#local comic store

[aadamantine]

looking through my comics collection and realizing i bought 2 of the same captain atom vintage comic whoopsie. Probably going to donate it back to the store or whatever. $2 adhd tax i guess

[magic-crazy-as-this]

Seen in my local comic store, Jason what did you DO?!!?

(sorry for the potato quality, I zoomed in a crazy bunch because I didn't want them to know I was taking a pic)

(and also so no Tim Drakes out there stalk me by trying to catch some details in here)

[batbabydamian]

JUNI BA'S DAMIAN I LOVE YOU DEARLY OOOHHH SO CUTE!!

only the first issue of The Boy Wonder, but you can tell this series is going to be a treasure trove of the cutest Damian panels ever 😭

[cherriielle]

my cover for THRA #8 ! ✨🏮

[soarrenbluejay]

Supervillains for a community. (Well, except those jerks over in Gotham, insular lot, but they’re they’re one problem) Of course they do- supervillains are a group defined by strong opinions and a willingness to see them through, often with a healthy dash of societal failures and trauma as a catalyst.

The fentons, while not active even on the online message boards, are well known and explosive when they do show up, full of fascinating insights and hours long rants on mad science on hair pin turns courtesy of that ADHD attention span. Bit of the cryptids you feel honored to bump into kind of deal. Besides, like a good quarter of the community as it aged, they’d settled down and had kids (not necessarily in that order) and taken it very seriously! Out in the middle of nowhere, where even the most fearsome government outpost members, the local branch of the IRS, quake before them in fear. Out of the way.

Reveal gone okay-ish, Danny moves to Gotham still to get some air bc now things are Akward and he landed that engineering scholarship which is loads better than any other college would give him with his track record. So- the mysterious Fenton children are finally crawling out of hiding! Everyone is psyched! And roll in to Gotham en masse to witness the fireworks!

Except Danny is Determined To Be Normal. He’s had enough of the throwing himself into harms way shit for a lifetime- he wants to be free to peacefully built Rube Goldberg machines and unintentional increasingly complex bombs to his hearts content. JAZZ, on the other hand- the coveted token Normal One, has finally snapped! She’s watched her baby brother she practically raised throw himself into danger over and over and could do nothing, and now that she’s exposed to this whole network of superheroes outside of small town Amnity, some of those uglier emotions are coming out. And boy is she pissed! And can’t afford to show it much while filing the paperwork to have Arkham legally razed to the ground!

See I love this idea of like, niches in superhero society. A villain the heroes know they can plop their kiddo down with for an exciting afternoon brawl while they take care of a particularly grisly case and come back to a few hours later ranting about some new life lesson and a new move they really want to try. A villain who has a functioning moral compass despite their somewhat batshit long term goal and you can contact to fuck with another villains’s plan so they can laugh at them and you can have an easy afternoon. One who pries up hostile architecture and fills in pot holes, idk man. Get creative here, there’s such potential!

So Jazz becomes a Training villain- someone the heroes know their sidekicks will walk away from in a fight 100% of the time, usually with some new lesson to ponder and only a couple of bruises. Sometimes even snacks!

She also absolutely ambushes mentors to check that they’re worth the kiddo, which they appreciate once they get over being jumped in a dark alley by a 7 foot Amazon trained force of nature. They are not used to being on that side of the jumping, it’s a little unnerving.

(Yes, she low key adopts Shazam upon checking in with him on cursory ‘is the main hero of this city and asshole’ checkin. Yes, the super clones get yoinked out from under Superman’s negligent thumb to go have a blast with Ellie. What about it?)

This however only encourages more assorted weirdos to crawl out of the woodwork. It’s not often one of their own forfeits their potential spot for the running of the coveted Most Normal I Swear prize, but when they do it’s bound to be good! But jazz is off hounding various heroes and punching the faces in of pedophiles and shit whenever there’s no cape within easy reach, and so is a mite bit harder to contact than Danny, who has innocently gotten an apprenticeship under a clockworker for access to their workshop and is gleefully going about doing nerdy shit with great abandon.

Plus this is Gotham. No one gives a shit if someone in the Mad Alchemist uniform and still smoking from their latest experiment pokes their head in a window to bother the local shrimp teen- none of the usual social rules apply, everyone’s crazy here! So everyone drops any and all attempts at masking and just acts their genuine unhinged selves, much to the alarm of the Bats and frustration of Danny.

Bc he cannot get these mfers to go. Away. Even liberal use of the creep stick has little effect when the interloper is calibrated for an opponent with super speed or laser vision or whatever, and he’s trying to maintain his guise as a Normal College Student Do No Investigate.

So he calls in the big guns. He’s not super active in the supervillain kids group chat ever since things in amnity calmed the fuck down post becoming King and then immediately using a loophole that says he will not take the throne until he is grown, as defined by finishing learning his trade a la the medieval standards Pariah set up. So he can just take his sweet ass time with his graduate degree and out of inter dimensional bull shit that much longer! Point is, he hasn’t taken the chance to rant over there in a while, so his Crazy friends are getting a lil worried.

The change to come over and shout at their batshit crazy but (mostly) well meaning parent AND see Danny? Score!

The bats, however, are getting awfully suspicious about this one kid that villains from all over the country are flocking to, especially young and upcoming ones as of recently! And he’s acting his engineering course- all the worst rogues are known to have flown through their PhD studies prior to Cracking. They seem to have a real problem on their hands with this Fenton guy.

[hellmandraws]

I accidentally got really into X-Men lately, and I'm not immune to... them. 🥺❤️

[perlukafarinn]

this was published in 1976

(The Winged Dreamers by Jennifer Guttridge, published in Star Trek: The New Voyages)

[starvinginbelair]

this tim drake panel in particular!!!

[triaelf9]

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Omg, i can't believe my book WITH @DarkHorseComics comes out in LESS THAN A MONTH AHHHHHHHH. LIKE, 2.5 WEEKS. WHAAT?!?!

Um so, if you like fantasy adventures, dragons, friendships, romances, a lil dash of sci fi, please preorder! Also, it's queer AF XD

[mustasekittens]

congratulations christopher!

self indulgent near-future in which when christopher graduates high school buck n eddie take hiim to hawaii to celebrate and they all have a nice vacation over here. friend n i were brainrotting it a bit and we decided buck definitely hyperfixated on hawaii and stuff (history, nature, geography, mythology, etc)

[withoutaconscienceorafilter]

So I've always wondered where this panel came from...

(Scott Summers, Democratic icon...)

And today I found the answer: Cyclops (2001) 4 issue miniseries. It's a crash-course introduction to some of Scott Summer's backstory and internal monologue. Written by Brian K. Vaughan. Pencils by Mark Texeira. Inks by Jimmy Palmiotti.

In which Cyclops gets ambushed by Black Tom Cassidy and Juggernaut...

...and some dude with obnoxious powers and a grudge...

...gets sidetracked and kills a monster (and the viewer's eyes are tortured by some of the most irritating and gratuitous male-gaze pin-up cheesecake imaginable, not pictured)...

...and finally finds the bad guy again, and this time he brought friends too.

Luckily, Cyc kicks butt and wins and then heads home. Happy ending for all. Right?

Anyway, pretty good Scott POV, good art (except for the male gaze in issue 3), entertaining, over quickly, I enjoyed it. 4 out of 5 personal stars. So if you happen to see the issues at your comic book store or find them on RCO, I think they're worth a read.

[aadamantine]

GUESS WHAT WAS IN THE $1 BIN BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!

The guy at my LCS let me have it for free because I was VIBRATING !!!! The comic is poorly paced and most of it is worldbuilding but I can't say the experience was anything less than fun. The main character ofc is the most fleshed out and nothing has really happened yet in the first issue but what are you gonna do??

I want to print these so bad

Like i don't care that much about the educational value I just really want the autism steampunk comic. I want copies for all of my friends.

[rainbowfish3iswriting]

I decided to treat myself for going to an interview and got some comics.

Maybe reading “Under the Read Hood” will give me inspiration for that Peter meets Jason story I’ve been having so much trouble with.

[untitled-tmnt-blog]

I may have purchased... four copies of the TMNT 40th anniversary comic...

Is that overkill? ... Nahhhh...

[starspilli]

hey hi hello sorry if this is an annoying ask and ofc no pressure to answer it but I'm getting into the dc fandom and want to read some of the comics but am completely lost as to how/in what order/which ones to avoid/which ones to read. any tips? (also your art is amazing and I love it :D)

hi don’t worry i love this question!! & ty for the lovely compliment :,)

it’s a little hard for me to answer, i’ve been a fan of dc since i was very young & just reading whatever random comics my library had in stock LOL so its hard for me to think what i would do if i was getting into it from scratch & all at once. so just take what i say w a grain of salt lol

a lot of people recommend picking one character and just reading through their whole publication history, but i personally think it’s good to have an understanding of the broader universe first to avoid coming away with a distorted view of characters & stories. (ie i wouldn’t suggest just reading jason todd stories without reading general batman stuff first.)

i think what i would suggest is looking up a few reading guides for essential stuff, seeing what kind of stories, characters, themes etc you vibe with out of those, and then maybe looking more into specific characters / stories from that. the internet & tumblr especially is so great for this because even the most random d-list characters (affectionate) have people who love them so much they will make rly detailed reading lists which are great jumping on points!!

dc can be complicated at first glance because there’s so many reboots, but i’d say there’s a lot of runs that represent the characters & universe so well, or they’re so engrained in the lore that they’re sort of immune to retcons and rewrites so if you stick with those at first it gets a bit easier.

it’s also unfortunate because ‘essential’ reading doesnt always equal quality, and there are writers who really aren’t great people whose work is, unfortunately, very significant to certain characters. so just again. take this stuff with a grain of salt

i think if you look on google the essential reading for dc is very unanimously agreed on so there’s no point in me rehashing that, BUT long halloween & dark victory, all star superman & perez & rucka’s runs on wonder woman are pretty essential basic choices imo and i enjoy them. some more random choices off of my list of personal favs r: batman: the cult, under the red hood (obviously), batgirl (2000), task force z, justice league international (1988), bruce wayne: fugitive, catwoman: zero year, poison ivy (2022), robin: son of batman & john ostrander’s suicide squad.

as for how to read them, i know there’s a lot online but id suggest having a look in your local library to see if they have anything. i also rly like dc universe, they have a £5/month subscription for access to most of their archive which is very good & it lets you download them for offline reading as well !

if there are any characters/runs/stories you specifically would like to know more about pls send me another ask!! i hope this was helpful and not too convoluted/rambling lol. i love comics & talking about them so i never mind anons asking questions or wanting to talk about them god bles

[itsafreetrialofdeath]

I finally have the chance to play dnd irl in a fantasy setting!! and I’m so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!the very first time I played, it was a modern setting one-shot and our table had some edgelord who tried to kill every single NPC so I’m not counting that

But anyways! Here are Isamir Duvalle (“tiefling” warlock) and Ti-Lurr (half-orc rogue) with their LoreTM below!

Isamir Duvalle, a former Artificer turned Sorcerer, was transformed into a pseudodragon following an accident in his workshop involving magically charged crystals. Unable to undo the change, he adapted by utilizing his latest creation: a full-sized mechanical humanoid. By riding inside this construct, he serves as its battery and puppeteer, allowing him to control its movements, communicate with others, and cast spells, ultimately making the best of his unique situation.

It's been almost ten years since his transformation, and he's found very little help him change back.

Inspired by a children’s book he read in his youth, Ti-Lurr vows to marry the fairy princess character that captured his heart. He had grown up as a street urchin with little to no education (outside of learning the thieves skills) and thus wholeheartedly believed said fairy princess, Hyacinth Driftspring, to be a real person. Anyone who tries to convince him otherwise is promptly beaten.

In his mind the best way to win the heart of a princess is to impress her with a vast amount of wealth, so he’s spent the majority of his life accruing treasures of all kind in the hopes that when he finds her, she’ll marry him.