Iron Man Suit Revealed

[StardogChampion]

Ok, 1. AKIRA, you fail to realize there exist thousands of different comics. And half of them have nothing to do with superheroes. American comics are far superior to almost all Japanese manga in any shape or form. There's a few good ones, but the shit outweighs any of the good.
2. Are the rest of you goddamn retarded? The pic you see in the first post is his ****ing prototype suit. The very first one he made. He's obviously gonna make more, eventually leading to the red one. When you saw Spider-Man, you didn't think he was gonna wear that ridiculous wrestler costume the whole time did you :|?

Swear, everyone is borderline retarded.

Haha, agreed. :smoking:

The best of American/British comics destroys the best of what Japan has to offer. And I do read manga.

 

[DeusExMachina]

Sorry nerd.

It's not a case of nerdness. I don't even read Iron Man. But with most comic book movies (i.e. Spider-Man, Batman Begins, even X-Men to an extent), you see the heroes make a couple different costumes before settling on one. In comics, costumes often change over time. I'm pretty sure Iron Man had a blue/gray scheme going before he settled on red (or maybe that was after). If you really thought he'd be wearing that huge gray armor the entire time, do you honestly think anyone would go see it (besides comic nerds, like myself). Of course not.

 

[Asknoone]

I don't really read comics and the Spiderman movie was poo, so I didn't really pay much attention.

 

[AKIRA]

Haha, agreed. :smoking:

The best of American/British comics destroys the best of what Japan has to offer. And I do read manga.

yea that's hilarious. [MOST] Manga depth/storylines>>>>>>[MOST] American/British comic book depth/storylines

 

[SAJ]

Fixed. :thumbs:

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You took out American. Therefore, statement is FALSE.

Oh, you think so huh? you do realise that you appear to be saying that British comics without their American counterparts, are not better than Manga, dont you?

Lets have a look at Jintor's list shall we...

Sandman. 300. Sin City. Preacher. Watchmen. V for Vendetta. Dark Knight Returns. Hellblazer. Lucifer. Books of Magic. Transmetropolitan. Y: The Last Man.

Nice list of A-list comics, right?

Preacher: British writer, British artist.
Watchmen: British writer, British artist.
V for Vendetta: British writer, British artist.
Hellblazer: British writer, British artist. *
Lucifer: British writer -also based on character created by another British writer- no idea about the artist.
Books of Magic: British writer (to begin with anyways), two Bitish artists(and two American) to start with.
Transmetropolitan: British writer.

I believe that should suffice as demonstration that the statement originally made "British comics and graphic novels are way better than any manga." = true.

Bear in mind that I do realise that I'm being unfair to Japanese comics of varying quality and that this post should in no-way be taken as jingoistic patriotic tub-thumping (I even own a few "real" American comics). :cheers:





*British team to start, has had many writers(some American) and numerous artists(ditto) since then.
Hellblazer is also based on an original characterby -you guessed it- a British writer.

 

[Jintor]

Unfortunantly they would never see the light of day if it weren't for American publishers.

 

[Que-Ever]

Iron Man Penis Revealed

 

[CptStern]

american comics vs european comics? ..obviously some of you havent read much outside of marvel/DC ..american comics seem to be perpetually stuck on the infantile "guys in spandex" genre ..at least in the mainstream (with remarkedly few exceptions) ..at least in terms of mainstream awareness ..for every Frank Miller there's dozens of Enki1 bilals, for every Jim Lee there's a dozen Hugo Pratts, for every Todd McFarlane there's a dozen Tanino Liberatores. As much as I like american comics, besides a few exceptions (at least in mainstream superhero comics) there's very little that is innovative, timely or has any artistic merit whatsoever ..you just cant compare it to european comics. American comics can only compete in the underground/independent scene: Matt Wagner, Art Spiegelman, Jamie Hernandez, Harvey Pekar, Dan Clowes etc etc etc all geniuses in their own right; they dont do superheroes ..but the superhero genre for the most part is throw away forgettable pin up art; all style little substance ..it's unfortunate that so many tired and dated superheros still see so much popularity when's there's a ton of really interesting material that barely gets noticed outside comic book circles ..all these hollywood adaptations doesnt help legitimize comics, if anything they reinforce how one dimensional or throw away some of these characters are


...japanese comics has so many genres/styles that it's difficult to compare ..but for the most part manga takes a back seat to some fo the more important literary works that rarely makes its way to western audiences

 

[Zerox]

Never read Iron Man but i'll definitely go see the movie.
Here's a badass Irion Man polystone statue and it's so nice i'd buy it in a heart beat, but it's too late now.

http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=71551

 

[Direwolf]

The majority of American comics that come out on a serial basis definitely are in a bit of a rut, but it's not surprising given that the industry has had a tough time hanging on in the last few decades, meaning that they stick with their bread and butter (although the current resurgence might be changing that).

But theres still lots of great stuff out there from both North America and Europe, and I'd suggest that the only really important difference is that since Europe lacks an equivalent to DC or Marvel and their prolific monthly outputs, its just easier to sort through everything and find what you're looking for.

One of the strongest characteristics of comics and the reason they're getting mined for ideas is that they involve much less financial risk than almost any other medium, meaning that theres lots of room for crazy ideas (both good and bad). This means that theres always going to be a gigantic raft weird, silly, and failed ideas surrounding the real gems whether they be from the US, Europe, or Japan. Honestly I'd rather have more than less, and I've never much cared where they come from.

 

[Remus]

Gordon Freeman anyone...

 

[Zerox]

Not even close!

 

[Deleted member 56031]

Final iron man suit revealed!!!

http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=5602

 

[Remus]

That's more like it

 

[StardogChampion]

That link's dead for me. I found two more links though:

http://www.ifitsmovies.com/2007/05/02/iron-man-mark-iii-suit-revealed
http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=3688&src=book

 

[ríomhaire]

YOU ARE ROGUE ELEMENTS. DELETE. DELETE.

 

[Direwolf]

You mean Rogue?

He could stand a little make-up though.

 

[Uriel]

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0371746/version10.jpg.html?path=gallery&path_key=0371746&seq=2

Found this.
Looks kewl

 

[DeusExMachina]

american comics vs european comics? ..obviously some of you havent read much outside of marvel/DC ..american comics seem to be perpetually stuck on the infantile "guys in spandex" genre ..at least in the mainstream (with remarkedly few exceptions) ..at least in terms of mainstream awareness ..for every Frank Miller there's dozens of Enki1 bilals, for every Jim Lee there's a dozen Hugo Pratts, for every Todd McFarlane there's a dozen Tanino Liberatores. As much as I like american comics, besides a few exceptions (at least in mainstream superhero comics) there's very little that is innovative, timely or has any artistic merit whatsoever ..you just cant compare it to european comics. American comics can only compete in the underground/independent scene: Matt Wagner, Art Spiegelman, Jamie Hernandez, Harvey Pekar, Dan Clowes etc etc etc all geniuses in their own right; they dont do superheroes ..but the superhero genre for the most part is throw away forgettable pin up art; all style little substance ..it's unfortunate that so many tired and dated superheros still see so much popularity when's there's a ton of really interesting material that barely gets noticed outside comic book circles ..all these hollywood adaptations doesnt help legitimize comics, if anything they reinforce how one dimensional or throw away some of these characters are

It's clear you haven't read any superhero comics since 1970.
You realize different writers do different runs on different series right? People like GRANT MORRISON, ALAN MOORE, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, ED BRUBAKER, NEIL GAIMAN, GARTH ENNIS have done well praised runs on superhero comics right? Everything from X-Men to Batman.