monkeyking

June 28, 2021 5:44 am To help answer Betsy's question, Marvel's Champoins series is ongoing (recently rebooted for "Outlawed" aka "Civil War II, Jr.") but it's pretty good and youth friendly. I wouldn't recommend much of the X-Men at all under Hickman, but The Children of the Atom has a great take and a strong voice. Likewise Ms Marvel. Also, if Josh were there I'm sure he'd recommend the Runaways that's still ongoing. (Sorry. 95% of what I buy is Marvel, so I don't know much from other publishers) Don't sell yourself short, Conor. Your suggestions are fine. Don't try to second guess what "kids" might like. Quality will speak for itself, and young people, like anyone, will make up their own minds.

May 23, 2021 9:11 pm As I'm sure many will have pointed out by now, Ricardo Jones is a Lee/Kirby character from the 60s, the main antagonist in the famous "This Man, This Monster" issue. Like a lot in this comic, his situation in Life Story has been tweaked to fit, of course. Interestingly, the character was never named until an issue of Amazing Spider-Man decades later, having something to do with the time Spider-Man was turned into a Hulk. For the first time. Ah, comics.

March 18, 2021 10:48 am "Drip?" Doesn't Zemo just want a good cup of coffee?

February 22, 2021 9:17 pm Thank you for recommending Shadow Doctor. I don't think I would have picked it up otherwise. Maybe one of the things you said that made it feel light or introductory or whatver was how "storyboardish" it was. It's clear that Patterson's prior work was film, as most pages felt that they were timed like storyboards and not comic book panels. Reading back to back with Second Coming and the differences are clear. But, such storyboards-as-comics has been the choice for the industry for about 20 years or more now, so that's my own windmill to tilt. Again tho thanks for the recommendation. A very affecting comic overall.

September 11, 2020 1:35 am I had to adjust the playback to something like 1.18x speed to make it feel watchable. At that point, tho, I did enjoy, probably to Conor levels. One of the best elements is that Superman felt "hopeful" and inspiring in a way he hasn't for a while. I would rather that be the first exmaple of a hero in this post DCAU world, rather than Batman as it's implied. I wonder if the new JSA film is inspired the success of Stargirl?

July 24, 2020 8:31 am Oh! *MIDNIGHT* Run. I always thought you guys were always talking about *LOGAN'S* Run. Hmm. If the jamokes ramble on about it, I might have to check it out.

July 20, 2020 8:42 am I remember it was one of those "big deals" publishing stunts, when Marvel post-bankrupcy and post-Heroes Reborn, as Steve Englehart was invited back to write an Avengers miniseries, using Mantis and his Celestial Madonna/Messiah. The whole thing was given the weight of "This is What He Always Meant To DO!" And (in my best Josh voice) "it was... fine." Of course, with such a lead-up, something that was just "fine" felt like a let-down. Anyway, that was when Quoi was first introduced. Mantis said his full name was Sequoia, but he was a whiny teenager that wanted everyone to call him "Quoi." Which I guess means it's supposed to be pronounced like "coy"?

July 1, 2020 9:55 pm Whoops! Got to this one late, so it's in the "nothing matters" column of NMS;NM The shipping schedule meant that the Empyre #0: Fantastic Four issue didn't come out the same week as its Avengers counterpart that we read. I suspect that it tells a similar tale but with the FF's perspective that allows them to ally with the other side -- making the reveal at the end of the issue a kind of "flip book" that leads to the same point. It would be a nice call-back to the original Kree-Skrull War annuals, in which the Avengers and FF issues did the same kind of parallel stories trick. Al Ewing is proving to be "today's" Kurt Busiek, making deep dives into continuity etc. while making fresh takes and staying true to characters. You may have dropped of Immortal Hulk but the last issue told a retrospective of the Leader that was simply amazing.

March 28, 2020 7:54 am I think I remember hearing Kurt Busiek remark that Robin's name was always originally meant to invoke Robin Hood. Do you think there is any truth to that? What else was ever the reason to give him the codename Robin, then?

March 2, 2020 7:30 am As I'm sure others may have pointed out by now, D'Spayre is a back-catalog villain from the original Man-Thing series. He popped up again as a regular Cloak and Dagger villain as well as some scattered appearances here and there. Made for a great villain,here! Way to go Patrons on a great pick!