Pitt
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Post by Pitt on Aug 19, 2010 17:03:06 GMT
Seeing as it's a series that I'm aware of but have never actually read to a great extent, I've started to read Fullmetal Alchemist. I can already see that it's a series that won't take until volume three to get really good.
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Post by Dave on Aug 23, 2010 7:23:36 GMT
Right, I'll pick it up tomorrow. You two are both to blame if I don't like it. What did you think?
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Post by Samface on Aug 23, 2010 10:59:58 GMT
I think I haven't read it yet because I bought a ton of books all at once and it's going to take me a while to get to it. I shall let you know once I have read it.
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Post by Pitt on Sept 7, 2010 19:32:27 GMT
I've read that Wonder Woman is getting a significant redesign.
An unusual character, Wonder Woman. Probably as well-known as Batman or Superman, but she comes across as less interesting because she never seems to have a logical arch-foe or a consistent motive.
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Post by Samface on Sept 12, 2010 10:06:19 GMT
I have now read The Long Halloween.
I liked it.
Art was superb. Plot was good. Dialogue, though, had moments of dreadfulness. When Gordon says something like "Justice doesn't take a holiday" near the beginning it made me think of the Crimson Chin.
Apart from that, though, some very nice stuff.
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Post by Dave on Sept 13, 2010 21:05:46 GMT
You should give the sequel a read.. I can't remember the name though. *Looks through comics* Dark Victory it's called. Pretty good from what I remember, but then I read loads of old Batman comics in a marathon a few years back and don't really have a bad word to say about them so I'm a litte biased.
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Pitt
Script Hume
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Post by Pitt on Sept 14, 2010 18:56:38 GMT
When I was in a Borders in America I saw this ridiculously oversized anthology of comics about the members of KISS. It was about the size of three phonebooks and looked like it was drawn by a hybrid of Todd MacFarlane and Rob Liefeld.
Don't know what made me think of that. It'd gone completely out of my mind until today.
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Oct 19, 2010 15:57:04 GMT
Guys, I'm a little hazy on the matter, so can anyone please explain to me why, in 2010, there isn't a full English translation available of Fist of the North Star? Is it a licensing issue? It seems like a huge missed opportunity, especially what with the new game coming out soon. I'd love to read it but I'm having difficulty enough finding fan translations, never mind the fact it's never been released in English beyond a particular point.
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Post by ShayMay on Oct 19, 2010 16:27:36 GMT
Prolly something to do with the amount of violence in it.
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Oct 19, 2010 22:02:37 GMT
Which I'd understand except for the fact Battle Royale's available in practically every Waterstones and WH Smiths I know of. It could, theoretically, be a factor, but that seems somehow unusual. It just seems like a missed chance at a fair bit of cash, really.
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Post by The Shad on Oct 20, 2010 21:45:45 GMT
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Post by ShayMay on Oct 24, 2010 14:07:51 GMT
When the Wind Blows. Just saw it on my table, decided to read. [censored]ing Hell.
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Post by Alex on Nov 10, 2010 19:54:08 GMT
Is Spider-Man next on the list of superheroes to die in a storm of mainstream publicity only to come back a year later like nothing happened? Looks like...
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Nov 10, 2010 20:46:26 GMT
That's stupid. He's not a character Marvel can afford to operate without for any period of time. And it's not as if anyone believes for a moment he'll stay gone.
Still, certain trade paperbacks of a controversial 90s series and mini-series based on it, plus the reappearance of a character from that arc does make me wonder if this storyline may feature the return of someone very similar to the character in question.
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Post by Alex on Nov 10, 2010 20:54:30 GMT
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Post by Pitt on Nov 10, 2010 22:31:39 GMT
I recently heard that Joe Quesada has said that One More Day never happened, or something like that. Somebody better informed should be able to clarify it.
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Post by Alex on Nov 10, 2010 23:26:30 GMT
I think you have it confused with the fact that One More Day meant a bunch of other stuff didn't happen, such as Harry and Aunt May dying and everyone knowing Peter Parker is Spider-Man.
Or maybe you just wish that it never happened, along with the entire rest of the planet.
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Post by L. T. Dangerous on Nov 11, 2010 10:32:54 GMT
I think you have it confused with the fact that One More Day meant a bunch of other stuff didn't happen, such as Harry and Aunt May dying and everyone knowing Peter Parker is Spider-Man. Or maybe you just wish that it never happened, along with the entire rest of the planet. I'm almost amused by how the recent One Moment In Time storyline was hyped by images of Spidey and MJ together, looking happy, but basically flipped OMD around so that, actually, it was all MJ's fault! I'm sure Quesada thinks he's clever, but I doubt anyone is daft enough to see it isn't just him bizarrely hating the character again. To be fair, OMIT made me just give up hating Spidey's current direction since it's so futile and a recent interest in the classic issues (via the Amazing Spider-Man Classics podcast, which is brilliant by the way) as well as a brilliant video game in [censored]tered Dimensions has made me warm to the guy's comics again. Right around the time he teams with Wolverine, who's on the cover of one issue holding a gun. EXTREME! EDIT: Oh, come on. S hat tered Dimensions.
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Post by Samface on Nov 11, 2010 15:12:15 GMT
I heard Galactus swats him with a giant newspaper!
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Post by Pitt on Nov 11, 2010 20:48:44 GMT
I think you have it confused with the fact that One More Day meant a bunch of other stuff didn't happen, such as Harry and Aunt May dying and everyone knowing Peter Parker is Spider-Man. Nah, it's something more along the lines of L. T. Dangerous posted. Basically, Quesada came out with some kind of convoluted explanation for how Mephisto actually lost, or something like that. Apparently there has been a magic retcon, after Quesada categorically denied that there would be a magic retcon.
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Nov 12, 2010 11:36:37 GMT
Naruto's getting serious. What with the whole 4th Ninja War and everything. Although I wish Kishimoto hadn't rezzed Asuma, Chiyo, Zabuza or Haku. Rezzing Akatsuki was bad enough. I can deal with the Jinchuriki and Kages coming back, but all the other people? No. Just no. I hope this is the last arc. Or at least penultimate. And Bleach fans, anyone else pissed off with how Kubo wrapped up the Deicide arc?
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Pitt
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Post by Pitt on Nov 12, 2010 13:21:28 GMT
Not really. He'd written himself into a corner ages ago.
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Post by The Shad on Nov 16, 2010 21:00:28 GMT
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Post by Alex on Nov 16, 2010 21:03:26 GMT
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Post by Baron Canier on Nov 21, 2010 10:40:23 GMT
Knight and Squire #1 and #2 - Britain in the DC universe is [censored]ing hysterical. The tone of the book is essentially "US comics generally don't take the UK seriously, right? But instead of resenting it let's embrace the silliness wholesale and add some cultural in-jokes". The result is a really charming book. I'll be supporting this for sure. It's written by Paul Cornell, the man who managed to make Captain Britain (and his friends at MI:13) into a really riveting read.
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