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TheGillMan said:
Byrne, Miller, and Moore were all replaced by Pod People. I'm convinced of it.
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Byrne was always the pod, is my understanding.

I've had a single interaction with him that told me everything I needed to know about him. I once had dreams of making a Baxter Building playset out of a rolling 4-drawer dresser with each drawer being a different upper floor; 18th-scale of course. I was gonna kit out the residential floor with Lundby dollhouse furniture from their 60s Mod line, then fab up the mad scientist floors with all kinds of whatnot bullshit scrounged from any and all 18th lines; using the schematics Eliot Brown drew in ye olde OHOTMUDE.

However, 2 of the rooms in the SciFiBullshit floor (my favorite!) were numbered but not named in the list of rooms.

I figured, maybe this has come up before, maybe by the nerds over at Byrne Robotics since Brown would have done his work when Byrne was doing his and he was using Byrne's ideas. So I joined up and made my plea for naming the two rooms and their function so I could replicate them in my playset.

The Forum Admin welcomed me and gave me all kinds of props for noticing something that hadn't come up yet for them all to brainstorm, exciting!

The second post was Byrne shitting all over the losers that need every last detail explained and how caring too much about continuity is what's ruining comics and...

I've yet to even start the playset; and while I still consider his run on the FF pretty much the single-best body of work to have come out of Marvel Comics (stuff by a writer/artist is automatically better than stuff from a writer & artist, imho); that bitch is a douche.
 
Happy Birthday to Chris Claremont!

Chris was born on November 25th, 1950. He's 75 years old today.

From 1975 to 1991, Uncanny X-Men was consistently one of the best books Marvel produced. That was an amazing run.

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Thank you, Mr. Claremont. For everything.

I think I'll go re-read The Dark Phoenix Saga now.

For the thousandth time.
 
Thanks to people on this board I just read my first comics in over a decade+ - Rainbow Rowell's collected She-Hulk work, TPBs 1-4. I really liked it!

I read comics monthly for so many years, but one of the reasons I stopped was because I no longer found the amount of story in 22 pages satisfying (or worth the money). I love episodic storytelling and TV, but the content of one issue of a comic feels like it's just the teaser and first segment of a show - issue by issue that's waiting five months for one complete episode/story!

How do y'all still do it?! :)

That said, I really liked what I read. I didn't know why She-Hulk was down on her luck at the start but the story and editor's notes provided enough context I figured it out. I really enjoyed all the characters in her orbit - Jack, Patsy, Jan, Punch Club, Carol, The Scoundrel - all of these felt like well-written, actual people. Rainbow is one of my favorite writers so this did not surprise but definitely delighted. Loved her character descriptions.

And now I need a She-Hulk wave. :) Jack of Hearts, new Hellcat, modern Carol, LAWYER SHE-HULK!!!

Lawyer She-Hulk and Jack would absolutely make a Jen-sational two-pack. :)
 
I agree with the value proposition, certainly in Canadian money. It really pushes me towards libraries and trade.

And pirating. And a friend group shares a comixology account.

I like to put my money towards local comic shops and the Indie books. I find other publishers and genres do offer a better value proposition as far as pacing and content.

Seriously, if you have a library card you get access to this online database. You would be surprised what they have. And it's all free.
 
I definitely checked these out from the library. I was only gonna grab two, but then figured I'd want all of them so grabbed all four and I'm glad I did!

I do almost all my reading through Libby on my iPad or the library - books are not a thing for which I hold space - my shelves are for toys. :) My comics collection fits into two very packed longboxes - one CrossGen, one Marvel - that are still at my parents'. :)
 
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Submitted for your approval: Marvel Comics Events, from 1982 to the present day.

Which ones were good, which ones were so-so and which ones were bad? Which ones did you skip entirely?

Generally speaking, are events a good thing or bad?
 
Maybe a hot take: Secret Wars I was good and fun as hell

I'm not sure Infinity Gauntlet counts as an event, but I'm open to exploring that debate

good: Secret Wars I, Secret Invasion, Siege, AXE (Avengers X-Men Externals) not listed: the first Avengers vs X-Men
 
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