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9 years ago
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WARNING: This is just entirely me dumping a spew of comic book stuff, real update is the one after this for general stuff, just, this one got a little too big and I decided to split the journal up XP
I did say I'd do a comic journal, so, I guess maybe now's as good as anywhere to mumble some comic-y things
Cash Grab Civil War 2 is over at least in Marvel, and sad enough it did go out with a whimper instead of a bang, don't know if I want to go into much detail for spoiler's sake, but I will say that it really didn't deserve the moniker for terms of scale and setup, a lot of the time it felt like I was reading Superhero Teatime Debates as characters were at each others throats one issue, then the next still talking amicably to one another and just switching back and forth
Luckily on the Marvel front, there were always comics that sat on the fringe and never had to get tangled, like Squirrel Girl, celebrating her 25th anniversary issue, even if she did nothing for like the first decade or so of it, lol
I really am happy at how Doreen Green has been lifted up and really became one of the recognisable Marvel faces, so much so she's still even a front face for Avengers comics USAvengers, which just feels like Team America World Police with all the overblown Americano and macho-ness without the swearing and puppet sex scenes replaced with more OTT patriot-ness and such
https://news.marvel.com/wp-content/.....6a39fcd850.jpg
Seriously, take a peek there
Squirrel Girls' comics have been plenty happy to serve up feel good weird and wackiness each month, even if I'm still forever frustrated at the baited will-they-won't-they of whether or not Doreen and her roommate Nancy are a thing now, especially with one page in particular of her big anniversary issue
It's weird to think that 25 years ago this joke character could spawn up to a position where actresses are vying to play her, she gets to be in Marvel's first live action teen-friendly Netflix show (alongside Ms Marvel? Double yay!) , has her own solo title, merchandise (although I'd truthfully love more~) and her own spin off books?
Yeah, her first OGN came out and I kept putting off the comic journal because, reasons? So I never got the time to talk about 'Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe' much, but I'll be brief when I say that it amped up everything the comics had and tried to be more than just 4-comics-pasted-together and for the most succeeded as Doreen faced her own weirdly-not-fully-evil-but-still-kinda-bad clone for domination of the Marvel universe
It had hilarity, a lot of fantasy fight answers and a surprisingly sharp and engrossing ending that really did make the book sit well with me, and I hope we'll see her get new Original Graphic Novels on the back of it
http://seanmonster.tumblr.com/post/.....at-some-panels
And while nothing new's been announced on that front, it turns out that Doreen's also got enough attention for her own Young Adults book that I am going to buy on the grounds of being a Squirrel Girl fan and still considering myself a Young Adult at heart =p "Squirrel Meets World", wait for the February review!
Now if only I could do something with all these Doreen x Nancy fanfics I'm hoarding...
Oh! One last Squirrel Girl note, it turns out her old team she used to hang with, "The Great Lakes Avengers" finally broke out with their own little mini-series that's going on just now, it's been nothing massive, but worth a giggle or two, along with the first 'FURRY' Superhero character!
Yeah, 'Good Boy' is a girl who turns into a massive blue werewolf, has a room filled with anime stuff and is an artist frequently drawing her fursona, it's maybe nothing to shout home about considering tone, but still, what the hell? Welcome to the roster Good Boy!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CyhcDOjUQAQGZAP.jpg
http://www.readcomics.tv/images/man.....s-2016/3/6.jpg
So away from Marvel and the other 'big' comics, it's been back and forth, I've kind of cooled sadly on a lot of Pony comics recently, and sadly Jem has taken a bit of a dive in my books since Sophie Campbell left its art duties and no one else has really recaptured her work
Still, I was pleasantly surprised by its spinoff comic for the misfits, art being even better than the main comic and the Misfits themselves feel like the way more engrossing characters than Jem and the other main characters
Goddamnit, I'm already putting it as more enjoyable than the main book, were the Misfits always telling the truth when they said their songs were better too?
Also read Goldie Vance that a friend bought me as a present, it's plenty cute, a younger ages book kind of Nancy Drew style young girl detective. Only if Nancy Drew was a gearhead in a queer relation with her crush girlfriend
I wonder what made her decide to put that book in front of me, lol, it's cute and I'd recommend it for younger readers, but sadly I don't know if I'll pick it up fully, even if it does boast Patsy Walker aka Hellcat's artist
And Transformers!
Yup, they're back, fresh off the rebranding, Lost Light picked up straight after MTMTE, although I feel a little conflicted, it literally picks up right after MTMTE left off, but I went in expecting a first issue like MTMTE's first one that was just glorious
Don't get me wrong, I liked the first issue, but I don't know if it had quite the same spark that had it going, maybe it was just the new art that through me a loop, or maybe I'm waiting and wanting for more, Roberts' writing does that a lot as I expectantly wait for two. more. weeks. to get that darn piece of paper in my hands
Why do they have to be so addicting sometimes?
And then there's the last one on the pile, the Flintstones
This book is just plain weird, I've spoken to one or two folks but haven't really spread it far since I haven't been online enough to talk to more people about it
DC's Flintstones book is either the most single depressing comic I have ever read, or the most heartfelt and emotive, it's like a weird mid-season Bojack Horseman as we go yay back to the good old Bedrock Quarry
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--a0eATnHP--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/xyoiil8qvrd44krwqcgp.png
So, first thing to say, is the art is given a very real and gritty feel - much like the rest of the comics - this isn't much in the way of any cartoony exaggeration or such to lighten the mood, everything's very straight faced and squared jaw
Maybe in reflection of the 1960's Flintstones this isn't unusual, the original cartoon was catered originally towards adults with the setting parodying a lot of 1960's family life with constant new gadgets, etc, etc
In its place, the book here settles for a lot of satire around matters - yes, before you ask, there is a Flintstones joke about vaping too, first issue even - but it's all so downdriven, even the jokes have some fairly dark deliveries
So yeah, it's pretty darn stone faced unsurprising I guess, but the characters are all very much driven for different reasons, like you have Wilma as a housewife who wants to break out of her role and is trying to pursue artistry
http://d3mfoxizwrqdu.cloudfront.net.....s_reboot_6.jpg
http://d3mfoxizwrqdu.cloudfront.net.....s_reboot_7.jpg
Topics like gay marriage, religion, consumerism, the lives of war vets and suicidal thoughts are all things the comic approaches and I have to say it all feels so bleak reading it, but it has a heart somewhere in there and it can come across nicely when it does, I feel constantly strange reading it and the back and forth as it tugs at the heart strings
But maybe that's just a sign it's doing the right job?
Who knows- OHLORD I just remembered that even Fred's catchphrase now has a depressing undertone! Just forget what you read here, you don't need to read this, don't go down the rabbit hole like I did! <_<
*Cough*
Well, with a year ahead as Marvel has *already* launched into Inhumans v X-Men as a big event-thing, Guardians 2, a new Thor movie, Wonderwoman and much more, I guess there's plenty to look forward to on the super hero front
For me?
I'm just damn well looking forward to Alopex getting back into TMNT and Squirrel Girl getting a new outfit!
I did say I'd do a comic journal, so, I guess maybe now's as good as anywhere to mumble some comic-y things
Cash Grab Civil War 2 is over at least in Marvel, and sad enough it did go out with a whimper instead of a bang, don't know if I want to go into much detail for spoiler's sake, but I will say that it really didn't deserve the moniker for terms of scale and setup, a lot of the time it felt like I was reading Superhero Teatime Debates as characters were at each others throats one issue, then the next still talking amicably to one another and just switching back and forth
Luckily on the Marvel front, there were always comics that sat on the fringe and never had to get tangled, like Squirrel Girl, celebrating her 25th anniversary issue, even if she did nothing for like the first decade or so of it, lol
I really am happy at how Doreen Green has been lifted up and really became one of the recognisable Marvel faces, so much so she's still even a front face for Avengers comics USAvengers, which just feels like Team America World Police with all the overblown Americano and macho-ness without the swearing and puppet sex scenes replaced with more OTT patriot-ness and such
https://news.marvel.com/wp-content/.....6a39fcd850.jpg
Seriously, take a peek there
Squirrel Girls' comics have been plenty happy to serve up feel good weird and wackiness each month, even if I'm still forever frustrated at the baited will-they-won't-they of whether or not Doreen and her roommate Nancy are a thing now, especially with one page in particular of her big anniversary issue
It's weird to think that 25 years ago this joke character could spawn up to a position where actresses are vying to play her, she gets to be in Marvel's first live action teen-friendly Netflix show (alongside Ms Marvel? Double yay!) , has her own solo title, merchandise (although I'd truthfully love more~) and her own spin off books?
Yeah, her first OGN came out and I kept putting off the comic journal because, reasons? So I never got the time to talk about 'Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe' much, but I'll be brief when I say that it amped up everything the comics had and tried to be more than just 4-comics-pasted-together and for the most succeeded as Doreen faced her own weirdly-not-fully-evil-but-still-kinda-bad clone for domination of the Marvel universe
It had hilarity, a lot of fantasy fight answers and a surprisingly sharp and engrossing ending that really did make the book sit well with me, and I hope we'll see her get new Original Graphic Novels on the back of it
http://seanmonster.tumblr.com/post/.....at-some-panels
And while nothing new's been announced on that front, it turns out that Doreen's also got enough attention for her own Young Adults book that I am going to buy on the grounds of being a Squirrel Girl fan and still considering myself a Young Adult at heart =p "Squirrel Meets World", wait for the February review!
Now if only I could do something with all these Doreen x Nancy fanfics I'm hoarding...
Oh! One last Squirrel Girl note, it turns out her old team she used to hang with, "The Great Lakes Avengers" finally broke out with their own little mini-series that's going on just now, it's been nothing massive, but worth a giggle or two, along with the first 'FURRY' Superhero character!
Yeah, 'Good Boy' is a girl who turns into a massive blue werewolf, has a room filled with anime stuff and is an artist frequently drawing her fursona, it's maybe nothing to shout home about considering tone, but still, what the hell? Welcome to the roster Good Boy!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CyhcDOjUQAQGZAP.jpg
http://www.readcomics.tv/images/man.....s-2016/3/6.jpg
So away from Marvel and the other 'big' comics, it's been back and forth, I've kind of cooled sadly on a lot of Pony comics recently, and sadly Jem has taken a bit of a dive in my books since Sophie Campbell left its art duties and no one else has really recaptured her work
Still, I was pleasantly surprised by its spinoff comic for the misfits, art being even better than the main comic and the Misfits themselves feel like the way more engrossing characters than Jem and the other main characters
Goddamnit, I'm already putting it as more enjoyable than the main book, were the Misfits always telling the truth when they said their songs were better too?
Also read Goldie Vance that a friend bought me as a present, it's plenty cute, a younger ages book kind of Nancy Drew style young girl detective. Only if Nancy Drew was a gearhead in a queer relation with her crush girlfriend
I wonder what made her decide to put that book in front of me, lol, it's cute and I'd recommend it for younger readers, but sadly I don't know if I'll pick it up fully, even if it does boast Patsy Walker aka Hellcat's artist
And Transformers!
Yup, they're back, fresh off the rebranding, Lost Light picked up straight after MTMTE, although I feel a little conflicted, it literally picks up right after MTMTE left off, but I went in expecting a first issue like MTMTE's first one that was just glorious
Don't get me wrong, I liked the first issue, but I don't know if it had quite the same spark that had it going, maybe it was just the new art that through me a loop, or maybe I'm waiting and wanting for more, Roberts' writing does that a lot as I expectantly wait for two. more. weeks. to get that darn piece of paper in my hands
Why do they have to be so addicting sometimes?
And then there's the last one on the pile, the Flintstones
This book is just plain weird, I've spoken to one or two folks but haven't really spread it far since I haven't been online enough to talk to more people about it
DC's Flintstones book is either the most single depressing comic I have ever read, or the most heartfelt and emotive, it's like a weird mid-season Bojack Horseman as we go yay back to the good old Bedrock Quarry
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--a0eATnHP--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/xyoiil8qvrd44krwqcgp.png
So, first thing to say, is the art is given a very real and gritty feel - much like the rest of the comics - this isn't much in the way of any cartoony exaggeration or such to lighten the mood, everything's very straight faced and squared jaw
Maybe in reflection of the 1960's Flintstones this isn't unusual, the original cartoon was catered originally towards adults with the setting parodying a lot of 1960's family life with constant new gadgets, etc, etc
In its place, the book here settles for a lot of satire around matters - yes, before you ask, there is a Flintstones joke about vaping too, first issue even - but it's all so downdriven, even the jokes have some fairly dark deliveries
So yeah, it's pretty darn stone faced unsurprising I guess, but the characters are all very much driven for different reasons, like you have Wilma as a housewife who wants to break out of her role and is trying to pursue artistry
http://d3mfoxizwrqdu.cloudfront.net.....s_reboot_6.jpg
http://d3mfoxizwrqdu.cloudfront.net.....s_reboot_7.jpg
Topics like gay marriage, religion, consumerism, the lives of war vets and suicidal thoughts are all things the comic approaches and I have to say it all feels so bleak reading it, but it has a heart somewhere in there and it can come across nicely when it does, I feel constantly strange reading it and the back and forth as it tugs at the heart strings
But maybe that's just a sign it's doing the right job?
Who knows- OHLORD I just remembered that even Fred's catchphrase now has a depressing undertone! Just forget what you read here, you don't need to read this, don't go down the rabbit hole like I did! <_<
*Cough*
Well, with a year ahead as Marvel has *already* launched into Inhumans v X-Men as a big event-thing, Guardians 2, a new Thor movie, Wonderwoman and much more, I guess there's plenty to look forward to on the super hero front
For me?
I'm just damn well looking forward to Alopex getting back into TMNT and Squirrel Girl getting a new outfit!
Let's just hope Alopex's reentry is a little bit better than her animated one, appearancewise...
And nah, no need to worry, Sophie Campbell is almost Alopex's signature artist at IDW, she's in safe hands <3