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NoahPlaysNintendo

Name: Noah James

Bio: I'm a Marvel zombie from birth who got out of comics for a long time after college. I picked them up again when someone bought me Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men hardcover. Just when I thought I was out...


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Preachy, condescending and borderline racist, this might be one of the worst mainstream comics I’ve read since that last issue…

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This book’s got a tough job to do. It has to sell us the new “official” version of Peter &…

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I love Grant Morrison, but he’s starting to lose me with Return of Bruce Wayne #2. I’m a Marvel guy…

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NoahPlaysNintendo's Recent Comments
July 30, 2012 6:33 pm Marvel puts out so many series I don't read. Could Land be on one of those? He'd be PERFECT for....
July 26, 2012 8:47 pm This was awesome. Just awesome. And pretty.
July 25, 2012 9:00 pm I can't get over how Molina draws in this issue Kitty. She's just ... wrong.
July 11, 2012 5:43 pm I'm really digging this ... but kind of wish I'd waited for trade. The pace is so unrelenting it will be fun to read the whole thing at once.
May 5, 2012 1:57 am I liked the trailer ... but the stuff with his parents ... It's like Fox can't not screw it up.
May 3, 2012 9:14 pm Not sure how I didn't realize until now that Denis Leary is playing Captain Stacy. Sweet.
April 28, 2012 11:03 am I was hoping to see that Secret Avenger's panel! "Leave McCoy to his night sweats and tea..."
April 25, 2012 6:22 pm AvX Fun Fact: This book was annoying to read. We get that we're reading a "fight book." You don't have to keep telling us.
March 19, 2012 8:55 am Her haircut and the little bumps/spikes(?) on her gloves are a little too Rachel Grey's old spiky costume from the Excalibur time period. It looks good in the concept sketch, but it needs to be a fun, modern short haircut - not a 90s mullet. Do you think it's easier to draw it that way? Carol Danvers has been so many things over the years, but I think she's too classy to get a haircut that bad. And if she did somehow end up with that haircut (pay attention Marvel), she'd quickly go to an upscale salon and GET IT FIXED. I'd say that's a good plot for Issue #2. Maybe as a back-up story. :-1
March 14, 2012 6:24 pm @BanjoDuck - I appreciate your question, and I'm glad to hear your LCS is doing well. Here in Peoria, Illinois my LCS is the only one in town, Acme Comics. It's a decent shop with a nice, if quiet owner. In the past two years I've seen the comics move further back into the store, with graphic novels stacked vertically like books along one long wall. They did have bundles of older comics, a decent selection of reasonably-priced back issues. Most of that is still there, but covered with displays for toys they're selling. They're also putting a lot more emphasis on vinyl and used CDs. They always had that, but it's taking over. I don't know if I'd blame Peoria, though. The trouble with the shop is most of the employees are lazy and abrasive to anyone who doesn't live up to their standards. These are fat, lazy guys we're talking about. The store's kind of dark, and they sit there behind this big glass counter and look at you. The place feels like a head shop (been there, I know). I think that's what's turning people off about it. If the store were brightly lit and inviting, parents wouldn't be afraid to take their children in. I take my seven year old daughter, because she's tough as nails and will bravely take her X-23 action figure to the cash register and smile. Even this rarely wins these guys over. Anyway - Sorry for the rant. This is something I've really thought about. The big name publishers are trying to make weekly comics more accessible, however misguided some of their attempts. But they're hindered by comic book stores like mine. I think the LCS's around the country need to figure out that customer service is what is going to save weekly comics. If anything can.