There is this comic called "One Punch Man", and it is quite good. It loses steam after it's eighteenth chapter and you could definitely stop reading after that as it gets trapped in the conventional structure of the comics it was satirizing.
That run of almost twenty chapters is worth reading though.

A sad day indeed.

Truth.

Does that mean we get more borderline-racist caricatures in the Star Wars universe or less?

I knead you.

I just want to put in my yearly swoonfest of Urasawa and Nagasaki's Billy Bat. 



The last two volumes (eight and nine) of Billy Bat are outstanding. Urasawa and Nagasaki starts showing bits and pieces of the machinery behind the curtain and treads into wonderful concepts, which (to be fair) aren't that groundbreaking in the world of comics, but he has such a command over his comic abilities that it doesn't matter. There are several moments in these two books that give you a heartwarming excitement, something present in most of Urasawa's works. The new addition to the cast have been vital as the protagonist has become more subdued. It is always nice to see strong female characters in comics.

Urasawa and his team of assistants have been putting out stellar work. The art shines, as always, from the subtle and graceful faces to the expressive and dynamic movements of the bodies. The pages are graced by the strong line of Urasawa that showcases characters of various body types. At this point in his career I would love to see a slice of life comic by Urasawa. Or just a Love and Rockets mini-series drawn by him.

Good comics, folks.

I love you.

I mean HER!

I mean you.

Yo, happy 250th strip!

Don't let me be wrong, but this is the first time you introduced color into the strip, right? And since the Ants are representing in London, are you going to talk about the Queen flying high with Bond and Michelle Jenneke?

They can't do that episode unless I come on the show again.

If that ever happens, make sure to capture the moment Curling Chris is dropping purple on those vixens. He will do it, no doubt about it.

You guys should totally do a debauched episode from the boat.
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So pimp.

I'm hear listening to the episode and this ninja Wood talmbout getting a BOAT!

BALLIN!

Wood bout to be so wavy he'll have bank robbers trying to surf in his wake.

This slays me.

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I hope I don't sound like a dick, but could we talk about 2009 instead of 1969?

And you can't hate me for that comment, I mean I am the guy who posts pizza pictures. Look!


I think, I am a bit off in my previous with what Moore was trying to say about this age. I think he was trying to encapsulate the idea of the worst is yet to come. And with that intention the use of Harry Potter as Antichrist was fitting as ever - since the LoeG always dealt more with english literature. Also, the Faust thread with the two hour interview kind of references the use of Harry Potter it in the nine to twenty minute mark, I believe.

In other news, O'Neill is a pimp. Is there any comic with an transgender and a female on the cover on the stands right now? Gud comix, dude.

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More on Moore! Let's make it a three hour and forty minutes extravaganza!

That's nice. Thank you, guys. I will try my best to drop some of my old magic into the mix once in a while.

Oh, Julian about Beyonce.

These pictures have no reason to exist. I will come closer to Bey, when she distances herself from KardAss. It's nice that she plays the queen hanging out with the lowborn angle, but she can do that by sitting two seats away and not trying to side eye her on pictures.

This final issue seems to be not as inspired as part two was.  (1969 was a masterpiece for both Moore and O'Neil)

I agree. I found it to be not as lasting of an experience as the previous two Century books. 69 is the strongest out of them all, but then again that time is Moore's favorite playground in terms of themes, setting and so on.

Was I the only one that felt that this book seemed short, or even rushed?

I really like the parts in Hogwarts. That sequence is very well set and paced. The scenes with Allan are forgettable though, I think we needed to see another moment before the suicide attempt. Just one really great Moore moment of character depth that signifies his eternal struggle with addiction.

And the minor characters were another thing that came short in my opinion when you look at it in comparison to the previous issues. I know, there is the common interpretation around that it reflects Moore's view on the direness of creativity. And the moment with the Bonds reflects that very well, yet there is a certain obliviousness in this particular book. Our characters are so wrapped into their own problems and the possible ending of the world, that they don't see the...

Oh.

That is nice, if it was intended in that way. Haddo says to Minna, that she will bring the apocalypse in that one short scene during the fight. We see the freemasons, the red-eyed*, orwellian police everywhere and J. Nemo's hand in those conflicts around the world, but our characters just don't notice those occurences in their blues. They don't pay them no mind. And with Emma "M" Peel out of her position, who governs the british intelligence now?

I would interpret this as Moore's comment on the fact, that history starts repeats itself and the bad guys take over in those moments when we just seem to give up, like the League did, and that this Antichrist business was just a way to reassure us and them, like Harry Potter reassures their readers, that the worst did come and everything is better now.

That would explain why Prospero only needed the League to find the Hantichrist. Why Excalibur was in a toy box.
The worst is yet to come.

Where.  Have YOU been?

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Everybody loves, if not respects, Paolo Rivera now. My work here is done.

_{And I stopped reading comics on the regular.}

He kills the whole game with MARY FUCKING POPPINS!!!

Like for I heard Julie Andrews in my head with Daniel Radcliff.

He's literally smashing folks in comics with this.

Let it be known, sun.