tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139630864504778401.post567299429842207760..comments2023-11-06T01:11:14.282-05:00Comments on Junk Food For Thought: Review- Captain America & Bucky: The Life Story of Bucky BarnesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139630864504778401.post-65647127722325816082012-01-02T19:29:37.381-05:002012-01-02T19:29:37.381-05:00The pics are back. Strangest thing...I was having ...The pics are back. Strangest thing...I was having trouble uploading pics during this, The Trial of Captain America and Eerie Vol. 5. They ended up somehow getting uploaded on to my Google+ profile and my phone. (F-in droid) So I'm deleting and moving shit around and I lost several shots. Oh well. That's life. <br />I haven't hated everything that Bendis has done with Avengers. Indeed, he has had some fresh ideas. His execution and dialogue are horrible, though. He'd make a good editor/plotter, but leave the dialogue to someone else.Kris Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459412655631882698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139630864504778401.post-86511637073456035532012-01-02T14:23:02.438-05:002012-01-02T14:23:02.438-05:00I miss Classic X-Men, especially since it (and The...I miss Classic X-Men, especially since it (and The Hidden Years) filled in the stories in interesting ways. Some at Marvel consider these "comics about comics," but these sold well for a reason IMO!<br /><br />I haven't read much of Slott's Spidey, but what I have read is really good - the best I've read since Claremont's Marvel Team-Up (mostly) done-in-ones, or maybe the best of Tangled Web.<br /><br />('Course, I like what Bendis has built with the Avengers, despite the occasionally off-putting dialogue - reminds me of Millar's Ultimates writing, where the focus tended to wander. So your mileage may vary!)<br /><br />BTW, the pics seem to be gone from this post. Ret-conned out of existence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139630864504778401.post-15878700613845409892011-12-31T05:35:19.170-05:002011-12-31T05:35:19.170-05:00Weird. The second paragraph was the last one that ...Weird. The second paragraph was the last one that I typed. Blogger ret-conned my comment.Kris Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459412655631882698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139630864504778401.post-3101311589100995092011-12-31T05:34:10.490-05:002011-12-31T05:34:10.490-05:00DC never made sense to me growing up, so yes, I wa...DC never made sense to me growing up, so yes, I was a Marvel guy. I started dabbling with DC when the Chronicles TPBs first came out. They were cheap, and I could start at the beginning. I tend to cherry pick DC stuff, and can enjoy each story regardless of continuity. I have too much time and emotional energy involved with Marvel's characters, though. <br /><br />Back to the point, I would say that pre-1961 continuity does count, with all of these Marvels Project, The Twelve, etc., referencing the Golden Age material. More continuity for me to catalog and love!<br /><br />It pains me to see what has happened to my beloved X-Men. They are dead to me...as dead to me as an ex-girlfriend. lol They no longer exist, I no longer have any desire to interact with them or keep up with anything going on in their lives. I wish them well but am indifferent to them. I have 2 more TPBs in my backlog, and then I will never buy any new X-Men titles unless John Byrne or Alan Davis team up with Chris Claremont again. I have plenty of vintage collections in the pipeline. I wasted (?) my early teens reading and re-reading the X-Men. Remember Classic X-Men? There was a certain level of satisfaction in reading those reprints in monthly installments. <br /><br />Sadly, I feel disconnected from many Marvel titles. I have like 4 or 5 Dan Slott Spider-Man PHCs in the queue, so I can't comment on the current state of Spider-Man. I can't wait for Bendis to leave The Avengers. I look at all of these Deadpool titles, and the fact that Wolverine is essentially an indestructible immortal able to bend space and time to fit in so many different titles and teams and frown. Fortunately for me, we live in an era where there are an abundance of publishers and titles who offer a diverse selection of material. I have some exciting non-big 2 material in the queue.Kris Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459412655631882698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139630864504778401.post-43850824712502435132011-12-30T20:58:32.665-05:002011-12-30T20:58:32.665-05:00"if the stories that were previously told hav..."if the stories that were previously told have no meaning, then neither does the one that I am currently reading."<br /><br />It's an imaginary story. But then, aren't they all? ;)<br /><br />Now I see why you're a Marvel guy: good luck making all of DC's stories fit together!<br /><br />(I think the "official" Marvel line for a long time was that the pre-1961 stories didn't count for continuity purposes. No idea if that's still the case.)<br /><br />For me, as soon as Claremont stopped writing X-Men, I stopped caring whether Marvel/DC characters were consistent from story to story, continuity be damned. Personally, as long as it's a good story, I don't care if it lines up with other stories by other authors. (Garth Ennis' faceless-Wolverine story in Punisher being a notable exception...) And if I don't like the story, it doesn't "count" in my world. It's like every new creator is a new "Crisis"! :)<br /><br />Francesco Francavilla's replacing Samnee for the next arc - check out his work on Zorro and Detective Comics if you get a chance; it's terrific. (He's one of my favorite cover artists these days, too)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com