Ray's 7th DCU Megathread - Death of the Fourth OOMPH!!! (Fifth OOMPH Pending)

[Fake Pat]

How come?

The LITG stuff.

DC editorial will fuck this up somehow. I know it.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

The LITG stuff.

DC editorial will fuck this up somehow. I know it.

I wouldn't place too much stock in LITG, especially considering that Van Sciver already shot one hole in that little story of Johnston's.

[UltimateQuintessa]

Ivory Madison is fucking hot. I'm buying whatever book she writes.

[Foolish Mortal]

Any guesses who the three DC creators going Marvel exclusive are? We know Dodson will be one.
I think it would be a fairly safe bet to say Mark Waid is coming back to Marvel.

[Hock]

They got rid of him for a reason.

He was the archetypal perfect alpha-male hero, and he got stale.

Fuck you Fanboy Ray.

[Hock]

I loved what Jones did with the GL book. That was a great period and it was a fantastic idea to rotate the spotlight among the GLs. It was also during that same period that we had the great-but-short-lived Mosaic series. :heart:


Mosaic was a very smart, interesting and unique idea. But there was not enough action for the average comic book reader , plus it starred John Stewart who definitely wouldn't sell well back then.

I don't think Ray reads comics from back then. That's why he doesn't like Hal.

[Adam Witt]

I loved what Jones did with the GL book. That was a great period and it was a fantastic idea to rotate the spotlight among the GLs. It was also during that same period that we had the great-but-short-lived Mosaic series. :heart:

Quoted. For fucking truth.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Quoted. For fucking truth.

:thumb:

[Adam Witt]

:thumb:

If you like Jones' DCU work and you dig the history of comics, you should check out the novel Men of Tomorrow. Amazing stuff by Jones.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

If you like Jones' DCU work and you dig the history of comics, you should check out the novel Men of Tomorrow. Amazing stuff by Jones.

Hmm, I've not heard of that. I'll have to look into it.

[jason hissong]

Witt makes an appearance.

[Adam Witt]

Witt makes an appearance.

NOOOOOOOOO!

Er, hi.

[Hock]

No.....But a couple of girls smiled at me when I held the door for them.

that's called being polite, it doesn't mean they like you.

[Hock]

I'm not going to it. Kinda too much of a high school thing.

High school dances, and formals outside of high school are completely different things, And yeah, it's a bit corny, but maybe, foir once in your life, if you actually put yourself out there, you would learn a thing or two.

[Hock]

Glenn has him on ignore I think.

I envy Glenn.

[Hock]

http://www.legionclubhouse.com/wiki/images/thumb/d/d9/M'Onel.png/250px-M'Onel.png


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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/Mon-El.jpg

The second Mon-el has a better costume

[Hock]

feh, I've never been a big fan of stars on a costume.

I think it works for Starman and Donna Troy. But not anyone else really.

[Hock]

Man, Alan Moore did such amazing things for DC by doing the smallest stories. I mean, who would've thought that some of the backup stories he did would matter years later.

way to meld and regurgitate posts I made two threads ago.

[The Doctor]

That's sad.
How can Glenn keep up with the Chilly saga then?
JOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/sinestro.jpg


This guy does great work. (http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/profiles_in_villainy/index.html)
That's great

I envy Glenn.
It's the only way he'll learn

[SteveZegers]

I like this one the most
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/6254/groddqt8.jpg

Nice. Who's the artist?

[jason hissong]

The second Mon-el has a better costume

Now that I've seen them side by side I'm amending my position and I completely agree with you.

I really like this character and hope Shooter brings him back from the Phantom Zone.

[Ray G.]

Witt! :rock:

[Ray G.]

*rings bell and runs through thread*

Mark Andreyko just confirmed that Manhunter returns in June! :D

[Deej]

*rings bell and runs through thread*

Mark Andreyko just confirmed that Manhunter returns in June! :D

AWESOME!!

THE DCU needs more Marc Andreyko!

[Ray G.]

AWESOME!!

THE DCU needs more Marc Andreyko!

So that's another possible name off the LITG list.

I swear, most of the guesses in that thread are just pure wish-fulfillment.

[Joe Kalicki]

Now that I'm finally caught up on all Johns' books, I think I might get Robin and Atom next. I got Dixon's first Robin and Atom just got a new team, so those look easy enough to jump into.

Or should I catch up on Wonder Woman and JLA? I got Gail's first WW and I think JLA 13 or 14.

[Ray G.]

Now that I'm finally caught up on all Johns' books, I think I might get Robin and Atom next. I got Dixon's first Robin and Atom just got a new team, so those look easy enough to jump into.

Or should I catch up on Wonder Woman and JLA? I got Gail's first WW and I think JLA 13 or 14.

Don't bother with JLA. It's awful right now.

[Joe Kalicki]

Don't bother with JLA. It's awful right now.

But it should be the big book of the DCU! The one book you should have to read from the company!

[Ray G.]

But it should be the big book of the DCU! The one book you should have to read from the company!

Sad, isn't it?

[Joe Kalicki]

Sad, isn't it?

To be fair, it hasn't really been that since Morrison was writing it.

Maybe Waid.

[jason hissong]

Remember the Waid/Hitch JLA: Heven's Ladder oversized graphic novel?

[Joe Kalicki]

Remember the Waid/Hitch JLA: Heven's Ladder oversized graphic novel?

I remember it, but I never read it.

The Jurgens' Superman/FF book was also oversized.

[jason hissong]

Jurgens is one of the people who has never really done anything for me.

On that list, add:

Alex Ross
JrJr.

[Joe Kalicki]

Jurgens is cool. He's a great and timely comic book artist and has classic runs as a writer, with his Thor being particularly good.

Plus, he created Booster Gold.

[lonesomefool]

Don't bother with JLA. It's awful right now.

I will give you the Burnett fill-in issues, but McDuffies opening arc was better than the Meltzer arc that came before it.

[jason hissong]

You know why I hate posting in this thread?

It makes me want all my comics in Omaha.

[Deej]

To be fair, it hasn't really been that since Morrison was writing it.

Maybe Waid.

I enjoyed Waid's run on the book. I dropped JLA once Kelly came on.

[Joe Kalicki]

I enjoyed Waid's run on the book. I dropped JLA once Kelly came on.

I tend to drop everything once Kelly comes on.

[jason hissong]

I enjoyed Waid's run on the book. I dropped JLA once Kelly came on.

Wasn't Kelly's run with Mahnke?

[Joe Kalicki]

Wasn't Kelly's run with Mahnke?

Yes, much of it.

[Dark Sasha]

I was watching that Teen Titans Tokyo thingy and the thing that I don't get about Beast Boy is that, why doesn't he just be a T-Rex all the time?

[Joe Kalicki]

I bought a Justice League Unlimited Elongated Man figure yesterday, which is the second ELongated Man figure I know, and that's strange to me.

I decided a while ago that Justice League Unlimited would be the only line of DC figures I would collect, because they are cheap, have a lot of characters, and are easy to find.

I just found out the line's going Target exclusive with some kickass figures, including Forager and Lashina in an Apokolips 6-pack, and The Question!

[The Doctor]

I'm thinking Sale might hop over to Marvel

Speaking of which this Batman: Tales Of Tim Sale simply rocks the house

[jason hissong]

I'm thinking Sale might hop over to Marvel

Speaking of which this Batman: Tales Of Tim Sale simply rocks the house

Witt told me once that Sale's stated publicly he's just waiting for his DC contract to end so he can jump to Marvel and work with Loeb.

[Gavin]

Witt told me once that Sale's stated publicly he's just waiting for his DC contract to end so he can jump to Marvel and work with Loeb.

Speaking of Loeb and Sale, why hasn't DC made an Absolute Dark Victory yet?

[Dark Sasha]

This Tom Vs. the JLA podcast is a lot of fun.

[MAK15]

Got my Lobo:Last Czarnian book today.
awesome stuff.
prolly will get the portrait of a bastich this week.

[SteveZegers]

Remember the Waid/Hitch JLA: Heven's Ladder oversized graphic novel?

I sure do. That's one pretty book.

[jason hissong]

I sure do. That's one pretty book.

Yes, yes it is.

[jason hissong]

ebay auctions paid for.

come to me, legion comics!

[Dark Sasha]

I wonder what Alan Moore thinks(if he does think about it) about this Green Lantern stuff?

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

*rings bell and runs through thread*

Mark Andreyko just confirmed that Manhunter returns in June! :D

:eek:

:rock: You just made my day

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

This Tom Vs. the JLA podcast is a lot of fun.

I need to listen to that

[Dark Sasha]

High school dances, and formals outside of high school are completely different things, And yeah, it's a bit corny, but maybe, foir once in your life, if you actually put yourself out there, you would learn a thing or two.
Meh. I don't even really hang out at my college. I normally just go to another college that has couches to read and write and everything else.

[The Doctor]

Witt told me once that Sale's stated publicly he's just waiting for his DC contract to end so he can jump to Marvel and work with Loeb.
I heard this too. If he's so unhappy DC might as well let him go

Speaking of Loeb and Sale, why hasn't DC made an Absolute Dark Victory yet?
They're doing Absolute Superman For All Seasons first

:eek:

:rock: You just made my day

What is this 'Manhunter'?

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

What is this 'Manhunter'?

A fantastic series by DC. After issue 30 it was put on hiatus. And now, it's coming back! :boogie:

[The Doctor]

A fantastic series by DC. After issue 30 it was put on hiatus. And now, it's coming back! :boogie:

Oh ok

Thoughts on the rest of NA Illuminati in a sec

[Michael Blacklist]

Jurgens is cool. He's a great and timely comic book artist and has classic runs as a writer, with his Thor being particularly good.

Plus, he created Booster Gold.

When I think of Superman, my mind's eye sees either a Jurgens drawing, a Swan drawing or Reeve. I love his art.

[Dark Sasha]

A fantastic series by DC. After issue 30 it was put on hiatus. And now, it's coming back! :boogie:

It's the little DC book that could.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/sinestro.jpg


This guy does great work. (http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/profiles_in_villainy/index.html)

Great stuff. I'd seen the Darkseid before, but the rest are really awesome. Love the Galactus.

[The Doctor]

Issue 4: Never seen this Kree guy before. Another issue that was just kind of...there

Issue 5: Oh bloody hell more Skrull's, they should have t-shirts or something.

the Illuminati itself is such a damn good idea and I just feel its kind of been wasted here. each of the issues had an interesting premise (Kick some Skrull butt, Dealing with the Infinity Gauntlet, Dealing with the Beyonder, Drafting a new Captain Marvel, more Skrull stuff) but I just thought it was all kind of wasted in transit.

Also some of the dialogue was so Bendisised. I hate the way in the middle of a long speech every character goes 'listen' and/or 'see what I'm saying'

Gahhhhhhhhhh!

Great art though

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

I think it would be a fairly safe bet to say Mark Waid is coming back to Marvel.

As an exclusive though? I don't know, it'd be great to see him on an Avengers book, but I think BOOM! takes up a lot of his time.

[jason hissong]

Great stuff. I'd seen the Darkseid before, but the rest are really awesome. Love the Galactus.

The Glactus cracked me up.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

*rings bell and runs through thread*

Mark Andreyko just confirmed that Manhunter returns in June! :D
I'll give this a chance if DCBS has a discount. Didn't really see what the big deal was when I picked it up last time.

Now that I'm finally caught up on all Johns' books, I think I might get Robin and Atom next. I got Dixon's first Robin and Atom just got a new team, so those look easy enough to jump into.

Or should I catch up on Wonder Woman and JLA? I got Gail's first WW and I think JLA 13 or 14.

Like Ray said skip JLA. Burnett's stories haven't been good at all.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

Jurgens is one of the people who has never really done anything for me.

On that list, add:

Alex Ross
JrJr.
Yeah I feel the same way. I like Booster, but his art's as average as can be and his writing isn't great either.


I will give you the Burnett fill-in issues, but McDuffies opening arc was better than the Meltzer arc that came before it.
It was okay, he really hasn't gotten a chance to establish a tone to his run.

I tend to drop everything once Kelly comes on.

His Deadpool was good. Didn't like his Superman.

[Joe Kalicki]

His Deadpool was good. Didn't like his Superman.

None of his DC work makes sense. He's the most confusing writer in comics.

[Ray G.]

Jurgens is cool. He's a great and timely comic book artist and has classic runs as a writer, with his Thor being particularly good.

Plus, he created Booster Gold.

He's writing the Tangent mini this month. :rock:

I'm so excited for that.

[Ray G.]

I will give you the Burnett fill-in issues, but McDuffies opening arc was better than the Meltzer arc that came before it.

Eh.

It was basically three issues of heroes and villains punching each other. I was unimpressed. That being said...yeah, it was slightly better than most of Meltzer's run.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

I was watching that Teen Titans Tokyo thingy and the thing that I don't get about Beast Boy is that, why doesn't he just be a T-Rex all the time?
Variety is the spice of life? Plus being a T-Rex probably causes a lot of damage in cities.

I bought a Justice League Unlimited Elongated Man figure yesterday, which is the second ELongated Man figure I know, and that's strange to me.

I decided a while ago that Justice League Unlimited would be the only line of DC figures I would collect, because they are cheap, have a lot of characters, and are easy to find.

I just found out the line's going Target exclusive with some kickass figures, including Forager and Lashina in an Apokolips 6-pack, and The Question!

I have a few JLU toys, I was a little disappointed, since they're not all on the same scale. But if I see The Question, I'll have to pick him up!

[jason hissong]

I don't think I've ever purchased an action figure.

[Joe Kalicki]

Eh.

It was basically three issues of heroes and villains punching each other. I was unimpressed. That being said...yeah, it was slightly better than most of Meltzer's run.

Which was 12 issues of heroes talking to each other.

[Dark Sasha]

Variety is the spice of life? Plus being a T-Rex probably causes a lot of damage in cities.

But sometimes he is fighting someone and he can end it in a second if he just became a T-rex.

[Ray G.]

I enjoyed Waid's run on the book. I dropped JLA once Kelly came on.

I found Kelly's run to be fairly hit-and-miss. He had some interesting ideas, and did some great work with J'onn, but The Obsidian Age was utterly atrocious.

[MAK15]

But sometimes he is fighting someone and he can end it in a second if he just became a T-rex.

he could get sued for excessive damage done.
or something.

i dunno,
i guess not every mission requires Barney the dinosaur's retarded green cousin.

[Ray G.]

I was watching that Teen Titans Tokyo thingy and the thing that I don't get about Beast Boy is that, why doesn't he just be a T-Rex all the time?

He would certainly be more awesome that way.

That's one character I would like to see grow up a little and explore just how useful his powers can be, instead of just turning into rhinos and hitting things.

[Ray G.]

Witt told me once that Sale's stated publicly he's just waiting for his DC contract to end so he can jump to Marvel and work with Loeb.

I'm not sure if it's that time yet, but there's really no reason for him to stay at DC right now with Loeb over there.

Loeb's Marvel work has been lackluster so far. Let's see if Sale can bring out the best in him again.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

I don't think I've ever purchased an action figure.

I haven't really gotten any in a long time. I'll pick up the odd transformer or superhero figure. Don't think I've gotten any new ones in over a year.

[The Doctor]

I'm not sure if it's that time yet, but there's really no reason for him to stay at DC right now with Loeb over there.

Loeb's Marvel work has been lackluster so far. Let's see if Sale can bring out the best in him again.

I wouldn't mind seeing Sale working with Brubaker/Bendis or other Marvel writers while he's at it:)

[Joe Kalicki]

I love toys. I have bunches of them. I want a line that covers the entire universe, cheaply, but they usually die out after a few waves (Pocket Super-Heroes, I'm looking at you).

If DC Mini-Mates were in normal stores I would get those.

[Ray G.]

His Deadpool was good. Didn't like his Superman.

See, I actually loved his Superman and consider it one of the best runs on the character in recent memory. Sure, it got a little over-the-top at points, but he created a lot of cool new villains. Emperor Joker, which he played a key role in, is one of my favorite crossovers of all time.

[Dark Sasha]

It would be cool and fucked up if Beast Boy went out of control and ate someone.

[Michael Blacklist]

I don't think I've ever purchased an action figure.

Don't get sucked in! I go to Target, Wal Mart and Toys R Us out of habit every week trying to track down JLU figures. It's a sucky obsession.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

I'll give this a chance if DCBS has a discount. Didn't really see what the big deal was when I picked it up last time.


How much of the series have you read?

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

I don't think I've ever purchased an action figure.

Me, neither

[Michael Blacklist]

It would be cool and fucked up if Beast Boy went out of control and ate someone.

I wonder what would happen with the contents of his full stomach.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

How much of the series have you read?

Read the issue where Blue Beetle "came back" and another one I remember absloutely nothing about.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Read the issue where Blue Beetle "came back" and another one I remember absloutely nothing about.

Ah. I liked that arc, but I felt it was probably the weakest of the series.

[Deej]

I'll give this a chance if DCBS has a discount. Didn't really see what the big deal was when I picked it up last time.


I found it to be more of a mature super-hero book that used a few cool and interesting concepts/characters in the DCU that hadn't been seen in awhile.

[SteveZegers]

When I think of Superman, my mind's eye sees either a Jurgens drawing, a Swan drawing or Reeve. I love his art.

I'd add Byrne to that, but yeah.

[SteveZegers]

I don't think I've ever purchased an action figure.

I get the occasional DC Direct one. Used to buy a bunch, Simpsons or Star Wars, but they just take up too much room. I wish there was an easier way to get rid of them.

[THAT Sean!]

Half a page of TT #57, courtesy of Eddy's blog (http://www.eddybarrows.blogspot.com):

http://fotolog.terra.com.br/foto.cgi/rcjQWWHw.yzPPB2AH8UxYI1yK:cxPCUGC7STUQI3Z_6KBNloEN 45R6noQ3z6Lp/168.jpg

[jason hissong]

Half a page of TT #57, courtesy of Eddy's blog (http://www.eddybarrows.blogspot.com):

http://fotolog.terra.com.br/foto.cgi/rcjQWWHw.yzPPB2AH8UxYI1yK:cxPCUGC7STUQI3Z_6KBNloEN 45R6noQ3z6Lp/168.jpg

That looks pretty cool.

[Ray G.]

Half a page of TT #57, courtesy of Eddy's blog (http://www.eddybarrows.blogspot.com):

http://fotolog.terra.com.br/foto.cgi/rcjQWWHw.yzPPB2AH8UxYI1yK:cxPCUGC7STUQI3Z_6KBNloEN 45R6noQ3z6Lp/168.jpg

:rock:

This new arc is awesome. I love the single-character spotlights. :)

[SteveZegers]

Half a page of TT #57, courtesy of Eddy's blog (http://www.eddybarrows.blogspot.com):

http://fotolog.terra.com.br/foto.cgi/rcjQWWHw.yzPPB2AH8UxYI1yK:cxPCUGC7STUQI3Z_6KBNloEN 45R6noQ3z6Lp/168.jpg

Nice stuff.

[SteveZegers]

If DC Mini-Mates were in normal stores I would get those.

They're so cool. And you can get whole sets on the cheap.

[MAK15]

BRUTAL.
I approve of violence.
:thumb:

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Half a page of TT #57, courtesy of Eddy's blog (http://www.eddybarrows.blogspot.com):

http://fotolog.terra.com.br/foto.cgi/rcjQWWHw.yzPPB2AH8UxYI1yK:cxPCUGC7STUQI3Z_6KBNloEN 45R6noQ3z6Lp/168.jpg

Nice!

[UltimateQuintessa]

Lady Deathstroke is pretty cool.

[Adam Witt]

*rings bell and runs through thread*

Mark Andreyko just confirmed that Manhunter returns in June! :D
Good times. :beer:

So that's another possible name off the LITG list.

I swear, most of the guesses in that thread are just pure wish-fulfillment.

I'm pretty sure that though it'd be a huge anti-climax, that it's Rucka.

I don't care, I want Sale at Marvel NOW.

[Dark Sasha]

With Sale at Marvel, maybe Loeb will write better.

[UltimateQuintessa]

Good times. :beer:


I'm pretty sure that though it'd be a huge anti-climax, that it's Rucka.

I don't care, I want Sale at Marvel NOW.

I hate saying this but I think Sale wants to be at Marvel NOW.

Don't know why no DC writer can't come up with a decent mini to do with Sale. Boggles my mind really. Maybe Sale just likes work with Loeb and that's it.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

Half a page of TT #57, courtesy of Eddy's blog (http://www.eddybarrows.blogspot.com):

http://fotolog.terra.com.br/foto.cgi/rcjQWWHw.yzPPB2AH8UxYI1yK:cxPCUGC7STUQI3Z_6KBNloEN 45R6noQ3z6Lp/168.jpg

I like it!

[The Doctor]

Half a page of TT #57, courtesy of Eddy's blog (http://www.eddybarrows.blogspot.com):

http://fotolog.terra.com.br/foto.cgi/rcjQWWHw.yzPPB2AH8UxYI1yK:cxPCUGC7STUQI3Z_6KBNloEN 45R6noQ3z6Lp/168.jpg
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I hate saying this but I think Sale wants to be at Marvel NOW.

Don't know why no DC writer can't come up with a decent mini to do with Sale. Boggles my mind really. Maybe Sale just likes work with Loeb and that's it.

In the Loeb report he says he's not happy

Probably similar reasons as to why Mike Wieringo was speaking of going to DC once his contract was up before he passed away

[UltimateQuintessa]

The DCU Megathread: Now with preview art!


In the Loeb report he says he's not happy

Probably similar reasons as to why Mike Wieringo was speaking of going to DC once his contract was up before he passed away

Did he miss working with Waid?

[The Doctor]

Did he miss working with Waid?

It was that yeah and I think he wanted a change much like Bagley

I read his blog pretty regularly he didn't seem to enjoy all the crossovers he got swept up in

[Fake Pat]

The DCU Megathread: Now with preview art!


In the Loeb report he says he's not happy

Probably similar reasons as to why Mike Wieringo was speaking of going to DC once his contract was up before he passed away

I don't know if it's connected, but I read somewhere both him and Cooke weren't really happy with their Superman Confidential arc.

[UltimateQuintessa]

It was that yeah and I think he wanted a change much like Bagley

I read his blog pretty regularly he didn't seem to enjoy all the crossovers he got swept up in

Well I wish Sale luck at Marvel but doubt I'll buy anything he does over there. Because it'll be with Loeb and I won't buy a loeb book every again.

[The Doctor]

I don't know if it's connected, but I read somewhere both him and Cooke weren't really happy with their Superman Confidential arc.
i'm not sure

Well I wish Sale luck at Marvel but doubt I'll buy anything he does over there. Because it'll be with Loeb and I won't buy a loeb book every again.

Did he steal your soul?:eek:

[UltimateQuintessa]

i'm not sure


Did he steal your soul?:eek:

No but he did turn on the DC faithful. :-x

[The Doctor]

No but he did turn on the DC faithful. :-x
I do think of Loeb as more of a DC guy for some reason

[Fake Pat]

I do think of Loeb as more of a DC guy for some reason

If things keep going the way they've been lately, there's gonna be a lot less "DC guys" at DC.

[UltimateQuintessa]

I do think of Loeb as more of a DC guy for some reason

Long Halloween, Dark Victory, Superman/Batman, Superman w/ MCG, Batman w/ Jim lee will do that too you.

I loved all that stuff. I was so geeked for that final Superman/Batman arc vs. "The Ultimates"
I wanted a six issue war. What I got was a FUCKING EPILOGUE to Emperor Joker.
And this was after I forgave him and DC in general for ousting Luthor out of his presidence in a major lame way.

Marvel can have Loeb forever for all I care.

[The Doctor]

If things keep going the way they've been lately, there's gonna be a lot less "DC guys" at DC.

:lol:

Didio: Don't worry we still have Stan Lee! Oh wait....

[UltimateQuintessa]

:lol:

Didio: Don't worry we still have Stan Lee! Oh wait....

Oh God No! :eek:

[Dark Sasha]

I don't think Rucka is going to be exclusive with Marvel. He said in that Wordballoon interview that exclusives were keeping him away from other work.

[Ray G.]

I don't think Rucka is going to be exclusive with Marvel. He said in that Wordballoon interview that exclusives were keeping him away from other work.

I concur.

I really lean to it being Kelly, Pfeifer, or Meltzer.

[The Doctor]

Long Halloween, Dark Victory, Superman/Batman, Superman w/ MCG, Batman w/ Jim lee will do that too you.

I loved all that stuff. I was so geeked for that final Superman/Batman arc vs. "The Ultimates"
I wanted a six issue war. What I got was a FUCKING EPILOGUE to Emperor Joker.
And this was after I forgave him and DC in general for ousting Luthor out of his presidence in a major lame way.

Marvel can have Loeb forever for all I care.

So your a fan?;)

[Dark Sasha]

I feel as though Loeb is writing for committee most of the time.

[Fake Pat]

I feel as though Loeb is writing for committee most of the time.

He probably is. Hey, he does sell a shitload of books. He knows what the people want.

And finally he's giving me what I want for once with Hulk.

[UltimateQuintessa]

So your a fan?;)

Now I'm all riled up again. :eek:

[UltimateQuintessa]

He probably is. Hey, he does sell a shitload of books. He knows what the people want.

And finally he's giving me what I want for once with Hulk.

Becareful it won't last.

[The Doctor]

Now I'm all riled up again. :eek:

Sorry

[Dark Sasha]

He probably is. Hey, he does sell a shitload of books. He knows what the people want.

And finally he's giving me what I want for once with Hulk.

Yeah. I remember in an early wordballoon interview where he basically said that he was.

[Fake Pat]

Becareful it won't last.

Nah, I've gotta pretty good feeling it will.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Well I wish Sale luck at Marvel but doubt I'll buy anything he does over there. Because it'll be with Loeb and I won't buy a loeb book every again.

Sounds like Glenn with Morrison! :eek:

[The Doctor]

Sounds like Glenn with Morrison! :eek:

Morrisssssssssssssssssssssssssssson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

:hulk:

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

I concur.

I really lean to it being Kelly, Pfeifer, or Meltzer.

I'm beginning to think that it might be Diggle.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Morrisssssssssssssssssssssssssssson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

:hulk:

:lol:

[The Doctor]

This Tim Sale batman Hardcover is a slice of awesome pie

[UltimateQuintessa]

Morrisssssssssssssssssssssssssssson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

:hulk:

What's your beef with Morrison? Killing Magneto?

[The Doctor]

What's your beef with Morrison? Killing Magneto?

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Technically Bendis killed Magneto

[Fake Pat]

What's your beef with Morrison? Killing Magneto?

Maybe he just hates good things.

[UltimateQuintessa]

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Technically Bendis killed Magneto

You can't overlook Arkham Asylum?

[Ray G.]

I'm beginning to think that it might be Diggle.

That seems a logical one as well.

But it's not Morrison/Simone/Johns/Robinson. I'd lay cash money American on that.

[The Doctor]

You can't overlook Arkham Asylum?

Damn skippy I can't

Plus I could write overly complicated 'I'm smarter than you' drivel but I bet I wouldn't be praised like Grant Morrison is

[Fake Pat]

Damn skippy I can't

Plus I could write overly complicated 'I'm smarter than you' drivel but I bet I wouldn't be praised like Grant Morrison is

You probably wouldn't, unless you also managed to write some the best comics of all time.

[The Doctor]

You probably wouldn't, unless you also managed to write some the best comics of all time.

I'm not getting into this

I don't like his writing and that's that. You do and that's that. Don't act like your somehow superior to me. I get enough of that crap outside of this thread where until now I've always felt welcome.

[Fake Pat]

I'm not getting into this

I don't like his writing and that's that. You do and that's that. Don't act like your somehow superior to me. I get enough of that crap outside of this thread where until now I've always felt welcome.

I'm not suggesting I'm superior to you in any way.

[UltimateQuintessa]

Damn skippy I can't

Plus I could write overly complicated 'I'm smarter than you' drivel but I bet I wouldn't be praised like Grant Morrison is

JLA was nothing like that. JLA was Authority before Authority was. In style not tone.

[jason hissong]

So, anyone else have trouble accessing the board for the past four hours or so?

[Dark Sasha]

So, anyone else have trouble accessing the board for the past four hours or so?

no.


With all these writers jumping off the DC ship, we, and by we I mean I, can get in.:shifty:

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

But it's not Morrison/Simone/Johns/Robinson. I'd lay cash money American on that.

Agreed

[jason hissong]

Arkham Asylum is crap, and you probably won't find a bigger Morrison fan than me and it's not even close to his best work. Or good work.

Glenn can not like Morrison, and I'm sorry that he doesn't because I think he's missing some amazing comics, but he doesn't and that's that. Conversely he could say the same because I'd rather read Mother, Come Home than a Question mini or Spider Man story.

[The Doctor]

I'm not suggesting I'm superior to you in any way.

Okay fair enough but comments like 'he must not like good things' is silly because whats good to me and whats good to you is different and you know what? That's fine

In another thread I go here I've been (for lack of a better term) bullied by a poster because I dared shared a different view from him and I will not allow that here.

I don't like the writer and you do. I'm not bashing him as a person because I don't know him as a person. There are writers I enjoy which have insulted me personally but I manage to keep the wall between the person and the creator separate.

I'm sick of doing 40 rounds whenever somebody goes 'Oh god you don't like Grant Morrison what's wrong with you?' There's nothing wrong with me I'm allowed my own thoughts and view. If that's wrong to you then I don't care because at the end of the day the only person I have to make happy is myself. I have nothing to prove to anyone but myself and will not be spoken to in a manner of rudeness just because I don't like someone you do (I'm not saying you were rude I'm just making a point)

Jason is an awesome guy. I respect him and I like him a great deal. His view of comics and my view of comics differ 90% of the time. Never once, not once has he insulted me for this. Never. That's why he is a great guy and that is why he is my friend. I really, really wish more people on this board could just be a little more like him.

That's all I have to say on the subject.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

So, anyone else have trouble accessing the board for the past four hours or so?

I haven't had any problems.

[jason hissong]

Okay fair enough but comments like 'he must not like good things' is silly because whats good to me and whats good to you is different and you know what? That's fine

In another thread I go here I've been (for lack of a better term) bullied by a poster because I dared shared a different view from him and I will not allow that here.

I don't like the writer and you do. I'm not bashing him as a person because I don't know him as a person. There are writers I enjoy which have insulted me personally but I manage to keep the wall between the person and the creator separate.

I'm sick of doing 40 rounds whenever somebody goes 'Oh god you don't like Grant Morrison what's wrong with you?' There's nothing wrong with me I'm allowed my own thoughts and view. If that's wrong to you then I don't care because at the end of the day the only person I have to make happy is myself. I have nothing to prove to anyone but myself and will not be spoken to in a manner of rudeness just because I don't like someone you do (I'm not saying you were rude I'm just making a point)

Jason is an awesome guy. I respect him and I like him a great deal. His view of comics and my view of comics differ 90% of the time. Never once, not once has he insulted me for this. Never. That's why he is a great guy and that is why he is my friend. I really, really wish more people on this board could just be a little more like him.

That's all I have to say on the subject.

You're going to make me cry.

[The Doctor]

Arkham Asylum is crap, and you probably won't find a bigger Morrison fan than me and it's not even close to his best work. Or good work.

Glenn can not like Morrison, and I'm sorry that he doesn't because I think he's missing some amazing comics, but he doesn't and that's that.

Wow even when I'm making my point here it is in black and white:lol:

[Fake Pat]

Okay fair enough but comments like 'he must not like good things' is silly because whats good to me and whats good to you is different and you know what? That's fine


If you don't want to get into that, that's fine.

But saying that creative projects have no objective value is silly. There's ample evidence that many of Morrison's projects are, at the very least, not bad.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

I'm sorry I brought it up. :surrend:















;)

[jason hissong]

Wow even when I'm making my point here it is in black and white:lol:

Not if, like me, you have your board set to BLUE and white!

[The Doctor]

I'm sorry I brought it up. :surrend:


As punishment your not allowed any more Question:miffed:

;)

Not if, like me, you have your board set to BLUE and white!

The Bendis Board: Captain America style

[UltimateQuintessa]

Hey no one agreed with me on Ivory Madison's hotness!

[The Doctor]

Hey no one agreed with me on Ivory Madison's hotness!

Is this the new Huntress writer?

I wonder if I should get that in trade....

I already have Cry for Blood which did it in like 6 pages never mind 6 issues

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Not if, like me, you have your board set to BLUE and white!

Heathen!

[UltimateQuintessa]

Is this the new Huntress writer?

I wonder if I should get that in trade....

I already have Cry for Blood which did it in like 6 pages never mind 6 issues

How was Cry for Blood? I been meaning to get that.

Edit: Yeah she is the new Huntress writer. She has a hard on for Rucka's work too. So she is like my ultimate dream girl.

[jason hissong]

Yes, Ivory Madison is hot.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

As punishment your not allowed any more Question:miffed:

;)


:cry:

I hate to think what you might do to me if I sent you some Morrison books in the post. :D

[The Doctor]

How was Cry for Blood? I been meaning to get that.

Edit: Yeah she is the new Huntress writer. She has a hard on for Rucka's work too. So she is like my ultimate dream girl.
I enjoyed it

Marry her!

:cry:

I hate to think what you might do to me if I sent you some Morrison books in the post. :D
Did you enjoy the latest installment?

Send smoke signals with a bonfire using some...paper:shifty:

[jason hissong]

Allright peeps. If you want to read some of the plot/description/dialogue for this Legion story I think I have in me, at your pleasure. Feel free to tell me I have no grasp on these characters and that it's a lame story.

"Xenophobia"

A story in four parts

by Jason Hissong



PART ONE:



Plot (with snippets of dialogue)



We open with an exterior establishing shot of the United Planet Senate building on Metropolis, Earth. It's day in the summer or almost fall. People mill about the plaza. They're eating, walking, talking. Playing with pets, shopping. This is a building that's located in the middle of a metropolitan park, it's natural that people are about. We cut to inside the United Panets Senate Hall and the Senate is clearly in session. Recent events (that we can show via flashback). with the Coluan government have sparked irritation and mal-content among the United Planets' population. The Coluans, using their superior intellects, have taken an approach of isolationism and hording technological advancements. This isolationist policy is going to ripple feathers the wrong way- especially on planets like Winath that don't have that type of technological advancements, and whose infrastructure and economy are based on agriculture. Or on Ventura, who's economy is based on gaming and tourism, who need the Coluan's technology to innovate and move forward with technology. Anyway, back to our story: Senator Wazzo (Phantom Girl's Mom) has the floor on this particular day, in this particular meeting and she's screaming at the Coluan delegates for their current policies. We cut to outside of the senate chamber, in a public area of the building and see a throng of people, but we're focused on one central individual, alone, and another approaching him from behind. A female. The male is obviously a Khundian and the female a Naltorian. We end this page with the two conferring that everything is in place. The final image is of the Khundian pressing a button on a hand held device.


Page two has two panels and they're exactly the same, a similar, but larger, exterior shot of the United Planets Senate building. There's a giant explosion tearing the building to pieces in the second panel. The people in the park change from their normal lives to one of panick, shock, confusion, and terror.The next page shows the utter confusion of the situation both inside and out. The unkown fear and panick visibly strewn across the page and the faces of the inhabitants of this world. We end the last panel of the page on the bottom right hand corner and someone speaking, whispering, in a last gasp before the reality sets in, "We need someone . . . who can . . . help."


Page four cuts to the Legion Headquarters and we see a bunch of things in the first panel. First, our team leader Cosmic boy front and center, directing traffic. His right hand man Brainiac is behind him, clearly attached and connected to the computer infrastructure surrounding them. Thing of the tech like in Minority Report. The kind of hovering in space tech. The replay of the explosion is on constant newsfeed as a disembodied voice explains the situation. Cosmic Boy is springing into action and yet he has immediately put on his general's hat and has a calmed, strong, definite tone to his words. A bit of dialogue:


C.B.: All Legionaires report to headquarters immediately. We have a severe crisis situation at the U. P. Senate. Brainy, any leads on who's behind this?


Brainy: Nothing yet but I'm currently processing five leads. Most probably suspects are the Coluan Isolationists or the Khunds, given their propensity of armament build up as of late. I'm dispatching half the team currently in deep space to each planet.


C.B.: Keep working. Let me know when you have someting tangible. Broadcasting to all Legionaires: I need an Emergency Response team on the scene NOW! Saturn Girl, Element Lad, Ultra Boy and Mon. . . Where's Mon?


Brainiac: Currently orbiting the sun . . . Currently on scene. (This page or series of pages is going to work best with a series of small panels. Not necessarily a panel per person per exchange, but we need to see just how fast Mon El is. So we open the page with him orbiting the sun and zoom in on that in subsequent panels. We need to see him on the sun during Brainiac's first part of the last dialogue and then not on the sun during the elipses and at the scene during the second half of the dialogue.This guy is the equivalent of Superman, after all.)


Page five we see the Emergency Response team on scene. Saturn Girl is trying to control/suppress the panic while Mon and Ultra Boy are trying to provide support/melting steal, etc to the infrastructure to prevent collapse and more devestation. There's an exchange between Cosmic Boy and Element lad about radiation levels and Element Lad says that they are indeed hi and he doesn't know if he can transmute it to non-threatening levels. Comic boy says to try and give it his best, because that's what Legionaires do. We have a couple of more pages of this rescue operation, including a scene between Saturn Girl and another woman trapped in the rubble.


If not showing Cosmic Boy and Brainiac on page, we can show their speach through various coloured caption boxes. And that's what we should have here when we cut to a different group of Legionaires in space, as previously mentioned. This is a very specific group, though: Timberwolf, Phantom Girl, Light Lass, Shadow Lass, and Wildfire. Clearly Light Lass is out of place as she has a more buyont personality than the rest of this gang, but this is the majority of the Legion Doom Patrol Squad- a Legion Espionage squad willing to do the undercover dirty work. A small, fast, team. It's Brainiac's brain child and Light Lass is about to learn something she never knew about her Legion teammates. They're willing to cross the line and cover it up from the rest of the team. Brainiac deliberately sends this team to Khundia in the above referenced split team in space because he doesn't want them going to his own homeworld.

[Ray G.]

Sounds pretty sweet to me. :D

[Dark Sasha]

She is really really hot.

[jason hissong]

Sounds pretty sweet to me. :D

What? My story? Fuck yes it's sweet!

[Ray G.]

What? My story? Fuck yes it's sweet!

:thumb:

[The Doctor]

I have no idea whats going on the Jason but it is very good:)

[jason hissong]

:thumb:

Although I'm a bit stuck at this point, because I haven't thought of 'what happens next' and how to get to my big cliffhanger of an ending.

[UltimateQuintessa]

I enjoyed it

Marry her!

Did you enjoy the latest installment?

Send smoke signals with a bonfire using some...paper:shifty:

She will be mine. Oh yes she will be mine.

[jason hissong]

I have no idea whats going on the Jason but it is very good:)

Big important building goes boom. Everyone shits themselves.

[jason hissong]

I wish the Eye Doctor's would call me to tell me my glasses are ready because my contacts are giving me a spot of trouble the last couple days.

[The Doctor]

Although I'm a bit stuck at this point, because I haven't thought of 'what happens next' and how to get to my big cliffhanger of an ending.
Do something unexpected

She will be mine. Oh yes she will be mine.
that's a little scary:lol:

Big important building goes boom. Everyone shits themselves.

Just cause I don't read Legion:)

Night guys

[UltimateQuintessa]

Although I'm a bit stuck at this point, because I haven't thought of 'what happens next' and how to get to my big cliffhanger of an ending.

Have Bouncing Boy do something sweet.

[jason hissong]

Have Bouncing Boy do something sweet.

Bang Triplicate Girl?

[Dark Sasha]

Bang Triplicate Girl?

At the same time?

[jason hissong]

At the same time?

Yes.

[Dark Sasha]

Yes.

That would be hot.

[UltimateQuintessa]

At the same time?

:D

Don't think DC would let that fly though. For some reason.

Plus Kirkman fans would be pissed.

[jason hissong]

:D

Don't think DC would let that fly though. For some reason.

Plus Kirkman fans would be pissed.

Whatever. Twenty years ago they had breast feeding on panel. An then a couple issues later clearly missionary position between two (clothed) characters!

[UltimateQuintessa]

Whatever. Twenty years ago they had breast feeding on panel. An then a couple issues later clearly missionary position between two (clothed) characters!

There is no DC max line though.

[Fake Pat]

Bang Triplicate Girl?

I was gonna suggest "bounce", but that works too.

[Ray G.]

There is no DC max line though.

Well, Vertigo. But for some reason it seems only magic characters get to play there.

[UltimateQuintessa]

Well, Vertigo. But for some reason it seems only magic characters get to play there.

:no: Tulip O' Hare and Jesse Custer had no magic in them.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Did you enjoy the latest installment?


*runs off to read*

[Dark Sasha]

I got it

Triplicate Girl: Oh Bouncing BOY! RIGHT THERE!! RIGHT THERE!!!! OHHHHH GODD!!!!

*Matter eater Lad in the other room*

MEL: Hey guys, have you seen-

*walks in and pauses*

MEL: Well

TG: Tenzil. Don't cry.

*MEL bursts into tears and runs off like a little sissy girl*

[Ray G.]

:no: Tulip O' Hare and Jesse Custer had no magic in them.

That's a Vertigo original. I'm talking about DC characters getting Vertigo stories.

[jason hissong]

I got it

Triplicate Girl: Oh Bouncing BOY! RIGHT THERE!! RIGHT THERE!!!! OHHHHH GODD!!!!

*Matter eater Lad in the other room*

MEL: Hey guys, have you seen-

*walks in and pauses*

MEL: Well

TG: Tenzil. Don't cry.

*MEL bursts into tears and runs off like a little sissy girl*

Uh, no offense Sasa, but, um, I'm glad you're not writing the Legion.

[jason hissong]

That's a Vertigo original. I'm talking about DC characters getting Vertigo stories.

Animal Man!


Speaking of Morrison and Vertigo: anyone read his Doom Patrol?

[Dark Sasha]

Uh, no offense Sasa, but, um, I'm glad you're not writing the Legion.

:cry: *runs away like a little sissy girl*

[UltimateQuintessa]

Uh, no offense Sasa, but, um, I'm glad you're not writing the Legion.

If he was I would buy it.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Speaking of Morrison and Vertigo: anyone read his Doom Patrol?

Not yet. It's high on my list of things to read.

[UltimateQuintessa]

That's a Vertigo original. I'm talking about DC characters getting Vertigo stories.

Don't change the rules on me.

[UltimateQuintessa]

Animal Man!


Speaking of Morrison and Vertigo: anyone read his Doom Patrol?

Animal Man never had sex in his title.

Doom Patrol is on my want list.

[jason hissong]

Animal Man never had sex in his title.

Doom Patrol is on my want list.

Right.

But he did have two children.

So, you know, implications.

[UltimateQuintessa]

Right.

But he did have two children.

So, you know, implications.

But you guys want to put Bouncing Boy and Triplicate Girl...aw forget. I give up. :surrend:

[jason hissong]

But you guys want to put Bouncing Boy and Triplicate Girl...aw forget. I give up. :surrend:

Valid point.

[Dark Sasha]

Right.

But he did have two children.

So, you know, implications.
Pff. Everyone knows a bird delivers babies.

[Hock]

Issue 4: Never seen this Kree guy before. Another issue that was just kind of...there

Issue 5: Oh bloody hell more Skrull's, they should have t-shirts or something.

the Illuminati itself is such a damn good idea and I just feel its kind of been wasted here. each of the issues had an interesting premise (Kick some Skrull butt, Dealing with the Infinity Gauntlet, Dealing with the Beyonder, Drafting a new Captain Marvel, more Skrull stuff) but I just thought it was all kind of wasted in transit.

Also some of the dialogue was so Bendisised. I hate the way in the middle of a long speech every character goes 'listen' and/or 'see what I'm saying'

Gahhhhhhhhhh!

Great art though

A great deal of that illuminati series was a great big continuity circle jerk, the likes of which we usually see from DC, and usually involving Johns. That's not to say it was bad, just that it was steeped in continuity, and not necessarily good or even well liked continuity.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

I concur.

I really lean to it being Kelly, Pfeifer, or Meltzer.

Pfeifer seems likely. Milligan and Orstander are also good guesses.

[Hock]

I don't think I've ever purchased an action figure.

I haven't purchased any as an adult.

[Hock]

He would certainly be more awesome that way.

That's one character I would like to see grow up a little and explore just how useful his powers can be, instead of just turning into rhinos and hitting things.

It looked like Johns was heading in that direction with Beast Boy before OYL.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

I'm beginning to think that it might be Diggle.
If it is, I hope he replaces Bru on Uncanny.

That seems a logical one as well.

But it's not Morrison/Simone/Johns/Robinson. I'd lay cash money American on that.
Same here.

So, anyone else have trouble accessing the board for the past four hours or so?
I couldn't go on using IE, but on AOL it worked fine.

[Hock]

I wouldn't mind seeing Sale working with Brubaker/Bendis or other Marvel writers while he's at it:)

given my enojoyment of Loeb's current writing, I would prefer it.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

Hey no one agreed with me on Ivory Madison's hotness!
Yeah, and on top of that she seems to really get Huntress. Didn't you guys not like a previous run of her's or something?

Allright peeps. If you want to read some of the plot/description/dialogue for this Legion story I think I have in me, at your pleasure. Feel free to tell me I have no grasp on these characters and that it's a lame story.

"Xenophobia"

A story in four parts

by Jason Hissong



PART ONE:



Plot (with snippets of dialogue)



We open with an exterior establishing shot of the United Planet Senate building on Metropolis, Earth. It's day in the summer or almost fall. People mill about the plaza. They're eating, walking, talking. Playing with pets, shopping. This is a building that's located in the middle of a metropolitan park, it's natural that people are about. We cut to inside the United Panets Senate Hall and the Senate is clearly in session. Recent events (that we can show via flashback). with the Coluan government have sparked irritation and mal-content among the United Planets' population. The Coluans, using their superior intellects, have taken an approach of isolationism and hording technological advancements. This isolationist policy is going to ripple feathers the wrong way- especially on planets like Winath that don't have that type of technological advancements, and whose infrastructure and economy are based on agriculture. Or on Ventura, who's economy is based on gaming and tourism, who need the Coluan's technology to innovate and move forward with technology. Anyway, back to our story: Senator Wazzo (Phantom Girl's Mom) has the floor on this particular day, in this particular meeting and she's screaming at the Coluan delegates for their current policies. We cut to outside of the senate chamber, in a public area of the building and see a throng of people, but we're focused on one central individual, alone, and another approaching him from behind. A female. The male is obviously a Khundian and the female a Naltorian. We end this page with the two conferring that everything is in place. The final image is of the Khundian pressing a button on a hand held device.


Page two has two panels and they're exactly the same, a similar, but larger, exterior shot of the United Planets Senate building. There's a giant explosion tearing the building to pieces in the second panel. The people in the park change from their normal lives to one of panick, shock, confusion, and terror.The next page shows the utter confusion of the situation both inside and out. The unkown fear and panick visibly strewn across the page and the faces of the inhabitants of this world. We end the last panel of the page on the bottom right hand corner and someone speaking, whispering, in a last gasp before the reality sets in, "We need someone . . . who can . . . help."


Page four cuts to the Legion Headquarters and we see a bunch of things in the first panel. First, our team leader Cosmic boy front and center, directing traffic. His right hand man Brainiac is behind him, clearly attached and connected to the computer infrastructure surrounding them. Thing of the tech like in Minority Report. The kind of hovering in space tech. The replay of the explosion is on constant newsfeed as a disembodied voice explains the situation. Cosmic Boy is springing into action and yet he has immediately put on his general's hat and has a calmed, strong, definite tone to his words. A bit of dialogue:


C.B.: All Legionaires report to headquarters immediately. We have a severe crisis situation at the U. P. Senate. Brainy, any leads on who's behind this?


Brainy: Nothing yet but I'm currently processing five leads. Most probably suspects are the Coluan Isolationists or the Khunds, given their propensity of armament build up as of late. I'm dispatching half the team currently in deep space to each planet.


C.B.: Keep working. Let me know when you have someting tangible. Broadcasting to all Legionaires: I need an Emergency Response team on the scene NOW! Saturn Girl, Element Lad, Ultra Boy and Mon. . . Where's Mon?


Brainiac: Currently orbiting the sun . . . Currently on scene. (This page or series of pages is going to work best with a series of small panels. Not necessarily a panel per person per exchange, but we need to see just how fast Mon El is. So we open the page with him orbiting the sun and zoom in on that in subsequent panels. We need to see him on the sun during Brainiac's first part of the last dialogue and then not on the sun during the elipses and at the scene during the second half of the dialogue.This guy is the equivalent of Superman, after all.)


Page five we see the Emergency Response team on scene. Saturn Girl is trying to control/suppress the panic while Mon and Ultra Boy are trying to provide support/melting steal, etc to the infrastructure to prevent collapse and more devestation. There's an exchange between Cosmic Boy and Element lad about radiation levels and Element Lad says that they are indeed hi and he doesn't know if he can transmute it to non-threatening levels. Comic boy says to try and give it his best, because that's what Legionaires do. We have a couple of more pages of this rescue operation, including a scene between Saturn Girl and another woman trapped in the rubble.


If not showing Cosmic Boy and Brainiac on page, we can show their speach through various coloured caption boxes. And that's what we should have here when we cut to a different group of Legionaires in space, as previously mentioned. This is a very specific group, though: Timberwolf, Phantom Girl, Light Lass, Shadow Lass, and Wildfire. Clearly Light Lass is out of place as she has a more buyont personality than the rest of this gang, but this is the majority of the Legion Doom Patrol Squad- a Legion Espionage squad willing to do the undercover dirty work. A small, fast, team. It's Brainiac's brain child and Light Lass is about to learn something she never knew about her Legion teammates. They're willing to cross the line and cover it up from the rest of the team. Brainiac deliberately sends this team to Khundia in the above referenced split team in space because he doesn't want them going to his own homeworld.


Quoted to read later.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

Speaking of Morrison and Vertigo: anyone read his Doom Patrol?

Like Brandon it's on my to buy list.

[UltimateQuintessa]

Grandmaster Funk I believe Huntress Year one is her first comicbook work.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

Grandmaster Funk I believe Huntress Year one is her first comicbook work.

Well I'll at least check out the trade then. I thought I recalled Steve or Ray talking about some previous work she had done and really disliking it.

[Hock]

I concur.

I really lean to it being Kelly, Pfeifer, or Meltzer.

are any of those actually exclusive with DC?

[UltimateQuintessa]

Well I'll at least check out the trade then. I thought I recalled Steve or Ray talking about some previous work she had done and really disliking it.

That's cause they like guys.

[Hock]

Becareful it won't last.

if by won't last you mean won't last past the first issue as still good, then your right.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

if by won't last you mean won't last past the first issue as still good, then your right.

I don't know. A-Bomb was hilarious.

[Hock]

Damn skippy I can't

Plus I could write overly complicated 'I'm smarter than you' drivel but I bet I wouldn't be praised like Grant Morrison is

that insulting to both Morrison and his fans, of which I include myself.

I now feel justified in saying that you just don't get Morrison.

[Hock]

I don't know. A-Bomb was hilarious.

I thought A-bomb was stupid, not who a-bomb was, or that there's a new abomination, just the A-bomb thing. I also thought it was really bad storytelling that the issue 1 cliffhanger is not even addressed in the slightest.

[John Drake]

A great deal of that illuminati series was a great big continuity circle jerk, the likes of which we usually see from DC, and usually involving Johns. That's not to say it was bad, just that it was steeped in continuity, and not necessarily good or even well liked continuity.

Yeah it really was. I didn't expect that from Bendis. But I liked it, even though I haven't read those stories. Think issues #1, 2 and 4 are the best.

[MAK15]

wow.
the doomsday episode of JLU is actually really good.
can't beleive I never saw it till tonite.

[Hock]

Right.

But he did have two children.

So, you know, implications.

immaculate conception?

[Hock]

If it is, I hope he replaces Bru on Uncanny.

:no:

His first two arcs were... so-so, I admit. But these last couple issues, so good.

[The Doctor]

*runs off to read*
You better!

A great deal of that illuminati series was a great big continuity circle jerk, the likes of which we usually see from DC, and usually involving Johns. That's not to say it was bad, just that it was steeped in continuity, and not necessarily good or even well liked continuity.
The continuity I did like it dumped on:lol:



that insulting to both Morrison and his fans, of which I include myself.

I now feel justified in saying that you just don't get Morrison.
Wow never heard that one before:roll:

Way to insult my intelligence.

Your no better than Clops now.

I get it fine, its still drivel to me, move on.

[SteveZegers]

That's cause they like guys.

Like maybe, but not like like. (Wasn't me, but that picture of her posted with the article? She's a cutie!)

[Hock]

Wow never heard that one before:roll:

Way to insult my intelligence.

Your no better than Clops now.

I get it fine, its still drivel to me, move on.

No better then Clops?

NO BETTER THEN CLOPS?!?

How could you be so mean Glenn. :(

[SteveZegers]

You better!

The continuity I did like it dumped on:lol:



Wow never heard that one before:roll:

Way to insult my intelligence.

Your no better than Clops now.

I get it fine, its still drivel to me, move on.

I don't know that I'd call it drivel, but some of it is weird for weirdness sake. Things shouldn't get so goofy and complicated that the story-telling suffers.

[Deej]

No better then Clops?

NO BETTER THEN CLOPS?!?

How could you be so mean Glenn. :(

THREAD HUG!!

And watch your hands I don't want any below my waist!

[Deej]

I'm not suggesting I'm superior to you in any way.

Glenn...I challenge you in something that I'm good at so I can feel superior to you, dammit!! I want to join in on this fun! ;)

Arkham Asylum was my first ever Graphic Novel or whatever you would call it. I remember saving up all my monies from my newspaper route in order to buy it. Personally, I loved it and read it over and over. It's not your typical Batman story...but deep in psychobabble. Morrison is definitely not for everyone, I couldn't get past the first issue of Seaguy...and I have yet to get past the first TPB of The Invisibles. I loved his JLA and current Batman though. Hit or miss...not everyone can hit it out of the park each and every time.

[Ray G.]

Off to get my comics! :boogie:

[Deej]

Off to get my comics! :boogie:

As I see Ray skipping down to Midtown comics, I'll be walking very briskly in the opposite direction and then *BOOM* clothesline the sucker!!!

[MAK15]

god, I'm broke at the moment.
I'll havta get a few books today and wait till I get paid to get the rest.
grrr...

[Black Roman]

Doesn't sound like a villain? This is a guy who wants to not just kill heroes, but actually eradicate the idea of them! :lol:
He's going to basically wage a campaign of terror across the DCU for an entire summer, making personal strikes on heroes, their lives, and their secret identities.

Well I didn't realize all that. I've gotten up to issue #11 in plots for my Valentine idea. I plan on starting to write them once I get up to 12.

I plan on posting the first few issue "solicits" later.

[Deej]

How many of you are actually series about writing and how many just do it for their own personal enjoyment?

[Black Roman]

How many of you are actually series about writing and how many just do it for their own personal enjoyment?

I'm kinda in between. I'm just DOING it, mainly because when I get an idea in my head. I just go nuts until I do something about it.

[Hock]

How many of you are actually series about writing and how many just do it for their own personal enjoyment?

the rejection slips say serious.

[Deej]

the rejection slips say serious.

:lol: Can i see some of them??

[jason hissong]

How many of you are actually series about writing and how many just do it for their own personal enjoyment?

I'm very serious about writing in general.

[Dark Sasha]

How many of you are actually series about writing and how many just do it for their own personal enjoyment?

I am serious about it.

[jason hissong]

When I was in college (English/History double major, creative writing minor) I came up with this addage:

Everyone should write. Not everyone should share.

[Dark Sasha]

I'm at the point now in a short story that I have to write it because if it remains trapped in my head, I will go insane(or moreso)

[Hock]

:lol: Can i see some of them??

the rejection slips?

[Deej]

the rejection slips?

Yes. Anything good or just generic shit?

[SteveZegers]

Tiny Titans #2 is just as good as issue #1. I'm very pleased.

[Hock]

Yes. Anything good or just generic shit?

Generic. :(

But I haven't really submitted all that much.

[SteveZegers]

How many of you are actually series about writing and how many just do it for their own personal enjoyment?

I've written 50 full issues that will never be printed as well as countless scenes and one act plays. Just for me really.

[SteveZegers]

As I see Ray skipping down to Midtown comics, I'll be walking very briskly in the opposite direction and then *BOOM* clothesline the sucker!!!

I've seen it several times. It's not skipping so much as scampering while holding his books close to his chest. It looks like someone trying to smuggle documents out of an occupied land.

[MAK15]

wow, GU and Salvation Run were really good today.
GL Corps was okay. We get the Mongul story next month (woo hoo)

[Ray G.]

How many of you are actually series about writing and how many just do it for their own personal enjoyment?

Well, I've been trying to get my original series into submission shape recently, in between working on future installments. I'd say I'm fairly serious, but it's hard to commit to it when you have a job/school/girl/other things.

[Ray G.]

Tiny Titans #2 is just as good as issue #1. I'm very pleased.

I will admit, the Kid Devil segments cracked me up.

But it suffered from the lack of Lil' Ravager.

[Ray G.]

wow, GU and Salvation Run were really good today.
GL Corps was okay. We get the Mongul story next month (woo hoo)

Booster Gold and GU were stone-cold awesome. A lot of fun books this week.

[NATE!]

Countdown wasn't bad, but it was kind of confusing.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

:no:

His first two arcs were... so-so, I admit. But these last couple issues, so good.

I thought the D'Ken stuff was okay, but I don't really care for his Cyclops. I believe he's leaving with issue 500 anyway, so might as well be someone great like Diggle replacing him.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

How many of you are actually series about writing and how many just do it for their own personal enjoyment?

At the moment? Not too much. After college? Yes, I'll probably start submitting then.

[Gavin]

Off to get my comics! :boogie:

Still waiting on the reviews...

[jason hissong]

Can't wait for my ebay auctions to arrive. That's my comics for the next few weeks.

Anyone have a cheap place on line for bags and boards?

[Black Roman]

What would be a good first name for a man whose last name is Valentine? I've been working on this idea forever yet the only thing I haven't worked out is my main characters first name. :?

[SteveZegers]

I will admit, the Kid Devil segments cracked me up.

But it suffered from the lack of Lil' Ravager.

Lil' Terra throwing rocks at everyone? Gold!

[SteveZegers]

Booster Gold and GU were stone-cold awesome. A lot of fun books this week.

Seeing the Bug made me very, very happy.