Damn. That Iron Man movie is really shaping up.

[abcdefz]

They just added Jeff Bridges to the cast. (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i7599d40faf20e342f2c7bbb6b364221b)

Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark; Gwenneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard are in it, too.

I had zero interest in this until Downey Jr. was cast, and now every bit of news that trickles out makes this more and more intriguing.

[Otis Driftwood]

Iron Man is not interesting sober, so I'm glad they picked Downey!
I wonder if the Mandarin or Crimson Dynamo will show up...

[Waus]

I wonder if the Mandarin or Crimson Dynamo will show up...

Yeah! Or War Machine!

[abcdefz]

I don't know the comic book much at all. But I'm liking the cast.

Hell, Downey + Bridges is probably good enough for me.

"That prototype armor really tied the room together." *


























*...some guy on another board said that. I laughed.

[Otis Driftwood]

Yeah! Or War Machine!
Jim Rhodes is in it, so yeah... (y)

[MC Moot]

"That prototype armor really tied the room together." *.


very funny....apparently,Stan Lee will not rest until every book he published is transcribed to film (he loves the cameo action)....I think Downey's physical stature is unsuitable.....I'm also thinking "The Flash" will be the next Marvel incarnation to show up......

[abcdefz]

Think they'll ever get to Black Goliath?

That lasted about four issues, I think.

An Ant Man movie could be pretty spectacular looking.

[MC Moot]

I'd like to see more DC flicks....Green Lantern could work.....if I could write a screenplay I'd attempt Sgt Rock,GI Combat or the Unknown Soldier..........Swarzeneger was gonna play Rock at one time but the producers backed off after "Saving Private Ryan" set a new precedent for "realistic" portrayals of war,all the backers supposedly bailed......or a crossover movie like "Spiderman Vs Superman"....did anyone else have that giant sized comic?....man I wish I could have held on to that.....

[beastieangel01]

definitely a decent cast, can't wait.

[Waus]

I want a Dr. Strange movie. Oh, and a better Punisher one too.

[abcdefz]

I'd like to see more DC flicks....Green Lantern could work.....


...believe it or not, Kevin Smith was attached to do a Green Lantern movie many moons ago. He finally bowed out because he knew he couldn't really do that kind of movie.

Thank God.

[abcdefz]

or a crossover movie like "Spiderman Vs Superman"....did anyone else have that giant sized comic?....man I wish I could have held on to that.....


I had that. I remember that splash panel where Superman stops his fist from punching Spiderman's face full force, but still the shock of the punch is enough to throw Spiderman off the rooftop...

[MC Moot]

I had that. I remember that splash panel where Superman stops his fist from punching Spiderman's face full force, but still the shock of the punch is enough to throw Spiderman off the rooftop...

Jesus Christo! Excellent recollection! I had the Batman/Spiderman as well.....they re-issued them in 6 5/8 x 10 1/4 a few years back but it just wasn't the same....I just finished Allan Moores "Saga of the Swamp Thing" (y)....that could work as well....I can't remember how the first movie version was,but I know I saw it way back when.....I must try and find that flick for rental review......

[MC Moot]

...believe it or not, Kevin Smith was attached to do a Green Lantern movie many moons ago. He finally bowed out because he knew he couldn't really do that kind of movie.

Thank God.

He was attached to the latest Superman as well, when Tim Burton was gonna direct it,but they had such dramatically different visions they both bailed....Burton invisioned Superman as being translucent and using weapons....for real.....Smith did a fine job on Green Arrow though,but some nice edge to it.....(y)

[Waus]

[B]....I just finished Allan Moores "Saga of the Swamp Thing" (y)...

Alan Moore is brilliant. Everything he touches = good.

[abcdefz]

Yeah -- I'd read about Burton's version. Weird, to say the least.

Green Arrow or Green Lantern? I thought it was Green Lantern, but maybe that's because that was one I read sometimes.

[abcdefz]

Jesus Christo! Excellent recollection! I had the Batman/Spiderman as well.....they re-issued them in 6 5/8 x 10 1/4 a few years back but it just wasn't the same....I just finished Allan Moores "Saga of the Swamp Thing" (y)....that could work as well....I can't remember how the first movie version was,but I know I saw it way back when.....I must try and find that flick for rental review......


I didn't have the Batman/Spiderman one -- that must've been after I quit collecting.

Wasn't Adrienne Barbeau in the Swamp Thing movie?

[rirv]

Are they going to have Black Sabbath as the them tune?

IIIIII AAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMM IRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOONNNNNNNN MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN.

*durm durm durm durm durm, d-d-d-d-durm durm durm*

[MC Moot]

Alan Moore is brilliant. Everything he touches = good.

He is the undisputed heavy weight king....Neil Gaiman and Frank Miller deserve honorable mentions but Alan Moore is incredible:

v for vendetta,watchman,league of extraordinary gentleman and the aforementioned Swamp Thing:should be in everyones library.....exception: Promethea don't buy it....(n)

Have you read the "Tom Strong' stuff? That's the only thing I have yet to check out.....

[MC Moot]

Yeah -- I'd read about Burton's version. Weird, to say the least.

Green Arrow or Green Lantern?

An ultra-violent,sexed up Arrow and I think he's done a few issues of Daredevil as well (6 degrees of ben affleck)....;)

[Waus]

I've read most everything he's done for comics. Well, that's not true - but the local library here has a solid collection. I actually liked Promethea to an extent, but that might've just been because I read all 9 in a row for free.

Stuff I like by Alan Moore -

Tom Strong
America's Best Comics
Top Ten
Swamp Thing
The Courtyard
Watchmen
V for Vendetta
Across the Universe (DC Superhero Stories from Moore)
Promethea

[abcdefz]

An ultra-violent,sexed up Arrow and I think he's done a few issues of Daredevil as well (6 degrees of ben affleck)....;)


Ah -- he did a run of the Green Arrow comic.

And my mistake: he was on board to direct a Green Hornet movie, then backed out.

...maybe to do a Green Acres project. :D

[MC Moot]

I've read most everything he's done for comics. Well, that's not true - but the local library here has a solid collection.

I'd be bankrupt without my local,I borrow then buy if I'm so inclined....(y)


Across the Universe (DC Superhero Stories from Moore)

Is that a collection of individual books...as in complete issues....or is it an overview?

[Waus]

Is that a collection of individual books...as in complete issues....or is it an overview?

It's like a compendium thing that has a bunch of stories he's written for individual heroes. I think there's one in there for Swamp thing with Superman, a couple Green Lantern Corps stories...some other random ones.

[DIGI]

The executive producer should be Ghostface.

[Otis Driftwood]

I've read most everything he's done for comics. Well, that's not true - but the local library here has a solid collection. I actually liked Promethea to an extent, but that might've just been because I read all 9 in a row for free.

Stuff I like by Alan Moore -

Tom Strong
America's Best Comics
Top Ten
Swamp Thing
The Courtyard
Watchmen
V for Vendetta
Across the Universe (DC Superhero Stories from Moore)
Promethea
I've read all of these and still claim that SUPREME is the best thing next to Watchmen he did.
BTW The Black Goliath is dead (Marvel Style).

[Waus]

SNAP I totally forgot Supreme. I read both of those. The only thing that annoyed me about that series is that it started out almost as parody, but ended up just sort of being a long surreal exploration of the Superman mythos - he didn't really come up with new concepts per se, just sort of co-oped ideas from decades of DC comics.

Overall, I thought Supreme was mostly interesting just to see how a legacy as concrete as Superman's seems could be totally different, and sound just as real.

[Otis Driftwood]

I loved when that series introduced the Continuíty, a universe full of alternate universe versions of the characters (the Blaxxploitation Duck Darius Dax). I cried tears of joy when I saw the Pip the troll cameo. 1963 was also very funny and the whole TWO issues of Moore's Youngblood.

[Gareth]

He is the undisputed heavy weight king....Neil Gaiman and Frank Miller deserve honorable mentions but Alan Moore is incredible

gaimans got 2 movies coming out - coraline and stardust
looking forward to both

[Waus]

the whole TWO issues of Moore's Youngblood.

Oh yeah yeah, with that 'book of time' thing.

Other authors that I <3 since my freshman english professor forced us all to read graphic novels include:

Garth Ennis
Warren Ellis
Frank Miller
Robert Kirkman

[Otis Driftwood]

(y) Ennis - Preacher = awesome, for Arseface alone...
Ellis did some great stuff(Transmet, Planetary) but a lot of his stuff is too similar and in the same vein, like City of Silence. I check his website every day, though, cause its pretty nice.
Haven't read much by Miller. His current Batman is (n)
Kirkmans Invincible and Walking Dead are pretty good.

I'd like to recommend the Hernandez Bros (Love & Rockets), John Ostrander (Suicide Squad, Spectre), Grant Morrison (Invisibles, 7 Soldiers), James Robinson (Starman) and Dave Sim(Cerebus).

[Waus]

I'd like to recommend the Hernandez Bros (Love & Rockets), John Ostrander (Suicide Squad, Spectre), Grant Morrison (Invisibles, 7 Soldiers), James Robinson (Starman) and Dave Sim(Cerebus).

I tried out the Hernandez bros, but they seem too much like a serialized newspaper soap comic...I got bored. I like the band "Love and Rockets" a little.

Morrison's "Invisibles" was great, and if you liked that you'd love his "Doom Patrol" series too. Invisibles was basically The Matrix before "The Matrix" existed as far as I'm concerned.

[Waus]

Haven't read much by Miller. His current Batman is (n)


Miller is really hit or miss by me. I actually didn't care all that much for the Sin City comics. The writing was good, but it was all so dull without the more rich visuals that the movie had. The comics were so stark and had too little to keep me interested.

The only Batman I read from him was "The Return of the Dark Knight." Kind of like Rocky, I've heard his other Batman stuff is okay, but if you only read the first one it's a lot better.

[abcdefz]

Actually, he has been around for a long time. He went to just being "Goliath" recently and just got killed a couple issues ago during a battle with a Thor clone.

[/comic nerd]


I had no idea. Where did he pop up after his solo comic died?

Also: does anyone else remember Ragman? I think that was his name. DC comics. Dude ran ... not exactly a pawn shop, but I forget what they're called. I remember in the first issue, he took pity on some kid and gave him $10 for a baseball.

[Otis Driftwood]

I had no idea. Where did he pop up after his solo comic died?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Foster_(comics)
Almost nowhere cause he kinda sucked, he wasn't even in Avengers Forever. Even Tony Isabella who invented him said he was faulty, but then again this was the 70s and black title characters weren't exactly commonplace.


Also: does anyone else remember Ragman? I think that was his name. DC comics. Dude ran ... not exactly a pawn shop, but I forget what they're called. I remember in the first issue, he took pity on some kid and gave him $10 for a baseball.
I have that book. His dad ran a junkyard / pawnshop before he gets murdered. Money in mattress burns -> Donny Darko metaphor... Rory dons costume. I always liked the character he's in Shadowpact now, a book which is slightly of the mark unfortunately. The writer Bill Willingham is good, he also does Fables, but some of his characters are too generic.

[abcdefz]

I can't remember if the Ragman comic lasted very long, but I liked it. I remember it being really well drawn, but what was I, ten? :D

[Otis Driftwood]

I can't remember if the Ragman comic lasted very long, but I liked it. I remember it being really well drawn, but what was I, ten? :D
There was a 70s run which I'm trying to complete, its just decent, but 70s DC is my fave comics era to collect . Also another run in the late 80s by Keith Giffen. Typical 9 panel Giffen pages tying the mystical suit to the Golem of Prague...

[Otis Driftwood]

I tried out the Hernandez bros, but they seem too much like a serialized newspaper soap comic...I got bored. I like the band "Love and Rockets" a little..
I seriously think L&R is the best thing in comics atm. There is actually a continuity behind it but that stuff is often thrown overboard or stuff is happening in flashbacks without any explanations. This is done consciously and I like cause its a bit more demanding. Anyway I love the weird ideas in some of these comics and the drawing style ("golden age" cars, humour mag faces etc.)
You read any independents regularly?


Morrison's "Invisibles" was great, and if you liked that you'd love his "Doom Patrol" series too. Invisibles was basically The Matrix before "The Matrix" existed as far as I'm concerned.
That's on my list, I got two more Invisibles trades to get first. I'm also fond of his more recent work, WE3, The Filth and Vinanarama. And of course his JLA run...

[abcdefz]

Did anybody ever read Peter Bagge's HATE? I had about the first eight or so issues of that and thought it was really funny.

[Otis Driftwood]

Did I ever. I love that book. Bagge now does cartoons for Reason magazine. They MIGHT have some of those online yet... It's the only comic I could get each of my ex-gfs to read and like. You must have the one where Buddy meets the parents of his gf. Pure gold! (y)

[abcdefz]

Ah, I sold them all off a long time ago. I remember a roommate with a veneral penis; that image may never go away. :(

[Otis Driftwood]

Leonard aka Stinky :) There is a collected b&w edition for like 14$ which collects the first twelve or so issues.

[abcdefz]

Leonard aka Stinky :)



STINKY! That's right. Wow.

It's funny -- I've got almost zero memory of it, but I was devoted for quite a while. A woman turned me on to HATE about four or five issues in, and I hunted down all the ones before it... waited (and waited) impatiently for new issues...

I'm amazed somebody hasn't developed it into a movie yet. There's a great movie in there, I think. I'd have to read it again. Thanks for the tip!

[Otis Driftwood]

There's a great movie in there, I think.
You could prolly cast this movie completely with BBMBers. Otherwise it would be very hard. All those deadbeat Seattleniks...

[abcdefz]

Pretty much go to any college town and you'd find 'em. But, yeah.

[MC Moot]

Haven't read much by Miller. His current Batman is (n)

No "Sin City" ???

Have you checked out Jim Lee's "Hush"? (y)

[MC Moot]

Oh yeah yeah, with that 'book of time' thing.

Other authors that I <3 since my freshman english professor forced us all to read graphic novels include:

Garth Ennis


I love his take on the "Unknown Soldier" and "Adventures In the Rifle Brigade" is hilarious....as well as his contribution Volume 1 and 2 of "War Stories".....(y)

[g-mile7]

Tony Starks will always shit on Bruce Wayne

[Otis Driftwood]

No "Sin City" ???

Have you checked out Jim Lee's "Hush"? (y)
Yeah, it was ok. A bit too complicated and drawn out IMO. Was that Jeph Loeb? I'm kinda hooked on 52 at the moment, can't wait to see what comes outta that (well, World War 3 does, but you know...).
I have 3 or 4 Sin City Paperbacks, I liked them ok but they're nowhere near Watchmen...

[MC Moot]

I have 3 or 4 Sin City Paperbacks, I liked them ok but they're nowhere near Watchmen...

Oh yeah,although I think VFVendetta is his masterpiece so to speak....he disassociated himself from the movie,I was just disappointed with it.....

I think I may buy 300 before it hit's the theatres though.....http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/

[Otis Driftwood]

Ugh, I didn't like the V for Vendetta art at all. Same as with Small Killings. Great story, but it just looked to uncomicy to me. And Dave Gibbons = (y)

[MC Moot]

gaimans got 2 movies coming out - coraline and stardust
looking forward to both

Although "Neverwhere" was lame,I would friggin love to see a "Good Omens:The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter,Witch" flick.....so damn funny.....:D...

[Otis Driftwood]

You should read Sandman then. It's a great book and the reason why Gaiman is so friggin popular in the first place....

[Otis Driftwood]

I ordered his last book Lost Girls two months ago, but nothing showed up so far. Was a very limited run. It's about all sorts of sex... :rolleyes:

[MC Moot]

Ugh, I didn't like the V for Vendetta art at all. Same as with Small Killings. Great story, but it just looked to uncomicy to me. And Dave Gibbons = (y)

I found it to be bleak and dull but somehow fitting for the fascist theme...it's like the colors had almost been bleached by sun....retro style.....and the details in the panes were great,old theatre and movie posters,the details/titles of the books in his library,etc.....but I can see the "uncomicy" thing.....the story and plot line is really what carries the book though.....