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Monthly Comics Discussion Post

Oct 30, 2013 22:26

In our ongoing efforts to bring squee to the community, behold our inaugural Monthly Comics Discussion Post!

The way it works: At the end of each month, we will interrupt our regular MCU-centric programming to talk about all things related to Clint and Natasha in the comics. Comics that were released during the month, comics you're currently ( Read more... )

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endeni October 30 2013, 12:19:56 UTC

Oh, I do love Matt Fraction's Hawkeye. I confess, it's actually the only Marvel Comic I'm following right now... The design, the color! And the writing is sooo great! :)
Oh, and I'm excited about Natasha's upcoming comic series...

hufflepuffsneak October 30 2013, 12:41:12 UTC

Although they may revoke my nerd card, I have a hard time getting into comics. It's more difficult for me than either a book or a movie is, so the story and the character has to be work it. Add into it arts that makes supposedly athletic women look like twisted dolls, and I go through periods of being into comics, and periods where I don't want to see another one ever again.

I'm glad you put Name of the Rose first! It's my favorite comic of all time, for so many reasons. It's the version of Natasha I turn to when I ask "What Would Natasha Do?"

What I've seen of Fraction's Hawkeye looks amazing, but I'm waiting for my residual bitterness about Natasha not getting a solo-comic until 2014 (!) to die down before I start reading it, 'cause I want to give it a fair go.

And I haven't read Widow's Ledger before, so I will definitely check it out. Kelly Sue Deconnick is pretty amazing :)

endeni October 30 2013, 13:19:11 UTC

/athletic women look like twisted dolls/ - Eh, that's really a downside of reading superhero comics, I can totally agree... *nods*
About this, have you tried Jessica Jones's Alias comic series?
Thanks to Michael Gaydos's art, Jessica has a refreshingly common appearance (here's some pics), plus the story is sooo good. It's one of my favorite series... ;)

hufflepuffsneak October 30 2013, 17:27:43 UTC

Oooh, that looks really good. I'm going to have no money left by the end of this thread!

salmastryon October 30 2013, 13:24:58 UTC

This amuses me because I just this last week put up the intro to comic Black Widow and Hawkeye post on the Cap Iron Man com. There is a lot of over lap in the two. Surprise surprise. :P There are some I've not read though, so I'm definitely going to have to check those out ( ... )

alphaflyer October 30 2013, 13:50:47 UTC

Thanks for those recs!! I've only recently started reading *some* comics (Fraction Hawkeye, to be precise, for reasons) and as he is quite different from the MCU Clint I was getting interested in where all that came from. I may give those a shot.

I have a Hawkeye Ultimates book (hardcover!) that I started reading and then buried somewhere so I haven't finished it, but that looks and feels much like MCU Clint (in fact Renner said so in an interview, that this is what the MCU draws on). One of these days I will find it again!

salmastryon October 30 2013, 16:37:39 UTC

I haven't read any Ultimates yet. Is Ultimate Hawkeye worth reading?

If you are really interested in 616!Hawkeye, I also recommend New Avengers: Reunion, which is a spin off short and not part of the main New Avengers title. I didn't rec it before because it is all about Mockingbird(his ex-wife) and him. Not exactly in the interests of the com. Until I read this I actually didn't like Mocking Bird. Mostly because of my Natasha/Clint bias I think. Which is amusing because most the time I don't let things like that color my opinion.

There is a lot of character building for both of them in the book. It is set during Dark Reign so he's Ronin at the time and really delves into Clint and Bobbi's relationship. The part I found really interesting is that it really looks at how he interacts with someone he loves. Comparison between the Clint in the flashbacks and the him in the present really shows how he's developed over the years. [spoiler]The book has really two plots. The obvious one is the two of them finding and stopping AIM form setting off ( ... )

alphaflyer October 30 2013, 16:44:03 UTC

I liked the bits of the Ultimates book that I did read, but I really didn't get far enough to provide cogent commentary. What I liked was the fact that this looked and sounded like the MCU Clint and Fury, all snark, cynicism and BAMFyness. But I honestly can't say whether that would have been enough.

Thanks for the additional rec -- I may actually look for that. I know nothing about Bobbi or the Ronin period and while I'm inclined to ignore the latter in my personal fic 'verse, I have mentioned Bobbi a couple of times and really should do her the honour of meeting her, so that maybe I can give her a voice at some point.

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alphaflyer October 30 2013, 13:55:42 UTC

The people at the comics shop are starting to recognize me, which is scary, and then last time (when they called to tell me that Hawkeye #13 was in and I left my husband and child at 8 pm to drive downtown and pick it up) I ran into a colleague. By now I am so far out of the nerd closet, you can't see the closet anymore...

Fraction Hawkeye is fabulous, in a total Hawkeye-as-car-wreck way. You just want to go and pummel him, followed by a long hug and ... well. I look forward to the Black Widow Comics, too! See what they make of her.

And thanks for the recs! :-)

frea_o October 30 2013, 16:10:00 UTC

I've only been to the comics store a few times to kind of scope it out, but I set up a pull list and have my baby sister pick up my stuff on Wednesdays because she's closer. Last time I went in myself to pick up my comics, the person was like, "Wait, you're not the usual one who comes to get this pull."

My sister had only come in for the comics once or twice. It was a little spooky.

enigma731 October 30 2013, 17:48:52 UTC

You are far braver than I. :p I read all my comics digitally because a) no time to go to the shop and b) the only comics shop in town scares me.

sugar_fey October 30 2013, 18:22:44 UTC

The first comics shop I went to, it was full of dudes and they looked at me like I was an alien. Needless to say, I did not stay there long. The comics shop I go to now is a much more female friendly space, thankfully!

I've been going there for over a year now, I really should get around to setting up a pull list... I'll do it when I can pre-order Natasha's book.

Off Topic Comics Not About Clint or Natasha (But Tangentially Related) frea_o October 30 2013, 16:12:30 UTC

Anybody reading Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios? I got my copy last week and I've had it with me ever since because it's so majestic. I wasn't entirely sure I was going to like it, but it's hands down majestic.

I also have heard great things about Lazarus but I need to figure out where to get my hands on a copy of the first two, as my comic book store only has #3 and #4. Anybody reading that?

Re: Off Topic Comics Not About Clint or Natasha (But Tangentially Related) enigma731 October 30 2013, 17:47:38 UTC

Is this your EVERYONE MUST READ ALL THINGS KELLY SUE post? :p

Re: Off Topic Comics Not About Clint or Natasha (But Tangentially Related) frea_o October 30 2013, 19:00:13 UTC

Does it include my name on the top of it and words inside it? Then it can be inferred that it is a EVERYONE MUST READ ALL THINGS KELLY SUE post. :)

Re: Off Topic Comics Not About Clint or Natasha (But Tangentially Related) inkvoices November 2 2013, 00:05:29 UTC

I APPROVE :D

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