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have you ever been told you look like a celebrity?

yes (who? 👀)

no

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I wanted to draw something for the year of the snake and I’m Fromsoft brain dead at the moment

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[DC] just a rose and a demigod

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i can repost my own art whenever i want.

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X-men. Sabretooth & Wolverine. Good morning, have some big titty kitty.

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Been curiosity-reading comics lately and rather enjoyed Immortal Hulk. I noticed it was Ewing and looked up what he's done, but that's a rather long list of other things he's written-figured it'd be best to ask tumblr user ewingstan for any particular recommendations to look at from here.

Oh dang! Glad you're enjoying yourself. I'll say up front that Ewing likes to use a lot of the same characters across series, and that they tend to have larger arcs between series, so reading all his stuff in order is pretty rewarding. I also provided a few reading lists below the cut. That said, If I were to recommend some highlights:

Iron Man: Fatal Frontier— Co-written with the incredible Kieron Gillen, this is one of Ewing's first series working in Marvel. A mini-series with a great premise (Iron Man acting as basically a sheriff on a Moon colony) and a great take on Stark, emphasizing a pig-headedness that makes him very entertaining to watch. It's also Ewing's first use of Doom as a character, who'll become one of his favorites to use—and damn if he doesn't write a good Doom.

Loki: Agent of Asguard— One of my first experiences with comics, and one that set the benchmark for what you could do with an extended universe. What starts as an interesting setup for a mythical spy storyline spirals into a larger tale of deciding what kind of character you want to be. Technically a follow-up to Gillen's runs on Journey into Mystery and Young Avengers, but these aren't at all necessary—Ewing sets up the context quickly.

Contest of Champions (2015)— An especially zany one, this series lets Ewing indulge in his favorite passtime: bringing back a bunch of unconnected obscure characters and banging them against each other like never before. An excellent showcase of Ewing's abilities to quickly spin a compelling character out of very little.

Avengers: No Surrender and Avengers: No Road Home—These two series have a soft spot for me. Co-written by Ewing, Mark Waid, and Jim Zub, they're both some of the best examples of classic "there's a big weird threat, lets assemble some heroes" storylines to date. They also serve as a culmination of sorts for Ewing's various scattered Avengers series, though they can each be taken on their own. (Those scattered Avengers series are typically quite good, though they tend to be mired in event cross-overs. Usually you'll need to quickly look up the basic premises of the event an issue is tying into to avoid confusion, though larger engagement with the events are unneeded. These two series thankfully avoid that trend).

Guardians of the Galaxy (2020): This is Ewing firing on all cylinders. It arguably requires a bit more comics background to get the full effect, but it employs some of his most interesting ideas and most compelling action. This ended too damn soon.

Now for the reading lists:

Ewing loves working on team books that are 80% made up of heroes the average person has never heard of. Some of his favorites to work with are Blue Marvel, Spectrum, Sunspot, and various iterations of White Tiger. The most direct reading order for what I consider his most classic, pulpy superhero work is going in order from Mighty Avengers (2014), Captain America and the Mighty Avengers (2014), New Avengers (2015), U.S.Avengers (2017), Avengers: No Surrender (Avengers #675-690), Avengers: No Road Home, Empyre, and Avengers Inc.

However, you can alternatively take the Mighty series to be the start of his exploration of Marvel's larger cosmic makeup. For this somewhat separate, trippier storyline, the reading order is Loki: Agent of Asguard, Mighty Avengers (2014), Captain America and the Mighty Avengers (2014), Ultimates, Ultimates ^2, Contest of Champions, Avengers: No Surrender, Avengers: No Road Home, Immortal Hulk, Marvel Comics #1000, Defenders (2021), and Defenders: Beyond. From what I understand, Venom (2021), The Immortal Thor, Venom War and All-New Venom (2024) also follow from this storyline, though I haven't gotten to these yet. Do make sure to check out the tie-in Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk, the one saving grace of the whole Danny Cates Venom series.

Finally, you can construct a list focusing on his take on Marvel's interplanetary politics: Royals, Rocket, Empyre, Guardians of the Galaxy, S.W.O.R.D, X-Men: Red, and The Resurrection of Magneto.

Here's a more detailed breakdown with notes on where you can continue specific storylines. Note again that many of these will have tie-ins, just look up the basic premise of whatever event they're connected to and you'll be fine.

Mighty Avengers is directly continued through Captain America and the Mighty Avengers.

After that, Ewing starts working on two different ensemble books: Ultimates (2015) and New Avengers (2015), each using some characters from the Mighty Avengers books. Each of these are followed up in later series, creating two separate storylines. The New Avengers is arguably a more direct continuation of the larger Ewing Avengers storyline.

If you liked Spectrum and The Blue Marvel, and like your sci-fi with a dash of mytho-poetics, start with Ultimates and continue with Ultimates ^2 (2016). The team also makes an appearance at the tail-end of Contest of Champions. Much of the focus on the big cosmic beings it explores gets revisited in Marvel Comics #1000, Defenders, and Defenders: Beyond.

If you liked Power-Man and White Tiger, and want something pulpy and frenetic, start with New Avengers. Optionally, read the 3-issue Ultron Forever miniseries first. Then move on to U.S.Avengers.

After finishing U.S.Avengers, continue onto No Surrender (aka Avengers 675-690.) This is the last hurrah of the team started in New Avengers, and ties back in several characters from the Mighty Avengers runs. If you want more Roberto Da Costa afterwards, check out X-Men: Red.

No Road Home follows up on No Surrender, and follows up a bit more directly with some of the plot threads from the Ultimates series. Optionally read Rocket beforehand. Afterwards, you can continue the storyline it set up in Guardians of the Galaxy.

The event series Empyre, co-written with Dan Slott, follows up on character arcs from the Mighty Avengers with She-Hulk, The Ultimates with Captain Marvel and Black Panther, and from New Avengers with Wiccan and Hulkling. It also sets up storylines in GotG.

Avengers Inc. is not especially related to other works here, though it uses several characters that he's frequently used across his Avengers titles. Optionally read Ant-Man (2022) and Wasp (2023) beforehand.

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[DC] just a rose and a demigod

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ravager a.k.a rose wilson ♡

the half asian representation i needed when i was growing up, someone who does not fit cleanly into hero or villain :)

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The Absolute Universe is completely seperate from the main run of comics and if Ewings Green Lantern is anything like the 3 current books it’ll draw on a lot of the core ideas while transposing it to a different context with a different tone, framing, or approach than the main line series.

Wouldn’t be mandatory reading but would recommend checking out Far Sector because it’s the mainline introduction of Jo Mullein, the character Absolute seems like it’s focusing on, and is one of the best green lantern books in recent memory.

Wait shit. Al Ewing's doing a Green Lantern series?

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think i’m gonna call it off,

even if i drink a duff,

i just wanna love someone who calls me ‘homie’

you can have an eldest son named bart,

drink a couple duffs cause you’re homer simpson

you can say that lisa’s very smart

drink another duff cause you’re homer simpson

good luck bart

well good luck bart

you have to stop at moe’s cause you’re homer simpson

good luck bart

well good luck bart

you have a wife called marge cause you’re homer simpson

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chat, is this anything?

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If you haven’t already done it, 🔥 The Walking Dead, comics or tv show, whichever you want to talk about.

Oh, this is great! This is one of the ones that got so big in the popular consciousness that my genuine-but-basic take, that the comic was good and was always good and was good all the way through, actually stands a chance of being meaningfully contrarian in some sense. This is softball. Thank you so much

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I wanted to draw something for the year of the snake and I’m Fromsoft brain dead at the moment

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comic book poster WRAPPED

you squinted at a poorly-preserved comic panel 9011 TIMES

you thought about comic book polyamory no one else knows about 746 TIMES

you closed your eyes upon seeing a bad post about your favorite character 82 TIMES

you thought about blowing up tom king's house 100000 TIMES

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Sleepy 😴😴😴

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Xenomorph frogs - Sculptures by Li Changchun

2018

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Skimming Avengers A.I. for a new layout and laughing so hard at Hank's lab. The "I heart Toxic Waste", "Smart is the new sexy" and "Back off, I'm a scientist" posters... the table tennis... the multiple arcade machines.... the fucking bunk bed... unbelieveably cringe living space. Obsessed with it.

AVENGERS A.I. #5