JSA Storytime: Mr. X

Woot!

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>>94232207
(art change next issue)

>>94232207
Hello, Storyteller.

>End of this arc.
Neat. Let's finish up then.

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>>94232325

>>94232207
awesome, I got here early, and thanks to you I got a ticket to Somnopolis.

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>>94232351
stop me from venting any more in the Bendis thread

>>94232397
I would have joined in on that but I already got my venting out in the Ultimate Spidey threads.

>>94232397
time to play "find the OP"

>>94232451
It's the one who sounds like a faggot

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>>94232451
it's probably not that hard desu

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>>94232475

>>94232475
>desu
>>>/a/
>>>/jp/

I was reading old Marvel "What Ifs" today and man it feels like a lot of more recent stories got real mileage out of those.

Spider-Man w/ a machine gun hanging around with the Black Panthers fighting the fascist Cap state really made me wish that Spider-Nam pitch had been picked up.

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>>94232544
lol m00tfilters

>>94232544
Try typing "t b h" no spaces.

>>94232397
You are probably the person who is annoyed that he can make large changes to characters with no regard for continuity, and everyone else has to play along afterwards.
Oh wait, that's everyone in that thread.

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>>94232571
Now I'm mad again

mad at Bendis

>>94232597
Surprised that no one brought up Ultimate Reed.
But then again, everyone forgets about non-Hickman Ult. Reed.

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>>94232615

>>94232615
He seems less influential and untouchable these days than he has in the past. Pretty sure his star is fading.

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>somewhere in the multiverse there's an Earth where Alias and Avengers Disassembled weren't so critically well-received.

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>>94232684
I think Age of Ultron and CW2 both underperforming as big events hurt his star, finally, especially CW2. And the people who are inclined to like and give a character like Riri a fair chance are also the people who are going to read most critically and specifically for issues of representation and he's not cutting it with them now at all.

>>94232684
The fact he had a star in the first place is a might fucked, really.

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>>94232723

>>94232723
Then there's Homecoming repurposing Ganke and then Bendis trying to repurpose Ganke into Ned.

What a hoot.

>>94232631
I haven't actually read a lot of Marvel stuff in general (which is probably due to me finding way more DC stuff on torrents compared to Marvel stuff years ago). I think the only Bendis books that I have read were Alias/Pulse and his Daredevil. His disdain for superheroes was very evident in Alias, but I liked his DD when I first read it. Reading it a second time through a storytime here made me realize that it does not make 100% narrative sense, and was also crapping on some old continuity.

>>94232597
It reminds me of that "continuity shackles good creators to the bad" quote. But every bad writer thinks that they're one of the good ones.

>>94232747
He teaches (or used to teach) a class on comics. I always wonder what that'd be like.

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>>94232751

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>>94232811
>>94232776
It also drives me crazy how insanely defensive he is about no-interpretation-possible factual fuckups, when people point them out

like Cambridge University not being in London.

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>>94232723
I'm still surprised that Civil War 2 sold so many damn copies. Someone made a chart that I saved of the last ~6 big marvel events, and CW2 performed amazingly despite how crappy it was.
The chart also shows how low the SE sales are
>>94232804
I wonder if we can find someone who took both his and Snyder's classes on writing

>>94232839
Dumb people tend to be pretty insecure, OP.

>>94232684
In the eyes of critics and readers he is (partially because of the goldfish memory of the industry lately) but I think he has so much status at Marvel politically that he'd have to personally take the blame for several massive flops before it'd really affect him.

We don't really know what Marvel is saying internally about CWII but I imagine if they recognize it as underperforming they blame it on something other than Bendis' horrid writing style not playing anymore.

The thing with Bendis is he's one of the most senior writers still working exclusively for Marvel. We all know seniority and ass-kissing are the two things that will get you anywhere in any industry, but Bendis especially has no one to stop him. Off the top of my head Slott is the only one who could possibly match him in terms of seniority, and Slott claims that he does a lot of internal fighting with various people of higher influence who have a specific vision for Spider-Man.

>>94232850
This is neat.

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>>94232859
I'm willing to give at least half of it being a tone/sense of humor that doesn't translate well for me on the internet, but christ, he can't take an L with any grace

>>94232723
Speaking of Riri, I was wondering about something. I haven't read any of her stuff, but I've heard she's kind of crazy, and possibly amoral. Is that true? Cause if so, she might be worth checking out.

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>>94232890

>>94232861
They really fucked up driving away guys like Hickman.

>>94232207
10/10 cover

Oh, hey, Avatar Press was having a 75% off sale on comixology today...further proving that they're fucked.

>>94232776
I liked his DD stuff when I read it, but even then I was wondering why it was taking six issues to tell a story that should have taken two at the most.

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>>94232917

>>94232207
This seems really 60's compared to the 30's-40's style of v1.

>>94232207
So, gotta ask: why are these called JSA storytimes when they have nothing to do with the Justice Society of America?

>>94232946
You know, I didn't realise all these shitty porn comics come from Avatar.

>>94232993
That's how they made their bread and butter.

They even did a spin off to Faust.

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>>94232984
Because, pretty much

>>94232993
we might have to do a drunk read of some of the porn, it's really bad

>>94232984
We started out that way, then we kinda got offtrack.

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>>94233039
>>94232984
The real answer is that we started out as JSA completists and just kept on reading mainly niche Big Two and 80s indie stuff

>>94232984
Branding, more or less. The name just kind of stuck after a while.

Nowadays, we sometimes refer to it as Just Storytiming Anything.

I thought the Cavengers reaction here was people being dramatic, but Marvel is really starting to deserve the shitposting now. Why are they doing a slow rollout like anyone gives a shit?

>>94232207
More like SJW Storytime

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>>94233066

>>94233089
Shouldn't it be Avengers 200.000 BC?

>>94233089
Cavengers really seems like it was just an idea that Aaron had for a regular story and now it has been shanghaied into being the launching point for a new thing.

I think I'm going to read The Obsidian Age again though

>>94232890
The only nice thing I can say about Bendis is that his dismissive attitude and smug sense of superiority come off like he thinks he's being charming rather than Byrne who behaves like a literal baby.

>>94232984
Started as a longterm storytime of JSA, lead to storytiming things ancillary to JSA, and eventually just lead to whatever felt like it fit our tastes.

Some have joked that it's not "Just Storytiming Anything".

This gets asked every third thread or so but I felt like giving an actual answer tonight.

>>94232978
Yeah, it disappointed me a bit because of how expertly Hernandez's art capture the storytelling style of Golden Age comics and how well Seth replicated that Will Eisner feel.

I dunno about 60's, though, it seems like a precursor to all the stylized art in Vertigo comics we got.

>>94233039
>we might have to do a drunk read of some of the porn, it's really bad

Yes, hell yes.

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>>94233096
LOL

>>94232968
>I saw a burning building collapse on him! I dug for an hour in the rain until my hands bled looking for him! I lost my voice screaming to him!
Why does she look just mildly miffed when she says that?

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>>94233133
So Modern Era Mister X definitely heads back to the retrofuturism feel, when Motter starts drawing again

>>94233109
probably

>>94233123
I get using it in the opening story of a launch but it just seemed like something you show for a few pages then move on. They are treating it very strangely.

>>94233133
I was saying 60's because the cover >>94232207 was evoking a more 60's kind of retro. The interiors are pretty 80's.

Cavengers vs. Kangvengers

That's what I want to see next

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>>94233259
The covers on this are 1) incredibly varied 2) all very, very good

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>>94233292
>>94233123
>Cavengers really seems like it was just an idea that Aaron had for a regular story and now it has been shanghaied into being the launching point for a new thing.

this happens a lot and the result is never good for the idea itself.

Cavengers immediately seems like a sad, desperate gimmick. It's like one of those absurdly shit parodies The Flinstones would do back in the day.

The mammoth mounted Ghost Rider alone evokes nothing but pity from me. Seriously, Marvel, are you actively trying to destroy your dignity? Cause you're doing an excellent job of it.

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>>94233317
so we can: end it here
start the next arc but I'm off tomorrow

>>94233334
He should at least be riding a sabertooth tiger.

>>94233109
I would be OK with doing something as ridiculously historically inaccurate as 1M BC just for Rule of Cool if it was more like Monsters Unleashed and being pushed as an opportunity to do something fun with forgotten characters and concepts.

But instead, it's being pushed as Marvel's Next Big Event™.

Which lends further credence to what anon here >>94233123
said. It was Aaron's pitch for a crossover, someone at Marvel said "hey that has to do with the past, our Legacy thing kinda has something to do with the past, let's combine them! That Reborth thing everyone likes was set up for a crossover at the end, right?"

>>94233334
What dignity did Ghost Rider ever have? There's no dignity in the airbrush art on the side of an amateur metal band's van.

>>94233406
Also Aaron has pretty much already been doing a similar thing with his Viking-era Hulk.

>>94233446
Aaron reusing an idea that was successful before? No way!

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>>94233469
it's not like he was re-writing God Butcher with Dr. Strange, not at all

>>94233469
kek

>>94233417
I would be cool with it if they leaned into the aspect of it being totally bananas. I guess we have to wait to see the actual book to say whether it will be but my prediction is it will not.

Like Snyder kept talking about how Metal was going to be intentionally over the top inspired by black metal and classic heavy metal lyrics, but so far I have yet to see any level of genre-awareness in the issues that are out.

>captcha: stop cooke
Too soon man.

>>94232946
I wonder if Uber will get to finish in time. I haven't started it yet, but is it true that the Germans always pull some BS and win every time?

>>94233624
Well...yeah.

But Invasion is supposed to be about the tide turning and we've seen some evidence of that RECENTLY.

Beforehand the Allied segments are really them trying to understand/catch-up.

>>94233571
See, this is one of the big problems with superheroes nowadays. They take themselves way too seriously. People running around fighting crime in colorful costumes is an inherently silly concept. Then Watchmen happened, and suddenly all this wackadoo shit that happens in cape books is treated with total sincerity and severity. And this likely won't change until the current industry collapses.

>>94233571
Like straight up I tuned out on Metal from the initial announcement. Remember that one publicized Marvel summit? How did people LOL @ that and not at this? I mean:

>SNYDER: Greg is … metal. I have this idea that has to do with metal. Batman discovers a big mystery that is seeded in the history. He finds this metal in Hawkman’s mythology and something dark is coming. Dark Days introduces those concepts and then our summer event blows it out of the water.

>There’s a reason in this story that there’s “dark” in the title. Dark Matter, Dark Energy. Things in science that I love.

>LEE: Lee: Dinosaurs! Lasers! These lasers cut people in half. What i love about this is, at its core, its about Batman and his relationship with the Justice League (Wonder Woman and Superman). It touches you, it’s not just all pyrotechnics. It keeps bringing up new ideas.

>Capullo elaborates that they’re “opening doors nobody thought we were gonna go through… the promo I did was Batman holding two battle axes, so this is the kind of crazy stuff we’re gonna see in this.”

I'm there for the fucking crazy story just like you are, but come ON. Try and say that shit with a straight face.

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>>94233624
I haven't read it but I see this posted in every Uber thread.

Anyone doing any reading for the weekend? I finally got around to reading some older Batman, and I just started No Man's Land (having finished the lead-ins). I'm impressed by the ability to juggle so many books and have a coherent storyline.

>>94233717
I was just looking for that image to post. Nobody has described Uber better than this. The HÖWEVER kills me every time.

>>94233804
Downloaded the Grendel Omnibuses and gonna read them to prepare for storytiming them next week.

>>94233814
How long until Germany finds a way around the zephyrs

>>94233804
Read Fun Home last week and vaguely interested in trying to track down latter-stage DTWOF. That got way too soap opera-y for me last time I tried it but I took so much away from Fun Home that I thought it might be worth trying again.

>>94233334
Ghost Riders are all shitty characters that have no purpose beyond looking like a cool tattoo.

>>94233804
No Man's Land is the first line-wide crossover that did it right, IMO.

As for me, I've got Alan Moore's Captain Britain and Marvel UK's Transformers.

>>94233804
Local bookstore's going out of business, so I spent a lot more money on books than I should.

>>94233804
I'm gonna read Kros and Invisible Republic

Oh, anon who was looking for Arthur Ranson style art. If you're around, I'll try and storytime either Shamballa or Mazeworld some day when OP isn't around. They're both way trippier than Button Man, and different atmosphere, but you might dig them.

>>94233804
Might finally get around to reading Seven Soldiers

>>94234023
Seven Soldiers is what got me into cape comics.

OP is ded??

>>94234065
I've started it before but I wasn't paying enough attention and it lost me with the subway pirate stuff.

Not OP but I think since no one answered if they wanted to keep going tonight >>94233359 so we're not.

>>94234163
RIP, I didn't even notice.

>>94234015
Coming in late, but thanks, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for it.

>>94233804
I'm reading some /lit/ stuff for sure. I do have to start rereading Daredevil and other of Frank's stuff leading up to Sin City but I don't think I'll be able to start it until next weekend.

Thanks, OP.