Toshimoko29

February 8, 2012 12:57 pm I'm liking this more today than I did yesterday. Hopefully it will continue to build in my mind until the release, in which case I'll probably go see it. I wonder how necessary the backstory with the parents is. Since it's a reboot they may have added it to separate it from the earlier movies, but to me it just looks like more origin madness. Like you can't have a tumbleweed rolling through a scene without showing it get planted first. As long the movie has good action scenes and is FUN, I don't see how it could be too bad, but I think it just doesn't look as good as Avengers to me, or even Dark Knight Rises.

January 13, 2012 7:46 pm I'm excited for the new titles, but I'm really disappointed that Liefeld is going to be on more titles. I thought H&D getting canceled meant we were done with him. I wonder if Dial H will use reader submissions like the old series? Probably won't work anymore, but it would be nice to try...

January 10, 2012 9:05 pm I rewatched a lot of the Hulk show, I think around the time the Norton Hulk movie came out. I can't argue that the silly parts weren't just that, but I loved the show, even now. I loved watching the Hulk do things when I was a kid, but as an adult I really enjoy watching Bill Bixby be a fantastic actor, even with such ridiculous stories. I guess the same is true of comics, I love the added perspective being an adult gives me when I read the same issues I did as a kid. Of course, comics today don't really compare (which I think is a shame), but in another 20 years I'll probably reread Walking Dead (for instance) and appreciate it that much more. Great article! Oh, btw I have a picture of Spider-Man and I somewhere, but I'll have to ask my mom what the circumstances were and where it is, I was too young then to remember it now. I forgot about it until I saw your pic up top :)

January 5, 2012 10:18 pm Wow, how many hot-button issues can we fit in one comments section? You have a great list, Ron. Very constructive but still definitely criticism; I can see your love for the industry in all your articles, this one even more than most. Gender equality: Women don't have to be moral at all, but it bothers me when we are pandered to. That picture of Starfire above is a fantastic example. Saying this is how you want comics is like saying you think more movies should be like Showgirls. I don't have a problem with sexuality in general, but treating every reader like a horny young guy is just not helping attract new readers. 20-22 pages: I've said before and I'll say again; number of pages wouldn't even cross our minds if the content was even half of what it should be. By that, I mean that I want more words, I want less splash pages, and I want more things happening in every single comic that I buy. Why am I buying 6 comics to get a story that should fit in 2? Downloading: is stealing. Duh. Digital comics: I have to think that as comics move forward a Netflix-styled system will end up being the most profitable and the most convenient for people. I think there will always be physical copies for those of us that love them, though. I wonder if digital comics become more prevalent than physical ones, will we start seeing more enhanced versions (like the Watchmen motion comics) becoming the norm? Dropping readership: To the industry, I say this; Change the format of a comic to fit the story in it (traditional, manga, original graphic novel, etc.). Put comics back in drug stores, grocery stores, etc. Stop treating comics like collectibles (#1 Collector's Issue, etc.), make people want to share them, not horde them. Make comics that fit more people, instead of fitting more people to comics.

December 28, 2011 4:05 pm More than any other character, I'd love to see Ray Terrill get a fresh chance at shelf space. I loved the mini-series, but everything after it was not good at all to me (although I faithfully bought all of it). Still, he was my favorite DC character in the 90s and I'd love to see him get a book in the new 52.

December 6, 2011 3:56 am I agree that Image, in hindsight, was a necessary evil. Most of the problem seemed to be "we can make superheroes just as well as those companies" instead of trying to make comics as well as those guys. Look at the bestsellers at Image now...

October 26, 2011 5:17 am I'm always a bit mystified when I see a book is "too wordy". I don't care how beautiful someone's art is (and I love Bachalo, one of my favorites), but if there aren't enough words for me to spend some time with the book, I'm not getting my money's worth. IMO, the pictures are there to enhance the writing, not the other way around. That said though, the book was pretty good, enough that I'll stick around for a bit to see how it goes. I've tried several different X-arcs over the past few years, but they always do something to mess it up within 2-3 issues... guess we'll see how this one goes :)

September 30, 2011 3:39 pm I , for one, completely agree with you on Wonder Woman! It seems like everyone is making tons of excuses for Azzarello writing one of the worst introduction issues I've ever seen. Ah, who am I kidding... I'm just glad someone agrees with ME, I was starting to feel like I was the only one who drank the Kool-Aid.

September 29, 2011 11:20 am I will most likely flip through this, but from the preview it doesn't look like the kind of Hulk story I enjoy. I'd much prefer a back-to-basics approach.

September 28, 2011 8:44 am Fingers crossed for a Marvel Relaunch.