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I’m not, like, a deep Disney villain girlie, but the Emma Stone Cruella movie made me improbably fall in love with that alleged dog-killer, lol. That weird remix of the character was so fabulous.

 

Why are people trashing Zeb Wells's run on ASM? I just finished volume one, and it feels more "back to basics" than Nick Spencer's Back to Basics arc. There's the drama and mystery with MJ, the Tombstone conflict was interesting and new while feeling classic. It just feels like Spidey.

 

How do you guys keep your comics? I have a shelf of mostly standalone graphic novels and trade paperbacks. Do you have like a pull list of individual issues every month? What do you do with them?

 

My floppies are all in cardboard long boxes

 

This is how I feel, too. Comics are subjective, with some creative sensibilities just inevitably bouncing off some people, but it’s truly an outsized backlash (especially with how much better this is than… over a decade of ASM comics).

Imo, some of this stems from toxic Peter+MJ fandom/stans. I think One More Day is stupid and theoretically prefer those two together, too, but my top priority is good comics. A lot of Spidey fandom unfortunately has an unhealthy parasocial relationship with this soap opera and see this as mean ol’ Marvel keeping their real friends apart.

Between that toxic fandom and the corporate limitations on the character (due to him being Marvel’s Mickey Mouse)… I can see why Chip Zdarsky is like, “yeah, no, I absolutely would NOT write ASM if I were asked. Not a chance.”

There’s also the more understandably polarizing things like Romita He’s art style and the surprising amount of silliness in Dark Web… but, y’know what, I’ve liked both of those!

I theoretically keep them in official comic long and short boxes (more short these days, after hurting last time I had to move a lot that shit, lol), which you should be able to buy from a lot of comic shops. I keep most of the individual issues loose because I don’t care about their condition and want it to be easy to grab & read ‘em, but some things I keep in bags & boards to keep ‘em nicer. And, sometimes, I’ll keep a particular batch of books together in a comic shopping bag (plastic or brown paper) inside the box, for organization/simplicity.

In reality, a ton of my comics end up in unsorted, awkward piles around my room, lol.

 

Pretty strong creative team for Hulk. And, much better premise than this most recent run.

 

Holy shit I just got Sunstone vols 1-7 and Swing vol 1 on Ebay for like sixty bucks (including tax/shipping), fucking nuts. Best I found them individually was $10-15ea. Can't wait for them to get here

 

So I read ASM #21. Yeah, no. Not interested at all. I’m dropping this now. Such a shame, I was so excited for a Wells run but I just don’t like the premise. also they changed one of the kids names? Was that intentional or a goof?

oh this might be fun.

 

I was reading up on where to go after Elegy and oh wow I had no idea about this
'Batwoman' Authors Quit After Superhero's Same-Sex Marriage Is Denied

 

Bat Girl Summer is great! And I'm not just saying that because Alysia is in it, although that definitely doesn't hurt

 

lol, Tom King is writing the upcoming relaunched Wonder Woman series. I cackled when I saw that.

What an absolutely wild decision on the part of DC, which could lead to good & interesting comics or absolutely terrible comics… but certainly won’t be boring comics! And for that I am thankful.

 

I was thinking of getting Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow

 

@xkaylinh, the DC announcements today also included this new Hawkgirl book, written by a trans woman, which might be relevant to your interests?

 

I’ll read the heck out of a Hawkgirl book.

 

This Hawkgirl book is also gonna be set in Metropolis.

 

Si Spurrier on Flash seems like a fun pairing, too.

 

Deodato seems like a weird artist choice imo, since his art tends to feel a lil stiffer than what I picture for Flash. But, maybe he’ll be a great fit for the kinda big genre swings it sounds like Spurrier is making.

 

yes

 

Do it. Truly epic. I hope Tom King's run on Wonder Woman will incorporate elements of his style here and in Up in the Sky.

 

Chip Zdarsky interviews are always great, and this one conducted by Kieron Gillen is no exception:

 

Looks like Netflix wants to make his BRZRKR comic book series into a movie

 

I read Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow and liked it a lot. Really interesting to see a Kara adventure in space when much of the show (my only other experience with her character) focused on the DEO.

 

Can you elaborate on your thoughts on Tom King? I thought Woman of Tomorrow was fine

 

He's a very polarizing, love-him-or-hate-him writer for a bunch of reasons. (I personally tend to land in the middle, with some artist & character situations complimenting his strengths & weaknesses well and others less so.)

Some of it is that he worked for the CIA in the Middle East, which directly and indirectly influences a lot of his work. Some of it is him early on heavily relying on the 9-panel grids of Alan Moore and Steve Ditko, and just generally borrowing heavily from obvious sources of inspiration (critics more familiar with True Grit than me, for example, have pointed out how directly Woman of Tomorrow follows its blueprint). Some of it is his misses (Heroes in Crisis is the most notorious amongst DC fans) being pretty big misses. His Rorschach series was one that particularly rubbed me the wrong way, in the way that it told a story in the world of Watchman that used actual tragic events in Otto Binder's life.

On top of all that... from a modern perspective, hiring a straight cis man to write Wonder Woman is gonna be polarizing under the best of circumstances, lol. Let alone the one described above, especially when much of his trademark work focuses on sad men and uses classic noir tropes.

I will say, Mister Miracle was incredible. And, I liked Vision a lot. And, what I've read of Love Everlasting so far is a good spotlight for Elsa Charretier's art. And, Woman of Tomorrow is on my to-read pile. And... I am planning on buying at least the initial issues of his Wonder Woman to see what he does (especially since he's apparently planning on making her a "rebel" and inspirational hero who uses "all lasso, no sword").