The Official Comic Book Discussion Thread

[R=G]

Second mutatations and Cat Beasts? Saw nothing all too logical about that. Kind of silly if anything.

[Theabbot]

Agreed. They need to strip the X-men back to the basics. Like Claremont did when he dropped them into the outback back in the day.
I miss that gritty ****. I hate the whole paramilitary headgame that Scott is playing now.

[A Man Called Hawk]

Originally Posted by R=G

Second mutatations and Cat Beasts? Saw nothing all too logical about that. Kind of silly if anything.

That was a way of explaining the power creep certain characters were going through. The cat beast stuff honestly doesn't bother me. I'm WAY more bothered by how Wolverine has been fucked up.

[Theabbot]

They also need to wrap up this Scott/Emma bullshit. That thing never worked for me. I wouldn't trust that ***** as far as I could throw her.

[Jello Biafra]

Grant Morrison Leaving Superhero Comics in 2013

The "Action Comics" run concludes with issue #16, "Batman Incorporated" wraps up my take with issue #12, and after that I don’t have any plans for monthly superhero books for a while. "Multiversity" is eight issues and I’m 30-odd pages into a Wonder Woman project but those are finite stories.

I'm not saying that I'll never write superheroes again. It's just that my relationship to them has changed especially after finishing the book and I’m not sure if I want to maintain the same kind of relentless level of production.
I've always wanted to try a crime story. I wanted to do my take on that type of book – the hard-boiled anti-hero and the mafia villains and all that but I never had a strong enough story hook. I was looking for a way to put my own stamp on the genre and it finally clicked with "HAPPY!"

After doing all these noble super characters for so long "HAPPY!" is like the chains coming off the cellar. It’s bile and loathing, and relentless foul-mouthed scatological dialogue on every page – and Happy the Horse.

I loved the idea of dragging this bright creature into a very unpleasant world – a creature who is absolutely cheerful and will not give in. To the point of irritation. He's this indefatigable spark of positivity, and I'm pitting him against the absolute darkness and damnation of the world of the story. The tone and setting of the book is closer to what I was doing back with "The Filth" than anything I’ve been doing on "Batman." It's a really super noir comic, though I don't want to explain what Happy is or what he looks like. You'll see that when the book comes out. But circumstances bring him into this hitman’s life, and he says, "I need your help to save a kid who's in trouble." Cue pedo-Santa. Three days to Christmas with a new twist every day. I poured everything I know about making comics into this and I‘m really pleased with it. It’s a crude, sensationalistic, trashy piece of work but it runs like a death machine.

I have enjoyed the bizarre nature of his Batman Inc fun and the stuff he has done on Action COmics has been pretty good. I am mostly interested in his Multiversity min-series and am glad he plans on finishing that before moving away from the super hero stuff for his creator owned projects.

[H.R. Puff-N-Bluntz]

Gonna hit up Frank and Sons today to search for piff. All my LA/OC heads know what's up.

[Grifter]

Originally Posted by Theabbot

They also need to wrap up this Scott/Emma bullshit. That thing never worked for me. I wouldn't trust that ***** as far as I could throw her.

Scott simps for her, but tries to act all tough.

[R=G]

They had Colossus acting like a str8 dirty stalker. Sounded crazy as **** too

[VictorVonDoom]

Originally Posted by R=G

They had Colossus acting like a str8 dirty stalker. Sounded crazy as **** too

Just read that. Didn't like it. I guess the phoenix was influencing him, but that was out of character for Colossus...on some if you don't marry me I'll kill you and destroy everything you hold dear ****.

Anybody else looking forward to Jonathan Hickman's 18 Bronzemen Avengers mega-team? I can't wait to see the roster. They say the Avengers are going to get back to facing cosmic threats and it's already confirmed that Nova and Rocket Raccoon the gawd are on the roster.

[H.R. Puff-N-Bluntz]

Anyone read Annihilation Classic? Saw it in a bin but didn't cop due to not knowing most of the characters involved. I know some heads say it's dope and I believe they're talking about the newest one.

I'd cop it next time for the Drax/Thanos battle.

[VictorVonDoom]

Originally Posted by H.R. Puff-N-Bluntz

Anyone read Annihilation Classic? Saw it in a bin but didn't cop due to not knowing most of the characters involved. I know some heads say it's dope and I believe they're talking about the newest one.

I'd cop it next time for the Drax/Thanos battle.

Annihilation might've been the best Marvel story in about the last 15 years.

[H.R. Puff-N-Bluntz]

Originally Posted by VictorVonDoom

Annihilation might've been the best Marvel story in about the last 15 years.

For the record, are you talking about this one:



or this one:

[Grifter]

A lot of the X-Men haven't been written like themselves for the past couple years.

[R=G]

I think the Phoenix is supposed to be the excuse for him talking wild but it shouldnt turn you insane talking about killing and bringing you back by force. LOL.

[H.R. Puff-N-Bluntz]

Can someone tell me the name of the series they did after Secret Invasion? The ending to SI had me

Might wanna cop that story.