The All About Comics Thread 4: Gemini Loves Crappy Variant Covers

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DIrishB said:
Next month marks the 5th anniversary of the site; and 5 years of me being a member here: I joined like a week after UC went up--so you're all newbs to me, ('cept E of course). Speaking of which, its been what, like 3 and a half years of waiting for the supposed site name change? Its like our version of a 50th issue or something (with obvious occasional delays).

I'za applying my timeline skills to da real world of da internetz now!


But seriously, I was sure TOG would've crashed this site years ago with all his ridiculous blue text posts. Sorry TOG.

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I think comparisons to Loeb's older works are warranted.

But anyone who actually enjoyed Ultimates 3 or his other recent Marvel work--the idea of it is incomprehensible to me. To each their own, and nothing against you if you enjoyed Ultimates 3...but...really? The maturity level of both the story and writing itself was that of an emotionally stunted 11 year old boy. And thats only being continued in Ultimatum. His characterizations aren't even one-dimensional. I'm sorry, I'm really trying to understand, but...what was good about it?


Oh, and one more thing to think about:















Ultimate Hulk Annual #1
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I've spent more times & posted more. I WIN.
 
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DIrishB said:
Speaking of which, its been what, like 3 and a half years of waiting for the supposed site name change? Its like our version of a 50th issue or something (with obvious occasional delays).
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It's our Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #3.
 
Re: The All About Comics Thread 4: Gemini Is Reading Watchmen?!

Len Wein's house burned down.


Len Wein called this morning. More than half of his house burned down earlier today. Len and Chris Valada and Chris's son, Michael, got out okay, but their beloved dog, Sheba, ran back inside and is gone. In addition to both bedrooms, the bathroom, and much of the office, what was burned first was the original art for the first Wolverine story, the cover of GIANT X-MEN #1 and other art pieces worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Susan and I will be over there as soon as I pick up my car today, and as soon as I've met the dental appointment we have scheduled. This is a major catastrophe for one of my oldest and closest friends. Like your Host, Len is a lifetime freelancer and, even though he remains a star of the comics world, even though he created Wolverine and Storm--among other characters--he goes from day to day earning a freelancer's living, as do I...and these are frightening economic times for those of us out there, to paraphrase Arthur Miller, "on a few words and a shoeshine."
 
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Ice said:
Len Wein's house burned down.


Len Wein called this morning. More than half of his house burned down earlier today. Len and Chris Valada and Chris's son, Michael, got out okay, but their beloved dog, Sheba, ran back inside and is gone. In addition to both bedrooms, the bathroom, and much of the office, what was burned first was the original art for the first Wolverine story, the cover of GIANT X-MEN #1 and other art pieces worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Susan and I will be over there as soon as I pick up my car today, and as soon as I've met the dental appointment we have scheduled. This is a major catastrophe for one of my oldest and closest friends. Like your Host, Len is a lifetime freelancer and, even though he remains a star of the comics world, even though he created Wolverine and Storm--among other characters--he goes from day to day earning a freelancer's living, as do I...and these are frightening economic times for those of us out there, to paraphrase Arthur Miller, "on a few words and a shoeshine."
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Well at least he and most of his family are OK.

(Sheba. :sad:)
 
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Everytime I hear the name Sheba I always think

MECHA-SHEBA MECHA-SHEBA
 
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It's Shiva....


Still....you can't go wrong with Venture Bros side-thoughts. I'm jonesing for Season4 already.
 
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So Jeff Parker's Exiles relaunch is pretty good so far, and I like the art.
 
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LitG:


Steve Ditko has spoken out against, well, lots of things, but Joe Quesada pops up.

Quoting from Newsarama:

"Asked point blank by a fan if things in the Marvel Universe will ever go back to normal after being 'screwed up' by House of M and Civil War, Joe Quesada said, 'These toys are meant to be broken. If we just told stories that kept the status quo, nobody would be in this room, and I'd be out of a job. They're meant to be thrown against a wall, smashed together, and built back up again.'"

Ditko, well, goes off on one.

"Quesada himself is only the latest 'status quo' mind, a different editorial body change with the same 'status quo' editorial mind, the same 'license' from the same original anti-hero 'authority'....

"Beyond Quesada's explicit confession to create 'smashed,' 'broken' 'toys,' his confession clearly reveals, exposes, the source, the actual origin and the one who first assumed the authority, the power, and who first initiated, practiced, the idea that a hero is a 'toy' to be 'smashed,' 'broken,' as an ongoing editorial anti-hero policy and duty....

"If no A is A, no real identity and nothing is or can be what it is, then every word Joe Quesada said is not the word he said...."

Enjoy.
 
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I have no idea what the **** Ditko is talking about but I find it hilarious that Quesada talks about not keeping the status quo.

Hmm.

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Yeah what Ditko said made absolutley no sense. Not because of what he was saying, but how he was saying it.

Actually I have an inkling that this never actually happened, there is no source or anything, just says that a fan asked Ditko this. and isn't Ditko supposed to be like impossible to get a hold of? isn't he like the J.D. Sallinger of the comic industry?

I have a feeling someone is lying
 
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Wasn't Ditko the biggest supporter of bringing back Hal Jordan and Barry Allen? Anyway, One More Day aside Marvel are constantly changing the status quo.
 
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Iceshadow said:
Wasn't Ditko the biggest supporter of bringing back Hal Jordan and Barry Allen? Anyway, One More Day aside Marvel are constantly changing the status quo.
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Too the point that they don't give the current status quo enough time to really explore.
 
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thee great one said:
Too the point that they don't give the current status quo enough time to really explore.
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Fair enough, but I think most X-Men writers hated House of M (except for Peter David and whoever writes Ms. Marvel), and it's consequences shouldn't have affected non mutant titles anyway. But Civil War effects didn't seem to really last that long, and everyone forgot about World War Hulk. On the flip side, the Annihilation events have had lasting consequences (though that's because it's two writers who control everything).
 
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While the US and UK recessions seem to be causing redundancies, bankruptcies and reductions in revenue across the comics industry, in Japan, they're using comics to bring themselves out of their own financial problems.

The government is giving the manga industry a 15 trillion yen infusion to increase their manga exports by 1000%, creating half a million jobs in the process.
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This is not going to help the whole "comics aren't as popular as manga" thing.
 
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