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Carnage: Mind Bomb #1
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"When I was a little kid, my mom used to drop me off at the YMCA to be babysat while she was at work. So naturally I would just sneak away down to the comic book store across the street. The store was called JT's comics in Garland, Texas, and it was there I first met Venom. And it was ALSO there that I read the scariest comic book I'd ever read. It was called Carnage: Mind Bomb (written by Warren Ellis with art by the incomparable Kyle Hotz!) and boy, oh boy, if you haven't read it, make sure you get thee to a comic book store and check it out. But read it with the lights on, because it will mess you up, man. It is brutal. And insane. And brilliant. It was there that the character of Carnage bloomed for me as a fan." -- Donny Cates
NSFW for gore/violence
( Scans under the cut... )
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The destructive beast Hulk feels more like an absence of Banner, like he's left the driving seat and all that power is running amok. I can see how that could be visually interesting - especially what Joe's take on it would be, that gives me ideas - but it's not something I'd want as a long-term status quo, because it's clearly not as interesting to me as the Hulk as a genuine second (or third, or fourth, or fifth) personality. And that's probably my issue with the "Hulkspeak" childlike Hulk as well, he's just too safe, too mapped and explored. Our Hulk feels like new territory, like Banner's generated this new version to cope with his own death and resurrection, and we're kind of mapping and exploring him as we go. -- Al Ewing
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Black Panther #18 - "Legacy
Mar. 16th, 2018 05:38 pmsuperboyprime
"I wanted to explore a Wakandan native who’d been corrupted by western values. I believe T’Challa could speak English with a flawless American accent if he wanted to; I mean, if Hugh Laurie can do it, I’m sure Panther could. But he chooses to speak in (what I presume) is a lyrical and partially archaic speech pattern. Erik doesn’t mind being called 'Erik.'" - Christopher Priest
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The Hood #5
Jun. 29th, 2017 12:30 pmmastermahan
Last time, Parker Robbins tried to bust his cousin John out of police detention (magically electrocuting some FBI agents in the process), but John refused to go, and instead asked Parker to pawn their stolen diamond to hire a good lawyer.( Read more... )
The Hood #4
Jun. 27th, 2017 09:00 pmmastermahan
Last issue, The Hood escaped with 1.5 million of stolen blood diamonds, but not until he accidentally shot a cop and his cousin John was arrested.( Read more... )
The Hood #1
Jun. 23rd, 2017 05:50 pmmastermahan
Since Foolkiller ended with the implication Frank Castle was about to shoot The Hood, and the general consensus was "good riddance", I thought I'd take us all back to a time before Parker Robbins was a lame magic Kingpin wannabe, with the MAX series that first introduced him, written by a pre-Runaways and Y: The Last Man Brian K. Vaughn and drawn by Kyle Hotz.
Trigger warning for racism and sexist language.( Read more... )
icon_ukOkay, to my own surprise, this is the next in my list of my "Accentuate the Positive" posts, and it features some of my least favourite art.... weird huh?
Anyway, this is from Malibu Comics Ultraverse, the comic company that Marvel don't like to talk about any more.
The Ultraverse started in the early 90's, with a slew of titles, some good, some not so good (IMHO of course) but had set up an interesting universe for itself. It was then bought up by Marvel Comics, who did a few crossovers which were forgettable or actively not good and no one likes to remember (and for good reason) and then the whole thing sort of got forgotten, which is a shame.
( Sometimes a good character hook will get you through a LOT of bad art )
Anyway, this is from Malibu Comics Ultraverse, the comic company that Marvel don't like to talk about any more.
The Ultraverse started in the early 90's, with a slew of titles, some good, some not so good (IMHO of course) but had set up an interesting universe for itself. It was then bought up by Marvel Comics, who did a few crossovers which were forgettable or actively not good and no one likes to remember (and for good reason) and then the whole thing sort of got forgotten, which is a shame.
( Sometimes a good character hook will get you through a LOT of bad art )
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kali921.insanejournal.comEver since it was announced that Jeff Parker would be scribing the Dark Reign: The Hood mini I've been wondering -- wondering with a sense of terrorized fascination, I should add -- what it was going to be like. Would Parker be able to make the Dormammu!Hood actually seem like a worthy and viable contender to be the Sorcerer Supreme?
CBR has an eight-page preview up.
I now have my answer, and it's a resounding silence fraught with puzzlement and horror.
Because you know what I didn't expect from Jeff Parker's work on this mini?
Straight up racial stereotyping that slides down the slippery slope straight into the ditch of racist tropes.
...Wow. You know what? Kyle Hotz's art only makes this worse.
I can't even believe that Parker wrote this. I love Parker's choice of characters for this; the liberal use of cracky B- and C-listers is very much appreciated. But I really do think that he's made some poor choices as a writer in this particular sequence.
CBR has an eight-page preview up.
I now have my answer, and it's a resounding silence fraught with puzzlement and horror.
Because you know what I didn't expect from Jeff Parker's work on this mini?
Straight up racial stereotyping that slides down the slippery slope straight into the ditch of racist tropes.
...Wow. You know what? Kyle Hotz's art only makes this worse.
I can't even believe that Parker wrote this. I love Parker's choice of characters for this; the liberal use of cracky B- and C-listers is very much appreciated. But I really do think that he's made some poor choices as a writer in this particular sequence.
