or two of Hitman. It opened intresting with the tarentino dialogue, and was good fun, but i didnt suspect i might be reading something bigger until

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I think it was Sean? Tommy's best friend was tortured & left to die, saying he was a real tough guy for not talking, and tommy's watching him die saying "i wish you'dve sang like a canary."

 

im saying: there's promise here. Ennis could really turn this into something. Hitman turned into this amazing series, one of his finest (damn you, DC TPB dept), and idve never known it if i didnt keep with it through the silly undead seaworld parts.

[Jables]

Yeah see my only exposure to Hitman is those 'silly seaworld parts', so Hitman as a credible entry into 'reasons to read comics 101' holds about as much water as Bonny & Clyde's collective corpses.

[The NZA]

...so what youre telling me is that i need to make you a disc of morrison new x-men scans, and toss Hitman onto that as well.

[Jables]

I guess. Your call man *shrugs* I'll be reading it all off alana's laptop anyways.

[Lycaon]

I guess. Your call man *shrugs* I'll be reading it all off alana's laptop anyways.

Yesss, come over to the dark side.