xp Guess that sort of solved both issues!
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 10 January 2019 16:51 (five years ago) link
(One of the “issues” being those expendable first panels — wasn’t he using a big panel with the title and sort of a sight gag?)
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 10 January 2019 16:52 (five years ago) link
The two "disposable" panels on the Sundays followed the large title panel.
― sans lep (sic), Thursday, 10 January 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
Ah, hmm
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 10 January 2019 19:03 (five years ago) link
the radishes!
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Friday, 11 January 2019 14:57 (five years ago) link
If anyone was tempted by Douglas Wolk's Marvel comics Patreon but hasn't joined yet, I highly recommend it. Fun discussion of Master of Kung Fu going on right now; Nocenti's Daredevil next week. It's a dollar a month.
https://www.patreon.com/douglaswolk/posts
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
In the forthcoming movie "Spider-Man: Far From Home," does Parker fight Wolverine in a graveyard, and then return to his hotel room to find Ned Leeds in a Hobgoblin costume? I'm just gonna assume that's what happens...
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 00:09 (five years ago) link
Sometimes, when revisiting Marvel issues from the ‘80s, I Google the names of the staffers in those “Pro Files” with the little caricatures and data points (Favorite Performers, etc.). Kind of interesting to see what young Assistant Editors and the like ended up doing later in their careers. Tonight I ran across this interesting blog entry on the subject: http://generaleclectic123.blogspot.com/2008/12/marvelous-tales-making-comic-book.html(I’m sure there are entire books about Marvel that talk about this stuff in detail, but I’ve never read them.)
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 07:28 (five years ago) link
Thank you for that very cool link!
― E Pluripubis Unum (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 11:22 (five years ago) link
the Virgil/Matt lineup does not work at allassuming those were just flukes if scheduling though
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 12:18 (five years ago) link
i dunno, the virgil/matt issues of ghost rider were underrated imo
― “I'm the sexy gorilla and I'm going to hell“ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 14:20 (five years ago) link
It was a weird decision for Marvel to do an in-continuity adaptation of the Aeneid, and even weirder to hire Joe Matt for the job, but damn it...it just works.
― E Pluripubis Unum (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 14:28 (five years ago) link
Guys, he's talking about The House That Jack Built.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
The worst Fables spin-off
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
I just this week learned of the existence of the Third Eye blacklight posters from the early '70s and...I don't think I've ever coveted anything more in my life.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickderington/sets/72157608615767554/
https://www.coolandcollected.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/marvel_third_eye_poster_blacklight_thor.jpg
― Why have more than 1,000 of my bucks disappearded? (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 03:36 (five years ago) link
I had the Amazing Spider-Man one
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 04:17 (five years ago) link
Omg the Hela one rules
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 04:56 (five years ago) link
very cool
― Nhex, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 05:15 (five years ago) link
i remember hanging at someone's house who had the silver surfer one and it lodged permanently in my brain
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 05:52 (five years ago) link
I've been getting irrationally cheery when it's Immortal Hulk release day
― mh, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 15:17 (five years ago) link
Now that the Conan license is back in their hot little hands, Marvel brings you this:
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ZHYbXPsI7HZP0Zv4xgmLf87qB9A=/0x0:931x1397/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:931x1397):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13759173/sav_avengers_1.jpg
If this is the price of getting the OG Conan material back in print, so be it.
― The kids call it 'artisinal going to the bathroom' (Old Lunch), Friday, 15 February 2019 01:02 (five years ago) link
I thought most of the OG Conan stuff got republished by Dark Horse over the years?
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 15 February 2019 01:18 (five years ago) link
yeah, it did. Is that Brother Voodoo and Elektra on the left there?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 15 February 2019 01:31 (five years ago) link
Yes, indeed it is.
Dark Horse had been reprinting Conan for years but they've been kinda awful about reprinting the reprints so random collections were selling for stratospheric prices.
― The kids call it 'artisinal going to the bathroom' (Old Lunch), Friday, 15 February 2019 04:12 (five years ago) link
I hope you don’t think Marvel will do a better job keeping things in print
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 15 February 2019 04:32 (five years ago) link
^ since your pal & Trump’s head of veteran affairs’ policy is literally to keep nothing in print
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Friday, 15 February 2019 05:42 (five years ago) link
I'm on top of it this time around and all-too-aware of Marvel's reprint policies. And look, having Perlmutter over occasionally to sup and discuss how we might collectively MAGA does not a pal make, pal.
(Someday in the not-too-distant future he will be pushing up the daisies. Just sit back and meditate with me upon that blessed notion.)
― The kids call it 'artisinal going to the bathroom' (Old Lunch), Friday, 15 February 2019 11:26 (five years ago) link
Wow, that's a whole bunch of random grim & gritty characters in that book! Besides Wolverine and Punisher, do any of them have any sort of history together?
― Tuomas, Friday, 15 February 2019 16:18 (five years ago) link
Punisher and Elektra were teammates with benefits in Thunderbolts.
I think Venom and Conan might be cousins.
― The kids call it 'artisinal going to the bathroom' (Old Lunch), Friday, 15 February 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
Wolverine and Elektra have history too with The Hand, etc.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 15 February 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
i guess Wolverine has gotten franchise rights
― Nhex, Friday, 15 February 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
Give him a break, dude's been dead for a couple of years. He has a lot of gratuitous book hopping to do.
― The kids call it 'artisinal going to the bathroom' (Old Lunch), Friday, 15 February 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link
After he died there may have been even MORE Wolverine books than when he was alive! (X-23, Wolverines, Old Man Logan... not to mention the X-Men books, Weapon H, Avengers, and the ridiculously extraneous Hunt for Wolverine saga)
― Nhex, Friday, 15 February 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
I can't see that link but I believe the Conan crossover is one of Al E's things
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 15 February 2019 21:38 (five years ago) link
It's Duggan but Conan seems to be getting a new book every month so I'm sure Al will get his shot.
― A functioning gazebo made of Candlebox cassingles (Old Lunch), Friday, 15 February 2019 22:28 (five years ago) link
Here y’go - thought this might have been the earlier link
https://mobilestore.marvel.com/Avengers-No-Road-Home-2019-6-of-10/digital-comic/50918?r=1
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 16 February 2019 02:56 (five years ago) link
Oh no, sorry, that was just Conan's introduction to the modern Marvel universe. Now we're talking a whole new Avengers book with him on the team.
Conan the Avenger. That's a thing.
― A functioning gazebo made of Candlebox cassingles (Old Lunch), Saturday, 16 February 2019 04:22 (five years ago) link
sure, why not
― mh, Saturday, 16 February 2019 15:17 (five years ago) link
i just realised that all i ever wanted from life is conan punching galactusmarvel make it happen
― a surprise challenge that ended with a gunging (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 16 February 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
sure, why notabsolute bullshit, Conan is obviously a Defenders kinda guy
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Saturday, 16 February 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
It's not a proper crossover until you get the Thing screaming "BY CROM!!!"
― earlnash, Sunday, 17 February 2019 01:19 (five years ago) link
I do like whatever 8 sided die roll put Brother Voodoo in this comic. Looks like he is going corp with the suit, might be Doctor Voodoo now.
― earlnash, Sunday, 17 February 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
I'm not entire certain that putting a black man in a suit on a cover devoted to Savagery will work out okay for Marvel.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 17 February 2019 09:34 (five years ago) link
I appreciate that you think the allusion to Marvel's long-running Savage Sword of Conan is more problematic than the black character named Brother Voodoo.
― A functioning gazebo made of Candlebox cassingles (Old Lunch), Sunday, 17 February 2019 13:55 (five years ago) link
nobody really seemed to notice with Brother Voodoo got promoted to B-lister in the last decade
― Nhex, Sunday, 17 February 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
brother voodoo should probably be quietly allowed to pass and maybe we just make some new and less problematic black characters
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link
I finally saw Spider-Man: Homecoming (my son has been heavy into the Spider-Man movies, and finally worked his way up). Guess it was very much a MCU movie: some great/funny stuff; some absurd/turn-off stuff; about 20 mins. too long; too much CG action.The kid who plays Peter — and whole cast, really — were great. I liked most of the elements that departed from the usual Spidey setup; even if they meant it didn’t quite feel like “Spider-Man” in some ways. #timelyfilmreviews
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Friday, 1 March 2019 22:26 (five years ago) link
I watched it last night as wellI felt like middle-aged Peter was put in there just for me
― mh, Saturday, 2 March 2019 15:27 (five years ago) link
I also saw Spider Verse this week, finally
Was rad (obviously) but I enjoyed the plotless meander of the first half-hour much more than the multiverse stuff
That said, I felt pretty choked when Nick Miller Peter leaves at the end
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 2 March 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link
fat dirtbag spider-man is my spirit animal
― Backdoor Pathway To Making Human Penis Started With A Wallaby (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 2 March 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link