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07-27-2020, 10:27 AM | #76 |
Toy Monger
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1) I'm not a boomer. GenX here, and proud of it!
2) I like the older comics because they seem more real. It looks like a person wearing clothes. Look at Chris Reeve's Superman. He put on lots of muscle for that role. 3) 90's were one of the worst years for comics art Makes me happy to see the intended audience for toys still enjoying them, and not completely saturated with desire for all things electronic. I agree that the over sensationalized 90's art was ridiculous but its what I enjoyed growing up reading comics in that era. At the end of the day, art is all subjective. I didn't care for Christopher Reeve's portrayal and would rather my ideal version of Superman be evolved to what he is today in having the physique of someone who could actually perform those magnificent feats. Toys are still loved by lots of kids. I have a 12 year old who has become more enamored with technology at this point but I did let her play with some of the 3.75" MU figures a few times and she enjoyed it. We have another on the way and damn sure i'm going to have that kid playing with Marvel Legends and other action figures. Any of us who are parents need to keep the action figure play alive and its always a good idea to instill the collectors mentality into a childs mind so that they can appreciate and potentially take care of our collections when we are gone.
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07-27-2020, 10:29 AM | #77 |
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It's an extreme example that I use over and over again just because of the praise I see for other artists who could easily have their work ripped apart. I love Jim Lee's artwork but I could show you a few of his examples of some very awful looking feet he's drawn on covers.
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07-27-2020, 11:51 AM | #78 |
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I actually didn't Liefeld's art back in the days, and then only when I saw people compare them to those other types of arts is when I realize "oh ok :P" But at the same time it's a comic book, it's his interpretation on how they look per say, so to each their own as I say. Currently kind of catching up with some of the X-Titles and I do have to say that it's quite interesting reading it...Especially the whole part where the Mutants don't really die any more...
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01-23-2021, 12:23 AM | #79 |
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Catching up on the x-titles and have to say getting used to the whole krakoa and the resurrection thing. It's actually cool that most of the mutants are united in it.
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01-23-2021, 12:49 AM | #80 |
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comic book series Im reading currently is Family Tree by Image Comics. Read the first 4 issues and its pretty good and weird in a good way. Image Comics makes really good horror series even Gideon Falls and Transgression
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04-24-2021, 08:48 AM | #81 |
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a few things that Im slowly reading since I have a big pile to go through for old and new comics
re-reading my old collection of X-Men 2099 just started getting into Ghost Rider 2099 Dark Horse Omnibus Volume 4 of old Marvel Star Wars reading old Power Pack and original Alpha Flight. Back then in the 1990s I didnt know Alpha Flight was still going on. Gideon Falls. had to pick up some old previous issues to catch up on the newer Avengers comic from issues 6 to whatever along with the newer issues #40 to 44 |
04-24-2021, 08:48 AM | #82 |
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also the Epic Collection Volume 1 trade paperback of X-Force. old school X-Force
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06-09-2022, 12:40 PM | #83 |
Dark Knight
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GI Joe Reloaded
Spawn Origins Invincible Avengers Disassembled Batman No Man's Land |
06-20-2022, 08:00 PM | #84 |
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reading some of the older earlier issues of Walking Dead. So far pretty good
that and just started buying some of the Dark Horse trade paperbacks of the old Marvel Comics Conan comic |
06-24-2022, 07:58 PM | #85 |
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Took out my old bagged issues of Sandman. Loved the original stories. I have a bad feeling about this:
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07-09-2022, 12:37 PM | #86 |
Dark Knight
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Batman White Knight
Batman The Adventures Continue GI Joe America's Elite Ultimate Avengers |
10-10-2022, 10:08 AM | #87 |
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Story of civilization book 10. Rousseau and revolution
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04-04-2024, 09:01 PM | #88 |
King of Nerdom
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Finally started reading the second omnibus to the Mirage Comics TMNT run. Just finished the Return to NY storyline.
The issues leading up to it were a bit odd as I wasn't sure if they were supposed to cannonical or not. We've got a good one with retired super heroes, then a Tales issue that finally introduces Leatherhead, who was bad ass. After that came some random ass story about a time traveling girl or something. I have to say, that is probably my least favorite issue currently as I had no idea what the hell was going on nor did I understand its time placement. The next one with Mikey writing a samurai tale was quite interesting. Then we had one that I'm trying to figure out if it was just the brothers visiting Japan or a dream with them helping a restaurant owner. It was enjoyable. Return of NY was great, though it could have been longer. I loved how the first part had very little dialogue. It gave it a cinematic noir feel. The lone Triceraton was unique even if the way they got into the Foot base was a bit farfetched. Seeing various factions of Foot Ninja was cool and gave me more insight on the accessories the NECA figures came with, but I wish there had been a bit more screen time for the Foot. The battle with the clones felt rushed, as did Leo taking out four Enforcers off-screen, as it were. I do love the showdown with Shredder. I really hope NECA gives us an updated Shredder figure that matches this story. Overall, so far so good. I continue to enjoy the hell out of this run. Next issue seems to have that girl with all of the clocks on her and the devil looking dude NECA just released.
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04-09-2024, 02:58 PM | #89 |
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It is possible to have a boomer stance on a subject and not actually be a boomer. Typically people who have a "get off my lawn" attitude or "my generation is better then yours" come across as boomers.
I agree that the over sensationalized 90's art was ridiculous but its what I enjoyed growing up reading comics in that era. At the end of the day, art is all subjective. I didn't care for Christopher Reeve's portrayal and would rather my ideal version of Superman be evolved to what he is today in having the physique of someone who could actually perform those magnificent feats. Toys are still loved by lots of kids. I have a 12 year old who has become more enamored with technology at this point but I did let her play with some of the 3.75" MU figures a few times and she enjoyed it. We have another on the way and damn sure i'm going to have that kid playing with Marvel Legends and other action figures. Any of us who are parents need to keep the action figure play alive and its always a good idea to instill the collectors mentality into a childs mind so that they can appreciate and potentially take care of our collections when we are gone. On the other hand, most modern versions of Supes have him not gain his powers till his mid-late teens as some form of super-puberty and he's a Kansas farmboy so it makes sense that he'd have some decent muscle build up. |
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