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#1
Film & TV / Re: Prometheus
13 June, 2012, 02:01:45 AM
Quote from: Judge Jack on 11 June, 2012, 06:42:29 PM
AAAAARRGGGHHHHH THIS FILM IS FOOKIN WANK.

Been away for a while, but can I just say I've fuckin' missed you all to a man. I've been having the longest arguments about this shit film with my nerd chums, and am sick to death of their coming up with excuses for it. Bad characterization and obvious plotting do not make a a film more complex. 
#2
Books & Comics / Re: Whats everyone reading?
23 January, 2012, 09:10:37 PM
Quote from: Darren Stephens on 23 January, 2012, 06:25:51 PM
Quote from: Link Prime on 22 January, 2012, 09:17:12 PM
Is that the 'Amalgam' stuff, or just general crossovers?
I loved the Amalgam comics in the 90's- head trippin, and some really good concepts too.

Just the normal crossovers, starting with the Spidey/Supes from 1976. Quite a fun read.

I think I remember that. Quite liked it as a youngster. Parasite was the villain? I also liked the crossover between X-Men and Teen Titans which had some great art by Walter Simonson.
#3
Books & Comics / Re: Hellboy fans?
16 January, 2012, 11:41:30 PM
Yeah I'm a fan. Have picked up most of the books in the Mignolaverse and, though sometimes I think Mignola makes a mistake trying to tie things together or wrap up plot points that would have felt more realistic being left open, I usually feel it was money well spent. Mignola has IMO next to Tharg one of the best stable of artists out there.
#4
Books & Comics / Re: Garth Ennis to write The Shadow
16 January, 2012, 10:48:57 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 16 January, 2012, 05:26:36 PM
The Shadow is one of those characters that I like the idea of but the stories always seem disappointing.

Have the opposite opinion. Never really understood what makes him tick, but I have to admit the character has been incredibly lucky when it comes to comic book adaptations: O'neil/Kaluta, Robbins, Chaykin, Helfer/Sienkiewicz&Baker, Jones/Barreto, Kaluta/Gianni. All of those teams were compelling in their way.
#5
Books & Comics / Re: Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2011
23 December, 2011, 07:44:23 PM
So Evil Pants, how excited are you that Tonci Zonjic is taking over as artist for the new Lobster Johnson series?
#6
Thanks Emp. Those aren't bad suggestions. Yeah he is very particular so it's hard to get off the reservation with him. My brother who is a true superhero junky is way easier to buy for. Unfortunately I can't get him the Ennis Punishers since he's already read mine twice. But I'm going to look into Thunderbolts.
#7
Books & Comics / Help Me Hive Mind (X-mas Marvel gifts)
18 December, 2011, 05:55:19 PM
I've got a brother-in-law for whom I usually buy trades for X-mas, but my tastes and his aren't quite flush. He is a massive Hulk fan, but I have a difficult time getting him something he hasn't already read in that quarter. He has read New Avengers and liked that, also Aaron's Wolverine run and the Brubaker/Fraction Iron Fist (which is fucking awesome). That said, my last two gifts, Brubaker's Captain America and Hickman's Secret Warriors got pretty decisive mehs. DC, independents, European stuff, and of course my beloved Tooth just baffle him. He's a pretty stereotypic US reader if I'm honest. I gave him Nemesis because he tends to like ultra-violent movies, and he said, "It was interesting but I think I like my comics to have heros that are, um, not assholes." So are there any Marvel readers among you squaxx?? Help me out here.

#8
Quote from: Lee Bates on 04 November, 2011, 08:15:13 AM
Oh yeah, and Flaming Carrot. First one I read was 'The New People' re-printed in an issue of Deadline in the late 80's. It took me years to track down more from my half remembered memory of that one story but I eventually managed to build up a collection.

Funniest comic ever produced.

The Flaming Carrot!!! Man I loved me some Bob Burden. He still comes back to comics now and then, but one of the reasons I loved going to my local comic shop in the late eighties early nineties was picking up Flaming Carrot on a regular basis. There's a moment in Morrison's Doom Patrol where the team is talking to one of his ubiquitous surreal super villains and the villain had a Flaming Carrot Comic in his glass case of priceless artifacts.
#9
I'm a little weirded out that Godpleton and I have so much in common.

Tintin, Asterix, Pogo-I wrote about these on the comics your kids willl like thread. These Franco/Belgians and American Southerner essentially taught me how to read. I still return to them and find new things. Their influence is pretty profound in my reading and difficult to sum up. Just on the surface I'd say they are the reason I never felt like superheroes are the end all and be all of comics and why I never underestimate or dismiss older comics.

Love & Rockets-The most important comic in my life. When I first picked up L&D I was reading bad SciFi/Fantasy and mediocre Chris Claremont comics. It had Beto's tale of Jesus on the prison island and was bittersweet and grotesque to my teenage eyes. At that moment it was the best thing I was reading, watching, listening to. Yes I found girls at that age, but unlike other guys I never gave up the comics because they seemed to contain the whole world. @ Cosh: The reason Death of Speedy is important to us is not Speedy's death, but because we can see the world and life pulling Maggie and Hopey apart.

RAW-To this day I'm a little irked at Spiegleman. He keeps returning to Maus (which is great but let it go) when the best thing he did for me was put out this anthology. RAW is how I found Ware, Katchor, Griffith, Munoz/Sampayo, Tardi, Herriman, Burns, Mattoti, Beyer, Gould etc. It opened my eyes to worlds and styles I never guessed at.

Krazy Kat-A fugue comic about the discontent of being in love amongst many other ideas. It taught me about simplicity, repetition, variation, and in my own life never to assume things about the ones you love.

Justice League International-(Griffin/Dematteis)Had to put up one superhero comic because I still read them from time to time. I think this one is the most influential to me. I haven't reread them in some time but I think my taste in the crazy PJ squads is pretty much determined by this comic. I never understood why people want 'realistic' superheroes. If you want realism go elsewhere. I don't mind the supes being dark but only if they are bizzare and have some sense of wit attached.

2000ad-Has cause the biggest shift in my taste in the last 10 years.
#10
Film & TV / Re: Last movie watched...
25 October, 2011, 10:19:13 PM
Quote from: Teivion on 25 October, 2011, 01:42:48 PM
I also caught 90% of THE ROCKETEER, a massively enjoyable film from start to finish, hugely underrated and some of the nicest period production design work to this day.
I'm pretty sure Timothy Dalton's home is largely decorated using the same tiles as used in Deckard's apartment in BladeRunner, and the rocket pack effects are awesome, mainly thanks to Joe Johnston I expect (Id like to see how they shot some of the airplane flying sequences too). 9/10

I concur! One of the best comicbook movies out there. Could be wrong, but if it's the one I'm thinking of, the interior shots are filmed in the same house in LA built by Frank Lloyd Wright. It shows up in more than a few movies.
#11
Books & Comics / Re: Comics for young children
25 October, 2011, 09:47:57 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 25 October, 2011, 09:17:16 PM
Quote from: Ignatzmonster on 25 October, 2011, 09:09:11 PM
Pogo

At the risk of derailing this is a strip I've wanted to check out for an age and keep either forgetting to or struggling to find any available at a decent price. I know it was a massive influence on Frank Cho's Liberty Meadows... once more to eBay my friends, once more...

I think Fantagraphics is about to put out a new collection so if you can't find it on e-bay sit tight and there might be some old collections hitting the used-book market soon. Personally I think it's a worthy purchase for kids. I ignored all the political subtext as a kid and just revelled in the joy of silly animals being a massive pain to the poor possum. And I'm not the only fan. Check out what Droid Higgins did:

#12
Books & Comics / Re: Whats everyone reading?
25 October, 2011, 09:36:07 PM
The Zebra-Striped Hearse by Ross MacDonald: I'm more into crime novels about criminals than detectives but I do now and then like a Lew Archer book. The difference between him and other detectives is the sense of mercy he has. He feels bad that he has to dig up the shameful secrets his clients would rather hide, but once he starts digging he's compelled to continue. He feels to me like a curse someone accidently called down.

Winter's Bone by Woodrell: I put off reading this for a year, because I was so moved by the movie that I was afraid it would take over the images in my head while I read. The year didn't help. Still saw the actors play all the roles while I read. Still a great read though. There was some fleshing out of characters and scenes so I think it's time well spent.

Butcher's Moon by Richard Stark: It's follow up to Slayground, and perhaps the best of the Parker novels I've read. If you've checked out Cooke's Parker you owe it to yourself to check out the original novels. Parker is a unique character in crime fiction. Neither a psychopath nor a hero, he's a thief that when the job is on that is all he sees or deals with, and God forbid you interfer with the job or take the cash which in his mind he rightfully stole.
#13
Books & Comics / Re: Comics for young children
25 October, 2011, 09:09:11 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 25 October, 2011, 08:50:27 PM
Been meaning to get back onto this thread and got a little more into why I reckon Asterix is perfect comics for young kids. When I was a little 'un I wasn't a great reader. My parents had bought some Asterix books for my brother. Now I couldn't read the words BUT I could kinda follow the story the art was so good. The story, art and action so engrossed me that I slowly started to make sure I could read the words so I knew every bit of what was happening. Now I didn't get most of the puns etc I'm quite sure but it was certainly fundamental in encouraging me to want to read.

I'm with Colin Block. Asterix, Tintin, and a comic most of you may not have heard of called Pogo are what turned me into a reader. I say that I've been reading comics for as long as I could read, but in truth I've been reading comics since BEFORE I could read. I remember looking through Tintin for the action sequences before I knew what the words meant. And I have distinct memories of about four, looking over my brother's shoulder while he read out the word balloons. So don't worry about the four year olds and Asterix. Four year olds take to slapstick as naturally as breathing.
#14
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/20/batman-death-by-design-chip-kidd-dave-taylor/

I would have bought this anyway since Taylor is that good, but this project officially gives me a boner now. Always wanted someone to explore Gotham's architecture, but having seen Taylor on Megacity... Oh my God I'm excited.
#15
Books & Comics / Re: Serge Clerc
19 October, 2011, 01:19:33 AM
Quote from: Proudhuff on 18 October, 2011, 06:10:22 PM
Quote from: Ignatzmonster on 18 October, 2011, 02:18:27 PM
Involved tales of paranoia set in US in the fifties? Anyone?

The Silent Invasion?

YES!! Thank you PH, that was killing me. THough looking at that illustrator's work now, I think it's less like this fellow Clerc's work than I remembered. Clerc's lines are tighter.