[Loki]

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me....


As is my wont on my birthday, I spend part of the day kicking back and reading whatever graphic novels I have recently borrowed from the library. This, of course, leads to questions that I really have no answer for. So for you, the comicphiles of Pun's House, I submit these questions based on the books I've read today.

1) Spider-Man: The Other: Evolve or Die

What the hell was Joe Q. thinking? The Spider-Man story arcs over the past few have been mostly great (leaving aside "Sins Past", however). He wants to change that so... what? Peter can go back to being angsty teenager again? They already have that. It's called "Ultimate Spider-Man". Retard.

2) Doom Patrol: Musclebound

Am I the only one who doesn't understand Grant Morrison's run on Doom Patrol? Was there even a point to any of that?

3) Thor: Lord of Earth (series by Dan Jurgens)

That kicked ass. Really. You knew it had to come to an end, because a story like that cannot go on indefinitely, but the ride was phenomenal.

4) Nightwing: Mobbed Up

Uhmm. Uhmm. Was this before or after Devin Grayson had Nightwing Solly'ed by Tarantula? And was this one of the many installments that contributed to Devin being loathed by Nightwing fans? And did the loathing of Devin's run explain why there is a large chunk of Nightiwng's adventures that never made it to GN format?

5) Random Crossgen novels

I guess I should finally accept that none of 'em are ever coming back, huh? Oh well. The first 30 or so issues of most books were phenomenal and aged quite well.

[Batman]

loki said:

They already have that. It's called "Ultimate Spider-Man". Retard.

Thank you. I have been saying that and saying that. I just don't get it.

Oh, and happy birthday.

[OpTard]

are your spider-man comments about the other or one more day? i can't tell.

thor: lord of earth was very kick ass.

i remember reading the mobbed up storyline when it came out as comics. i was not one of the devin grayson haters. and i think all of nightwing got collected to trade. all are just not in print anymore.

i never read any crossgen

[Loki]

Evolve Or Die was awesome. I haven't read One More Day yet. I'll wait until it all comes out in GN and read it then.

Crossgen's early stuff was really good. You'd probably enjoy it. And best of all, it's dirt cheap (if you can find it). They collected their first couple of years in trades, and it is those I'm referring to. By the end of the company their stuff was pretty brutal, but their trades are worth the couple of bucks each they go for nowadays.

One other question I forgot to add. What is going on with Wildstorm? They did a soft reboot with Captain Atom, and then I think they were going for a hard reboot, but things got jiggered along the way and.... well, where are they now?