ti dnemmocer yllatot, ppa annataz wen s'elppa gnisu
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
lol
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
vurb, skeoj
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
I kind of want to turn this thread into TS: Zatanna vs Nico Minoru
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
.esaelp, naicigam ?lleps rep esu eno ylno
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link
― balls, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 23:12 (eight years ago) link
Jessica Jones series out on November 20.
https://instagram.com/p/7dKJf8I3tk/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 September 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
I completely missed that Krysten Ritter was starring in this.
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 10 September 2015 16:40 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's pretty good casting imo - she's shown she can handled the damaged aspects but can also pull off the levity
― balls, Thursday, 10 September 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
Please please please better dialogue than Daredevil. Would be missing the point otherwise.
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
tennant as purple man suggests they're gonna play it pretty close to alias. would love if they work in the avengers cameo.
― balls, Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
i am very much down with this
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
I still have vivid memories of picking up Alias, flipping open to a panel of Luke and Jessica having anal sex, and saying the equivalent of "oh, Marvelpaws" before putting the issue back and never reading the book again
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:20 (eight years ago) link
yeah there was definitely some 'this is an ADULT'S comic' stuff, esp at the beginning but it was also surprisingly adult in the non-adolescent meaning of the word as well. i'm curious if they can pull it off w/ the tv show or if they're even that interested in pulling it off.
― balls, Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
xpost TBF, a) it's more like "oh, Marvel Max's indefensibly 'edgy' decisions-paws" and b) that's easily the most sour note the series hit. It's an otherwise solid series and a perfect companion piece to the Bendis Daredevil run. And I really like the direction JJ & LC's relationship ultimately took.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
Think of that scene as the gratuitous nudity in an otherwise sound HBO show. It's a great book. I particularly liked Jessica's relationship with Carol Danvers and her position on the periphery of the Avengers' gilded world.
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
yeah was thinking it'd be awesome if marvel had secretly already cast danvers (rooting for blunt) and that was how they revealed it but that's pretty unlikely
― balls, Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:29 (eight years ago) link
flipping open to a panel of Luke and Jessica having anal sex
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
btw, if anybody wants a good visual luke cage history, try here:http://majorspoilers.com/2013/03/31/hero-history-luke-cage/
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:31 (eight years ago) link
damn luke you gotta eat the booty first
― balls, Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:40 (eight years ago) link
At the time of its inception, Marvel Max was conceptually somewhat indistinguishable from a notebook full of racy drawings hidden under a thirteen-year-old's mattress. I mean, they gave Howard the Duck giant, naked tits at one point, for the love of christ. Thankfully, they matured a bit once the novelty of adult themes wore off.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link
yes, in fact that is what I'm referring to
also holy lol
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 10 September 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
"sweet christmas" is a shop o'course but a clever one
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 September 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
I would have bought the book had "SWEET CHRISTMAS!" been in the original
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 10 September 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
as noted above, it's worth your time
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 10 September 2015 18:51 (eight years ago) link
ok what's the original
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 10 September 2015 18:56 (eight years ago) link
http://p.dreamwidth.org/e9c3eaafd7b5/-/www.abload.de/img/alias01-10hu8qs.jpg
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 September 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
https://p.dreamwidth.org/e9c3eaafd7b5/-/www.abload.de/img/alias01-10hu8qs.jpg
xxpost Same as the image above, but with an unfortunate Bushmaster reference in place of the "Sweet Christmas!"
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Thursday, 10 September 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
I hate comics
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 10 September 2015 19:09 (eight years ago) link
I get that Bendis is very good at certain things as a comic book writer but I'm increasingly of the opinion that they are things I couldn't possibly care less about (at least that's how I feel about him after his X-Men stint)
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 10 September 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
I loved his Daredevil and Alias, I liked his Avengers, I remain unconvinced about everything he's done since the inception of Marvel Now. His X-stuff and Guardians of the Galaxy, as far as I've read, has been Autopilot City.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Thursday, 10 September 2015 19:26 (eight years ago) link
I don't know if Bendis has lost his fastball or he's been writing characters I don't care about (X titles) but switching over to 2 Iron Man books doesn't excite me. xpost
Still, Miles Morales is the best character Marvel introduced since about the mid 60s.
― Gett Off, Eileen (WilliamC), Thursday, 10 September 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
She's nowhere on the same level as Miles but I remain very, very fond of Hisako Ichiki (Armor)
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 10 September 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
I like Miles Morales fine as a character, but I feel like his best days are ahead. Bendis has yet to really knock my socks off with a Miles story. It doesn't help that he first appeared when the Ultimate universe was starting to get awfully rickety.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Thursday, 10 September 2015 19:40 (eight years ago) link
xp -- what are the best Armor stories/titles? I only know her from the Joss Whedon book.(sorry for derailing the MCU thread even further)
― Gett Off, Eileen (WilliamC), Thursday, 10 September 2015 20:22 (eight years ago) link
afaict bendis is just spread too thin. can't even keep track of how many books he's writing, plus corp responsibilities.
I mean jeez Powers (the book not the terrible terrible show) is still going...
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 11 September 2015 02:22 (eight years ago) link
Plus he teaches writing at Portland State or OSU
― Gett Off, Eileen (WilliamC), Friday, 11 September 2015 02:29 (eight years ago) link
Bendis was best before he became a big deal and had to juggle the entire Marvel Universe. Daredevil and Alias had a more relaxed tempo and intimate tone. They're really worth your time DJP, mainly for the dialogue and characterisation, and he worked with some great artists too.
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Friday, 11 September 2015 11:46 (eight years ago) link
what are the best Armor stories/titles? I only know her from the Joss Whedon book.
Really that's the only place she's been highlighted but there was a mini story about her family that I thought was very poignant.
I hear what you're all saying re: earlier Bendis; I'll put those into the queue.
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 11 September 2015 13:57 (eight years ago) link
seconding rm/rm's recommendations of bendis' daredevil particularly. the 'relaxed tempo' was kind of infuriating when i was reading them monthly as they came out, but i went back a couple of years ago and read the whole thing back-to-back and it's great. also an impressively sustained exercise in pushing readers' patience with matt murdock, as he gets painted further and further into a corner by his own actions
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 11 September 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link
i like Bendis' takes on ultimate Spider Man, Miles and Avengers best but yeah, he seems overextended these days
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 September 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
Bringing it back to the thread, if you liked Netflix's Daredevil, you'll probably love Bendis's Daredevil. Brubaker's subsequent run is pretty great, too.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Friday, 11 September 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
i like both, yes. but i'm a daredevil stan who had a copious back issue run starting with the 70's so i'm just glad they're getting the best outta the character.i prefer brubaker to bendis on dd.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 September 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
brubaker's run is really good, yeah
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 11 September 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link
Rebecca Ferguson now "top of the list" for Captain Marvel apparently
― Number None, Friday, 11 September 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
I'm down.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Friday, 11 September 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link
Brubaker Daredevil I bet is AMAZING
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 11 September 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
I think I prefer his Daredevil to his more feted run on Captain America. It's mostly just a natural progression of the wheels that Bendis set in motion but very well done. The first storyline is Matt Murdock trying to survive in prison after having his identity as Daredevil exposed while also maintaining plausible deniability about his identity as Daredevil. It's a fantastic set-up, well executed.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Friday, 11 September 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
IIRC the first half of Brubaker's run, which picks up directly from Bendis's plots, is amaaaaazing. After that it felt like his only real idea was to pour misery onto the character and after a certain point it was just exhausting.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Friday, 11 September 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link