Blarghagh Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Providence didn't turn out to be quite "Alan Moore writes a Lovecraftian tale" but more like "Alan Moore copies over Lovecraft and changes some names to avoid lawsuits".
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Yeah, I'm thinking that maybe Moore has lost it. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
Blarghagh Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 I'm thinking he just had another tax bill incoming and likes Lovecraft stories. His other Lovecraftian series, Neonomicon, wasn't all that great either. Pretty much just fish porn. But Providence so far is a little disjointed, its plot is practically "writer researching book roadtrips several Lovecraft stories". It's fun to spot some of the references. Our lead character is currently staying with a certain Dr. North who alludes to working with corpses and studied a book about bringing the dead back to life. I always thought the Re-Animator was Dr. West, but I guess my internal compass messed up.
ManifestedISO Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 New Punisher, May 4, by Becky Cloonan, cover by Declan Shalvey. Also new Black Widow, featuring zero introspection in favor of 100% action, by Samnee and Waid. All Stop. On Screen.
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 I got around to reading Annhilator by Morrison and it was interesting. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
Amentep Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 Yeah, I'm thinking that maybe Moore has lost it. Can't say that I've enjoyed much he's put out since at least LOEG: Black Dossier (which was really the first thing he'd done I'd read I didn't enjoy). Not sure I'd say he lost it as much as he's decided to go in creative directions that I'm not interested in following him to. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Drowsy Emperor Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 The more I look at these modern comics the more it seems the high quality artists are swallowed up by design industries. И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,И његова сва изгибе војска, Седамдесет и седам иљада;Све је свето и честито билоИ миломе Богу приступачно.
Gfted1 Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 Hellboy Just Ended in the Most Beautiful Way. Spoils ahoy! "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
ManifestedISO Posted August 28, 2016 Posted August 28, 2016 DC Universe: Rebirth, three titles. Girl of Steel, WW, and one with Lois Lane and Lana Lang briefly vying for the name Superwoman (Lana is credited in BvS but I can't remember who her character was). Diana's book is twice-monthly, alternating an origin story with a current timeline, wherein Steve Trevor is a Navy Master Chief special warfare operator. Can't vouch for the Batman or Superman or Green Lantern titles, but the girls are getting their due. I'm so hooked I'm trade-waiting Black Widow and Punisher. All Stop. On Screen.
Amentep Posted August 29, 2016 Posted August 29, 2016 Superman has been pretty good. Haven't read much of Batman other than Detective, which has been an interesting idea (Batman recruits Batwoman to create a Bat-Team of Red Robin, Spoiler, Black Bat, and Clayface as they face an unknown threat (at least unknown at the start, known now) trying to take out costumed heroes in Gotham). Titans was a good lead in to relaunch but the relaunch issues I've read so far are a bit of a slow burn. Haven't read the Supergirl book yet. Wonder Woman has been pretty good and I was intrigued by the first issue of Superwoman. Batgirl was a good relaunch, Batgirl and the BOP I'm not yet sold on. And I'm getting Deathstroke simply because of Christopher Priest writing it. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
ManifestedISO Posted September 18, 2016 Posted September 18, 2016 NAS North Island ... official Wonder Woman origin story canon, woohoo! Also, happy Batman Day. All Stop. On Screen.
Agiel Posted October 28, 2016 Author Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) Got the first two tomes of Olivier Ledroit and Thomas Day's BD, <<Wika>>. Story is fairly by the numbers "a-lost-and-orphaned-monarch-setting-out-to-reclaim-her-birthright" fantasy plot, but my god is Ledroit's art amazing: While I was at it, also bought another of Ledroit's artbooks, <<Fées et Amazones>>: Edited October 28, 2016 by Agiel 2 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
Amentep Posted December 8, 2021 Posted December 8, 2021 "5 years later..." Since I know there's some US comic fans here, I thought I'd pass this sad news along: George Pérez reveals he has inoperable Stage 3 Pancreatic cancer He's a fantastic artist and a really nice guy. I hope that he gets a chance to feel the love from the fans and his family during what time he has left. 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Agiel Posted December 26, 2021 Author Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) Bought the hardcover Sky Doll collection. Sadly it was pouring all day on delivery day and the delivery guy in his infinite wisdom left the package out in the rain with no plastic covering (when it should have been apparent that the rain wasn't going to miraculously let up when he put it down). Pages were on matte pages (one of the nice things about European comics is they don't skimp on when actually putting things to print) so it's entirely readable but there's still significant waterlogging damage to the book. Edited December 26, 2021 by Agiel Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
Amentep Posted December 30, 2021 Posted December 30, 2021 I remember Sky Doll, but it's been awhile. Pity it got waterlogged. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
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