Comics am cool!

I am to agree!

Hey, I read in Wizard that the fans voted for Mimic as one of the worst x-characters ever. How can fans not remember this classic villian with the same fondness as I do. Flying around with Angel's wings with the amazing athleticism of the Beast. Deflecting attacks with an ice shield while blasting away with his optic blasts. All this plus the brain power of Professor X! I used to think he was a perfect villain because he could always be as powerful as his opponent. Talk about playing to the competition. I use to love when this guy showed up, of course I was five at the time. What ever happened to this guy?

My vote went to Paste Pot Pete!!

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Okay-some comics I don't get around to reading for a while. Just finished a six-month run of Birds of Prey, and I'm nominating it for best series that no one talks about. Good art, interesting writing, and lots of plot.

After reading Astonishing X-Men #1, I have been waiting for this book for a long time. It wasn't that it started a great story, yet, but the approach to the mutant group takes the x-men back to their glory days and moves them forward at the same time. To steal an old line, if you only buy one book this week, this is the one!! nuff said.

While I agree that Astonishing X-Men was refreshingly good, it was not my Marvel pick of the week. That went to The Punisher #6 which capped off a new era of violent excess for Frank Castle.

I also really enjoyed Supreme Power #10. Marvel Max is putting out some of the best Marvel comics in years.

Holy crap...we agree on a pick of the week?!?!? I should've posted first over the weekend. This latest PUNISHER arc was without doubt the best in that characters story canon.

SUPREME and ASTONSIHING were alright. I don't know if they deserved the praise everyone at the shop is giving them though. I felt they were a bit....contrived.

With that said, I now have the official VCD copy of the PUNISHER movie to all who are interested. I loved it and thought the very last scene was worthy of an old school samurai flick.

are you all insane? how can supreme power not be the pick of the week. comics are good again.

Gee-zuz....just cause you saw boobies you've been raving abou this ish. Read PUNISHER....I'm TELLING ya'!!!!

Supreme power was good last week but you can describe the entire storyline in one sentence. I agree with Anatole that not enough happens in one issue nowadays. Can anyone tell me what the storyline is for Superman? I keep waiting for a story to start, but now I am just hoping there IS a story. Thumbs up for Swamp Thing. I am not the biggest fan of horror comics but I must admit that Andy Diggle is doing a great job of tying up previous storylines to reestablish the character. Also nice artwork by Breccia.

Superman comics this month are easy to summarize:

Action - It's Gog! Pow!
Superman - Hi Father. Where's your congregation? I feel so guilty. I'm so unhappy. See you next month!

Did I leave anything out?

That said, the pictures in Action are realllllll purty, and I am enjoying the characterizations of the Teen Titans.

So does anyone know what's going on with the CrossGen titles? I just got my 11-year-old niece hooked on Abadazad, and then I go check out the CrossGen site, and it hasn't been updated since May. :( I read something about them declaring bankruptcy?

Oh--A May Steven Grant column says CrossGen went belly up. Rats!

So before I risk breaking my little niece's heart again, is Image planning to put out any more Leave It To Chance books?

Crossgen proved the old adage that the best way to make a small fortune in the comics business is to start with a large one.

dan "grumpy" shahin

So I read "Identity Crisis" #2. Dan, *this* is your idea of a good comic?!?!?! Not only has Sue Dibny been killed just as she finds out she's pregnant, now she's been raped too? And some of our most prominent DC super-heroes are running around lobotomizing the bad guys?

What garbage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this really what people think makes a "realistic" comic? Is this how low DC thinks they have to stoop to get readers? How sad...

Holy Cochangas!!! First I get canned at SUN which renders me unable to babble on this board (can't do it from home.....I have to be on company time for inspiration to hit) and now that I can finally log on, Wilson's gone NUTS!!!!

I'm gonna have to buy this "nasty" comic. With that said....good comic flick news for Anatole at least. Bryan Singer has dissed the X-Men franchise and decided to direct the SUPERMAN movie.

Heartbreaking for me since X2 was quite the homerun and I deee-spise Superman. Now all you delinquents go crazy....break some windows and oh yeah....find me a REAL job already!!!

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah baby....Mickey Rourke as Marv.

Finished Avengers 500 last night.

Art, story, concept...the whole thing was very, very excellent. And it left me with the best of feelings as a comic reader...the impatience at having to wait another month for the next. (Happily - NOT - both the Ultimates and NYX have taught me that kind of patience)

I only hope the spin-off sub-stories in the other titles can live up to the standard that was set.

On a scale of one to four stars, give it five.

Anatole,

All I can say is that ID Crisis is the best selling comic in the store and that people are responding positively to the story. I thought #2 was a bit brutal, but I think the point was to point out that the squeaky clean memories of halcyon days gone by are mostly just nostalgic cover-up to the real problems of the era.

Would I rather have grown up in the grim & gritty in-your-face eighties, or the serenely racist and xenophobic fifties? I think the choice is obvious.

dan "persnickety" shahin

Joe,

Look for the Avengers Disassembled spinoffs to vary wildly in quality, depending on the creative teams associated. Bendis has gone on record saying he's planning a long run on the book, not unlike his incredible run on DD. Don't forget to check out Powers too. Formerly published by Image, this title is Bendis at his uncensored best. The letters page is particularly fun to read, too.

dan "supershock" shahin

In all the fuss, I left off the great job they're doing with Astonishing X-Men. Josh Wheldon is really laying down a captivating plot...and the dialogue is good, very good.

Mario,

Call me regarding possible employment opportunities.

dan

Mario,

Whaddaya mean I'm going nuts? I'm the only sensible guy left...

Edited by author 07-30-2004 12:37 PM
Dan,

Of course you and I both know that "best selling" and "best quality" aren't synonomous. Otherwise, you wouldn't keep recommending all those cutting-edge graphic novels...

And, as for what time period of comics I would prefer, you completely skipped the 60's and 70s. Give me the idealism of the early 40's, or the idealism, hipness, social relevance and innovation of the late '60s to the Grim 'n' gritty 80s, in which comics writers turned inwards, contemplating their navels, and decided they were paranoid nutcases, and comics should be too.

Anatole "The Kryptonian Curmudgeon"

Edited by author 07-30-2004 03:14 PM
Hey wait...I thought the 70's were the grim & gritty period?!?! Either way, I always felt Josh Whedon was a pompous ass but he is currently writing a great series and Cassaday is 20 times BETTER than the overrated Jim Lee in my opinion.

And I can't believe no one has mentioned CONAN yet?? It's great storytelling and artwork.

Dan, I will be in touch re: the possible gig. It isn't cleaning the cigarette butts after Fred's poker parties is it???? Actually that would be a step up from what I'm doing now.

Anatole,

You're right about sales not meaning much in the quality department. But, I do think ID crisis has been fun and that Metzler is a talented writer. The burning question is, will you buy #3?

dan

Well, I wouldn't call rape and murder, as well corrupting the values of heroes (which I consider central to what they're all about) "fun".

That said, I will buy #3, because I want to see where this goes. But if they have Superboy sodomized in a prison scene (which I almost expect at this point), there's no way I'm buying #4.

Mario,

One word: "decaf"

The "Grim 'N' Gritty" period started around 1982 with the ascent of Wolverine and Punisher, and then hit Batman in 1986 with "The Dark Knight Returns."

--Anatole

Hmmmmm.....I'm trying to remember if the famous Miller/DD run was officially started in '79 and often credited as starting the "grim & gritty" period that you scoff at but I'll defer to dan & jk.

"....superboy sodomized in prison"?!?!? What the hey-uhl have you been watching man??

I wouldn't ocunt Daredevil as Grim 'n' Gritty, because DD wasn't a vigilante psychopath who basked in violence in the Miller stories.

DD was certainly darker, but more in the vain that the '70s Batman was more the "Darkknight Detective" who operated from the shadows.
 
--Anatole

Thank you Mr. Joe for voicing deserved praise for the new Astonishing X-MEN comic. I am enjoying uncanny as well, with Claremont and Davis proving they can still be an enjoyable creative team. I really like the "feel" of the x-books right now. The one thing missing for me is Colossus. He would fit in nicely with either one of those titles right now. And like they say, nobody is really dead in comics anyway, right?

Edited by author 08-03-2004 05:59 PM
COLOSSUS.....YES, I concur!!!! They definately need to bring him back. A Cassaday penciled P. Rasputin would be a sight to see.

I must say the vacation JK took sure agreed with him. He was unusually perky on the phone when I called on monday AND I learned that $20 buys you 10lbs of hash on the island of maui......who knew?????

Colossus is dead?

Just saw it in Astonishing X-Men #1.

>A Cassaday penciled P. Rasputin would be a sight to see.

djs

Edited by author 08-07-2004 11:10 AM
Aw man....you lied. Kevin just ousted you. We paged through Astonishing #1 and the P. Rasputin appearance you're talking about is a ghostly apparition. That don't count....I meant an armoured up COLOSSUS appearance. And yes Anatole, Colossus has been dead for quite some time but i couldn't tell you how he died cause it was in Uncanny and I had stopped reading it for a while. You'll need to ask uncle JK.

>A Cassaday penciled P. Rasputin would be a sight to see.

That's an exact quote. Eat it, Mario.

d

Bastard Dan....so how did he die smartass?!?!?

Anyone seen the new book by Dez Skinn, COMIX THE UNDERGROUND REVOLUTION? Please be advised that Dez stole some of the photos used in the book and did not give photo credit. The book is a worthless rip off and not to be taken seriously.

This is not about new comics, but just FYI, on e-bay, I'm selling my hardcover collection of the stories in the Monster Society of Evil saga from the 1940s Captain Marvel series. The URL is:
http://search.ebay.com/Monster-Society-of-...redirectZ1QQfromZR8.
It's #2340 of a 3000 limited edition, and it's in very good shape, including the hard slipcase.

I'm laughing pretty hard at the Ninth Art review of Identity Crisis. http://www.ninthart.com/display.php?article=899

"If you start with murder, move onto rape, then by the seventh issue, you're really only left with gassing an entire island of seven-year-old orphans."

The reviewer doesn't seem to like it, but is willing to give Brad Meltzer "the benefit of the doubt"

--The Kryptonian Curmudgeon

So the Identity Crisis #3 was a little more palatable, because of who they killed off (I never liked her anyway), and it recalled one of my favorite old series, the Secret Society of Super-villains.

Stupid stuff (spoilers)

1) Wouldn't an arrow in the eye kill you? 2) The moral issues are why GA and Hawkman have quarrelled (good naturedly, if you look back) all these years? Don't think so. 3) They said the second woman who was killed went public with her divorce. Um, wouldn't that have compromised her husband's secret ID? *He* never went public.

Looks like they're setting up the potential victims for next time--will it be Robin's dad or Jimmy Olsen? Will we care?

Anatole "Kryptonian Curmudgeon" Wilson

Edited by author 08-13-2004 01:36 AM
I had a neighbor down the street who got shot in the eye with an arrow. He lived but he lost the eye. If GA was smart he'd have jammed it in Slade's good eye, not the one that doesn't work! Seriously, can you really be the world'd greatest assassin with no depth perception?

I always thought the good-natured hippie vs fascist bantering between Green Arrow and Hawkman was to mask their obvious attraction for each other. You're right that it's a little bit of a stretch to say it was really all about whether it was ok to brainwash super villains. Wasn't this already done in Squadron Supreme?

They can't kill Jimmy, but I think you might be right about Jack(?) Drake, Robin's dad. It would get him out of the way and we'd be back to the classic revenge-driven orphan acrobat model for Robin.

dan "nit-picky" shahin

Mario,

You wanted the return of Colossus. Read Astonishing #4 yet?

dan "spoiler" shahin

While it pains me to agree with you, I saw the Colossus appearance in Ast. X-Men and it was jarring but without knowing the storyline behind his death. I'm still kinda hazy where the storyline is going.

Excellent article on graphic novels in New York Times magazine http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/11/magazine...17d92ee2df8&ei=5070

Edited by author 10-19-2004 06:06 PM
I'm new here but i visit Hijinx a lot. How did Colossus die? I new he was dead and i was shocked when i saw him in Astonishing.


And read The Gift

Welcome, Danny. I think Colossus died as a result of the mutant killing legacy virus.

Check out:
http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/c/colossus.htm

for a nice history. He died testing the vaccine that eliminated the virus. I'm sure it seemed noble and important at the time, but it was a weak way to kill off such a beloved character.

dan "know-it-all" shahin

Edited by author 10-21-2004 12:17 AM
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I think I called it /m49 as far as the next victim is concerned.

Edited by author 10-28-2004 11:26 PM
I'm going to be completely honest. I felt a few tears come out on the last Identity Crisis.

Me too. I'm going to miss Capt. Boomerang.

Okay, that was a joke. I'm really going to miss Ronnie Raymond. The way they "killed" him was pointless and only so they could expain the new Firestorm series, which I'm sure will be canceled any time now.

Interesting related developments in Flash--Heatwave and a couple of other rogues who have gone straight are ticked off at being harrassed by JlAers... as well they should be. This comic has all the DC heroes acting like amoral vigilantes. Very sad.

Edited by author 11-10-2004 07:10 PM
I talked to Michael Turner about this cover. How long ago did he do it and does anyone have it? http://www.catsuka.com/interf/insolite/cli..._michael_turner.jpg
Where can i find these comics? Is anybody willing to sell them?
http://www.ruppsworld.com/ProdImages/gi%20...turner%20poster.jpg
http://mysticmanor.tripod.com/ttbios/starfire.jpg
http://www.chronicsite.com/gatchaman/images/turnercvr.jpg

Does anyone here read The Gift?
Buy The Gift if you haven't already! Dan has it at his shop. Issue 8 comes out next week and the TPB comes out the 17th. My interview is in it.

Buy The Gift!
Buy The Amazing Joy Buzzards!

Edited by author 11-10-2004 01:15 AM
http://imagecomics.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?m...ress&sub2=ajb040917
Get this one. If you don't like i will buy it from you.

Edited by author 11-24-2004 04:57 PM
Buy The Gift TPB! OUT NOW!!!! This is one trade you don't want to miss.

The Gift #8 is out! According to Raven Gregory this is the most important and different issue of The Gift.

The story follows the Ancient One. He has these item's...these "gift's" that have these incredible powers that he gives to normal everyday people. So depending on what kind of character the person is or what kind of situation their in determinds how the story plays out. Now the first arc of the series deals with a different character receiving a different "gift" each issue. But as you read through the stories you start to see subtle hints and clues as to why the Ancient One is doing what he's doing. And as the characters start to come back around later on in the series and interacting with each other you start to realize that nothing has happened by chance...that it's all been a part of this plan that he's had from the very beginning.

Kinda like the Twilight Zone on crack.

Hey, if you like alternate futures, DC has a couple of stories going on that are fun reads. Check out Teen Titans #17 & #18, and also Superman/Batman #14. Both futures are very grim but entertaining. The Teen Titans encounter themselves ten years in the future and do not like what they see. It is interesting to see how the characters' powers and abilities have grown but with the influence of some terrible "crisis" event. In Superman/Batman, both are taken from their point of origin into the future (guess by who?). Both are trained so they can rule the world once they are put back in order to change the future. I do think in the end, the Anatole(heroic) universe will prevail over the Mario(darker) universe.

DOOM will always PREVAIL!!!! MWHWHHAHAHAAA!!

I don't really see what is all great about Dr. Doom. I would be more afraid of the Brood. All they have to do is knock you out and lay an egg in your chest. Doom can beat you but the Brood can make you one of them.

DOOM CONQUERS ALL!!! Didn't you see what he did to his wife in the Mark Waid relaunch last year??? Doom could knock that pussy VADER on his ass too!!!

Allright andy......since you've trashed DOOM now pay up the $5.00 you owe me!!!

You better pay up dude! He knows where you shop for comics!

Heheeeeee....I think it's pretty obvious I'll never see that cash.

Allright.....onto the important topic. Everyone needs to start getting together to try and get dan to do a Hijinx Casino Night. Who's with me??????...Juan???? Mr. Joe??? Anatole??? Fred????.....Anyone?!??!?!

I'll vote for that.

MONKEY CACA!!!! That's BRILLIANT!!

(I'm talking about the latest Y: the Last Man finely tying up a rather long winded story arc of course.)

i need help with this subject....
if i have a comic book(whihc looks pretty messy), and i want it to look all inked and neat. how do i do it..(i hear pdf has a role in this)
please answer asap thankyou.

Just read the latest Ultimates, and the final two pages several times.

So who is the mystery member of the team drinking coffee with Pym?

Tony? Don't buy it - he turned on Thor...and he really LIKED Thor.

Hawkeye? Don't think so. His character doesn't seem shaped to where he'd be friendly with Pym, let alone familiar.

Pietro? If Hawkeye would be distant, Quicksilver would be on another continent.

Jarvis? I know he isn't an "official" member, but he seems in on everything, and the way the dialogue comes out you could almost see it, except Jarvis likes to push the hyperbole and innuendo especially.

So what does that leave us?

I think it is a woman.

I think Wanda is out. Hank was pretty much gone by the time she was officially on board.

Black Widow? Same deal, and she doesn't seem nay more inclined to be friendly as Hawkeye - and the reasoning offered doesn't mesh with her origins (same with Wanda.)

Process of elimination:

Dammit!

It's Janet!

Think about it.

One other culprit comes to mind re last two pages.

Betty Ross.

Of course, there is one other possibility.

Cap.

Like Janet, sounds weird, but it would fulfill the requirement of someone familiar with HAnk and who would find the stuff that was happening objectionable.

But Cap would be a real stretch - the explanation would have to be really twisted.

I'm still going with Janet, with Betty a close second.

Joe,

I think it's Tony Stark.

dan

Hey, does anyone else think that Nick Fury has been acting a little dazed and confused lately? He doesn't seem like his old thinking-one step-ahead self. It seems more like he is being taken for a ride instead of grabing the wheel and driving.

Fury would be the most unlikely choice, but it could work. I'm switching my vote to Nick Fury.

I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME NOW. DOES ANYONE ELSE SEEM TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ULTIMATES? WE DON'T SEE AN NEW "ULTIMATE" VERSIONS OF CLASSIC VILLANS LIKE ULTRON, BARON ZEMO, THE WRECKING CREW, OR GRIM REAPER OR ANYONE. ALL THE OTHER ULTIMATE BOOKS (XMEN ESPECIALLY) HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB RECREATING STANDARD VILLIANS. THE ULTIMATES HAVEN'T FOUGHT ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN RANKS. FIRST IT WAS BANNER, THEN IT WAS CAP AND PYM, THEN IT WAS THOR. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, THEY'VE ONLY FOUGHT IN ONE BATTLE WHERE THE ENEMY WAS TRULY EVIL WITH THAT WHOLE CHITAURI THING. AND DON'T PULL THE MAGNETO CARD BECAUSE THAT WAS LIKE A 2 PAGE FIGHT AND HE WIPED THE FLOOR WITH THEM. EVERYONE ELSE THEY FOUGHT, INCLUDING THE XMEN, HAVE ALL BEEN HEROES. DON'T GET ME WRONG, IT'S A GREAT BOOK, BUT TO ME JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

First off, please turn off your caps lock key.

Second, The Ultimates are fighting Loki now, they just beat the Skrulls in the last arc and Ultron just appeared in the latest issue. I'm more interested in the great spins Millar puts on classic characters than in just seeing "Ultimate Wrecker".

d

I haven't read the lateste issue so I don't know about that whole ultron thing. Second, last i checked they weren't fight loki, they were just following what he said in reference to thor. I don't care about ultimate wrecker either. i'm more interested in seeing the new spins on character origins as well, but new spins doesn't mean kicking everyone's arse that's already on the team.