This Week in Panels: Week 10
November 29th, 2009 by Gavok | Tags: ares, arkham asylum, blackest night, daken, goon, green lantern, hulk, iron fist, new avengers, new mutants, panels, secret warriors, spider-man, unknown soldierA good variety of panels this week. Granted, it may not be the greatest thing that I’ve been reading Clone Saga out of pure nostalgia mixed with curiosity, but that’s still better than hermanos reading Jeph Loeb’s Hulk for whatever damn reason.
Amazing Spider-Man #613
Mark Waid and Paul Azaceta
Arkham Reborn #2
David Hine and Jeremy Huan
Blackest Night #5
Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis
Criminal: The Sinners #2
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Dark Avengers: Ares #2
Kieron Gillen and Manuel Garcia
Dark Wolverine #80
Daniel Way, Marjorie Liu, Stephen Segovia and Paco Diaz Luque
Green Lantern #48
Geoff Johns and DOug Mahnke
The Goon #33
Eric Powell
Hulk #17
Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill
Immortal Weapons #5
David Lapham and Arturo Lozzi
Invincible Iron Man #20
Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca
New Avengers #59
Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen
New Mutants #7
Zeb Wells and Diogenes Neves
Secret Warriors #10
Jonathan Hickman and Alessandro Vitti
Spider-Man: The Clone Saga #3
Tom DeFalco, Howard Mackie and Todd Nauck
Ultimate Comics Avengers #4
Mark Millar and Carlos Pacheco
Unknown Soldiers #14
Joshua Dysart and Pat Masioni
So fitting that Blackest Night comics come out the week of Black Friday.
Okay, so I’m really loving Ultimate Comics Avengers and its team now. They’re all so interesting and new.
by Stig November 29th, 2009 at 08:15 --replyI’m reading Clone Saga for the same reason… I figure I’m allowed one six-issue mini like that.
by Chad Nevett November 29th, 2009 at 11:33 --replyI love just seeing single panels out of context. It makes both Criminal and Green Lantern look like comedies. I read both, so I know what they are in context, but when you just see one panel of some red monster named Atrocitus who’s just smiling, it seems much more comedic.
by CasinoGrande November 29th, 2009 at 12:13 --replyMan that Green Lantern panel sure looks like it was pulled straight out of a Star Wars prequel.
That little thundercloud is my new favorite thing.
by Jordan November 29th, 2009 at 15:17 --reply@Chad Nevett: Also, I think part of it comes from it being a six issue story written by Howard Mackie. He can’t go off the tracks when it’s that short, so it’s like an interesting experiment.
by Gavok November 29th, 2009 at 20:14 --replyNo Herc panels? I’m boycotting 4th letter until I get satisfaction sir. I DEMAND SATISFACTION!
Also you totally underestimate Howard Mackie’s ability to suck.
by Pedro Tejeda November 29th, 2009 at 20:24 --reply@Pedro Tejeda: First off, I’m catching up on Hercules, so cut some slack. I need to anyway. That’s where my beloved Agents of Atlas live.
As for Mackie, I’m not saying the series is going to end up good, but like I said, I’m interested in what happens to his writing when you take out his biggest flaw and make him write closure.
by Gavok November 29th, 2009 at 20:40 --replyI must say, the Hulk looks rather dashing sporting that suit and glasses.
by versasovantare November 29th, 2009 at 21:16 --replyIn case you wonder what saturday morning cartoon they were talking about….http://www.lilformers.com/index.php/2009/11/16/lil-formers-172-blackest-night/..this webcomic make it clear
by Baron of Kaos November 30th, 2009 at 04:10 --replyIn fairness to Mackie, ex-Marvel editors not being able to write closure in their freelance work seems to be a thing. I found Fabian Niecieza a mix of incomprehensible and unreadable for years, and I’m convinced CB Cebulski giving writing tips via Twitter is a joke I haven’t gotten just yet.
Having said that, I’ll contradict myself by saying that despite some horrendous bat-family writing, I still have a soft spot for Pete Tomasi I can’t quite explain – yes, even after Batman: Blackest Night.
I did say I couldn’t explain it
by AlLoggins November 30th, 2009 at 07:06 --replygreat week of panels. loved the ares, BN, Goon and ASM ones.
by Nathan November 30th, 2009 at 09:11 --replyI really like these Weekly Panel posts. Keep it up!
by Kandou Erik November 30th, 2009 at 16:02 --replyCB Cebulski’s “how to break into the comics industry” tips usually end up being “pester editors”
by Lugh December 1st, 2009 at 06:41 --reply@Lugh: That’s funny in itself, as he’s one of the loudest advocates of Marvel’s “no nobodies” policy of only hiring people who’ve been previously published or already work in television/comic book editing.
by AlLoggins December 1st, 2009 at 10:16 --replyHey Gavok. I’d just thought I’d bring these to your attention.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Newsstand-cover-570×864.jpg
by Psychoblue December 1st, 2009 at 11:56 --replyhttp://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wwe1_07_lettered.jpg
http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wwe1_02_lettered-570×872.jpg
I don’t know who is to blame for Clone Saga being so bad (as in, Defalco or Mackie), but the only way #3 makes sense is if characters previously established as being smart got played like chumps.
by Sputnik December 2nd, 2009 at 00:10 --reply@Psychoblue: Thanks. The publisher sent me an email about that too. You know I’m on that.
by Gavok December 2nd, 2009 at 00:21 --reply