Paj!

I'm writing/drawing a comic (I decided this a long time ago). Everytime I draw these days I hate, except with I'm doodling without pretension/intention and take ages over it. So my style will just be that. I invented a stable of my own characters with Chair, but am choosing just one of them as the focus, strangely the only one I hadn't defined, power-wise, or given a personality.

Batwoman WILL be stunning, even if just to look at. I have my eye on Resurrection Man for that reason you mentioned Daft. I knew of him before nuDc, but no idea his powers/story. Whereas Swamp Thing is quite famously amazing (from when Alan Moore wrote him onwards anyway) and Animal Man too.

So I've been in a massive Wonder Woman mood, and have been reading what many deem her essential stories. So I read the first 10 issues of George Perez's Wonder Woman post-crisis reboot (her origin basically) from the late 80's. That was good. Less painfully dated than I expected. A solid origin story, and I LOVED that she couldn't speak english, instead speaking in a Ancient Greek/Greek hybrid. It made me look up how that might sound, so I could properly imagine her voice. Then I skipped right to Phil Jimenez's early 2000's run as artist and writer as I knew bits he introduced from reading the Ultimate WW Guide I had when I was younger, and I heard it was a definitive run. That was good too, though I skimmed a few issues about dinosaurs, to get to the good bits with cool baddies. silly bitch Just finished Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia (my favourite new word), a one-off, fairly short graphic novel by Greg Rucka. It's excellent, and succinct. Whiel J.G Jones' art was good on Final Crisis, here I would've preferred a more stunning artist. It's fine though. But considering J.G Jones is a stunning painter (my av and sig), he should've painted it all rather than drawn. Gonna read Justice League: A League Of One next, but I might buy that. There's something about Wonder Woman...people (the average comic reader, and by that I'm talking about e'erone in this thread) don't give her a chance really. And she is notoriously hard to write. Hmm. I'm gonna give Rucka's full run a go next. I need to channel my feelings into something creative. --- So tomorrow is the next batch of nuDC titles. What'll people be picking up/reading from this lot? Batman & Robin 1 Batwoman 1 Deathstroke 1 Demon Knights 1 Frankenstein: Agent of Shade 1 Green Lantern 1 Grifter 1 Legion Lost 1 Mister Terrific 1 Red Lanterns 1 Resurrection Man 1 Suicide Squad 1 Superboy 1 Only certain buy is Batwoman. I'm interested in Batman and Robin, Demon Knights, Ressurection Man and Suicide Squad too. (Though appaz Squad is crap) I'll try out GL though I still give so little of a shit.

Yay! Now read the original run by Morrison k.

You bastard / thanks.

I do need to write a review in Paj! mode. I just wrote a Batgirl one in 'professional' mode...time for a Paj mode one I think. But that's hard to review a single issue in... I think I'll review an entire characters comics history in Paj! mode. I'll review Batman's 70+ year history. Yes.

I do think there was a strange lack of anything actually happening this season. Sookie was crap, all she did this season was get fucked. After finally going to Fairyland and meeting other fairies, she uses her powers like...slightly more than usual this season. I think more could've/should've been done with Marnie et all, felt like they were in the shop for ages. I don't think the writers knew how to balance so many characters and plots at once. I enjoyed it though. If it were badly written, it would affect my enjoyment, and it isn't, so it's fine.

But...this logic is dependant on their being an INTENTION for a final chapter to be how it turns out. There was clearly never meant to be a Terminator 3 after T2. If in T3, they made some bullshit retcon up like...Sarah Connor was terminator the whole time (or something), but it was obviously made up after the fact and doesn't make any sense in the context of the original films with her in, why would you pay attention to it/let it ruin the films? It makes no sense. When a retcon along those lines (or less ridiculous) is introduced which then is carried on as canon in later installments of whatever metaphorical story we're talking about, then I suppose you have more cause for complaint, BUT it still wouldn't change the fact that the originals weren't created with that in mind, so it's fine. I'm a comics fan - I have to deal with, and accept or reject alterations/additions/subtractions to a fictional, never-ending, always transforming 'canon' every month of my life for the last...13 years. You learn to realise what was tacked on later, and what was part of a greater vision. I fail to see why others let shitty things that weren't part of the original's plan taint earlier greatness.

VOTE: AQU1LA I'm for actually lynching in mafia games.

Yeah but it'd be far worse is Terminator 2/Alien3 ended with a cliffhanger/intention to be continued in another film, and then the next film was atrocious. As it was, both films concluded conclusively. Anything after that, and it's quality, should have no bearing on the films previous. It's not like the final chapter being crap. Both T3 and A:R were tacked on. They mean nothing to their respective previous films, really.

P.S Dan I'm writing a Batgirl review. I dunno if it's any good but I'm writing it and I'll go over it when I'm done. --- COME ON STUPID CUNTS absolüt transicon

So having read Action Comics I really don't get why people (well Dan and Daft, haven't seen if anyone else hated it) are so up in arms about 'rats' and 'I'm your worst nightmare'. I mean, he's starting out, completely unsure how to act, and presumably having no precedent (if in this universe there aren't (m)any Superhumans before Supes) for how to be a superhero. It sounds like someone trying to be overconfident and 'heroic', like something you'd see in a classic movie, or an old comic. Additionally, it reminds us that he's this young guy from the backend of nowhere who has been raised very simply...that's what his use of 'rats' reminded me of. I don't really understand how else it could be taken. Seemed obvious to me. It didn't take me out the comic either. I'm over the art. It was better than generic, and it was handled fine, but I just kept thinking how gorgeous it would've been with like...anyone else on it. Mainly Frank Quitely. *sigh* But yeah, it was fine. I like how Superman feels so far. Not amazing at life, just really great/strong/fast. I want to be his Landlady's friend. Also, some people are saying the '3' friends who visited are meant to be the 3 from Stormwatch, but if they were, it's an editorial mishap as this takes place five years ago and Supes is in his normal costume in Stormwatch. --- I really enjoyed Batgirl. Felt so solid, and the character came off the pages, and felt realistic (her reactions to things). I'm potentially stunned by The Mirror. I need to wait and see how he/it develops through the arc though. I hope/like to believe Simone was influenced/turned to Maya Deren's films for inspiration.she clearly didn't. I would've. Anyway, yeah, really liked it. --- Animal Man is my favourite thing so far. YESSS. So glad. The art was bloody fantastic...I wish more comics were ALLOWED to have this calibre of artist on board. Ugh. I saw some oaf on CBR boards compare it to a 3-year old's scribble. SRSLY. The art was stunning. Loved the writing, loved the opening..yes. I'm sore beween my legs in anticipation.

I think it won an Eisner award (the only real comic awards).

It'll blow your face off with it's restraint. It's actually brilliant. The whole thing is that he's really normal/this was a character no one had an opinion on before. / Morrison had never done 'his view on a DC hero' before now. So it's all gradual and stuff. Issue 5 is where you realise. You realise what is to come. And everything you see has bearing later on.

Finished SEASON $ OHEMGEEEEE Fuck at the ending. Everyone on their last clicks, everyone having 3 damage. [/reference for Chair/ReZ] Two of my faves

This is more of a 'not bad but also not good/not good but also not bad' thing, but I'll put it here. Basically I hate that I have no nice clothes* *overstatement, but it's like, 10% of my clothes/less are clothes I'd wear 'on a night out' or 'to look nice'. The rest are all just 'I don't care/scruffy', but not even necessarily nice-scruffy, and I'm so sick of it. I have actually lost weight since this time last year (looking at photos of myself then is ugh x12 over cringe) and can wear nice clothes without looking at the 'fat guy in a cardigan' and thinking I look a bit like him. So yeah I need nice clothes. I seemed to have no money last month for some reason (I bought a nice blazer/jacket for £20 and some trousers for £15, some how the rest was taken up with bus fares...), but I'll get more when I'm back in London in a week or so. I've sorted my t-shirts into 'no-opinion', 'have something to tell me', and 'my official wardrobe'. I need to shrink the majority of my trousers as 36 is too big for me now...if that fails buy new ones. But I'm in the mood for customising. I need to tear into my too big jeans and make joke shorts or something. And turn several old shit t-shirts into something great. I'm so in the mood. I need a haircut and dye and then to finally get my piercing/tattoo and just deal with life and image. I feel like Quentin Quire, only with less of an ideal behind all I do. But yeah I'm kinda over like...'body issues'/I never had 'body issues' - that's really offensive to people who actually suffer from serious illnesses - I spent yesterday morning in just my pants, covered head to toe in gold body paint in front of mostly strangers, then had to go outside like that (don't ask...). And I realised I'd never actually done something like that before. I'm such a art student-fail. But all that will change. I'm fighting the Anti-Life Equation as we speak.

^ That stuns me. I have nothing, nothing. Specially if the majority of the info will come via PM.

Oh...also the Onslaught 'Epic'/Storyline from the mid-nineties in Marvel. You may have read that though. I have a soft spot for the story - first big event I ever read (it started as I started reading at 8 years old), and I didn't have to collect a million issues for it cause I just bought the UK colector's editions which collected stuff all together anyway. I don't think it's bad. Might be blinded by nostalgia...and certainly it's more interesting in the early stages of the story, when you aren't sure who to trust/what's going on.

I appreciate Talking Heads, even though after years and years of having 3 of their albums I still can't quite get into them. I want to blame the horrible quality of the CD's themselves, but I dunno. I find it less fitting than your iconic Boards of Canada one, less intriguing. 5.9/10 overall

Are you going to paint it?

^ What does that mean?

I'm sure Clannad is a great thing, but the design of that brown-haired girl is still one of the most hideous character designs I've ever seen. I remember having a debate/he was needlessly angry with The Villan about that on these boards. Really can't bear those giant eyes - that one character I've seen from Clannad takes it to the extreme.

All-Star Superman comes to mind, if not a typical sacrifice. Oh, and Final Crisis lol. I know you hate it, don't worry. It does technically still count though. :p Thing is the concept of hero sacrifice is used a lot, but often not as the main point of a story...like a lot of heroes end up dying in sacrifice during events and stuff, but it often isn't the main point. Cable sacrifices himself in Second Coming for example.

Who here watched the Wonder Woman Pliot? I did just now. I can see why it wasn't picked up as it didn't have that X Factor needed for a TV show/the writing wasn't up to par. The costume was "..." but then it added in context / when you realise why it is the way it is. I actually quite like the radical rethinking of the Wonder Woman concept. She was such a dubious hero, like I was on Kelly Brook's side half the time - why should Wondy be allowed to go around beating people up/killing people (I gasped at that bit!)? Yeah she was trying to stop a drug baroness but then does the end justify the means? And I think the angle of her running Themiscyra Industries could've been really interesting (though we don't actually know what it produces - we just know the merchandise division funds her superheroics). She didn't feel much like Wonder Woman from the comics, but I actually quite liked the personality they gave her. Felt realistic and imperfect, which I guess was the point. Basically I think a lot of the concepts are worth merit - I liked her splitting of her life into three, her trying to set up Facebook (I am metaphorical crai at that bit), her "Ugh, just deal with it!" attitude etc. Just wasn't executed that successfully. Not ATROCIOUS (lol at the wire-work not having been removed though) but not great either - but as a rethink of Wonder Woman it was kinda interesting, and I would've liked to see where they went with it (i.e her actual origins). ---- A stunning thing to read/see.