keepcoolbutcare wrote:I heart Bryan K. Vaughan and want to see Brokeback Mountain with him...fast becoming the best compliment I can give a man.
lyra belacqua wrote:I love you.
Adam Balm wrote:Ex Machina is honestly one of the comics I've read dealing with the post 9/11 world. I was seriously disappointed that Jeph Loeb was picked over him to write Ultimates v. 3.
Ribbons wrote:Adam Balm wrote:Ex Machina is honestly one of the comics I've read dealing with the post 9/11 world.
So it's one of the comics you've read dealing with the post 9/11 world? But was it any good? Yuk yuk yuk.
Adam Balm wrote:I haven't read UXM. You should read Ex Machina though. I think all the best mainstream creators working today are terribly uneven, and BKV is no exception.
keepcoolbutcare wrote:do you think he would do a good job on it?
I dunno' if he has that in him, yet, but it would be an interesting concept.
This is all based on someone's (GarbageMan?) comments 'bout how his superhero work isn't all that, but I haven't read anything else by him 'cept the stuff I cited, so as usual I have no idea what the hell I'm talkin' about.
keepcoolbutcare wrote:
I'd let him look at my dink...heh, maybe THAT'S the best compliment I can give a man!
thedoglippedone wrote:Ex-Machina 20 - Last page, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I'm gutted.
thedoglippedone wrote:Keepcoolbutcare wrote:thedoglippedone wrote:Ex-Machina 20 - Last page, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I'm gutted.
I had supressed that 'til now.
It kinda sorta had to happen...but that didn't mean I wanted it to.
Great story though.......
Keepcoolbutcare wrote:thedoglippedone wrote:Keepcoolbutcare wrote:thedoglippedone wrote:Ex-Machina 20 - Last page, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I'm gutted.
I had supressed that 'til now.
It kinda sorta had to happen...but that didn't mean I wanted it to.
Great story though.......
I was expecting an inside job.
Leckomaniac wrote:I REALLY hope it isn't Niko...she is awesome. I could do without Gert...although the whole Raptor thing is cool...but she is just obnoxious. This book is absolutely awesome. Each issue is pure gold. I hope there is no end in sight...because i don't know if I could carry on without The Runaways in my life.
thedoglippedone wrote:...I really hope it's not Molly.....
Bob Poopflingius Maximus wrote:I have only read the first graphic novel. I wish I had money...
Leckomaniac wrote:I AM SO HAPPY IT WAS GERT THAT DIED! I don't think I could have stomached losing one of the other Runaways. I have always hated Gert...the only cool aspect to her character was the dinosaur...other than that she was just bad. Still a great read...can't wait for the new storyline.
keepcoolbutcare wrote:But it can't be Gert (if that vision of the future was correct...
ETA: I suppose, maybe, it could be Old Lace.
Keepcoolbutcare wrote:Leckomaniac wrote:
I AM SO HAPPY IT WAS GERT THAT DIED! I don't think I could have stomached losing one of the other Runaways. I have always hated Gert...the only cool aspect to her character was the dinosaur...other than that she was just bad. Still a great read...can't wait for the new storyline.
ROTTEN-NESS BELOW!keepcoolbutcare wrote:But it can't be Gert (if that vision of the future was correct...
ETA: I suppose, maybe, it could be Old Lace.
always hedge your bets. Glad that Old Lace is still kickin' it, and Chase finally has a power. But Lecko...
wtf? "she was just bad?" Boffo ananlysis.
I, obviously, differ. Gert was a strong, brash, tell-it-like-it-is 'lil chubb-rockette who scored herself teh hotboy and died, as she lived, a fucking hero. Respect due, punk!
"All your base are belong to the New Pride" -- HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
teh bestest comic gets better and betterer. Now please Mr. Vaughan, don't kill anybody off for a little while, I was still SPOILER FOR THOSE NOT UP TO DATE WITH Ex Machina...
gettin' over Journal.
/SPOILER
Oh, and Dog, I've been thinkin' that for a while now. I fucking hope so, but not for a couple of story arcs. Alex comes back, you know someone else is gonna die.
I just don't think I can handle it just yet. I mean, fuck, who's next, Ampersand???
Keepcoolbutcare wrote:bunch more to add about this...tiny sized spoilers below.
Love Love Love the twist with Xavin being Nico. Why the fuck I didn't see that (kinda obvious, in retrospect, if one was of the persuasion Nico wasn't gonna die) exemplifies Vaughan's writing prowess. Sure, anything can happen, anyone can die, but only within the rigid parameters of what's been established already. When Xavin said he was "a runaway", I flipped to the cover...no, he wasn't there, but since he's a shape-shifter, maybe he was? But, nah, Vaughan don't fuck about, when he says a Runaway is gonna die, HE MEANS IT. No stunts, no gimmicks. And "Dead Means Dead" is the title for the next issue. Maybe it's the fact this is a relatively new series and doesn't have the whole dustbin of history heap behind it, but Vaughan can, and does, make sweeping moves that actually mean something. With the betrayal and death of the team leader early on in the run, Vaughan created a world, unique in Superherodom (even tho' I still don't think this is a "superhero" comic per se), a world where the characters age, evolve, change...and die.
Alphona & Co. constantly deliver some of the best art in the business. Characters seem to jump off the page, in a versimilitude to the real yet still comicy look. The facial expressions match up with the words to an uncanny degree, especially in the non-action panels. That's not an easy to pull off, but they make it look easy. And hey, Nico is teh hotness.
Normally, while I'll chuckle at pop-cultural references, they rarely feel "right" to me. Whedon did it pretty well in Buffy (I could see Buffy knowing some arcane geekery, she did hang with Xander and all), but Vaughan upped the ante. Computer nerds saying oft heard web logisms? Check. A mecha teen throwing a Leeroy Jenkins World of Warcraft reference here works, and works well. Ditto the @sskick3r bit.
And then Gert. The little lady, in our discussion after reading, mentioned how losing her is a huge blow. Not for obvious reasons either. Rather, how many girls in comics, mainstream superheroey comics mind you, have a realistic body type? Rare breed that. She was well rounded (heh), precocious, shoot from the hip, brash brave and bold. And for a second, I thought maybe she might live, and our genetically engineered dinosaur might be the one from the cover who bites it. Alas, no.
But check that last page again. A pissed off, angry and righteous Chase, with an irate not-a-Velocoraptor and the words "so our power can't end up in the wrong hands." We know (or think we know) that Chase has a violent history. Gert was right, Chase isn't an "innocent soul". And check that hand. When visuals and dialogue match up this well, you know you're in the rarified air of comics, the upper atmosphere of Moore, Gaiman, Ellis and Millar. I was nervous with anticipation for the last issue, scared for who would be the one to go. Now, I'm nervous for Chase. He's got nothing now...nothing. Except, now, power, and the will to use it.
Really, you can have your mega crossovers, your earth shattering revelations and tie-ins and the like.
This is the best comic in the business.
Recognize.
Leckomaniac wrote:...and when you are desperate you do stupid and rash things you know?
Keepcoolbutcare wrote:Leckomaniac wrote:...and when you are desperate you do stupid and rash things you know?
king_of_nowhere's slogan?
Brian K Vaughn wrote:A quick plug, just 'cause I'm so proud of this one:
THE ESCAPISTS is a kind of modern-day successor to Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY, but because this is an all-new story, you won't have to read that (brilliant) book to understand and enjoy our series. But for you fellow Chabon fans, here's what the author was generous enough to say about our first issue:
"After bringing to bear on the problem his formidable knowledge of the world of comics, from the mists of the Golden Age to the Xeroxed and stapled world of the self-published zine, his sensitive grasp of character, his muscular story-telling gift, his fine ear for dialog, and a careful re-reading of the source novel, Brian turned in a script that caused grown men, or at least one grown man, to weep for joy. It is a script that well meets, and perhaps even exceeds, the expectations raised by the shadow of the parent novel: the need for a sense of immersion in a 'real' world of 'real' characters. It is absolutely faithful both to the spirit of Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay and Rosa Saks, and to that of the Escapist himself. And yet it is, thrillingly, unmistakably the work of Mr. Vaughan."
Clearly, Michael gets a taste of the royalties.
VERY loosely inspired by my experiences growing up in the comic-book Mecca that is Cleveland, Ohio (hometown of Superman creators Siegel & Shuster, Brian Bendis, Harvey Pekar, etc.), our story follows the behind-the-scenes adventures of a bunch of aspiring young comics creators, as they try to breathe new life into a Golden Age superhero known as the Escapist. I think it's an even stronger first issue than Y: THE LAST MAN 1 or EX MACHINA 1, so I really hope fans of those series will shell out four quarters and give this one a shot.
Leckomaniac wrote:On another note, did anyone here read The Escapist #1? I loved it...I wondered if anyone else felt the same.
MasterWhedon wrote:Pacino86845 wrote:Is that a Frank Miller cover for the Escapists?
That's what I thought.
thedoglippedone wrote:Keepcoolbutcare wrote:lovin' that sig dog.
Cheers dude, I can tie it to my head next time.
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