a few thoughts on comics before CCI
Jul. 18th, 2006 01:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mimesere1) The only way I got through Superman: For All Seasons was by studiously ignoring the artwork. Hi, hi, this is comic books y'all, I shouldn't be so pained by the artwork that every time I looked at the people I wanted to cry.
2) Then, because I am loving Jeph Loeb something fierce right now, I thought, "Self, you could *try* reading a Batman book. You didn't find Hush to be horribly offensive -- okay, so you didn't find Hush to be spectacularly interesting either -- so maybe you should try The Long Halloween."
Er. Apparently me + Tim Sale (Superman: For All Seasons guy) = not buddies. I honestly can't decide whose art makes me want to spork out my eyes more -- Tim Sale or Rob Liefield. That plus a spectacular lack of interest which made me all sad (okay, not really) made me put the book down and pick up The Flash: Ignition instead. I didn't make it through that one either. JLA: Earth2 made me rethink my whole DCU experiment and then I reread bits and pieces of Kingdom Come to cheer myself up. And um, the Superman/Batman collections which are gay gay gay with a side of gay. I mean, I'm sorry: they're like *brothers*. Yes.
Why do they all look like craggy lumps?
3) I'm going to give Superman: Birthright a whirl tomorrow. Hope, she springs eternal.
4) I really really *really* loved Fables. No, like *really a lot*. Snow White and Bigby and Blue for the win!
5) Young Avengers' Patriot makes me chortle a lot. Luke Cage and his beanie o' badassery also makes me chortle for many reasons, not the least of which is that a beanie is better by far than a tiara.
6) It makes me kind of sad that the New Warriors were the one to set off Marvel's Civil War through incompetence. I loved them! They were awesome and c-list and had really stupid pain. Also their leader was basically a black Batman. And they had Firestar who is, omg, an emo douche liek whoa while also being a long-standing girlcrush. And her fiance/boyfriend/guy-who-went-to-jail-for-killing-his-abusive-dad was tiresome with his manpain but also a big dorky superhero fanboy who tried to join the Avengers. And they had Turbo! Who was awesome! Also, he may be lame, but Speedball is still my spastic dork quipster of choice in the Marvel Universe. He had to commute from Connecticut. So lame and yet I do not care! I love them! They are my woobie retarded puppy children! They fought gang members! And a crazy time traveling Egyptian woman! Oh, the New Warriors.
7) Jubilee is for awesome, I do not care what anyone says about her ever. She saved Wolverine's life! She lived in the X-Men's basement for months and no one realized she was there! She is a SoCal mallrat! She won a fight against spiky headed guy who was Monet's brother by making him so angry *he blew himself up*. She survived kidnapping and torture! She took the Professor rollerblading and told Archangel to go shove it. She thinks Wolverine at his worst just needs a hug. She is *wonderful* and I love her and la la la I CAN'T HEAR YOU. In a What If, she totally took out Sabretooth. So awesome! up until House of M. Fuck you, House of M writers!
8) Angelo Espinosa is also made of win. 'Cause okay, first of all? There aren't enough Southern Californian superheroes and there need to be more and I do not count West Coast Avengers because yo, Hawkeye kind of annoyed me. Anyway, Angelo is a hispanic ex-gang-member mutant with a lame power who knows it is a lame power and keeps right on trucking anyway. Also, he and Jono were slashy like burning. He was so wonderful and irritated and determined! Er. Right up until he died. Fuck you X-writers! *cranky*
9) Mondo! Awwwwww, Mondo! Whyfor did you have to be an evil plant spy person? You were Samoan! And very chill! HE WAS SAMOAN.
10) Apparently, I have always really liked the girls and minorities of Marvel way more than anyone else.
Also? If you are going to San Diego Comic Con and would like to hook up at some point, let me know!
2) Then, because I am loving Jeph Loeb something fierce right now, I thought, "Self, you could *try* reading a Batman book. You didn't find Hush to be horribly offensive -- okay, so you didn't find Hush to be spectacularly interesting either -- so maybe you should try The Long Halloween."
Er. Apparently me + Tim Sale (Superman: For All Seasons guy) = not buddies. I honestly can't decide whose art makes me want to spork out my eyes more -- Tim Sale or Rob Liefield. That plus a spectacular lack of interest which made me all sad (okay, not really) made me put the book down and pick up The Flash: Ignition instead. I didn't make it through that one either. JLA: Earth2 made me rethink my whole DCU experiment and then I reread bits and pieces of Kingdom Come to cheer myself up. And um, the Superman/Batman collections which are gay gay gay with a side of gay. I mean, I'm sorry: they're like *brothers*. Yes.
Why do they all look like craggy lumps?
3) I'm going to give Superman: Birthright a whirl tomorrow. Hope, she springs eternal.
4) I really really *really* loved Fables. No, like *really a lot*. Snow White and Bigby and Blue for the win!
5) Young Avengers' Patriot makes me chortle a lot. Luke Cage and his beanie o' badassery also makes me chortle for many reasons, not the least of which is that a beanie is better by far than a tiara.
6) It makes me kind of sad that the New Warriors were the one to set off Marvel's Civil War through incompetence. I loved them! They were awesome and c-list and had really stupid pain. Also their leader was basically a black Batman. And they had Firestar who is, omg, an emo douche liek whoa while also being a long-standing girlcrush. And her fiance/boyfriend/guy-who-went-to-jail-for-killing-his-abusive-dad was tiresome with his manpain but also a big dorky superhero fanboy who tried to join the Avengers. And they had Turbo! Who was awesome! Also, he may be lame, but Speedball is still my spastic dork quipster of choice in the Marvel Universe. He had to commute from Connecticut. So lame and yet I do not care! I love them! They are my woobie retarded puppy children! They fought gang members! And a crazy time traveling Egyptian woman! Oh, the New Warriors.
7) Jubilee is for awesome, I do not care what anyone says about her ever. She saved Wolverine's life! She lived in the X-Men's basement for months and no one realized she was there! She is a SoCal mallrat! She won a fight against spiky headed guy who was Monet's brother by making him so angry *he blew himself up*. She survived kidnapping and torture! She took the Professor rollerblading and told Archangel to go shove it. She thinks Wolverine at his worst just needs a hug. She is *wonderful* and I love her and la la la I CAN'T HEAR YOU. In a What If, she totally took out Sabretooth. So awesome! up until House of M. Fuck you, House of M writers!
8) Angelo Espinosa is also made of win. 'Cause okay, first of all? There aren't enough Southern Californian superheroes and there need to be more and I do not count West Coast Avengers because yo, Hawkeye kind of annoyed me. Anyway, Angelo is a hispanic ex-gang-member mutant with a lame power who knows it is a lame power and keeps right on trucking anyway. Also, he and Jono were slashy like burning. He was so wonderful and irritated and determined! Er. Right up until he died. Fuck you X-writers! *cranky*
9) Mondo! Awwwwww, Mondo! Whyfor did you have to be an evil plant spy person? You were Samoan! And very chill! HE WAS SAMOAN.
10) Apparently, I have always really liked the girls and minorities of Marvel way more than anyone else.
Also? If you are going to San Diego Comic Con and would like to hook up at some point, let me know!
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Date: 2006-07-18 09:26 am (UTC)Oh, and sorry you don't like Tim Sale's art. I'm not always a fan, but he strikes me as just right for Long Halloween
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Date: 2006-07-18 03:53 pm (UTC)And I can see where Tim Sale's art is good, it's just not at all something that I find aesthetically appealing. Also, everyone sort of looks like a craggy lump to me.
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Date: 2006-07-18 01:23 pm (UTC)...Let me know what email to send my plane stuff to, okay?
(omg TWELVE HOURS SHEILA. Okay, fourteen. FOURTEEN HOURS. THAT IS LESS THAN A DAY.)
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Date: 2006-07-18 03:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-18 02:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-18 03:40 pm (UTC)And dude, I know! But there are apparently people who think she is annoying. I find them strange and offputting and they should be shunned.
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Date: 2006-07-18 03:46 pm (UTC)Secondly, gonna be there call me. Phone number here: http://coniraya.livejournal.com/96149.html
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Date: 2006-07-18 04:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-18 07:05 pm (UTC)(incidentally, and I'm sure I've asked you this before, sorry, how do I pronounce your name?)
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Date: 2006-07-27 06:16 am (UTC)So, whatever makes you happy. Which is totally unhelpful in every way.
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Date: 2006-07-30 01:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-19 03:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-27 06:16 am (UTC)