I’ve been enjoying the new Ultimate Spider-Man. Very nice art. The concept of super powers as allegory for the midlife crisis instead of puberty also has a lot of potential.
@@contempocomics i mean like for every comic series he goes over he usually it for 10 minutes or more. I'm not at all complaining it's just I actually trying to encourage him because it's different from his usual very extensive in depth reviews
@@powerist209 They are definitely not, it was Ultimate universe shtick. On Earth-616 Avengers is an independent force that bow to no one, even the US goverment
Janet VanDyne's backstory had always been that she's a successful fashion designer. I've enjoyed that through the years as the in-story and behind-the-scenes reason for giving her so many different costumes, whereas most superheroes look the same for decades. I'm not reading any current comics, uh... currently, though am in the middle of Barry Windsor-Smith's 'Monsters'. I was utterly horrified within the first few pages. It's wonderful. Interesting episode! Thank ya!
Highly recommend you read DWJ and Mike Spicer’s Transformers. It blows Void Rivals out of the water and all you need to really know are the basics of the franchise
Beneath the Trees is the best book coming out right now, IMO. Pitch perfect execution. It may have the most mainstream crossover potential for any book out there. It's a very special series.
Thank you. I thought it best to explain my perspective so it wasn't taken out of context. Or, for that matter, taken as a dog whistle, if you get my meaning. I'm not sure who suggested I keep the glitchy dialogue. But they get the credit for it staying in. :)
I had a similar concern about Tynion overstretching when I started Workdtr33. I loved it, but having just finished the Vol 7 TPB of Something’s Killing, I think that may be the one that’s suffered a bit. It just seemed very predictable. I’ll definitely pick up the next Worldtr33 TPB, but not sure about the next volume of Something’s Killing.
I've picked up multiple Tynion series, but I dropped off SIKTC early in the run and will not be continuing with NHBTL, not just because of the lengthy & annoying acronyms, but because I don't have the $$$ to follow every one of his whimsies.
Just found your channel and really enjoyed the current comics for February 2024. Its refreshing to find someone objective with intelligent insight and unbiased opinions. Looking at comics and reviewing them as the art form they are, without the fanboy bloviating. Thank you.
The reboot of Conan by Titan has been quite good. Similar but it's own thing, Bloodrik was an enjoyable, well drawn, 3 issue mini. Rare Flavours has been great, The Deviant, Sacrificers, and Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, have all been solid reads as well, and I Hate Fairyland continues to be a fun irreverent trip.
I've been a DC kid for 50+yrs. and haven't bought a DC/Marvel books in years i haven't cared for Spidey's direction in decades. i heard good things and picked up the first 2 books and will actually continue to pick up this series.
Majority of comics I enjoy are rarely superhero stuff. Great horror and crime comics exist. Erotica exists. Biography. Ahoy Comics seems to want to do lots of comedy stuff. LOTS of stuff
Hunter Rose was my favorite Grendel, nice to see Matt getting him back out there. Is it possible that Hunter punished pedophiles out of self-loathing because of his feelings for Christine ? I always found that relationship disturbing.
I think Skybound’s Hasbro books have all been solid even with Void Rivals’s very slow burn pacing. Transformers is very fun especially with Daniel Warren Johnson’s art. I enjoy both the GI Joe books but I think Cobra Commander might be the more interesting one due to delving into the weirder more controversial parts of GI Joe lore.
I've been enjoying the new shared universe introduced in Void Rivals, it's been interesting to see how it plays out this time around. If you ever venture into the Transformers stuff, I hope you find it enjoyable.
I do not read any of the ongoing titles from Marvel or DC Comics. However, I did start reading 'Crave' by María Llovet, which is a six-issue series published by Image Comics. I have enjoyed her previous works. Apart from that, anything written by Ed Brubaker would be great as he has been consistent lately.
Great video! I'm going to check out Newburn for sure now. I'd love to hear your thoughts on Seven Years In Darkness. It was my runaway favorite of the past year.
The thing I've been reading that I think you'd like the most is Blue Book 1947. It's a miniseries by Tynion and Micheal Avon Oeming about Kenneth Arnold's UFO sightings in 1941. This is the second volume they've done and both are non-fiction stories detailing paranormal events that Tynion finds interesting. Also Tynion is working on a Horror book with Christian Ward called Spectregraph that I'm looking forward to because I just read Batman City of Madness and Ward's art on that is incredible (not so much his writing)
I'm never current as I read collected editions and have limited free time with young kiddos. That said, I'm keen to check out The Sickness, Jay Stephens' Dwellings, Matt Lesniewski's Faceless and the Family, and Sombra. Would love to hear your thoughts on any of those!
GI Joe: A real American Hero is and remains a good comic. The 80s Marvel Shield comic that never stopped, minus those 15 years. The main Transformers comic is also quit good. The very first time I actually care about reading a Transformer ongoing. Kirkman´s Firepower just ended. I liked that one. JoJo Part 9: The JojoLands (only in scanlation) is good and has a US setting but it´s best to start part 7, a reboot, if you want to get on that train.
I enjoyed your quick review on Void Rivals, too cool. I wish you would do a collaboration with JerkComic you're both my favorite content creators on UA-cam.
Thank you. Yet another insightful and enjoyable video. On the topic of comics being optioned for Netflix, is there any word of the works of Ed Brubaker, such as Fatale, Criminal, etc being on a short list?
Lion and the Eagle, another war tale from Garth Ennis. Initially, you may think this is Ennis's brand of violence and WWII, but let me assure you that he will exceed that expectation with this story.
Garth Ennis is an amazing war comic storyteller. And it annoys me to no end how the Boys (which let's face it is absolute trash) became more of a hit instead of his war material, because that's where his heart is, and it's his best stuff. But American Cape Addicts can't let go of their capes in favor of anything else.
Great video thank you. I am 99% a collected editions buyer but I have actually read 3 of these (USM, WW and Worldtree) and agree with pretty much everything you said. Am going to try The Madness as a result and as I tend enjoy JMS’ work generally and didn’t know about this. Like you I am always concerned some of these series don’t get properly concluded
Currently reading the new Ultimate Spider-Man. Read the first issue and it looks very promising. I'll check out the new Transformers/GI Joe universe someday. And I'll read Hellblazer: Dead in America when it's finished. Tom King is not my cup of tea, but good for him for writing Wonder Woman. And don't forget James Tynion is writing Nightmare Country, one of the current Sandman spinoffs, also unfinished as far as I'm concerned. Enjoyed a miniseries called Bloodrik by Andrew Krahnke. And these are my current comics I'm reading.
Please continue with this style of reviews....I have five shops to visit and never find the depth of info and opinion you provide. Some of the titles, from this video, I would never pick up, if not for your "spoiler alert".
Great work as always! I love your use of the UA-cam icon as the censorship cover. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Chuck Dixon Airboy comics. We seem to have many similar tastes and I enjoy the series but I"d love to hear your thoughtful remarks on the work.
About avengers INC. There's currently overarching continuity thing about Wilson Fisk outlawing costumed heroes in New York when he was mayor, and now mayor Luke Cage has to deal with it while still helping out his friends.
That technique of writing of holding information for the mystery to be solved is why I haven't been able to connect with some of the more famous mystery fiction. I feel like most of them do that to enhance impact or to make the protagonist seem cooler. Funnily enough, more children oriented mystery themes fiction avoid these contraptions, which is probably why series like Scooby Doo end up being timeless.
Actually the average audience for big two comics is a male in his mid to late 30s, so you cant be that much older lol. I mean it makes sense, im pretty sure that new post krakoa x-men is gonna be a Jim lee era/The animated series throwback, and youd have to be over 30 to really remember that stuff as it was coming out
I currently have a stupidly hot and incredibly accomplished partner, and I never thought that this would be how I would connect with a modern day comic. 😂
I've never seen a copy of the new Wonder Woman series, just images on the web. Sampere's art is lovely, but he always seems to draw WW with a head that's about 10-15% smaller than it should be. I hope that's an area where he's improved. I'm a little surprised that the new Devil by the Deed is "life story" of Hunter. Not quite what I expected. Interesting.
Highly recommend the other energon universe stories transformers by dwj and Mike spencer . Some of my favorite action scenes in comic books and are very reminiscent of action shounen mangas both duke and combra comander all three series are going places i did not expect and it's been really fun also i recommend jumping in and reading the idw transformers and gi joe comics have some gi joe cobra and transformers more than meets the eye are some of my favorite comics of all time and highly recommend them so please read them
I really enjoy all your videos, and appreciated your take in some newer books. That said: I do have one piece of constructive criticism that I hope you will consider: In your review of Ultimate Spider-man, you said that Peter didn't deserve Mary Jane in any reality, based solely on her looks. That comment was shallow, and beneath you. What is it about Peter that makes you feel he doesn't deserve an attractive partner? Do you feel that MJ is defined solely by her looks, with no identifiable personality characteristics? I won't go so far as ti say I was "offended " by this comment, but I was definitely taken aback. Also, if you are an AI program, who was the white haired man in the photo in one of your previous videos? Was this an actual human, or an AI generated image?
That was a joke about Peter, feeling directionless and dissipated, feeling he didn't deserve such a great partner. Maybe the tone of voice was inscrutable since it's, well, an AI? ;)
@TitularHeroine explained it for me. :) My delivery is quite dry and that leaves room for a few conclusions. You could also read it as I have a thing for confident redheads and I'm jealous Peter is involved with Mary Jane. Either way. Me being AI is a running joke, I suppose you could say. Someone(s) jokingly said my voice sounded like AI and I just ran with it. It comes up in a few videos and I think there's one Short where I admit to being AI. I might even throw in a few small errors every now and again to reinforce that joke. (Nothing factual, mind you.) For the record, that's very light blonde hair with lots of grey. I'm not exactly white haired...yet. But that picture is actually me. I'm real. I exist. Now you know!
I'm so excited for Ennis coming back for another MAX run. Fury is tasked with hunting down Frank Castle. ediT: I really, really enjoyed Punisher MAX Soviet.
The AI bit is really funny LMAO
I’ve been enjoying the new Ultimate Spider-Man. Very nice art. The concept of super powers as allegory for the midlife crisis instead of puberty also has a lot of potential.
In that aspect, Local Man from image definitely also scratches that itch.
I'm very happy to see some more recent stuff from you even if it's short! 🙏
20 minutes is not short
@@contempocomics i mean like for every comic series he goes over he usually it for 10 minutes or more. I'm not at all complaining it's just I actually trying to encourage him because it's different from his usual very extensive in depth reviews
Thank you. Sometimes it's good to just hit the basics and move on.
The reason for Janet not wearing her Wasp costume is because Vigilante crime fighting is still illegal in NY
Kingpin outlawed it didn't he?
@porassrivastava8242 yes it's been the status quo for years now
@@YEARofTheCollectorNot for long, the recent leaks showed that the law will be overturned in the aftermath of Gang War event
Well, unless there was an event, I think Avengers are covered under “government agent”.
@@powerist209 They are definitely not, it was Ultimate universe shtick. On Earth-616 Avengers is an independent force that bow to no one, even the US goverment
Janet VanDyne's backstory had always been that she's a successful fashion designer. I've enjoyed that through the years as the in-story and behind-the-scenes reason for giving her so many different costumes, whereas most superheroes look the same for decades.
I'm not reading any current comics, uh... currently, though am in the middle of Barry Windsor-Smith's 'Monsters'. I was utterly horrified within the first few pages. It's wonderful.
Interesting episode! Thank ya!
The AI bit was really well done.
Love it when you touch your audio in those ways.
Loved it in the Department of Truth video.
Thank you! It has to be applied sparingly or it gets annoying. :)
Please do more of these! Love the honesty of the reviews. Your AI programming is really good!
This was fun!
Currently reading/recently finished/enjoying Bloodrik, Petrol Head, Ribbon Queen, Conan for non big 2.
Bloodrik is badass. Glad I picked it up.
Haven't read petrol head but I love all those others so I'm gonna pick it up. You made a sale!
Highly recommend you read DWJ and Mike Spicer’s Transformers. It blows Void Rivals out of the water and all you need to really know are the basics of the franchise
Beneath the Trees where nobody sees and The Nasty are my top current books right now
Beneath the Trees is the best book coming out right now, IMO. Pitch perfect execution. It may have the most mainstream crossover potential for any book out there. It's a very special series.
Your preamble really hit me since our tastes are so similar. And I’m glad you left in the audio blip you showed on Patreon 🤣
Thank you. I thought it best to explain my perspective so it wasn't taken out of context. Or, for that matter, taken as a dog whistle, if you get my meaning.
I'm not sure who suggested I keep the glitchy dialogue. But they get the credit for it staying in. :)
I had a similar concern about Tynion overstretching when I started Workdtr33. I loved it, but having just finished the Vol 7 TPB of Something’s Killing, I think that may be the one that’s suffered a bit. It just seemed very predictable. I’ll definitely pick up the next Worldtr33 TPB, but not sure about the next volume of Something’s Killing.
I've picked up multiple Tynion series, but I dropped off SIKTC early in the run and will not be continuing with NHBTL, not just because of the lengthy & annoying acronyms, but because I don't have the $$$ to follow every one of his whimsies.
Would love to see these more often! Interesting hearing your take on current things as a seasoned comic vet.
Not sure if it’s been mentioned but local man is pretty solid. Not mind blowing but pretty fun twist on 90’s superhero comics.
Local Man was getting accolades at the end of the year, and the "Local Girl" story arc was the best yet. Great recommendation.
Yup. Fantastic series. Especially for fans of 90's comics.
Yes, I recommend Local Man as well.
Just found your channel and really enjoyed the current comics for February 2024. Its refreshing to find someone objective with intelligent insight and unbiased opinions. Looking at comics and reviewing them as the art form they are, without the fanboy bloviating. Thank you.
The reboot of Conan by Titan has been quite good. Similar but it's own thing, Bloodrik was an enjoyable, well drawn, 3 issue mini. Rare Flavours has been great, The Deviant, Sacrificers, and Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, have all been solid reads as well, and I Hate Fairyland continues to be a fun irreverent trip.
Ultimate spiderman sounds really interesting
I've been a DC kid for 50+yrs. and haven't bought a DC/Marvel books in years i haven't cared for Spidey's direction in decades. i heard good things and picked up the first 2 books and will actually continue to pick up this series.
Majority of comics I enjoy are rarely superhero stuff. Great horror and crime comics exist. Erotica exists. Biography. Ahoy Comics seems to want to do lots of comedy stuff. LOTS of stuff
I'm reading "Jay Gerrick: The Flash" and old issues of Lucky Luke.
aw, poor Avengers Inc. Too beautiful to live
ACO’s art is gorgeous!
ACO has been around for a while, it was interesting to hear him talked about as a newcomer. His work on both Nick Fury and Midnighter was superb
Great video! Please make this a regular thing sir
I will see what I can do.
you went a little crazy on this one, that's good, keep it up.
Hunter Rose was my favorite Grendel, nice to see Matt getting him back out there. Is it possible that Hunter punished pedophiles out of self-loathing because of his feelings for Christine ? I always found that relationship disturbing.
Wasn't he targeted by an older woman named Jocasta, Ophidius Rex's mother? Maybe he is taking his past back.
Correction: Oedipus.
Self-loathing is a possibility. (I think you meant Jocasta, by the way. He was dead years before Christine even existed.)
You should read Rare Flavours by Ram V! Probably my favorite book that’s coming out right now
Reading suggestions: "The Deviant" (Image), and "Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees" (IDW)
I think Skybound’s Hasbro books have all been solid even with Void Rivals’s very slow burn pacing. Transformers is very fun especially with Daniel Warren Johnson’s art. I enjoy both the GI Joe books but I think Cobra Commander might be the more interesting one due to delving into the weirder more controversial parts of GI Joe lore.
I've been enjoying the new shared universe introduced in Void Rivals, it's been interesting to see how it plays out this time around. If you ever venture into the Transformers stuff, I hope you find it enjoyable.
I agree with you about reading Tom King in bulk. However, I think you'll find Penguin is a little different. It's pretty compelling month to month.
Have you checked out Nights by Wyatt Kennedy?
I'm sorry if I didn't understand... but isn't ACO's art almost already excellent?
I do not read any of the ongoing titles from Marvel or DC Comics. However, I did start reading 'Crave' by María Llovet, which is a six-issue series published by Image Comics. I have enjoyed her previous works. Apart from that, anything written by Ed Brubaker would be great as he has been consistent lately.
Thank you!
Great video! I'm going to check out Newburn for sure now. I'd love to hear your thoughts on Seven Years In Darkness. It was my runaway favorite of the past year.
Usagi Yojimbo is always great. Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers has been excellent action. Rob William's Petrol Head has been good Sci fi fun.
The thing I've been reading that I think you'd like the most is Blue Book 1947. It's a miniseries by Tynion and Micheal Avon Oeming about Kenneth Arnold's UFO sightings in 1941. This is the second volume they've done and both are non-fiction stories detailing paranormal events that Tynion finds interesting. Also Tynion is working on a Horror book with Christian Ward called Spectregraph that I'm looking forward to because I just read Batman City of Madness and Ward's art on that is incredible (not so much his writing)
I'm never current as I read collected editions and have limited free time with young kiddos. That said, I'm keen to check out The Sickness, Jay Stephens' Dwellings, Matt Lesniewski's Faceless and the Family, and Sombra. Would love to hear your thoughts on any of those!
GI Joe: A real American Hero is and remains a good comic. The 80s Marvel Shield comic that never stopped, minus those 15 years.
The main Transformers comic is also quit good. The very first time I actually care about reading a Transformer ongoing.
Kirkman´s Firepower just ended. I liked that one.
JoJo Part 9: The JojoLands (only in scanlation) is good and has a US setting but it´s best to start part 7, a reboot, if you want to get on that train.
I enjoyed your quick review on Void Rivals, too cool. I wish you would do a collaboration with JerkComic you're both my favorite content creators on UA-cam.
Brilliant reviews 👏 👌 👍
If you aren’t already reading the current run of Fantastic Four…you should be. It’s one of the best series I’ve read in years and void of fluff
I've recently rediscovered Savage Sword of Conan, and that led me to Titan's current Conan run. I'm certainly enjoying it.
Thanks for this
Thank you. Yet another insightful and enjoyable video. On the topic of comics being optioned for Netflix, is there any word of the works of Ed Brubaker, such as Fatale, Criminal, etc being on a short list?
Lion and the Eagle, another war tale from Garth Ennis. Initially, you may think this is Ennis's brand of violence and WWII, but let me assure you that he will exceed that expectation with this story.
Garth Ennis is an amazing war comic storyteller. And it annoys me to no end how the Boys (which let's face it is absolute trash) became more of a hit instead of his war material, because that's where his heart is, and it's his best stuff. But American Cape Addicts can't let go of their capes in favor of anything else.
I will have to look into that. Ennis usually puts a lot of passion into war stories. So that could be excellent.
Great video thank you. I am 99% a collected editions buyer but I have actually read 3 of these (USM, WW and Worldtree) and agree with pretty much everything you said. Am going to try The Madness as a result and as I tend enjoy JMS’ work generally and didn’t know about this. Like you I am always concerned some of these series don’t get properly concluded
I wonder if Hickman might make Peter a villain, considering it was the original Ultimate Reed Richards, who has created this world.
Currently reading the new Ultimate Spider-Man. Read the first issue and it looks very promising.
I'll check out the new Transformers/GI Joe universe someday. And I'll read Hellblazer: Dead in America when it's finished. Tom King is not my cup of tea, but good for him for writing Wonder Woman. And don't forget James Tynion is writing Nightmare Country, one of the current Sandman spinoffs, also unfinished as far as I'm concerned. Enjoyed a miniseries called Bloodrik by Andrew Krahnke. And these are my current comics I'm reading.
Please continue with this style of reviews....I have five shops to visit and never find the depth of info and opinion
you provide. Some of the titles, from this video, I would never pick up, if not for your "spoiler alert".
Nice video 👍. Have you ever heard of Shi: The way of the warrior?
Great work as always! I love your use of the UA-cam icon as the censorship cover. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Chuck Dixon Airboy comics. We seem to have many similar tastes and I enjoy the series but I"d love to hear your thoughtful remarks on the work.
Thanks for making a video like this.
Really like videos like this, comic reviews from people who's taste at somewhat meers My own is rare
About avengers INC.
There's currently overarching continuity thing about Wilson Fisk outlawing costumed heroes in New York when he was mayor, and now mayor Luke Cage has to deal with it while still helping out his friends.
That technique of writing of holding information for the mystery to be solved is why I haven't been able to connect with some of the more famous mystery fiction. I feel like most of them do that to enhance impact or to make the protagonist seem cooler.
Funnily enough, more children oriented mystery themes fiction avoid these contraptions, which is probably why series like Scooby Doo end up being timeless.
I like your reviews. You are objective and I agree with must of your assessments
Actually the average audience for big two comics is a male in his mid to late 30s, so you cant be that much older lol. I mean it makes sense, im pretty sure that new post krakoa x-men is gonna be a Jim lee era/The animated series throwback, and youd have to be over 30 to really remember that stuff as it was coming out
I currently have a stupidly hot and incredibly accomplished partner, and I never thought that this would be how I would connect with a modern day comic. 😂
You are such a good AI. That's a good program 🎉
My programmers thank you. End of line.
I've never seen a copy of the new Wonder Woman series, just images on the web. Sampere's art is lovely, but he always seems to draw WW with a head that's about 10-15% smaller than it should be. I hope that's an area where he's improved. I'm a little surprised that the new Devil by the Deed is "life story" of Hunter. Not quite what I expected. Interesting.
You have it right. The head in proportion to the body was off a few degrees and it looked a bit awkward. But that's evened out now.
I honestly don't find the book interesting at all.
That's fair. If it doesn't work for you that's how it goes. :)
I like this video format. Have you tried any Manga?
Yes, I have. In comparison to other videos, Manga does very, very poorly. Which I have found odd.
thousands of corpse paint patterns to copy/steal from and this lady looks like Lobo?
Of all the crazy crap mentioned the only thing truly worth it's merit is a new version of Grendel by Wagner 😂❤ great job 👍👏
Highly recommend the other energon universe stories transformers by dwj and Mike spencer . Some of my favorite action scenes in comic books and are very reminiscent of action shounen mangas both duke and combra comander all three series are going places i did not expect and it's been really fun also i recommend jumping in and reading the idw transformers and gi joe comics have some gi joe cobra and transformers more than meets the eye are some of my favorite comics of all time and highly recommend them so please read them
Ahh damn. You do have some "it". And it is pretty fucking cool.
Wtf I love AI now
AI loves you back.
Avengers Inc. disappointed me for the same Mobile suit gundam Witch from mercury dissapointed me it was rushed to hell and back
If you like oddball stuff, are you a Vaughn bode fan?
Have you read The Deviant by James Tynion yet ?
I’ve been reading some Ram V’s works recently, hope you can do a channel about Laila Starr and These Savage Shores, his works are stunning
I really enjoy all your videos, and appreciated your take in some newer books. That said: I do have one piece of constructive criticism that I hope you will consider:
In your review of Ultimate Spider-man, you said that Peter didn't deserve Mary Jane in any reality, based solely on her looks. That comment was shallow, and beneath you. What is it about Peter that makes you feel he doesn't deserve an attractive partner? Do you feel that MJ is defined solely by her looks, with no identifiable personality characteristics? I won't go so far as ti say I was "offended " by this comment, but I was definitely taken aback.
Also, if you are an AI program, who was the white haired man in the photo in one of your previous videos? Was this an actual human, or an AI generated image?
That was a joke about Peter, feeling directionless and dissipated, feeling he didn't deserve such a great partner. Maybe the tone of voice was inscrutable since it's, well, an AI? ;)
@TitularHeroine explained it for me. :) My delivery is quite dry and that leaves room for a few conclusions. You could also read it as I have a thing for confident redheads and I'm jealous Peter is involved with Mary Jane. Either way.
Me being AI is a running joke, I suppose you could say. Someone(s) jokingly said my voice sounded like AI and I just ran with it. It comes up in a few videos and I think there's one Short where I admit to being AI. I might even throw in a few small errors every now and again to reinforce that joke. (Nothing factual, mind you.)
For the record, that's very light blonde hair with lots of grey. I'm not exactly white haired...yet. But that picture is actually me. I'm real. I exist.
Now you know!
Your review of Ultimate Spiderman was sarcastic, correct? Lol
FIRST!!!
I'm so excited for Ennis coming back for another MAX run. Fury is tasked with hunting down Frank Castle.
ediT: I really, really enjoyed Punisher MAX Soviet.