State Your Opinion on a Character - Part 2

[Anubis]

She should have six boobs.

 

[Victarion]

I think Joker's at his best in the Joker graphic novel that came out back in 08. The one Lee Bermejo illustrated. Moreso than in The Killing Joker or The Man Who Laughs.

 

[Anubis]

That's...nice? Or are you lookin' for that unpopular opinions thread.

 

[Victarion]

That's...nice? Or are you lookin' for that unpopular opinions thread.

Nah, I like the Joker's character more in that story than TKJ/TMWL.

 

[Anubis]

Oh, well then, let me explain how this thread works. The person running the thread posts a character, I.E. This:

From Wiki:

Blacksad

Then you comment on what you think of said character. This being the Misc Comics forum, it's indie, Image, Darkhorse, etc characters. There are other threads. One for DC and Marvel, though they've fallen to a case of the Meh's. Somebody may take it up again. Hell, you can if you want to. I warn you, can be a hastle. If you do, remember to be stingy with the well knowns. Don't wanna blow your load too soon as it were. Gotta pace yourself. Like say, do a Joker or Batman then about five or six Ambush bugs or Gravyn's.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

She should have six boobs.

I think Joker's at his best in the Joker graphic novel that came out back in 08. The one Lee Bermejo illustrated. Moreso than in The Killing Joker or The Man Who Laughs.

Wrong thread

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Golgo 13

 

[Wesley Dodds]

From Wiki:

Golgo 13 is the oldest manga still in publication, and its tankōbon edition has the third highest number of volumes. It has sold over 200 million copies in various formats, including compilation books, making it the third best-selling manga series in history. It has been adapted into two live-action feature films, two animated films, a television series and five video games.

Golgo 13, also known by the pseudonym Duke Togo (デューク・東郷 Dyūku Tōgō?), is a professional assassin. His age and birthplace are unknown and there is no consensus in the worldwide intelligence community as to his true identity.[3] Most of his jobs are completed through the use of a customized, scoped M16 rifle. Besides Duke Togo, Golgo 13's other aliases include Tadashi Togo (東郷 隆 Tōgō Tadashi?) and Togo Rodriguez (トーゴ・ロドリゲス Tōgo Rodorigesu?).
The name "Golgo 13" is a reference to the death of Jesus Christ. Golgo is short for Golgotha, the place of Jesus' crucifixion.[3][4] The number 13 is considered an unlucky number because there were thirteen participants at Jesus' Last Supper before his execution. Also, Golgo 13's logo is a skeleton wearing a Crown of Thorns.
Duke Togo's past is a mystery. Although many episodes of the series have presented speculation about his origin, such episodes always cast doubt on their own theories as well — leaving the readers uncertain whether the information was even true. It is only known that he had a son with ex-PIRA terrorist Catherine McCall named Joey, who was killed in an accidental explosion after he ignited some explosives at a PIRA safehouse.[5] He also has yet another living son from a random previous sexual encounter, as seen in Episode 48.[6]
With respect to the character's age, a large number of stories are dated as they are centered around current events of the time. However, Golgo 13's age has not increased significantly to account for these events. He has also suffered multiple injuries on his body via torture.

 

[Anubis]

I remember seeing the Anime. It was awesome. One of the first I ever saw. Played the video game on the old school Nintendo too.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Never saw it
One member here took it for his username, another used a picture from that series as avatar
I still don't care

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Halo Jones

 

[Wesley Dodds]

From Wiki:

Halo Jones first appeared July 1984 in five-page instalments in the pages of the weekly British comic 2000 AD and is regarded as one of the high points of 2000 AD. The eponymous heroine is a highly sympathetic 50th-century everywoman, and the tone of the strip runs from the comic to the poignant. The three "books" span more than ten years of her life, and also serve as a tour of the well-realized futuristic universe which Moore and Gibson created. Originally, Halo Jones was planned to run to nine books, chronicling Halo's life from adolescence through old age. However, the series was discontinued after three books due to a dispute between Moore and Fleetway, the magazine's publishers, over the intellectual property rights of the characters Moore and Gibson had co-created.

In Book One, the readers are introduced to the 18-year-old Halo Jones, who lives in a floating ring-shaped conurbation or housing estate called "The Hoop" that is moored in the Atlantic Ocean off the East coast of America. The story takes place over one day, and follows Halo's violent, though also partly comical misadventures on a shopping trip. When Halo firstly discovers a good friend has become a "Different Drummer", a youth cult numbed by the beat of a drum in their ears, then returns to her apartment to find her flatmate and best friend Brinna murdered, she decides to leave Earth, never to return.
Book Two depicts Halo's life as a stewardess on a year-long space voyage. Halo discovers that it was her robot dog Toby who was responsible for her flatmate's death and is forced to destroy him. It is also revealed, in a framing sequence, that Halo becomes a legendary historical figure in centuries to come.
In Book Three, the darkest part of the saga, ten years have elapsed and Halo has become a soldier serving in a Vietnam-style guerrilla interstellar war which has appeared as back-story in the previous two books, and is courted by a famous, fearsome-looking general, Luiz Cannibal. The series ends with the cessation of hostilities, after which Halo commandeers a spaceship and deserts, determined to take charge of her own fate.

Remeber a while ago when I posted Zenith? An early cult character of Grant Morrisons? Well, it occurs to me that Halo Jones is basically Alan Moore's equivalent to that sort of.
Sounds intriguing...

 

[Spider-Aziz]

No chance of her meeting with Judge Dredd?

 

[Wesley Dodds]

They're both 2000AD characters but aside from that they're largely unconnected, I think.

However I found this on the Halo Jones Wiki page:

"Helter Skelter", a Judge Dredd story written by Garth Ennis (12 episodes Progs 1250–1261) features cameos from a myriad of previous 2000AD characters including Halo Jones in episodes 6 & 7. Artwork by Carlos Ezquerra and Henry Flint.

 

[E-Man]

Halo Jones sounds like someone that would be sung about in an 80's R&B song. I can just imagine some jheri curled dude going on about how Halo made him do what it do.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Heh, totally. Apparently there actually is a song about her by '80s group Transvision Vamp:

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Not exactly my cup of tea, but odd you should mention it.

 

[E-Man]

Heh, totally. Apparently there actually is a song about her by '80s group Transvision Vamp:

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Not exactly my cup of tea, but odd you should mention it.

Well I have mystical powers that only work at random times in online message boards. It won't help me win the lottery, but at least I can be cooler than other people's fathers.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Here's todays:

Gon

 

[Wesley Dodds]

From Wiki:

Gon (ゴン?) is a tiny fictional dinosaur and the title character of a Japanese manga series created by Masashi Tanaka. The Gon series features the completely wordless adventures of the irascible title character as he interacts with the natural world, depicted by Tanaka in lush, realistic detail. Gon somehow survived the extinction of his fellow dinosaurs and interacts with paleolithic animals. Gon was most notable outside of Japan for his appearance in the Tekken 3 video game. An animated TV series began airing in Japan on April 2, 2012.[1]
In 1998, the manga received an Excellence Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival.

Gon's exact saurian species is never delved into. He vaguely resembles an outdated depiction of a generic carnosaur in a tripod stance, only about the size of a small dog. He is an omnivore with an enormous appetite. He possesses enormous power and endurance for his size, his feats of strength including supporting his own weight with his jaws, to being able to partially lift a fully grown African Elephant. His scaly hide is almost impenetrable, being able to shrug off the bites of larger predators.
Gon's intelligence seems to fluctuate in each adventure, ranging from total cluelessness (such as failing to notice a bird nest on his head for weeks), to strategic cunning (using a lion as a beast of burden to capture prey).

That all sounds cool and everything, but being a '90s kid when I think of Gon this is what comes to mind:

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Played the absolute crap out of that back in the day.

 

[E-Man]

That lion is getting real tired of Gon's ****.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

He's an A-Hole

 

[Wesley Dodds]

John Dusk

 

[Wesley Dodds]

From Wiki:

Absolution is a 6-issue comic book limited series written and created by Christos Gage with art by Roberto Viacava that is published by Avatar Press, launched in July 2009.

In real-life police departments, officers who work in Special Victims Units must rotate out, or otherwise they become affected by the horrible things they see in the course of their jobs. Absolution explores the idea that if police departments employed superhumans, what if they were rare enough that they were the only ones who could do their job, and stayed in that capacity for too long, becoming mentally and emotionally destabilized.
John Dusk, superhero, with powers similar to Green Lantern's, goes over the edge after one too many horrible sights, and begins to murder those he believes do not deserve to be alive because of the magnitude of their crimes, and his belief that the "revolving door" will just put them back on the street again.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Christos Cage, I think I read and liked some stories he wrote, don't remember which
I'm willing to give this series of his a try

 

[Anubis]

That sounds kinda awesome.