That was a pretty neat read actually. I would like to check out that Gaiman mini sometime. Thanks for posting this!
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COMICS!!!|OT| August 2019 | DON'T MAKE IT TOO GAY!
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The Warmer service will likely be very strong as well. They still need to show off original content though.
If you want to read from the start: https://www.comixology.com/Moon-Knight-Epic-Collection-Bad-Moon-Rising/digital-comic/144261
It is kind of surreal to think we're getting all this shit and yet we're going to get absolutely nothing from the Spider-Man corner. Disney really has no reason at all to budge lol
Also just showing how artists have just as much influence over character development and portrayal over the years as writers, despite what many believe.
Think Marvel corporate would go as far as shutting down Spider-Man comics?
Spider-Man is too big for that and they still make money off the movies.
Read a comic called States of Mind which was a great little read. The writer has worked with her father who is a comic illustrator and it is a stark and open look into her struggle with Bipolar II Disorder. Lots of trigger warnings apply of course but it is an honest look into the cycles of living with the disease and what it takes out of the family and support structure.
At the height of the movie studio politics nightmare times, they put Bendis on X-Men. Spider-Man would be the same kind of thing. He isn't going anywhere.
They will never stop printing Spider-Man comics, but they might rethink doing big pushes or events centered around the character. Like how theyre doing so many Spider-verse books as they are nowadays. You might see less of those. But no, they will never shut down the character.
Thin the herd, sure. But outright stop making Spidey books? No way in hell.
I haven't read any of the old stuff but Ellis' run serves as an intro to Moon Knight's superhero action side, while Lemire's explores his human and psychological state much more.
Yeah, those guys did quite alright.
Available in three nice Epic Collections too.
So like, I already have enough comics on my bench, but Cloak and Dagger
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That looks fantasticYeah, those guys did quite alright.
Available in three nice Epic Collections too.
It's funny, I was just re-reading Jeff Lemire's Moon Knight earlier this week or so. I been meaning to look at more Moon Knight stuff, so I will probably look at the epic collections and the latest run at least.
How are the Moon Knight stuff from 2006 till before the 2014 run? 2006 run seems to be the really gritty run.
How are the Moon Knight stuff from 2006 till before the 2014 run? 2006 run seems to be the really gritty run.
The Charlie Huston run sucks. And Finch was both a terrible choice for a Moon Knight run, and he also just wasn't as good of an artist as he is now. I actually like Finch by the time he ended on Batman with King, but at the time he was doing Moon Knight, he still had a ways to go.
I've really only read a couple of their appearances as part of a larger event, don't even remember which. Never got the urge to go track down anything longer tbh.
I'm pretty sure if Ike tried to interfere with Spider-Man the people at Disney would come down to tell him to fuck off.
Very excited for the upcoming ASM where Peter becomes Hitler, but then Marvel backs up so he actually dies unceremoniously in a fart cloud so MJ creates a psychic projection of him for some reason I can't remember.
I like that Spider-Island mini by Nick Spencer and Emma Rios, and the very recent Dennis Hopeless run. But they're not like deep, mind-blowing books, they're two short & concise little character pieces.
Saw this tweet thread on reddit and thought it was interesting, especially now that Batman is transitioning to a new writer:
Lots of people read DARK KNIGHT and enjoyed cranky, brutal, frustrated old Batman so much that we got cranky, brutal, frustrated young Batman very often as a result.
That's not Miller's fault. He wrote (and drew) a really good book.
But the takeaway from it, as is often the case, was the shallowest, least nuanced takeaway available. Much like when one of the takeaways from MARVELS was "let's do more plastic covers."
Cranky old Batman's internal narrative became cranky young Batman's dialogue patter, rather than, say, his cleverness and humor.The idea that it took years of enforced retirement to create that frustration was ignored. Batman got simpler.
Cranky young Batman was pretty popular, though, so we've gotten a lot of it over the years.I just don't think that was the goal. And for my part, at least, I'd rather have a more nuanced, complex Batman.
That's not to say we never see that any more. But whenever we see a Batman who's such a crank that he keeps alienating his closest friends and family, I wonder what happened to Bruce Wayne, the charming, affable face that Batman can adopt AT WILL.
Even if Batman is being extra-biorhythmically cranky that day, why doesn't he just use his Bruce skills to not alienate his friends? Bruce is charming, smart, convincing and capable of guiding others to see the conclusions Bruce wants them to see.
Those are useful skills...…and when Batman gets presented as angry Batman who can't interact well even with people he knows well, to the point that it's counterproductive, I don't think it makes him look boss, I think it makes him look stupid.
He has tools at his disposal to avoid being so ineffective at social dynamics. You'd think he'd use them to get to the goals he knows he wants to get to.
But instead, we often get a Batman modeled after a lonely, bitter old guy who has lost much of his social skill, or after Rohrschach, who is socially inept.
I'd like to see Batman be a guy who can defuse a social minefield with words AND take down criminals with his (gloved) hands, because he's just that good.
Surly Batman has an excuse in DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. I don't get what the excuse is for Young Capable Batman.
Lots of people read DARK KNIGHT and enjoyed cranky, brutal, frustrated old Batman so much that we got cranky, brutal, frustrated young Batman very often as a result.
That's not Miller's fault. He wrote (and drew) a really good book.
But the takeaway from it, as is often the case, was the shallowest, least nuanced takeaway available. Much like when one of the takeaways from MARVELS was "let's do more plastic covers."
Cranky old Batman's internal narrative became cranky young Batman's dialogue patter, rather than, say, his cleverness and humor.The idea that it took years of enforced retirement to create that frustration was ignored. Batman got simpler.
Cranky young Batman was pretty popular, though, so we've gotten a lot of it over the years.I just don't think that was the goal. And for my part, at least, I'd rather have a more nuanced, complex Batman.
That's not to say we never see that any more. But whenever we see a Batman who's such a crank that he keeps alienating his closest friends and family, I wonder what happened to Bruce Wayne, the charming, affable face that Batman can adopt AT WILL.
Even if Batman is being extra-biorhythmically cranky that day, why doesn't he just use his Bruce skills to not alienate his friends? Bruce is charming, smart, convincing and capable of guiding others to see the conclusions Bruce wants them to see.
Those are useful skills...…and when Batman gets presented as angry Batman who can't interact well even with people he knows well, to the point that it's counterproductive, I don't think it makes him look boss, I think it makes him look stupid.
He has tools at his disposal to avoid being so ineffective at social dynamics. You'd think he'd use them to get to the goals he knows he wants to get to.
But instead, we often get a Batman modeled after a lonely, bitter old guy who has lost much of his social skill, or after Rohrschach, who is socially inept.
I'd like to see Batman be a guy who can defuse a social minefield with words AND take down criminals with his (gloved) hands, because he's just that good.
Surly Batman has an excuse in DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. I don't get what the excuse is for Young Capable Batman.
Yeah, having seen some of Finch's art from Moon Knight or something like the Avengers Disassembled story arc, I definitely like his art in Tom King's Batman much more.
Ah, okay.
I was kinda hoping it was referencing some secret awesome gay book I hadn't heard of.
I was kinda hoping it was referencing some secret awesome gay book I hadn't heard of.
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I'm a page late but my first regular comic book was Judge Dredd Lawman of the future.
Loved Dredd as a 9 year old but couldn't watch the film and wasn't allowed to buy 2000ad either, but this was a more toned down version of Dredd. Still awesome though imo with some great stories. Only ran for around a year though :(
Talking of Dredd i bought the IDW limited Series Judge Dredd: Under Siege recently and enjoyed that. Anyone recommend the rest of IDW Dredd output?
Loved Dredd as a 9 year old but couldn't watch the film and wasn't allowed to buy 2000ad either, but this was a more toned down version of Dredd. Still awesome though imo with some great stories. Only ran for around a year though :(
Talking of Dredd i bought the IDW limited Series Judge Dredd: Under Siege recently and enjoyed that. Anyone recommend the rest of IDW Dredd output?
Wow, that is a take. I don't know if it's right or wrong though since I've only read like one or two Cloak & Dagger issues ever.
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