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May 7, 2013 12:40 pm @Jim -- Seconded. @eclecticmess -- Cons are a great place for community. I feel really privileged and thankful to speak to creators for even 20 or 30 seconds. However, it's an issue of context. If you run into a creator on the floor and they don't seem to be rushing somewhere, engage them. Some won't have time, but some love meeting fans. Like Jim said, when you're in a room with a few hundred other people, there are more pressing concerns than your back story.

April 5, 2013 1:03 pm I think one of the strengths of Jason Aaron's current run on Wolverine and the X-Men is its ability to blend comedy and drama. Nick Bradshaw's cartoony style fits with that (when he's drawing the book), and when it's not trying to be traditionally funny, it's still just a fun book. The long-running Doop gags are the most obvious example of that, and he's used in a subtle enough way that it doesn't detract from the gravitas of the larger story. Saga, the current darling of so many comic readers, also comes to mind. Beginning with Alana's first few lines ("Am I shitting? It feels like I'm shitting.") and continuing with pretty much every Page 1 after that, the book makes me laugh out loud on a regular basis. Be it Sextillion's bizarre bacchanalia or Lying Cat's well-timed chiming, BKV and Fiona Staples (who I recently and briefly met at Emerald City, and she's downright charming) have been hitting both gut-wrenching and belly-busting moments with uncommon consistency.

March 12, 2013 12:23 am The unpredictability is great most of the time--don't get me wrong. It just seems like he's setting up story arcs ad infinitum without actually pursuing any of them. The war with the aliens, the relationship with Star City/the Russians, Einstein's monolith and the other side thereof. The list goes on. True to Hickman, we're getting a lot of great character development (Feynman's probably my favorite right now), but I want to see more actually happen. I'm not a martyr for plot-driven stories either, but it seems counterintuitive to stick all these great personalities together and not expect huge events to unfold. Maybe you're correct, Riley. This might read better in trade. USPUNX, when I have a few spare minutes, I want to leaf back through the last few issues and find specific instances of what I mean. At least once or twice an issue I've been thrown by a distorted face, a flat-looking body, etc. I'd like to get your read.

March 12, 2013 12:15 am For me it was a combination of Becky Cloonan's art paired with these great character moments. Her shaving her head, the way she conversed with Batman. Part of it had an Oracle feel, and the fact that she's an electrical/tech expert(ish?) jives with that as well. In any Big 2 franchise, it's great to see breaths of fresh air like her, and I trust Scott Snyder will differentiate her enough from Barbara/Oracle (moreso than he already has) in any coming issues. I'm not sure how/if she'll make appearances given the Zero Year announcement though.

March 11, 2013 6:06 pm Am I the only one wavering on this one? The last few issues I've found Nick Pitarra's jangly art bordering on sloppy. I love the cartoony, loose feel of the characters, but so many pages in recent issues have looked rushed. On the writing side of things, I was really interested when Hickman said he's writing this book month-to-month, not with his usual meticulous attention to planning like he did with Fantastic Four and now with Avengers. However, with each new issue, I'm wondering more and more if he's gone too far in the other direction. Every issue has felt expositional in some significant way. Get on with it!

March 11, 2013 6:00 pm I'm sorry, but I don't quite understand your complaint. This issue is still written by Scott Snyder (and James Tynion IV, who's done a lot of the backups), not Grant Morrison. Chris Burnham isn't on art here either. If you don't care for Damian, a prominent character in Inc., then wouldn't this be a welcome turn of events for you? Also the backup features Harper Row. HARPER ROW.

February 11, 2013 11:49 am hahahahahahaha

February 11, 2013 11:47 am Definitely agree. Apologies for the negativity because I love that iFanboy is a source of positivity in the typically morose/rude cesspool of online fandom, but why make a list at all when half the choices are people who've played those roles already...?

January 6, 2013 6:24 pm I'm not sure if anyone will see this given that the issue came out almost a week ago, so I might have to re-post this when the next issue comes out, but here goes: Is Fatale a pro-woman or anti-woman story? Much of the noir from which Brubaker and Phillips get their inspiration was pretty anti-woman--the whole trope of the femme fatale (deadly woman!) casts female power and sexuality as dangerous prospects. Does Fatale reiterate this trend or reframe it? As far as we've gone in the series, Jo has used her powers in many ways, and we still don't know their genesis or real extent. In the second arc she hides herself away in an attempt not to harm anyone again, but she gets sucked back into things through accidents of circumstance outside of her control. Is Brubaker saying that feminine power cannot be reined in, and attempts to do so may result in violence, collateral damage, etc.? Most of the series shows Jo using her powers to get herself out of sticky situations caused...by her powers. Her allure to men is simultaneously the cause of and solution to her problems. Is this a victim of her own wiles? Is she a victim at all? I recognize that I posed about a half dozen questions, but I just read this issue, and I'm an English teacher with a history of feminist activism, so this is kind of the convergence of several areas of interest.

November 22, 2012 6:41 am @Scorpion--what did you love so much about the issue? There were at least half a dozen of Pulido's panels that look as stiff as my drawings in high school art. The opening page is the major exception to that assessment, though. That one's great.