The New 52 general discussion

[Ultimate Houde]

So let me get this straight, he writes HAwk and Dove, which gets canceled, so they put him on three more books?

 

[ProjectX2]

I don't... what the ****?

They should give this guy James Tynion one of them.

 

[Friday]

Gotcha. I will check that out; sounds interesting.

Also,

Rob Liefeld to write Deathstroke, Savage Hawkman, & Grifter.

That does not sound interesting and I will not check them out.

Yeah, i'm dropping Grifter and Deathstroke. Which is a shame because I was enjoying Deathstroke. Grifter.... yeah, not so much.

 

[E]

So let me get this straight, he writes HAwk and Dove, which gets canceled, so they put him on three more books?

Was he writing Hawk & Dove? I thought he was just drawing it.

Yeah, i'm dropping Grifter and Deathstroke. Which is a shame because I was enjoying Deathstroke. Grifter.... yeah, not so much.

I liked the first issue of Grifter but after that...meh.

 

[Ultimate Houde]

Sterling Gates dropped after three or four issues and Liefield took over. No idea why.

 

[Friday]

Sterling Gates dropped after three or four issues and Liefield took over. No idea why.

Exec 1: Hrmmm, Hawk and Dove is only selling X copies a month. We're going to have to cancel it but we need it around for 5 more issues till wave 2 is ready. How do we cut costs?
Exec 2: Simple, fire gates and give Liefeld a 20% bump to write it, production costs are down and we get a bonus for the idea.
Exec 1: BRILLIANT!

 

[Zombipanda]

Editor 1: So, did you talk to Rob?
Editor 2: Yeah. How much does he want?
Editor 1: That's the thing. No money. He just wants our respect...
Editor 2: Hah! Give him three books!

 

[bluebeast]

So I'm loving Scott Snyder's Batman (this, Justice League and Action are the only ones I'm completely up to date on) and the Council of Owls is a great new antagonist but reading the maze bits in #5 on digital was annoying as hell. Comixology needs to add a rotate button pronto.

 

[Ultimate Houde]

Simple Comic has a rotate

 

[E]

So I'm loving Scott Snyder's Batman (this, Justice League and Action are the only ones I'm completely up to date on) and the Council of Owls is a great new antagonist but reading the maze bits in #5 on digital was annoying as hell. Comixology needs to add a rotate button pronto.

Did you try the assisted reading feature? I haven't seen the issue digitally but I would assume that would help.

 

[E]

Man, JH Williams III is absolutely killing on Batwoman. The artistry on the book is almost as good as Promethea. No one can put a comic page (or spread) together like he can.

 

[bluebeast]

Did you try the assisted reading feature? I haven't seen the issue digitally but I would assume that would help.

I'll check it out thanks.

 

[E]

Just finished Frankenstein #5 and it was ok. Not crazy about it crossing over with a crappy book like OMAC though. I also hope they don't try and use the DNA techniques to figure out who he is...I like the anonymity of everything. In the Seven Soldiers Frank loses an arm and Father Time says, "we'll assassinate a prominent body builder." I thought that was a cool way to handle stuff like that.

 

[E]

I'll check it out thanks.

Double tap on a panel and it goes into assisted mode. That's for iPad by the way - I think on iPhone (and similar size devices) it is always in that mode.

 

[Jaggyd]

Man, JH Williams III is absolutely killing on Batwoman. The artistry on the book is almost as good as Promethea. No one can put a comic page (or spread) together like he can.

I adore Mr Williams, and Batwoman, but I'll admit, issue 4 made my stomach turn, and made me feel restless and uncomfortable. What's worse, I didn't have my "meh whatever" response when violence is gratuitous, it was that I was truly effected by what happened to Bette.

 

[Zombipanda]

I adore Mr Williams, and Batwoman, but I'll admit, issue 4 made my stomach turn, and made me feel restless and uncomfortable. What's worse, I didn't have my "meh whatever" response when violence is gratuitous, it was that I was truly effected by what happened to Bette.

It was gut wrenching for me too, but I think that was the intended effect.

It didn't seem gratuitous.

 

[Jaggyd]

It was gut wrenching for me too, but I think that was the intended effect.

It didn't seem gratuitous.

I am surprised you could make that out. I was half asleep when I posted that. No, it did not feel gratuitous at all, it was near perfect storytelling in my opinion, interspersing the beauty of Kate's love scene with the violence of what was happening to Bette.

 

[Zombipanda]

I am surprised you could make that out. I was half asleep when I posted that. No, it did not feel gratuitous at all, it was near perfect storytelling in my opinion, interspersing the beauty of Kate's love scene with the violence of what was happening to Bette.

Oh. I thought you were complaining about it.

Yeah. It kind of broke my heart, and the follow through with the DEO was just brilliant. This is how you use violence as an effective storytelling technique.

 

[E]

Do you guys like Suicide Squad? Its been ok but I liked the twist with Harley Quinn getting the whole team killed last issue.

 

[Jaggyd]

Do you guys like Suicide Squad? Its been ok but I liked the twist with Harley Quinn getting the whole team killed last issue.

O_O really? Did the quality of the book improve since issue 1?

Oh. I thought you were complaining about it.

Yeah. It kind of broke my heart, and the follow through with the DEO was just brilliant. This is how you use violence as an effective storytelling technique.

Yeah, I noticed how terrible I worded everything.

I'm still amazed at how wonderfully Batwoman is written, it and Wonder Woman have been such a joy to me.