The Marvel guy I don't know. The Legion guy I have no idea simply becuase he owns so much stuff. Legion guy gets model kits and Star Trek merchandising. His Trek collection has to be insane.
Your store should have a "best collection" contest or something, just so you can get a peak into these guys' lives.
I mean, unless they're totally irresponsible, they've probably got some neat displays to showcase their collections.
I'm still amazed that there is a market for all these busts and sculptures. Spending that much money on them just seems...ludicrous.
But then again, I probably shouldn't talk because I have a life-sized statue of Spider-man in my apartment entryway. I got him at a yard sale dirt cheap, and my wife and I like to dress him up according to our whims. Right now he's serving as a hat rack for our hard hats.
I just don't really understand collecting comics like that? In almost every case you're just putting them in boxes and never looking at them again. It's having for the sake of having.
I just don't really understand collecting comics like that? In almost every case you're just putting them in boxes and never looking at them again. It's having for the sake of having.
I just don't really understand collecting comics like that? In almost every case you're just putting them in boxes and never looking at them again. It's having for the sake of having.
For lot's of people that's a good enough reason.
I'm certainly one of those people, but isn't that what most people do/did with movies or any other form of collectable media?
I've got tons of dvd's lying somewhere in the attic, as well as audio cd's and games, that I'll probably never see, hear or play again. If I sold them, however, I'd still regret it down the line.
At least with comics I still regularly find the urge to pull out a golden oldie to reread. Granted though, I don't collect singles, only trades / hardcovers, so I have all my books proudly displayed in bookcases in a separate room.
I do suffer heavily from collector's itch, though. It has me padding my shopping cart with way too many books each and every time I collect my pre-ordered items at my LCS.
I just don't really understand collecting comics like that? In almost every case you're just putting them in boxes and never looking at them again. It's having for the sake of having.
For lot's of people that's a good enough reason.
I'm certainly one of those people, but isn't that what most people do/did with movies or any other form of collectable media?
Now, who's a character that became a lesbian overnight? I guess he's probably talking about Batwoman, perhaps not knowing that she's a new character?
Personally, while I think Rape n' Murder Comics need to go, I think targeting everything towards children is equally pointless. I'd be happy if more comics would fall into that Booster Gold/Ultimate Spider-Man/Power Girl area, where they're able to do drama, humor, and action. Comics that appeal to adults, but don't possess elements that are exclusionary to younger readers.
That said, Darwyn Cooke wrote the scene where Wonder Woman liberated a Vietnamese rape camp through mass murder, so mayyyybe he shouldn't cast stones from his glass house.
Now, who's a character that became a lesbian overnight? I guess he's probably talking about Batwoman, perhaps not knowing that she's a new character?
Personally, while I think Rape n' Murder Comics need to go, I think targeting everything towards children is equally pointless. I'd be happy if more comics would fall into that Booster Gold/Ultimate Spider-Man/Power Girl area, where they're able to do drama, humor, and action. Comics that appeal to adults, but don't possess elements that are exclusionary to younger readers.
That said, Darwyn Cooke wrote the scene where Wonder Woman liberated a Vietnamese rape camp through mass murder, so mayyyybe he shouldn't cast stones from his glass house.
Do as I say, not as I do, It's the very basis of parenting.
He is right in many regards, even if he doesn't necessarily meet his own standards. I agree that pointing everything at children is pointless, but the best comics of this year have mostly been accessible to both children and adults, such as Thor: The Mighty Avenger, Nova, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man etc.
im not a collector at all, but i get too many comics weekly. ive been buying for two years and i have a full DC longbox, and full Marvel longbox, a full Spiderman/X-men longbox, a half full Star Wars/Dark Horse shortbox, and a shortbox that contains infinite crisis/countdown/52 that i got for $10. thats right, i got ~110 issues for $10.
i need at least two more longboxes, but having full ones helps me not buy as many comics not already on my pull.
Now, who's a character that became a lesbian overnight? I guess he's probably talking about Batwoman, perhaps not knowing that she's a new character?
But Batwoman isn't a new character. You can get technical and point out she's Kate Kane, but nobody cares. She's still Batwoman. I think his point is that they didn't know what to do with her so they slapped on a gay gimmick.
Which isn't entirely fair since they've done a pretty okay job with her, but I can imagine his dislike for it.
It would be freaking awesome if they slapped the gay gimmick on Superman. Or even a Superman-clone, like the Sentry. Just imagine the Sentry-Void dynamic then...
Now, who's a character that became a lesbian overnight? I guess he's probably talking about Batwoman, perhaps not knowing that she's a new character?
But Batwoman isn't a new character. You can get technical and point out she's Kate Kane, but nobody cares. She's still Batwoman. I think his point is that they didn't know what to do with her so they slapped on a gay gimmick.
Which isn't entirely fair since they've done a pretty okay job with her, but I can imagine his dislike for it.
But how long had that name laid fallow? Three decades? There hasn't been a Batwoman since the Silver Age, right? I think at that point, you can safely do whatever you want with them.
Now, who's a character that became a lesbian overnight? I guess he's probably talking about Batwoman, perhaps not knowing that she's a new character?
But Batwoman isn't a new character. You can get technical and point out she's Kate Kane, but nobody cares. She's still Batwoman. I think his point is that they didn't know what to do with her so they slapped on a gay gimmick.
Which isn't entirely fair since they've done a pretty okay job with her, but I can imagine his dislike for it.
By that logic, Blue Beetle became hispanic overnight! Oh no!
Don't be ridiculous. She's an entirely new character taking up a legacy role. Also, seeing as Rucka was involved in both her creation (in 52) and her actual book, I somehow doubt he made her gay just because they didn't know what to do with her. More likely was that they made her gay because it was a natural way to bring her into 52 (being Renee's former girlfriend and everything).
I am sure if he were to expand on his views it would seem less hypocritical and more reasonable. He does not strike me as the kind of guy to be obliviously contradictory.
I mean, he could be talking about an all-ages approach like Pixar films, or talking about superhero comics specifically, or by "younger people" he means younger than "perverted 45 year old men," I don't know. I am just prepared to give him more credit than him not realizing that New Frontier can be violent too.
That and there are varying degrees of violence. I mean when used properly it conveys a powerful message, improperly you get a drug addict hitting people with a dead cat.
Well, sure. I've defended Robert Kirkman's hypocritical stance on gorefests, by stating that his characters don't appear on lunchboxes and cartoons aimed at children. Likewise, Cooke isn't really writing for characters that should be accessible to children, or characters that have merchandise designed to appeal to children.
But it irritates the fuck out of me that people like Cooke and Kirkman, people with genuine influence and sway within the industry, lament a lack of child-friendly content, while making absolutely no effort to create that content. With Cooke it's even a bit more egregious, because the rape camp scene in New Frontier was then adapted into a cartoon movie, which then played on Cartoon Network, where it was undoubtedly seen by a few hundred thousand more children than have ever read a comic book.
It's just hard for me to get behind someone who, when they had the keys to the car, drove into the same lake that they're complaining about everyone else driving into.
They pad it out with more stuff which is not actual comics and re-release the same thing they sold me a few months ago?
The script thing really annoys me and has been a "bonus" in issues I've bought before. I just read the script. It was written out, conveniently enough, in a bunch of word bubbles for me. I don't need it printed twice for an extra $2 per issue.
Mostly, I've already bought things plumped with filler before, but tacking on the name "Director's Cut" somehow makes it even more irritating.
That and there are varying degrees of violence. I mean when used properly it conveys a powerful message, improperly you get a drug addict hitting people with a dead cat.
You know thinking about it, it must have been a dead super-cat, a regular cat just doesn't have the structural integrity for that kind of use.
Yeah, Cooke and Kirkman have enough influence and clout to write all-ages books if they wanted.
But again, they are allowed to say "mainstream comics are too violent or whatever" while writing violent non-mainstream comics. Arguably they could even say that they wanted to write violent comics so they left the mainstream to do that, though I doubt it would be entirely true.
Yeah, Cooke and Kirkman have enough influence and clout to write all-ages books if they wanted.
They certainly could, but I'd imagine time is a limiting factor - would you rather have Cooke working on the Parker books for IDW, or Cooke working on an all-ages title?
I hate huge story arcs that don't stick in the continuity. Makes me feel like I'm wasting my money- especially if the writing's bad.
If the writings bad it's just a bad book. Why would you feel you're wasting your money on a well written arc that's out of continuity though? A good book is a good book, who cares if what SuperSteve does to Doctor Crimeface isn't referenced by the next writer?
I can understand the OCD urge for everything to be kept in continuity. Sometimes it feels annoying for some piece of a character's history to be altered to fit a writer's story. Like what you have just read now is meaningless. That is comics though. They are ever changing stories with rotating writers. You just need to realize this big event is just another chapter is "X" characters story, and probably in the future, someone else will come and wipe the slate clean.
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Your store should have a "best collection" contest or something, just so you can get a peak into these guys' lives.
I mean, unless they're totally irresponsible, they've probably got some neat displays to showcase their collections.
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But then again, I probably shouldn't talk because I have a life-sized statue of Spider-man in my apartment entryway. I got him at a yard sale dirt cheap, and my wife and I like to dress him up according to our whims. Right now he's serving as a hat rack for our hard hats.
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punch him in the face and mail it to me
For lot's of people that's a good enough reason.
No. It's mine.
I've got tons of dvd's lying somewhere in the attic, as well as audio cd's and games, that I'll probably never see, hear or play again. If I sold them, however, I'd still regret it down the line.
At least with comics I still regularly find the urge to pull out a golden oldie to reread. Granted though, I don't collect singles, only trades / hardcovers, so I have all my books proudly displayed in bookcases in a separate room.
I do suffer heavily from collector's itch, though. It has me padding my shopping cart with way too many books each and every time I collect my pre-ordered items at my LCS.
Cooke comes out swingin'.
Now, who's a character that became a lesbian overnight? I guess he's probably talking about Batwoman, perhaps not knowing that she's a new character?
Personally, while I think Rape n' Murder Comics need to go, I think targeting everything towards children is equally pointless. I'd be happy if more comics would fall into that Booster Gold/Ultimate Spider-Man/Power Girl area, where they're able to do drama, humor, and action. Comics that appeal to adults, but don't possess elements that are exclusionary to younger readers.
That said, Darwyn Cooke wrote the scene where Wonder Woman liberated a Vietnamese rape camp through mass murder, so mayyyybe he shouldn't cast stones from his glass house.
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Do as I say, not as I do, It's the very basis of parenting.
He is right in many regards, even if he doesn't necessarily meet his own standards. I agree that pointing everything at children is pointless, but the best comics of this year have mostly been accessible to both children and adults, such as Thor: The Mighty Avenger, Nova, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man etc.
i need at least two more longboxes, but having full ones helps me not buy as many comics not already on my pull.
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And doing trades only lets me see how good a single's run is before I buy, so there is an overall increase in quality.
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But Batwoman isn't a new character. You can get technical and point out she's Kate Kane, but nobody cares. She's still Batwoman. I think his point is that they didn't know what to do with her so they slapped on a gay gimmick.
Which isn't entirely fair since they've done a pretty okay job with her, but I can imagine his dislike for it.
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By that logic, Blue Beetle became hispanic overnight! Oh no!
Don't be ridiculous. She's an entirely new character taking up a legacy role. Also, seeing as Rucka was involved in both her creation (in 52) and her actual book, I somehow doubt he made her gay just because they didn't know what to do with her. More likely was that they made her gay because it was a natural way to bring her into 52 (being Renee's former girlfriend and everything).
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JMS to make Lana Lang a lesbian (he does mention a creator who knows nothing about the character, and JMS is proving that in Superman every month).
That doesn't make him wrong or a hypocrite. It's all relative.
I mean, he could be talking about an all-ages approach like Pixar films, or talking about superhero comics specifically, or by "younger people" he means younger than "perverted 45 year old men," I don't know. I am just prepared to give him more credit than him not realizing that New Frontier can be violent too.
But it irritates the fuck out of me that people like Cooke and Kirkman, people with genuine influence and sway within the industry, lament a lack of child-friendly content, while making absolutely no effort to create that content. With Cooke it's even a bit more egregious, because the rape camp scene in New Frontier was then adapted into a cartoon movie, which then played on Cartoon Network, where it was undoubtedly seen by a few hundred thousand more children than have ever read a comic book.
It's just hard for me to get behind someone who, when they had the keys to the car, drove into the same lake that they're complaining about everyone else driving into.
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Blame FF #500, it started the whole director's cut thing.
They pad it out with more stuff which is not actual comics and re-release the same thing they sold me a few months ago?
The script thing really annoys me and has been a "bonus" in issues I've bought before. I just read the script. It was written out, conveniently enough, in a bunch of word bubbles for me. I don't need it printed twice for an extra $2 per issue.
Mostly, I've already bought things plumped with filler before, but tacking on the name "Director's Cut" somehow makes it even more irritating.
You know thinking about it, it must have been a dead super-cat, a regular cat just doesn't have the structural integrity for that kind of use.
$150?!
But again, they are allowed to say "mainstream comics are too violent or whatever" while writing violent non-mainstream comics. Arguably they could even say that they wanted to write violent comics so they left the mainstream to do that, though I doubt it would be entirely true.
They certainly could, but I'd imagine time is a limiting factor - would you rather have Cooke working on the Parker books for IDW, or Cooke working on an all-ages title?
I also think that New Frontier's adult themes (not just the Wonder Woman scene, but John Henry's as well) were appropriate given the setting.
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If the writings bad it's just a bad book. Why would you feel you're wasting your money on a well written arc that's out of continuity though? A good book is a good book, who cares if what SuperSteve does to Doctor Crimeface isn't referenced by the next writer?