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Post by BatFonz on May 12, 2015 10:08:07 GMT -5
Yes if I want to depress myself I look at some of my 'personally prized' comics on eBay and see that I can get them for a £1. I even bought replacement copies of those stories I loved so much but can't seem to bring myself to throw my tattered originals away.
I do find myself doubling up on digital monthlies and trades where I love the monthlies so much I buy hard copies so I own the physical book - when waterworld happens I shall have all my essentials.
Digital works for me when I am travelling as I bought a 128GB SD Card for my tablet and including it's internal memory I have 144GB which I have allocated 99.999998% to comics - I love being able to pull from my collection when I am stuck in a hotel or waiting in an airport.
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Post by BatFonz on May 12, 2015 7:06:44 GMT -5
Really enjoyed it, Its wonderful to see these characters on film and doing them justice.
8/10
Good Action sequences. Vision was a revelation. [My] Ultron doesn't do one liners - probably the only thing which actually took me out of the movie.
I really liked the introduction of Scarlet Witch and the way they showed her movement etc... straight out of a horror film, thought that was very cool - I wonder if the reason they only did it the once that way is because it might have felt too much through the whole movie.
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Post by BatFonz on May 12, 2015 5:44:46 GMT -5
I did seem to purge every 5-6 years although I did go through a 11year period of solid collecting and ended up with a room with just piles of books during an obsessive 80's/90's X-men back catalogue effort. I then read a interview with Stan lee where he said comics are for reading and this struck a cord with when I looked at the mass of books in my collection I knew would never be re-reads or formed any part of a collection - its the £1 stacks found at sales or newsagents which could have anything in them, I was buying anything comic related at that time.
Think it took me 2 months to gain the courage mainly just due to it seeming such an epic task but eventually I sorted through them and kept those arcs near & dear to me but felt better for the effort. I remember advertising them in the local newspaper and someone coming round and telling me how he was going to bag'n'board them and they would be well looked after, I felt a real sense of relief that they were going to someone who was a collector.
With eBay taking off I then started separate piles 'keepers' and 'sellers', and for awhile that was my way of managing things. Recently I have friends and children who I know love specific characters and I pass hard copies to them but have really embraced the digital option.
I tend to get my monthlies digital now & love being able to get them the same day in the UK as they come out in the US and also from smaller publishers. I still do the trades but tend to get those old school, if I like I keep - if not quite my thing I pass to my daughter [teen'anger!] and if she throws it back to me again it goes out to my local network.
Having searched for years pre 90s then in the UK the bottom falling out post-Image it is awesome to have so much access via so many means.
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Post by BatFonz on May 11, 2015 7:01:56 GMT -5
Haha @lcs convincing you - sounds familiar, mine told me 'It's Batman... BATMAN!!!' and he knew I was on the hook.
I haven't even read Vol.1 yet so he convinced me to get them both much to the pain of my wallet and picking them up this w/end coming. Side-note I am so in awe of the comic shops I see people post about, my nearest is a long[ish] drive to a small village and its a tiny shop but he makes it work with great online deals and just making sure we all know he is there.
So Batman Earth One this w/end - looking forward to it.
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Post by BatFonz on May 11, 2015 6:56:16 GMT -5
Also can we get a Oracle / Nightwing on-going by Gail Simone - just so satisfying to see characters handled so well, I was waiting for the inevitable [Nightwing or Oracle] has to fail to show-case how badass the other character is... nope Gail let them both shine in very different ways - executed to perfection.
I noticed that this story told us that after dome-world their city certainly continued although on a few re-readings I notice you can't pick up if its on dome-world or back in their own universe / timeline.
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Post by BatFonz on May 8, 2015 9:19:15 GMT -5
Haha Fastback was pretty awesome, I really hope this sells well and DC decides to have a Speed Force title, Wally, the Kids and a supporting cast starting with a super-fast turtle baby sitter!
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Post by BatFonz on May 8, 2015 9:14:47 GMT -5
Miller has written so much of my favorite stuff that I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I like Azzarello's work I have been exposed to so co-writing as long as he doesn't capitulate to Miller on everything can only be a good thing.
I also think Miller not doing the art is a positive, I'm a comic's artwork addict - I'll totally admit that and Miller used to produce my kinda drug but his recent stuff just left me cold. Let's hope that he has one more big story in him and things come together, it would be nice if he could sign-off from the character with a tale that surprises and delivers on story.
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Post by BatFonz on May 8, 2015 9:02:14 GMT -5
Speed Force was pretty good, it was definitely Wally so they got the characterization right for me. It might actually be the best I've seen his relationship / link with his children handled as I was never keen on the 'hey Wally's back and he's older, with kids' but they really pulled it off and made it a strength.
They played a bit loose with Wally's speed powers [no explosion when he vibrated through an object / 0 to half-speed-of-light from a lying position] but I'm always willing to give writers creative freedom, as I'm the one mentally stuck in Waid / Morrison's Flash run - it's not their fault.
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Post by BatFonz on May 8, 2015 7:44:45 GMT -5
Just got to the music part of this weeks show - I will listen to the AOU Review this afternoon but as it struck me while listening I thought I'd mention it in case I forgot.
I just wanted to say I was really moved by Bob's reaction to FF, I think every story which has resonated over the years has clearly touched him on a very personal level. When characters begin to transcend their medium, when the love and craft injected by a multitude of creators into a series is such that they become clear fully realized individuals with history and feelings you can relate to then these are more than stories and characters their essence has become real.
To have this kind of reaction is not simply in the hands of the creators, the writers and artists skills are obviously a key element but for it affect you it has to be a symbiotic relationship between the reader and the storytellers. To create the level of emotion witnessed the reader has to give themselves to the work, has to allow themselves to become immersed in the world and the characters, I could hear in Bob's emotional voice that this was indeed the case.
The team have discussed before works which have touched them on such an emotional level on the show previously, I find it rare personally but when it happens the feeling of total satisfaction, of a sudden desire to share the knowledge that this book rocks! is overwhelming. When the relationship is decades in the making, when it has nurtured over such a long period I struggle to imagine the emotional strings which must be stretching right now.
Thank you for sharing Bob, it's wonderful to know I picked the right podcast to listen to which has people involved who care so deeply about comics - something I have loved since my earliest memory.
A big Fonzy Thumbs Up from me
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Post by BatFonz on May 7, 2015 6:48:49 GMT -5
I bought the trade, just fell in love with the art in the shop and decided to give it a go - best decision EVER!!!
Tony summed up my feelings perfectly and I can genuinely say that when I finished the book I checked online and found out that the next part isn't out yet... I was gutted but this is on my 'must read' list now, exactly what I want from my comics - beautiful sexy art merged with dark unpredictable story telling.
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Post by BatFonz on May 7, 2015 6:41:56 GMT -5
I'm reading Speed Force tonight when I get home - cannot wait, love pre-52 Wally so much as a character and it sounds like they delivered
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Post by BatFonz on May 6, 2015 7:07:50 GMT -5
This was great, thoroughly enjoyed it - I like how Snyder tackles the problem of mainstream comics characters, how to create genuine tension and then drop a reveal, something that especially made me smile was having Bane link up with 'Batman' for their own 'fast-ball special'. It did feel compressed into 6 issues however coming out of Zero Year which felt like they stretched 9 issues to 12 I was good with the pacing it felt breathless and gave the book nervous energy.
The only thing I decided on in the end I didn't like was the 'magic life pool' hidden under Gotham... I didn't need it, explaining how characters survive seemingly certain death [Death of the Family ending] is unnecessary, he's the Joker you knew he'd be back, people tell me it was essential to the story and I don't see it. But overall Story and Artwork were excellent, especially the Capullo now trademark symbolic imagery - It felt like a Holmes / Moriarty final showdown.
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Post by BatFonz on Feb 7, 2015 15:46:17 GMT -5
Section Eight sounds like it could be huge fun, I'm in for that and I'll get Dark Universe and see if its freaky enough to get on my pull list.
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Post by BatFonz on Feb 7, 2015 15:28:13 GMT -5
Loved it, but I like Morrison overall although I agree he tends to let story drive characters which in a ongoing series can be problematic but in a limited series I'm all good with it.
I think its the layers he brings to his work which allows you to read and re-read it and this is shaping up to be no different. I think its more woof-bark-donkey stuff from the grand-poobah of insanity and if his name is on it you know exactly what you are going to get, same with Chris Burnham's art I like it, it suits Morrison's otherworldly writing.
When it comes to my comic spend I know writers which just turn me off so I can relate to your feelings but I steer clear and maybe spend that wedge on something that sounds more up your street as you might discover an absolute gem!
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Post by BatFonz on Feb 6, 2015 9:06:07 GMT -5
Still loving this book, the final panel made me smile and all credit to Snyder on the constant twists and turns which make sense to the story rather than a twist purely for impacts sake - great writer and Capullo + Miki + FCO are killing it.
The only thing I don't really know how I feel about is the 'reveal' in terms of our antagonists biology... not sure if I like this addition but I need to reread it just to see if I understood it properly!!!
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