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volksjager (volksjager) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-04 18:17:00

Current music:	Galaxie 500 " Blue Thunder"
Entry tags:	char: spiderboy, group: the legion of galactic gaurdians, publisher: amalgam

Spiderboy and the Legion of Galactic Gaurdians 2099
I thought this was the best of the DC/Marvel books. It has alot of fun with timetravel and the various versions of the Legion...

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	crinosg 2009-08-04 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	Paste eater Pete? Really? Well, Good news Jubilee/Batman anagalm, you're no longer the most absurd anagalm ever created. (It is close though). (Reply to this) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-08-04 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	I loved Dr. Strangefate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	crinosg 2009-08-04 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	I... fated Dr. StrangeLove? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-08-04 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	I imagine that, in all the big battles, Paste-Eater Pete just stands there eating from a jar of Elmer's brand paste, like Ralph Wiggum from the Simpsons. A small crowd of supervillains stands around him, idly, not wanting to watch and yet unable to look away. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-08-04 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	It does make you wonder who would have been in the Substitute Legion Galactic Guardians 2099 if the A team took paste eater pete... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bariman1987 2009-08-05 04:14 am UTC (link)
	No no, I get it. He's Paste Pot Pete + Matter Eater Lad. He can eat anything if it's got paste on it. Still pretty gross. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	halloweenjack 2009-08-05 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	He's there strictly for the "You rejected [the Iceman/Polar Boy amalgam] for membership but..." jokes. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	04nbod 2009-08-04 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	you mean they didn't do the obvious Timberine? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-08-04 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	I would have liked to know more about "DreamDate". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-08-04 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	She can already see how any date is going to end before it starts, so if she doesn't show up, you can reassure yourself it would have gone badly anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-08-05 12:04 am UTC (link)
	Man, if only that really existed... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-08-04 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Logan was busy Amalgaming with Batman to become Dark-Claw (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bariman1987 2009-08-05 11:25 am UTC (link)
	And oddly, Bruce Wayne was still around too, working for SHIELD. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-08-05 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	Multi-tasking was always Batman's greatest asset. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-08-06 12:47 am UTC (link)
	The Amalgams were not strict mash ups of two characters, many of the new heroes were pieces of 3 or more sources. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	randyripoff 2009-08-04 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	Man, Matter-Eater Lad gets even less love than Bouncing Boy. (Reply to this)

	xandertarbert 2009-08-04 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	I still don't get why they had it a web-shooting gun. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-08-04 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	It's a gun because it's a web "shooter". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xandertarbert 2009-08-05 07:29 am UTC (link)
	Oh. OH! OOOOH! Now I feel like Sam Vimes in Feet of Clay. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bariman1987 2009-08-05 08:42 am UTC (link)
	Darn, I still have two and a half books (going in publishing order) before I get to Feet of Clay so I know what you mean. Any idea where I could get a good Discworld icon? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

xandertarbert
2009-08-05 01:04 pm UTC (link)

Well, the good thing about Pratchett books is that you don't have to read them n any order. And if you've read Guards Guards and Men At Arms, this is the next in the City Watch set.

Icons, well, that's trickey. You could use the button art from: http://www.paulkidby.com/badges/index.html

Good general art that if someone made icon's out of I'd give an internet too is: http://www.nocturnalsoldier.org/Tealin/xhp/disc/index.html

And bonus art, in the category of You've Got Anime In My Discworld: http://rubendevela.com/out/Angua.jpg

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comicoz
2009-08-05 02:31 pm UTC (link)

Wooo, thanks! Major Discworld fan here, yay for art!

And ya, you can read them in pretty much any order, although reading them from start to finish makes the characters grow better. Don't forget the three Tiffany stories and the several short stories (which are available free on LSpace) - Sea and the Little Fishes (which is awesome), the High Price of Living (fantastic), and the oddly out of character Carrot in Theatre of Cruelty (so-so).

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	icon_uk 2009-08-05 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	Theatre of Cruelty is worth it for Carrot's interrogation of the... expert witness "You're an accessory after the fact, or possibly before the fact" "YOUNG MAN.. I AM THE FACT" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xandertarbert 2009-08-05 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	Death and What Comes Next is my favorite of the short stories, but Trool Bridge had the best end. "For the sake of the way things should be," he said. "Hah!" "For the sake of things that were." "Hah!" Cohen looked down. He grinned. "And for three addresses. One day I'm going to die," he said, "but not, I think, today." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-08-05 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	There's something very Douglas Adams-esque about - "YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A LUCKY SPECIES OF APE THAT IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF CREATION VIA A LANGUAGE THAT EVOLVED IN ORDER TO TELL ONE ANOTHER WHERE THE RIPE FRUIT WAS?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

xandertarbert
2009-08-06 12:03 am UTC (link)

Spider-Boy? Who's that? We're talking about Terry Pratchett!

Heh, reminds me. I was going through airport security and this older bar-fly woman is going through my bag, and comes across The Last Hero. And she's a huge Pratchett fan. And she's telling me how her boyfriend keeps his books in their tattoo parlor and he's got this wicked tat of Death on his shoulder. It was very cool.

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icon_uk
2009-08-05 06:24 pm UTC (link)

Several of them SHOULD be read in order though, especially the Sam Vimes ones, since he personally goes through more actual development than any other character in the series. From meeting Sybil, to marrying her, to... well, I won't spoil the rest.

And "Mort" should be read before any of the stories featuring Susan, for obvious reasons.

My personal favourite Discworld novel is either "Thief of Time" or "Mort"

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	xandertarbert 2009-08-05 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	Night Watch and Thud! you really need a lot of the back story for, but the second Pratchett book I ever read was Jingo, and I didn't even know there were books before it until later on. That said, Guards Guards and Men At Arms are huge parts to Vimes' evolution, you just don't need to know about it right away. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	skalja 2009-08-05 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Angua's boots are the most ridiculous things in the world, so why do I want them? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xandertarbert 2009-08-05 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	Well, they're Discworld canon in fact. If you see the Art of Discworld (and most book stores carry it) and check out the City Watch stuff, they all wear those boot/sandal combos. (Reply to this) (Parent)

bariman1987
2009-08-06 04:35 am UTC (link)

I know I don't have to read them in publishing order, but I've noticed that Pratchett would have gags that would start in one book and be mentioned in several subsequent books, so it helps to know the original gag to make the next ones funnier. Plus I get to see how the writing and world-building evolves over time. I'm a quick reader when I want to, so I'm hoping I'll get to Feet of Clay by this time next week.

Men At Arms was actually the first or second book in the series I read, and it remains my favorite.

Thanks for the art! I'll see what I can do with it. And the Angua pic looks awesome!

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	thanekos 2009-08-04 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	don't worry, spider-boy, you'll end up selling your marriage to mephisatanus, causing the creation of the Brand New 52. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-08-04 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	I really wish Marvel and DC would do this sort of crossover again. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rab62 2009-08-05 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Ha! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-08-05 01:12 am UTC (link)
	Welcome to the Giffen Legion, where it's always sprockin' raining. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	okkult3000 2009-08-05 03:43 am UTC (link)
	After the economic collapse, they couldn't afford to regulate the weather control technology, and it was left on "drizzle." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	silverzeo 2009-08-05 01:13 am UTC (link)
	Is this worth buying? I like idea a character who the merge of SB and S-M. Do they have more pictures of the Legionare, doing whatever in the background? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-08-05 01:21 am UTC (link)
	Yes. Its a very good issue. the time trapper being keeps changing identity ect. If I could I would post every page. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xandertarbert 2009-08-05 07:32 am UTC (link)
	Mig-El's costume isn't all that bad. It still looks kinda bulky, but the design is pretty good. I'm even enjoying the all blue mask. (Reply to this)

Q: Why did they mix characters? A: Who cares? It rocks!

zegas
2009-08-05 10:19 pm UTC (link)

This issue really shouldn't be held in next to most of the Amalgam line (some were good) because this one is in a league of its own.

This is exactly what modern superhero comics should be like and aren't enough of. There's a lush sense of absurdist sci-fi logic here that plays really well with the whole "Legion" mythos. And the art (a Manga-esqur European Kirby dipped in acid; I miss Ladronn)is tailor-made for this material. Not only is it fun and obsessive, but it's interesting. I don't mean to sound like an old coot that thrives on nostalgia, and I like all sorts of themes in comics, but man, this comics is GREAT! More like THIS, comics industry!

Uh... thanks for posting.

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	Re: Q: Why did they mix characters? A: Who cares? It rocks! volksjager 2009-08-06 12:45 am UTC (link)
	I would agree with you. The other books were fun, but this was the only one that cried out to be published monthly and the potential leapt off the page. This was a great mix of the Peter parker Con-el personalities. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Q: Why did they mix characters? A: Who cares? It rocks! zegas 2009-08-06 01:09 am UTC (link)
	Ty Templeton's Dark Claw, Garcia-Lopez and Nowlan's Strangfate, and Paul Smith Iron Lantern were great, too, as one shots. The rest were OK ( I wasn't as into Thorion as I should've been) but the bookend stories were not great. Yeah, this was jam packed with potential to the point where it seemed constantly seemed on the brink of an explosion. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Q: Why did they mix characters? A: Who cares? It rocks! psychop_rex 2009-08-08 03:35 am UTC (link)
	I certainly wouldn't mind reading an 'Adventures of Spider-Boy' book. (Reply to this) (Parent)