Comments on: Down the Line: June 2008 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/ Get Pantsed! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:21:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Virduk http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-13051 Virduk Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:53:57 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-13051 Trinity. I was sold on that as soon as they mentioned that Kurt and Mark was the team. Kurt almost never lets me down and with Mark on board we have the Thunderbolts team back which I adored. Trinity.

I was sold on that as soon as they mentioned that Kurt and Mark was the team. Kurt almost never lets me down and with Mark on board we have the Thunderbolts team back which I adored.

]]> By: s1rude http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12917 s1rude Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:45:56 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12917 Anybody know if <i>Femme Noir</i> is the strip that ran on the old moviepoopshoot site a few years back? Anybody know if Femme Noir is the strip that ran on the old moviepoopshoot site a few years back?

]]> By: Joe http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12912 Joe Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:35:46 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12912 I'm still tempted over the Luke Skywalker HC. I need a little feedback. Have any of you read the Marvel Star Wars comics years ago? Do any of you think it's worth getting in terms of quality? I’m still tempted over the Luke Skywalker HC. I need a little feedback. Have any of you read the Marvel Star Wars comics years ago? Do any of you think it’s worth getting in terms of quality?

]]> By: Dexter Morgan http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12884 Dexter Morgan Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:53:55 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12884 [quote comment="12821"][quote comment="12816"]rampaging hulk was a magazine title, was it not? round about the same time as the tv series ???[/quote] Correct. Apparently it was a color magazine, but like Marvel's black and white magazines, went for a slightly edgier tone than the mainstream books. I've never read any of the stories, but I know the series somewhat infamously featured a scene where two gay guys corner Bruce Banner in a YMCA - the implication being that they're were going to rape him. Ah, here're some scans. That Jim Shooter was quite the sensitive writer... http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape1-1.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape2.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape3.jpg[/quote] That dialogue is so realistic and convincing. ;-) I wonder how long Shooter hung out at his local YMCA to get a grasp of the nuances of gay rapist thug lingo?

rampaging hulk was a magazine title, was it not? round about the same time as the tv series ???

Correct. Apparently it was a color magazine, but like Marvel’s black and white magazines, went for a slightly edgier tone than the mainstream books.

I’ve never read any of the stories, but I know the series somewhat infamously featured a scene where two gay guys corner Bruce Banner in a YMCA - the implication being that they’re were going to rape him.

Ah, here’re some scans. That Jim Shooter was quite the sensitive writer…

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape1-1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape2.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape3.jpg

That dialogue is so realistic and convincing. ;-) I wonder how long Shooter hung out at his local YMCA to get a grasp of the nuances of gay rapist thug lingo?

]]> By: rob http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12872 rob Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:18:57 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12872 i'm gonna brag/gush here, Fred hembeck Mentioned Herb in his blog a while back and since I can truthfully say Herb's one of heroes I gave him a link to my strip and he LOVED IT. Honest! No kidding! When we met he told the woman with him "this is the guy I told you about! So yeah I will buy his Hellboy! i’m gonna brag/gush here,
Fred hembeck Mentioned Herb in his blog a while back and since I can truthfully say Herb’s one of heroes I gave him a link to my strip and he LOVED IT. Honest! No kidding!
When we met he told the woman with him “this is the guy I told you about!
So yeah I will buy his Hellboy!

]]> By: Wraith http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12854 Wraith Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:25:04 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12854 Herb Trimpe, eh? Given that he's apparently been OK'd by Mike and the people at Dark Horse, I must assume that this will be pretty good. And that I'll be thinking "if only he'd been drawing like this back in the 90s, on Fantastic Four Unlimited, etc., instead of that faux-Liefeld style." (Not that better art would have done much to improve what were some of Roy Thomas' worst efforts, as well, but... my god. I had a look at one of those issues the other day and Trimpe's work is enough to make my eyes bleed. Ultimately, every sad fanboy who bought Liefeld comics, thereby making his style seem worthy of imitation, is to blame... which means I'm partly to blame... Herb, I'm sorry, man. I was young and dumb.) Herb Trimpe, eh? Given that he’s apparently been OK’d by Mike and the people at Dark Horse, I must assume that this will be pretty good. And that I’ll be thinking “if only he’d been drawing like this back in the 90s, on Fantastic Four Unlimited, etc., instead of that faux-Liefeld style.”

(Not that better art would have done much to improve what were some of Roy Thomas’ worst efforts, as well, but… my god. I had a look at one of those issues the other day and Trimpe’s work is enough to make my eyes bleed. Ultimately, every sad fanboy who bought Liefeld comics, thereby making his style seem worthy of imitation, is to blame… which means I’m partly to blame… Herb, I’m sorry, man. I was young and dumb.)

]]> By: fil http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12837 fil Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:35:42 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12837 Hey, what, no Iron Fist? ;-) Hey, what, no Iron Fist? ;-)

]]> By: White Dragon http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12833 White Dragon Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:29:25 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12833 [quote comment="12821"][quote comment="12816"]rampaging hulk was a magazine title, was it not? round about the same time as the tv series ???[/quote] I never heard about this type of stuff. Were these magazines common or was this only for the Hulk? Is it basically a Hulk comic but in magazine form? Was really that "edgy" or was the rape seen just a blip on the radar. When did these magazines come out? My guess is that they did the magazine to avoid comic book censorship.

rampaging hulk was a magazine title, was it not? round about the same time as the tv series ???

I never heard about this type of stuff. Were these magazines common or was this only for the Hulk?
Is it basically a Hulk comic but in magazine form? Was really that “edgy” or was the rape seen just a blip on the radar. When did these magazines come out?

My guess is that they did the magazine to avoid comic book censorship.

]]> By: Joe http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12828 Joe Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:44:54 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12828 I hate Dark Horse for tempting me with that $100 Luke Skywalker hardcover. I hate them. Genius and Alibi do sound like promising books from Top Cow. I think High Rollers from Boom will be outstanding if fits the descriptions of American Gangster, The Wire and Criminal. I hate Dark Horse for tempting me with that $100 Luke Skywalker hardcover. I hate them.

Genius and Alibi do sound like promising books from Top Cow. I think High Rollers from Boom will be outstanding if fits the descriptions of American Gangster, The Wire and Criminal.

]]> By: roblewmac http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12827 roblewmac Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:29:35 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12827 Ah I love that like any good of 70s Marvel thugs the gay rape gang is interacial. I Guess the asian guy had the day off Ah I love that like any good of 70s Marvel thugs the gay rape gang is interacial. I Guess the asian guy had the day off

]]> By: Bob http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12825 Bob Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:28:54 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12825 [quote comment="12821"][quote comment="12816"]rampaging hulk was a magazine title, was it not? round about the same time as the tv series ???[/quote] Correct. Apparently it was a color magazine, but like Marvel's black and white magazines, went for a slightly edgier tone than the mainstream books. I've never read any of the stories, but I know the series somewhat infamously featured a scene where two gay guys corner Bruce Banner in a YMCA - the implication being that they're were going to rape him. Ah, here're some scans. That Jim Shooter was quite the sensitive writer... http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape1-1.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape2.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape3.jpg[/quote] SOLD!!!!

rampaging hulk was a magazine title, was it not? round about the same time as the tv series ???

Correct. Apparently it was a color magazine, but like Marvel’s black and white magazines, went for a slightly edgier tone than the mainstream books.

I’ve never read any of the stories, but I know the series somewhat infamously featured a scene where two gay guys corner Bruce Banner in a YMCA - the implication being that they’re were going to rape him.

Ah, here’re some scans. That Jim Shooter was quite the sensitive writer…

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape1-1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape2.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape3.jpg

SOLD!!!!

]]> By: Dave F. http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12821 Dave F. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:29:06 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12821 [quote comment="12816"]rampaging hulk was a magazine title, was it not? round about the same time as the tv series ???[/quote] Correct. Apparently it was a color magazine, but like Marvel's black and white magazines, went for a slightly edgier tone than the mainstream books. I've never read any of the stories, but I know the series somewhat infamously featured a scene where two gay guys corner Bruce Banner in a YMCA - the implication being that they're were going to rape him. Ah, here're some scans. That Jim Shooter was quite the sensitive writer... http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape1-1.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape2.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape3.jpg

rampaging hulk was a magazine title, was it not? round about the same time as the tv series ???

Correct. Apparently it was a color magazine, but like Marvel’s black and white magazines, went for a slightly edgier tone than the mainstream books.

I’ve never read any of the stories, but I know the series somewhat infamously featured a scene where two gay guys corner Bruce Banner in a YMCA - the implication being that they’re were going to rape him.

Ah, here’re some scans. That Jim Shooter was quite the sensitive writer…

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape1-1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape2.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/eye_robot/comics/hulkrape3.jpg

]]> By: Blair http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12816 Blair Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:59:51 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12816 rampaging hulk was a magazine title, was it not? round about the same time as the tv series ??? rampaging hulk was a magazine title, was it not? round about the same time as the tv series ???

]]> By: Bob http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12807 Bob Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:03:51 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12807 Oh, and also what do you guys know about Essential Rampaging Hulk, coming out in June? Amazon recommended it to be based on, and I quote, "your interest in not supporting your local comics shop and buying Essential Hulk books online." But the talent involved is interesting and I can't for the life of me remember this book. http://tinyurl.com/4adnsz Oh, and also what do you guys know about Essential Rampaging Hulk, coming out in June? Amazon recommended it to be based on, and I quote, “your interest in not supporting your local comics shop and buying Essential Hulk books online.” But the talent involved is interesting and I can’t for the life of me remember this book.

http://tinyurl.com/4adnsz

]]> By: Bob http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12805 Bob Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:48:11 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12805 I loved Corben's Edgar Allen Poe MAX series, so I'm really intrigued by a Lovecraft series. I'm surprised DC is putting out another weekly title. Am I the only one thinking there's going to be a huge backlash against these weekly titles soon? The economy is shit, gas and food prices are going way up, and I don't think people are going to be lining up for weekly titles of inconsistent quality for long. I loved Corben’s Edgar Allen Poe MAX series, so I’m really intrigued by a Lovecraft series.

I’m surprised DC is putting out another weekly title. Am I the only one thinking there’s going to be a huge backlash against these weekly titles soon? The economy is shit, gas and food prices are going way up, and I don’t think people are going to be lining up for weekly titles of inconsistent quality for long.

]]> By: Martin http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12802 Martin Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:15:14 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12802 The Mike Wieringo book sounds awesome. I loved that FF team! Geoff Johns is promising that what he's going to do for Superman will have the same impact as what he did for Green Lantern. No offense to him, but All-Star Superman has already revitalized the character and is showing how interesting and enduring Superman can be, and I do believe the 11th issue is due to hit some months around this time. After the solid superhero books Image has put out, I'll definitely take a look at Kill All Parents. The Mike Wieringo book sounds awesome. I loved that FF team!

Geoff Johns is promising that what he’s going to do for Superman will have the same impact as what he did for Green Lantern. No offense to him, but All-Star Superman has already revitalized the character and is showing how interesting and enduring Superman can be, and I do believe the 11th issue is due to hit some months around this time.

After the solid superhero books Image has put out, I’ll definitely take a look at Kill All Parents.

]]> By: roblewmac http://comicpants.com/2008/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12796 roblewmac Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:20:10 +0000 http://comicpants.com/2008/04/04/down-the-line-june-2008/#comment-12796 real is gonna rock! real is gonna rock!

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