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Miyazaki's Concepts of Good vs. Evil, and Matt Rhode's 'My Hero'

Though not strictly actual comics in the sense that they'd be okay in of themselves to be posted here, I thought that these are relevant enough to our community that people might think that they're cool in their own right.
( Warning for one kind of huge image )

kirke_novak

Some people have lives. I have comic books. I posted this earlier to my LJ, because I'm desperately trying to avoid writing some stuff for work and yes, the deadline is tomorrow. Now I'm sharing this with you, because I love you as much as Midnighter loves murder.

Some panels are NSFW!

( Behold! Nearly 40 panels filled with Midpollo (Apighter???) love!!!!! (and some panels just with Midnighter because LADYBONER, guys!) )

Current Mood: busy

glprime

Been picking through the complete run of Authority recently, and I'm currently at the execrable Transfer of Power arc, which is basically Tom Peyer and Mark Millar reminding us that 90% of people are not just apathetic towards the suffering of others, but outright sadists who enjoy causing severe physical and emotional trauma to others.

Oh goody.

I was surprised, however, when I came across one of the best one-off characters I've ever seen, especially coming from Wildstorm's The Authority (not that there aren't times the Authority are fun themselves).

( As the sun begins to set... the bugle now has played )

8 pages behind the cut, from The Authority #25, 26 and #27.

proteus_lives

Greetings True Believers!

I'm a life-long history buff, lover of alternate history and comic collector. So Wildstorm's mini-series about the WWII invasion of Japan was a natural fit.

Storming Paradise is set in world were the WWII conflict between the United States and the Empire of Japan wasn't ended by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In this world, the atomic tests failed and the Allies had to launch Operation Downfall, the invasion of Japan.

This of course changes history and different people meet different fates. One of the those people is General George S. Patton. One of the most talented and colorful soldiers in U.S. history. He was a real son of a bitch and my reading about the man tells me he would preferred the ending he got in the SP universe then the one he got in our world.

Warning! War-time racist language. Might not be safe for work.

Enjoy!

( Read more... )

Current Location: Outer Dark

arbre_rieur

Four pages from the second half of the Astro City: Silver Agent two-parter...

( It's the end of an era. )

arbre_rieur

Four pages from EX MACHINA #50...

(As you might recall, the above panel was from the beginning of issue #1.)

( Tragedy )

minyandu

( King of Cities )

kirke_novak

( You're about to view content that the poster has marked as potentially inappropriate for anyone under the age of 18. )

Current Mood: sleepy

arbre_rieur

After the JLI-esque lightheartedness of issues 8-9, Authority: The Lost Year #10 takes a 180 degree turn to Stygian darkity-dark.

( The Authority meet yet *another* set of evil alternate reality versions of themselves. )

superboyprime

One of the best things about Alan Moore's WildCATs run was the character TAO, a superhumanly intelligent character who you could genuinely believe was supermanly intelligent.

Genius types are nothing new in superhero stories. You have your Mr. Fantastics, Brainiac 5s, Lex Luthors, and whatnot going back decades, but writers never give any indication of their brilliance other than having them pull out pieces of deus ex machinery as the plot demands. How lazy. So leave it to Moore to, in a few pages, do a better job of portraying superhuman intelligence than those other writers managed in all those decades.

In this scene, from issue 33, TAO is cornered by an enemy who could crush him like a bug. What does he do? He literally talks his opponent into a psychotic breakdown.

( The power of words... )

arbre_rieur

In the second half of J.M. DeMatteis and Keith Giffen's two-parter, the Authority team up with their incompetent alternate reality counterparts to face the even more incompetent villain team the League of Nasty Bastards...

( Four pages from The Lost Year #9 )

creator: keith giffen, creator: j.m. dematteis, title: the authority, publisher: wildstorm

angelophile

( You're about to view content that the poster has marked as potentially inappropriate for anyone under the age of 18. )

arbre_rieur

Four pages from Ex Machina #49, the conclusion of the "Pro-Life" story arc. It's the penultimate issue of the series and as you might expect, some answers are revealed.

( Read more... )

creator: brian k. vaughan, title: ex machina, creator: tony harris, publisher: wildstorm

stubbleupdate

Ex Machina #49 hit today. The penultimate of what I have been saying for ages is the best thing on the metaphorical newsstands.

This issue has many things going on, but the first thing that made me shout out loud was ( the return of a favourite character )

nikeskylark

dv8 was the best comic book of the 90s and no one can tell me differently. they haven't appeared since the wildstorm reboot... until now!

here's some pages from dv8: gods and monsters #1 (4 pages out of 21)

suggested tags: title: dv8, publisher: wildstorm

( click here for dv8 goodness! )

cyberghostface

Here's another comic from the Wildstorm New Line Horror line. In my mind, stories like this are the best way to utilize film-to-comic stories--stuff that would never happen in the actual films. I think even people who don't like Jason and co. might be pleasantly surprised by this one.

Disclaimer: As this is a Friday the 13th comic, there's a bit of gore. So it may be NSFW.

( Scans under the cut... )

creator: jason aaron, creator: adam archer, title: friday the 13th, publisher: wildstorm, char: jason voorhees

cyberghostface

( You're a bully! )

joysweeper

Here's another three issues, the other half of the Astro City arc "The Confessor". Here's where it gets heavy.

( And it has been... it has been good. )
Requested tag: title: astro city.

joysweeper

Here's the first half of an Astro City arc called "The Confessor." It's collected in a trade, "Confession", along with that well-known tearjerker "The Nearness Of You". This is one of my favorite comics. It's from the second volume of Astro City, issues 4-9.

( Something on your mind, Brian? )
Requested tags: title: astro city

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Two Fantasy Comics of Interest

Midnighter/Apollo love - a great compilation of scans (40)

An Authority Profile: Diamond in the Rough (and thoughts on the post-modern Dark Age)

Storming Paradise: The Last Stand of George S. Patton.

Casstoons: Batgirl 14 and the Dissolution of Wildstorm

Future is prologue

Ex Machina, the final issue

30 Days of Scans! Day 6: Power or ability you'd like to steal

30 Days Meme Day 2 - Favourite Male. NSFW post

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One Perfect Moment: Super-intelligence at its most dangerous

The BWAHAHAuthority, Part 2

Death Week: The thing with the tiger

Beyond the veil

Stay back boy! This calls for divine intervention!*

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