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I've read Flash Gordon. Not knowing anything about the character I felt a bit lost, but it was fun in the end. And turns out there actually was an issue zero, on Free Comic Book Day. I found the pdf on Mad Cave's website.
I really liked Louise and her dynamic with Logan, that and the vampire/Dracula story was the one I really liked from Ben Percy (also didn't feature or mention Krakoa much for most of it). I would like to have seen that continue and feature Louise more as a companion/love interest. But he gave up on it, and I quickly couldn't stand Krakoa anyway, so I gave up on the Wolverine book along with all the X-Titles. Wolverine Blood Hunt I gave a chance given the regular recommendations and it was great to see the best thing from Ben Percy's run brought back, Logan & Louise paired together fighting vampires (though as with Percy's run, I have no idea when Maverick got his recent personality transplant from who he was in the 90's and 00's). Conan is a great comic adaptation of the character. Just started reading it. Titan is right up there with the best of the Dark Horse ones.
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the whole masked in prison reminds me of what was done in DD in Zsardasky's run, but here you have a giant turtle lol. Since TMNT started as a parody it can make more or less sense here depending on POV.
Every week, I hope to hear at least one out of the 5 or 6 panelists to shed some light or love on Ryan Norths, Fantastic Four. And every week, it's a broken record of everyone's discontent and anger of the same handful of books, writers, or editors. And its the same on many other channels. Obviously you've done live shows and uploads that try to remain overall positive in theme. But we need more. I know I could view content elsewhere, but I tend to agree with this channels views more often than not. So I don't want to tune out. But of all the books to be enjoyed, whether for the art, the story, or both, it'd be great to see excitement in some aspect. Any aspect! And less pissing, moaning. The discussion I had at Graham Crackers yesterday is what I personally want to see more of on KZread. "What is said publishers best read to you?" We both opened the thought floodgates on Fantastic Four. Both of us, absolutely thrilled! Don't any of you have a title old or new that you could rave about and be excited for?
It's hard to be enthused all the time. I get accused of being an "aww shucks" Pollyanna sometimes, not too often thank goodness. I'm a lifelong X-Men fan and they bobbled the restart IMHO. A lot of the malaise we feel isn't confined to comicbooks, it's endemic all over the periodical print publication industry. Rolling Stone whether you agree with their one-sided polemics or not have just published their final print magazine. Have you seen the cover price of a daily metropolitan newspaper and then compare that to the cover price of a monthly floppy? I mean have you been reading Scout Comics, take a chance on them and get burned too on really half-hearted art that legitimately looks better on a backlit tablet than printed in ink on paper read with an external light source and to have them bail on books and hear stories of the studio failing their creatives. Just an example. But there remains great books out there. Like Nadler and Cha's THE SICKNESS. No one's reading that but a select few. Or Jeff Lemire's FISHFLIES. It's amazing. Or G. Willow Wilson's POISON IVY which is really good especially for the Alan Moore SWAMP THING fans. It's just hard to be enthused all the time without faking it. And thank you so much for tuning in and contributing to this conversation.
Denzel Washington a man of African origins playing the role of Hannibal, also a man of African descent and people of European background are in raged.......😅😅😅😅😅😅 This story has absolutely nothing to do with White people, someone please make it make sense...
If you guys did do a Thinking Critical meet up and only had a handful of us show up, you could actually consider them "fans." For all the subscribers that would not come to the meet-up, those folks would not be considered "fans" they would be considered "viewers."
When even Sulli is sounding negative most of the time, you know the comic industry is really doomed. :s
there's still plenty to be happy about. I admittedly have some real personal things going on which may be effecting my usual sunny disposition of which I don't want to talk about on-air. But we are lucky to have so many good titles to be thrilled about. There are a lot of floppies out there and if we took the same idea of a baseball hitter, a good percentage is 3 out of every 10 are at least a base hit. Cheers and thanks for tuning in. It's always fun.
Hopefully jason aaron doesn't try to give us some cringey message about prison reform with this new ninja turtles comic
I think DC has found its new Batman writer. Sometimes it seems books are created to sell a cover, nothing more.
I wonder if Steve Orlando will make Wicket the Ewok gay? 😂
I never saw the movie Star Wars - The Rise Of Skywalker. My mind remains uncontaminated. Envy me.
"... and so did Saint Wes Of Thinking Critical doth gaze upon The Rise Of Skywalker so that his followers may not have to."
Listening to Mark Waid talk about Absolute Power Q/A and he decided to talk for 10 minutes about the Orange Man and how terrible life is. Just threw a huge turd at half the comic book readers.
There’s no reason for Avengers VS Aliens. That’s stupid.
You can't make a dream team of members of the X-Men as long as Krakoa still happened as a canon event in continuity.
THERE ARE NO MORE X-MEN. IT'S ALL A FIGMENT OF YOUR IMAGINATION... 00:00 - Daily State Of The Industry Update 05:38 - Disappointments In The Deadpool Movie 11:52 - Groundhog Troubles 17:57 - San Diego Comic Con Fun 23:16 - Shoutouts To Patreon Backers 29:27 - Dislike For The Olympics And Parades 35:05 - The Disdain For Back Issue Buyers 40:48 - Forcing Readers Into A Digital Experience 46:47 - Controversies In The X-Men Universe 52:39 - Shortcuts And Pressure In The Art Industry 58:34 - Jim Zub's Passion For Writing Conan 01:03:40 - Frustration With The Current Leadership 01:10:08 - The Talking Moss And Editorial Failures 01:15:51 - X-Men And The Focus On Gayness 01:21:35 - Questioning Opinions And Seeking New Information 01:27:06 - Reviews And New Comic Project 01:33:17 - The Importance Of Studying History And Avoiding Repetition 01:39:17 - TMNT Soft Relaunch Analysis 01:45:32 - TMNT: The Rooftop Battle 01:52:21 - Discussion On The "Nemesis Rogues Gallery" Issue 01:58:42 - Discussing Favorite Star Wars Characters And Comic Recommendations 02:05:03 - Comic Book Recommendations 02:11:12 - Comic Book Recommendations 02:18:19 - Exciting New Indie Series Coming Out
thank you so much for these! You rock!
Nemesis, Rook, Conan and Flash Gordon all in one week! My cup runneth over! As always, TC keeps me excited for those few great comics being published even as DC and Marvel die slowly. Great stuff, keep it going! Cheers, fellas 🍻 One more thing: There is indeed Flash Gordon 0 issue, it was the FCBD debut
They're out of ideas. They have been for quite some time. That's the reason for this. They're hanging onto hickmans idea because they don't know what else to do.
I love that Jim Zub's Conan run is long-term and planned out. That's the best currently published series from any company. And it was heartening that he is willing to talk to Sparrow. I get the feeling Sparrow's ideology could be described as "politically reasonable" but, unfortunately, we're in a Mark Waid type environment where pros have to disassociate from anyone who isn't "foaming at the mouth marxist ideologue." It shouldn't be like this, it made me happy Zub will still talk to us. I just want everyone to be able to talk again. Great stream as always! Cheers, gentlemen! 🍻
Seems like attacking old school LOtR, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dune, etc., is not about creating equality but about implementing group-think culture.
Totally missed this... 257 lbs of comics and manga moving fast in San Diego✨👍✨
Thompson is a successful writer with a few Eisner nominations and a win. Scarlet has been good so far. Genuinely can’t see the origin of the hate. Worse is people looking for things to hate. It’s a good action book.
News Flash MVP. Deadpool Wolverine was fun.
To piggyback off something that was said earlier. I started to watch thinking critical to get a different perspective on things. It’s good to have different opinions and perspectives because how else can you learn.
I love Flash Gordon & will be getting this. The Conan covers look beastly. Thank you. I'll wait on the TMNT.
Great recommendations guys
Fantastic reviews guys
Awesome work guys
Aaron hit the nail on the head. Get creative teams who care about the characters and who care about the fans. I wanna tell my Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown story and my Justice League book.
Phoenix has better art, stolen or not, than writing. It's a bad book guys.
Awesome work guys
47:10 For artist tracing. I am also against this but do wish to know how much time Marvel gives the artist before deadline. Marvel should delay the comic if the artist still working on it or something has come up take the artist time. At least we all have a mutual agreement. *The writing from Jackson and Lazing is atrocious.* You guys would say the way how Deniz Camp wrote Midas is Deniz Camp’s activist fetish, which I still disagree with all you, as I say before, Camp was going for Idealism vs Cynicism viewpoints. Midas was antagonizing Captain America and Midas gloats about it. Ultimate issue 2 didn’t make it one sided it. I can understand that. I did read Grant Morrison’s Marvel Boy too. Midas’ personality is consistent. But *Jackson and Lanzing writing in NYX is 100% their activist fetishes.* 49:01 His name is Prodigy, his a male, and he is bisexual. Prodigy exists since 2003. MVP describe of Jackson and Lazing’s writing at best. Just Buzzword after Buzzword. There is no meaning to it. And it gets worst when Sophie Cuckoo flips the tables on Prodigy and She say he is the oppressor. The comic validates as Sophie a girl boss. Yes this NYX comic validates a White Karen talking down on Bisexual Black Man who is her teacher. So progressive Jackson and Lazing, You tools. Including at the end, Empath said to Julian(Who is the Krakoan) you name yourself after Emma’s frost team, *So Thirsty* Julian was like 16 years old when decide that name Hellion. He go by that name so can live all of the expectations of Emma frost. Julian Keller was Emma Frost’ True Protege. Not Kitty Pryde. God Julian deserves better writers not Jackson and Lanzing. Also the inconsistency. Sophie said she knew Prodigy since Westchester. That is in incorrect. *Sophie died before Prodigy joins Xavier school.* They never meet. Prodigy only meet the other Cuckoos It literally proves interview that Jackson and Lanzing had with Aipt shows they are fake fans, everything they said to the interviewer Jackson and Lanzing has contradicted themselves. And Jackson and Lanzing does not have any passion yet they keep getting work and gaslighting new readers. It is frustrating. Leadership is so incompetent. And Dok, you and Wes actual made a review on NYX? I didn’t you guys gonna do it. I mean this first I heard Dok even mentioned Utopia. 55:27 *You need Ellliot Boggs aka the Magician. He literally has the power to make that happen.* I would say Franklin reed but Dan sloth retcon him to be not mutant. 57:20 Really? Kaare Andrews was on comics Aficionados and he didn’t get in trouble. He still writing Spider Man 2 Regin. He is still drawing variant covers. I am happy I get to ask Kaare Andrews questions. We now know his Amazing Fantasy is not Weirdworld. Is that why we cannot have Dan Abnett on Comic Aficionados? I really want to talk to Dan Abnett. I gonna be open minded to next x men comics so I can give fair criticism. Geoffrey Throne’s X Force is next . I don’t know what is gonna happen in the future, but Thank god, Surge is not in NYX. Geoffrey did say Surge has never killed anyone. That is true. He got that right. I would know I am a fan of Surge. I am little hopeful but I am keeping my expectations low. 1:04:00 This is why I continued to stick with Peach Momoko’s Ultimate X Men. Wes always say Her X Men is not x men. Which another thing I disagree. I literally do not understand why you think fighting the Shadow who stalks and make people commit seppeku and bunch kids figuring how they got these powers equals a girl coming of age story. At Least Peach Momoko Ultimate X Men is building something new from the ground up. Just like Sully said. I read issue 5. They finally form their team, to fight a religious cult. Yes, a Mutant Religion cult. Best of All Krakoa never exists in earth 6160 so it won’t drag This version of X Men down. Can I get a hallelujah.
yeah but to be sure I dropped Ultimate X-Men after #4. I nonetheless looooove Peach's artwork yet there's a huge anti-male bias evident and obvious over 5 issues. All the heroic leads are Female, all 5 of them. Every Male is a bully, a su!cide, a lecherous creep, a host for the Shadow King, and Maystorm's physically @busive father. Zero Heroic Male characters. I had enough. I gave it a try but it literally made me sad to read. Lots of wheelspinning, not world building IMHO. X-Men books are supposed to be high octane action adventure stories and for all people. Good continuity catch with Sophie and Prodigy BTW! I do disagree about Deniz Camp's use of characters. They're vapid platforms for his feelings and activism. That book is in the wrong hands.
1 dollar….?!?!
The Big Two needs to take notes of Image Comics Big time.
2:44 superman family Batman family ✌️👍👌🫶🫶🤩🤩🤩🫶🫶🫶🫶😍😍😍
These people hate comics
They’re the WORST!
They are not! They are bring honest. If you do not like it do not watch just to complain!
Correction they hate bad comics
@@sinisterkyle4884 I have read, watched and played a ton of stuff. So instinctively I am looking for things that standout from the massive crowd now. I suppose this could happen to any longtime fan or reviewer at some point?
@@PrivateCitizen84 yea it can happen. In fact I’m very selective in what I read now
TMNT was a good read. Art was great. Cant wait to see where it goes with the other turtles.
funny tom waltz moved on from idw tmnt while jason aaron after ruining wolverine is now on tmnt going to further ruin it after sophie ruined it
Wes says "and all that stuff" a lot
Thanks for the video fellas. Indy heavy as usual, but that is where I spend most of my money anyway. I am enjoying Rook and Conan.
'Rook: Exodus' feels like it's based on an 80's toyline (anyone remember 'Visionaries'!?), with various characters controlling different animals only with a more modern update.
Unsolicited advice to Drew: Try to get out of the habit of saying "I'm going to be honest" or similar variations. It implies you've been lying. Say "I'll be frank" or "To be blunt"
I’m going to be honest…probably not. 😂❤
So many great indy books that everyone should be reading. DC and Marvel have to up their game to get my money.
I know what comes next. Return of the Jedi then Dark Empire 1 and 2.
Give Stephanie phillips another book!! Ha
You know, at first I thought that the whole Morrigan x Spidey was idiotic and really stupid. But as soon as I remembered how Spidey is been treated by his own editorial staff, I became a strong supporter of the ship regardless of how dumb it is. I just want to see Spider-Man being happy for a change.
How their starting off this tmnt comic is both odd and stupid.
I've never been a fan of TMNT, so for what it's worth, I thought this was a solid read, with great art.
Hero in prison angle was done to death in Zdarsky’s Daredevil which looks like this was copied from. Only good point was the art.
I read in trade so I'm always behined in everything but TMNT is one of a few series I'm gonna try to stay more current on