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DragonBall 1 through 5 (VizBig Editions) - Re-read to scratch an itch that came about after the DBZ: Resurrection 'F' DVD release. I don't care for the book name-dropping the sequel series cause it puts a question mark on what else has been altered and not just translated. Such as Bulma asking if Goku is an alien (which shouldn't bother her now anyway since Toriyama decided to have her meet an alien as a childin Jaco the Galactic Patrolman). Toriyama still has a thing for poop jokes and the inconsistent censorship of the art for what few black characters there are - and Mr. Popo - is mildy irritating. Personally, I think the art should be preserved with a warning.
Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring - Epilogue to the series with the next generation of ninja. I liked it.
Batman: Knightfall 3: Knightsend - Took me about four years to get around to reading this as the previous volumes which I read around Dark Knight Rises weren't clicking with me. I don't know if it's the time passed since then or the suspicious gap in collected issues between volumes two and three (they're the less comprehenive, older editions) but it wasn't as unpleasant a reading experience as the others. Kinda wish Valley's red Batsuit had come into Batplay Batsooner. The blue one works as a counter to Bruce Wayne's costume, the red one is just more Batappealing to mine eye for some reason. I would Batargue that the ending withWayne tricking Valley into ditching the suitmeans that his Batman hasn't really come out on top.Bane defeats Batman, Batvalley defeats Bane; Batman beats Valley out of his armour? There's a brain over brawn thing in there I suppose.
Batman: Arkham: The Riddler* - Why would you later retcon his real name from Nigma to Nashton, you monsters? Interesting to see the changes over the years and what's contradicted between issues.
Mark Waid (and Chris Samnee) Daredevil 4 HC
Avengers World 1: AIMpire
Avengers World 2: Ascension - Feels too slow for me. To be honest, I'm far more interested in the politics of a Chinese equivalent of SHIELD and Euroforce being led by an American than Avengers teams scattered across the world.Nick Spencer wrote:"Obviously we've seen the Avengers make a pretty big statement about this world being under their protection and them being the representatives of our world. So it felt like it was time to do a book about what that planet looks like; not just Marvel New York or Marvel Space, but what does Marvel Europe, Asia and Africa look like right now?"
Maybe it'll change Before Time Runs Out™ but the book doesn't seem to be that to me. I've seen what Madripoorlooks like on the head of a dragon, I haven't really seen Marvel China function. Marvel Europe's probably just filled with boring Celtic magic stuff though so I don't need to see that.
All-New X-Men 7: The Utopians* - Rubbish collection of issues. First issue is a vignette with Emma Frost and Young!Jean Grey which is fine then it's chapters four and five of Black Vortex which don't work removed from the crossover. It does coverYoung!Cyclops coming back inand thankfully Bendis lets most of the art do the talking so it's a briefer read than it could have been. Then it's the last two issues dealing with AvX fallout where the Utopiansget to be protected from attacking people - SHIELD in this instance - because prejudice? I mean the Young!X-Men saythe SHIELD agents were saved after being blown up but it's not shown and the coda is Hill acknowledging that the Young!X-Men are lying apart from justifying the Utopians' attacks as paranoia from being persecuted. Notable for having Young!Iceman's coming out. Then the end of All-New X-Men is "To be concluded in Uncanny X-Men #600!" Wow.
Star Wars: Kanan - The Last Padawan 1 - Liked it. For some reason the clonetroopers are black and not Temuera Morrison and story has a natural end in issue five that gets an epilogue for issue six to lead into the next arc. Bit of an odd one.
Conan 15: The Nightmare of the Shallows
Conan 16: The Song of Bêlit
Conan 17: Shadows Over Kush
King Conan 1: The Scarlet Citadel - Man in his pants continues to stick it to the man by being unwavering in his old fashioned vew of the world somehow. He falls in love but he gets over it.
Nice to see Brian Ching's art again. He seemed to just disappear after Knights of the Old Republic.
Sex Criminals 1: One Weird Trick* - Sex Cauldron?!
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DragonBall 1 through 5 (VizBig Editions) - Re-read to scratch an itch that came about after the DBZ: Resurrection 'F' DVD release. I don't care for the book name-dropping the sequel series cause it puts a question mark on what else has been altered and not just translated. Such as Bulma asking if Goku is an alien (which shouldn't bother her now anyway since Toriyama decided to have her meet an alien as a childin Jaco the Galactic Patrolman). Toriyama still has a thing for poop jokes and the inconsistent censorship of the art for what few black characters there are - and Mr. Popo - is mildy irritating. Personally, I think the art should be preserved with a warning.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who reacted to the (IMO disappointing) Resurrection F by wanting to reread the original series. I don't remember noticing any quirks in the translation last time I read it, but I'll have to keep an eye out for them. Mind you, I watched the cartoon dubbed into Spanish and I've read a few different accounts of how that version came into being (I think it was based on the weirdly-censored American translation, but I could be wrong).Sex Criminals 1: One Weird Trick* - Sex Cauldron?!
*Digital version
Quoting because this got an actual laugh out loud from me
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Glad to see I'm not the only one who reacted to the (IMO disappointing) Resurrection F by wanting to reread the original series. I don't remember noticing any quirks in the translation last time I read it, but I'll have to keep an eye out for them. Mind you, I watched the cartoon dubbed into Spanish and I've read a few different accounts of how that version came into being (I think it was based on the weirdly-censored American translation, but I could be wrong).
There must be an article somewhere on Kanzenshuu that shows the differences between every version of the manga and anime. Of course, it doesn't help that Toriyama will alter the ending himself if need be.
The DBZ reference in DragonBall is something like "Oh no, does this mean Dragon Ball Z doesn't happen?" when Goku gets taken down. It might be in the original Viz translation because I believe they split the series based on the anime and released DB and DBZ concurrently as separate first volumes. But then again it might not cause they made ch-ch-changes between formats. NSFW warning. Probably not needed but just in case.
My set is the VizBig versions of DB 1-5 and the older individual DBZ volumes 1-26. Popo speaks in broken English in the latter. Turns out the inconsistent censorship I complained about in the previous post - which I thought because They'd left the lips on certain characters and took them off the more obvious racial caricatures - is due to their deciding to darken some the mouths to match the skintone. Makes sense. Still think you should preserve the art with a warning rather than pretending the dodgy stuff didn't happen. Or censoring it so you can still $ell it to the target demographic.
I liked Resurrection F insomuch as I can when the original series did away with bringing Frieza back in as a plot point in the best way possible.Not big on them giving the win back to Goku either.I find the way Toriyama circles around ideas similar to Dragon Ball GT pretty interesting.0 -
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Waiting on my monthly Trade purchase
Deadpool: Axis Volume 7
Superman: Earth One
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis Volume 3
The Walking Dead: Made to Suffer v. 8
I've always liked Superman, but have never read anything with him in it apart from Justice League. so I'll be grabbing a recommended TPB or GN each month for the next while to read through the stories.
I think next month also kicks off my first foray into buying singles. Setup a PList with Big Bang for the DC Rebirth launch. So along with my Trade purchases I'll be getting a stack of singles, which should keep me good for the month between paydays 0 -
I think next month also kicks off my first foray into buying singles. Setup a PList with Big Bang for the DC Rebirth launch. So along with my Trade purchases I'll be getting a stack of singles, which should keep me good for the month between paydays
I'm torn. Part of me wants to post a welcome to the party meme. The other, from having collected single issues for just over 20 years, wants to warn you to run away now
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