mrlogical

February 1, 2012 3:29 pm The right half of the logo has the same divot in the spider-head that Miles Morales' costume features, and Bendis is promoting this, so I assume it involves Ultimate Spider-Miles teaming up with either 616 Peter Parker or a somehow not dead Ultimate Peter Parker. Hoping for the former rather than the latter, because undoing Ultimate Peter's death this soon would be super lame.

January 25, 2012 2:20 pm What is up with the "logos" on Mark Millar's books? I'm sure it must be nice to design them in MS Paint by himself, but you'd think he'd know someone who can work up something that looks at least vaguely professional.

January 25, 2012 10:44 am I would love to see these images paired with the particular artist's work that inspired these covers images...I can certainly spot the influence of the X-Force piece, but the others are less familiar.

January 23, 2012 1:10 pm "We’re pretty sad to see Northlanders go too, even after a robot 50 issue run." Oh man, I wish that weren't a typo. Shocking ending to the series: the vikings were robots all along!!!

December 5, 2011 9:50 am Oh good lord, I cannot wait for the day iFanboy allows comments to be edited. The typos. The typos.

December 5, 2011 9:46 am In the pre-ordering discussion, I was very glad to hear Josh make the point that even large groups of people online pre-ordering low selling comics is may not have much of an impact. I understand why creators say to their fanbase that they must pre-order their books, because they have a chance of influencing large numbers of people to the extent it could actually matter. But I, as a long consumer, can do virtually nothing to make a difference with my own pre-ordering. Hell, even if me and 1,000 of my closest friends all pre-ordered the same books, I don't imagine it having a ton of impact--if Marvel knew that the Victor Von Doom series were going to sell another 1,000 copies over their projections, would the prospect of another $3000 worth of sales (of which they only recoup a percentage) actually make a difference? At best, my pre-orders of a title like Captain Britain and MI-13 guaranteed that I would get a copy of a book that was hard to find. At worst, my pre-orders of the first 3 issues of books that I thought I was going to like but ultimately did not care for at all were a waste of $10-12. Now I buy digital whenever possible, basically only pre-ordering trades and the handful of titles that are not yet available same day digital. I lose out on the discounts I got from pre-ordering, but I'm more than making up for it in my ability to jump on and off of books whenever I want, now that I no longer have to fear books selling out. I understand why creators want me to pre-order, but by refusing to pretend that I have any control over whether or not my favorite books get put out, I'm saving money and only getting the stuff I truly want to read. Seems to me like the way to go, but to each their own. (I can now rest assured that, given the length of my comment and the fact that it's on the thread for a week old podcast, no one will ever read this. Hooray.)

November 3, 2011 3:36 pm The slow rollout strategy seems dopey to me, but oh well. By next April, I will be buying almost no more paper other than collected editions, and that's awesome.

October 31, 2011 9:46 pm As long as you had a lock on the storage unit and took other reasonable precautions, you shouldn't need insurance to get compensation from the storage company. Their job is to maintain a secure facility in which you can safely keep your stuff. I imagine they had some fine print in their contract saying they weren't liable for anything that happened, but those kinds of agreements are often not enforceable, and really just exist to discourage people from suing. I definitely think you've got the right idea as far as not replacing them, the money is probably better spent on other things at this point, but the storage company should've paid you regardless of how you ended up using that money. It sounds like this happened a while ago, so I imagine you've moved on, understandably, but I would encourage anyone in a similar situation to at an absolute minimum, make a formal demand for compensation from the storage company and suggest that you're willing to involve attorneys if they're not willing to work with you.

October 31, 2011 3:35 pm Thanks for reading my review! I am on Team Ron as far as Spaceman #1 goes--loved it. The dialogue was tricky, but really served the story, further demonstrating how different this setting is, and suggesting some deep class differences in the society (the news reporters spoke in familiar English, only the Spaceman and the presumably poor street kids/drug dealers spoke in dialect). The challenge reminded me a lot of Riddley Walker, an incredibly difficult but wholly unique book written in a devolved future-English.

October 31, 2011 3:31 pm It's pretty high concept, I'd hesitate to recommend just jumping in. I would think you'd be better off just waiting for the trade (especially given that you would also be spared the effects of delays on issues 4 or 5).