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Shiningknight S.E.A captain from Professor Xavier's school for gifted lesbians. Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#2601: Oct 5th 2012 at 7:23:28 AM

creepy 9 he is really embracing his inner horror host in this one...

" I did the right thing, didn't I? It all worked out in the end." "In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."
Wackd Since: May, 2009
#2602: Oct 5th 2012 at 9:05:28 AM

[up]I kind of want to see him do I Feel Sick, which has a segment in which the main character meets a wannabe-vampire...and his friend, a wannabe-mummy with a bee fixation.

Granted, there are scarier Vasquez comics out there, but the Brick Joke would be totally worth it.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
phoenixdaughterAM Wiping All Out from Cursed college Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Wishing you were here
Wiping All Out
#2603: Oct 5th 2012 at 9:45:33 AM

That is a nifty cover.

Hmm. Nifty. Nice jokes Morate.

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Shiningknight S.E.A captain from Professor Xavier's school for gifted lesbians. Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#2604: Oct 6th 2012 at 7:40:04 AM

horrorwood

gotta admit this one perks my interest

" I did the right thing, didn't I? It all worked out in the end." "In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."
Shiningknight S.E.A captain from Professor Xavier's school for gifted lesbians. Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#2605: Oct 7th 2012 at 8:13:50 AM

superman and batman vs vampires and werewolves

" I did the right thing, didn't I? It all worked out in the end." "In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."
Filby Some Guy from Western Massachusetts Since: Jan, 2001
Some Guy
#2606: Oct 7th 2012 at 9:00:18 AM

[up]I remember when that first came out. I thought it sounded ridiculous then, but now I might give it a shot.

Groovy.
LizardBite Shameless Self-Promoter from Two Galaxies Over Since: Jan, 2001
#2607: Oct 7th 2012 at 9:19:52 AM

superman and batman vs vampires and werewolves

WHY AM I ONLY JUST LEARNING OF THIS COMIC'S EXISTENCE!?

edited 7th Oct '12 9:20:47 AM by LizardBite

Dream_Huntress Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#2608: Oct 7th 2012 at 3:11:33 PM

What are the chances he'll review the comics where Batman became a vampire?

Edit: Never mind that, Today's LBOTD is Uzumaki. I love Junji Ito, his stories are genuinely creepy and scary, and leave you with a sense of just being uncomfortable.

edited 8th Oct '12 7:26:03 AM by Dream_Huntress

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Filby Some Guy from Western Massachusetts Since: Jan, 2001
Some Guy
#2609: Oct 8th 2012 at 11:46:21 AM

I just finished watching the "Entity" storyline, which I missed out on last year. And while the Entity itself was really cool, am I the only one who finds it really annoying how Linkara can just talk himself out of any situation and set up a Logic Bomb for any and all villains he goes up against? His "perfect logic" convinces an "Outer God" to commit suicide, as if a literal deity thinks the same way as a human. Because Linkara is always right. About everything. It's kind of obnoxious.

And yes, I know about the "turning evil" plot more recently, and I know the way he treats other characters shows some flaws, but he still beats every opponent with a big dorky speech where he systematically tears them apart, and it's getting a little old.

Groovy.
nomuru2d Gamer-turning-maker from Port Saint Lucie, FL Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
Gamer-turning-maker
#2610: Oct 8th 2012 at 11:49:44 AM

Technically, the speech he gave to Vyce was just icing on the cake while he wrecked his armor. He didn't really talk his way out of that one.

edited 8th Oct '12 11:50:07 AM by nomuru2d

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Wackd Since: May, 2009
#2611: Oct 8th 2012 at 11:53:52 AM

Similarly, I'm pretty sure he just blew Mechakara up.

If there's one thing that bugs me about the storylines it's Linkara taking the time to answer every goddamn question that could possibly be a just bugs me. It results in way too much dialogue, and dialogue that feels stilted and unnatural.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
nomuru2d Gamer-turning-maker from Port Saint Lucie, FL Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
Gamer-turning-maker
#2612: Oct 8th 2012 at 11:55:15 AM

Eh, he's still learning. I'm just glad that he now has the sense to separate the review portion from the storyline portion as much as he can.

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Filby Some Guy from Western Massachusetts Since: Jan, 2001
Some Guy
#2613: Oct 8th 2012 at 11:58:21 AM

Eh... I just dislike all the "I'm so awesome" moments. I get it, the character is a righteous badass. I don't need to hear him keep speechifying about it.

Groovy.
emeriin Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
#2614: Oct 8th 2012 at 11:58:35 AM

I've bored everyone with my rants over his storylines, so I'll say this: Doug gave the spoiler that Lewis is writing a Malachite's Hand plot, and that has the potential to be interesting for me.

I cut up one dozen new men and you will die somewhat, again and again.
Filby Some Guy from Western Massachusetts Since: Jan, 2001
Some Guy
#2615: Oct 8th 2012 at 12:07:28 PM

I heard about that as well. It sounds pretty interesting to me, too.

But if it ends with him giving a great big smug speech to Malachite, there will not be enough ::rolleyes:: in the world. tongue

Groovy.
ROTHY Dakini! from America Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Robosexual
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#2616: Oct 8th 2012 at 2:54:53 PM

The Thing from Another World #1.

"It's just like... a series of overlapping curses." - Flower Knight Dakini
phoenixdaughterAM Wiping All Out from Cursed college Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Wishing you were here
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0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#2618: Oct 8th 2012 at 4:02:17 PM

His stories are hit-or-miss for me, and it's really hard for me to take all his exposition dumps, but when they're good, they are good. I did think the ending of the Entity arc was a bit...iffy, though. I don't think you could trick a being so powerful that easily.

RE: The review: Having not seen the movie, I can't really say it was that interesting to me, but I will say this—relying on stock characters and not doing anything to develop them into something more unique =/= good writing.

'Twill be interesting to see where this goes.

edited 8th Oct '12 4:04:01 PM by 0dd1

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LizardBite Shameless Self-Promoter from Two Galaxies Over Since: Jan, 2001
#2619: Oct 8th 2012 at 5:23:25 PM

Never mind that, Today's LBOTD is Uzumaki. I love Junji Ito, his stories are genuinely creepy and scary, and leave you with a sense of just being uncomfortable.

Huh. I was hoping for that, but I didn't really expect him to spotlight any manga.

ROTHY Dakini! from America Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Robosexual
Dakini!
#2620: Oct 8th 2012 at 5:40:43 PM

Bio Meat would be a good choice for another scary, but not as surreal, manga.

edited 8th Oct '12 5:40:53 PM by ROTHY

"It's just like... a series of overlapping curses." - Flower Knight Dakini
Wackd Since: May, 2009
#2621: Oct 8th 2012 at 8:09:35 PM

So, Linkara won't review comics where the major flaw is continuity issues with other comics, but he will review comics where the major flaw is continuity issues with a movie. That makes perfect sense.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
ninjaclown Since: May, 2009
#2622: Oct 8th 2012 at 8:53:32 PM

How many The Thing comics are there?

Wildcard from Revolution City Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#2623: Oct 8th 2012 at 8:55:01 PM

[up]Enough for it to be this month's theme.

METAL GEAR!?
BatDan Since: Nov, 2009
#2624: Oct 8th 2012 at 9:41:03 PM

Actually, after the second issue of "The Thing from Another World" next week, he's doing his usual Clone Saga review (this time, Power and Responsibility) followed by Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #2.

Unless that Simpsons book has a story related to The Thing, then this "theme month" is more like "theme three weeks".

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#2625: Oct 8th 2012 at 10:02:10 PM

@Wack'd: What, comic doesn't have other major flaws? .-.


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