russellbuzz

Name: Russell Smith

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April 14, 2012 8:15 pm Assuming this book's quality is similar to Immortal Iron Fist, all of Hawkeye's fans will be heard yelling: "Just like this! Just like thissssss......!" ;)
February 23, 2012 9:59 pm I also really enjoyed the 12 issue run by Ed Brubaker called "Revolution". Featured art by an up-and-coming Dustin Nguyen...very underrated, IMO!
July 8, 2011 1:02 pm It's sooooo obvious...

"Osama Reborn"



oops...Erik Larsen's already got that covered.

Never mind.
April 11, 2011 6:02 pm

Nice work, David!

That reminds me of a stupid animation I made a couple years ago...

"Thanos and the Cosmic Cubicle"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05m5BUv8nek

October 7, 2010 12:09 pm Next up...Tom vs. 2000AD? 
October 16, 2009 4:17 pm

Zeppo--don't worry about the differences in storytelling between the Vertigo books and the mainstream superhero books from the Big Two.  Coltrane68 is right...if you're enjoying the stories in Amazing Spider-Man, it's most likely that it's still worth buying.  The storytelling styles for the superhero books are similar to soap operas; they're meant to keep continuing and developing new storylines, with definite endings or closure to overall storylines a rarity.  Most of the Vertigo books seem to be developed with a definite beginning, middle, and end in mind, and each chapter builds on the events of the previous chapters, much like the Wire from HBO.  That show was developed with a definite structure for the story they wanted to tell, and most of the Vertigo series these days seem to follow a similar structure.  Fables, for example, seems to have been expanded from its original plan of running a certain number of issues.  The only superhero book that I can think of in recent memory that was conceived with a definite ending in mind was James Robinson's Starman, but I'm sure there are other examples.

In terms of Wildstorm, I think the beginning of the downward spiral were the events around and after 9/11, when DC editorial continued to censor the work of Millar's Authority, and the plans to release Garth Ennis' Authority series were scrapped.  Although books like Wildcats 3.0, Automatic Kafka, and Stormwatch: Team Achilles had lots of critical acclaim, the sales never seemed to recover from the early days of the DC merger.  Many of the big name talent that had previously worked for Wildstorm left for other publishers (Ellis and Hitch, for example).  Alan Moore wrapped up his work on the ABC titles.  The final nail in the coffin was the premature collapse of the "Worldstorm" relaunch, where Grant Morrison never followed through with his planned work on Wildcats and the Authority.  Sales and confidence in the line in general have slid ever since.  Sure, there have been lots of quality works from the line in the meantime, but too little sales and too little exposure have diluted the line.

September 4, 2009 9:38 am Maybe the Dynamic Duo are racing to the Bat-Storm cellar?
September 1, 2009 8:15 am

And here I thought the show was the result of 100% CGI magic...computers don't need rest...

My disillusionment grows with each passing moment...

;)

J/K, guys!  Hey, it's your show...we're fortunate to have you folks work on it to begin with.  I don't argue with free.  That's why y'all can set your own hours.  We'll see you when the show returns!  Excelsior!

August 31, 2009 10:33 am

I really don't think Disney's aim in this move is to start changing things around at Marvel just for the sake of making changes.  Maybe a little, but I expect most things will remain the same as before.  They made this move in order to generate further capital.

Hopefully this will result in two benefits for us fans: the infusion of capital will enable Marvel to lower the prices of its $3.99 books back down to $2.99, especially if there aren't extra pages.  Hopefully it will also allow Marvel to further support books that aren't performing well financially, but are critically acclaimed.  Too bad this move came too late to help books like Captain Britain and MI-13.

July 29, 2009 8:54 am

Rest your voices, guys.  Any more strain and you'd have use a voice simulator, Steven Hawking-style.