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COMICS!!! |OT| April 2021 | Diamond is Breakable!
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It was also smart for established comic fans, cause I remember Marvel readers bitching every title had a moment in the story that had the character leaving out to play Fortnite lol. This is relatively self contained, no crossover with existing runs. No one's toes get stepped on.
Like I said this isn't gonna set the world on fire, but the sales will be bananas by virtue of getting parents into LCS asking for the new Fortnite comic. Genius really.
BKV got dat Gundam money.
Maybe I should read Marauders.
Nah, lol. The Shaw thing was over in like two issues. It's a dope book, though.
I don't know if Marauders is actually good because I don't trust the opinions of Emma Frost stans
It may not be Saga, but Deadly Class is back next week, so at least that's something.
It's way more Kitty-centric than Emma.
Emma Frost is amazing.
Marauders is amazing.
Trust me. Would I lie?
Kyle Higgins is saying Radiant Black is going to feature some characters from Cowl in the future (issue 4).
I just dont like the art style in Radiant Black. Its like Ultimate Spider-Man x early Invincible. Inferno Girl Red looks much better.
But I bet itll rival his Power Rangers stuff.
I want this car IRL:
I just dont like the art style in Radiant Black. Its like Ultimate Spider-Man x early Invincible. Inferno Girl Red looks much better.
But I bet itll rival his Power Rangers stuff.
I want this car IRL:
tbf I read like 2 issues of Marauders and the humor didn't click
an X-Men nerd could tell me otherwise but Brand seems like a character you could remove her mutation and you wouldn't miss much. I just googled her because I didn't even know what her power was.
an X-Men nerd could tell me otherwise but Brand seems like a character you could remove her mutation and you wouldn't miss much. I just googled her because I didn't even know what her power was.
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Oh so that's why the new releases on IST was like 4 books.
Yea, think they said friday for the rest hopefully, but I could be wrong. Get on their email alert thing. Its really helpful and they dont blow you up like everyone else lol.
The argument's been made that the MCU will try to do Krakoa. I don't see it, but we'll see.
Ahhh fuck. This made me check and it's out here in a few days. I don't get my second shot until the 28th, so I guess I can't see it.
I'd love for them to do that eventually but I don't think they'll do it right off the bat.
Lourdes is a pretty deep cut. I don't remember her, and then I found out that she was introduced and killed off in the same issue of Classic X-Men (which I've never read for its new pages/back-ups/whatever). Interesting.
Yeah, she's Sebastian Shaw's one true love.,
Her story is being reprinted and included with Marauders 21 and now she's on the cover of 22.
That should be fun. Going all out with old Hellfire Club members for the gala with Harry Leland on that cover, too. I really need to catch up with the line—hopefully by the time the gala starts.
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Caught up on Guardians of the Galaxy. Current run is good and the bendis era was rough. Also been reading Fantastic 4 and immortal hulk. I havent been this interested in the hulk since planet hulk.
Fiona was exhausted and the break was intended to let her (and Brian, too, of course) recharge and then get ahead of schedule. As for why they've stepped over their initial planned deadline by multiple years now, they've never answered. It's speculated that either Fiona really is getting -way- ahead of her work, or that a mixture of being super burned out and real-life has kept her from wanting to return. Fiona got married in Saga's last arc and then she's since had a kid, so how much that's taken priority...
you're just afraid to learn if you're an emma stan, too
thanks for doing this tim! i'm not joining since i don't play fortnite, but it's cool of ya.
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Well then it's very understandable that Saga is on hiatus imo. Originally that letter they posted said they wanted to take a break, recharge and experience more of life. I'm sure having a kid and getting married would make Saga way more personal.
Finished the second Baltimore omnibus. It wasn't a bad series, but it didn't hit the high points of other Mignola books like BPRD. Even the big finale in Baltimore was still pretty subdued by comparison.
Sorry but was actually surfing the thread for impressions on the comic.
I would point out, that it's not like DC is only entering Fortnite via this comic. They have also continued to sell skins in the store and even physically (I believe the Joker pack is an item you can buy in store)
There aren't as many skins as Marvel, but still a decent amount.
- Raven
- Green Arrow
- The Flash
- 3 different Batman
- Catwoman
- The Joker
- Poison Ivy
- 2x Harley Quinn
- Aquaman
- Black Manta
So DC is getting their characters in the game as well without the comic, this is just another avenue that at least is driving some interest to their streaming service and still getting a partial cut from Epic I imagine.
Valiant is actually winning by not taking part in Fortnite!
They're barely taking part in comic publishing at all atm. That's what I call smart.
They're barely taking part in comic publishing at all atm. That's what I call smart.
I know. I own half the skins.
In fact, I think they're making more on those than these comics, similar to the Marvel skins. The link to DC Infinite is the real money maker here.
Here, since y'all don't get it.
This is the split for a creator-owned comic, per Jim Zub.
And digital:
So, let say a comic costs $4.99. For the sake of argument and being nice, where going to kick that up to 30% to the publisher. so DC is making $1.50 under this theory. And from that, they need to pay the creative team, advertising, and Epic Games, partially because they're using Epic's characters and partially because those skin codes aren't free. Epic is likely charging them for every code. That's an additional cost for this book that others do not carry.
And that's also acknowledging the fact that many retailers undersold the book.
So when I say, "DC Comics isn't making a ton of money on this, except through potential DC Infinite subs", this is what I'm talking about.
It's why the direct market is not great, with the exception that the existing comic buying audience already buys through that market. Too many costs, too many hands in the kitchen. Whereas DC Infinite, they lose a cut if you sign up through the App Store, but if you sign up through their website, the money is largely theirs.
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Are you enjoying FF? Only thing you mentioned that I dropped.
I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it, but after an arc like Hell on Earth....
Dark Horse has Lady Baltimore #2 and Cojacaru the Skinner #1 coming out this week, so I'll check those out.
There were parts of it I really enjoyed, but there were also parts of it where I was just a little bored waiting for things to happen. The new Lady Baltimore series follows Sofia about a decade or so after the original comic, and she's the best character anyway.
Found this really interesting analysis on Beast's character through the years and the steps towards his dark road he's been going in the last decade or so.
Real good read:
https://www.comicsxf.com/2021/04/20...om-the-silver-age-to-benjamin-percys-x-force/
Also, did anyone read 8-Bit Theater back in the day? The author's kickstarting a physical release. It's in script form, but it has author commentaries and illustrations.
Real good read:
https://www.comicsxf.com/2021/04/20...om-the-silver-age-to-benjamin-percys-x-force/
Also, did anyone read 8-Bit Theater back in the day? The author's kickstarting a physical release. It's in script form, but it has author commentaries and illustrations.
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I agree about Radiant Black. I am giving it an arc (5-6 issues) to see if it grows on me. Inferno Girl Red looks amazing
Article doesn't even bring up the shorts.Found this really interesting analysis on Beast's character through the years and the steps towards his dark road he's been going in the last decade or so.
Real good read:
https://www.comicsxf.com/2021/04/20...om-the-silver-age-to-benjamin-percys-x-force/
Also, did anyone read 8-Bit Theater back in the day? The author's kickstarting a physical release. It's in script form, but it has author commentaries and illustrations.
Beast's Dark Descent from the Silver Age to Benjamin Percy's X-Force - ComicsXF
A. Why This Matters X-Force #18 by Benjamin Percy, Garry Brown and Joshua Cassara saw the bizarre, wholly unexpected death of Dr. Hank McCoy—the Beast; he was neither the focus of the story nor on that issue’s cover. But he’ll be back by X-Force #20, working security for the Hellfire Gala event...www.comicsxf.com
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