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From: SemiFinal vs Belarus | #016
Pun is just trying to relate to Ryu, his hero, more by imposing his taste in fictional women upon the character he plays.

Are you implying that you DON'T do with all your fictional character heroes?

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Yeeeeees, you never disappoint, Red Shifter.

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From: Icehawk | #028
are you into gears at all?

HUGE fan of the Gears 3 beta, maybe my most anticipated game of the year.

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Messiah Complex is actually pretty darn good, although the ending leaves a bit to be desired.

Second Coming isn't that bad either, although you got a ways to go to get to that point.

Also, I recommend Mike Carey's/Chris Bachalo's X-men if you haven't read it, particularly the first story arc "Supernovas". One of the best X-men stories of the past decade.

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I just replayed UC2 for the first time in over a year. I forgot what an incredible experience it is. I still don't think the gameplay has the kind of depth to support multiplayer, but if B8 is into it, I'll give it another go with UC3 beta.

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They need to just hurry the f*** up with those Hitman trades, s***.

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From: KCF0107 | #002
I feel insulted that I am being left off the list

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From: ShadowHalo17 | #174
So I'm thinking of reading Immortal Iron Fist. I've never been interested in his character, but now I'm under the impression that maybe that series will get me to like him a lot more.

All the stories you need are collected in one nice Omnibus form

http://www.amazon.com/Immortal-Iron-Fist-Omnibus/dp/0785138196/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1309202660&sr=8-3

Brilliant stuff, it will make you a fan of the character, at least it did for me and the many other readers who snatched it up.

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The only important thing about House of M was that Scarlet Witch is crazy and "No More Mutants" happen and all the unimportant mutants lost their powers.

Also, Jubilee

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From: KimPilgrim | #163
What's the point if every mutant that matters is still around?

Well, Jubilee lost her powers!

I can't remember anybody else important who lost them though. Just seems like a way to retcon all the cool Mutant culture/Mutant Town stuff Morrison was doing.

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We don't know what causes the schism, but the main deal is Logan and Scott just can't see eye to eye on this thing, and lines in the sand are gonna be drawn with mutants on each side. They aren't gonna live in the same place, they aren't gonna operate with each other, hell they might not even like each other at the end. On top of that you got Quentin Quire coming back, there's a new Hellfire Club, big ass Sentinels all over the world. I think it sounds promising, and the writers/editors make it sound like its more than just Magneto/Xavier, or to kill or not to kill, and that their isn't a clear-cut bad guy like Iron Man was in Civil War.

edit: Yes, its a five-issue X-men event called "Schism", http://www.centralcitycomicsdb.com/archives/2053

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There was a prelude to Schism series, but its totally worthless and doesn't say anything. There really hasn't been any issues you need to read prior to that, and there really aren't any tie-ins with it either. Comes out next month, should be good, and by its end, the X-men will have split up into two groups in two different books.

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Quentin Quire is actually coming back as one of the antagonists of Schism, the latest X-men event written by Jason Aaron and drawn by a bunch of people like Alan Davis and Andy Kubert. Awesome creative team, at the very least(although Carlos Pacheco is doing the first issue, meh)! Morrison's run is Aaron's favorite X-men run, so he wanted to bring one of his characters back to the forefront.



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The Xorn retcon is very confusing, poorly written, garbage. Even the editors are like, "Uh, believe what you want to believe" Luckily, there's a fun comic to explain it(sorta)!

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/01/xorn-history-comic-lbfa/

My explanation was Xorn is Magneto, then House of M happened and Scarlet Witch's total craziness caused everyone to forget about it.

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Yeah, the idea behind Sublime is a mutant agent that effected the human populace. It's suppose to explain why humans distinctly hate mutants, and not other superheroes. It's all over the run, from John Sublime, the Sublime who owned Weapon Plus, the drug "Kick" was Sublime in digestible form, Sublime that took over Beast, etc.

Xorn is the ultimate good side of Magneto. The lover of mutants, the intelligent thinker, the charming teacher. With Planet X and the Sublime drug, we got to saw the ultimate evil side of Magneto, who became what he despised, and his hatred for humanity blaring out. It sacrifices the deeper characterization of Magneto, but it tries to make a point, that namely Magneto(as a villain, noble as he tries to be) is an out-of-date relic, and his way would never work. The X-men defeat him not only physically, but psychologically, and even in his most lowest point, the good side of Erik(in Xorn and the helmet) take part in bringing him down. Personally, I wish he stayed dead, but this whole damn arc was retconned about a million times afterwards.

Morrison had some more stories to tell, but I like the way it ended, with all the plotlines tied up. Beak came full circle from lovable loser to help saving the planet, Jean Grey's powers finally ascended her body now that her job was done after that totally awesome scene of Logan and Jean walking into the Sun, Scott got with Emma, and the future for mutants is bright. Ya know, until House of M, but lets forget about that.

And the Xorn plot twist doesn't make COMPLETE sense, but it was planned out for years.



Notice the twisted metal ladder on the right when Magne-I mean Xorn uses his powers to move the big metal concrete truck.

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"Haven't you ever wanted to be a super hero?"

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Originally he drew her standing up, but instead we got THAT pic.

But whatever, its Fantomex time, that's all that matters.

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Best long-form superhero run of the last decade, I reckon.

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Theory is the Nazi raped him as a kid when he was in the concentration camps during the Holocaust.

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spoilers

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From: KimPilgrim | #037
Uncanny X-Force is pretty great.

Now I'm a little confused there's a New X-Men and a "New" X-Men?

Well, there was Morrison's New X-Men, the book's name changed from X-Men at #114, an apt title to describe all the fresh, new change and ideas he was bringing to the series. The name was changed back shortly after he left.

Then there was the New X-men book, which were new mutants trying to fight and save the world and all that. Kyle and Yost damn near killed all of them for giggles.

The current book is New Mutants(which cracks me up, considering members like Dani Moonstar and Sam Guthrie have been on New Mutants since the book started waaaaaay back in the mid-1980s).

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Reminds me of that package he sent me addressed to "KoolAidShoto" in the world's greatest handwriting.

Pun, too good.

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When I hear BAMF, I just think Nightcrawler.

Also, the new Captain America comic was awesome, and it really does NOT line up with Fear Itself at all. It ends with the main antagonist getting away, Bucky having a new objective in life that could carry him well into the future, and says he can't be Captain America anymore. Then Fear Itself #3 came out, Bucky is Cap, and then he's dead.

WTF? Just further proof that Bucky is gonna be alive and well by the end of this event.

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2. Garth Ennis - I don't think anybody does better character work in US comics then Garth Ennis. Behind his shock value techniques and language are dozens and dozens of interesting, relatable, fallible, human characters. His dialog may be the best in the business, and understanding of how comic book narratives should be structured is damn near unparalleled. Hitman and Preacher are two of my all-time favorite comic book runs, I try to read them annually. His War Stories are simply the best damn war comics out there.




1. Grant Morrison - God of All Comics. Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, All-Star Superman, WE3, Kill Your Boyfriend, Batman, New X-men; ALL BRILLIANT




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6. Walter Simonson - His Thor run alone should cement him for this list. A grand, operatic epic in every sense of the word, its the best run the Odinson has ever had, and its one of the reasons I remember I love comics. But he has two other really great runs as well: a short stint on the Fantastic Four, only about 20 issues if that, but they are just wonderful, clever, crazy comic book stuff. His other great one is Orion, the son of Darkseid and his badass adventures. Simonson draws the majority of these, and I already told you he's like some suped-up version of Jack Kirby. So dynamic, so full of life, so fun to read.





5. Chris Claremont - Claremont gets a lot of flak, mostly because everything he's done post 1991 has been horrendlously out-of-date and mediorce at best. But his run on the X-men DEFINED who they are. He either created them(Rogue, Mystique, Dark Phoenix, Hellfire Club, Sabretooth, Mr. Sinister, Gambit, Kitty Pryde, etc) or he completely established who they are(Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colosus, alternate X-men futures, Dark Phoenix Saga, Magneto's Holocaust backstory, you name it, Claremont probably came up with it). Even now, while a lot of his Cockrum/Byrne stuff is very wordy and purple prose all over the place, his work with Paul Smith, John Romita Jr, and Marc Silvestri shine just as bright now as they did back then, telling great superhero stories with the right mix of character-driven drama and fantastical action sequences. Oh, and that's not even going into his brilliant runs on Excalibur with Alan Davis or his "holy crap I didn't know comics could do this" New Mutants with Bill Sienkiewicz(who in retrospect should be on my artists list).





4. Frank Miller - Remember how I was just talking about this guy is one of the best to ever do it, who's understanding of comic book form and narrative changed the industry, how he's one of the great pioneer's of the entire medium? Well, still applies! Daredevil: Born Again, Elektra: Assassin, Batman: Year One, Dark Knight Returns, Sin City, Terminator vs Robocop, Hard Boiled, 300; he's could make as many s***ty Spirit films and fake-Batman vs Al Queda all he wants, his spot as one of the greats is set in stone.




3. Ed Brubaker - The man who got me really hooked on comics with his excellent Captain America run. Outside superhero team books, everything he touches seems to turn into gold: his definitive Captain America run, Daredevil, Immortal Iron Fist, Gotham Central, Sleeper, Criminal, Catwoman, etc. Master of crime/noir and pulp adventure.





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Top Ten writers? Well, let's see here:

10. Bryan Lee O' Malley - Scott Pilgrim is one of the greatest comic books of the past decade. I know it, you know it, everyone knows it.



9. Gail Simone - Probably don't have to explain Gail Simone to anybody here. The chick is awesome, she's writes great stuff, it seems to be a recurring theme for me with flawed, morally questionable but still great characters, but Secret Six has been DC's most consistently non-Morrison/Vertigo book for years. And she did the best Deadpool run EVER. Suck it down, Kelly/Nicenza.




8. Rick Remender - Here's another recent writer who my main enjoyment comes from work released in the past decade. Rick Remender is just my kind of comic book writer. He does big, fun, high-concept stuff(Frankencastle takes on Nazi Zombies and jetpack samurai with dragons and miniguns! Apocalypse and his Horsemen have a Citadel on the moon! Drunk Texan Adam Strange adventures!) but he never forgets characters. Its characters that makes us give a damn about action scenes, its characters that make us care about death, its characters that make the emotional investment, and Remender understands that. Like Ennis and Aaron, his characters damn sure aint perfect, but they have their hearts in the right place and you can root for them, and you feel pain when they are defeated or outright killed(cuz Remender pulls no punches on killing them if he sees fit!). Also, have I told everyone to pick up Uncanny X-Force yet? Because everyone should pick up Uncanny X-Force.




7. Jason Aaron - Scalped is good. It's soooooo good. Its the most consistently f***ing good comic book in the last 5 years. Like Ennis, Aaron's dialog is just impecible, his flawed characters human and relatable, and his storytelling is godlike. But unlike Ennis, Aaron likes superheroes. In fact, he's done some damn good superhero work. I think he's the best Wolverine writer of them all, glad a lot of his work is getting an Omnibus soon(should've collected Astoninshing Spider-Man and Wolverine too, that was brilliant, but alas...). His Ghost Rider is the best Ghost Rider of them all as well(he understands that Ghost Rider is a character with a flaming skull for a head and a giant flaming motorcyle and should be treated accordingly). He's also done this really awesome miniseries called "The Other Side" that I recommend to everyone all the time when they mention war comics(also I mention Ennis!). He's really been doing work for the past decade, I can't wait to see what he can produce in these next ten years.





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From: KimPilgrim | #013
Koolaid what is your opinion on Manapul

I think he's a wonderful artist, with inventive, detailed layouts, but I only seen him on The Flash and that book got boring so I dropped it.




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9. Marcos Martin - Going to go down as one of the great Spider-Man artist, I think he stands up with anybody. His classical, simple illustrations show so much focus, his action so crisp and clear, his panel layouts so inventive. His upcoming Daredevil run is gonna be amazing. The last panel showing us how Daredevil sees The Spot takes a C-List villain into something horrific and engaging. One of the best working today.




10. David Aja - Have you seen Immortal Iron Fist? HAVE YOU SEEN IT!? Rather than simply being a tool to convey the story, which is generally how most artists treat their layouts, Aja often turns the layout into part of the story. His choreography is second to none, and he's constantly getting inventive with his page layouts. Its a Goddamn shame he isn't doing more work.





Honorable mentions: Mike Wieringo, Marc Silvestri, JH Williams III, Chris Bachalo, Phil Jimenez, Doug Mahnke, Cameron Stewart, a billion others. Not Jim Lee though, probably wouldn't be in my top 50, honestly.

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1. Frank Quitely - Without even a second thought, my #1 favorite artist. There's Quitely, and then there's everyone else, quite frankly.



2. John Romita Jr - I don't like his recent stuff, but he has so much GOOD stuff out there I don't care too much. Stern's Amazing Spider-Man, Claremont's X-men, Nocenti's Daredevil, Dixon's Punisher(four great runs one after another!), Miller's Man Without Fear, Jurgens' Thor, Millar's Wolverine, Pak's World War Hulk, JMS's Amazing Spider-man...the man has been on some damn good stories. He is THE definitive Marvel artist, even if you don't like him, you gotta respect him.



3. Bruce Timm - Bruce Timm hasn't done a lot of comic work, but what he did looks brilliant. Mad Love and Harley and Ivy are two of my favorite Batman stories, and every page of it makes me smile. But really, he's so high on my list because of his contribution to MY definitive Batman universe, with a style that has been imitated(although never perfectly duplicated) in hundreds of great episodes and the wonderful Batman Adventures series of comics. And not just Batman, but the entire DCAU like Superman and Justice League Unlimited. Cartoons/comics are in the same idiom, so I'm taking it!




4. Alan Davis - Master of his craft, incredibly storyteller, maybe my favorite superhero artist. If there were some comic book dictator God who came down and announced that all superhero books would now be drawn by Alan Davis, I would be perfectly fine.




5. Frank Miller - Again, not a fan of his recent work at ALL(in fact, I think its some of the most unappealing s*** I've ever seen), but few people understand the craft of a comic book like Frank Miller in his prime. Damn near every other page of Dark Knight Returns is a work of comic book ART, and Sin City and 300 are incredible visual showcases. He's one of the greatest comic book creators of all-time, no question.




6. Bryan Hitch - Used to be fake-Alan Davis, then he developed his own style and produced GODLIKE work on The Authority and the Ultimates, then he came up with a bunch of excuses and has just been doing covers since. Still, that one period of time is amazing. His action scenes are phenomenal, his characters feel real and the superheroics feel believable. I mean, how f***ing COOL is this sequence?






7. Walter Simonson - Jack Kirby on crack



8. Michael Lark - Never drawn a bad panel in his life. Complete master of body language; able to give his character so much life and depth just from a posture or a facial expression. You can tell what's going on in everybody's head just by looking at his art. Wonderful run on Gotham Central and Brubaker's Daredevil.



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LOL people who don't have MWC on ignore yet.

C'mon guys, its 2011. The guy thinks DBZ is amazing like a 12-year old, literally can't stop thinking about LeBron James(and wanting to murder him), and has some of the worst f***ing opinions since Palmer bought the farm. He's not made a single insightful post in his entire life on this board.

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From: GuessMyUserName | #004
... are you serious

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From: Biolizard28 | #004
irrationally dislike me

lolol

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From: The Mana Sword | #192
You can actually get there without rebuilding the aqueducts if you're tricky with your climbing and jump - I was able to!

Yeah, I kinda just kept screwing around until I was able to get in there. I had idea about the Aqueducts thing >_>

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http://dreamcancel.com/wiki/index.php?title=King_of_Fighters_XIII#Characters

Info on characters. Incomplete, but they got all the movelist.

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It's much faster than XII, and the gameplay systems are brilliant without being broken. It allows for creativity and a variety of playstyles, no constant rushdown or characters doing 90% combos five seconds into the round.

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Oh, the transience of hacking. You start with one guy, then everyone hops on board.

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Bioshock Infinite, continuing to look incredibly intriguing and on a level of story/setting creativity that isn't seen very often in gaming.

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lol playing Battlefield for campaign

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aw yeah, Shadows of the Damned next week.

And hey, sometimes summer blockbusters do have great, likable characters, even if they aren't the deepest plots(Jack Sparrow, Indiana Jones, Marty McFly/Doc Brown, the cast of Aliens, etc). I like to think Uncharted is in that vein.

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