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Jinxworld Forums http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/ We are a movie, comicbook and popculture messageboard. We are the home of some of the hottest writers and artists in the industry. This is not just a fan site it is run and presided over by the professionals themselves who post and interact with the fans on a regular basis. These artists and writers have worked on big hollywood productions as well as some of the hottest comicbooks and graphic novels around. Our forums are an open discussion ground where we discuss anything and everything including our own love lives, pop culture, art, politics, movies, television and video games. en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:01:18 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/images/misc/rss.jpg Jinxworld Forums http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/ <![CDATA[Comic "Masterpieces"]]> http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=197005&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:56:46 GMT What are some books you consider the pinnacle of the art form? And I'm not really talking about great runs on a book, I mean the greatest. Who are the Da Vinci's, Picasso's, and Van Gogh's of comics and what is their single absolute best work?

Mine?

Alan Moore -- From Hell.

Grant Morrison -- This broke my heart to decide, but All-Star Superman.

Neil Gaiman -- Sandman, obviously.

Frank Miller -- Ronin for me. ]]> Gail Simone Dream http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=197005 Happy birthday ethan van sciver! http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=197004&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:34:01 GMT You are an amazing artist and an even better friend! You are an amazing artist and an even better friend! ]]> Gail Simone Gail Simone http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=197004 Bought/Thought 9.1.10 -Anyone else having problems with the board edition http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=197003&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:23:54 GMT No one else started this yet!?! *Secret Six*- Interesting idea here, basically splitting the group in two, adding a few new members and putting the teams against each other. The opening pages were really entertaining as were the scenes catching us up to the rest of the team members. I really do... No one else started this yet!?!

Secret Six- Interesting idea here, basically splitting the group in two, adding a few new members and putting the teams against each other. The opening pages were really entertaining as were the scenes catching us up to the rest of the team members. I really do enjoy the make up of the newer team that gets things rolling and hope some of em stick around. Shockingly, Bane is becoming one of my favorite characters through this series alone.

Hawkeye- This feels like a very old school book with some contemporary bells and whistles. The nods to the West Coast Avengers are all over the place and the book is filled with action, just like comics used to be. The dynamic between Clint, Bobbi and the rest of the WCA has been handled wonderfully from the low men on the totem poll to Dominic Fortune becoming one of the most charming rogues in comics. Also the relationship between Clint and Bobbi feels very real here and there is a brief but nice payoff scene for fans of the couple.

Wolverine- Ugh. First issue of a new ongoing featuring one of the most popular characters in comics and he pretty much sits around whining through the entire comic. No Wolverine action. No Wolverine being Wolverine and maybe one panel of claw popping in the entire book? Definately not for me.

5 Days to Die- Interestingly enough, out of the books I read yesterday this one has stuck with me, peering out of my sub conscience during the quiet moments of my day, almost haunting me. The story is simple enough. A man we assume is a decent guy who just doesn't know how to express his love suffers a tremendous loss and is damaged both emotionally and physcially. His physical injuries require surgery due to debris that was pushed into his head. Every movement he makes causes the debris to move closer to his brain leaving him with 5 days to live. But he's not going to sit back and wait to heal, he needs answers for what happened to him and revenge on behalf of his family. I'll be there for the rest of this weekly mini series for sure.

Sweet Tooth- A new arc starts and three storylines are set in motion focusing on the different personal goals for each of the lead characters. It looks like the potential for some answers are being teased but the thing about this book is that for every potential answer you get a few more mysteries to explore. After finally catching up with this series a month or two ago, it's quickly become one of my favorite ongoings taking the place of what I would consider it's thematic distant cousin, Y The Last Man.

Rank so far---

1. Sweet Tooth- 10
2. 5 Days to Die- 9.5
3. Hawkeye- 9
4. Secret Six- 9
5. Wolverine- 2 ]]> Brian Michael Bendis AndrewG http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=197003 Was your wedding day the happiest day of your life? http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=197002&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:47:22 GMT Mine's not. Not that there was anything wrong with it. What about you guys?

Spoiler:

]]> Brian Michael Bendis leafinsectman http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=197002 BB Review Group week 302 - Wolverine #1 (Spoilers) http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=197001&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:13:02 GMT This week we are reading: *Wolverine #1 (Marvel)* written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Renato Guedes. Image: http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/content/69274comic_storystory_full-6284508..jpg Our reviewers this week are: *dEnny Howlett * This week we are reading: Wolverine #1 (Marvel) written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Renato Guedes.

Cover

Our reviewers this week are:

dEnny
Howlett

New Rule: If you vote for the winning book in the review thread, you must review within a month of the book's release! Effective as of week 243, by public demand. If you did not vote for the winning book, just drop in and review, and I'll add your name to the list for this week.

This week the Alternative Review Group is reading:

#152: Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story HC by Mat Johnson & Simon Gane (Vertigo, 08/18 )

- http://www.606studios.com/bendisboar....php?p=7125829

#153: Adventures in Cartooning Activity Book by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold & Alexis Frederick-Frost (:01 First Second, 08/18 )

- http://www.606studios.com/bendisboar....php?p=7125835

The voting for next weeks book will begin Thursday

Our previous reviews:

**ATTN: There has been a change in how we are allowed to review older books. Please feel free to review any of the 24 most recent books at any time. If you would like to review a book older than that please PM me first, those threads are over 6 months old they are locked. If you'd like to review one of those books I'll create a new thread and link to the original.

Spoiler:

Our higest average grades so far were for Underground #1 with 9.7, Pride of Baghdad with 9.66, and Daredevil #82 with 9.64

Our lowest average grade so far Wildsiderz #0 with 2.9

Our Sponsor: Isotope Comics (SF Bay area)

What we do: This is a fanbased review group, open to everybody.

As people post the reviews, I will add your name and score to a list in the main post and at the end of the week average the scores for an overall grade on the book. We grade on a scale of 0-10, the meanings of which roughly translate to:

10 - Everything I want in a comic, an instant classic
9 - Excellent, a nearly perfect read
8 - Highly recommended but it has minor flaws
7 - Very good, it does have some problems
6 - Above average but has deep flaws
5 - An average comic
4 - Below average, the flaws outweigh the good
3 - A disappointing comic
2 - Forgettable, a waste of time
1 - Stay away!! One of the worst comics I've read

Anyone who participates is asked to please keep this scale in mind when giving a grade so that everyone is operating on the same system.

THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE EVERY WEEK. Please join in as little or as much as you like week to week. If you are uncomfortable giving a grade then just join in the discussions and ask questions. ]]> Brian Michael Bendis Raydawggie http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=197001 BB Alternative Review Group #155 - Peepo Choo Vol. 1 (spoilers) http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=197000&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:09:34 GMT ** fine print at the bottom of post* This week we are reading: *Peepo Choo Vol. 1* by Felipe Smith (Vertical Inc., 07/14) Our reviewers this week are: * fine print at the bottom of post

This week we are reading: Peepo Choo Vol. 1 by Felipe Smith (Vertical Inc., 07/14)

Our reviewers this week are:

Next week we are reading:

- Seedless by Corey Lewis (Image Comics, 08/18 )

- *new* A Drunken Dream and Other Stories HC by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics Books, 09/01)

This week's companion threads:

- BB Alternative Review Group #154: *new* Set to Sea HC by Drew Weing (Fantagraphics Books, 08/18 )

- BB Review Group week 302: Wolverine #1 by Jason Aaron, Renato Guedes, Jose Wilson Magalhaes, Matt Wilson, Jason Latour, Rico Renzi & Cory Petit (Marvel, 09/01)

Upcoming: Route des Maisons Rouges #1 by Guilano Monni, Vincenzo Cucca & Barbara Ciardo (Go Studio, 08/11), Sullivan's Sluggers by Mark Andrew Smith & James Stokoe (Image Comics), AX Vol. 1: A Collection of Alternative Manga ed. by Sean Michael Wilson (Top Shelf Productions), *new* Crickets #3 by Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics Books), *new* Drinking at the Movies by Julia Wertz (Three Rivers Press), A Distant Neighborhood Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 10/07 & 11/25), Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms HC by Kono Fumiyo (Last Gasp, 01/06), The Original Johnson Vol. 1 by Trevor Von Eeden (IDW/Comicmix, 12/23),...

Our previous reviews:

Spoiler:

What we do: This is a fanbased review group, open to everybody. It was launched as a companion thread to the BB Review Group. The idea is to review creator-owned books that provide an alternative to the superhero books of the Big Two. This can be anything, from single issues, self-published mini comics, and online comics to graphic novels and anthologies. Because graphic novels are more expensive and may also require more time to read than a 24 page comic (and sometimes for you to be in the right mood), there will be sufficient time to get the books and to read them before the review thread is up. The "upcoming" section lists a few graphic novels, collections, or anthologies we are going to review in the coming weeks and months, with room for many more. Feel free to suggest books, and also to keep adding your reviews and comments to older threads as you read the books.

As people post the reviews, I will add your name and score to a list in the main post and at the end of the week average the scores for an overall grade on the book. We grade on a scale of 0-10, the meanings of which roughly translate to:

10 - Everything I want in a comic, an instant classic
9 - Excellent, a nearly perfect read
8 - Highly recommended but it has minor flaws
7 - Very good, it does have some problems
6 - Above average but has deep flaws
5 - An average comic
4 - Below average, the flaws outweigh the good
3 - A disappointing comic
2 - Forgettable, a waste of time
1 - Stay away!! One of the worst comics I've read

Anyone who participates is asked to please keep this scale in mind when giving a grade so that everyone is operating on the same system.

Locked review threads: If you would like to review a book from one of the previous weeks, but the thread has been locked by the moderators in the meantime, pm me and I'll get a new review thread up.

THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE EVERY TIME A NEW THREAD IS UP. Please join in as little or as much as you like week to week. If you are uncomfortable giving a grade then just join in the discussions and ask questions. ]]> Brian Michael Bendis Andreas http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196999 The Character to Add to the Six http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196998&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:03:51 GMT is Gus Beezer. Call him Bus Geezer, if you have to. Bring him into the DCU and make him the badass we all know Gus to be. Bane and Beezer riding T-rexes! is Gus Beezer.

Call him Bus Geezer, if you have to. Bring him into the DCU and make him the badass we all know Gus to be.

Bane and Beezer riding T-rexes! ]]> Gail Simone http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196998 Darwyn Cooke: Stop Making Comics for 45-year-old Perverts! http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196997&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:37:53 GMT You heard it here first:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgMZl...layer_embedded ]]> Gail Simone sonofbaldwin http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196997 <![CDATA[Vanity Fair's Sarah Palin Profiler: 'The Worst Stuff Isn't Even In There']]> http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196996&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:24:25 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0...html?igoogle=1

The author of the blistering Vanity Fair profile on Sarah Palin says he wanted to write a positive piece, but was shocked by what he learned as he researched his story.

"The worst stuff isn't even in there," Michael Joseph Gross said on "Morning Joe" Thursday. "I couldn't believe these stories either when I first heard them, and I started this story with a prejudice in her favor. I have a lot in common with this woman. I'm a small-town person, I'm a Christian, I think that a lot of her criticisms of the media actually have something to them. And I think she got a bum ride, but everybody close to her tells the same story."

In the profile, Gross paints Palin as an abusive, retaliatory figure with an extreme ability to lie.

"This is a person for whom there is no topic too small to lie about," he said. "She lies about everything."

Asked about Palin's political future, Gross said it depends on what the media lets her get away with.

"If we decide to let her keep lying and getting away with it, she's gonna still be around," he said. "But if we start returning to the standard that a politician has to talk with people, and a politician has to tell the truth, then she's outta here, because she can't stand up to that."

Gross added that he takes exception to criticisms that he wrote a "hit piece" against Palin.

"I started this with every good intention toward her," he said. "I was just shocked and appalled at every step at what I found. And I wrote this story sort of against my will. It wasn't what I wanted to write, it wasn't what I wanted to find. It was what was forced on me by the facts." ]]> Gail Simone sonofbaldwin http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196996 Anyone reading The Stuff of Legend? http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196995&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:59:17 GMT If not, you really should be. This and Mouse Guard are two of my favourite books on the shelves these days. The website is here (http://www.th3rdworld.com/book/The-Stuff-of-Legend) with a plot synopsis and character designs. In a nutshell think Toy Story, but transported into a malevolent... If not, you really should be. This and Mouse Guard are two of my favourite books on the shelves these days.

The website is here with a plot synopsis and character designs. In a nutshell think Toy Story, but transported into a malevolent Grimm's fairy tale set during World War II.

The art from Charles Paul Wilson III is amazing. Writers Raicht and Smith have crafted an intense story about a group of toys trying to rescue their owner from the Boogeyman, while facing impossible odds. Each of the characters is captured perfectly, with their own hopes and regrets making them more than just toys.

I can't sing its praises enough. Check out the first book. The second issue came out recently, The Jungle Part 1, so now's a good time to get interested. ]]> Gail Simone Tobias M http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196995 <![CDATA[I'm old]]> http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196994&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:47:43 GMT So old in fact that while talking to my brother yesterday we spent an hour marveling at the fact that a character can literally run in circles in a video game these days. Not back and forth. Not up one, over one, down one, over one and repeat. But literally in circles. We live in an age of wonders.... So old in fact that while talking to my brother yesterday we spent an hour marveling at the fact that a character can literally run in circles in a video game these days. Not back and forth. Not up one, over one, down one, over one and repeat. But literally in circles. We live in an age of wonders.

:surrend:

:scared:

:D ]]> Brian Michael Bendis Kedd http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196994 <![CDATA[[game] If anyone can beat level 11....]]> http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196993&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:25:00 GMT of Worm Food I'll sell them my soul.

http://www.nitrome.com/games/wormfood/ ]]> Brian Michael Bendis The Human Target http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196993 Anyone interested in doing a podcast?? http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196992&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:25:19 GMT I know we have many great podcasts by people on the board. I listen to a lot of them.

But I run the comic content at www.thegeekgeneration.com and I am starting my own cause writing reviews or doing it myself is boring.

Plus no one has the knowledge that we have on here ;)

So I'm looking to do a biweekly podcast with a cohost (possibly permanently, possibly rotating)
Covering news, reviews of old and new stuff, discussions etc. Basically anything that comes up.

Id also really like to get people into lesser known titles and publishers other than Marvel or DC. (Although I admit I read a lot of both).

So anyone interested in a one shot? or an ongoing thing?

All I require is skype and a good mic/headset ;) ]]> Brian Michael Bendis xanderharris http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196992 So, ventriloquist dummies... http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196991&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:14:21 GMT Pretty fucking creepy. Amirite? :scared: Pretty fucking creepy. Amirite?

:scared: ]]> Brian Michael Bendis Nelson http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=196991