Aside from Robin's old man face, stringy hair, and weirdly shaped mask, I think the art's pretty good. Especially for someone who seems to still be a bit of a novice at comics.
However, I find Smith writing in his verbal tic of saying, "Sir," all the time more than a little silly.
1) I don't even think what Robin's doing is physically possible.
2) What the hell is going on with his cape?
3) The ceiling support beams seem to be designed by M.C. Escher
4) That face
1) I don't even think what Robin's doing is physically possible.
2) What the hell is going on with his cape?
3) The ceiling support beams seem to be designed by M.C. Escher
4) That face
At least it's not traced! *zing*
I actually don't mind the art. Ya it's not great but god knows we've seen worse.
So, Ambush Bug #7, huh? Wow. A formerly incomprehensible, but mildly enjoyable series managed to, with its final issue, go completely off the rails, shipping months late, with a new creative team using new art with a few pages of salvageable art from what would have been #6, effectively cobbling together a patchwork monstrosity of a comic. It was not unlike how Dr. Frankenstein would create life, so I guess it was kind of apropos that it come out in October.
Now, it's hard to say what exactly happened, but it's a bit odd that, just as the book was preparing to lampoon current events (Final Crisis, etc.), and the book's primary editor and champion Jann Jones left the company, it suddenly went MIA. What's Dan Didio have to say?
DiDio: We finally get that book off our table and people are asking for it again. You know what? When we put Ambush Bug #7 to bed, I think we put Ambush Bug to bed for awhile as well. Although, that being said, Keith Giffen's rumbling about Ambush Bug in one of his other comics, so who knows where he might show up next.
Nrama: But now that #7 has been released, is there no information on why #6 wasn't published? I think the problem fans are having is there's been no explanation. You had the issue. We know Keith Giffen isn't the slacker here.
DiDio: Not at all. Not at all. It was an odd confluence of circumstances. And this will be my only answer to this. It's the answer I've been saying and I'll keep on saying: What actually happened is a lot more boring than the stories that people have come up with. I don't want to ruin that momentum, because once we tell what the real story is, it's just not fun anymore.
Nrama: OK, now that #7 is out, I'm finished using one of our 10 questions on Ambush Bug #6. It's apparently remaining a mystery no matter how much we ask. If you ever want to tell the real story, just let us know.
DiDio: I'm done with it too, so I'm happy to have it behind us both.
Basically, it seems like Didio or someone else at DC, despite assurances that Giffen would be allowed to run hog wild on the book, took offense at something in the final issue, and killed it.
Between this, and Doom Patrol and Magog's plummeting sales, I really hope Giffen goes back to Marvel and does some more cosmic stuff, once his exclusive expires.
Speaking of Giffen and bad comics, holy shit, I read Planetary Brigade over the weekend, and good God was that ever a terrible comic. While it had some good art here and there, the majority of it was either mediocre, or downright bad. In places, it didn't look so much like it was drawn by an amateur, as much as a person who had never held, or even seen, a pencil before.
The characters were all archetypes that were never fleshed out beyond being Pseudo-Superman and Pseudo-Batman, the book, due to the fact that it was a collection of one-shots and minis, was extremely disjointed, and the jokes largely fell flat.T he whole thing just seemed like Giffen and DeMatteis were out to cash in on their reputation as the funny superhero guys, while failing to bring anything else to the table.
Planetary Brigade is that rare kind of comic where, as soon as you finish it, you flip it over, check the price tag and sigh, thinking of all the things you could have better spent that fifteen dollars on. Like say, throwing it into a burning trash can.
The one redeeming factor in the entire book is Fabio Moon's small contribution, where he illustrates something like eight or ten pages.
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I wonder if Giffen took a shot at Didio sleeping with Jann Jones (still JG's wife at the time) and it never dawning on him he was being made fun of until somewhere around AB #6 being published.
DC published Puckett's Supergirl issues which were just bad, and they can't let AB#6 go to print for a knock at FC (and I bet it was more a shot at letting Morrison walk all over them and making the event a big screw up deadline-wise)?
Here, let me spoil the big gag reveal at the end of the book; the Tigra/Cheetah homage character has been kicked off the Planetary Brigade and defected back to her evil masters, the Planetary Brigands. Why was she kicked off the Brigade?
Because she's a transsexual and everyone was like, totally grossed out by that!
I wonder if Giffen took a shot at Didio sleeping with Jann Jones (still JG's wife at the time)
Well, aside from that stuff really isn't anyone's business but theirs, as far as I know it wasn't Dan DiDio, but James Robinson (since he and Jann Jones are engaged now)
Well, aside from that stuff really isn't anyone's business but theirs, as far as I know it wasn't Dan DiDio, but James Robinson (since he and Jann Jones are engaged now)
Robinson obviously stole her from Didio. Dan, feeling spurned, fired Jones and trashed Ambush Bug.
Wheels within wheels.
Oh, and for anyone who thinks I'm overstating the problems with some of the art in Planetary Brigade, check this page out.
That's drawn by Mark Badger who, judging by his blog, is actually pretty damn talented. I'm wondering if the book is like some kind of comic creator kryptonite.
I consider myself pretty open to styles that other people deride, like Damion Scott's, but that stuff just looks really formless and flat, and his choice of shot composition leaves a lot to be desired. I do kind of like the close up of Third Eye on the right, but then the panel's kind of hurt by the fact that the character, who is defined by the third eye in her forehead, is missing it there.
I wonder if Giffen took a shot at Didio sleeping with Jann Jones (still JG's wife at the time) and it never dawning on him he was being made fun of until somewhere around AB #6 being published.
DC published Puckett's Supergirl issues which were just bad, and they can't let AB#6 go to print for a knock at FC (and I bet it was more a shot at letting Morrison walk all over them and making the event a big screw up deadline-wise)?
DC's published a lot worse shit than Puckett's Supergirl, which was really just mediocre-to-bad. Joe Kelly's Supergirl, Countdown (along with 99% of its tie-ins), Beechen's Teen Titans and Beechen's Batgirl mini were all fucking terrible. Not to mention Bruce Jones' Nightwing, which was possibly the worst thing I've ever read.
Anyway, seeing as Giffen killed Didio in Ambush Bug #5, it must've been worse than that to be pulled. It wouldn't surprise me if he took the absolute shit out of the editorial bullshit at DC (ala, Dwayne McDuffy and why they don't work with Mark Waid anymore) but since they'd have to buy out Giffen's contract to fire him, they put him on Magog as punishment (possibly my most hated DC character).
At least you guys know how I felt when DC/Didio decided to fuck over Legion of Super-Heroes readers with its shit last issue.
I wonder if Giffen took a shot at Didio sleeping with Jann Jones (still JG's wife at the time)
Well, aside from that stuff really isn't anyone's business but theirs, as far as I know it wasn't Dan DiDio, but James Robinson (since he and Jann Jones are engaged now)
They should just make that story a comic. I'd read it :winky:
Then again, I find myself liking the dramedys (aka Strangers in Paradise, Maison Ikkoku)
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It's in the Bitching About Bad Comics thread because the series is the worst and the art is terrible
However, I find Smith writing in his verbal tic of saying, "Sir," all the time more than a little silly.
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1) I don't even think what Robin's doing is physically possible.
2) What the hell is going on with his cape?
3) The ceiling support beams seem to be designed by M.C. Escher
4) That face
At least it's not traced! *zing*
I actually don't mind the art. Ya it's not great but god knows we've seen worse.
Pretty much. It's not bad, and he seems to have gotten better since Cacaphony. It still has some rough spots in it.
Karla is going to become Marvel's Cassandra Cain soon.
It's odd to me, because I can still read and enjoy Quiver, or the stuff Smith did for Oni.
It's like he had a talentectomy.
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He is not good with other people's property
He is not down with OPP
He does not know me
Now, it's hard to say what exactly happened, but it's a bit odd that, just as the book was preparing to lampoon current events (Final Crisis, etc.), and the book's primary editor and champion Jann Jones left the company, it suddenly went MIA. What's Dan Didio have to say?
Basically, it seems like Didio or someone else at DC, despite assurances that Giffen would be allowed to run hog wild on the book, took offense at something in the final issue, and killed it.
Between this, and Doom Patrol and Magog's plummeting sales, I really hope Giffen goes back to Marvel and does some more cosmic stuff, once his exclusive expires.
Speaking of Giffen and bad comics, holy shit, I read Planetary Brigade over the weekend, and good God was that ever a terrible comic. While it had some good art here and there, the majority of it was either mediocre, or downright bad. In places, it didn't look so much like it was drawn by an amateur, as much as a person who had never held, or even seen, a pencil before.
The characters were all archetypes that were never fleshed out beyond being Pseudo-Superman and Pseudo-Batman, the book, due to the fact that it was a collection of one-shots and minis, was extremely disjointed, and the jokes largely fell flat.T he whole thing just seemed like Giffen and DeMatteis were out to cash in on their reputation as the funny superhero guys, while failing to bring anything else to the table.
Planetary Brigade is that rare kind of comic where, as soon as you finish it, you flip it over, check the price tag and sigh, thinking of all the things you could have better spent that fifteen dollars on. Like say, throwing it into a burning trash can.
The one redeeming factor in the entire book is Fabio Moon's small contribution, where he illustrates something like eight or ten pages.
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In that 3rd panel, Robin reminds me way too much like Ragdoll, and it's freaking me out.
DC published Puckett's Supergirl issues which were just bad, and they can't let AB#6 go to print for a knock at FC (and I bet it was more a shot at letting Morrison walk all over them and making the event a big screw up deadline-wise)?
Here, let me spoil the big gag reveal at the end of the book; the Tigra/Cheetah homage character has been kicked off the Planetary Brigade and defected back to her evil masters, the Planetary Brigands. Why was she kicked off the Brigade?
Because she's a transsexual and everyone was like, totally grossed out by that!
It may very well be my least favorite comic ever.
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Well, aside from that stuff really isn't anyone's business but theirs, as far as I know it wasn't Dan DiDio, but James Robinson (since he and Jann Jones are engaged now)
Robinson obviously stole her from Didio. Dan, feeling spurned, fired Jones and trashed Ambush Bug.
Wheels within wheels.
Oh, and for anyone who thinks I'm overstating the problems with some of the art in Planetary Brigade, check this page out.
That's drawn by Mark Badger who, judging by his blog, is actually pretty damn talented. I'm wondering if the book is like some kind of comic creator kryptonite.
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Like I said though, dude's obviously got skill.
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DC's published a lot worse shit than Puckett's Supergirl, which was really just mediocre-to-bad. Joe Kelly's Supergirl, Countdown (along with 99% of its tie-ins), Beechen's Teen Titans and Beechen's Batgirl mini were all fucking terrible. Not to mention Bruce Jones' Nightwing, which was possibly the worst thing I've ever read.
Anyway, seeing as Giffen killed Didio in Ambush Bug #5, it must've been worse than that to be pulled. It wouldn't surprise me if he took the absolute shit out of the editorial bullshit at DC (ala, Dwayne McDuffy and why they don't work with Mark Waid anymore) but since they'd have to buy out Giffen's contract to fire him, they put him on Magog as punishment (possibly my most hated DC character).
At least you guys know how I felt when DC/Didio decided to fuck over Legion of Super-Heroes readers with its shit last issue.
They should just make that story a comic. I'd read it :winky:
Then again, I find myself liking the dramedys (aka Strangers in Paradise, Maison Ikkoku)
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