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I think they're taking breaks to re-energize themselves. They don't want it to become just another book that has to push out an issue every month. They actually care about the story, so they spend time thinking about it.

It's been very worth it thus far.

Yeah, it is so unique, I really do like it a lot. Probably my favorite comic since reading Sandman back in the day.

I have fallen off reading the new Valiant stuff. I will probably start back in in a few months or so but I just got out of it. And the stories got a bit tedious in some respects. Maybe I was just not in the right headspace for it.

Fuck GotG #20 and fuck Bendis.

Oh, another slightly mature comic that I really liked was called The Authority. The 1st series, and the Jenny Sparks mini-series. They were both very good, and you can get all of them on Trade Paperback. It's an older series that began in 1999. I really enjoyed it.

The basic concept is very similar to Invincible. These are a group of people that become government super heroes. Lots of shit happens. It's entertaining and very original.

Volume 1:Authority, The: Relentless: Warren Ellis: 9781563896613: Amazon.com: Books
Volume 2:http://www.amazon.com/The-Authority-...4665053&sr=8-1'
Volume 3:Authority, The: Earth Inferno and Other Stories: Mark Millar: 9781563898549: Amazon.com: Books
Volume 4:Authority, The: Transfer of Power: Mark Millar, Tom Peyer: 9781401200206: Amazon.com: Books
Jenny Sparks:Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority: Mark Millar, John Layman, John McCrea, James Hodgkins, Warren Ellis, Ian Hannin: 9781563897696: Amazon.com: Books

Xarpolis_sl said:

Oh, another slightly mature comic that I really liked was called The Authority. The 1st series, and the Jenny Sparks mini-series. They were both very good, and you can get all of them on Trade Paperback. It's an older series that began in 1999. I really enjoyed it.

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I loved all the Warren Ellis issues, later ones were still good but not quite up to that level. People here yell at me that I should read Planetary instead. It's on my list.

IT'S ON MY LIST!!!

New villain, old tales part of DC's' 'Convergence'

Mega event for DC next year.

Kindof funny... seems very similar to Marvels Secret wars too. someone stole someone idea... or its on purpose. Crossover?

.oh, full disclosure on ethics in comics journalism.
I work on Jl3k, Supergirl, Infinity man, and Futures end from DC comics currently.

The weekly nature of it, does make spoilers a bit too easy to find. Solicits, covers, etc are just too obvious, since you have them something like 20 issues in advance.
Like right now, Madison. Amusing, I will say, I do not have the script for what will happen to her.. so, its possible I'm wrong.. but, take a look at the previews, and teasers.. it should be blatantly obvious.


Futures end is being much better received then I expected. I'll admit, I am not a super fan of it. I was very critical of the free comic day 0 issue.
Grimdark, badend everyone. Body horror. someone loses an arm every week, to the point I think its on purpose now.
Pacing concerns are totally valid. We have what 6 stories going on at once. some get 5 pages a week, others go a week or two with nothing.
Inconsistent art. 6 artists. Weekly format. consistency is a nightmare.

Jl3k on the other hand, I am extremely proud of.


I don't do the client relations, so can't really say how its decided which titles we at HiFi work on. which they come to us for, etc. We worked with Howard Porter on Threshold, his Mongul oneshot. so its likely jl3k was intentionally keep together. sometimes we do pick ups. Ive done red hood stuff, superman/ww stuff, superman, etc. I think that is how we started doing Supergirl, we started on that on issue 25 or so?
Futures end makes sense, as a studio we can do all of them. No singular colorist could do a book/week consistently. (well some could honestly..), or then get 2-4 separate colorists, and have issues potentially not match. so a studio/house would be better equipped to keep it consistent.

"What we're really addressing is they all exist and have existed and exist within the framework of the New 52," Lee explains. "Convergence is in many ways the most meta epic event we've done."

Everything is canon. There is not 52 universes, there is infinite universes. Infinite multiverses, omniverses. your head canon, is canon. The authors intent is canon. The death of the author is canon. The audiences reception is canon. both based on the same story.
we are as much of the living story as the stories themselves. The idea of Batman, superman, etc as a concept is canon. Its part of human personal, and collective consciousness. The interaction between fans, authors, and creations is real. Look how Marvel movies effect the comic representations. This also happens in DC. in fact, other things as well, as we rally with or against hipster invasion with Batgirl, etc...
They inspire us, we inspire them.
Multiversity, Convergance, Hypercrisis.

lanx_sl said:

No one at my store even talked about JL3k after the first issue, (this was like a year ago?) from what i remember, some future, gene manipulated JL guys w/ messed up memories? i'm mean if you're proud of it, i'll give the run a try and call up my store tonite to include the year for my pull and check it out. if anything i remember the art was nice so i could just end up giving it to my nephew. (who is really into art)

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Yeah, I am pretty happy with the art.
Howard Porter is killing it.
Story is pretty fun. Very tongue in cheek.

Lyrical_sl said:

Congrats. I know you did the independent thing for awhile. Hopefully, this pays better?

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oh, ive been doing this for years now. Indie stuff is on the side. I think Justice League generations lost was my first regular for DC comics. 2010 looks like, checking back. Lots of 1 shot stuff. Doc savage, Booster gold, Shazam, Magog.
Titans v2 was regular too. Marvel stuff isn't monthlies. its been painted stuff, ala Golden books. Disney too. we do Image, dark horse and randoms as well.
I have Dr who 12th Dr, dr who 11th dr atm. The evil within game tie-in comic. Sidekick, Dream Police, all as ongoings atm as well.