Any One Want To Talk About Comicbooks?

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I'll trow in a fouth vote for Walking dead. Robert Kirkman is a really good writer that i think gets over looked a lot. I've been a fan of his since Battlepope. Ah, i'm gonna have to reread my trade of the first mini for that one...

 

[John Crichton]

After being out of comics (for the second time) for a while I've started up on Ultimate Spidey, X-men (trades only) and Fantastic Four. Good stuff on the whole. I really never read any of the past X-titles so the Ultimates version is good enough for me. Same for FF. I know the stories in general but the specifics are lost to me.

Spidey is something that I am familiar with and have no problem reading the reboot especially considering the amount of monthlies he is in.

And I am a whore for Whedon so Astonishing X-men is a must. Yeah, it refers to backstory that I have not read but I have enough comic-saavy buds to fill me in.

I have about 2 years of Planetary to catch up on but that was my favorite title from when I stopped (along with Daredevil). My problem is that I hate the monthly format to death and want everything in tpb form so I save up titles and read them in bunches or just buy the tpb.

Does anyone think that DC could benefit from an "Ultimates" line? I've never followed any of their properties all that closely. Partially because there is too much history to catch up on (like the X-men). I don't mind a modern retelling of classic stories as long as they are handled by good writers...

 

[Klaus]

DC did an "Ultimates" line. In 1959. There were Ultimate Flash (not a science student, but a police forensics officer!), Ultimate Green Lantern (not a radio executive, but a test pilot), Ultimate Hawkman (not a reincarnated archaeologist, but a police officer from space), among others.

And DC did Ultimate Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman in the mid-eighties. They're still around.

 

[John Crichton]

DC did an "Ultimates" line. In 1959. There were Ultimate Flash (not a science student, but a police forensics officer!), Ultimate Green Lantern (not a radio executive, but a test pilot), Ultimate Hawkman (not a reincarnated archaeologist, but a police officer from space), among others.

And DC did Ultimate Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman in the mid-eighties. They're still around.

Okay, when it comes to DC comics my geek-fu is not strong. Care to fill me in? My knowledge of DC characters is limited to movies, general conversation and a few TV shows...

 

[Capellan]

I stopped reading superhero comics, because I realized that ultimately, nothing was permanent.

Or as I put it when I stopped: "The better it is today, the more it will suck tomorrow."

I do buy TPBs from time to time. Just picked up some Essential Spider-Man books, Runaways, and the Complete Bone.

Of course, what can you say about a guy who says he doesn't want Jessica Alba as Sue Storm because, "Hispanic and Latino women with blonde hair look like hookers to me, no matter how 'clean' or 'cute' they are."?

If nothing else, you can point out to him that a better reason for not wanting her is that she's a bad actor.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Does anyone think that DC could benefit from an "Ultimates" line? I've never followed any of their properties all that closely. Partially because there is too much history to catch up on (like the X-men). I don't mind a modern retelling of classic stories as long as they are handled by good writers...

Yup, later this year DC will launch the All-stars line. Supposedly it's not and Ultimate marvel rip off, but it pretty much is.

First out is Batman&Robin, written by Frank Millar with art by Jim Lee. That i believe starts in June or July.

Then towards the later part of the year is Superman, Written by Grant Morrison, with Frank Quiteley(sp?) art.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Okay, when it comes to DC comics my geek-fu is not strong. Care to fill me in? My knowledge of DC characters is limited to movies, general conversation and a few TV shows...

All of DC's Golden Age superhero stuff got cancelled in the early 50s except for Supes, Bats
and WW. In 1959 then-editor Julius Schwartz decided to try to reintroduce the superhero
with new/rebooted modern versions of the old characters: Flash, Green Lantern etc. Flash
was first to debute: Instead of scientist Jay Garrick in jeans and a hokey helmet we get CSI
guy Barry Allen in spiffy red spandex tights.

This is what started the Silver Age.

Anyway, DC already has an answer to the Ultimate titles coming out: The All-Star brand.
Continuity loose titles where All-Star talent can cut loose without having to worry about
present continuity. Grant Morrison and Frank Quitley on All-Star Superman and Frank
Miller and Jim Lee on All-Star Batman.

 

[John Crichton]

RE: DC All-Star books -

Sweet. I had no idea. I'll be picking those up. Er, I'll be picking the tpb's up.

 

[Kage Tenjin]

Arg! I didn't know that's what it was about, I need to be more careful when I'm reading behind on my reading.

At least I know I haven't missed a new series.

Sorry if I mucked that one up. I thought it might have been noticed that the trade collection was called Ultimate Galactus, which I kinda think spoils the suspense, considering you only find out in the last issue of the series, and the last page at that.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Sorry if I mucked that one up.

Yeah you might have mucked that one up but I think you helped everyone more than you harmed them... (It seems like it was way below the radar of most.)