red snow Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Sarge Steel I think? It was an existing Charleston character. I'm amazed that Millar is still putting out Jupiter's Legacy, and Quietly is still wasting his time. Money must be great for the latter, but Millar should call it a day and just tell people to read Morrison's The Just. On Pax Americana itself: Spoiler Did Captain Adam really walk into the past to show Harley the nature of time? Because I agree with the people who say Algorithm-8 is just nonsense created by someone wishing they could make sense of a world in which they murdered their father by accident. It's very similar to Batman R.I.P. where Joker exploits Batman's belief that the world must make sense. The only problem with that is it seemed like the Nora character knew about the algorithm too. Although I guess she may have worked out it was all BS? The domino mask/8 did lead me to think that he was essentially making up for his past mistakes. I'll be honest that I couldn't really work out what that page was conveying where Atom reveals something to him. It could just be that he knows he becomes president and dies and the 8 becomes infinity as it was his future self that "first" met Captain Atom. Or something like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Light week for me. Only got 2 things. Lazarus #13 and Trees #7.Lazarus was pretty good. It was cool seeing all the different Lazari interact with each other. This continues to be one of my favorite titles. Trees is losing my interest. I'm having the same issue I was having with Black Science, as far as not remembering who's who, or what exactly is going on. This one might just be too much off a slow burn for me. Think I'm going to drop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Ody-C #1: Futuristic telling of the Odyssey with genders and races shifted around some. It's an interesting style, a kind of poetic flow to words and images. A little rough around the edges, but as it feels like cross between Casanova and Prophet I'm willing to keep going with it. New Avengers #27: An okay issue. Those missing months really hurt this story as the revelations don't feel like that big a deal. Apparently next month will reveal who started the Incursions? Superior Iron Man #2: Interesting, but a little repetitive until the end. Feels kinda contrived? Red Lantern #36: This whole New Gods event is still good, but here's where the storyline starts to become predictable. If Highfather ends up corrupted by power the tale is much less interesting than if he has valid points about the importance of ending Darkseid. The Unwritten Apocalypse #11: This has been one of the more unusual apocalypse stories I've ever read. Definitely enjoyable but I feel like I'll need to read a good bit of the later parts to this series again after the next issue which concludes the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Light week for me. Only got 2 things. Lazarus #13 and Trees #7.Lazarus was pretty good. It was cool seeing all the different Lazari interact with each other. This continues to be one of my favorite titles.Trees is losing my interest. I'm having the same issue I was having with Black Science, as far as not remembering who's who, or what exactly is going on. This one might just be too much off a slow burn for me. Think I'm going to drop it. Lazarus was top of my buy/read pile. The series has a GOT vibe boiling in terms of all the houses without being a blatant rip off. I like how each family has a specialist technique and the book does a great job of feeling like it could easily be a 4 or 5 title world. I picked up Ody-C on the off-chance. Fraction is hit or miss for me - the miss is usually when I just don't gel with what he's attempting as opposed to hating. Unless it's a marvel event, of course. Letter 44 has the current issue to keep me on board. Not sure which way that will go but issue 12 has to do something special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Caught up with East of West. Read all at once it's a much, much better story. Though the characters that are spiritual forces seem to be rather overpowered, and this power also seems to vary at times. That said, really am curious what happens next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Caught up with East of West. Read all at once it's a much, much better story. Though the characters that are spiritual forces seem to be rather overpowered, and this power also seems to vary at times. That said, really am curious what happens next. Only read the first two trades but I loved the setting and style. You may be right with the power levels but i didn't mind so much as it seemed to be insanely powerful individuals vs insanely powerful institutions. The two often clash but without the super powers - unless charisma and avoiding being killed count. The art is cartoony yet fits really well as a spaghetti western thing. It's probably the most accessible Hickman book I've read which is odd as you'd think his marvel work should be the most accessible. Guess he knows people read Avengers regardless (or possibly because) of its inaccessibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Octarina Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 This week was light for me too. Ody-C is interesting, but I haven't gotten used to the art yet. I'm a bit divided on loving or hating the LSD style of the whole narrative. Superior Iron Man might not be brilliant, but it's constantly fun; I love to hate unapologetic capitalist evil genius Tony Stark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 This week was light for me too. Ody-C is interesting, but I haven't gotten used to the art yet. I'm a bit divided on loving or hating the LSD style of the whole narrative. Superior Iron Man might not be brilliant, but it's constantly fun; I love to hate unapologetic capitalist evil genius Tony Stark. I really don't like ody-c. the wallpaper fold outs annoyed me and the background info was unengaging. Lazarus does a far better job of info dumping, Not for me. I thought stark had been evil since civil war :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Octarina Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I thought stark had been evil since civil war :P Certainly, but now he's not trying to hide it :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I recently read the 6 issues of the All New Captain America Fear Him series. Even though I wouldn't highly rate the story itself, I did enjoy seeing it presented in the format of a comic book made only for electronic devices. Can anyone recommend any other comic books made to be read on an electronic device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Certainly, but now he's not trying to hide it :devil: The honest Iron Man. His recent rebranding seems the weakest of the three. The brightside is that it's at least the same character. Until we find out he's infected with Ultron. Come on, there's no way Iron Man won't be tying into the Avenger's film next. Speaking of, I guess that's when Captain America and Thor revert as I can't think of a single example where the marvel characters have not towed the line for the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I recently read the 6 issues of the All New Captain America Fear Him series. Even though I wouldn't highly rate the story itself, I did enjoy seeing it presented in the format of a comic book made only for electronic devices. Can anyone recommend any other comic books made to be read on an electronic device? I'm not sure - there's a lot of online only comics eg BKV's "private eye" but I don't think it's in a format that couldn't be printed. I guess it's a bit of a commercial risk to exclude the possibility of it ever being printed. Plus as an artist I guess a lot of people want to show print editors what they can do, I've heard the Marvel online specific books are generally good examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Octarina Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 The honest Iron Man. His recent rebranding seems the weakest of the three. The brightside is that it's at least the same character. Until we find out he's infected with Ultron. Come on, there's no way Iron Man won't be tying into the Avenger's film next. Speaking of, I guess that's when Captain America and Thor revert as I can't think of a single example where the marvel characters have not towed the line for the movies. Unfortunately true :bang: Marvel swears they don't intend to revert Thor's and Cap's current status any time soon. And we pretend to believe them. Not that it makes any difference, since, whatever happens then, will only last up to a year until the soft (or not-so-soft?) reboot we're getting after Secret Wars. But, well, at least the Iron Man book is fun, and Jason Aaron's Thor is as good as usual. As to Remender, I'm still pissed at Marvel for not giving him the chance to tell the story he actually had planned for Uncanny Avengers and Cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Unfortunately true :bang: Marvel swears they don't intend to revert Thor's and Cap's current status any time soon. And we pretend to believe them. Not that it makes any difference, since, whatever happens then, will only last up to a year until the soft (or not-so-soft?) reboot we're getting after Secret Wars. But, well, at least the Iron Man book is fun, and Jason Aaron's Thor is as good as usual. As to Remender, I'm still pissed at Marvel for not giving him the chance to tell the story he actually had planned for Uncanny Avengers and Cap. Well I guess they are technically telling the truth. Knowing Marvel they'll keep Falcon america and Thorette but also bring the originals back too. That way they can sell twice as many comics... On the brightside I've read the following issues of "low" and it may well be my favourite current book of his (I still need to read deadly class to confirm this). It feels a bit more like his uncanny avengers book than the pulpy "Black Science". I'm just amazed at how artists that were a bit rubbish on his x-force books are so great with image. I guess they are given more time and freedom with Image? Rasputin #2 was pretty good as well. It's nice to have a book that is happy to let the art carry it even if it results in a somewhat quick reading experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Sinestro #7 & GL #37: This still continues to be a good event. Though I'm beginning to wonder if Darkseid is going to show up? What I like is that this story has room to breathe. It's a cosmic war, not a Crisis that supposedly endangers the multiverse but gets crammed into too few issues. Spoiler Wonder what made the Indigo Tribe betray the others? Secret Six #1: As a huge fan of Simone's Secret Six work I liked this though it felt truncated. Like this was half an episode of TV. Wish they'd given her more pages to get this initial part out of the way. Also, wasn't totally clear what's up wit the Ventriloquist's genitals. Birthright #3: I like the fantasy flashbacks being contrasted with the Earth aspects. It tugs at my heart strings to watch the family be reunited to stop evil in 80s-movie-style-fashion even while we know what's really going on, even as we watch the rise of the hero. Tooth & Claw #2: Argh - Not enough pages. Like Birthright and Saga, another great fantasy from Image. You can feel that there's so much underlying worldbuilding but rather than info-dumping it on us we get teases as the story progresses. The Champion is the animal we were expecting, but I was kinda surprised how he acted upon his entry into the present. My one concern is the suggestion of time loops, but I don't think this is going to play a major role in the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Octarina Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Tooth & Claw #2: this issue just proves how this is the best comic book series we have at the moment. I loved everything about it, but particularly how the Champion is so much more savage than all the other characters, and how raw his depiction was. All-New X-Factor #17: a fun issue, but I hate Longshot's new looks. Wolf Moon #1: wow. Werewolves are scary again, that's all I can say. Whoever reads this, don't skip the last page with Bunn's explanation of where the idea came from, it's worth it. And I'm always amazed at how he can make a script where graphic violence not only works but is actually necessary to the storytelling. Guardians 3000 #3 was not as good as the previous two issues, but still the best GotG series at the moment. Angela: Asgard's Assassin #1 just proves what a terrible investment this acquisition was; it just doesn't fit with the Marvel U, no matter how many Asgardians might get mixed in this mess. It's also frustrating how they're wasting these amazing artists on such a book. But what else can you expect from Marvel these days? :bang: On the brightside I've read the following issues of "low" and it may well be my favourite current book of his (I still need to read deadly class to confirm this). It feels a bit more like his uncanny avengers book than the pulpy "Black Science". I'm just amazed at how artists that were a bit rubbish on his x-force books are so great with image. I guess they are given more time and freedom with Image? That, and probably how their art styles fit better in entirely new worlds, more fantastic than the Marvel U. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Nice to see Vertigo can occasionally put out a decent book. Werewolves seemed under-represented with the current craze for monsters so I'll have to try and track it down next time I'm near a comic shop. On another note - I had an interesting development where a got an email back from an editor for a recent comic writing comp (Darby pop). I didn't win but they'd like me to pitch some creator owned ideas their way. Only snag is they only accept writer/artist packages and I can't draw for shit. They were helpful and pointed me to a couple of sites that facilitate writer/artist collaborations. Deviant art seems a popular destination. Guess I should put the effort in and submit some things while I'm on the editor's radar. Failing that, I at least know I'm on the right lines. If anything comes of it - I'll be sure to openly plug it. Our discussions here definitely shape my approach to what I try/want to write about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Good luck red snow! Hopefully we'll be discussing something of yours here in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Good luck red snow!Hopefully we'll be discussing something of yours here in the near future. Cheers. I really need to pull my finger out with artist hunting. Although I want to have a script for them to play with too and there's a bit of dust to wipe off some of my older ideas. I've been mainly pitching for writer only projects and they are usually more work-for-hire so my creator owned ideas have languished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Good luck Red Snow! I surely hope you can create something better than Axis #7, which has the clearly not influenced by external factors retcon of Magneto not being Wanda and Pietro's father. And it is "revealed" by Wanda making a spell to take down her family and Magneto being unaffected. Brilliant, and certainly not related to pettiness by Marvel being bitter that they can't use Magneto in movies. Oh, no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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