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Netflix Unlocks 'Locke & Key' Series After Hulu Passes

 

I read all of the main books when they hit trade: Action, Detective, Superman/woman/girl/sons, Batman/woman/girl, Teen Titans, Titans, Green Lanterns, Wonder Woman, Mother Panic, Aquaman, Flash, Injustice 2, Justice League.

As for Marvel, I haven't read much of anything lately. A lot of the stories have gotten stale. I tried reading Gwenom but didn't find it very interesting.

 

That's a lot haha. I was loving the Bat family titles when I was keeping up. Are you going to be checking out No Justice when the trade is out?

I've been loving Spider-Gwen. I'm going to be sad when this run ends. But I know what you mean. Things like Venomized felt very middle-of-the-road and I probably reviewed it more highly than I should have hah. Oh well.

 

I'll definitely be reading it. I'm looking forward to all of the event stuff DC is doing. Its odd because I was strongly opposed to it with the way Marvel was pumping it out. The tie-ins and spin-offs have all been great on DC's end though. I even liked Suicide Squad vs Justice League.

 

Harrow County's endgame has been absolutely insane. I liked the comic from the beginning but it's on a whole new level now.

 

Watch a magical trailer for Netflix’s very first ... comic book?

 

Doomsday Clock 5, ASM 800 (got 3 variants, including the 1:25 one), and finished up Barrier today.

 

Man of Steel #1 was solid. Only issue was I felt the last page was a bit of a weak cliffhanger.

No Justice was fun. Manapul is on 3/4 and the issue without him is a real bummer.

 

I'm currently reading X-MEN Schism.

It's really intense. I like it!

 

I'm excited to read Bendis' Man of Steel...when it gets collected, 'cause weekly comics are bad. lol.

 

@Deanna I enjoyed the Cloak & Dagger stuff in Ultimate Spidey: MM but that's my only exposure to them.

 

FUCKING FINALLY


GET IT DONE

How many issues of it are there now? I read the first trade which was pretty cool.

Really like Bunn wish he'd do more for DC

 

Cloak and Dagger's origin story is great. The Spider Island story was cool too. There really isn't a lot of stuff.

 

Bunn is sort of the ultimate workhorse in comic writing. What I read of Magneto was wonderful, and what I read of X-Men: Blue was my favorite recent X-team material. But, I never really get excited when I see his name. He's just a consistently solid writer who cranks out a crapload of material.

 

pretty pumped for this, looks rad

 

Why exactly did Netflix get into the comic book game? Was it so they have an easy way to test out original content that they can immediately pick up for a TV series?

 

I'd say that is likely. They bought all of Millar's content, so there is a good chance some of his older stuff is already in production in some capacity.

 

I think they just wanted dibs on the intellectual property machine that is Mark Millar, and the easiest contract to guarantee that was probably to outright own Millarworld. Like, anything not caught up elsewhere is now immediately theirs to develop without any time restraints, and all new Millar properties will immediately have the same treatment.

I can't imagine anything with Millarworld is really gonna change. Though if the Netflix relationship evolves down the road into something that actively helps the comic book industry, I'm all for it.

Would be cool to see a model eventually where you have digital access to Millarworld content (and maybe some other stuff) through Netflix, and where Marvel Unlimited is connected to the Disney streaming service in development, and then whatever the DC thing is supposed to look like. Really make it easy for the average person to get into comics.

 

CBR did a long interview with Millar about this. Basically, Netflix bought out all of Millarworld and it’s outstanding properties to develop as movies or shows. He and his wife came on as execs to also create new shows or movies.

But he really wanted to keep making comics. They agreed, but only if he worked with the best artists in the industry.

So, as others have said, they got into the Mark Millar game. And he was unwilling to stop writing comics, so they are letting him do that.

 

I still haven't fully warmed up to Millar's current era.

I really enjoyed Chrononauts, and I own but haven't read Reborn and Jupiter's Legacy. He seems to have come into his own with his creator-owned material, and he works with some great talent (Quitely, Coipel, Murphy, Capullo, Immonen, Romita Jr).

But, when I think of him, I still think first of Civil War, Red Son, Ultimates, Old Man Logan... Basically, all that nonsense that's cool for teenage boys but annoying now, lol. Especially Civil War, which led to a Captain America movie that I love and a Secret Wars miniseries by Soule & Yu that I love, but I gave my trade away because I like it so little. I still like a lot about Old Man Logan, but the more recent work with that character is better. And his Spider-Man and Fantastic Four work is solid, but not great.

At least he seems to actually make some cool stuff now that he's 100% doing his own thing.

 

I've come to love a lot of his recent output. Reborn, both Jupiter books, and Empress were all great. I hope he still goes forward with the last Jupiter book.

 

Read Green Lantern Earth One today. Pretty cool

 

Man, it seems like Bendis is gonna NAIL Superman. His track record with big action is inconsistent at best, but when he gets a character, he's great, and I think he really gets Superman.

 

Millar is a writer who I think is fantastic at elevator pitches. Whenever i hear the initial concepts for most of his creator owned stuff, i am always interested.

But I think he falls pretty flat on his face with regard to execution.

Which is actually why i think he will be great at Netflix in an advisory / producer capacity.

That said, credit where it’s due, I thought Starlight worked perfectly from start to finish.

 

Not super familiar with Starlight. But, upon a quick search, I see it's illustrated by Goran Parlov, who rules. I'll have to check that out.