I'm a sucker for the TV and movie adaptations too, but mostly of the pre-2000 era. At one point I was trying to put together a run ot NOW Terminator comics. I got pretty close before I realized that they weren't actually very good.
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Originally posted by Ian Jane View PostI'm a sucker for the TV and movie adaptations too, but mostly of the pre-2000 era. At one point I was trying to put together a run ot NOW Terminator comics. I got pretty close before I realized that they weren't actually very good.
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Originally posted by Ian Jane View PostMost of the NOW stuff was. I was collecting Green Hornet for a while too, but mainly because they had cool guys doing the cover art.Last edited by Newt Cox; 09-27-2011, 01:45 AM.
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My box of new DC #1's finally arrived after a detour to Texas.
Quick rundown of the good and the bad -
Aquaman - Probably the best thing I've read by Geoff Johns, but that ain't sayin' shit. The real draw here (get it?) is Ivan Reis. His work on this book is the best cartooning I've seen in a DC book in a while. The dude is a great superhero artist and his rendering here is like a tighter Neal Adams.
Swamp Thing - This is the best written book, at least dialogue-wise, that I read in this batch. Scott Snyder is someone that gets a lot of praise and I can see why, although his Batman #1 wasn't all that interesting to me but that could just be that I stopped caring about Batman a while back. The art is very nice to look at.
Hawk & Dove - It is very easy to trash Rob Liefeld, but the dude has somehow gotten worse with age. This book is dreadful.
Demon Knights - I have no idea what I just read.
The Flash - Next to Aquaman this has the most appealing art so far (I have yet to read Batwoman so that may change) in that it isn't just telling the story panel to panel like movie storyboards - the pages are uniquely laid out and suit that title character's powers with a lot of motion and curved angles drawing your eye across the pages. Really looking forward to the rest of this series.
Wonder Woman - I need to read this again because I can't really remember what happens. Wonder Woman has a girl in her bed and there are centaurs, and you know how I feel about centaurs.
Animal Man - Jeff Lemiere gets much praise and this is the first time I've read his work. Some neat ideas I'm looking forward to seeing expanded, but the family/home scenes in the beginning are painfully generic. There's more characterization in cereal commercials.
I still have 4 or 5 more to read from the titles I chose.Now everyone can have a complete KRULL lifestyle.
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Originally posted by Toyboy View PostWonder Woman - I need to read this again because I can't really remember what happens. Wonder Woman has a girl in her bed and there are centaurs, and you know how I feel about centaurs.
I looked at that Swamp Thing the other day but didn't buy it - but I will when it hits trade.Rock! Shock! Pop!
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My prediction is that by the end of 2012 DC will announce the first line wide event since the relaunch and by the end of 2013 all the numbers will be back to where they were 2 years ago.
I have to wonder why I even care about all this stuff. Even the "good" mainstream comics like Spaceman and Waid's Daredevil aren't moving me. I might have reached my breaking point. Last great comics I read wer RANX book 1 and Ben Katchor's The Cardboard Valise.Now everyone can have a complete KRULL lifestyle.
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Originally posted by Ian Jane View PostCurious to see what you think of Swamp Thing. It's really the only one from the relaunch that I'm interested in. Will probably pick it up once it's collected.
I've heard many good things about Animal Man as well.
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