16 comments to “This Week in Panels: Week 136”

1. That FF one was pretty great. I’d like to know why the Kymellian (I assume) is with the FF crew, at all. I’ve wondered for a while. Seeing this depiction makes me want to know even more.

        by West April 30th, 2012 at 01:05 --reply
   

2. Perhaps Eric Powell meant something closer in sales to Harry Potter than The Walking Dead. Although I think that’s a incredibly high standard to reach. Still a good question.

        by Timothy T April 30th, 2012 at 03:59 --reply
   

3. From my mashup days, Eminem vs The Love Unlimited Orchestra by Soundhog was a favourite. And Last Night A DJ Saved My Life vs Seven Nation Army, but no-one except me really liked that.

        by Tom W April 30th, 2012 at 17:08 --reply
   

4. Enter Telephone: Beyonce and Lady Gaga vs Metallica
   Love the Way You Lie In Paradise City: Rhianna and Eminem vs Guns And Roses
   Dynamite Pressure: Taio Cruz vs Queen and David Bowie
   Smells Like Compton: NWA vs Nirvana
   Walrus of Choice: Beatles vs Fatboy Slim

        by Prodigal April 30th, 2012 at 20:46 --reply
   

5. The Kymellian is part of Johnny’s posse due to the odd storyline involving his, uh, rejoining the team (which was one strand of the overall odd storyline that’s been playing out for most of Hickman’s run, which is quite disjointed and has periods of pretty bad art but is well worth reading, even for those who aren’t normally fans of the FF). He’s basically a warrior bro like Hulk had hanging around for a while during/after Planet Hulk.

   It’s probably a good call to not be reading Avengers versus X-men, although I’m not sure how I feel about VS itself. It’s fun and really dumb but only time will tell if that’s the tone or the exception for the mini itself. Although even if it turns out bad, it will probably be a healthier experience then trying to keep an open mind about the loose timeline of events between all the different titles (like how New Avengers #24 and AVX #2 seem to show two entirely different versions of how the Avengers leave the helicarrier, unless there’s some weird Rashomon thing going on)

        by C April 30th, 2012 at 22:31 --reply
   

6. I love this mashup: http://youtu.be/P2rYG3CCsKw

        by smashpro1 April 30th, 2012 at 23:50 --reply
   

7. I’m glad Powell got that out of his system. It struck me as being something an indie creator would have put out in the 90s. I guess that’s a sign that nothing has really changed? However, it was pretty funny. His willingness to poke fun at his incredibly broad parody was amusing too.

        by Lugh May 1st, 2012 at 08:26 --reply
   

8. that FF panel made me laugh so hard soda came out of my nose! Good job Nick Dragotta.

        by d May 1st, 2012 at 14:47 --reply
   

9. I’d never buy the book anyway but when I was a child I might have enjoyed a full-length treatment of Magneto vs. Iron Man that went exactly how you’d think it would go.

   Wouldn’t that be a lot harder to do than “well, but you see, Iron Man has invented a thing that . . . “

        by Don Delgado May 1st, 2012 at 16:04 --reply
   

10. Oh, and the best mashup I’ve heard in a year or more is still Ke$ha – Sleazy / NIN – Closer, by DJ White Orchid.

    Minimal and clean and better than either track by itself. It sets up an interesting, gendered, class-conscious and even rock-traditionalist call-and-response out of the two tracks. Very danceable as well.

    The entire track is here:

    http://soundcloud.com/dj-white-lotus/f-k-u-like-an-animal-white

    (White Orchid is probably best known for his Kanye/Biggie track that you might have heard.)

         by Don Delgado May 1st, 2012 at 16:11 --reply
    

11. (DJ White Lotus, rather)

         by Don Delgado May 1st, 2012 at 16:13 --reply
    

12. @Don Delgado: Tony Stark not being the stupidest man in the world is exactly how I’d think it would go.

    He knows ahead of time that he’s going to be dealing with Magneto. He’s a super genius with a shitload of resources. He’s going to have some sort of strategy other than punch Magneto and hope Magneto doesn’t remember his own powers.

         by Gavok May 1st, 2012 at 21:00 --reply
    

13. My problem regarding Magneto’s participation in the fight wasn’t Iron Man having a plan, as Gavok mentions that’s to be expected. My problem was Captain America throwing his shield around two feet away from Magneto, and that shield not being thrown into the upper atmosphere.

    Also: since when can the Thing breathe underwater? That detail really stood out for me. Not only is the Thing able to outmuscle Namor underwater, but he does so leisurely and not even holding his breath? Ookay. :raise:

         by Leslie Fontenelle May 1st, 2012 at 21:23 --reply
    

14. @Gavok:

    Well, what I mean is: Magneto gets the drop on Iron Man, takes the suit out of the picture in seconds or less, and then we see exactly how smart Stark can be. Magneto beats Iron Man, but he doesn’t beat Our Hero.

    That’s how I’d imagine it going. It just seems a little more interesting to me than “ah, but you’ve forgotten that Iron Man has Adam West devices/plastic suits/magnets that he saves up just to fight Magneto. Here are some of them so this comic can be okay to read.” I think Magneto might be a good opportunity for the temporary de-Ironing of Iron Man (itself a cliche I’m sure, although I honestly haven’t read enough Iron Man to say that and mean it).

    As I said, this would all be contingent on me being in a time and place in my life where I would buy a comic just to see what happened when these two characters fought each other. I haven’t been there for a while, no offense.

         by AA+ Bonds May 2nd, 2012 at 16:08 --reply
    

15. Ha! Autofill on that handle from another blog – that’s me above.

         by Don Delgado May 2nd, 2012 at 16:09 --reply
    

16. Avx vs 1 turned out to be better than both Avx issues. Infinity 1 still better than all. As for FF 17, it is an absolute must buy. From first panel to the final page, such a great, hilarious read.

         by Jody May 2nd, 2012 at 21:10 --reply