Comic Book Thread

[mattwnelson]

I had that and desperately wanted to like it (love Jim Henson, and Ramon K. Perez is an amazing artist) but it was just a bit too surreal for me; I prefer a fairly linear reading experience. But I understand why it's so widely loved. It is gorgeous.

[Edward J Grug III]

http://pipistrellus.tumblr.com/post/73262705088/look-if-dc-reprinted-the-superdictionary-they

[Johnny Unusual]

That book was part of the inspiration for one of my favourite villains, Mojo Jojo.

[The Lurker]

http://www.newsarama.com/20163-aquaman-teen-titans-justice-league-dark-superman-go-steampunk-in-february.html

[Johnny Unusual]

It's not an actual story.  Just some variant covers.  Marvel's been doing that kind of thing for year.  At least the Superman one is slightly better than the current costume.  Armoured booties?  Or did they finally get rid of them?

[MrTorso]

All the publishers have been doing variant covers for many many years.  I am still amazed when I get speculators buying up these "collectors" items thinking they are going to cash in someday....

[mearnest]

The only variants I really made a point to pick up were these:

Just because I love Marcos Martin's work, especially on Spider-man.  Anyone who buys modern comics expecting them to be valuable is just being foolish.

[Johnny Unusual]

Marcos Martin and Paolo Rivera are two of my favourite artists working right now.

Frankly, though, I don't think anyone is under the assumption that most variant covers are collectors item rather than an alternative and something you can pick up in a trade paperback.  I just kind of don't like it when the cover has a completely unrelated character on it.

[The Lurker]

[LucasM]

I wonder if the writer of that had just read (or heard of) the book, Black Like Me (published over a decade before)?

[Johnny Unusual]

Which is also the name of a storyarc in the Punisher where he turns black.  Really.

[Edward J Grug III]

Which is also the name of a storyarc in the Punisher where he turns black.  Really.

Better or worse than when he's the avenging angel for heaven?

[Johnny Unusual]

Depends on what you respond to.  Avenging Angel is dumb, but a storyline about the Punisher turning black is bizarre and misguided.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/02/23/i-love-ya-but-you%E2%80%99re-strange-that-time-punisher-was-a-black-guy/

[The Lurker]

From Deadpool: The Gauntlet

[The Lurker]