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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #49 Special-Girl, White Swallow, & Quickie On Quickie’s Show’s Season Finale & More Bad Bios

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #49

Special-Girl, White Swallow, & Quickie On Quickie’s Show’s Season Finale & More Bad Bios

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Did ya’ll see the finale to “The Flash” last night?  It was…. I dunno… Most of this season there was something about the show I couldn’t put my finger on that just wasn’t right.  In fact its several things.  First is the non-sense science. Of course there’s going to be some in a show like this but I think it’s gone off the rails.  The past remnants or whatever (and being able to kill them) being one of the biggest ones.  Then there just this sense that the same things are happening over and over again.  “Zoom” just isn’t different enough from “Reverse Flash”.  The whole he’s a father like mentor who turns on him and is actually his enemy.  This person kills one of his parents in the house he grew up in , etc.

Then there’s the finale itself (spoilers ahead so you may wanna skip this paragraph if you haven’t watch “The Flash” yet).

The episode tried to “have it’s cake and eat it too” a few times.  They try to to make a big deal out of the fact that a past remnant of “The Flash” sacrifices himself (with a nice nod to “Crisis” though), but it just doesn’t work.  Barry’s fine, he standing right there.  Then maybe I missed something but why did “Zoom” want to destroy the multi-verse? Last time I checked he wanted to rule other Earths. Then last episode Zoom killed Barry’s dad, but wait the man in the mask his dopplegagger AND the real Jay Garrick.  Really?!  Then there’s Iris.  So after all this Barry’s like “we can’t date cuz’ I need to find myself” or something.  Look I can buy the Speed Force, time travel, and multiple universes, but saying you’re not gonna be with a chick THIS hot that you’ve been pining after pretty much your whole life cuz’ “you need to find yourself” I can’t.  Way beyond suspension of disbelief.  Oh and we end with Flash going back in time to the day his mom died (again!) and this time saving her. Which will almost certainly create a “Flashpoint”-like dystopian world so he’ll have to go back (AGAIN!) and reverse it. Maybe he’ll change things so “Supergirl” is in the “Arrow-verse” though which would be cool at least.

(end spoilers)

So back to DC’s “Rebirth” event one of the main things happening in it is the return of Wally West.  Gotta say Wally West in my Flash.  Oh yeah and the kid who plays him on the show really sucks.  I forgot to mention that. Anyways Wally is back, but it looks like he’s gonna be “Kid Flash” or some other not-quite-The-Flash.  That kinda sucks.  Enough of this, tomorrow “The Minstrel” discusses some rumors about “The Mad Jester” and some female-led movie her character is suppose to star in. Hope you enjoy and see ya tomorrow!

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #48 Freedom Female On Bad Bios

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #48 Freedom Female On Bad Bios

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“DC Comics” next big event is “Rebirth” which starts this week. Where once again DC is rebooting its universe.  This one is supposedly a “soft reboot” but it is a reboot nonetheless.  DC is always trying to fix it’s broken continuity and that alone is enough reason for Marvel to win any DC vs Marvel argument. They just keep doing it over and over and over again and they somehow make it worse every single time.  Even from what little has been revealed some terrible ideas are coming.  One idea is that “Wonder Woman” has a twin brother.  Gotta say this sounds like a bad idea, but I can give this one the benefit of the doubt.  One idea they got with the “Joker” I’ll go into in Thursdays comic.  But one is…. Wow…. One is that “Dr. Manhattan” from “Watchmen” is either the villain or has something to do with the “darkness” that has plagued the “DCU”.

No.   You guys milked “Watchmen” for your “Before Watchmen” event already. Which is like making a direct to DVD prequel to “Casablanca” or something.  The best of those comics were nice looking and inoffensive but pointless. Stop using these characters!

Of course they won’t though. At least it seems like they’re bring back some characters they got rid of.  That’s something I guess. Tomorrow Special-Girl, White Swallow, and Quickie discuss things that have been written about them.  Hope you enjoy and see ya then!

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #46 Muffina Winters, Special-Girl, & Quickie On Their Shows And Their Shared Network (Censored)

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #46

Muffina Winters, Special-Girl, & Quickie On Their Shows And Their Shared Network (Censored)

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If you’re asking what “Pepe the frog” and “frog on a unicycle” are… I honestly don’t really know. In fact I didn’t know the “crying frog” was named Pepe for some reason for the longest time. Where did they come from? What do they really mean? No clue… But they are memes I see (especially on Instagram) and some of them are pretty funny. Also I don’t know who “Young Metro” is or about his trust issues. I wonder if this is what people who don’t comics feel when watching comic book movies.  Enjoying it but feeling like you’re missing something. Gee hope that isn’t how it feels to read these comics… Moving on…

So the big “Agents Of Shield” finale was last night. It sucked like almost every episode does.  A different person died than I thought but that person barely counts. Tomorrow we’ll hear from The Smasher, General Magnetic, and Dr. Do talk about our secret group of heroes from Monday’s comic.  Hope you enjoy and see ya then!

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #46 Muffina Winters, Special-Girl, & Quickie On Their Shows And Their Shared Network

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #46

Muffina Winters, Special-Girl, & Quickie On Their Shows And Their Shared Network

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If you’re asking what “Pepe the frog” and “frog on a unicycle” are… I honestly don’t really know. In fact I didn’t know the “crying frog” was named Pepe for some reason for the longest time. Where did they come from? What do they really mean? No clue… But they are memes I see (especially on Instagram) and some of them are pretty funny. Also I don’t know who “Young Metro” is or about his trust issues. I wonder if this is what people who don’t comics feel when watching comic book movies.  Enjoying it but feeling like you’re missing something. Gee hope that isn’t how it feels to read these comics… Moving on…

So the big “Agents Of Shield” finale was last night. It sucked like almost every episode does.  A different person died than I thought but that person barely counts. Tomorrow we’ll hear from The Smasher, General Magnetic, and Dr. Do talk about our secret group of heroes from Monday’s comic.  Hope you enjoy and see ya then!

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #44 The Innovator, Proud Lion, & The Good Knight On “America-Man: Civil Unrest” & Being Rich, Smart, & Tough

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #44

The Innovator, Proud Lion, & The Good Knight On

“America-Man: Civil Unrest” & Being Rich, Smart, & Tough 

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With The Innovator I wanted to use colors not associated with “Iron Man”. We all know Iron Man traditional colors of red and gold, but he’s also worn suits that are red and silver (Silver Centurion), blue and gold, and all white (Superior Iron Man) among others.  I ended up going with a blueish gray and green for The Innovator’s armor.

It took a while to settle on a name for Proud Lion. I was sure I wanted it to be “something” Lion. I was thinking about Dark Lion or Shadow Lion, but black lions don’t exist and these names seemed too close to “Black Panther”.

That’s it for this week. See ya next Tuesday-Thursday for more Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations. Hope you enjoy and see ya then!

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #43 Special-Girl, Spiderous-Man, & Quickie On Special-Girl & Quickie Wanting To Defect (Censored)

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #43

Special-Girl, Spiderous-Man, & Quickie On Special-Girl & Quickie Wanting To Defect (Censored)

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I still can’t wrap my head around why DC has a different “Flash” for the movies.  Or why they won’t just use the “Arrowverse” as the basis for all their live-action stuff. Seem like such a wasted opportunity.

On a completely unrelated topic so far the early review for “X-men: Apocalypse” are bad.  I really had hopes for this one.  Also word is the next “X-men” movie is suppose to take place in the 90’s.  Okay we’ve had a whole “past trilogy”.  Let’s get to present day again already!  Whether “Apocalypse” is good or bad I think is time for Bryan Singer to do something else.  I think its time for a reboot for “X-men”.  Really its time for “X-men” to come home to Marvel.

Tomorrow we meet The Innovator and Proud Lion as they talk with The Good Knight about “America-Man: Civil Unrest” and some other stuff. Hope you enjoy, and see ya then!

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #43 Special-Girl, Spiderous-Man, & Quickie On Special-Girl & Quickie Wanting To Defect

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #43

Special-Girl, Spiderous-Man, & Quickie On Special-Girl & Quickie Wanting To Defect

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I still can’t wrap my head around why DC has a different “Flash” for the movies.  Or why they won’t just use the “Arrowverse” as the basis for all their live-action stuff. Seem like such a wasted opportunity.

On a completely unrelated topic so far the early review for “X-men: Apocalypse” are bad.  I really had hopes for this one.  Also word is the next “X-men” movie is suppose to take place in the 90’s.  Okay we’ve had a whole “past trilogy”.  Let’s get to present day again already!  Whether “Apocalypse” is good or bad I think is time for Bryan Singer to do something else.  I think its time for a reboot for “X-men”.  Really its time for “X-men” to come home to Marvel.

Tomorrow we meet The Innovator and Proud Lion as they talk with The Good Knight about “America-Man: Civil Unrest” and some other stuff. Hope you enjoy, and see ya then!

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The History Of Comics With Q-boy #52 The Colorful Countess AKA The Secret Weapon (Censored)

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The History Of Comics With Q-boy #52 The Colorful Countess AKA The Secret Weapon (Censored)

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Marlene Severie is based on Marie Severin whose was one of very few female comic books artists during the Silver Age of comics. She started out as a colorist and eventually moved on to doing penciling and inking.  She is probably best known for her work on Marvel’s comedy magazine “Crazy” and the comedy comic “Not Branch Echhh”.  She also helped to co-create the original Spider-Woman.

Panel 4 is based on two panels from two pages from Not Brand Echhh #3 (panel 3 on the first page and panel 5 on the second page) which you can check out here http://comicsworkbook.tumblr.com/image/135398438602

I hear some people have been talking about that 3rd Captain America movie that came out…. So yeah I ended up seeing it twice on Saturday.  Some have said it’s the best Marvel movie… Other say it’s the best comic book movie period…. Does it live up to the talk…. Is it truly the greatest of the great?

(spoilers ahead)

Well first to be very clear it is a very good movie.  BvS can’t even be mentioned in the same sentence. The big showdown is absolutely awesome and ranks up with the best fights ever…. But no it’s not the best comic book movie.  It’s not the best Marvel movie.  It’s not even the best Captain America movie.  Marvel’s weakness in it’s movies are usually the villains and this one has a very weak villain with a plan that make little sense and with a weak motivation.  The big problem with this movie is in trying to keep the villain and their plans mysterious is make them confusing. Here some other nitpicky stuff

  • The movie tries to be a Captain America movie but it really should’ve been named “Captain America & Iron Man : Civil War”, “Avengers: Civil War”, or “Marvel’s Civil War”
  • Cap’s position is dumb.  I just can’t get behind it. They make Tony and the government go too far, but it just seems like there was a way to easily comprimise
  • Wanda literally just killed a bunch of people and Tony is like “she should lay low for a bit” and Cap’s reaction is like “you MONSTER!”
  • Aunt May being young and hot just feels wrong.  I think it’s important that Aunt May is kinda old and frail and Peter always has to worry about taking care of her.
  • Spider-man in general could have been fit in more neatly. You just change the “college” speech/grant scene to a “gifted student” scene and have Tony see something that gets him to figure out Peter is Spider-man
  • They just kinda wasted Crossbones
  • The kiss with Agent 13 didn’t feel earned
  • Kinda weak to introduce all these “other Winter Soliders” and then do nothing with them

The unsung hero of the movie is Falcon. He really kicks ass in the movie.  I was really cool seeing a more “typical” Avenger’s mission. No one feels like the they were over powered and underpowered in the fights. One small exception is toward the end when Iron Man and Cap are fight it seems like Iron Man’s armor suddenly get damaged way easier than normal. I’m not sure where I rank this movie about I think the top 5 comic books movies are…

  1. The Dark Knight (honestly may be unbeatable with Heath Ledger’s “Joker”)
  2. The Avengers (also may be unbeatable because you can never recapture the magic)
  3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (just plain a great film. Avengers only beats it because it has all the other heroes)
  4. Guardians Of The Galaxy (another just plain great film. Cap 2 only beats it out because it’s darker and he end credits scenes are better.  It’s that close)
  5. Deadpool (pretty much every second is violence, something funny, or both. Honestly this might rank higher if I re-watch all these)

Next time with see the comic Marlene created with features a big fight with Kill-man.  Also Tuesday-Thursday new Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations. Hope you enjoy and see ya then!

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The History Of Comics With Q-boy #52 The Colorful Countess AKA The Secret Weapon

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The History Of Comics With Q-boy #52 The Colorful Countess AKA The Secret Weapon

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Marlene Severie is based on Marie Severin whose was one of very few female comic books artists during the Silver Age of comics. She started out as a colorist and eventually moved on to doing penciling and inking.  She is probably best known for her work on Marvel’s comedy magazine “Crazy” and the comedy comic “Not Branch Echhh”.  She also helped to co-create the original Spider-Woman.

Panel 4 is based on two panels from two pages from Not Brand Echhh #3 (panel 3 on the first page and panel 5 on the second page) which you can check out here http://comicsworkbook.tumblr.com/image/135398438602

I hear some people have been talking about that 3rd Captain America movie that came out…. So yeah I ended up seeing it twice on Saturday.  Some have said it’s the best Marvel movie… Other say it’s the best comic book movie period…. Does it live up to the talk…. Is it truly the greatest of the great?

(spoilers ahead)

Well first to be very clear it is a very good movie.  BvS can’t even be mentioned in the same sentence. The big showdown is absolutely awesome and ranks up with the best fights ever…. But no it’s not the best comic book movie.  It’s not the best Marvel movie.  It’s not even the best Captain America movie.  Marvel’s weakness in it’s movies are usually the villains and this one has a very weak villain with a plan that make little sense and with a weak motivation.  The big problem with this movie is in trying to keep the villain and their plans mysterious is make them confusing. Here some other nitpicky stuff

  • The movie tries to be a Captain America movie but it really should’ve been named “Captain America & Iron Man : Civil War”, “Avengers: Civil War”, or “Marvel’s Civil War”
  • Cap’s position is dumb.  I just can’t get behind it. They make Tony and the government go too far, but it just seems like there was a way to easily comprimise
  • Wanda literally just killed a bunch of people and Tony is like “she should lay low for a bit” and Cap’s reaction is like “you MONSTER!”
  • Aunt May being young and hot just feels wrong.  I think it’s important that Aunt May is kinda old and frail and Peter always has to worry about taking care of her.
  • Spider-man in general could have been fit in more neatly. You just change the “college” speech/grant scene to a “gifted student” scene and have Tony see something that gets him to figure out Peter is Spider-man
  • They just kinda wasted Crossbones
  • The kiss with Agent 13 didn’t feel earned
  • Kinda weak to introduce all these “other Winter Soliders” and then do nothing with them

The unsung hero of the movie is Falcon. He really kicks ass in the movie.  I was really cool seeing a more “typical” Avenger’s mission. No one feels like the they were over powered and underpowered in the fights. One small exception is toward the end when Iron Man and Cap are fight it seems like Iron Man’s armor suddenly get damaged way easier than normal. I’m not sure where I rank this movie about I think the top 5 comic books movies are…

  1. The Dark Knight (honestly may be unbeatable with Heath Ledger’s “Joker”)
  2. The Avengers (also may be unbeatable because you can never recapture the magic)
  3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (just plain a great film. Avengers only beats it because it has all the other heroes)
  4. Guardians Of The Galaxy (another just plain great film. Cap 2 only beats it out because it’s darker and he end credits scenes are better.  It’s that close)
  5. Deadpool (pretty much every second is violence, something funny, or both. Honestly this might rank higher if I re-watch all these)

Next time with see the comic Marlene created with features a big fight with Kill-man.  Also Tuesday-Thursday new Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations. Hope you enjoy and see ya then!

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #41 Succubus, Red Witch, & Drizzle On The Possibility Of The Revenge Squad & The Fresh-Men Being In The Same Movie (Censored)

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #41

Succubus, Red Witch, & Drizzle On The Possibility Of

The Revenge Squad & The Fresh-Men Being In The Same Movie (Censored)

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Supposedly Marvel has been talking with Fox possibly about an “Avengers VS X-men” movie.  If Fox and Marvel make a deal DC REALLY has no hope being escaping being number 2. Could we actually get a good Fantastic Four movie? Deadpool in the MCU?  Avengers with Wolverine and Spider-man?

That’s the saddest part is. Marvel has literally been winning with both hands tied behind it’s back. And winning by a lot. I know I’ve gone on a lot about “Batman V Superman” but people aren’t grasping how big a failure it is.  DC pretty much gave you all of it’s best in one movie.  Again it put the 3 most recognizable names in the world in one movie.  You take the Batman and Superman logo anywhere in the world and people know what they mean. Marvel has no equivalent. The closest you could get is maybe Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Deadpool (after the movie) and you’d still probably have to add the Avengers and it still not the same.

I think the key is Marvel is still hungry.  You hear the Russo brother (the directors of “Winter Soldier” and “Civil War”) talk in an interview and you know these guy aren’t taking anything for granted. They write as if they know Spiderman is going to be in the movie so that Marvel has to fight to get him.  They don’t settle for less.

That’s it for this week. Next week starts with a new “History Of Comics With Q-boy” and Tuesday-Thurday we’ll have some new “Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations”. See ya then, and hope you enjoy!

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