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ohcaroline

Name: Caroline Marie

Bio: I was thinking about that "superhero dream team" questions, and the "teams should have five or seven" rule.My Marvel dream team would be  Jean Grey,  Cyclops, Wolverine, Captain America, Iron Man, Daredevil, and Molly Hayes.My DC dream team would be Selina Kyle, Vic Sage as the Question, Renee Montoya as the Question, Harvey Dent in his not-quite-Two-Face but still on the crazy side incarnation, and Beast Boy.Then I'd do a universe exchange program, where Beast Boy could go to Marvel with his rah rah team spirit, and Daredevil could  come to DC and hang  out with the other misanthropes.I'm convinced that this little story says something about me, and my relationship with these two companies, I'm just not sure what yet.Love the podcast!I blog about comics, along with some friends, at 'Fantastic Fangirls: Comics and Culture": http://fantasticfangirls.org/I'm on twitter as madmarvelgirl: http://twitter.com/madmarvelgirl


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This has everything you could possibly want in an X-Men comic: Wolverine pressuring Cyclops to talk about his feelings, Emma…

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I feel like the unofficial ‘Shadowland’ cheerleader at this site, but I’m continuing to be amazed & impressed by the…

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Fans of ‘crime’ stories that take place in a superhero universe (thing ‘Gotham Central’) should give this miniseries a shot. …

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Get Some Indie In Me
May 20, 2013 12:35 pm I'm bookmarking this thread because I'm in about the same situation as Jim -- enjoying a lot of Marvel but could use some world-expanding. I do have one suggestion, though it's not new to this site because Paul has recommended it -- 'Li'l Depressed Boy' from Image is a comic about music and disconnected slacker life that ought to scratch a lot of people's 'Scott Pilgrim' itch. Despite the title, it's as much about life's happy moments and small miracles as the downside. (Disclaimer: I think there are 4 trades now but I've only read 2. Enjoying it so far though and it's a great looking book.) Also, for anybody who hasn't tried Thom Zahler's 'Love & Capes,' yet, it's a really loving comic-strip style comedy take on superheroes. Great characters, genuinely funny punchlines and superhero gags that don't feel overdone, which still has a satisfying overarching story.
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Eisner Judge Frank Santoro and his BEFORE WATCHMEN Blacklist
April 18, 2013 2:13 pm As did Darwyn Cooke for The Score. Seriously, I think these folks are doing okay.
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Eisner Judge Frank Santoro and his BEFORE WATCHMEN Blacklist
April 17, 2013 6:15 pm Maybe I'm not understanding what's going on here, but it doesn't seem to me that he ever made a pre-judgment of their work. He made a decision not to read their work, which -- if you believe what he told Josh -- he reversed after he was put on the committee. Now, if you are saying (based on -- your own independent research?) that what he told Josh is a lie, then that's another story. But based on the way this is presented I don't see a real issue of prejudice.
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Eisner Judge Frank Santoro and his BEFORE WATCHMEN Blacklist
April 17, 2013 3:42 pm Ahh, I didn't realize at first that 'blacklist' was Santoro's word choice. I think that does make it more concerning, but again, he said that before he was a judge. I don't think there's any obligation to have read everything up for judging before you're appointed to the judging panel...
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Eisner Judge Frank Santoro and his BEFORE WATCHMEN Blacklist
April 17, 2013 3:39 pm What's the distinction between an opinion and a bias here?
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Eisner Judge Frank Santoro and his BEFORE WATCHMEN Blacklist
April 17, 2013 3:31 pm I think it's kind of ridiculous to get mad because a columnist expressed his opinions. That's presumably his job at TCJ. If you want a panel of judges to be people who have never had opinions on anything. . .well, I don't even know how to finish that sentence.
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Guest Editorial: Keeping Strong Female Characters Strong
April 11, 2013 7:11 pm This comment has nothing to do with Kelly's article, dude.
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Guest Editorial: Keeping Strong Female Characters Strong
April 11, 2013 6:10 pm Great article, Kelly! I haven't been reading this book, so I'm only familiar with the plot and the Joelle character from your description, but the dialogue goes through a lot of the issues that come up when reading these kinds of stories.
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Pick of the Week #379 – East of West #1
April 1, 2013 2:31 pm I think the closest we might come to the 'blind writer test' is 52. It's not perfect, obviously, because as far as I know it was never revealed specifically who was responsible for what pages. But you have Rucka, Johns, Morrison and Waid all splitting up duties on a major story and there is enough info out there in interviews to have SOME idea who wrote which parts. So that might be worth reading or revisiting with that exercise in mind. (I can't tell Johns and Waid apart so much, but quite a bit of Morrison and Rucka turns out to be very distinct; and in at least one place I remember going, "I bet that's a Morrison script" -- a scene with Ralph, not one of the obvious wacky mad scientist/space opera bits -- and later finding confirmation that it had been his.
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Allergic to Fun: Comics’ War on Children
March 4, 2013 12:36 pm (and it just occured to me 'Avatar' also has war and destruction and violence perpetrated by and on children -- but, I think, in an 'adventure stories actually for children' kind of way?)
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