A BAD DREAM
>>83941393
You're not thinking creatively enough.
>Green is actually a creative color
>>83942457
DISCLAIMER: I am NOT asking for recs.
OK so I've been lurking here for a few months now and you guys have helped me try out some very nice pieces of work. I'm new to /co/ culture as whole. I decided to try out some DC stuff.
I wouldn't say I've read near enough to have any taste or real knowledge yet, (I don't know what I'm doing really.) Which leads leads me to my question:
What are these terms and what do they mean? Like how do they effect anything? Does every series just go through countless reboots or what? How does anyone follow any form of chronology when this stuff has been going for so long?
The terms I'm talking about are like these:
New 52
Post-Crisis
Year One
Earth Two
Gold/Silver/Bronze Eras/Ages
Do these apply to everything or just certain guys? How do you keep track of what is and what isn't canon? So many questions.
I really wish /co/ had a sticky. The lack of one makes me think that maybe I'm just an idiot and no one else struggles with this. Which if that's true then that's totally fine, I just want a little help here so I'm not buying and/or reading all willy nilly.
pic only semi-related.
>>83941366
Those particular terms refer to time periods
Golden Age = like 1938-1956 or so
Silver Age = 56-70
Bronze Age = 70-86ish
New 52 was DC's marketing push/reboot in 2011
Post-Crisis refers to the DCU after the book Crisis on Infinite Earths that happened in 1985, that was also a reboot
Year One is just a general name for stories that cover heroes' origin stories, like Batman Year One is Bruce's really early career training and becoming Batman, Green Arrow Year One is Ollie stuck on an island, etc.
Earth 2 is an earth in the DC multiverse that typically houses the Golden Age heroes (like Alan Scott Green Lantern or Jay Garrick Flash)
/co/ doesn't have a sticky because there's too much shit to potentially put in a sticky plus /co/ is mostly cartoons
Whew ok.
Gold/Silver/Bronze ages are historical terms for all comics. Gold is roughly 35-49, Silver is mid-50s to mid-70s, Bronze is 70s-90s.
DC has a multiverse, Earth Two used to be the one where all the Golden Age heroes lived, they served in World War 2, got old, retired. In the Silver Age people like the Flash crossed between Earths and the super teams JLA/JSA had an annual crossover. Eventually DC smashed everything together
Year One is a GOAT Batman story by Miller and Mazzucchelli that's become a term for origin stories about the first year of a hero. Like is says
Post Crisis is the period after Crisis on Infinite Earths that reset the DC Universe.
New 52 was a relaunch that did the same thing in 2011.
Generally just enjoy the series/book you're reading and don't worry too much about it. Eventually you'll start to pick it up, not as complex as it seems.
yes, those terms all mean different versions or universes or continuities for characters
release dates and wikipedia can help you determine chronology/reading order etc.
What kind of asshole gets a new dog without making sure it's compatible with the old dog?
My parents...
thumbnail looka like a peanus
>>83941230
>without making sure it's compatible with the old dog
They are dogs, who cares about that?
So does this cover mean Hawkeye is dead or arrested in Civil War II?
Also, solicit confirms White Fox survives Contest of Champions.
I guess arrested since Tony also has an X.
RIPD BRUCE
>>83941058
I guess the one guy who likes her is happy.
Are the prose parts necessary to read in this?
>>83940904
not necessary, more like easter eggs.
>>83940904
They're part of the sotry
Yes, that's why they're in there
and the pirate stuff.
Can the American comics industry be saved or is it destined to continue to die a slow death until it is gone for good?
Where did it go wrong?
How might you fix it, /co/?
>Can the American comics industry be saved
No
> is it destined to continue to die a slow death until it is gone for good?
It probably won't go away 100% but it'll remain at it's current level of complete irrelevance where people groom scripts and concepts before selling the movie rights. Maybe a little weaker, maybe a little stronger, but never actually growing genuinely strong again.
>Where did it go wrong?
In the 50s with the comics code and the 90s with the speculator boom and a whole lot of other shady business shit up to and including DIamond
>How might you fix it, /co/?
Impossible. Disdain for comic books is written into America's DNA at this point. How else do you explain characters from movies that make billions of dollars starring in books that maybe sell 100K on if they're a ~BIG~ success?
>>83940822
>Where did it go wrong?
>>83940822
>Can the American comics industry be saved
No. Not as it is.
>or is it destined to continue to die a slow death until it is gone for good?
Pretty much, yeah. Movies are giving the industry a swan song.
>Where did it go wrong?
Bloat. There's like 300 comics that come out every month, far more than one person could actually maintain interest in. Everyone has to shout as loud as they can and all it does is create a cacophony that few can penetrate.
>How might you fix it, /co/?
Fewer, better, books. The art should always be great, and the story should always feel special for being published at all.
Think how many arcs of Superman or another random character have been published seemingly for posterity rather than creative intent
Think how many eras for books are completely forgotten about or blur into vague character histories. Comics have lost their distinction as finite published works.
Are there any Disney villains that were atleast somewhat in the right?
Yzma maybe?
>>83940327
If her intent had been to dethrone Kuzco because he was a petulant brat trying to run the country into the ground, maybe.
But in reality she just wanted to be in his place, being just as corrupt with power, and presumably more deliberately destructive when it came to her policy-making, based on her personality, rather than just being selfish and grossly negligent like Kuzco.
He wasn't very bright though.
>>83940482
/thread.
What type of crazy senile bitch give millions of dollars of inheritance to a bunch of cats who have no way of spending any money.
ITT: Adapted characters that are better than the originals
>>83851392
>Hot Spot
Didn't he have a different name in the comics that was "too controversial" for modern audiences? Like Jihadi or something.
>>83851461
Joto which is like fag in Spanish.
>>83851392
Guys I'm super excited for Batman V Supermam. Now that the embargos getting lifted tommorrow critics are going to like it. I'm so excited. And hey. If it's good enough it might slow down my cancer. Are you guys excited? My childhood dreams are going to come true.
I'm just happy that Zack Snyder is finally gonna make a critically acclaimed movie! no way this gets anything lower than an 80% on Rotten Tomatoes! Based Terrio! Based Affleck!
jerry seinfeld liked superman
>three unique ips
emarrassing
I always thought yelchin would have made an amazing older spider man. Now I guess it's best he didn't take the role. Just kept thinking of tony in civil war. Commending spidey on catching that car.
Woulda been Downright ironic.
Still tell me he wouldn't have made a great Parker.
>>83939980
I only found out recently.
I can't believe of all the things to be killed by its a vehicle recall.
>>83939980
he was too old. better peter would have been Logan Lerman
>>83939980
Would've made a better Ben Parker.
so now his white characters can turn dark skinned on command. HOW FUCKING PROGRESSIVE
>no nanotech
>can change skin and eye color just by flinching
Ol Stabby really has no clue and just wants to pander, does he?
>>83939872
Yeah this is great n all, but where's my giant robot wife? And by great I mean complete shit.
>>83939872
What am I even looking at?
One of the few works that has me always coming back is Hugo Pratt's Corto Maltese, and especially La Janeusse (set in 1905) and Corte sconta detta Arcana (1918). Something about those two speaks to me of the honest to goodness inanity of adventure, which as a byproduct forges two dissimiles into an exceptional friendship. And I guess I enjoy seeing the continuity.
Does /co/ have anything in comics they find somehow unique in spirit?
>>83939641
bump
>>83939641
Slowly waiting on Corto English releases in the US. So far we've gotten 3
Under the Sign of the Capricorn
Beyond the Windy Isles
Celtic Tales
>>83940049
>try to make a thinly veiled Corto Maltese thread
Thanks for the bump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr9mLP6NwnU
You're gonna die.
>>83939561
Thank you, anon. Downloading it now.
Summer is here
>>83939561
wait a minute
Kelly does it again!
>>83939495
Meh.
>>83939495
Guys. Is a hot dog a sandwich?
>>83939754
It's a hot dog, faggot.
what's her superpower?
Lesbian bull fighting
Progressive powers.
Making straight men very frustrated at the fact she doesn't like dick.