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[adgy-san]

Top 5 Garth Ennis Comics

No Hitman = bull****.

 

[jerseydevil]

If Luke Cage is going to be in the show, I wonder if all those actors are still going to want to play him with the same amount of fervor.

Man, I hope they do this show right.

Tricky. I can see them introducing him on the tv show and then, depending on the response, either re-casting or going with whoever they have as a lower tier release. The old spice guy, Michael Jai White would probably still be in the running, Idris Elba might be above things though...but if they promise him a feature, you never know.

 

[jerseydevil]

Top 5 Garth Ennis Comics

No Hitman = bull****.

Sorry, but how in the XST can The Boys be #5. Next to Preacher, his definitive work i.m.o. I have read the first Wormwood...maybe I have to retry, but I wasn't a huge fan.

 

[orpheus]

I think it's a pretty good list, but I haven't read Wormwood.

 

[adgy-san]

Wormwood is fun, I thought, but nothing super amazing.

I would actually put his Punisher MAX stuff as my #1, but I'm biased.

 

[orpheus]

Wormwood is fun, I thought, but nothing super amazing.

I would actually put his Punisher MAX stuff as my #1, but I'm biased.

Over The Preacher? :O

His work on The Preacher and Hellblazer is my favorite, but I am a fan of blasphemy.

Why do you think I love Depeche Mode's "Blasphemous Rumours." mhihi:

And that Constantine movie was blasphemy of another sort. The type that gets you into the inner circle of Dante's Inferno.

 

[jerseydevil]

Wormwood is fun, I thought, but nothing super amazing.

I would actually put his Punisher MAX stuff as my #1, but I'm biased.

Oh you ****ing BLASPHEMER!!!!!!!!!! Preacher is the series by which ALL will be judged. Not a duff note in the whole thing. Simply the greatest comic series worthy of mention alongside Dark Knight/Watchmen. I have not read Punisher:Max...don't worry, I will, but really better than Preacher???? There is NO SUCH THING. NO SUCH THING.

 

[orpheus]

Oh you ****ing BLASPHEMER!!!!!!!!!! Preacher is the series by which ALL will be judged. Not a duff note in the whole thing. Simply the greatest comic series worthy of mention alongside Dark Knight/Watchmen. I have not read Punisher:Max...don't worry, I will, but really better than Preacher???? There is NO SUCH THING. NO SUCH THING.

You tell him, JD! evil:

The Preacher is the series that got me back into comics. I grew up reading comics, but by high school lost interest. I then heard about this series called The Preacher that was getting a lot of attention, read about it in Wizard, and starting reading it and was hooked on comics again. I've said it a million times, the days when The Preacher, The Invisibles, and Transmetropolitan were all comic out at the same time was a GOLDEN AGE!

Hahaha! Remember that Klan storyline in The Preacher, lol. Two Klansmen are talking about their boss and saying that they hate black people, but they also like to talk about other things, unlike their boss. And as soon as the boss comes along, he says hi, and starts on an ant-black person tirade, lol.

 

[jerseydevil]

Yes, there was so much there. It was so deep. Besides the complete head**** rape/mutilation/god hating and just general notsafeforchildren there was tremendous social commentary shoved in the most vile/obscene art. It was the smartest most offensive comic written. It is amazing that DC/Vertigo allowed it to play out and a testament to just how great that line was in it's heyday. Hell, they had the english lit of Sandman going on on the other side of things to balance things out. That was probably the highpoint of comics.

 

[adgy-san]

Over The Preacher? :O

His work on The Preacher and Hellblazer is my favorite, but I am a fan of blasphemy.

Why do you think I love Depeche Mode's "Blasphemous Rumours." mhihi:

Then you need to get a copy of Wormwood ASAP, Orph. It's blasphemy on a whole 'nother level.

And that Constantine movie was blasphemy of another sort. The type that gets you into the inner circle of Dante's Inferno.

Yeah, let's never talk about that **** again.

Oh you ****ing BLASPHEMER!!!!!!!!!! Preacher is the series by which ALL will be judged. Not a duff note in the whole thing. Simply the greatest comic series worthy of mention alongside Dark Knight/Watchmen. I have not read Punisher:Max...don't worry, I will, but really better than Preacher???? There is NO SUCH THING. NO SUCH THING.

I got nothing but love, respect and admiration for Preacher. You know this. And as far as context/importance to comics as a whole, it's by far the best thing Ennis has done. But for me, personally, it's #3 on my Ennis list. Behind Punisher MAX and Hitman. Yep, Hitman.

 

[adgy-san]

Booster Gold Live Action Drama For SyFy Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Wut?

A pilot script for a hour long series has been comissioned, with Greg Berlanti (No Ordinary Family, Green Lantern) as exec producer and Andrew Kreisberg (Fringe) writing, with an exec producer credit for DC.

The Hollywood Reporter.. reports

“The story will center on Booster Gold, a washed-up athlete from the future who travels back to the present in hopes of becoming the greatest super hero of all time. Instead of chasing criminals, however, his main priority is chasing fame and money. But Booster Gold discovers that being a hero takes more than just a megawatt smile, and that the future doesn’t happen without first protecting the present.”

 

[adgy-san]

Marvel Comics Cancels "X-23" - Comic Book Resources

CBR News has learned that the monthly comic starring Wolverine's clone daughter has been canceled. Reached for comment, a spokesman for Marvel would not confirm the end of the series but did say that writer Marjorie Liu has more work to come from the House of Ideas.

GODDAMMIT.

Fans of the X-23 character can take heart in one respect, however. The character will beginning to appear regularly in "Avengers Academy" starting in January's issue #24 as well as take part in the upcoming "Venom" mini event.

Well, at least she's not fading into obscurity.

 

[adgy-san]

Nine Page Preview Of David Lapham’s Ferals, Plus Various Other Entrails Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Just in case you were on the fence about this.

 

[adgy-san]

Bob Layton Swears Off Marvel Forever

To clarify my last statement, my decision is more about individual expression and to not become a contributor to “units sold”. The pervasive corporate atmosphere felt like the #1 goal was to crank out grist for the stockholder mill. In other words, it seemed to me that pumping out endless, poorly conceived mini-series to make sales figures has become that driving force at Marvel/Mouse. To confess, in no way, shape or form does this last Iron Man mini-series resemble what David Michelinie and I had intended it to be. Christ, we went through two editorial teams and it took over a year just to get the four measly issues to be the mess that it currently is. The story was edited and approved by a faceless committee, then run past the sales department for its approval. The sales department? Really? Well, my primary concern as a storyteller is not assuring that the Disney corporation makes its quarterly projections. More power to them, but that not why I got into the comic field. As much as I love Iron Man (and all of my fans worldwide), I feel it is impossible to do the kind of stories you expect from me in the current situation.

Edward James Olmos recent gave me some sage advice over dinner. When describing my frustration over the situation at Marvel, he leaned over and said: “What’s one more friggin’ Iron Man mini-series going to contribute to your 35 year legacy?”

And… I realized that he was right.

Sad.

 

[adgy-san]

Garth Ennis And John Mcrea Get Their Dicks Out Again Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

And now it’s time for those early Dicks outings to get back in colour. In February, Avatar are publlishing Dicks #1, a 48 page reworking of early Dicks comics in full colour, in February. With its standard cover, classic cover and… cover with a snake doing an impression of a penis.

The series will continue through 2012, reprinting old Dicks comics in full colour, before generating all new material. And they look forwards to fans of Dicks to swallow the lot. No gag relex allowed!

I'm on it. I love this book. I even have a Dicks t-shirt somewhere around here...

 

[adgy-san]

Two More Of The 2000AD Line-Up Headed To Hollywood After Dredd Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Rebellion’s head honcho and man-I-once-trounced-in-a-sci-fi-film-quiz, Jason Kingsley, has been teasing more 2000AD derived films to follow next year’s Dredd. For some reason he was being cagey about Rogue Trooper being one of these films, but he needn’t be – we know for a fact that a Rogue film is in development.

Which I’d say leaves only one mystery project – well, if you could even get me to call it a mystery. Once you’ve covered Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper, what’s left? Let’s just say that I’ll bet good money on Strontium Dog.

Now, it’s just a matter of fact that Sam Worthington’s Full Clip productions have set Grant Morrison to work on a Rogue Trooper screenplay, and I don’t know why Kingsley would be so coy when Full Clip have been happy to talk. I hope progress goes well and we can leave this hush-hush behind soon, and start celebrating and anticipating.

 

[adgy-san]

All 1536 Pages Of The Invisibles In One Omnibus Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

All the Invisibles. All of it. In one book. 1536 pages worth. The Invisibles Omnibus collecting The Invisibles Volume 1 #1-25, Volume 2 #1-22, Volume 3 #12-1 and the short story from Vertigo Winters Edge #1. Sixty comics. In one big book. $150.

Oh, and Orpheus:

Oh, and now that Ed Brubaker is a big name, we get Deadenders TPB collecting all sixteen issues of that series as well as the Winters Edge short story, with artists Warren Pleece, Richard Case, Jay Stephens and Cameron Stewart.

Now I can finally finish reading this series!

 

[jerseydevil]

Fourteen-And-A-Half Thoughts About Fourteen-And-A-Half DC Comic Books Today – Voodoo, Shade, Black Hawks, Green Lantern: New Guardians, All Star Western, I Vampire, The Flash, Firestorm, Hawkman, Aquaman, Teen Titans, The Dark Knight, Superman

Anyone reading AllStar Western/Hawkman/Blackhawks? I think Blackhawks may be one of the first to go, but it's titles like these that made the relaunch that much more interesting. It may fail, but they tried to do something other than have Deadpool/Woverine in 10 titles apiece.

 

[jerseydevil]

SPOILERS

Marvel Spoils Fantastic Four #600 In National News. SPOILERS Obviously. Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors


Oh for ****s sake.

 

[adgy-san]

I thought everyone knew that already.