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He didn't so much **** her up as not really flesh her out enough, which isn't that surprising considering that Daredevil was one of, if not his first writing assignment ever. She was fantastic in Elektra: Assassin though.

And I don't know that I'd say he ****ed up in Batman. I think a lot of sexist comic book nerds just can't get over their own prejudices when Miller portrays Catwoman as starting out as a prostitute.

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I didn't mean f*cked up in a bad way, i meant it in a good way.

I said F*cked up cause he made them more flawed and gritty which was welcomed by most fans, no? that's why i came to know about him. i remember my friend making a big deal on how remade Batman for the better.

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The Batlord

Ah. Yeah, the dude has a knack for elevating characters beyond comic book pulp.

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I've been a massive fan of the current Hawkeye solo series: it's charmingly offbeat, has some of the most fantastic characters I've ever seen in a comic, uses innovative storytelling, and is as literate and mature as any comic has a right to be, while still using vast amounts of clever humor to poke fun at both itself and comics in general (as many of the best superhero deconstructions do).




It's made me pray to the comic book gods for a Hawkeye solo movie -- though from what I hear, that's not exactly a priority for Marvel at the moment -- and given me the little sister I always wanted, in Kate Bishop, a teenage(?) girl Hawkeye who refuses to go by Lady Hawkeye or Hawkgirl, or be called a sidekick.

That said, the current run is coming to an end, and there is now a new creative team to replace Matt Fraction (writer) and David Aja (artist), with Jeff Lemire and Ramon Perez, respectively. The combination of the two former collaborators has been nothing short of inspired, with both being integral to the overall quality and vibe of the series, so even though I have some serious respect for Jeff Lemire for what he's done with the current Green Arrow series, I can't help but feel nothing but resentment for the end of an era. I know creative teams come and go, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

R.I.P. all that is good in life.

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Disclaimer: This went down two Saturdays ago, but I held off on doing a write-up about it since my main acquisition was a special order that took a week to arrive, so I wanted to wait till I could show off my glorious prize.




When the owner of my local comic shop (pictured above, with unknown female) mentioned that the most important holiday of the year was coming up in a week a little while ago, I was stoked: along with the free comics, he promised cosplayers and food -- there were neither of the latter when I showed up, howeveer. Of course, it's possible that that all went down later in the day, but I wanted to show up early, before all the free stuff was gone. I'll have to ask the dude if there's an optimum time to show up next year. Consequently, aside from the table full of free comics, and a big crowd that was all up in the way of the graphic novel section, it ended up being a pretty normal day at Borderless Comics.

Too bad I don't have a camera on my phone, or I'd have some pics from the day, but due to the lack of anything particularly exciting going on, I don't suppose you're missing much.

Still, I got me some free comics, most of which weren't particularly notable. I guess that shouldn't be surprising, considering they were free. But here they are anyway...




Most notable I guess was that 2000 A.D. anthology. It had some Dredd and an assortment of other half-decent/meh stories, mostly of the OTP, old school sci fi/fantasy pulp variety. Then there was a two-part issue with a Teen Titans Go! story about an all-girl slumber party, which was moderately amusing, backed with a Super Friends/Scooby Doo crossover that considerably less so. I was most stoked for issue of The Tick that you can kind of make out at the back, but it was relatively meh. I'm intrigued by the Fight Club comic, which is a new sequel to he original book. The Free Comic Book Day issue is apparently an introduction to the series, which will begin actual publishing later this month. Was actually fairly cool. I'll actually be keeping an eye out for this new series.

I was more happy with a couple, small, free posters I picked up for Spider-Woman and Deadpool, which now proudly adorn my door, along with my Marvel calender. The camera on my computer sucks, and the lighting in my room is awful, so the pic I took doesn't look so great.





They're posters for the new issues of their respective series, so here's what they look like when not blurry and ugly.





****in' righteous. Any ladies looking to engage in sexual intercourse should form an orderly line and patiently wait their turn. There's enough Batlord for everybody. But the real story is that special order I made: all eight issues of Elektra: Assassin. Aw, yeah.




Just picked those bad boys up today, and they are now one of the crowning achievements of my comic book collection, not to mention a significant step forward in my journey as a comic book nerd. Plenty of people have bought a comic book before, but how many have actually special ordered them? How many Dork Lords have put down money for a comic that they didn't even get until a week later? I think there's an outside chance that there are more active serial killers on Earth than there are people who have special ordered a comic book. The few. The not so proud.

Well, that's all for this year. Till next Free Comic Book Day, mother****ers!

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Do you remember the special editions and variants that Wizard used to offer? I got a lot of ace editions and "limited" copies that were autographed by the artists. There also used to be a monthly comic-book catalog that was put out by American Entertainment, a company that was (I believe, don't quote me) started by a college student at the time. They always had cool discounts and would give out free comics if you ordered such and such amount.

Took it for granted at the time, as both of them are now-defunct institutions. Especially with Wizard. Kind of thought they'd be around forever.

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I'm still too new to comic collecting to remember stuff from the past, but I'm guessing those were holdovers from the nineties, before the speculator bubble burst, and the industry almost collapsed.

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Interesting. The way you write about them, it would seem as if you've been collecting since you were a kid.

I haven't bought a comic book since about the early 2000s, although I used to pick up Wizard magazines for several years after that because the writing and humor was superb, and if you wanted to know prices, it was thee go-to source; they were a huge influence. Not sure what the industry-equivalent would be today. The collecting aspect was part of the fun.



Is digital the way the industry is headed?

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Missed this. Don't know enough about the ins and outs of the industry to really say, but I imagine so, just like the future of books is in Kindle and such. Much more convenient than going to a store, don't have to deal with storing physical copies, and, while comic piracy is certainly less easy than music piracy, it's still quite possible to be able to steal just about anything.

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