Bought/Thought 11/07/07

[PhotoJones]

Trade waiting, eh? Gotcha.

Not trade waiting. Buying all the issues at once for a discounted price waiting.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Scot Eaton is doing the X-Factor issues.

And he will own.

 

[PhotoJones]

He generally always does these days. If he's a fast artist like JRJR, Yu or Bagley, Marvel needs to hold onto him.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I :heart: Eaton.

 

[PhotoJones]

You love Eaton as much I love Lee Weeks.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I love Weeks as much as you love Weeks, too.

 

[PhotoJones]

I don't know, man. My love for Weeks is pretty intense.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Well, maybe not quite as much as you love Weeks. I won't be reading that crappy Captain Marvel series in spite of his art.

 

[PhotoJones]

That's what makes my love stronger.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

And my wallet slightly less empty in the coming months.

 

[PhotoJones]

Oh yeah? I've already got a head start on you, Thor: Rebirth ****E.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

You should know by now that throwing a fanboy's own fanboyishness back in his face never really registers as an insult to him.

Also, it turned out to be a not-so-pathetically-****ish purchase. I'd genuinely forgotten much of the second issue, and it all came flooding back to me as I read Thor: Rebirth on the can the other night.

 

[PhotoJones]

Who cares if you enjoyed it or not? The wallet sure doesn't.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

My wallet loved every second of the raping last week's pull gave it.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Your wallet is a dirty ****.

 

[PhotoJones]

Meanwhile, I'm going to enjoy a good writer and a great artist tackling an awesome character.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

You know it'll suck. You've admitted as much before. Stop trying to pretend like it won't.

 

[PhotoJones]

I said that it's possible that it would suck. I said that before the preview was released, though.

 

[GNR]

Not being exciting, and being a big jumbled mess are two WAY different things.

But yeah, I can see why you would find it unexciting since you're the type that loves Millar written comics because there's a big 'splosion every other panel.

I know you have immense man love for Busiek,but come on,it's like you can't face the fact that even the best creators produce crap once in a while.

So yea Darth,you're wrong.

 

[GNR]

He generally always does these days. If he's a fast artist like JRJR, Yu or Bagley, Marvel needs to hold onto him.

Scot Eaton is one hell of an artist.His work on the much hated Hudlin BP was great.

Marvel needs to put him on a street level book,heck,make him the next regular artist on PWJ or something.Anything to see this guy monthly.

 

[Darthphere]

I know you have immense man love for Busiek,but come on,it's like you can't face the fact that even the best creators produce crap once in a while.

So yea Darth,you're wrong.

No, not really. So what is it again, a big jumbled mess or unexciting? Because those two aren't related at all.

And if you bother to look around, you're in the minority on Camelot Falls. Words hurt your brain, it's ok, I understand.

 

[Dread]

Not trade waiting. Buying all the issues at once for a discounted price waiting.

I see.

Bought/Thought: Veteran's Day Edition: Okay, technically Sunday was Vet's Day here (congrats and thank you to all current and past American Soldiers, some of who may post on these boards, for manning up for our freedom while mooches like me sit back and whine about stuff), but Monday is when the feds celebrate it with closings. I again went into Manhattan on family business and I was able to procure some back issues that I had wanted to earlier in the week, but my LCS lacked.

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY: APOCALYPSE SUITE #1-2: A bit late to the party, but I haven't missed out on everything. Apparently this series made some initial waves because the writer, Gerard Way (not related to the Way who writes GHOST RIDER and wishes he was Garth Ennis), is from a rock band which I have literally never heard of. But the idea of rockers writing comics initially makes one recall all those forgettable KISS comic books that KISS' band puts out every 5-10 years and which blend into oblivion. The art by Gabriel Ba' manages to bring comparisons to Mike Mignola's style on HELLBOY and perhaps the book that is very similar in style and tone, THE AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD. No, I never read the one-shot, but I own and adore the Sci-Fi Channel pilot on DVD, and to the best of my knowledge it was one of the most faithful comic-to-animation translations that exist. My exposure to the Hellboy universe is due to the feature film and the animated DTV's (which I enjoy more than the film, especially as it has the same cast with less Hollywood interference), and I like that sort of tongue-in-cheek angle to the zany antics.

Umbrella Academy starts along in this vein, from the first page; 43 children are mysteriously "immaculately concepted" and born after a massive wrestler defeats an alien with an atomic elbow, and the enigmic Monacle, who is also an alien, adopts 7 of them as his Umbrella Academy, a team of European based heroes. They are designated with numbers and the interior cover introductions are immediately charming, and the comic continues from there. Six of them have weird and wacky powers, from .01, who is invulnerable & strong, to .07, who seems to have no powers aside for a talent for the violin. The first issue introduces their childhood years and lays down the foundation for #2, when the real plot begins to unfold as they gather 20 years later, after their team had disbanded (and .07, or Vanya, has written a nasty book about her years on the team) and the Monacle has died. The book has some wild and wacky humor in that SCREW-ON tone, from the Effiel Tower going mad to .01 becoming Spaceboy after getting his head grafted onto a massive gorilla body, to the seemingly useless "perennial breath holder" becoming a skilled assassin as Kraken, it is chock full of wacky goodness. The main villain of the peace is The Conductor, who has a team of insane musicians who want to destroy the world with an orchastra, and the reactivated Adacemy has to go fight some alien amusement rides gone amok. Ba's art has simularities to Mignola's, but has a style all to it's own. Grant Morrison breathlessly calls them, "The heroes of the 21st century" and while that is high praise, this is a wildly original creation (as both Hellboy and Screw-On debuted in the 90's) for the times. I enjoyed the book greatly and my only complaint was seeing that "of 6" on the cover, but Way & Ba' promise that more serials after this one are coming. Count me aboard.

 

[PhotoJones]

I can't believe you liked it. Well, that's not entirely true. I can believe you liked it. Everyone who reads it should like it. It's (and this is not hype) probably the best new thing to come out of comics this year. I just can't believe you read it. Good to have you on board, though.

 

[Dread]

I can't believe you liked it. Well, that's not entirely true. I can believe you liked it. Everyone who reads it should like it. It's (and this is not hype) probably the best new thing to come out of comics this year. I just can't believe you read it. Good to have you on board, though.

I'd heard nothing but good things about it, including from you, and when I said I would try it out on a slow week, I meant it. Take it as a note that I'm not completely opposed to new things or that I don't read what posters tell me. Even if we are arguing sometimes.

I'm glad to be on board.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Scot Eaton is one hell of an artist.His work on the much hated Hudlin BP was great.

Marvel needs to put him on a street level book,heck,make him the next regular artist on PWJ or something.Anything to see this guy monthly.

Why a street-level book? I fell in love with his art on Thor, so his style can easily fit more than just the street-level fare.