Good evening owls,
More time with Madge
>>89290560
whatcha drinking tonight OP?
>>89290560
whoops!
>>89290591
gonna go make a cake vodka/elderflower fizz in a bit
Have a bloody waifu preview, OP.
And a Thelemic rap from Alan Moore:
https://soundcloud.com/mandrillifesto/alan-moore-joe-brown-mandrillifesto
>>89290624
That sounds fucking delicious. I've been out for a few nights, saw I missed you all talking about boobs and balls.
>>89290647
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRLl-cb2ntI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g6b1-61mmg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyBX-cwrfU4
I HATE POLITICS
>>89290720
Don't worry. Politics hates you now, too.
>>89290677
I need many fucking drinks
yeah, you know how we get
>>89290720
I'll try to keep it down, but that speech was fucking creepy
>>89290720
at least climate change will kill us all eventually so the future will never have to experience politics
>>89290624
that sounds delicious
all I have is a bottle of wine, not quite heavy duty enough but it'll have to do
>>89290754
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1DBESPygjc
Memes
enjoy a nazi getting sucker punched
>>89290754
>>89290788
gosh that was beautiful
>>89290754
>I'll try to keep it down, but that speech was fucking creepyBane?
>>89290560
Hello, Storyteller.
So, I'd just like to call attention to that thread bitching about Maria Hill's planetary shield. Apparently, a lot of people are in agreement with her because humans are retards. An planetary force field is an outrageously terrible idea, since it, y'know, blocks solar radiation, thus destroying plant life and wreaking havoc on global climate. Fuck, even Highlander 2: The Quickening, one of the most infamously terrible movies ever, knew this. Goddamn, people.
>>89290762
It's okay, Rick Perry is on the case
>>89290798
well, and the implications of patriotism and loyalty
>>89290811
I feel kind of weird in that after his hearing, Perry isn't one of the ones who really worries me. He was actually really good about renewables here in TX.
>>89290798
>Bane?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9994nv8BcU
>>89290806
>y'know, blocks solar radiation, thus destroying plant life and wreaking havoc on global climate
Unless you're going for hard scifi that's a problem you could solve with a handwave. I mean Star Wars has planetary shields
>>89290798
There was actually a fucking article
newrepublic.com/minutes/140015/donald-trumps-inauguration-speech-echoes-not-washington-lincoln-bane-dark-knight-rises
>>89290844
>>89290806
that movie is so fucking bad
it does, however, open at a performance of Götterdämmerung
THE UNENLIGHTENED MASSES
THEY CANNOT MAKE THE JUDGMENT CALL
>>89290896
look how happy he looks about his weapons
>>89290965
Sick lightsaber, bro.
>>89290872
Star Wars also has ball droids, anthropomorphic personifications of magic, and the Dark Saber. Star Wars is fucking stupid.
>>89290965
Hey it's 3.0 time
>>89291034
dat (invisible) ass
>>89291025
>Star Wars is fucking stupid.
So are superhero comics, your point?
>>89290788
I did not see that coming
http://time.com/4639911/ta-nehisi-coates-is-expanding-the-black-panther-universe-with-the-crew/
>>89291060
>>89290677
also, it's all J. Scott Campbell's fault, really
>>89291060
How does no one notice his floating face?
>>89291083
it happens right as he's talking about Pepe and memes, as the icing on the delicious punching cake
>>89291060
~nothing at all, nothing at all~
>>89291094
I wanna see more TNC Storm so i'm down for this
>>89291069
My point is that you shouldn't double down on something stupid by excusing it with something stupid. Because that's fucking stupid.
>>89291132
always a classic
stupid sexy Madge
Split is probably the only time I'd usecapekinounironically.
>>89291097
>>89291130
Madge is SO INTO this ninja shit. I bet he loves finding excuses to do this.
This makes me want to see him and Bats.
>>89291162
If realism is never the point why nitpick? If the rules of the fiction say " it works" then it works
>>89291094
is there really a buying public for three BP books?
>>89291202
come on, Ellis, give us some of this stuff too
>>89291230
>is there really a buying public for three BP books?
I'm sure they'll move some units once trades are on the shelves and the movie is out
>>89291193
oh god I've been avoiding spoilers and that one that isn't a real spoiler has me so confused.
>>89291230
I can't imagine World of Wakanda is selling great.
>>89291230
callback to Claremont WildC.A.T.S.
man, that was a non-stop conga line of his fetishes
>>89291258
Just watch it.
It's a cheesy, low key, thriller accentuated by excellent performance.
In other words, prime M. Night.
>>89291292
oh I'm excited. I'm just hyper vigilant about spoilers bc it's M Night.
Still mad that Tales of the Crypt reboot hit bumpy road, it's so perfect for him!
>>89291281
this comic just got 1000X better
>>89291258
WoW strikes me as mini-bait, yes
Unfortunately, it feels like Marvel is at the point where the company rep is dragging down even the deserving
>>89290936
GIVE UP FREE WILL FOREVER
>>89291321
>Unfortunately, it feels like Marvel is at the point where the company rep is dragging down even the deserving
This is Marvel's Convergence/DCYou low point, what are the odds on Marvel Reborn in 2018
>>89291320
I knew the spoilers, but it doesn't really hinder the enjoyment of the film.
The "reveal" in itself isn't one that changes the movie or such...just adds to it.
After seeing this movie I think that he'd actually do well on the Tales of the Crypt show now.
>>89291321
Because you're her father figure, dude.
>>89291130
No, it's a pun. I did NOT SEE that coming.
>>89291342
The X-line feels like they gestured in that direction, but I don't know if that's enough to move the needle
bless the scripting and art for this gratuitous changing scene
>>89291352
Him and Tales is such a perfect match of creator and IP. it's insane to
>>89291342
>>89291405
i feel like a relaunch isn't the move tho, part of the reason people are so mad is the constant number 1s.
>>89291399
...yesssss, goood
>>89291405
Also they kind of already took that line recently and then announced a bunch of unexciting books, so.
>>89291217
>It's magic, we don't have to explain it.
Sometimes I wonder why anyone bothers worrying about being a good writer. Clearly you don't need to put any effort into it, cause the idea of having standards is an archaic concept.
>>89291425
I do think Split shows he's become a lot more self-aware. It just felt like it was running on enthusiasm, except for the harrowing scenes.
Tales...would need that, yes.
>>89291405
>The X-line feels like they gestured in that direction, but I don't know if that's enough to move the needle
X-fans are battered housewives that will read any garbage with an X-men logo on it, they seem mostly excited by the fact that there's still multiple X-men titles upcoming and that Marvel hasn't really buried them yet
>>89291340
THEIR VOICES CAN'T BE HEARD AT ALL
>>89291428
>so many thousands of pouches
>>89291425
what's missing so far is the apology aspect of it, which the X-stuff kind of gestured towards, but the other lines have resolutely not.
>>89290647
Oh, a WildStorm preview came out?
>>89291465
> Cullen Bunn's exciting announcement was a new horror comic at Image
I'm glad it wasn't an X book
>>89291503
that cover is pretty cool, gonna check that Image book out
>>89291489
The only total stinker in the X-Line is Gold which'll sell as the flagship. Blue and Jean Grey are continuing stuff that's working for them and Iceman and Gen X are new teams.
>>89291489
oh they won't apologizeand they shouldn't
>>89290788
I saw someone suggest that was a Pepe mask, and I can't stop giggling.
>>89291503
Bunn's creator-owned horror is miles above his Big Two
>>89290788
>>89291130
>assault people who literally aren't doing anything
>"but they deserved it because they disagreed"
Man killing fat chicks and scrawny nerds is going to be great
>>89291489
>but the other lines have resolutely not.
Considering this is Marvel I wouldn't be surprised if they just dig their heels in harder and then act like AVENGERS REBORN REASSEMBLED was the plan all along
>>89291539
I can't caption this, but you know what it is
>>89291503
>>89291539
Bunn must be writing a fuckload of comics at this point. But yeah stuff like Harrow Country is way superior to anything he's done for Marvel.
>>89291539
Bunn's currently getting hammered
https://twitter.com/cullenbunn/status/822610422947872769
>>89291355
Ms Foulmouth has seen better days
>>89291539
his magneto has some good horror too. not like horror but like "damn that is fucked up violence mags"
i dunno, that book was much better than i expected
>>89291563
Nothing wrong with punching Nazis
>>89291571
LOL
>>89291581
Oh god, that's the shit you regret the next day
>>89290754
>speech was creepy
>bane
Oh what's the matter, rich white kid scared you're about to get fucked?
>>89291503
>>89291539
I know, I'm loving Harrow County and I'm excited for this
It's about regression hypnotherapy and apparently Bunn's dad was a hypnotist and growing up he saw a lot of regressions
>>89291531
Still really interested to see which of the minutiae of Hopeless' life will provide the inspiration for his Jean story.
>>89291594
--->/pol/
>>89291563
>wahhh punching nazis is wrong you're a bunch of hypocrites
>>89291539
it really is, although I did like his Sinestro for the most part
>>89291591
Turns out he's been steady for like 8 hours
https://twitter.com/cullenbunn/status/822495116585762817
>>89291587
>attack people for disagreeing with you
>"wow why do these rednecks have guns to shoot us"
How stupid and/or entitled are you?
>>89291613
I'm only into it because his Jean in Season One is the only time I've ever cared about her.
>>89291630
I'm not saying attack people who disagree with me. I'm saying attack Nazis.
>>89291618
>be you
>post about politics in /co/
>get assblasted when people wish for your death
Go back to fucking tumblr, this isn't your /leftypol/ hugbox and I'm going to keep shitting on you if you keep posting about politics.
>>89291613
pregnant with twins
>>89291624
>>89291640
>I have a legal right to physically attack people who disagree with me
And then you got shot
Stupid question: few months ago I posted a link to Mark Waid's hyper autistic chronology of Earth-B, but I seriously cannot find it anymore. Does anyone have it saved?
>>89290720
>not filtering political keywords on 4chan and Twitter
ishygddt
>>89291672
Not people who disagree with me.
Just Nazis.
>>89291672
Just like in Death Wish ;^)
>>89291672
It didn't look like he shot that guy who punched him, did he forget his concealed carry at home that day?
Nobody said it was legal, it was just a good thing that happened.
>>89291618
>>89291697
>I'm an ape who thinks I can go above the law because I feel morally justified
You are a monkey
>>89291690
"Comments on a Finite Number of Earths"?
>>89291724
Aw, he's not in the "it won't suck itself" pose now...
>>89291724
>>89291594
>>89291630
>>89291672
POLITICS PLEASE GOI agree with you, but this isn't the board for that
>>89291465
Hey fuck you, man, I no longer buy any of that shit since AvX.Except for the Spurrier books
>>89291747
;____;
>>89291770
I am simply tired of political shitposting and people who think this is somehow liberal /pol/. It seems like people have been quiet for months and now it seems like the board is being raided.
>>89291733
>"It's worth my time to defend the rights of bigots."
Anon, do everyone a favor and kill yourself.
>>89291774
Oh bless his heart.
>>89291202
>>89291230
I've gotta say, what peripheral knowledge I had of the character before these threads didn't really make me very interested in him.
"Oh, a fascist Superman with noblesse oblige? Ho hum."
He's actually a pretty darn endearing guy, now that I'm here, said threads read, though.
>>89291800
OP has been around way longer than you have, I'd wager.
>>89291812
Kubert was a god. Look at that face.
>>89291826
>when you're not in the mood for the Spartan gangbang
Newsarama's been asking a few retailers about comics sales
http://www.newsarama.com/32826-what-price-is-too-high-retailers-talk-pricing-2017-state-of-the-business.html
> "I don't think [DC's] dollar price increase will hurt sales much or at all and the added digital code is a plus," Wellman said. "I would say that the quality across the line at DC is pretty good, but they just have to be careful not to compromise quality in order to mad-dash to get product out bi-weekly."
> "The Batman, Superman, and Star Wars annuals all arrived together a few weeks back," Harris said, "all priced at $4.99 each. But the DC annuals had 38 pages of story while the Star Wars only had 30 and the customers definitely noticed. But no one balked at the $5.99 price for the nicely packaged AD: After Death series from Image."
> Ryan Seymore, owner of Comic Town in Columbus, Ohio, agreed that Marvel's price increases have been noticed by customers and are affecting sales. "Marvel's recent practice of charging $4.99 for the first issues of their soft reboot and upwards of $9.99 cover price of other 'important' issues has not been well received by guests," he said.
> Besides, Field said, the "bottom line with pricing as far I'm concerned as a retailer is that every ordered but unsold comic book is too expensive, while every ordered and sold comic is priced just right."
>>89291748
>pepe_vs_wojak.gif
>>89291800
Welcome to election season.
>>89291772
Hype for April
>>89291849
He really is, in part because you dig into the all Superman/no Clark Kent, and he really is that honorable and consistent, so writers have to dig into the toolbox and come up with compelling situations
Did you read MooreCATS with us? he's very prominent in that.
>>89291870
man i feel like i'm taking crazy pills when people are talking about the digital code stuff. i just do not get it.
>> Besides, Field said, the "bottom line with pricing as far I'm concerned as a retailer is that every ordered but unsold comic book is too expensive, while every ordered and sold comic is priced just right."
nice, reminds of that tweet going around where some store had like $1000+ in ordered but not picked up comics with the caption that THAT is what's fucking up stores
>>89291920
This is deeply personally painful for him because Spartan means a hell of a lot to Madge
>>89291849
A few threads ago someone (I think OP) made the point Madge is *only* Superman, but he still has this two-tone thing going on with his "I am your Superman" persona and his freer, more chill, more personal line.
help i've fallen down a hole of war comics covers
>>89290598
>Crawling with daemonites baying for my blood
THESE WOUNDS THEY WILL NOT HEAL!
>>89291948
He's the warrior and the scientist and maybe even the poet
>>89291957
I keep meaning to buy the ENEMY ACE Showcase
>>89291932
I always assume digital codes hurt a book because you gain readers, but not sales. I mean that what the Carol Corps were doing, sharing digital codes online. And that worked so well we're on a fifth(?) number 1
>>89291957
The preceding one is another Kubert one and even better.
>>89291977
(Spartan having Void in him was a very, very bad thing, which led directly to Nate's Adventures Fucking Up Apollo)
>>89292001
Kubert anatomy is so easy and yet so perfect
>>89292017
Well the dinosaur looks pretty goofy but the tagline is MY WAR BUDDY WAS A KILLER DINOSAUR.
I wonder when this will get the "Monsters Unleashed" style revival treatment.
>>89291920
I missed that series, sadly, so it's just the most recent (post-sabbatical) threads I've read of his stuff.
I'm aware I've probably missed the biggest chunk of his stories, yeah. Maybe I'll hunt them down, one of these days.
>>89291957
GI Zombie Rebirth WHEN
>>89292017
>tfw you will never study under Kubert
FUCK
>>89291957
>a T-rex ripping up a tank
COMIC BOOKS!
>>89291932
It's like Steam; free codes make you build up a library, which makes you more likely to keep buying on the service.
>>89292043
So IIRC, he shows up a bit in Claremont, and then is in Robinson, but it's Moore who really pulls him out of the toolbox and runs with it, although he is indeed a Jim Lee creation and the idea was "Superman without the reticence"
Moore does all the really good Madge/Ladytron work, which is my catnip
>>89291957
What is it about WWII and dinosaurs that just works together so well?
>>89292050
the based Steve Lieber has talked a lot about what he learned there, it's always a pleasure to read
>>89292082
We're going to do the Moore Majestic one shot right?
Wildstorm Spotlight, or something like that
>>89292056
>>89292096
I dunno but i can tell you where DC fucked up with the attempts to relaunch their war books
>>89292046
Now that was a book with no chance that was so much better than it had any right to be.
>>89292124
Yeah, remind me and I'll tack it on to last storytime, but you gotta remind me
So this is 17 issues, and we're off a lot next week because work/Storyteller's Opera Adventure
>>89292096
I suspect it's the fact that, thanks to Godzilla, we're used to military fighting giant monsters, so it makes more sense to us.
>>89291977
It is interesting just from the perspective that Clark and Superman being different is a forced thing too. Like Clark wouldn't naturally be like that, it's being on Earth and raised like he was that does it. So, Madge is different.
>Artist Bruno Redondo has been signed to an EXCLUSIVE contract with DC Comics, according to an announcement from the Nutopi@ Agency. Redondo will return as the lead artist for Injustice 2.
>>89292116
I also like hearing about Rick Veitch's time there. Since he was in the first class along with his future Swamp Thing partners
The 70's NY area comic scene is really interesting since you had all these future legends living together and helping each other get jobs, meanwhile a ton of the Golden and Silver Age guys are still alive and also hanging out with them.
>>89292179
>Artist Bruno Redondo has been signed to an EXCLUSIVE contract with DC Comics
neat
>Redondo will return as the lead artist for Injustice 2
ew
>>89292149
Well I've always wanted to read that New 52 G.I. Combat book. Though I'm sure it's mediocre.
You know what was great, but nobody read? G.I. Zombie.
>>89291230
>is there really a buying public for three BP books?
Well, there was a market for the first few issues of "Marvel's First Black Hero" by "that guy that won awards for writing about race in America" but I can't imagine that lasting super long or carrying forward to a second spin off book.
>>89292149
What they really want to do is re-license these for the self-published dinosaur romance novels on kindle.
>>89292057
Steam has the added benefit of community, though. Collecting comics digitally doesn't automatically put you in contact with other people to talk about them with - which is actually a strong argument in favor of reading storytimes here and then buying what you enjoyed.
>>89292179
Meh.
>>89292194
>but nobody read? G.I. Zombie.I do sad it got cancelled
>>89292158
Goals for this year: I have a copy of Simplicius Simplicissimus. If I read a page a day...
>>89292201
No, I can 100% see the market for TNC's BP, but two spinoffs is pushing it
>>89292185
Not really the same point but why I like >>89291812 is kind of all of the same appeal as Kevin O'Neill's Mr Hyde is also on that gorilla's face.
>>89292185
>tfw you will never get stoned and wander NYC with the Marvel bullpin
;_;
>>89292258
I love the bit about how the Dr. Strange dudes were getting joints in the mail as appreciation
>>89292158
What are you going to see?
>>89292149
>Tug of war to the death!
Nigga, I JUST said "COMIC BOOKS!". There's only so many times in a night before it gets repetitive.
>>89292258
>tfw you will never rub Jim Owsley's head for good luck
Christ.
>>89291405
>bless the scripting and art for this gratuitous changing scene
Yeah, they're doing a fair bit of shirtless Madge in this story, aren't they?
Even gave his Sneaking Suit the old Captain Kirk rip.
>>89292258
> you'll never sit and watch Kirby draw while Roz makes coffee and snacks for all the guests
>>89292281
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXXmjR0aCug
If you want to hear the most well-known number:
https://youtu.be/9U-qiCXNsng?t=359
>>89292368
(I can sing you this entire piece from memory, pretty much)
(the rhythms are HARD)
>>89292158
>Storyteller's Opera Adventure
... Alright. My curiosity is piqued.
Though for some reason, I want to believe that's the title of your web comic.
>>89291581
Wait, where the hell is he that he can get cans of Tahiti Treat?
>>89292393
>>89292409
I don't live where I can go see 3/4 shows a month any more, so I take what I can get, sigh
>>89292158
>Storyteller's Opera Adventure
Not sure if it's been asked, how do you feel about P. Craig Russell's various opera comics?
>>89291591
Oh god, this looks fucking hideous.
What laughable Sentai Robot Megazord do they obviously own?
>>89292427
If you like that, do check out Harmonielehre, which you will know already if you played Civ IV
>>89292432
they're gorgeous and I own them all and I ran Ring a while ago; I have complicated thoughts about what he gets across and what he doesn't.
>>89292368
>>89292393
Hope you have a good time, OP.
Man, where is Nate to kill everybody when you need him?
OK the original Suicide Squad fought dinosaurs a LOT it seems. i might have to get that Silver Age Omnibus
Ayy, this shit is boring yo, and this is coming from someone who loved the previous mini (especially the ending). What happened?
>>89292472
I'm really excited, it's one of those things etched in my mind, and then it's the TWILIGHT OF THE GODS in April
>>89292498
not here yet
>>89292412
According to VICE, somewhere in the US Southeast
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/the-cult-of-tahiti-treat-drakes-much-loved-but-impossible-to-find-soft-drink
>>89292498
>>89292427
I found out from my public radio station that plays classical music that there's weekly opera shows in Boston.
Shame I'm so broke I can barely afford heat.
>>89291812
DC's Silver Age "Gorilla Covers Sell Better" policy is the kind of thing that made comics great.
>>89292550
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuMMr1rEUpU
>>89292527
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h6ZXKHv19A
>>89292547
I don't know much about the Boston scene--really, really good Baroque stuff, but never managing to support an opera company like NYC does
I think I can see why that anon thinks Stephen Byrne is so rubbish now
>>89292550
The "Only one cover a month can have a gorilla so we don't oversaturate" is a great corollary
>>89292604
That head...wow. It's almost as big as his torsoi
>>89292591
Maybe the oddest choice in Nixon is that Mao is marked as a Heldentenor (heroic tenor) but he's really kind of more freakishly high tenor like the Astrologer, but he gets gorgeous music and this is one of my favorite parts:
https://youtu.be/rILgzp8IqwE?t=407
(bypass the weirdness of white dude in makeup singing Mao, it's opera)
>>89292530
Well shit.
Like Drake, I'm a Canadian who used to drink it back in the early 90s who's SOL now.
>>89292604
That's what happens when you give a real gig to a web artist.
>>89292658
I can't believe Mr. Majestic is fucking dead.
>>89292670
yeah, there's someone selling a 24 pack on amazon.ca for $191 right now
>>89292658
>>89291801
>My ideals are so shit that I sperg out whenever They are questioned.
t.libtard
>>89292723
>half an houg lateg
>>89291932
>nice, reminds of that tweet going around where some store had like $1000+ in ordered but not picked up comics with the caption that THAT is what's fucking up stores
Basing your entire business model on preorders and pullboxes seems like it's eventually doomed to failure.
Like, where's the room for new customers where you order exactly what your regulars sub, and that's it?
>>89292704
;___;
Oh hey, what's on the docket after Madge?
>>89292658
I'm pretty impressed the Nixon dude is singing with a tint of Nixon's actual voice. I assume he does not by default sound like that.
>>89292550
It worked for me, I still think gorillas are cool as fuck.
Not monkeys though.
>>89292744
You talked about the Authority, and we're in Wildstorm territory with The Wild Storm coming up...
We can badger X-Anon for analyses...
>>89292744
>comrade-at-arms
>he's named SPARTAN
>>89292746
James Maddalena in his prime was really, really great. He sang Nixon again at the Met in 2012-ish and unfortunately had real problems with the tessitura (it's sooo hiiigh), but the interpretation was maybe even better
>>89292744
What WildStorm have we not gotten to yet?
>>89292764
Oh yeah, Ellis Authority to dissect
you guys are sending me whisk(e)y for Millar.
>>89292809
I'm serious. Bottle of something good shows up on my doorstep? Millar. Without that? no.
>>89292455
This kills the Hadrian
>>89292832
>>89292740
> fashionably late
>>89292832
Is Millar's Authority really bad? I haven't read it.
>>89292875
I remember it as like sticking your head in the toilet for a joke at the end that most of you are too young to fully appreciate the import of.
>>89292875
it's very Millar
>>89292523
DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS
>>89291957
DC should really put out like, art books of their Silver Age covers.
They are all so gloriously goddamn weird.
>>89292764
Hey man, I'm no real expert, I just dig that shizz.
>>89292902
LOLOLOLOL
>>89292902
Hey man, don't force me to put on a trip, I'd really hate that shit.
>>89292604
Tiny baby feet
>>89292914
damn, talking shiiit about mah boy
I saw someone on twitter describing Madge as 'queer' the other day and I'm still kind of confused, because he's tagged as not for sexual but still incredibly masculine at one point but I don't think that really makes you queer
>>89292893
>>89292895
Is it the one with the Suicide Squad pie-in-the-face reference, except the pie-throwing thing says VAGINA?
>>89292966
Maybe they meant the old-timey meaning.
>>89292966
Doesn't he actually have children with a woman though.
>>89292966
Is there anything better than shit talk coming from Madge? Is there?
>>89292604
Oh gosh that's awful
>>89292975
that sounds familiar
>>89292988
I'd like to think so but
>>89292975
no, that was an Ennis Kev mini
>>89292975
No, that's from Ennis' Kev.
>>89292754
Spoilering because not /co/ and not /storytime/ but best comics character of 2016 right here.
>>89293008
He does, at one point. But for much of his existence he's coded as masculine but completely self-denying on the sex front. That gets into really interesting things about how we talk about masculinity, etc. I could talk your ear off about how 18th century operatic masculinity is completely different from 19th.
>>89293047
The stars themselves proclaim:
KEV IS A CUNT
>>89292975
You are thinking of either the second or third Kev mini
>>89292096
WW2's reality was kind of super depressing, but the Nazi were both code-assistingly designated evil AND prone to hiring mad scientists.
So Comic Creators got make WW2 as goddamn scifi and full of terrible thunder lizards and impractical supertanks as they wanted.
>>89293060
IN WHAT WORLD IS THIS NOT A PICKUP LINE
>>89292832
How do I do that without knowing your address?
>>89293071
>>89293047
>>89293051
TY anons.
>>89293054
>>89293090
So, totally random question here, but was the african warlord in Morrison's Animal Man supposed to be a gorilla, or was that just bad art/my own mind seeing him as one?
>>89292670
Fuckin' Pepsico has murdered my Lime Crush.
>>89292292
>ywn almost rob a bank with Larry Hama and Marvel's Black Creators
>>89293092
I'm even more in love than I was before
>>89293102
....drop a burner email and I'll email you
unfortunately, mailing alcohol across state lines is a pigfucker, legally
>>89293194
ouch :(
>>89292368
>Nixon in China
Nice, just in time for One China to die in a pointless bit of grandstanding.
>>89293261
It's a wonderful work and if I think about it real hard, probably the most recent thing to make it solidly into The Standard Repertory, which is not healthy but I won't tl;dr at you either
Act 3 is admittedly difficult.
>>89293300
shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-
I should add that Nixon is the only work in the standard repertory that uses the word 'motherfuckers'.
>>89293194
>....drop a burner email and I'll email you
>unfortunately, mailing alcohol across state lines is a pigfucker, legally
And then, two weeks from now, OP gets a package containing a jug of homebrew and an envelope saying "storytime Extreme Justice".
>>89293300
I'm reading this whole thing in the context of your comment here >>89293092
>>89292521
>OK the original Suicide Squad fought dinosaurs a LOT it seems
...
Wait, why doesn't the All Supervillain Suicide Squad not fight dinosaurs like all the time?
Fucking Bronze Age, ruining out dino-fighting comics.
>>89293343
...you know I'd do it
>>89293346
I'm lost (I'm lost, I'm lost)
>>89292547
>there's weekly opera shows in Boston.
I can't say I'm surprised that Boston, a town so famous for it's Old Moneyed that they have a distinct accent, has an operational opera.
>>89293377
>reminder that Zealot ain't the only one with sword skills
>>89293377
>IN WHAT WORLD IS THIS NOT A PICKUP LINE
>"Lock limbs. Energize flow."
>>89293194
[email protected]
What's your poison? Just whiskey, or...?
>>89293423
Honestly? If it's alcoholic, I'll drink it. I have trouble with rye. Never been too fond of Italian bitters.
>>89293471
HEY I REMEMBER THIS.
>>89293471
sniffle
Although I don't think they meant this to lead to it at the time, yes, this was echoed early on in what we read with Nate.
>>89293502
let's read o-o-one more
since the cake vodka isn't gone yet
>>89293377
>Reference MGR earlier
>Literally Jetstream Sam shows up
S I G I L M A G I C
I
G
I
L,
M
A
G
I
C
>>89293531
SCANNER PAGE
>>89293560
Shit, if one of you picks up Nixon or Harmonielehre tonight, I've done my good deed for the week
>>89293560
>The Captain isn't on it
I know that's chronologically impossible, but it's still disappointing.
Waitin' on that email, OP.
>>89292809
>you guys are sending me whisk(e)y for Millar.
Well, he's Scottish, so it ought to be whisky.
>>89293624
>>89293651
hey, vodka >>> emails
>>89293731
Lagavulin is very acceptable
>>89293124
You mean Hamid Ali, B'wana Beast villain?
He's a very, very ancient human, so he's supposed to look a little Cro Magnon esque. Which I suppose would make him NOT human.
>>89292875
Everything Millar is tainted by the Millar.
>>89293787
Does he hang with Vandal Savage any?
>>89292966
Is Hadrian fucking Jefferson's nose?
>>89293731
>>89293762
If I could find out what Millar drinks, I'd send it.
>>89293762
sorry, had to fire something up
>>89293762
You know, they make gin on Islay now.
>>89292988
That would fit with OP's reading of him as Space Victorian.
But it's probably just some pervy fan wanting him covered in dongs.
>>89292875
It's fun as fuck.
>>89293865
he's not...not
Rushmore Rock is an exceptional place. I've spent time up there.
>>89293905
WHAT?
>>89293914
Sex-denying masculinity is a pretty (mid-late) Victorian masculinity.
>>89293915
Reminder that Dave has this perverse fondness for Millar
(ILU Dave, but)
There's this local gin I'd totally take donations to buy, too.
>>89292875
>Is Millar's Authority really bad?
It's the better run. Althought it has ideas that Miller reworks twice improving it each time with The Ultimates and finally Jupiter's Legacy
The Quietly issues are forever worth it
>>89293916
https://www.thebotanist.com/the-botanist-islay-dry-gin
>>89293937
Hey, I am willing to call out Millar when he sucks
Like Huck, Empress, and Chrononauts...
But his Authority, while gross at times, is just really entertaining. It's a fun ride.
>>89290844
is Perry supportive of nuclear energy?
>>89293937
I think you're skirting rule 11 here OP.
>>89293950
I'll read almost anything with Quitely art.
>>89293985
I'm pretty sure I have, at least everything that's been collected in some way
>>89293926
So yeah, the 18th century high opera seria masculinity is one of self-control, reigning in the passions, war before love, all of that
Mozart's Don Giovanni blows that powder keg sky high
>>89293981
He was very supportive of wind in west TX
>>89293985
I'll buy me own gin
>>89294029
Hey, sooner to April, I'll run PCR Ring in the evenings if you owls want to read it with full annotations and audio
>>89294066
well, that sucks
>>89294021
He did a fight scene in Jupiter's Legacy last year that I will probably sing the praises of forever.
>>89294066
It's your call. I'm not much one for opera, but I'd check it out if you're doing it.
>>89294108
Costumes with good headsocks like this: GO
>>89293560
>Even includes Captain Confederacy
Wowza. Who's the robot man in the top left, and the Kirbyman in the bottom?
>>89294066
that sounds pretty cool
>>89294138
Trick question! All headsocks are good
>>89294137
It's PCR so it's beautiful, and I think the story carries itself, but it is IMO even more interesting if you know what he's adapting and see how he deals with the incredibly complex pacing issue
I've seen GD twice live, and both times my brain has kind of melted middle of Act 2
>>89293852
When do DC's Immortals ever get together for a proper hang out?
>>89294168
Havok, tho
>>89294180
also, if I could physically sing any role in opera, it'd be Hagen
which is a bass role written for someone with a terrifyingly good high end
>>89294116
Against the Molecule Man stand in? Yeah last issue of the first series is damn near perfect
>>89294208
>>89294246
So yeah, I'd love to share PCR Ring with y'all as an intro to the Gesamtkunstwerk which is one of the all-consuming passions of my life.
>>89291591
....was this good?
>>89294208
Havok's problem is the headpiece
>>89294237
That is also very very good but nah, I mean the one in the Middle Eastern resort vs. the psychic girl. The punching into the many-layered hotel and then, coming out of the water the use of the trail to show movement and then, to show the beam *deflected* before you show it fired at all. Blew me away. Quitely's just too fucking good.
>>89294108
That's kind of a dumb mech design.
>>89294184
Hob and Mad Hettie run in to each other during The Blitz
http://comicvine.gamespot.com/the-dreaming-32-london-pride/4000-48750/
>>89294298
I need to catch up on that some time because Quitely (the best pseud in comics) really IS that good.
>>89294286
really, I'd write your term paper on the Ring for free
>>89294286
You're the storyteller. Sounds like a plan.
>>89294138
No such thing, Colossal Boys that was like wrestling gear was almost ok
>>89294286
Yes please.
>>89294332
HNNNNG
>>89294336
The problem is, of course, storytime of four issues of PCR: 2 hours
One actual opera: 4+ hours
>>89294286
do want
>>89294363
And that's where it gets so interesting! When you get the job to direct an opera, you have to recognize off the bat that cuts are difficult and have to be made according to criteria that are not remotely that of normal plays, and that pacing has *already been dictated for you*
People have failed mightily on those shoals
>>89294388
Okay, it will be done.
We might actually have to have "watch a video together with Professor Storyteller" or something.
>>89294332
Apparently somewhere in the DC vaults is a full issue of Lobo that Quitely did with Alan Grant
TitledThe Hand to Hand-Job
>>89294402
LOLOLOL
now there's a "deal with earlier shit" bit
Also, Madge is judging you
>>89294459
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>89294402
I came across this documentary from the 1980s a few days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk3Qj9S_-9I
>>89290720
>Americans being overreacting fuckers again
Please, you'll survive.
t. Third worlder
>>89294459
>Apparently somewhere in the DC vaults is a full issue of Lobo that Quitely did with Alan GrantWith those 6 prez issues
>>89294363
There's no live opera where I am. They just show recordings sometimes in the local indie cinema.
I know there's some sort of gay Mikado coming up, by the guy who did gay Swan Lake.
>>89294473
I was gonna say without clicking, is it Sing Faster? That's fascinating and yet doesn't go half of where it needs to
>>89294459
My Suicide Squad pitch would involve the team breaking into DC's vaults to liberate all the long-lost comics we deserve.
>>89294496
the Met Live in HD things are interesting if problematic
who wants to read one more
>>89294543
FUCK IT'S A SMARTPHONE
FUCK
>>89294471
Wait, did Desmond get younger, less purple, and able to walk again?
>>89294543
What do you mean by problematic? (Getting PTSD just phrasing this question)
>>89294529
http://lostmediaarchive.wikia.com/wiki/The_Rape_of_Wonder_Woman_(Unreleased_Mark_Millar_Comic_Book_Script)
I pitched this to DC for a laugh years back. The idea was that, like Death of Superman, we had Rape of Wonder Woman; a twenty-two page rape scene that opened up into a gatefold at the end just like Superman did."
The comic's idea surfaced around 1993, the year of the mentioned Death of Superman arc and as well as the Batman arc "Knightfall" where the Caped Crusader got his spine broken by Bane and is forced to give the cape and cowl to Jean-Paul Valley, who would later become the violent Azrael. Despite Millar saying that the story was just a joke he had made, he mentioned the fact that DC Comics was actually considering publishing the story and already had an artist draw a sketch for the comic's first page.
>>89294459
sweet god in heaven
>>89294529
>THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE SUICIDE SQUAD
You'd need to somehow tie it in to a time travel/alternate universe/altered reality plot.
Like... the original Suicide Squad initiative literally cleaned up its own image by using a powerful reality-altering metahuman to turn it all into comic books.
>>89294591
No. No. No.
>>89294471
Yeah
> Although the publisher has never commented publicly on the comic, the disappearance of the project could be chalked up to the reported nakedness of Lobo for at least half the issue, as well as a scene involving sexual self-gratification by a league of asteroid miners
http://www.cbr.com/comics-most-notorious-no-shows-part-2/
I guess there really is no masturbation in the DC universe
>>89294579
Hmmm. I really appreciate them because they get things to a larger audience that's not able to travel for not much money, but I worry about how they influence the original item itself (e.g., more video-friendly singers as opposed to better singing skills but fat or whatever), and it's not a genuine substitute for going to see a live show.
>>89294591
>a twenty-two page rape scene
>>89294644
>>a twenty-two page rape scene
Holy fuck too much.
>>89294634
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
>>89294634
For instance, in the fucking dumpster fire that was 2016, the Heldentenor Johan Botha passed away. I saw him live several times. He was not the most photogenic actor, kind of wooden on stage, but oh my god could that man SING. He was an incredibly expressive interpreter. His kind of singer is badly served by the movie approach.
>>89293191
>ywn hastily talk Jack Kirby out of getting into a fistfight with a mobster
>over towels
>>89294662
>>double green arrow
God damn I havent seen people do that in years
>>89294591
I'd buy a book that was a twenty two page rape scene of Mark Millar before I'd ever consider even pirating this.
>>89294690Queeeeennn
>>89294184
Wagner's Madame Xanadu is fun with that
>>89294608
>World destroying threat is inbound, Earth is powerless to stop it
>Waller opens a special briefcase for the occasion, flips through a Suicide Squad comic, and confirms that the threat can be stopped with a weapon warped into a comic in DC's vaults
>cue the current Suicide Squad having to enter the vaults, and by doing so enter all of DC's history of unfinished pitches and plans
>>89294471
Ha, this is just like that no-sell retcon at the beginning of Frankencastle where he's like "Tried the angel thing. Didn't like it."
>>89294720
Perfect
>>89294644
It's increadible how that sounds unbelievable here, while Japan had a monthly comic stuck on raping a main character for years.
>>89294529
Superboy Prime, Psycho Pirate, Animal Man, ...?
>>89294644
>a twenty-two page rape scene
The rape would get boring and retarded real fast.
>>89294487
I just don't want that shit in my funny books discussion threads.
>>89294755
Wolf Guy or w/e? Yeah, holy fuck.
>>89294727
WHERE IS MAGE
WHERE IS IT
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK
>>89294786
>tfw still Mage pure until it ends
Standing strong
>>89294780
Okay, I really will try to keep the politics down, but I'm being personally fucked by a lot of it, soooo
>>89294786
>vagina bones
>>89294690
I'd always thought in being based on a live performance it would be hard to cheat in all the ways you can with an outright movie/TV production, but I confess I don't have a good knowledge of it - I've never been to a live or recorded opera - and I can see how that would influence choices in putting one on.
I would probably be a pleb more into the look of the thing, honestly.
>>89294471
>>89294501
>>89294543
It's pages like this that remind me why I love time skips so much.
>>89294568
Wtf I hate Desmond now
>>89294846
Hmmm. It's complicated, but it has to do with how filming angles are such a different thing from seeing something live, and how you can aim for more impact on one and miss the other.
Also, and this is really hard to explain but once you experience it is indelible, an unamplified orchestra and voices sound COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from mediation via electronics. Utterly. I never fell into the audiophile abyss because I always recognized that the Live and the Recorded is unbridgable.
>>89294906
That is why real honest voice nerds will not talk about someone until they have heard them live. I had the experience of "I heard this person on recordings and then heard them live and it was nothing alike", but I can't really communicate what it meant.
>>89294755
Better rape than boats.
>>89294986
what's up with Berserk? I mean to re-read, there
Serpico is best boy
I'm relistening to an old Met broadcast and god this mezzo is pure shit
>>89294726
SLAY
>>89293973
He's talked to Jeff Nichols about making a Huck movie
>>89294986
I mean Berserk is a totally different genre but even outside of that 100000x times better as a manga than Wolf Guy. And Vinland Saga has even had a surprisingly enjoyable boat arc.
It's weird how even as I've flipped on the proportion of US comics to manga I'm reading (so I'm reading less manga and less interested in new manga) I'll stan for the genre/protagonist diversity the manga market has over the US comics market.
>>89294780
Yeah me too, but I was mostly talking about Americans of all political sides being overreacting drama queens
>right wing: Our problems are over!! Build wall!! Our president will fix everything!!
>left wing: LITERALLY hitler era!!!! We're gonna die!!!! Every gay/minority is gonna get gassed!
Well I've seen this on the social media so I guess it doesn't count on real life.
>>89295026
(it is, however, still the best show I ever paid full price to see live, I wish I could communicate that experience, the movie didn't get it)
>>89295026
>Serpico is best boy
Shit OP we finally have a waifu/husbando in common.
>>89295049
He's talked to everyone about making every movie.
I'm not saying Huck as a movie might not be good...but the comic is just shit
>>89295081
ANON the part where he's fighting Guts with all the columns and shit?
YAAAASSSSS
>>89295055
People no longer live in real life.
>>89295054
>I'll stan for the genre/protagonist diversity the manga market has over the US comics market.
that's definitely fair
US comics seem to be in a rut of "run of the mill" or "quirky" when i t comes to choosing tones
>>89294489
Prez wasn't pencilled only scripted
>>89295118
I guess I was uninformed, but I had assumed that there was going to be more Prez than just those 6 pages at the end of that weird Catwoman election special
>>89295109
because Madge is considerate like that
the Tape Human from Act 3 of the Met Satyagraha might be the greatest thing I have ever seen upon the stage
>>89295110
Did they ever?
>>89295164
oh ladies
>>89295166
There is a very real argument to be made that the internet has made people angrier, louder and possibly dumber.
>>89295026
They got off the boat! Last year.
I think they're on elf island or something, haven't read an update in at least half a year or so, not sure if they're still coming semi-regular or not.
Hunter x Hunter, meanwhile, is now stuck on a boat, having re-entered hiatus after, what, twenty issues (after another multi-year hiatus it'd emerged from, also in 2016).
Hiatus and boats. You should worry whenever your heroes set foot on nautical transportation.
>>89295239
>>89295239
At this point I want to ask if Madge's suit is a traditional Kherubim one because I'm noticing a difference here.
>>89295239
>oh ladies
You can tell WildCATS is from the 90s from the aggressive space Amazon bikinis.
>>89295242
I don't think the internet itself has MADE people that way, just given every idiot a platform to express all their shitty opinions and the veil of anonymity to say absolutely anything with no fear of any real consequences
>>89295258
Man, fuck HxH. I knew that shit was going nowhere early.
> Finally getting a Berserk game
I'm sure a of of people are disappointed it's a Warriors cloneI love me some Musou
>>89295242
TV did it first.
Or maybe the printing press.
As communication gets easier, dumb shit gets dumber faster?
>>89295291
thsi is not the best page comp I've ever seen
I'm also quite drunk, to be fair
>>89295055
To be fair, the new Vice President has literally advocated kidnapping homos and subjecting them to electroshock therapy until they stop being gay.
And managed to cause a plague when he was governor.
And Trump has basically relegated most of the day to day stuff, thus far, to him.
So it's not so hard to see why they might be kind of nervous.
Just as an example.
It's all pretty extreme to crazy levels, on both sides, though, yeah. Lot of scared and scary people.
>>89295114
If Image had the range of publishing to cover something like A Girl on the Shore or Kakukaku Shikajika or even Reiroukan Kenzai Nariya I'd be a lot more into it.
There is proper indie stuff out there in this area but eh. It just doesn't reach in terms of market. I expect that might well change in the next 10, 20 years to be fair.
>>89295302
Just easier to see. People are naturally stupid motherfuckers.
>>89295291
Well, they blew up Hisoka, so he's now a brain-damaged zombie clown.
So that's something, at least.
>>89295302
Wasn't it Socrates that argued against written language? Something along the lines of a word is to knowledge as a picture is to it's subject
>>89294138
Any given New God.
>>89295258
>You should worry whenever your heroes set foot on nautical transportation.
Except for One Piece. Where Hiatuses tend to track with Oda nearly working himself to death.
>>89295371
Not enough comics about cooking. Forget Orc Stain Stokoe needs to get to work on more Wonton Soup
>>89295326
>>89295285
Well, I said that Angrier and Louder were the more definite parts there.
>>89295371
I think First Second stands the best chance of doing it.
>>89295445
I wish this Met video was on YT because then I could share it
it's really good :(
ALSO LOL MADGE
>>89295444
Dungeon Meshi is a gift.
>>89295329
>Offering voluntary electro shock therapy
>Literally executing gays on site.
Yeah you guys aren't overreacting at all *eye roll*
>>89295432
And only last a month, tops.
Man, I really hope he doesn't get himself killed before he finishes the series.
>>89295371
Image has kinda petered down to "it's like [X pop culture franchise] meets [Y pop culture franchise] except the setting is [polar opposite of X's setting]!"
>>89295486
Dude, Pence's policies in Indiana? Shit. Total shit.
>>89295472
MAI WAIFU
>>89295535
pants that low aren't very comfortable
>>89295535
>You see, in the Coda we wear red bikinis and arm-length gloves. These bitches had no idea.
>>89295567
Ya gotta give your ladyparts some air.
>>89295444
Get Jiro!
>>89295535
No one should be forced to provide service to anyone. That mean you don't have to provide services to Trump supporters either. And when those businesses suffer and die because they neglected a market they will have only themselves to blame.
>>89295483
Looks like we're gonna start getting English volumes this year
>>89294738
>Everyone else looks around confused and bewildered while Deadshot reads over her shoulder.
>>89295567
It's true, they really are not
>>89295641
IANAL so I have no opinions on providing services except I grew up in a shitty small town, sooo....
>>89295680
Sorry. I linked someone to Carmelites, and that always fucks me.
>>89295739
hmmmmmm
>>89295680
>I ANAL
Wh-what
>>89295827
Porn parody of I, Vampire.
>>89295827
I am not a lawyer.
>>89295739
I know you're lurking, Catholicanon, you know Carmelites, right?
>>89295871
One of the shittier comics to come out of the Screw 52 line.
>>89295908
>shittier
Hah
>>89295908
Better or worse than Dial H For a Good Time?
>>89295908
The concept is a bit older than that.
>>89295898
dammit, once Carmelites gets involved, I can't stop sniffling
>>89295955
I know, butI wasn't inspired enough to go beyond the low-hanging new/screw fruit.
>>89295162
they were but the art was never commissioned
>>89295960
ugh, can we do this?
>>89295472
Me in the third panel
>>89296073
twinges are the worst
>>89295955
> Bennett
Well time to watch Commando again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19R2fDXCzcM
>>89296108
Okay, we were drunk
back...Sunday.
Then Friday.
>>89296109
Also Margueritte :^)
>>89295898
>Catholicanon
I didn't know we had a distinct one of those
>>89295955
You know, I had no idea that Cain and Abel had been around for ~30 years before Gaiman's Sandman. Do the House of Mystery/Secrets collections hold up well?
>>89296158
Night drunk OP
I have a cousin in the Carmelite order FYI
>>89296158
THANKS SENPAI
>>89296109
Script By Jeph loeb
>>89296158
thanks OP!
>>89296178
Definitely. It's just good, classic horror. Dialogue may be a little stilted at times in the early issues.
If you've ever enjoyed old EC comics or any classic monster movie, you'll love it.
The era of I, Vampire is a bit more serialized than the rest of the series. It's mostly one-off stories Tales From the Crypt style, with some features like ones starring Andrew Bennett arcing over between issues.
>>89296193
Does she know the opera? It's an extraordinary devotion even coming from a weird gay Catholic like Poulenc, and I cry like a baby at the end.
>>89296178
>Do the House of Mystery/Secrets collections hold up well?
I like the House of Mystery stuff.You have a great line up of talent like Bernie Wrightson and Alex Toth and it was being edited by EC Comics veteran Joe Orlando. It's obviously never as gruesome or lewd as Creepy/Eerie, but it's fun
>>89296273
Having read both, I'd say DCs House doesn't take stories as far as Tales from the Crypt or E/C Magazine. But yeah, its a pretty solid horror Host Show series.
>>89296387
Well, EC was fucking ballistic sometimes with the violence.
>>89296387
>>89296403
I'm pretty sure working for EC was a dream of Steve Ditko before the CCA gutted the edge off the industry
God just imagine the sort of stuff Ditko would've done looking at Mr. A
>>89296158
Thanks, see you Sunday.
>>89296178
>You know, I had no idea that Cain and Abel had been around for ~30 years before Gaiman's Sandman.
Finding out how many of the supporting characters from the Sandman were old horror book hosts is a trip.
Destiny, the Wyrd Sisters, Julian and Eve all also used to be hosts.