Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted March 21, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) Started reading Garth Ennis's run on The Punisher (Punisher Max) this week. Had never read any Punisher previously. Really enjoying it. The Vietnam sections are great. I'm watching the Netflix Punisher at the same time but it's so different to Punisher Max that it's no biggie. Edited March 21, 2018 by SpursRiot2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted August 27, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2018 Finished a re-read of Watchmen last night. It's still good all these years on and feels very modern and ahead of it's time. I skipped all the end-of-chapter essays though, they were chore to get through the first time, especially that fucking Owl thesis. One thing I noticed though which I hadn't really caught onto before, is that it's quite misogynistic. Most of the women are portrayed in a negative light and the lack of closure or proper explanation behind Sally's arc was quite frustrating. Anybody else pick up on this or am I looking too much into it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted September 19, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 19, 2018 DC have started a new "for mature audiences" line and the first issue of the first comic shows Batman's cock. Finally! Shadowy Bat Schlong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted September 20, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 20, 2018 About damn time! Looking forward to catching a glimpse of Batman's taint and sack in future issues, all leading up to the climactic chocolate starfish shot. Ground breaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted September 20, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 20, 2018 On 8/27/2018 at 11:32 AM, Accident Prone said: One thing I noticed though which I hadn't really caught onto before, is that it's quite misogynistic. Most of the women are portrayed in a negative light and the lack of closure or proper explanation behind Sally's arc was quite frustrating. Anybody else pick up on this or am I looking too much into it? It's, unfortunately, quite common with a lot of Alan Moore's work, particularly around that time - Killing Joke being another example. He's got better over time, but he tends to fall back on rape/abuse as a backstory, and thinking that making a woman a "bad-ass" is an adequate replacement for character development. Speaking of Affable Alan, I picked up the first issue of the new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series. League is one of my favourite comics ever, so I'm biased, but I enjoyed it so far, but there's precious little to go on. As ever, the art style and the way he plays with the medium is at least as interesting as the story, and he's specifically modelled parts of it around old three-panel newspaper strips and black and white British comics, which is a nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Show me the man with the Swingy Dingy Constantine is in this comic too isn’t he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 21, 2018 Moderators Share Posted September 21, 2018 Anyone read any of Jimmy's Bastards? I thought I might pick up the first tbp and give it a go. I really enjoyed The Boys, I know it was polarizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted September 21, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) I too really enjoyed The Boys, despite it being stretched thin a bit in the final third. I couldn't wrap my head around some of the government agency stuff either. What's the crack with Jimmy Bastards then? I'll rely on the good bunch on here for a recommendation. Edited September 21, 2018 by Accident Prone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 21, 2018 Moderators Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) Well, I've ordered the first book, so I'll be back with a review in the near future if none else pipes up before then. Apart from it being about a spy, I don't knowknow anything about it. Edited September 21, 2018 by Chest Rockwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 I went down to Orbital Comics yesterday as it was Walking Dead Day, there had blind bag variants of key issues for sale at £3 each, I opened them all up today and I got the one below which has actually been sketched by the artist, I checked around google and have been told it’s extremely rare, went on eBay and it’s currenty going for £300! Mental I only got it for £3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 15 hours ago, TildeGuy~! said: I went down to Orbital Comics yesterday as it was Walking Dead Day, there had blind bag variants of key issues for sale at £3 each, I opened them all up today and I got the one below which has actually been sketched by the artist, I checked around google and have been told it’s extremely rare, went on eBay and it’s currenty going for £300! Mental I only got it for £3 Is there a list of all the variants anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, DJM said: Is there a list of all the variants anywhere? The video below shows the normal variants - the most common, the rest have the same art work but are as followed: Normal Variant cover in colour, virgin cover (just the art, no credits or title) black and white cover, black and white virgin cover and sketch variants (1:100 comic which is the rarest) I got a copy of each issue and ended up with that sketch one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted January 4, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted January 4, 2019 After listening to The Totally Football Show pod recently, I picked up the "reboot" of Roy of the Rovers last week. I really enjoyed it. It looks great, as you'd expect, but they've really thought about the story and how to stay true to some of the elements of the past, which they do through some characters and rivalries, while putting a modern spin on it. It's as ridiculous as it should be but has an element of reality with Roy being a part carer for his Dad who has had a stroke and is in a wheelchair. Some lovely dry humour too. Only cost £4 but then only took about half an hour to read through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted January 4, 2019 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 4, 2019 If I really enjoyed the Into The Spider-Verse film, which comic collections involving one or more of the various Spider-Folk should I read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted January 4, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 40 minutes ago, HarmonicGenerator said: If I really enjoyed the Into The Spider-Verse film, which comic collections involving one or more of the various Spider-Folk should I read? Brian Michael Bendis's 'Ultimate Spider-Man' run would be the best series. The later volumes of the original run are the debut of Miles Morales (in an alternate universe), and then it has a soft-reboot when he's brought into the main Marvel universe - this is just called 'Spider-Man', but it runs 2016-2018. It also ends up including the original Spider-verse comic (which is a whole heap of fun) - but if you want some of that Miles Morales goodness, go with Ultimate Spider-Man. Edited January 4, 2019 by Chris B Clarifying the titles of the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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