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Not if I’m writing it. It would be essential for the plot to advance. ESSENTIAL.

I sell occasionally and it’s always comiclink. Very simple and convenient and they take 10%. It’s fire and forget and eventually funds are wired into my account.

I love both of those renditions. Not the same artist though. https://adnanart.artstation.com/ https://www.artstation.com/ericspitler

No love for Bizarro? Always wanted to see him pop up in a Superman movie. I guess he almost did for Superman IV. There’s cut footage out there on YouTube.

Something is wrong with my brain as I read #profanityonthenearhorizon twice.

Yes, great video and just to piggyback off it:

Yup, there are actors I found incredibly ignorant or pretentious after watching interviews that caused me to generally dislike the person. Won’t stop me from watching them because they are at least excellent in their craft on screen.

Agreed. I take no offense at all to that pic above, why should I? It does appear to be more about Brie than Stan though but whatever.

Well I’m glad a DC flick became a surprise runaway hit despite not being anywhere near my top ten favorite comic book movies. It’s success puzzles me much like the success of certain Marvel movies. I still rank Winter Soldier above all the Avengers movies. I even enjoyed Civil War over any Avengers title. Unfortunately for me since Aquaman proved so successful, the sequel will probably be more of the same. And it wasn’t terrible, I enjoyed the finale but it’s just #notmyaquaman.

I hear this from others too. For me, I’m a GenX’r so I didn’t grow up with Silver Age comics but I used to collect them and they have that unique smell that I grew to appreciate. 80’s comics are my nostalgic sweet spot and they have a different odor. But modern comics smell like the cleaning products in my bathroom. Just sharp chemicals. Some don’t have any odor at all. Which is better. So that just doesn’t factor in for me when I read moderns today. I hardly miss the feel of paper because the backlighting of my tablet improves the colors of every book I read. It’s a trade but its the visuals that are most important to me. Kindle’s are a different experience for me though. I still enjoy a real paperback sometimes over my Kindle Oasis but my tablet is lighter and bathtub-proof. I love reading in bed and during a soak.

As far as this being a collecting hobby, I guess I simply grew out of that aspect. I loved collecting in my teens and twenties but I’ve moved on from that. I just read all my favorites on my 12.9 inch iPad. I buy them on comiXology and iBooks. The sheer amount I can carry with me anywhere and view the art in its best resolution has killed the physical format for me. They just look stunning on the screen. Plus there is something about the backlighting that can really bring the art to life in a way the physical page never could. I could never read them on a laptop though, has to be a tablet that I can handle easily. I have several versions of Dark Knight Returns in different formats right next the massive complete Bone series and the entire Sin City. Picked up the collected Calvin and Hobbes editions on iBooks and so many more. I doubt I will ever step foot inside a comic book shop again. Sad but true.

Really like this one.

I remember opening a large cardboard sandwich to find a print of the original art I had purchased. Immediate confusion and then mixed bad feelings swarmed my mind. And then I started inspecting the sandwich some more (3 or 4 layers of cardboard) and found the original art in another slab. Immediately felt guilty with all my negative thoughts.

I’m about to marathon season two. I just hope they lightened up on the ridiculous PTSD aspects. The Punisher does not have PTSD, he creates it.

The original trilogy holds a special nostalgic spot in my heart and I didn’t really want the same type of movies again. Fury Road delivered a nonstop brutal action flick that just makes my jaw drop Every. Single. Time. I see it. And what’s crazy is that the critics and I see eye to eye on an action flick with no plot. Or at least the simplest line of plot devices. Miller created a masterpiece with no story at all. Bravo. Can’t wait to see the next installment.

Um, aren’t you supposed to kill the buzz? Stop it.

0% chance of me seeing this in theaters based off the trailers. And I like Larson”s movies, just not her portrayal here. Hope I’m wrong and she crushes it.

I’m good with the Martha scene. The word just gave him a second of pause to allow Lois to step in between them which saves Clark. The internet just blew it up and made a big deal out of nothing.

Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, Watchmen and 300 are incredible and high up in my top ten favorite comic book films. His Dawn of the Dead remake was perfection minus the social commentary. Did not care for other stuff he did like Sucker Punch.

Gene Colan. Most of his fine pencil work is lost when inkers drown him.

I absolutely loved Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake and I’m really looking forward to this. More so than the next World War Z.

I always enjoy the picks as it never goes down like I think it will. For the Best Of, my Batman cover received one vote and my cover to a comic no one’s ever heard of (including me) with a no-name character gets six. That’s what fun about it for me. I vote based on nostalgia and not necessarily childhood nostalgia. I would have voted for the 300 cover 5 times if I could because I remember being a young Marine having the time of my life and reading that book while stationed in 29 Palms, CA. Sitting in the car with my buddies on a road trip to Vegas before a deployment and buried in it while they made fun of me. Glory days.

I did say it deserved a nomination for best picture. And in my own view, there has never been a better comic book film. Ever. I did incorrectly think The Dark Knight went up against No Country for Old Men and There Will be Blood. Wrong year. It looks like Slumdog Millionaire won best picture the year Dark Knight was snubbed. So I retract my statement as I believe DK was a better film. It deserved the best picture award for that year.