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edit: That being said i could do with a bit less fighting
Yes, exactly. Kirkman appears to have misunderstood the shock of original gore as being about the level of violence, as opposed to just the contrast with 'typical' stories. As a result, he just keeps pushing the 'gore' knob higher, instead of considering why it actually had an impact in the beginning.
Things right now in the Invincible universe is spinning out of control, tougher opponents and people are showing up, people are getting hurt, people are getting hurt and again when it comes to people able to shoot lasers, have super strength, be Superman level powers and abilities then people are going to be hurt and unlike most comics they're not afraid to show that people do get hurt bad, they don't just do the "Oh no I hurt my shoulder so I'll just be grabbing it and gritting my teeth then later have it in a sling to show it got hurt and in the next issue I'll be okay!".
Again to me Kirkman is showing a more realistic view of how super heroing is, it's not so fantasy based as the DC universe is much of the time and I find that refreshing. In this book anything can and will happen, no one is safe, nothing is going to be set to the status quo for 40 years unchanging and that's what more comic books need.
I said it before and I'll say it again, comic book fans are conditioned to expect nothing really major happening because things just go back to how they are, we need to break that and that's one thing Invicible does so well.
All's I'm sayin'... now stay with me here... ReanimEve. Booyah.
I don't think we're supposed to actually talk about the book in this thread - just argue about gore.
But aside from that, I like the way you think.
Here's a weird thought: due to those blockers in her head, Eve couldn't manipulate living matter, right? If she were reanimated, could she manipulate her own matter? She could look perfectly living, but have perfect control over herself.
I hate myself for having that thought.
And if anybody actualy read it, we might care.
If I had that sort of power, the first thing I'd try to do is manipulate my brain so that I could become smart enough to use my powers better. I might accidentally make myself evil in the process, however. Oh, these damned powers are as much a curse as a blessing!
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That's always my first thought whenever fiction - novel, movie, whatever - has someone with superpowers but hasn't taught themselves how to use them well despite being a teenager or older. I watched "Push" recently, and while it was a totally fun movie (and an incredibly open call for a series), I was struck by how stupid the protagonist was for having spent years using these powers without any attempts at refining them until the prescient girl showed up.
(spoilers for the entire issue).
The point being, Invincible isn't a gore comic now... this is just another period in the life of the series. Invincible will be fun again and Invincible will be gory again... so yeah... things will progress as always, just like before.
The reason I enjoy this series so much, and will continue to work on it for as long as I can, is that it's so many things in one book. It's high drama, horrific violence, cool superheroics... and some romance all in one... it's a little something for everyone. And that's not going to change any time soon.
So there."
- Robert Kirkman
3DS: 3007 8087 2767 | Nintendo ID: AngryFrog
Google doesn't seem to turn this up, so it musn't have ben crawled yet; where did you get it?
3DS: 3007 8087 2767 | Nintendo ID: AngryFrog
You know what
I'm so mad I'm going to go make a post on the internet about this
It's the paragraph before this issue's mail section
3DS: 3007 8087 2767 | Nintendo ID: AngryFrog
I thought the
See what you people did, you upset Robert Kirkman slightly, bad posters, BAD.
Holy shit
3DS: 3007 8087 2767 | Nintendo ID: AngryFrog
Honestly, I don't see the problem here.
Really good.
I'm not even going to reference anything from it. Just go find it, sit down, reread 63 and read it.
Good.
But it does really fuck up his arm, for the rest of the issue it just kind of flops around at horrible angles
3DS: 3007 8087 2767 | Nintendo ID: AngryFrog
but man. such a good issue. eve alive and well. conquest a bloody pulp.
so glad i got to my LCS right as they were putting 64 up. last two months i had to go to another shop 30 minutes away to get them.
But the whole thing took like 10 seconds to read.
Laughed my ass off at monster girl covering Robot's eyes at the end.
Ha, that's awesome! I completely missed that.
I noticed you're avatar is Allen the Alien - issues 66 & 67 are going to be all Allen issues. You might want to check those out before you give up on the book
"It's time for the costume to come back," Kirkman told CBR News. "I always planned on having the new costume around for a little while. In 'Invincible,' I always try to do those fun superhero things that everybody does. I got to issue #50 and was like, 'Oh man, he's still got the same costume on? Most characters have changed costumes a couple of times by now!' I figured it'd be a fun thing to do."
Kirkman wouldn't reveal exactly why Mark would be returning to his original costume, other than to say that something important would happen that prompts the uniform change. "He will spill food on his costume and that inspires him to put on his old suit," the writer joked. "It'll be much less ridiculous in the book, I promise.
"The fact that he has been through such a rough patch lately is the major reason that he's ready to no longer look at himself in the blue-and-black costume," Kirkman teased further. "That blue-and-black costume represents a time period where he's had it a little rough. He's ready to put it behind him."
Issue #67 cover:
Nice to see them again.