Comics!

[TageRyche]

I found out today that my local shop is going to be open (under guidelines of course) to walk in buyers starting tomorrow.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

RIP Denny O'Neil

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Have any of you guys read Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere?

 

[CiG]

FLOATING WORLD TO PUBLISH S. CRAIG ZAHLER’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL – THE FORBIDDEN SURGERIES OF THE HIDEOUS DR. DIVINUS.

After the release of three startling, award-winning movies that have played around the world, S. Craig Zahler wanted to return to his first artistic passion— illustration. With tools that he had developed as a director, screenwriter, cinematographer, novelist, and songwriter, he committed himself to writing, drawing, inking, and lettering his graphic novel debut, a full-length work entitled, Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus.

This sprawling tale of noir horror begins in the coastal city of New Bastion. Homeless people are disappearing from the streets, and occasionally, a dismantled corpse turns up in a dumpster. These crimes are left alone, until the day a comatose woman named Lillian Driscoll is kidnapped from the hospital. Her brothers—a grumpy detective named Leo and a slick mobster named Tommy— seek answers that lead them to darkness, arcane medicine, and pain.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

Has anyone read (or even heard of) any comics about (or even referencing) Covid-19 yet??

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

RIP Denny O'Neil

IIRC
This is the guy who got a little freaked out about being born the same month and year as Batman

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

DC Cuts Ties with Diamond Comic Distributors

Whoo-hoo
I guess
Can't really remember why @TechnicalBarbarity thinks this news is good news
But as far as I can tell this news isn't actually bad news in any way yet

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

@Terasophe
Question about the art of the 80s-90s X-Men comic
Why is there a strap that appears to be an ammo-belt wrapped around the torso of the character that never touches a firearm??

 

[CiG]

Putting this here to remind myself to check out the new Shonen Jump manga Sakamoto Days. Second issue isn't even out yet, but from what I've seen it looks awesome. It's about a retired hitman who is now a married boomer with a belly who helps his neighbours with odd jobs and runs a supermarket with his wife, and his old partner tracks him down and seeks his help.

 

[Burkhard]

This sounds (and looks) interesting:

DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL – BAND EDITION: CRANKING IT UP TO 11 FOR THE HIT COMIC BOOK SERIES’ WORLD TOUR THIS MARCH

BURBANK, CA (February 1, 2021) - In anticipation of the international launch of DC’s runaway 2020 hit limited series, Dark Nights: Death Metal, the publisher announced today plans to collaborate with seven of the most renowned metal music bands for Dark Nights: Death Metal – Band Edition.

Representing a cross-section of metal music from across genres and generations, each special edition will feature a variant cover spotlighting a different metal band, an introduction from the band and exclusive interview. The lineup includes:

Issue #1: Featured band: Megadeth
Cover artist: Juanjo Guarnido

Issue #2: Featured band: Ghost
Cover artist: Werther Dell’ Edera

Issue #3: Featured band: Lacuna Coil
Cover artist: Timpano / Antonio Fuso

Issue #4: Featured band: Opeth
Cover artist: Mathieu Lauffray

Issue #5: Featured band: Sepultura
Cover artist: Albuquerque / Pedro Mauro

Issue #6: Featured band: Dream Theater
Cover artist: Santi Casas

Issue #7: Featured band: Ozzy Osbourne
Cover artist: Marco Mastrazzo

The Dark Knights: Death Metal seven-issue series event will launch in 13 countries internationally in March and rollout throughout 2021.

Source (with pics). I think I'll wait for the collectors' omnibus edition, though.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

What's up with the whole Tim Fox being Batman thing??

 

[Burkhard]

Justice-League-Odyssey-Vol.-4-Last-Stand

• Burkhard
• Apr 17, 2021

Finished reading this a few days ago and enjoyed it a lot, just like the entire series. Now, I'm looking forward to reading the "Dark Nights: Death Metal"-collection, but before that, it'll be the "Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen"-collection and the "Justice League: Justice/Doom War"-collection, which both have been recommended as background reading.

After reading the "DCeased"- and "DCeased: Unkillables"-collections, I'm also curious how the DCeased-series will continue.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

What's up with the whole Tim Fox being Batman thing??

seriously
Dick Grayson becoming Batman made sense (and even Terry McGinnis, kinda) but Tim Fox becoming Batman was just What-the-fucking-hell??? kinda moment
so apparently any random male in Gotham can get in-shape, put on a mask and become Batman now??

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

Justice-League-Odyssey-Vol.-4-Last-Stand

• Burkhard
• Apr 17, 2021

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in response to this picture
the existence of Jessaica Cruz seems to be yet another attempt to make a "female version" of a male character

EDIT
everybody say it with me now...
SPIDER-GWEN

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

in response to this picture
the existence of Jessaica Cruz seems to be yet another attempt to make a "female version" of a male character

EDIT
everybody say it with me now...
SPIDER-GWEN

seriously
Dick Grayson becoming Batman made sense (and even Terry McGinnis, kinda) but Tim Fox becoming Batman was just What-the-fucking-hell??? kinda moment
so apparently any random male in Gotham can get in-shape, put on a mask and become Batman now??

in-before-anyone-else-says-it
okay
maybe i'm taking everything just a little too seriously when it comes to critiquing superhero-comic-writing

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

Alan Moore, guy known as a superhero-comic-writer, has seemingly gone a little crazy
https://geekculture.co/watchmen-cre...,are not cinema and instead are “theme parks”.

https://www.republicworld.com/world...ump-and-brexit-result-of-infantilization.html

https://www.cinemablend.com/televis...-alan-moore-brutally-slammed-superhero-movies

 

[CiG]

Those are all expected opinions from Alan Moore.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

yeah, okay, so it's not a new thing

which means it's now time to accept the fact that Alan Moore is crazy
because he's been crazy for a while

just because he was awesome at comic-writing doesn't mean he's awesome at every (or any) thing else
just because someone is awesome at one specific thing doesn't mean that they're actually sane

Alan Moore is batshit crazy

 

[CiG]

Just because a homeless crackhead retard disagrees with Alan Moore doesn't mean Alan Moore is crazy.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

oh, come on now
he blamed Superhero movies for Trump being capable of becoming president
as if somehow superhero movies being less popular or filmed differently could have somehow resulted in Trump loosing the election by a landslide

after saying that crazy-ass shit, are you really gonna call Alan Moore completely sane??