mattstev2000

March 19, 2012 6:32 am Hmmm, kind of underwhelmed by this book. I liked the art and the narrative choice of using the child in the background but the actual story and characters all seemed a bit half assed, thrown together and lacking in maturity.

February 9, 2012 10:50 am I miss the Spidey / MJ marriage - the books now just seem lacking without it :( On the plus side, good to see McFarlane's Spider-Man again - whatever you think about the guy he did draw some exciting dynamic Spidey.

February 7, 2012 9:28 am Chuck Austen is apparently such a comic book pariah that he can't even make the pariah list.

February 7, 2012 6:55 am They do seem to be playing this one quite dark and gritty for some reason - not really the way to go with a Spidey film...

February 7, 2012 5:43 am Totally agree - CGI villains are an immediate check in the negative column in my book. The overblown CGI sandman and venom at the end of Spider-Man 3 was one of (many) problems with that movie.

February 7, 2012 5:40 am Clearly I'm in the minority here but that was seriously underwhelming. All three of the lead actors don't look promising with Garfield especially not feeling like Peter in the slightest. Also, it doesn't look like the quality of the special effects have moved on much since the last round of Spider-Man movies. Personally, given the quality of Spider-Man 1 & 2, I would have given Raimi & Co another shot to get things back on track after number 3.

February 1, 2012 9:03 am Wow there's a lot of bunched panties and clichéd bitching on this thread. Personally I think they all sound great and I'm ready for these characters to be explored further.

January 19, 2012 5:09 am I used to buy bundles of Marvel stuff but OMD a few years ago was kinda of the last straw for me and ever since then my Marvel pull list has been diminishing week in, week out to the point where I now don't actually buy any Marvel at all. I think the 'taking the fans for granted' thing is really what it comes down to, they do seem to be more interested in their own opinions than those of the fans and generally seem to lack a bit of class when it comes to their business strategy. Are all DC's books good, nope. Do I buy them all, nope. Am I more willing to try new books from a company that seems to respects it's fans, yes indeed.

January 16, 2012 3:56 am I am in a quandry! I don't know whether to make the obvious choice and drop Grifter (the only one of those books that I'm still reading) or whether to keep buying it and just not reading it in the hope that it keeps Mr. Liefeld busy and away from any books I'm really enjoying. DC must have lost their mind.

January 13, 2012 5:11 am I felt the same way a year or so ago, but when DC decided to go day and date I decided to give some titles that I wasn't really that interested in a go digitally. Since then I've slowly increased my digital intake so that I'm now buying my entire DC pull list digitally and I've started adding other books as well. There are just too many advantages from my point of view... - Space! I'm drowning in comic books. They're everywhere in my house, my parents house, my girlfriends flat. Whereas the 100-200 digital comics I've accumulated so far take up none of my living space whatsoever! - Cost. Being in the UK, we get a fairly hefty premium on comic books (a $2.99 comic book costs £2.50 in my local shop) whereas I can buy books direct from ComiXology at the exchange rate (meaning a $2.99 book costs me £1.95. On top of that is the fact that the books I'm not sure about I buy four weeks later at the discounted $1.99 price. - Convenience. It's so great being able to just type a particular issue or writer or series etc. into the search box and find the books you want to read quickly and easily without the hassle of shifting fifty long boxes only to remember you never actually put the issue in question in the long box in the first place! - Portability. Sure reading comics on a phone isn't the best experience but the DC Comics app reader I use on my phone makes the books perfectly readable and enjoyable. This means that if I'm on the train, in the pub or even just hiding in the bathroom at work because I don't like my job I can pull out my phone and read a comic. - Free comics. There's loads of free issues, samplers, 101s etc with the ComiXology digital service - all of which I don't get if I go to the store. Honestly the only thing that worries me about the digital comics is the ethereal nature of what I've bought... where do all my comics go if ComiXology suddenly go bust? Hopefully the digital market is strong enough now that it's not something I need to worry about but even with that nagging in the back of my head the other reasons where just to persuasive to not make the switch.