Comments on: Invincible http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/01/invincible/ Gaming. Publishing. Media. Food. Fatherhood. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:49:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: MikeRM http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/01/invincible/comment-page-1/#comment-487 MikeRM Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:57:41 +0000 http://www.deadlyfredly.com/?p=233#comment-487 Yeah, Invincible! One of the things I like about the art is that a lot of the characters are not idealized. Invincible gangles. His dad has the world's dorkiest mustache. Women's breasts are smaller than their heads. That and the realism of the consequences of violence - it's a reboot of how to do superhero comics, as if the relational realism of DC and Marvel over the past few decades has spread out and taken over the visuals. Yeah, Invincible!

One of the things I like about the art is that a lot of the characters are not idealized. Invincible gangles. His dad has the world’s dorkiest mustache. Women’s breasts are smaller than their heads. That and the realism of the consequences of violence – it’s a reboot of how to do superhero comics, as if the relational realism of DC and Marvel over the past few decades has spread out and taken over the visuals.

]]> By: John F http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/01/invincible/comment-page-1/#comment-472 John F Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:51:21 +0000 http://www.deadlyfredly.com/?p=233#comment-472 Looks like what you want is Marvel Team Up 2004 v3, showing on amazon as http://www.amazon.com/League-Losers-Marvel-Team-Up/dp/0785119469/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264002565&sr=1-1 It says it contains 14-18, which looking at the marvel team up page on wikipedia, looks to be the right issues. Huh, apparently Kirkman did a few other volumes of Marvel Team Up as well. I'll have to track those down. Looks like what you want is Marvel Team Up 2004 v3, showing on amazon as http://www.amazon.com/League-Losers-Marvel-Team-Up/dp/0785119469/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264002565&sr=1-1

It says it contains 14-18, which looking at the marvel team up page on wikipedia, looks to be the right issues.

Huh, apparently Kirkman did a few other volumes of Marvel Team Up as well. I’ll have to track those down.

]]> By: Fred Hicks http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/01/invincible/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Fred Hicks Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:40:04 +0000 http://www.deadlyfredly.com/?p=233#comment-470 This looks like just the comic issue. What's the graphic novel? http://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Team-Up-Spider-man-Invincible-January/dp/B000R9QHH4/iagonet This looks like just the comic issue. What’s the graphic novel?

http://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Team-Up-Spider-man-Invincible-January/dp/B000R9QHH4/iagonet

]]> By: John F http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/01/invincible/comment-page-1/#comment-467 John F Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:36:45 +0000 http://www.deadlyfredly.com/?p=233#comment-467 I don't know if it's in those collections or not, but there's actually a Kirkman-written teamup between Invincible and Spiderman which is pretty darn cool. If you don't have it, it's in a GN put out by Marvel that also includes another very interesting story by Kirkman that you'll probably also like if you liked this. I don’t know if it’s in those collections or not, but there’s actually a Kirkman-written teamup between Invincible and Spiderman which is pretty darn cool. If you don’t have it, it’s in a GN put out by Marvel that also includes another very interesting story by Kirkman that you’ll probably also like if you liked this.

]]> By: JJ http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/01/invincible/comment-page-1/#comment-465 JJ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:32:32 +0000 http://www.deadlyfredly.com/?p=233#comment-465 Um...all that emphesis at the end of my second paragraph is accidently and due to my utter lack of skill with HTML tags. Noted under: things to avoid in the future. Sorry all. Um…all that emphesis at the end of my second paragraph is accidently and due to my utter lack of skill with HTML tags. Noted under: things to avoid in the future. Sorry all.

]]> By: Fred Hicks http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/01/invincible/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Fred Hicks Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:28:30 +0000 http://www.deadlyfredly.com/?p=233#comment-464 FateRIP died (R.I.P.) on the altar of I Have Bigger Fish To Fry. :) FateRIP died (R.I.P.) on the altar of I Have Bigger Fish To Fry. :)

]]> By: JJ http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/01/invincible/comment-page-1/#comment-463 JJ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:27:11 +0000 http://www.deadlyfredly.com/?p=233#comment-463 Fred, for not being a regular comic book reader, you picked one of the best superhero books to read. It is definitely the way I would have liked a lot of my superhero games to run, but could never pull it off for some reason. Now I have <em>Truth & Justice</em> and <em>With Great Power...</em> which would be better suited to the style of play you're talking about. I would add <em>Capes<em> to that, but only played a demo of it and don't have the game yet. Speaking of games suited for that style of play, whatever became of <em>FATERIP</em>? Fred, for not being a regular comic book reader, you picked one of the best superhero books to read. It is definitely the way I would have liked a lot of my superhero games to run, but could never pull it off for some reason.

Now I have Truth & Justice and With Great Power… which would be better suited to the style of play you’re talking about. I would add Capes to that, but only played a demo of it and don’t have the game yet. Speaking of games suited for that style of play, whatever became of FATERIP?

]]> By: Fred Hicks http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/01/invincible/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Fred Hicks Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:20:37 +0000 http://www.deadlyfredly.com/?p=233#comment-462 Yeah, I understand what you're getting at, but it's not over the threshold for me. I wince a lot during the fights, though, and I don't always dwell on the images that result. Shouldn't that be the way one reacts to violence? :) Yeah, I understand what you’re getting at, but it’s not over the threshold for me. I wince a lot during the fights, though, and I don’t always dwell on the images that result. Shouldn’t that be the way one reacts to violence? :)

]]> By: DWS57893@aol.com http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/01/invincible/comment-page-1/#comment-461 DWS57893@aol.com Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:15:19 +0000 http://www.deadlyfredly.com/?p=233#comment-461 I thoroughly agree with everything you've said. However, at least for me, the highly graphic, "realistic" nature of the super-violence in INVINCIBLE has become something of a turn-off. It's fine to take a more "realistic" look at the effects of superpowers. But Kirkman's doing it so much that he's making even Willingham's ELEMENTALS pale in comparison, and detracting from his otherwise superb stories. I thoroughly agree with everything you’ve said. However, at least for me, the highly graphic, “realistic” nature of the super-violence in INVINCIBLE has become something of a turn-off. It’s fine to take a more “realistic” look at the effects of superpowers. But Kirkman’s doing it so much that he’s making even Willingham’s ELEMENTALS pale in comparison, and detracting from his otherwise superb stories.

]]> By: Rob Donoghue http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/01/invincible/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Rob Donoghue Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:10:16 +0000 http://www.deadlyfredly.com/?p=233#comment-460 You have mostly reminded me that I need to catch up. I am many, many collections out of date on Invincible. Because all that up there? Yes. That. You have mostly reminded me that I need to catch up. I am many, many collections out of date on Invincible. Because all that up there? Yes. That.

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