Comments on: The Week In Ink: July 22, 2009 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:54:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Matteo Lolli http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25776 Matteo Lolli Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:14:31 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25776 Thanks for your kind word about MA:Spider-Man 53 art! :) Thanks for your kind word about MA:Spider-Man 53 art! :)

]]> By: Earlofthercs http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25386 Earlofthercs Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:11:56 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25386 I like Hawkman. Prick. I like Hawkman. Prick.

]]> By: AERose http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25304 AERose Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:06:14 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25304 "Yeah, you do always run the risk of a Wonder Woman or a Hawkman/Hawkgirl in that you end up with too convoluted a background not just for new readers, but for dedicated nerds like me who know who these characters are, but don’t actually know what they’re supposed to be this week. But resetting stuff like bringing Bruce Wayne back to life or fixing his gammy back – that’s good for the property in the long run." Hawkman and Wonder Woman have way bigger problems than the fact that they've been rebooted too many times. Namely: they suck. Which has basically been the problem with the Legion since whenever! (And the Teen Titans. Seriously, sometimes a concept just runs it's course. Let it die or at least let it rest, but don't keep waving a balloon in front of it and claiming it's not in a persistent vegetative state.) “Yeah, you do always run the risk of a Wonder Woman or a Hawkman/Hawkgirl in that you end up with too convoluted a background not just for new readers, but for dedicated nerds like me who know who these characters are, but don’t actually know what they’re supposed to be this week. But resetting stuff like bringing Bruce Wayne back to life or fixing his gammy back – that’s good for the property in the long run.”

Hawkman and Wonder Woman have way bigger problems than the fact that they’ve been rebooted too many times. Namely: they suck.

Which has basically been the problem with the Legion since whenever! (And the Teen Titans. Seriously, sometimes a concept just runs it’s course. Let it die or at least let it rest, but don’t keep waving a balloon in front of it and claiming it’s not in a persistent vegetative state.)

]]> By: Martin http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25299 Martin Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:49:44 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25299 LOVED Amazing Spider-Man 600, and let me be the one to say that I would love it even more if it meant that Marvel's going to be undoing the supernatural divorce! Secondly...the Superboy-Prime ending would be okay to me. If Geoff Johns had just been able to friggin' resist his gruesome urges and not implied that SBP had killed his sister and was threatening his parents to do the same. .....seriously, evil Johns, WHAT IS YOUR DAMNED PROBLEM??? LOVED Amazing Spider-Man 600, and let me be the one to say that I would love it even more if it meant that Marvel’s going to be undoing the supernatural divorce!

Secondly…the Superboy-Prime ending would be okay to me.

If Geoff Johns had just been able to friggin’ resist his gruesome urges and not implied that SBP had killed his sister and was threatening his parents to do the same.

…..seriously, evil Johns, WHAT IS YOUR DAMNED PROBLEM???

]]> By: Thrillsss http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25297 Thrillsss Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:25:11 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25297 The Marvel Uk guest stars in the final arc of Captain Britain really does make me sad that the series is over - oh, the stories Cornell could have told! I am a total Marvel UK geek, I must admit. Misspent youth and all that. The actual story itself was excellent, as well, which obviously helps. The new (and lassssst, noooo) issue was pure upbeat fist-in-air joy, really, a feeling I have not got from my pop culture since watching the last episode of Gurren Lagann or something. The Marvel Uk guest stars in the final arc of Captain Britain really does make me sad that the series is over – oh, the stories Cornell could have told! I am a total Marvel UK geek, I must admit. Misspent youth and all that.

The actual story itself was excellent, as well, which obviously helps. The new (and lassssst, noooo) issue was pure upbeat fist-in-air joy, really, a feeling I have not got from my pop culture since watching the last episode of Gurren Lagann or something.

]]> By: JosephJohnJurgens http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25292 JosephJohnJurgens Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:16:37 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25292 "I think changing things every five years is a bit excessive." Yeah, you do always run the risk of a Wonder Woman or a Hawkman/Hawkgirl in that you end up with too convoluted a background not just for new readers, but for dedicated nerds like me who know who these characters are, but don't actually know what they're supposed to be this week. But resetting stuff like bringing Bruce Wayne back to life or fixing his gammy back - that's good for the property in the long run. @Owesome: comic book stores close all the time and few reopen. Given that currently they're the only outlets for comic books, that's a worry too. Especially coupled with more than a few stores reducing their inventory to become toy stores and gadget shops first, and comic books outlets second. “I think changing things every five years is a bit excessive.”

Yeah, you do always run the risk of a Wonder Woman or a Hawkman/Hawkgirl in that you end up with too convoluted a background not just for new readers, but for dedicated nerds like me who know who these characters are, but don’t actually know what they’re supposed to be this week. But resetting stuff like bringing Bruce Wayne back to life or fixing his gammy back – that’s good for the property in the long run.

@Owesome: comic book stores close all the time and few reopen. Given that currently they’re the only outlets for comic books, that’s a worry too. Especially coupled with more than a few stores reducing their inventory to become toy stores and gadget shops first, and comic books outlets second.

]]> By: Kid Kyoto http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25270 Kid Kyoto Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:18:04 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25270 "Incidentally, # 36, there are no new comics readers. There’s about 300,000~400,000 current comics readers who actively read and purchase books on a regular basis, and once they die…" Or get girlfriends! I mean it's possible. Technically speaking. “Incidentally, # 36, there are no new comics readers. There’s about 300,000~400,000 current comics readers who actively read and purchase books on a regular basis, and once they die…”

Or get girlfriends!

I mean it’s possible. Technically speaking.

]]> By: Owesome http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25257 Owesome Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:20:03 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25257 Incidentally, # 36, there are no new comics readers. There's about 300,000~400,000 current comics readers who actively read and <i>purchase</i> books on a regular basis, and once they die... Incidentally, # 36, there are no new comics readers. There’s about 300,000~400,000 current comics readers who actively read and purchase books on a regular basis, and once they die…

]]> By: Joe W http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25254 Joe W Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:29:12 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25254 Actually, I never make it to the shop until Saturday (if I even make it). This place is one of my main places to look and see what's good that I might otherwise miss. I'm usually looking for indy stuff and tend to skip the Big 2 shelves outside of what I've seen featured here. Legion has had so many re-boots it should be published by Wildstorm. Actually, I never make it to the shop until Saturday (if I even make it). This place is one of my main places to look and see what’s good that I might otherwise miss. I’m usually looking for indy stuff and tend to skip the Big 2 shelves outside of what I’ve seen featured here.

Legion has had so many re-boots it should be published by Wildstorm.

]]> By: Chris Sims http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25251 Chris Sims Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:37:05 +0000 http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1910#comment-25251 <i>not every reader is willing to jump into a series that’s currently at part 150 of a storyline that started in the early 1990s.</I> The Legion of Super-Heroes was last rebooted in 2005. Before that, 1994, with a "soft" reboot and new series in 2001. I think changing things every five years is a bit excessive. not every reader is willing to jump into a series that’s currently at part 150 of a storyline that started in the early 1990s.

The Legion of Super-Heroes was last rebooted in 2005. Before that, 1994, with a “soft” reboot and new series in 2001.

I think changing things every five years is a bit excessive.

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