GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

[Phi]

He looks more like a white Ray Charles there.

On the other hand...



Marry me, Lemire.

Do I even want to know what this is?

[Protoman Blues]

It's Animal Man, a comic which makes the DC Reboot totally worth it!

[Pyro]

Supes is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo SMUG!

That a reference to Action Comics #2? I only peeked at it.

[Protoman Blues]

Both of them. He's so [tornado fang]ing smug!

[Pyro]

Oh yeah, I decided to pick up Aquaman #1 on a lark, and actually liked it but I'm still on the fence it comes to picking up #2. Aquaman's never really appealed to me that much and I'm not Geoff Johns can fix that.

[Protoman Blues]

I loved Aquaman #1. I'm looking forward to more.

[Bueno Excelente]

Anti-Venom, along with Jameson, is probably the best part of the Spideyverse right now.

[Flame]

And I heard they are going to do away with Anti-Venom, making Eddie Brock back into Venom.

[Bueno Excelente]

No. So far, Reed Richards just told him he had to give away his ENTIRE antibody-rid body to cure Spider-Island.

Stupid smartest man on Earth doesn't know how the [tornado fang] antibodies work. >_>

[Protoman Blues]

I hate Spider Island so freaking much. Oh, and Fear Itself is terrible as well.

[Bueno Excelente]

Yeah. Everyone Is Spider-Mans and Everyone Is Thors are pretty damn weak events. Starting to miss Dark Reign...

By the way, has anyone around here ever read any european Disney comics? The old ones, but the new ones are alright too.

I pretty much grew on those. I had two attics filled with tons and tons of old comics my dad had kept, and my country kept on publishing them for many years. I probably read all 70s and 80s Uncle Scrooge stories that have ever been published.

However, unlike many people here, I ended up hearing about Duck Tales, but never watching it. It's kinda like having one side of the world with the entire wealth of Batman comics that have ever existed, and then another side that just knows the Adam West TV show.

I tried watching it a couple of years ago, and... man, what the hell did they do to Scrooge? He used to be the roughest, toughest duck on Earth. Him and Donald toppled down dimensions and worlds, defeated microscopic menaces who planned on ending photosynthesis forever, forced Cthulhu into sleeping again, formed an equivalent Justice League parody and saved the world countless times, forged a new beginning for many, many historic characters using time machines and whatnot, used amazingly violent and not-kid-safe tactics to kill, lie, cheat and steal. And they always came out as winners. Heck, the Don Rosa comics alone still stand as some of the greatest comic books ever written.


Duck Tales just feels so... weak compared to it. Daisy's three nieces are now just a single one and the stories have her and the kids Scrappy-Doo around, while Scrooge just acts as a foil for the lessons. The Beagle Boys were called The Machine Gun Gang over here, for God's sake. Has anyone around here ever heard or read any of those comics?

[Protoman Blues]

Never read any European Disney comics, but even I could see they toned down Scrooge. Still though, love Duck Tales!

[Bueno Excelente]

I need to scan and post some of my old comics. Possibly some Superduck/Papernik ones. Those are the best Donald stories.

[Rin]

[tornado fang] yeah, Scrooge McDuck! KING OF THE [chameleon sting]ing KLONDIKE!
I still remember reading this as a kid and being [tornado fang]ing sad when they showed death of Scrooge's dad.
Or amazed when Scrooge tears down an entire ship.

Also, he burned an entire village to the ground just so he could get its lands and mine there, or something.
Scrooge is [tornado fang]ing hardcore.
You don't [tornado fang] with McDuck.

[Bueno Excelente]

Hell yeah. Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck can together bring down universes.

Anyone ever heard of Paperinink/Superduck/Duck Avenger? He's popular in Europe. It's Donald's Batman alter ego, who patrols the streets of Duckberg and does stuff like question the Beagle Boys in an alley, or face off against entire alien invasions.









In certain cases, he goes beyond what Batman has ever done. And he's a professional who's never been found out, and has Gyro build him all of his gadgets.

[ST Jestah]

I have never heard of this badass, european versions of Scrooge McDuck nor Donald Duck, before today.
I am however, very interested in reading some of them now.

[Bueno Excelente]

There is a translation project for The New Adventures Of Paperinik.

http://duckavenger.blogspot.com/

And you can browse through The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck, the most epic Disney thing ever created, as well as every Disney comic made by Don Rosa, here:

http://disneycomics.free.fr/index_rosa_date.php

Almost all of them are out of print and not likely to be republished. Which is a shame, really.

[Acid]

Hell yeah. Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck can together bring down universes.

Anyone ever heard of Paperinink/Superduck/Duck Avenger? He's popular in Europe. It's Donald's Batman alter ego, who patrols the streets of Duckberg and does stuff like question the Beagle Boys in an alley, or face off against entire alien invasions.









In certain cases, he goes beyond what Batman has ever done. And he's a professional who's never been found out, and has Gyro build him all of his gadgets.

He's called "Phantomias" here as far as I recall.

And holy crap I totally forgot about him.

Thanks for reminding me.

[Bueno Excelente]

He's called "Phantomias" here as far as I recall.

And holy crap I totally forgot about him.

Thanks for reminding me.

It's because he was originally designed as a gentleman thief.

He was created in the 60s, and made to look like popular avenging characters like Diabolik or Fantomas. He is a distinct parody of those characters, but made by a writer who was tired of seeing Donald never get his fair share, so he created a secret identity to get back everything that belongs to him. And yes, that meant many times screwing over Scrooge. =P Not that he didn't deserve it at the time, though.

He became a superhero later on, and went on to fight criminals like the Machine Gun Gang (Beagle Boys), corrupt officials, governmental types and overall injustices upon the weak.

Italy loved him so much, that he was revamped in the 90s with these comics I just linked you to, which had him protect the Earth against an alien invasion.

[Solar]

And you can browse through The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck, the most epic Disney thing ever created, as well as every Disney comic made by Don Rosa, here:

http://disneycomics.free.fr/index_rosa_date.php

Almost all of them are out of print and not likely to be republished. Which is a shame, really.

Thanks a lot for reminding me that I still need to finish reading through these.

[Align]

Don Rosa makes great stories, but then he's also got that distinct style that fits the ducks so well. They're more clearly defined, rather than other artists that makes them seem sort of rubbery, like slapstick cartoons.

[Bueno Excelente]

Don Rosa makes great stories, but then he's also got that distinct style that fits the ducks so well. They're more clearly defined, rather than other artists that makes them seem sort of rubbery, like slapstick cartoons.

It depends on the story, really. I've seen the very detailed art he makes go completely wrong and not be suitable for certain stories at times.

Posted on: October 08, 2011, 11:46:32[tornado fang] YEAH [tornado fang] YEAH [tornado fang] YEAH [tornado fang] YEAH [tornado fang] YEAH

EDIT:

Today's Ultimate Spider-Man#3

- Hey, whaddup, nephew!
- You're Spider-Man!
- I'm Spider-Man's Uncle!
- I'M GETTING THE [tornado fang] OUTTA HERE

I haven't laughed like this in a long time.

[Pyro]

Oh dear lord, this quote I found on Top Ten Creative Team Shake-Ups worried me.

Danny: Bendis has been the Dungeon Master of Marvel for SIX YEARS now, making his Avengers run this mega-epic that will surely overshadow all subsequent Avengers runs for years to come.

Maybe I'm in the minority here but I deeply dislike his run on the Avengers. Nothing about it felt Avenger-y to me--especially Secret Invasion.

[Bueno Excelente]

Oh dear lord, this quote I found on Top Ten Creative Team Shake-Ups worried me.

Maybe I'm in the minority here but I deeply dislike his run on the Avengers. Nothing about it felt Avenger-y to me--especially Secret Invasion.

Bendis is really good in Ultimate Spidey, but when it comes to events and such, and specially in teams, Bendis seriously sucks. They keep him on the team because he brings money.

[Protoman Blues]

Fear Itself just ended. It was pretty terrible.