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mmyoung

Name: Mark Young

Bio: If I can make it here, I'll make it anywhere.

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March 20, 2011 8:41 pm Oh, wait, I guess that is Scott Lang with the "dated" ilne from Jess. I thought it was an Ultron version.
March 20, 2011 8:39 pm Not trying to nitpick, but...

1) No "dated" line between Jess Jones and Scott Lang.
2) No Jack of Hearts. Meh, every artist hated drawing his costume anyway.
3) Is Black Knight on there? 
March 10, 2011 3:26 pm All your justice are belong to us.
February 21, 2011 1:15 pm I LOL'd at the big gray lips. Now there's a villain they need to bring back...
February 17, 2011 5:06 pm Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. +995 more times yes.

KISS KISS BANG BANG is awesome as many people have mentioned, but I also love Black's screenplays because they're very pulpy. I really think that he can tell a fantastic comic-book story. 
February 10, 2011 12:22 pm "Why would you go to a brick-and-mortar retailer to buy a digital alternative?"

Well, why would you go to a Target to buy an iTunes download? And yet Target sells iTunes gift cards, and doesn't offer them only around Christmastime, either. Lots of convenience stores do too. Someone is clearly willing to buy music in that way. And given the way that Apple changed the game in a music biz that was scared s--tless by Napster, it's only right that Diamond would want to imitate their model.

Plus, what is Diamond's alternative? If they don't offer a digital-purchase choice to brick-and-mortar retailers, then the natural progression of their business model is the death of the comic book store (maybe not now or anytime soon, but eventually). No one wants to see that, especially Diamond.

That's not to say everything about this is good and/or smart - offering the book + digital for 0.99 extra seems crazy to me - but I think that your first complaint is without merit. 
February 10, 2011 9:34 am There's something vaguely sinister about DC Comics wanting to know what I had for breakfast.
January 13, 2011 8:38 pm On Twitter earlier today I told Paul Montgomery that I hated every panel in INFINITE VACATION except for the splash pages. Wasn't quite true, I guess. I like some other ones, including the one shown here. 
January 13, 2011 9:59 am Oh man, the Headmen. Now there's an old-school villain.
January 7, 2011 10:26 am Man Hardmann and Samnee are so good.