They're Not Like Us Storytime

>>90030934
1. What were you considering instead?
2. I never read past the first arc of this. There are a few from that generation of books that I dropped all around the same time (Birthright, Nailbiter, etc)

I heard this was good. Looking forward to reading.

>>90030971
>2. I never read past the first arc of this.
Me either, the main characters were so so cringe

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Last time someone ran this /co/ hated it pretty badly so this should be fun!

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>>90030971
Night's Dominion.

>>90031049
It's a slow burn desu, I hated most of the characters at first too, but once it gets going it's pretty good (IMO).

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Here's our resident Magneto

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Whelp, comic's over. Pack it up, folks.

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Juuuuuust kidding.

>>90031298

Grab a brush and put a little makeup.

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Yowch. Well that was a bit uncalled for. Dick.

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Ow the edge.

>>90031385
>On your feet, soldier

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This better not be in Westchester, motherfucker. Or Massachusetts

I remember people being ALL ABOUT this when it came out but then hype dissappeared

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>ONE OF US, ONE OF US

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We don't use the t-word.

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>>90031720
It's because of the insane delays. Only like two issues came out last year. Actually not joking.

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>THOSE ARE OUR SLAVE NAMES

>>90031844
>Runt
>short
>Receding red hair

Pat?!

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So yeah, these guys aren't very nice at all.

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Dun dun DUN!!!

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One criticism I definitely have about this series is that it uses black pages waaaaaay too often.

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A hipster, a wannabe gangsta and a pothead. Is anyone really going to complain?

>>90031844
>It's because of the insane delays.
Just like Stephenson'a other book Nowhere Men

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>>90032212
Yeah... being a publisher and a writer for two ongoings really wasn't a bright idea, was it?

>>90032159
>>90032209

>Usually, we sucker punch people.

>>90032261
>>90032315

>But other times, we say something cryptic and then sucker punch them.

Criminal masterminds.

>>90032315
I think Nowhere Men was on the artist, 7 onward had a different one. Stephenson said he wrote issues 7 and 8 two years ago

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Damn.

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Well, at least he didn't call them "normies" I guess.

>>90032442
This is so cringey... Great of you to storytime it, but I don't think I can read anymore.

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>>90032522
Sorry anon, it definitely isn't for everyone.

>>90032522

Yeah, it's pretty fucking awful.

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>>90032582
I wouldn't go that far... we're less than two issues in anyway.

>>90032617

>"Now, as you probably know without me telling you, backpacks can be used to carry all manner of things, from school books to work shoes to drugs."

Can we all just take a second to marvel at how stunningly awful this writing is.

>>90032658

Hey, man. If you like it, you like it, but the writing is pretty fucking awful. This is the worst pitch for a cult I've ever seen, and we're supposed to believe that these preening assholes are telepathic and/or magic.

>>90032315
>>90032369
>>90032442
was this written by a edgy 14 year old...?
lmfao this is not what I was expecting at all.

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Damn, what an asshole.

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>>90032767
Eh, I disagree. It's a slow burn for sure but once it gets going I enjoy it a lot.

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Besides, every series has a clunky line here and there, and it's even more likely to happen in Image, where editors are either very lax or nonexistent.

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Mind you, this IS an ongoing series, so for all I know Stephenson is going to shit the bed badly and leave me sour on this whole thing, but after reading the issues released so far I see a lot of potential here.

>>90032870

Disagree with what? The setup is completely wrong, and it's a really simple fix. She's a troubled youth missing purpose and understanding. So you save her, bring her in and offer her meaning and understanding, and then you slowly introduce her to the ugly side of things claiming that some sacrifices must be made for the greater good of the group.

Instead he creeps on her, kidnaps her, assaults some rando, shows her his hipster vinyl collection and then tells her all about this one time that they totally mugged a guy for his cans. It's a gaggle of unnecessary edge that does two things: detaches us as readers from the characters and immediately avoids any mystery or possibility of discovery latter in the story.

We needed to get from here: >>90031563 to here: >>90032807. All the other stuff is just unnecessary padding. What purpose does it serve? Communicating the premise as quickly and hamhandedly as possible?

>>90032526
I think this would come off as a lot less edgey if it was actually MORE like the X-Men, where normal people actually DO know about them and actively fear and hate them. Otherwise, it comes off as extremely bitchy. No fucking shit people don't get you and think hearing voices in your head is a sign of mental illness when you refuse to explain anything to them.

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She's going over to the Dark Side.

>>90033046

But it's completely unearned, because we as readers have never seen her on the good side. The cold open really kills the character because she's completely undeveloped before she's tempted.

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>>90033018
It's not that simple. The group IS meant to come out as a bunch of snobby, agressive little shits, as far as I can tell anyway. The point Stephenson is going for is what a bunch of millennials would do if they found out they're objectively better than the rest of the world, especially under a bad influence. You're not meant to like these guys or sympathize with them, at least not yet.

>>90033033
Issue three goes into a bit more detail about that.

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>>90033101
She's been questioning their methods this whole time, man. Sure, we don't know how good she is, but we do get the implication she was raised with good morals.

>>90031074
Thanks for the storytime, OP. Hopefully, some people will enjoy it.

To be quite honest, I read the trade a few months back and I didn't really like it. Didn't feel interesting or compelling enough for me.

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Alright, gotta go walk the dog
brb

>>90033162
>You're not meant to like these guys or sympathize with them,

See, I can understand that, but this comic has given me no reason to care about them either. Why should I care about the main character? All we know about her is that she was suicidal because no one understood her. But we don't know anything about her personal life, who she is, fucking nothing. There's nothing to enjoy about the other characters either. A character doesn't have to be sympathetic to be enjoyable, but there is absolutely nothing compelling about these people. Being assholes for poor reasons is not compelling.

And frankly, if you can't give me enough reason to care about your characters in two whole issues, why should I keep paying for it?

>>90033264
Izzat an euphenism?

>>90033162

>You're not meant to like these guys or sympathize

It's not about liking or sympathizing. It's about understanding. I have no idea why the main character is humoring them because I have no idea who she is and everyone is acting like a violent maniac.

>>90033224

>we do get the implication she was raised with good morals

Her moral fiber is demonstrated by stating that she's not going to murder her parents just because some strangers told her to, and yet she agrees to hang out with them anyway because on a single page we see her suffer through what she's been living with her entire life.

I understand what the author is trying to do, but he's failing. We have the outline, but we don't know the characters or the situation enough to believe that they'd all be acting this way in such a compressed span of time. She isn't going along with them because their pitch is appealing, or because of character flaws we've been shown before, or really any reason we can comprehend. Instead, all we're given is the possibility that she might in fact just be a vapid, violent millennial too for no reason. What are we supposed to take away from that?

>>90032035
>>90032075
>>90033224
>>90033264

Also, this reads like /mu/ fanfiction.

>this vinyl collection is gonna get me so laid

Blonde girl should've turned them down out of morals, and then main autist should've blown her head off since she was suicidal anyway, which should've been the introduction to the group.
Red herring MC and establishes the evil within.
It'd work so much better than the shitty punches and record-temptations. It'd reinforce the fact that the audience isn't supposed to "relate" to these guys yet, if that's what the writer was going for.
Instead we get
>wow these guys are really creepy
>I'm intrigued because reasons

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This is where the series started to pick up for me.

>>90033249
That's fair, anon. If we all liked the same things, the world would be an awful boring place.

I really hate the "telepath treated as though they're crazy" cliche. Like it wouldn't easy to figure out what's really going on so they can be put into a government research facility where they belong.

>>90034081

>How else we gonna lose this faggoty fear of getting punched in the face, huh?

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>>90033306
That's fair, like I said, this series is a slow burn, so it spends a bit too long on the set-up and not enough on the characters, at least at first. We definitely get a better sense of who these people are later on, but is it worth it if the first issues don't manage to grab you? I don't know man, all I know is that I really liked the premise and kept reading until the series really got going.

>>90033384
Hmm... that is true, but you have to remember that she's not being invited into some random cult just because, she's objectively different from most of the world and this is the first time in her life she has found people like her. That's where the conundrum arises: whether to stick with them and live a self-indulgent, violent existence or reject them and keep being an outcast. As we'll see later, there's also a third option.

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>>90034121
What's easier to believe, anon? That someone has these amazing telepathic powers never before seen in the history of mankind except in fiction, or that they're just crazy?

Wow, this is awful. Why were people excited for this shit again?

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Don't get carried away, Syd.

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>>90034443
Well, I dunno about the rest, but I liked the premise, the characters, and where the series went with the second arc.

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Oh, and the art is pretty cool too. Got that whole grungy indie feel going.

>>90034443
it's Image.

>>90034423
What's easiest to believe is what the evidence points to.

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>>90034655
Ouch. Not entirely unfair tho.

>>90034634
Can't say I agree. I think Morgan Jeske or Langdon Foxss have a similar style but are much better. Not to mention Grampa.

>>90034707
If people don't want to believe something that makes them uncomfortable, they'll make up their own evidence or only process the evidence that backs them up.

>>90031844
Why are all these mutants so hot?

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>>90034707
That's not entirely accurate, people have trouble believing in things out of the ordinary. Telepathy is something out of a sci-fi novel, or a superhero comic. It's not something folks will easily believe is real.

>>90034846
The Voice only picks the hot ones.

>>90034869
That's exactly why those TLC shows about psychic midges are so popular. Because people don't believe it.

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>>90034800
I do like those artists a lot too but, what can I say, I like this art too a lot.

>>90032658
>graffiti will attract more attention than a kid beaten half to death next to a message telling people not to graffiti
Is this really how it is in urban America?

>>90034800
>Grampa
New comic never

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>>90034907
Well, no, deep down, people absolutely do not buy that shit. The more faithful will believe it from a religious standpoint but that's about it.

>>90030934
> Bellaire

seems like she's on a ton of books lately.

>>90034968
Well... presumably tagging would attract attention to the house while a bloody writhing teen would just attract attention to the area.
I would also assume that they didn't do it right outside their house. Maybe even before he got on the bus to go to the part of town they live in.

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>>90034968
Honestly, I'm starting to realize that second issue is pretty bad and mostly pointless, and it's making me a bit worried for the future of this series desu

>>90035041
>tagging would attract attention to the house
Unless it's a slur or great art no one pays any mind to graffiti

Worse case scenario someone from the city comes by to clean it

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>>90035039
I love her colors and I cannot lie. Shame about the social media shitshow tho.

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Anyway, I guess you could see this as a storytime of pain. I personally don't, but you could.

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That dude in the background though.

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Oh joy, some good old fashioned ultra violence on some pedo bastard.

>>90035246
Its hard to give a shit about the story when the outcome I want more then anything is for all the characters to be murdered brutally. I want these smug sociopathic shitheads to die; I don't want to read about them succeeding and becoming better.

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>>90032526
>4chan.png

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>>90035329
lel

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Cool blog, dude.

>>90035406
And you're adding to that number you stupid cunt. Like a story from the villain's perspective isn't effective if the villain is literally impossible to empathize with.

>>90035451
Why did the black guy's right arm turn white?

>>90035488
The guy who colored it thought it was the chicks arm

>>90035493
>you don't hit like a girl!
uuuuuughhhh

>>90035322
I wouldn't mind if this ended like No Hero did.

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>>90035488
Secondary mutation.

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Yuh-oh.

>>90035290
>the celestial is named moon


RACIST.

>>90035290
Nothing better than creating a fat white strawman for 20-something girls and their black friend to beat up and punish for thought crimes.

Comics have come so far.

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This shit is very Injection.

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>>90035628
>and he is in no way new to this

>>90034655
This, it came out at the peak of Image's revival. Plus Eric Stephenson was sort of a name, people liked Nowhere Men.

>>90035628
>thought crimes
I'm not enjoying the read TOO much, but at least read the material you are trying to critic.

>>90035290
>his shoulder bag ... predator's tool box
>no way new at this
It's good to know you read 1984 last week, but at least try to make reference to it when it's pertinent

>>90035290
Wait, so hairy moon can not only create illusions but can also read minds like the main character?
Overpowered.

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>>90035771
Yes, she's a lot more powerful than she gives herself credit for. She mostly uses her powers for... well, you'll see.

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This is nice. The whole "dead parents" talk is pretty fucked up, but the family dynamics between kids and their folks have definitely changed recently, and maybe not for the better.

>>90035853
Oh please tell me "she's" really a 400 pound white guy just playing up to his own fetish.

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>>90035912
Hah no, I guess that'd have been a bit too clever.
It would certainly explain the name though

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TEETS

>>90035897
>maybe not for the better
Dude straight up tell that they killed them

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>>90036084
No, I meant in real life.

>>90031337
well, finally I know what that song says (not a native english speaker)
only understood the make up part

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Fagen is such a faggot

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Oh boo-hoo.

>>90036137
I want this comic to be about these two but I'm already mourning their deaths.

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>>90036222
Getting elbowed in the neck is one hell of an origin story, fer sure.

>>90032035
I bet they don't even have a single Leppard album.

>>90035246
>these people are sheep, cogs in the machine! we're special!

This is the most euphoric page of any comic I've ever seen. If you didn't cringe at it you should seriously consider taking your own life.

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>>90036360
Goddammit /mu/

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>>90036407
Will do, sir!

>>90036373
>What he's doing here is wrong because its hurting me!
>All the other pain he's inflicted is OK because I don't have to confront it!

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>>90032658
>Don't want graffiti in their neighborhood to attract attention
>Decide to leave a beat up kid with broken fingers and an ominous message on him
Despite the cringey antic's it was pretty clear that they're supposed to be in the wrong and I was at least waiting for the inevitable when shit gets real.

But this is just stupid.

>>90036446
yes, we get it, he's the bad guy. you don't need to keep trying to convince anyone

>>90036511
My point is that I don't care about him being the bad guy because our main character is also a bad guy

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So what's been going on in IvX? I haven't been paying attention to that like at all. Anyone die yet?

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>THE HEART

I dont enjoy the euphoria of these people, but I am getting down them all been young adults brainwashed by a telepath. If only the art weren't so focused on how pretty and well dressed everyone is this would be a lot better. So far it looks like a more detailed, non-animu version of Soctt Pilgrim but it talks like Hellboy is about to bust in and save some magic kids from a cult

I'm slightly confused, is this X-men?

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Time for a Tragic Backstory™ !

>>90036770
Sabertooth let Monet eat one of those weird little green Inhumans, but that's about it.

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>>90036843
It's Generation Y X-Men.

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>>90036886
Oh, so literally no one then? As Morrison said "an incidental character, with no name or past".

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(from Animal Man, for anyone's who's wondering)

>>90036922
Violent cultist millenials
The Superpower'd Branch Davidians
Charles Mansons Olympians
Kool-Aid Krusaders

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yeah well, he's still a dick.

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>>90037074
I like you.

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Oooooh shit.

>>90032409
>privileged

and now its turned into a tumblr comic

>>90037054
I am having immense difficulty believing these stories, as well as the claim that people feared their powers. That is and will always be titanic bullshit, I'd love it if my kid could had pyrokinesis or illusion powers. No worries about employment for my kid!

How would Runts parents even find out about his strength, let alone make plants to exploit him for it? Why would they even do that? All they had to do was tell their son "We're proud of you, now go be the strongest construction worker ever." Syds parent's may be upper class twits, but it's not like they could ever do a single thing to solve their daughters problem. And why is everyone's parents obsessed with money?

>>90037123
This is better. Everyone loves a good cult mystery with a protagonist on the inside

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>>90037229
Y'know, there used to be a time when people didn't get that bothered by such simple, commonplace words.

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>>90037252
>People are afraid of what they don't understand
t. David Goyer

>>90037252
I feel you. The only person who I don't highly suspect of being completely brainwashed by Voice is Macie and I figure she's just going along with it all voluntarily.

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Whoa, so post-modernist brah.

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>>90032409
>privileged little shits
>from the guy born with literal superpowers

ok

>>90037252
Partially agreeing with you there,
The fire guy was probably the most believable, especially it's clear he couldn't control his powers properly when he was young, as he set fires multiple times.
The voice guy wasn't even abandoned because of powers, apparently the parents just straight up murdered their sons because they wanted to continue to live an "amoral life"
Telepathy it's seriously the least threatening power in the universe, i have no idea how nobody, even the fucking girl himself, didn't notice sooner.
How fucking difficult is to notice that the voice you hear in your head line up with what people around you might think?

>>90031649
> Palm trees
> Massachusetts

Eat a big bowl of stupid this morning, did you

>>90036881
That page could have been something fantastic.
Instead its just tragic.

>>90031844
> We're all good-looking, in our 20s and handsomely groomed.

Good job, Image.

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>>90037439
It was a joke, senpai. Jay-sus.

>>90034846
Simple,who do you choose
Hot ones
Or
Cronenbergs Eldritch Retards?
And the voice said no one that can grab attention

>>90037499
Kek

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>>90037394

>>90034551
>fucking coalburner

I'm done

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>they didn't know he survived
Alright, that's pretty stupid.

>>90037553
Yeah, because that's totally the worst thing about this comic.

Not to shit on OP for storytiming it, though. I'm reading out of morbid curiosity.

>>90037553
if it helps, she was practically raised in an insane assylum

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>>90030934
Why does the title have the Iranian nazi symbol?

>>90037604
I mean, if they set the fire and just left it could be sort-of possible.
Buying the same house you set fire and murdered your children into is fucking moronic

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>>90037635
Errr... shut up.

>>90037640
I WAS HURT AS A CHILD
or
AREN'T I FUCKABLE SYD

which will it be

>>90037635
Because no one would play for this comic, not even Iranically
I'm sorry

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>>90037670
It's because they're EVIL, so they probably had a good laugh about it.

>>90037694
christ, this is manipulation 101. what the fuck is "wrong" with syd at this point?

>>90037694
It's pretty obvious now that Syds going to fix this place and make it Millennial Xaviers School for Disaffected Twentysomethings. She's "meant" to be there

Yeah I'm done with this thing getting high off its own farts, OP

If I need a story about why millennials should have been drowned at birth I could just browse tumblr or half of 4chan

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Fuck's sake, Stephenson.

>>90037752
my hope is for full on carrie murder shenanigans

>>90037740
> whoops we forgot to have a healer

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Alright, last issue! For tonight, maybe I'll continue this some other time for a laugh

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Why on Earth would you keep around a guy who calls himself Misery Kid

>>90037740
If there's one thing i don't like is a stupid bad guy.
especially if their fucking braindead retarded plan works until the good guy, or in this case their son, come back to bite their ass.

Christ, this is tedious.

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>What the hell is wrong with you?
Where to begin?

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Called 911? So much for being off the grid.

>>90035451
Literally edgelord power fantasy

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>>90038035
Wanting to beat up a pedo ain't THAT edgy.

>>90030934
I love this series, one of the best serious powers stories out there

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>>90038145
At least there's two of us now haha

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>>90038433
Alright /pol/, we get it. Don't get your panties in a bunch.

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Dude, try not to sound so much like a fucking supervillain.

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>>90038518
Was the voice a Windows 10 tester?

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>>90038710
HIS EVIL KNOWS NO BOUNDS

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You tell 'em, Syd. Err, Tabitha. Whatever.

>>90038909
I feel like she just done fucked up pretty hard

>>90038984
>voice physically or mentally assaults her because they can't let the secret out
>i see the future when i feel like it gal comes to the rescue, maybe mute black guy too
>faget or whatever his name is hates everyone and set the house on fire
Calling it now

>>90038978
>I'm going to stay wit the Secret Order of the Hoohoohacha because I was mentally ill for a long time and you weren't very understanding
The ratio of arbitrarily bad parents to new superhumans here is astounding

>>90039177
Like I feel you have to give your parents a chance at this point now that they know you aren't crazy and it's been super powers this whole time

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Oh joy of joys, Misery Kid is on the loose.

>>90039177
>The ratio of arbitrarily bad parents to new superhumans here is astounding
Have you met the X-Men?

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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF--

>>90038113
Yes, it is actually!

>>90039287
theheart.jpg

>>90039276
I have not read much X-men, no. I mainly know them from snippets of the cartoons, the movies and a few comics. Don't really care for them, can't get over them being hated because I can't believe it. Except the X-men actually look cool and do cool things. Those things are not present here

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>>90039289
Why? They're pedophiles dude, scum of the earth and all that.

>>90039289
> a child rapist with a bag of tools that help him abduct and force himself on his victims
> hey hitting him is wrong!

>>90039381
>scum of the earth and all that.
Pedos are bottom of the barrel even in prison. Best way to get shanked outside of race/gang shit is for someone you find out you diddle kids

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>>90039370
Join the storytimes, daddy-o, we'd love to have you there. The more the merrier.

>>90039498
Just how many times is that exact house going to burn

>>90039390
You have to respect their opinions, anon! You can't judge someone because they rape kids! Maybe you are the fascist here.

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Aaaaaaaaaaaand thassit for now. Like I said, maybe I'll bring this back at some point if you're up for some more snark or if you actually enjoyed it lol

In any case, thanks for reading and keeping me company. Take care y'all.

>>90039531
As many times as insurance money on it can be collected

>>90039557
Well that was....something.
Not the best ive read and certainly do not plan on keeping up with it.
Thanks for that edgy little ride I guess.

>>90039557
thanks dude, it was fun, in a cringy way
I enjoy these kind of storytimes where eveyone is commenting, best way to read a weird book like this

>>90039390
Getting them convicted and locked away: Correct.
Holding them down and beating them up: Emotionally satisfying, but incorrect. And also in itself usually illegal.

Not to mention that "punching someone is good as long as they're bad people" means the definition of "bad" gets very, very subjective and pretty soon you yourself are getting sucker-punched on a street corner because someone else is convinced they're entirely justified and righteous by inflicting pain on you.

>>90039289
Beating up a recovering, reformed, or otherwise minding-their-own-business might be a little edgy.

Beating up a paedo actively hunting with a torture-bag? Not very edgy.

>>90039787
> slippery slope bullshit

>>90039787
that's the opposite of everything batman taught me, anon
if I can't trust batman, who can I trust?

Whenever someone asks me why I support the Sentinel program I'm going to point them to this comic

>>90030934
Bumping for justice

>>90043071
Bump-o

>>90039557
GIVE ME MORE

Well, that was awful. Thanks for nothing, OP.

>>90032522
>>90032579
>Yo newbie we straight up ALL killed our parents.
Huh what a strange bunch of people. I guess I could kill people now I think about it.

Man with literal super powers call normal human being privileged.
Turns out here beating him up because they don't want attention, but they leave him crippled with and spray paint a message across him.

Are they supposed to be stupid and bigoted because they're all evil and wen shouldn't like them or is the writer bad?

Am I a glutton for punishment to want more of this?

>>90039869
I think what would make me define it as 'edgy' would be that they're not beating him up (until he bleeds out and dies) in order to save lives or help people.

They're using the fact that he's done bad things to justify killing him. Not to help people or bring about justice or whatever, but so they have an excuse to beat someone to death. And they're all awful people.

It's not Batman or Rorschach, It's a god complex. And god complex is probably the most edgy and cringe inducing to read thing people can write. I suspect this would be ok if they showed some moral uncertainty, but the character all accept the pleasant joy of murder as an outlet for their emotions without question.

>>90031800
>technopath

Dropped

Thanks for storytiming though OP

>>90035664
man, don't remind me of better stories while i'm already struggling to like this one

>>90038035
Like Batman.

Christ, the art is awful. It's like Zero's later issues as drawn by someone with fucking eye cancer.

>>90035628
What make you think these kids are "good"?
We're looking at the birth of villainry - this isn't a feel-good comic.
It's a study of cruelty.

Our main character may however change along the way. Time will tell.

>>90034443
its shit but its not capeshit

>>90034878
that's shitty logic. pretty people stick out like a sore thumb. everyone notices hot <guys/girls>; you either want to fuck them or you're sizing up the competition. they're called attractive for a reason.

i'm not saying recruit landwhales or beanpoles. just average nondescript folk.

>>90035083
no one notices in shitty neighborhoods, but their neighborhood is rich. they specifically stated that, learn2read.

also cities are poor, it takes weeks or months to get graffiti cleaned up. my old workplace got tagged very regularly.

>>90038978
Christ lady, just break of contact with your parents if you can't bear to be around them. Don't fucking mind rape them and mess up their memories of the last twenty something years.
Don't you think they are going to get in legal troubles when a psychiatrists comes along and asks them about their daughter and they deny it?
Or when they read their old taxes and stuff? You didn't fucking delete yourself, all those papers and bills are still out there you idiot.

>>90039479
Diddling kids is a pretty fucked up thing to do.

>>90046439
Injection is not very good.

>>90039498
>No one wants to do the dishes. The ash trays are full. And there is dust everywhere.
>BURN IT DOWN!

>>90048792
I like the not!Sherlock and the British witch.

>>90036663
Yupp, its LITERALLY Xaviers X-men.

>>90047404
So why not clean it up themselves? It doesn't take a lot of work if it's just one tag. They can use that girl's illusions to divert attention while they do it.

Instead, they prefer to brutalize a guy. Which, again, would bring much more attention to the rich neighborhood than a single shitty tag.

They could use the premonition to stop the guy right before he does the tagging. They could use the illusions, or the creepy guy's power, or The Voice to distract/discourage the tagger from doing the grafitti.

But no, it had to be edgy violence because the writer can't into subtlety

>>90035488
Because this is a shitty comic

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>>90030934
>it's a metaphor for gay oppression episode

>>90050340
at least it points out that those little asshole runaways are just self obsessed shoplifters.

>>90050210
>They can use that girl's illusions to divert attention while they do it.
Why do they even need to do that? They could just go out and repaint the fence, literally no one in the world would ever notice who's repainting the fence because of some graffiti

>>90038978
>you were flat out awful to me most of my life

Fuck you for not figuring out I had superpowers, and for trying to get professional help for me!

>>90038978
> Everything is parents' fault
Given the choice between stopping 9/11 and murdering this entire generation I'll sacrifice the towers

>>90039276
>Have you met the X-Men?
Yes. Are you going to list how many of them had bad/abusive parents? Hard Mode: Start with the first generation.

>>90032579
>it definitely isn't for everyone.
How about I storytime the Unfunnies and Marville, is that "definitely not for everyone" or do you understand what it means to shit in public now

edgy and cringy but still more interesting than any capeshit bullcrap. Thanks for the storytime OP

>>90051114
Like the only set of parents who were remotely abusive were Kurt and Rogue's parents, who were mutants. Maybe Iceman's parents, but who cares.

>>90037915
>A lot of blood
Bullshit, even the bed is mostly not red.

>>90051140
lol, so mad

It's like all you dumb fucks don't know how taggers operate.

>one finds a new spot no ones hit
>others hear about it and want to hit that spot too
>famous taggers want to hit similar spots in the same area to one- up each other or claim territory
>increased activity attracts attention of local gangs
>and by extension, police

So instead of just cleaning up after a tag, they choose to send a message and save themselves a ton of work or exposure. Even if they let him hit wherever and then cleaned it up, other taggers would still hear about it and you have the same problem.

Also, this comic is wild and I love it. Will be looking out for more.

>>90048792
i never said good, just better, and at least the ideas at play in injection appeal to me more than the ideas here

>>90038145
i also like this book.

>>90040231
lol, you just want to pilot a mech, silly weaboo bastard

seriously though, i think this is a pretty accurate representation of how normal small minded petty people would use their powers -- especially abused teens acting out. nobody in the house wants to integrate into normal society. they don't even want to integrate with each other - the support network is closer to a halfway house than a family. no one here is going to grow up to be a doctor or astronaut. their life goals are 2 steps removed from "going to sleep" (btw a spot on portrayal of depression).

there's only 2 things missing in this universe so far - hormonal super teens raping normals cuz they can get away with it, and someone trying to get famous. but fuck crime fighting though, that shit's all work for no pay.

>>90053699
sorry 3 things, forgot about rampant drug abuse. abused kids and opiates go together like iced tea and lemonade

>>90030934
Always dug this book. I just love motherfuckers.

>>90030934
wait, that's not a giantess stomping a street