I love the idea that Scott Snyder was watching Paw Patrol with his children, saw Rubble with his construction vehicles and thought "yep, that's a Batmobile all right!"
"It needs to be Batman without being Batman!" - Carl Rocketfellers is a surprisingly charming book that is wholesome and fun, but I love how ominous they are making the creepy hunter lady from the future. Hopefully they stick the payoff there.
I was honestly excited to read how they were going to deal with a slow paced car chase! I’ve been robbed of that! Very much agree about Rocketfellers. So charming but some elements of real threat looming & a weird floating eyeball. A fun book for sure!
Duke really is an 80's action hero...probably the best way to describe him! And I also had to pick up that Jason Howard Bumblebee variant cover...it's so brutal (maybe even more brutal than the actual moment itself in issue 1) and I love it so much!
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Dude, my mind is blown over the fact that Absolute Batman was in the planning stages for TWO FULL YEARS before the first issue came out, the book is launching from scratch, not already an ongoing series, DC is known for planning their schedule much further out in advance than Marvel does (do a LOT more time for the artists to get ahead of schedule), yet Dragotta ALREADY fell behind after only 3 issues and is being replaced on issue #4 by a fill-in artist??!?! I already wasn't super enthused about continuing it after the first issue, and as someone who has always been into comics for the art more than the story, this news is only lessening my desire to keep reading the title. And I haven't even touched on the whole absurdity (not the first word that came to mind, but I'm trying to be nice) of using a giant mining truck as the Batmobile! SO much I can say about that! Ugh....
Now to be fair I’m not sure how much of that time was devoted to Batman himself or just the crafting of the whole Absolute universe and mapping that out because Snyder is pretty much the architect of that. Still though, it’s a bit disappointing. Also, in some interviews I’ve watched since recording the video it may be that this issue 4 isn’t part of the initial 5 part “The Zoo” story or just an interlude issue. So it’s possible that in trade they will collect issues 1-6 and have this issue 4 placed at the end after the 1-5 “The Zoo” story. So basically, I don’t want to over react with annoyance until I fully see how this plays out. I do hope they are thinking about how it will be presented in collected format (as most things are written for that format these days anyway). We shall see. I’m still enjoying the story overall and am willing to see where it goes, just a few potentially troubling signs that I hope I am just misreading.
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@@CarlsCollection I'm well aware that the two years may have primarily been spent thinking and formulating all his ideas for the universe itself, so your point is fair enough in that regard. But even if we completely disregard those two years, my point still stands because every time a new title is launched, you get more lead time than you do when you just hop onto an existing title. As someone who loves, appreciates and understands the importance of CONSISTENCY in comic book publishing, there is no good excuse for launching a new title and already needing a fill-in issue after only 3 issues. If the story gets really good, this will ultimately be forgiven and forgotten. But right now I see it, for me personally at least, as many nails in the coffin.
Agree on Absolute Batman - I picked up #1 - a lot of solid backgrounds and not much detail. Don't get it. Publishers should put credibility and fan experience over the need to generate cash. For high-profile series or limited series, they should wait to publish (maybe even announce) until a certain number of issues are complete (similar to what Netflix and HBO does with series seasons). These are usually very expensive or groundbreaking series; why risk fan disappointment? Regardless of whether it is artist delays (Camelot 3000, Kingdom Come) or the writer's delays (Astonishing X-Men, Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk),
I love the idea that Scott Snyder was watching Paw Patrol with his children, saw Rubble with his construction vehicles and thought "yep, that's a Batmobile all right!"
In my head, that is EXACTLY how it happened.
Incredible variants! Nice eye candy.
There are so many variants that do nothing for me, but yeah, these all got me!
That 10th printing for TF is so foul 🤣🤣
It is, and it was one i immediately added to my pull list when it was revealed awhile back. Not shying away from his fate! Respect!
"It needs to be Batman without being Batman!" - Carl
Rocketfellers is a surprisingly charming book that is wholesome and fun, but I love how ominous they are making the creepy hunter lady from the future. Hopefully they stick the payoff there.
I was honestly excited to read how they were going to deal with a slow paced car chase! I’ve been robbed of that!
Very much agree about Rocketfellers. So charming but some elements of real threat looming & a weird floating eyeball. A fun book for sure!
Duke really is an 80's action hero...probably the best way to describe him!
And I also had to pick up that Jason Howard Bumblebee variant cover...it's so brutal (maybe even more brutal than the actual moment itself in issue 1) and I love it so much!
Dude, my mind is blown over the fact that Absolute Batman was in the planning stages for TWO FULL YEARS before the first issue came out, the book is launching from scratch, not already an ongoing series, DC is known for planning their schedule much further out in advance than Marvel does (do a LOT more time for the artists to get ahead of schedule), yet Dragotta ALREADY fell behind after only 3 issues and is being replaced on issue #4 by a fill-in artist??!?! I already wasn't super enthused about continuing it after the first issue, and as someone who has always been into comics for the art more than the story, this news is only lessening my desire to keep reading the title. And I haven't even touched on the whole absurdity (not the first word that came to mind, but I'm trying to be nice) of using a giant mining truck as the Batmobile! SO much I can say about that! Ugh....
Now to be fair I’m not sure how much of that time was devoted to Batman himself or just the crafting of the whole Absolute universe and mapping that out because Snyder is pretty much the architect of that. Still though, it’s a bit disappointing. Also, in some interviews I’ve watched since recording the video it may be that this issue 4 isn’t part of the initial 5 part “The Zoo” story or just an interlude issue. So it’s possible that in trade they will collect issues 1-6 and have this issue 4 placed at the end after the 1-5 “The Zoo” story. So basically, I don’t want to over react with annoyance until I fully see how this plays out. I do hope they are thinking about how it will be presented in collected format (as most things are written for that format these days anyway). We shall see. I’m still enjoying the story overall and am willing to see where it goes, just a few potentially troubling signs that I hope I am just misreading.
@@CarlsCollection I'm well aware that the two years may have primarily been spent thinking and formulating all his ideas for the universe itself, so your point is fair enough in that regard. But even if we completely disregard those two years, my point still stands because every time a new title is launched, you get more lead time than you do when you just hop onto an existing title. As someone who loves, appreciates and understands the importance of CONSISTENCY in comic book publishing, there is no good excuse for launching a new title and already needing a fill-in issue after only 3 issues. If the story gets really good, this will ultimately be forgiven and forgotten. But right now I see it, for me personally at least, as many nails in the coffin.
Agree on Absolute Batman - I picked up #1 - a lot of solid backgrounds and not much detail. Don't get it.
Publishers should put credibility and fan experience over the need to generate cash. For high-profile series or limited series, they should wait to publish (maybe even announce) until a certain number of issues are complete (similar to what Netflix and HBO does with series seasons). These are usually very expensive or groundbreaking series; why risk fan disappointment? Regardless of whether it is artist delays (Camelot 3000, Kingdom Come) or the writer's delays (Astonishing X-Men, Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk),