I'm really not just a contrarian for the sake of being a contrarian . . . really.
(No, really).
Anybody looked at the cover for Heroes for Hire 12? It's . . . actually kind of cute (in an exploitation kind of way), which is to be expected from future manga-ka Takeshi Miyazawa, formerly of Spider-Man loves Mary Jane and the much underappreciated Sidekicks.
Anyway. Joe Quesada. I actually think that comics from Marvel haven't been this consistently across the majority of the board good since . . . Shooter.
Let's list the Marvel (not Icon) titles that are just really damn enjoyable (to me, at least. Please, please, please feel free to argue). I'm going to try to make as much of this list as argument free but, once again, please feel free to argue.
X-Men (. . . because it's Mike Carey and Mike Carey is our atheist god).
X-Factor (because it's Peter David and Peter David is our 'Hey, every one of his characters sounds exactly like their analogues from Star Trek New Frontier' god).
Punisher (it's Garth Ennis telling hard-boiled crime/war stories. The only way it could get better is if he did a crossover with Dougie and Ivor from Troubles and Dicks . . . god)
Ultimate Spider-Man (It's been going on for 110 issues of the same creators.)
Captain America (it's Ed Brubaker. Pretty much the only way it could be better than Ed Brubaker is if Marvel got Greg Rucka to write the adventures of Sharon Carter. But then we'd have less issues of Queen and Country)
Daredevil.
Ultimate Fantastic Four (it's Mike Carey again. With Pascual 'Gave up doing Mister Miracle for this' Ferry).
She-Hulk.
Immortal Iron Fist.
Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius.
The Incredible Hulk.
Nextwave, gosh darn it.
And so on, and so on.
Not sure where all this hatred is coming from really. The only real complaint is that they haven't done anything as bold as the new Minx line from DC. Course, don't think that the Minx books are creator owned either.
-murmur
I really like New Avengers. And Mighty Avengers. Ultimates, Civil War, House of M. Basically anything done by Bendis and Millar is fine by me. Even liked Trouble.
(No, really).
Anybody looked at the cover for Heroes for Hire 12? It's . . . actually kind of cute (in an exploitation kind of way), which is to be expected from future manga-ka Takeshi Miyazawa, formerly of Spider-Man loves Mary Jane and the much underappreciated Sidekicks.
Anyway. Joe Quesada. I actually think that comics from Marvel haven't been this consistently across the majority of the board good since . . . Shooter.
Let's list the Marvel (not Icon) titles that are just really damn enjoyable (to me, at least. Please, please, please feel free to argue). I'm going to try to make as much of this list as argument free but, once again, please feel free to argue.
X-Men (. . . because it's Mike Carey and Mike Carey is our atheist god).
X-Factor (because it's Peter David and Peter David is our 'Hey, every one of his characters sounds exactly like their analogues from Star Trek New Frontier' god).
Punisher (it's Garth Ennis telling hard-boiled crime/war stories. The only way it could get better is if he did a crossover with Dougie and Ivor from Troubles and Dicks . . . god)
Ultimate Spider-Man (It's been going on for 110 issues of the same creators.)
Captain America (it's Ed Brubaker. Pretty much the only way it could be better than Ed Brubaker is if Marvel got Greg Rucka to write the adventures of Sharon Carter. But then we'd have less issues of Queen and Country)
Daredevil.
Ultimate Fantastic Four (it's Mike Carey again. With Pascual 'Gave up doing Mister Miracle for this' Ferry).
She-Hulk.
Immortal Iron Fist.
Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius.
The Incredible Hulk.
Nextwave, gosh darn it.
And so on, and so on.
Not sure where all this hatred is coming from really. The only real complaint is that they haven't done anything as bold as the new Minx line from DC. Course, don't think that the Minx books are creator owned either.
-murmur
I really like New Avengers. And Mighty Avengers. Ultimates, Civil War, House of M. Basically anything done by Bendis and Millar is fine by me. Even liked Trouble.