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Re: Ultimate Spider-Man #117 (Spoilers) Overheard in the last few days: [a toast from a large african american gentleman in full hip hop regalia at a bar in the neighborhood of jamaica, queens:] "Motherf***ing shalom over here in this piece!" [a hispanic kid talking to his asian friend as...

Funny, i thought the pages actually contained an awfully strong clue that Red was NOT being treated generically or like a throwaway: doesn't he seems extremely vulnerable and sympathetic in that final two-page spread? rfip

put this in your pipes and smoke it: http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=8776 looks like the shocker to me. has no one mentioned this yet? http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/0508/ULTSM122.jpg

Re: Ultimate Spider-Man #118 discussion [spoilers] That would be a cool gift if not for the whole ignoring-the-dynamic-of-what-i-was-trying-to-say thing. But, I digress. ... "The last thing I want to know is whether you like it or not; the problems of writing are after that." -Manny...

Re: Ultimate Spider-Man #118 discussion [spoilers] ... Realism and secret identity issues notwithstanding, I really like what this comic has done with the high school, if just for its clearsightedness about now. They've turned Midtown High into a celebrity sighting landmark. It's like the...

Re: The strike is on Bear in mind, though, that we're talking about greed and self-interest within an industry founded on those exact principles, so it's very much a case of fire fighting fire. There's no high ground in this territory. Union lameness is well documented, as is corporate...

Re: Ultimate Spider-Man #115 Discussion *Spoilers* The last page of the issue is the best thing that immonen has ever done. They should use it to teach a class on the word 'cliffhanger'.

I just picked up this issue, and found absolutely nothing interesting going on except for a few kinda-sorta entertaining frames of wolverine doing a somersault and decapitating a sentinel as he goes. Like most comics I come across, it's a guaranteed recipe for a coma sandwich. I'm still pretty...

Re: Ultimate Spider-Man #114 Discussion (With spoilers aye) mary jane has been immature since almost day one. all of her marriage talk is vintage high-school gooey love talk - no concept of the real world. i love how she sort of realizes her own immaturity and tries (with occasional...

Re: Ultimate Spider-Man #114 Discussion (With spoilers aye) this near-worship of immonen is out of control - sure, he has his strengths (good mood, good action), but he has a serious problem with faces and facial expressions. the characters look annoyingly similar too much of the time, and...

Re: IGN.com's preview of Ultimate Spider-Man #114 Good good. Immonen is gradually beginning to give the characters passable facial expressions, though Bagley is still miles, kilomiles, and gigamiles ahead of him in this department. Nice little moment with MJ's mother. And no, Miles could...

Re: Ultimate Spider-Man #113 Discussion (Spoilers) Bendis has never struck me as a 'how will they get out of this one?' writer - his stories almost never develop that way. I don't think he's building himself a set of easy outs here - what he's doing is thematic. USM is totally obsessed...

Ultimate Spider-Man #113 Discussion (Spoilers) I'm not even sure that I'm allowed to start this thread (i'm still new - is there some kind of executive privilege?), but i'm surprised that no one else has done it already. Anyway, here goes... * * * We begin with the preview pages, a sort of...

Re: Ultimate Spider-Man #112 (Discussion/Spoilers) i'm pretty new to this board (2nd post ever), so i know i'm inviting a beating here, but i had one major issue with immomen's art: his faces. there was a serious lack of expressiveness and consistency, and peter comes off looking like a...

Their conversation has some nice, absurd moments, though I have limited patience for stories that end with family members crying and hugging. The last frame is a nice way for Bagley to go out - pages 12 and 21 offer a great side-by side of old guard versus new guard. Some great frames by...