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OMEGA The UNKNOWN by Shigeru	Mar 12th, 2008 08:08:33 AM
Best book from Marvel in quite some time. It must have slipped past Joey Q or something, cause I didn't think Marvel had the balls to publish something like it.
Logan by Shigeru	Mar 12th, 2008 08:09:36 AM
It better not end like I think it's gonna end (hint: white light, big explosion)... cause if so, BKV stole my idea >_
JBouganim1 by Shigeru	Mar 12th, 2008 08:09:55 AM
accept your fate
Green lantern by ian216a	Mar 12th, 2008 08:17:45 AM
Gotta agree - I would take a chance on a Geoff Johns book even if it was biography of Justin Timberlake. The Red Lantern reveal was, well, exciting. Like parts of the Sinistro Corps War were. I buy too many comics for a 37 year old but it is very rare that I get excited while reading them. Last 2 times that happened. The first and lasts part of the SCW. The ending of the first special with that 2 page spread revealing the Parralax, Hank Henshaw, Superboy-Prime and THE BLOODY ANTI-MONITOR made me shout. Brilliant stuff. Interested to hear the theories of who is behind the Black Lantern now we know The Empire of Tears are behind the Red Lanterns. Hmmm.
oh and Penance by ian216a	Mar 12th, 2008 08:26:06 AM
Was hardcore last week! Grim stuff, specially for a non-max book.
Green Lantern is great and Countdown sucks ass! by captboulder	Mar 12th, 2008 08:34:47 AM
Why anyone wasting their money on it is beyond me!
Geoff Jones writes Justin Tim berlake as: by rock-me Amodeo	Mar 12th, 2008 08:49:50 AM
The Beige Lantern. Because "lame" isn't officially a colour.
Green LanTURD touches little boys! by Squashua	Mar 12th, 2008 08:50:24 AM
Especially Hal Jordan. There, that ought'a stir the pot.
Geoff Johns by Buckys_Kick_Ass_Arm	Mar 12th, 2008 09:00:20 AM
This guy kicks ass. He really does. His Green Lantern run will go down in history as probably the greatest highlight in the series run.
Best Green Lantern Run by optimous_douche	Mar 12th, 2008 09:47:56 AM
This run kicks ass indeed. However, I will still forever hold a plaec in the cockles of my heart for Emerald Dawn. As far as GL touching little boys; well were they asking for it? :-)
Is David Lapham not aware Danny Noonan was... by GrantChastain	Mar 12th, 2008 10:19:50 AM
...the name of the kid from "Caddyshack?" I want to go on record that I love David's work. I think he's one of the most talented cats in the industry, and I'd be fortunate if my career once reached the zenith he's set with "Stray Bullets" and "I Die At Midnight." But I'm just not entirely sure I can get behind a new project when his old Stray Bullet-baby is still kicking in the crib without a bottle. David, you owe the fans a sendoff with these characters, and you've never given it to them. Are you telling me you still can't write an ending for that series?
Dave's Next Character? Carl Spackler by Buzz Maverik	Mar 12th, 2008 10:40:01 AM
"The Dali Lama told me that he wasn't gonna tip me, but on my death bed, I'd receive pure enlightenment. So I got that goin' for me."
Lapham - "I Die at Midnight"? by hst666	Mar 12th, 2008 10:50:17 AM
There's a Kyle Baker GN with the same name I believe.
omega man by foree forehead	Mar 12th, 2008 11:00:34 AM
that thing sounds great! it might be the first comic i buy in shrmrhrm years!
Ok, I has been sold and is interested by fat bears	Mar 12th, 2008 11:24:30 AM
All I know about Green Lanters is what I got from Darwyn Cooke's "New Frontier" and the reputedly boring-est evar GL - Jon Stuart from the JLA cartoon. Having confessed my ignorance let me now profess my eagerness to catch up. Can anyone tell me where to start/what to collect/what to ignore so's I can read along with the unveiling of the various lantern corps and the Blackest night that's coming?
Start with the next issue of GL, Fat Bears... by stones_throw	Mar 12th, 2008 11:28:59 AM
If they can't win you over there, then there isn't much point, is there? (But Geoff Johns' run begins with the REBIRTH trade with Ethan Van Sciver.)
Stones Good GL Props by optimous_douche	Mar 12th, 2008 12:27:38 PM
Stones is right Rebirth is a great place to start. If you don't want to go that far back though just pick up the Sinestro Corps War trade that just came out. If you want some retro GL goodness I'm still going to remain steadfast about Emerald Dawn
So here's a question unrelated to the column by rev_skarekroe	Mar 12th, 2008 12:41:10 PM
Back in the mid-late '80s there was a publisher called Blackthorne. They're mostly remembered for putting out a bunch of 3-D books. They also used to advertise that the covers of their comics were "laser scanned". So my question is, what did that mean and why would it be any sort of selling point?
Sorry, Rev...the only Blackthorne I know... by SleazyG.	Mar 12th, 2008 01:37:24 PM
...is Dry Blackthorne Cider. I bet it's better than those comics, tho, even if it ain't laser scanned.
Did I say "I Die At Midnight?" I meant "Murder Me Dead." by GrantChastain	Mar 12th, 2008 01:43:21 PM
Big mistake on my part -- I love Kyle Baker's work as well. And of course I didn't give props to David Lapham's work on "Harbinger" which was also top-flight.
It's pretty obvious who's behind the Black Lanterns: by SleazyG.	Mar 12th, 2008 01:45:20 PM
It's The Black Hand (the GL villain, not the Serbian-based pan-slavic secret society believed responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, thereby sparking WWI). Details on the dude can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B lack_Hand_%28comics%29
X-Men may suck, but not AXM! (Far from it!) by Zardoz	Mar 12th, 2008 01:50:08 PM
Astonishing X-Men is written for all the X-geeks who grew up reading the X-Men during the Cockrum/Claremont/Byrne/Austin golden era. (You know, when it was really great and it didn't suck at all?) Great art by John Cassady and well, what can I say about the incredible writing by Joss Whedon that hasn't already been said before? Well, it also doesn't suck! If you're not reading this book, get to it. And if you are reading it, well, I'm preaching to the choir, (again) and you already know how non-sucky it is! But it's ending soon, and that does, in fact, suck! (but it's going out with a Giant-Sized bang, not a whimper, so that definitely doesn't suck!)
gotta be more than just black hand by ian216a	Mar 12th, 2008 01:56:56 PM
I know the rings had his insignia - but how the hell could he capture the anti-monitor?
AXM is AWESOME but.. by optimous_douche	Mar 12th, 2008 02:12:55 PM
Zardoz you are right on the money, in my mind this has supplanted Uncanny as THE X-men title. If they could just get the damn thing out on a regular basis it would help Marvel and the fans. Every time a new issue comes out I have to reread the old ones to get back up to speed.
AXM by stones_throw	Mar 12th, 2008 02:33:15 PM
I never really warmed to it. Maybe it's Whedon's pacing, maybe it's because I don't have the same level of affection for the characters that he obviously does. The stuff I have read seemed to suffer from the empty blockbuster mentality similar to a lot of modern Marvel comics. But then I haven't read a lot of it, so I could stand to be won over.
AXM Stone by optimous_douche	Mar 12th, 2008 03:55:11 PM
The first issue had me when Wolverine was hovering over Scott and Emma's bed while they were sleeping. As soon as tehy woke up Wolverine made some snarky comment about not waiting for the body of Jean Gray to get cold. Then next panel, BAM, optic blast out the window. The original beauty of this book was Whedon's reverence for the characters. I felt like it was 1991 again and X-Men 1 was just hitting the shelves. It was a core team of characters not overly laden with new faces or overly complex missions. Again though, this last story run left me wanting. I don't know if it was the delays or the story it self. Going to go give these a reread to judge accurately.
No love for Jonah Hex? by Meglos	Mar 12th, 2008 04:22:16 PM
Phenomenal issue last week.
How Black Hand could get the Anti-Monitor: by SleazyG.	Mar 12th, 2008 04:41:55 PM
Quoting from the wiki site because I read the story but couldn't remember the details: "Now missing his right hand and driven insane from trauma, Hand fled. However, after hearing of Hal Jordan's resurrection, he decided to live in the rebuilt Coast City to stay close to his foe. While on board an airplane, he is targeted and abducted by the Kroloteans, a race of mysterious German-speaking aliens, who are akin to the gremlins of myth. They perform experiments that enhanced his inherent power, and abandon him in a public park." So basically, Black Hand was operated on by mysterious aliens who amped up his powers in several ways--some of which we may not have seen yet--but which at the very least allow him to suck the life force from others. There may be more to it, but at the very least we've got that much to work with.
Best Green Lantern by irrelevntelefant	Mar 12th, 2008 05:25:48 PM
short film "losing lois lane" on youtube...
They should make a comic book about Hollywood Hogan. by Pops Freshemeyer	Mar 12th, 2008 06:14:07 PM
To be more specific, the comic should be about how he challenged Lord British to a fight, brother.
Ambush Bug, re: THE TWELVE by stones_throw	Mar 12th, 2008 06:50:18 PM
I just read the latest issue, so I thought I’d weigh in. Firstly, it’s definitely a great series, and, I’d agree, at the top of what Marvel’s putting out at the moment, above Bru’s CAPTAIN AMERICA and OMEGA THE UNKNOWN. Is it up there with WATCHMEN? I’m saying no for the moment. One of the things that’s holding it back is the fact that it’s obviously patterned after WATCHMEN. A new WATCHMEN would have to do something comparatively revolutionary, I think. Also, JMS isn’t really going into the level of metafictional comment that Moore did. Like in # 3, he references the cheesy origins of the Golden Age characters but doesn’t try to present any wider subtext. Admittedly, that segment ends with a great one-liner, but it doesn’t really seem to me THE TWELVE is on a level with WATCHMEN, which was about the medium as well as the characters. JMS and Weston are just telling their story, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, I just don’t think it’ll go down as a new WATCHMEN. I do think it’ll be looked back on as a classic Marvel miniseries though. And for the record, let it be said that I called THE TWELVE’s kick@$$ity, and busted out a WATCHMEN comparison, FIRST! in my review of # 1. So there.
Top the WATCHMEN? by optimous_douche	Mar 12th, 2008 08:26:47 PM
First we would all have to agree on how WATCHMEN revolutionized the medium? Most folks said it was the concept of humanizing the infallible hero. Although I still think Stan Lee should get some credit for this concept on that little book he wrote about the kid, was raised by people 112 years his seniors, fucked a marijuana euphemism...oh yeah Spider-Man. Sorry, sore point. My Spider nonsense aside, WATCHMEN opened the flood gates for the entire industry to embrace the concept of the "real" hero. How the hell do you top that? How do you fundamentally change cultural icons? We've seen our heroes perfect and flawed, what the hell is left? Will comic revolution merely be an eternal pendulum swing between light and dark? Thoughts?
No sorry AXM sucks too by IndustryKiller!	Mar 12th, 2008 10:03:40 PM
I will never understand why Whedon has such a big community of fans. I suppose it's the same reason that people actually like Juno. He writes every character in the same wise cracking, bon mot dropping, all too precious tone he writes all his original characters in. It may be great for said original stuff, but it's not the X-Men. I don't understand why the world constantly needs to be reminded that Wolverine is a bad-ass far more than he is a wise ass. Not the way Whedon writes him, just DRIPPING with sardonic quirk. And Buff, err, I mean Shadowcat certainly fills Whedons CW-like girl quotient. To say nothing of his Soap Opera cliche Emma Frost. His Cycops and Beast are alright, but nothing new or spectacular. Not to mention he has yet to write a memorable story arc. This breakworld bullshit? Please. Overcomplicated and the antagonists are incredibly dull.
How To Top The WATCHMEN by Buzz Maverik	Mar 12th, 2008 11:03:15 PM
A)Accept the WATCHMEN. 2)Embrace the WATCHMEN... and D)Get over the WATCHMEN.
Industry killer - AXM by optimous_douche	Mar 13th, 2008 07:01:15 AM
I think what I liked about the first AXM are all of the reasons it irked you. For years the mutants have been bleeding together into what I'll call sameness for lack of a better word. Those first few issues of AXM gave the X-men a different voice,and as someone who has every issue of uncanny from 1-496, I found this very refreshing. I will agree that the Breakworld story was utterly convaluted and far from Whedon's A-Game.
I'm afraid I have to disagree about Watchmen. by Psynapse	Mar 13th, 2008 01:29:01 PM
It was really just another "Alan Moore deconstructs Super-Heroes!" wank-fest. I read it in single issues when it came out and while I DID enjoy the story there wasn't a single goddamn thing that blew my mind (and I was 18 in 1986 so kiss my ass) and it sure as fuck didn't 'revolutionize' fuck all from what I could see. Were people talking about it's great story? Sure but 'MoonShadow' was just as popular around that same time so what does that tell you? Oh and anyone touting Moore as a God needs to remember he's a god that thinks it's cool for brothers to fuck sisters and have babies with them (Check out his DC/Twilight proposal if you don't believe me).
I'm afraid I have to disagree about Watchmen. by Psynapse	Mar 13th, 2008 01:29:04 PM
It was really just another "Alan Moore deconstructs Super-Heroes!" wank-fest. I read it in single issues when it came out and while I DID enjoy the story there wasn't a single goddamn thing that blew my mind (and I was 18 in 1986 so kiss my ass) and it sure as fuck didn't 'revolutionize' fuck all from what I could see. Were people talking about it's great story? Sure but 'MoonShadow' was just as popular around that same time so what does that tell you? Oh and anyone touting Moore as a God needs to remember he's a god that thinks it's cool for brothers to fuck sisters and have babies with them (Check out his DC/Twilight proposal if you don't believe me).
Ooh Double post! by Psynapse	Mar 13th, 2008 01:31:22 PM
I'm so cool...
oh and not quite Sleazy.... by Psynapse	Mar 13th, 2008 01:40:09 PM
I will lay my money down RIGHT NOW that the She-Guardian that the Anti-Monitor scarred will become the Black Lantern Guardian or did you miss the scene where she lies to the Lantern (whom she is charging with searching FOR the Anti-Monitor) about the other guardians knowing where she is and what she's doing? Go back to the very panel she's telling the lie in and you see the 'Black Hand/ Black Lantern' symbol IN HER EYES.
Another thing about "Watchmen" by Psynapse	Mar 13th, 2008 01:46:04 PM
The story was really just an opportunity of the times. 'Grim-N-Gritty' super-hero stories were at that time like the first Jenna Jameson movie, all hot and glisteny and new. As you may know, that whole movement stayed about as fresh and hot as ole Meth-Head Ho herself did. 'Kay? 'Kay.
Another thing about "Watchmen" by Psynapse	Mar 13th, 2008 01:46:06 PM
The story was really just an opportunity of the times. 'Grim-N-Gritty' super-hero stories were at that time like the first Jenna Jameson movie, all hot and glisteny and new. As you may know, that whole movement stayed about as fresh and hot as ole Meth-Head Ho herself did. 'Kay? 'Kay.
Double down! by Psynapse	Mar 13th, 2008 01:50:39 PM
Sweet! My interface must be doing crank again! (*_^)
I caught the symbol in the Guardian's eye... by SleazyG.	Mar 13th, 2008 02:35:31 PM
...but couldn't help but notice it was, y'know, the Black Hand's symbol. Just sayin'.
BUT..It's also on all of those rings in the teaser by Psynapse	Mar 13th, 2008 04:26:31 PM
I mean, I think he's connected and involved but I'm laying money on Scarface. Johns has outright said in the books that a large part of why the Guardians banned emotion among themselves is because THEIR emotions are dangerous for the sheer power they wield. That coupled with her lying to the other Guardians makes me go...hmmm......(well that and that unless it's a sociopathic impulse lying is usually predicated on an emotional crux of some sort).
I don't know if that's true Optimous by IndustryKiller!	Mar 13th, 2008 05:07:17 PM
Sameness is what I hate about Whedon's AXM. He writes every character like they're the exact same wisecracking, sardonic stereotype. None of the x-men have their own unique voice. Whedon doesn't so much write dialogue as he does write a stand up routine in every single issue. Every character sounds like Joss Whedon, not Wolverine, Emma Frost, etc.
and reading my last post I want to clarify by IndustryKiller!	Mar 13th, 2008 05:09:37 PM
That in my comment about WOlverine, I mean that Whedon doesn't write him the least bit bad ass. He's just another one of Whedons wise cracking joke conduits. Reading that over I wasn't sure if that was clear.
AXM - Industry by optimous_douche	Mar 13th, 2008 05:52:08 PM
I can totally respect and can see your point man. I see it as, there have been so many writers of the X-books over the years that the characters are more trait driven than say having a particular voice. Wolverine was still a bad ass in AXM, he's just a bad ass with observational irony also at his disposal. Emma Frost is still a dispassionate bitch, she just also now has a dose of Monty Python dryness sprinkled into her vocabulary. It all boils down to what interests you. Personally I like humor and heavy doses of deprication. It's a big comic universe out there, always something for everyone.
Kinda see your point, Psynapse... by stones_throw	Mar 13th, 2008 06:42:27 PM
I’m often reluctant to re-read WATCHMEN because the angst and darkness and the deconstruction of superheroes can seem a little adolescent in retrospect. But the thing that makes it an undeniably great work is that it’s much deeper than just a deconstruction of superheroes. The characters are some of the most powerful and resonant in all of comics. Ditto individual scenes like Dr. Manhattan on Mars, or Rorschach in prison, or the Comedian in Viet Nam. The story is powerful and gripping in its own right, and simultaneously it’s a comment on the superhero genre, and comic books, and the Cold War, and much more besides. As far as I’m concerned it’s the first and last word in deconstructing superheroes. And as for influence, just look at every single comic published post-WATCHMEN. Trouble is, many less talented authors just took on the surface characteristics of Moore’s work, rather than embracing the new complexity he brought to the table. For example, as Al’s said, every team book having the obligatory psychopathic character.
OK, I used the word "powerful" too much in that last post. by stones_throw	Mar 13th, 2008 06:55:26 PM
But you get my general gist.
I don't think Watchmen will ever really be dethroned... by loodabagel	Mar 13th, 2008 10:49:58 PM
Just like nobody will ever admit that Blade Runner wasn't that great. (I like Watchmen though, I was just making a point.) One comic I think that does deserve to be brought down to size-Maus. Yes, I know. But the thing is, it's a second-hand acoount of events. The book was cold and dry. Persepolis was a a similar story of the struggle with real-life war and it actaully made me feel for the characters. One of the few comics I cried over. So suck on that, Maus.
Comics that I feel are better than or equal to WATCHMEN by stones_throw	Mar 14th, 2008 04:26:41 AM
FROM HELL, MAUS, SANDMAN, probably some manga crap, possibly Grant Morisson's SEAGUY and WE3? Oh, and most of Alan Moore's ABC line.
WE3 PWNZ Watchmen... by Psynapse	Mar 14th, 2008 10:26:39 AM
A deconstruction of human/ animal relationships is FAR more relevant than a deconstruction of our societal male adolescent power fantasies in my book.
I Mostly Agree With Psy About WATCHMEN by Buzz Maverik	Mar 14th, 2008 10:28:29 AM
It is, was and will always be a great achievement. But it is not the ultimate achievement in comics or the superhero genre. WATCHMEN did what a great comic should do: something different while telling a great story with great characters, as the writing and art work perfectly in sync. The reason WATCHMEN is greater than 99.9 percent of everything else is that most comics fail on those levels.
Oh I'll say it Looda... by Psynapse	Mar 14th, 2008 10:36:24 AM
Blade Runner wasn't that great. Visually stunning for it's time? Sure but the story was drier than melba toast. (and had about NONE of the resonance that the tale it's based on did)
And hey, I DID really like Watchmen by Psynapse	Mar 14th, 2008 10:53:15 AM
I just didn't (and don't still) see it as some kind of Holy Grail. Personally I hold Kingdom Come in higher regard despite it's flaws because KC was about rebuilding/restoring the heroic ideal (and it's ancillary ethical requirements) rather than tearing it down and showing just what asshats people claiming to be heroes can be.
Told ya I'd be a Blue Lantern.... by Psynapse	Mar 14th, 2008 11:30:30 AM
Just a bitchy one....(*_^)
Buyin' Comic's Sacred Cows As Single Issues by Buzz Maverik	Mar 14th, 2008 12:28:44 PM
Does lend some perspective. I completely agree with you, Psy, on that point. I still remember being in this tiny comic shop, looking through the shelves, saying, "Crap! Crap! Crap! Hey, this is something different." The main thing with WATCHMEN is that it is first and foremost a terrific read. I always feel a little uncomfortable getting a lecture on its' earth shaking importance from someone who only experienced it in the annotated $5000 Special Deluxe Editions. I remember rescuing yer fellow Cog, Thalya, from some of yer other fellow Cogs who kept telling her: "You have to read it! You have to!" I was all, "Why does she have to?" I always used to joke in the talkbacks that I was going to direct WATCHMEN and fans would hate it but Moore would love it. I'd never make a fan film or write a screenplay based on someone else's property without being paid tons of the filthy green in advance, but if anyone had been insane enough to hand WATCHMEN over to me, I would have given them back a trip and a half. I digressed big time... I remember buying BATMAN YEAR ONE in single issues at a SafeWay supermarket, which is why I can't help but find a lot of it creepy and objectionable. I mean, WE comic shop guys knew that it was a hard edged, neo-noir social commentary with shades of TAXI DRIVER, etc., but I hope no doting Grandpa's bought one for the little shavers or earnest Mom's brought an issue back for a kid home sick from school. KINGDOM COME, I bought the first issue and loved the art but I was too much of a Marvel Zombie to appreciate the story until I got the trade years later.
Buyin' Comic's Sacred Cows As Single Issues by Buzz Maverik	Mar 14th, 2008 12:28:46 PM
Does lend some perspective. I completely agree with you, Psy, on that point. I still remember being in this tiny comic shop, looking through the shelves, saying, "Crap! Crap! Crap! Hey, this is something different." The main thing with WATCHMEN is that it is first and foremost a terrific read. I always feel a little uncomfortable getting a lecture on its' earth shaking importance from someone who only experienced it in the annotated $5000 Special Deluxe Editions. I remember rescuing yer fellow Cog, Thalya, from some of yer other fellow Cogs who kept telling her: "You have to read it! You have to!" I was all, "Why does she have to?" I always used to joke in the talkbacks that I was going to direct WATCHMEN and fans would hate it but Moore would love it. I'd never make a fan film or write a screenplay based on someone else's property without being paid tons of the filthy green in advance, but if anyone had been insane enough to hand WATCHMEN over to me, I would have given them back a trip and a half. I digressed big time... I remember buying BATMAN YEAR ONE in single issues at a SafeWay supermarket, which is why I can't help but find a lot of it creepy and objectionable. I mean, WE comic shop guys knew that it was a hard edged, neo-noir social commentary with shades of TAXI DRIVER, etc., but I hope no doting Grandpa's bought one for the little shavers or earnest Mom's brought an issue back for a kid home sick from school. KINGDOM COME, I bought the first issue and loved the art but I was too much of a Marvel Zombie to appreciate the story until I got the trade years later.
Why's Everyone's Posts Coming Out Double? by Buzz Maverik	Mar 14th, 2008 12:30:33 PM
Well, mine and Psy's anyway. Maybe we're a dual personality, which would explain why some dude named "Ronnie" keeps calling me.
It's a Quantum Convergence Buzz.... by Psynapse	Mar 14th, 2008 02:42:13 PM
Because let's face it, for minds as immense as ours one dimension is rarely enough. (In hindsight I see that only QM/ M-theory nerds are gonna get that one)
And SHUSH!! by Psynapse	Mar 14th, 2008 02:43:04 PM
Don't be callin' out my actual name like that. (*_^)
i must have a fever... by blackthought	Mar 14th, 2008 11:05:28 PM
i'm seeing double of everything here.
And y'know..? by Thalya	Mar 15th, 2008 11:23:32 AM
I still haven't gotten beyond issue 2 in my Absolute Watchmen. I do use the box though as a laptop stand/cooler if that counts though. But enough geeking. I have to get back to playing Miss Muse for Luthor as he implements a long-game Injustice League plot to steal the white hats' moral superiority. Someone needs to hold that man's ego in check long enough to make sure the follow-through succeeds and it may as well be me since I can point out some subtle pitfalls. Thank goodness I saved him from a short-range plan which entailed mobs of villains atacking heroes one-by-one, then capturing and torturing them. It was beneath him and it was clear he was bored of it before he even thought it up.
Buzz Maverick... by loodabagel	Mar 15th, 2008 11:30:10 AM
Or as I know him-Dane Cook! Oh yeah, he tried to hide it, but it's true. The two are one and the same. Of course, no self=respecting @$$hole would ever admit to it, but I did my research. I've got the detective skills. I've got the proof. You have been avenged, Psynapse!
I never go back and correct my spelling errors... by loodabagel	Mar 15th, 2008 11:31:01 AM
Because I figure you're all smart enough to know what's up.
Dane Cook by Buzz Maverik	Mar 16th, 2008 02:56:18 PM
That's pretty cool. I used to post a lot over all the talkbacks and somebody started a rumor that I was James Cameron, which I wish I would have started myself. My favorite one was when I stopped posting for awhile, which coincided with the death of Lane Staley of Alice In Chains and someone wondered if I was Staley. Now, I don't post much so people just say, "Oh him" when I do. Best identity rumor of all: Ambush Bug and Bendis, one in the same. I'm kidding. Bendii, don't e-mail Bug with worshipe. Bug is about seven feet taller than BMB.
And presumably hairier... by loodabagel	Mar 16th, 2008 09:13:11 PM
I don't think Bendis even has eyebrows. He looks like a fat cancer patient.
man i gotta say by Darth Kal-El	Mar 16th, 2008 10:46:24 PM
i used to post almost daily and keep the talkback going all week till the next one came out(yeah im one a' them infamous cogs) but fatherhood and other obligations limited my time severely when it came to bouncing around the net.im really glad to see that buzz is still around and posting and i may skim through some of the other posts that dont talk about something im reaading but i always stop and read a buzz maverick post.also i like how everyone is generally being cool to each other and expressing opinions instead of turning this board into the cesspool of vile muck that a lot of the other boards on aicn are.thats awesome! and looda u crazy reserve cog! glad to see your still around
heres another example of wat psy is talking abou re:watchmen by Darth Kal-El	Mar 17th, 2008 02:26:11 AM
i heard pretty much all my life how blade runner is such an awesome movie and the quntiscential sci fi flick but i had never seen it. i saw the final cut tonight and yeah a good movie but not the mastepiece i expeced. i dont know it seemed like a lot of what they were doing ihd already seen before and i know thats because it probably inspired the movies id seen.i saw it with my 20 year old cousin who even made the comment that it reminded him of the 5th element a bit.i just couldnt get all the way into it.so i can see what psy means about watchmen.
AICN comics: Teh Awesome by Psynapse	Mar 17th, 2008 10:10:13 AM
You know it's true. @$$es & Cogs rule, all others drool. Happy drunk Irish day and wish Psy's 68 year old ma a Happy B-day while you're tossing back the brews folks!
While looking at the talkback from the Orbiting Cog Mansion… by The Heathen	Mar 17th, 2008 11:31:59 AM
I felt I should chime in. Why? Just so you know that I wasn't Heath Ledger (God rest his talented soul) and to say that it's great to still be around. However, Darth is right about obligations and all that life stuff. It can get to be a bit annoying. So… to leave you with some discussion - I thought that ASBAR #9 was a good comic. Like, it wasn't fucking horrible. It was, dare I say… entertaining? Still too many goddamn's, but this is the first time we've seen a somewhat caring Batman and the yellow paint gag was pretty funny along with the lemonade. Swear to Cog, not making this up. ; )
Where have we been? Well, like they said: life by Psynapse	Mar 17th, 2008 12:12:43 PM
Or in my case a computer simulated super heroic one. Victory server: 50 Controller/ 44 Mastermind/ 39 Blaster/ 34 Dominator/ 23 Blaster/ 6 Brute and on Freedom Server: 47 (almost 48) Defender....oh and then there's all of that artwork crap. yeah I know you didn't ask but it's a slow workday.
Buzz Maverick's identity by rev_skarekroe	Mar 17th, 2008 03:08:29 PM
I used to think he was Mark Haden Frazer.
Asbar... by loodabagel	Mar 17th, 2008 03:16:08 PM
After what Barking Frog said about it being from Robin's point-of-view, it made a little more sense. I don't know if I enjoyed this issue better because of it, or if it was a genuine improvement. Either way, I look forward to when I can enjoy the comic un-ironically.
ASBAR enjoyment. by The Heathen	Mar 17th, 2008 03:33:04 PM
Nothing against Barking Frog, but I thought he was reaching more than a little with his view. Sure, the way things end up in Dark Knight Returns may tie in with some of this ASBAR stuff, but up until issue 9 it's been 110% crazy mother fucking goddamn BATMAN!!!!!! And not the one, that should and would act at least how he did in some of issue 9.
Did he not say that? by loodabagel	Mar 18th, 2008 01:25:30 AM
I think someone else might have actually made the POV connection, but I'm not sure. Anyway, once you've gotten past the initial shock to the nuts of how ridiculous the comic is, it's kind of enjoyable in a "Death Wish 3" kind of way.
No, no… by The Heathen	Mar 18th, 2008 02:49:57 PM
Everything before issue #9 has been complete and horrible shit. It's been a mockery to the talents of Miller and even Lee. Not even when I try to enjoy it for it's over the top ridiculousness it turdness is in no way transparent. Issue 9, despite the odds, was decent.
I doubt I'll ever read it... by Psynapse	Mar 18th, 2008 03:44:17 PM
Because A) Frank Miller has kidney punch coming for DK2 (Way to show how badly you NEED AA Frank!) from ole Psy and B) I have this hang-up about people of celebrity: If I can't stand the person (and it was Trent Reznor who made me realize this quirk I have) creating the material then I have no use for whatever creative endeavor they undertook. Which is why I have YET to actually read a Bendis book. (Yeah, FUCK YOU TOO BMB! You can kiss my pale white ass if your ego can ever fit on the same fucking continent) Just because JoeQ (yeah fuck you too ya goddamn hypocrite!) licks yer balls daily doesn't mean anybody else besides your rabid (not to mention mentally retarded in a syphilitic rape baby kind of way) fawning fanbase gives a hairy rat fuck about your pompous ass. Oh and while I'm on a roll: Gail Simone could fall into a coma and STILL write circles around your pretentious ass! Can you tell I have a massive sinus headache yet?
Howzevah..... by Psynapse	Mar 18th, 2008 04:13:18 PM
Sinus tear or no, I stand behind EVERY statement I just made. I'd gladly kick the shit out of Quesada and Bendis at the same time if they weren't too chickenshit to take 2 to 1 odds against someone with a disability (Miller just gets the kidney punch because that's all it would take to knock down his sad ass).
ASBAR Debate? by optimous_douche	Mar 18th, 2008 06:42:58 PM
Is this talkback in a temporal flux going back between now and a month ago? I agreed 9 wasn't too bad. But I'm one of retarded syphilitic aspirin snorting rape babies that enjoys a good romp with puerile crap from time to time. :-)
what i want to know is by Darth Kal-El	Mar 18th, 2008 07:39:36 PM
why hasnt anyone started a car wash or bake sale to send psy where he needs to go to do what he needs to do.

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