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This may well be the first film I see in theaters since Rise of Skywalker.

On 10/22/2023 at 10:56 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Exactly. There's a reason why the phrase "shaken book in a double mylar and heavy fullback syndrome" never caught on.

I feel as if there is a sublime white-boy rap gestating in that phrase.

On 10/12/2023 at 4:15 AM, Larryw7 said:

His work on Justice League in the late eighties was priceless. God rest his soul.

The Great Darkness Saga in LSH was my intro into comics. Before that I would occasionally buy issues of Adventure, JLA, Avengers, Batman, House of Mystery but after reading that storyline I became a monthly reader of LSH. That just opened the door into regular consumption of multiple titles.

On 10/3/2023 at 5:12 AM, Jack Linguini said:

You gotta put the ladies through a wash and rinse cycle before you can get them into the test-tubes.

That would have made no sense to me unless I had not randomly discovered the babes in test-tubes thread just yesterday.

There are no grails here. There are topics of interest based on niche collecting preferences. The widest appeal would seem like Hellrider #1 being it is a prototype of GhostRider but honestly no one seems to care. Good mags with some eye appeal that only niche collectors will chase.

On 9/25/2023 at 9:27 AM, Bosco685 said:

 

It would be better to generalize this statement as, "Fight back against bad movies by supporting directors that make good movies".

The interpretative part here is Comic Book Movie Culture. What exactly that means is not clear, surely it does not mean all comic book movies. To me Comic Book Movie Culture (CBMC) is a pattern of consumption that lacks discretion in regards to quality and consumes almost solely based on the genre. Something along the rationale of If I support comic book movies across the board then more comic book movies will be made. More accurately, more bad comic movies will be made IMO.  I suppose it is possible there are consumers that truly enjoy this whole mediocre mess. I would liken it to stray dogs that had to subsist on poo during periods of starvation. Once brought into a home with a large pack they now have the choice of eating good nutritious food. However they still continue to eat poo as well whereas the other dogs will not touch the stuff. Cmon boys, its dinner time, drop the poo.

Not a great answer as it relies on users to input the data but you can perform a format search on the Grand Comics Database. Data input will surely lag and be incomplete though.

On 9/19/2023 at 10:17 PM, Dr. Balls said:

Dear CGC,

There I was, waiting for the mailman to bring me my special delivery - I couldn’t wait any longer. My hands, throbbing with excitement at the chance to slide open the box and reveal the tantalizing slab inside.

Finally, he came. It was glorious. Magnificent. My hands working the shaft of the pen as I signed for delivery confirmation, i caressed the package as he released it to me.

My fingers, gliding over the brown box, feeling the excitement build - I gently slid my digits under the glistening tape, unsealing the flaps. I surrendered my restraint, giving way to passionate abandon - I tore away the bubble wrap, flinging it to the left and right - not caring where it landed. I needed to feel it in my hands, and there is was in all it’s plastic glory. I slid it out of it’s cheap plastic sleeve to admire the shiny new plastic case, Newton Rings and all.

The sweet release of excitement came and went, I was spent. All that was left was the promise that I would never sell it, no matter how high it went on GPA. 

I think you may have just invented a new category of kink.

For those of us permanently scarred by Cop-Rock, this is just a trigger for PTSD. I am sure it (Joker 2) will be well executed but the musical aspect seems really odd (which may be a good thing).

On 8/25/2023 at 9:05 PM, Jayman said:

Warren tried to compile these issues into a trade paperback book in 1972. The first book contains issues 1-6 but did not sell as expected and never finished the set. The book however is spectacular in its own right with its bold magenta cover. Many of these books suffer from the glue on the spine deteriorating, which results in the pages falling out.

I don't know the history behind the printing process for this trade but Warren was notorious for its cheap printing process on specials, especially on the HC versions.

I remember seeing this on the news-stand/mag rack back in the day. Never thought it would have any value. I will have to reconsider the old adage, "you can't polish a turd". Evidently CGC can.

On 8/21/2023 at 10:45 AM, TupennyConan said:

My target audience. 

Your taste is improving. I never could understand the stinky vampire groupie girl thing. 

On 2/2/2023 at 6:41 PM, wombat said:

No one has been biting on the listing. Started at $1,000 and is now being listed as a start price of $799. 

Interent archive has a digital copy...

Warren Companion : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

..And a top 5 of the last 50 years (in no order)

Outlaw Josey Wales

Unforgiven

Open Range

Dances With Wolves

Lonesome Dove (mini series)

Lots of good Western recommendations here.

I will add one that is often overlooked. The Long Riders - Wikipedia

Long Riders is noted for casting four sets of brothers to play the four sets of brothers in the James/Younger gang...

And for those who haven't seen Open Range, best shootout in any Western movie. If you disagree you are wrong

On 7/20/2023 at 12:40 PM, davidpg said:

Gotham by Gaslight, (was) coming to a theatre near you!

Director: Tim Burton 

I've seen "Roger the Stan Lee Experience" on X-Play. It's the definitive Stan Lee documentary. This one is redundant.

My wife got me hooked on Mrs Maisel. One of the few TV series I have enjoyed over the last several years (I am apathetic to most everything I watch it seems). Brosnahan was great in the series but Alex Borstein stole the show IMO. 

Bladerunner was the watershed moment in my childhood / young adulthood where I left Star Wars behind. It reshaped my expectations for cinematic Science Fiction. 

I feel like this is a missed opportunity as a live action Creature Commando movie seems like something that would suit Gunn perfectly.

On 6/23/2023 at 10:19 AM, jsilverjanet said:

you and I would make a great review team

On 6/20/2023 at 2:38 PM, mintcomics1 said:

A favorite artist of mine from the SS run is Earl Norem.

His work in this title and other Marvel Mags is superior.

 

Agreed. Norem is my quintessential cover artist for SSOC with Ernie Chan getting the interior nod.

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To make up for the lost back end, streamers floated performance-based incentives. Schur describes a scenario in which a platform might promise a showrunner a $100,000 bonus for season one, $250,000 for season two, $500,000 for season three, and $1.7 million for season four. “So you’re like, Holy mess. This is great!” he says. There was a catch. Many seemingly successful series began to vanish after just a couple of seasons. “What no one saw coming was they’d just kill the show before they ever had to pay that money out,” Schur says. “They kind of tricked everybody. Now if you get to 20 episodes, it’s a miracle.”