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[Pedro]

Is there any more promising talent then Scott Snyder? I seriously like everything the guy puts out and even more so when you hear him talk about the books. His thoughts on Batman pretty much exactly mirror my own and I hope he stays on a Bat-book for a long time to come. DC really need to NOT strawberry float up relations with him as they have so many other talents.

[NBK]

So I decided to start reading American Vampire with the most recent issue and get the earlier stuff in trade and I enjoyed it. However I also bought the side-story mini-series Survival of the Fittest which I've just discovered is collected in the Volume 3 trade.





That aside, Scott Snyder remains my favourite new writer.

Ah, it's really good, isn't it? I just read up to the last part of Ghost War last week, haven't started Survival of the Fittest yet. Did you get Ghost War in single issue? The covers are amazing, join them all together for an excellent piece of artwork. It'll be interesting to see how it continues, I doubt Skinner's dead, he seems like too big a part to write off like that.

Is there any more promising talent then Scott Snyder? I seriously like everything the guy puts out and even more so when you hear him talk about the books. His thoughts on Batman pretty much exactly mirror my own and I hope he stays on a Bat-book for a long time to come. DC really need to NOT strawberry float up relations with him as they have so many other talents.

I'm sure he said that he's signed with them until 2013, it'd be great if he could stay longer. 2 years doesn't seem like much in comic land.

I agree with you both, his stuff is fantastic and the quality only seems to be getting better and better. That's 3 of the top titles he has on the go right now and I'd like to think he'll be mentioned with the likes of Miller, Dixon and Morrison when great Bat books are mentioned in the future. I also have faith in him putting another interesting spin on Swamp Thing, can't wait to see how that turns out.

[NBK]

Pluggity plug time:

awesome art work and cool sounding stories

/plug

That looks brilliant, DrDoom. Well done. I'll be buying it as soon as it comes out for sure. Best of luck with getting it picked up, hope to see it on the shelves soon!

King Humpty

[Memento Mori]

So I decided to start reading American Vampire with the most recent issue and get the earlier stuff in trade and I enjoyed it. However I also bought the side-story mini-series Survival of the Fittest which I've just discovered is collected in the Volume 3 trade.





That aside, Scott Snyder remains my favourite new writer.

Ah, it's really good, isn't it? I just read up to the last part of Ghost War last week, haven't started Survival of the Fittest yet. Did you get Ghost War in single issue? The covers are amazing, join them all together for an excellent piece of artwork. It'll be interesting to see how it continues, I doubt Skinner's dead, he seems like too big a part to write off like that.
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The only single issue of the main AV series I've got is #19 which is the first part of the flashback arc. #1-#18 are all collected across the first three trades so I'll pick up those when I can.

Pluggity plug time:

awesome art work and cool sounding stories

/plug

That looks brilliant, DrDoom. Well done. I'll be buying it as soon as it comes out for sure. Best of luck with getting it picked up, hope to see it on the shelves soon!

King Humpty

Also this.

[DrDoom]

Cheers! It's been gestating for a while now (almost 2 years this December) and the Bleeding Cool article has helped kick up a lot of interest again in the project. The art shown there is merely the beginning.

I have another book out that I'll be shilling at Thought Bubble. I'm writing that Marvel style (give plot outline to artist, artist draws it, I then fill in the dialogue) and the results have been. . . interesting.

I've also managed to snag an artist who has done bona-fide work for a few Image books for covers for an upcoming project that will be heading Image's way come submission time.

Slowly but surely...

Pimpery aside, has anyone else been reading Witch Doctor, Luther Strode, or Pigs? All recommended!

[Floex]

More info can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/onceuponatimemachine

And yesterday Bleeding Cool ran with our story too: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/10/06/once-upon-a-time-machine-the-greatest-story-never-told/

There's been a bunch of interest after the BC article went up and it'd be cool if a bunch of you could head on over to the FB page, click 'Like' and generally just spread the word about said project. The art Rich has up on BC is just the beginning. The entire book looks that gorgeous.

/plug

I saw this on Twitter earlier and it looked fantastic, never knew you had involvement

So did you write/draw some stories for the comic? When is it due? I must have it!

[DrDoom]

I wrote one of the stories contained therein.

I initially wrote a pitch for The Steadfast Tin Soldier but was beaten to the punch. So I looked to Japanese folklore and fairytales and came across what may be the first storytelling example of time travel. I adapted from there...

Getting art in for it and the other tales has been a daily slice of awesome the last few months.

More pimping...at Thought Bubble this year I shall be sharing a table with artist extraordanaire (and friend) Jamie, responsible for such awesome as this:

http://timetravelandrocketpoweredapes.tumblr.com/post/10434595410/x-rock-by-jamie-roberts

[Memento Mori]

CBR gives Batman #2 five stars:

“Batman” is one of the few comics in the DC relaunch where the second issue is better than the debut. (....) This is the sort of issue you could drop into anyone’s hand, no matter their level of knowledge or involvement, and make them a fan for life.

Snyder

[HM]

Christ fear itself 7 was so bad. This event has been a total disaster. Hope it doesn't hurt Fraction's reputation because you can clearly see this isn't what he wanted to do, if he had had his way this would have stayed as a Thor/Capt crossover event.

Batman 2 on the other hand was strawberry floating amazing. Snyder is untouchable at the moment.

[qupe]

Batman 2 on the other hand was strawberry floating amazing. Snyder is untouchable at the moment.

I have read both Detective Comics and Batman from the relaunched line and like them both.

What other titles out of the new releases should I try?

[DrDoom]

[Memento Mori]

That's great.

Batman 2 on the other hand was strawberry floating amazing. Snyder is untouchable at the moment.

I have read both Detective Comics and Batman from the relaunched line and like them both.

What other titles out of the new releases should I try?

Aside from Batman my other favourite relaunch titles were Action Comics, Swamp Thing, Animal Man and Batwoman.

[qupe]

That's great.

Batman 2 on the other hand was strawberry floating amazing. Snyder is untouchable at the moment.

I have read both Detective Comics and Batman from the relaunched line and like them both.

What other titles out of the new releases should I try?

Aside from Batman my other favourite relaunch titles were Action Comics, Swamp Thing, Animal Man and Batwoman.

I have just read Action Comics 1 & 2. So will give the others a go.

Did you not like Detective Comics? I read mixed reviews but have quite enjoyed Tony Daniels take on Batman.

[Memento Mori]

Detective was okay but I'll be dropping it as soon as the first arc finishes. Snyder fulfils all my Batman needs.

[Prototype]

Detective was okay but I'll be dropping it as soon as the first arc finishes. Snyder fulfils all my Batman needs.

You take that back!

Detective comics 1 was superb, as was 2.

Not picked up Batman 2 yet, but it seems like EVERYONE is giving this 10/10.

[DrDoom]

I've been enjoying Batman (I have yet to pick up #2's for the other DC books I picked up Action, Swamp Thing, Animal Man, Sgt. Rock, Demon Knight, etc) but I'm curious. . . is anyone reading Snyder's SEVERED?

[Memento Mori]

I probably will get a trade at some point as I've enjoyed literally everything I've read of his ( six issues of American Vampire, Detective, Swamp Thing and Batman).

Detective was okay but I'll be dropping it as soon as the first arc finishes. Snyder fulfils all my Batman needs.

You take that back!

Detective comics 1 was superb, as was 2.

Not picked up Batman 2 yet, but it seems like EVERYONE is giving this 10/10.

Batman #2 was better than the first issue and that was great to start with.

[qupe]

I probably will get a trade at some point as I've enjoyed literally everything I've read of his ( six issues of American Vampire, Detective, Swamp Thing and Batman).

Detective was okay but I'll be dropping it as soon as the first arc finishes. Snyder fulfils all my Batman needs.

You take that back!

Detective comics 1 was superb, as was 2.

Not picked up Batman 2 yet, but it seems like EVERYONE is giving this 10/10.

Batman #2 was better than the first issue and that was great to start with.

I have just read a review of Batman #2 elsewhere and I agree with a lot of what was said. it gave it 3.5/5 This issue imo was not 10/10 or 5/5, it was very good but not great.

[Memento Mori]

Pics of The Black Mirror trade: