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Doin’ bro stuff 🤜🤛
From “Adventure Time Volume 4” Comic
#just bro things#adventure time#finn the human#jake the dog#finn and jake#adventure time fandom#adventuretime#adventure time comics#boom comics#atimers
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My Halloween Mighty Morphin Power Rangers variant.
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Some pieces I did inspired by the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Aways special. I've aways been more a super sentai guy, but I watch the first seasons of Power Rangers and have fond memories of the late Thui Trang.
#power rangers#mighty morphin power rangers#once and aways#zeo#zord#thui trang#boom comics#alpha 5#red ranger#Tyranossaur#pink ranger#amy jo johnson#hasbro#green ranger#dragonzord#jason david frank#zordon
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#the many deaths of laila starr#ram v#boom comics#boom studios#boom! comics#boom! studios#indie comics#poll
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(2017)
#Klaus#comic book#2017#John Cassaday#cover art#Dan Mora#crisis in Xmasville#bag of toys#The Santa#Yuletide festival#Boom comics#variant
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Why Boom Still Can’t Get Buffy Right
My love for the Buffyverse is concrete but it has its limits. Yesterday I had a very unpleasant experience finishing yet another unimpressive Buffy run, courtesy of Boom Comics. It’s always disappointing to me because Buffyverse has so much potential and untold stories. It’s a goldmine that is constantly held back and simply can’t find its footing in the comics medium. Why is that?
Boom’s been rather relentless in trying to make Buffy work. Several years and runs later, there’s still no big WOW story that can attract readers and viewers alike. Not just that, but even seasoned buffy fans don’t seem very interested in continuous attempts at rebooting the Slayer tale. You can blame the word reboot (it does tend to scare people) but the real reason is still Boom’s inability to deliver a good captivating story.
Boom had tried reinventing Buffy, sending her back to school, developing alternate realities and futures. But in every iteration, Buffy and the Scooby Gang were plagued with the same mistakes over and over again.
Hey, I’m not sure what I am, so bear with me here
The characters from Buffy are some of the most well-developed characters out there. Each one has a point of origin, a story, and a final form. We love them because we know them. And we know them extremely well.
Let’s take the fan-favorite, Spike. We’ve seen his whole afterlife and even bits of his life. We know how he became William the Bloody, then Spike, a neutered vampire, and finally, an ensouled champion. We know how, and more importantly, we know why.
I’d hate to throw in one more why but there is a reason Spike exists in the show, and we know it.
When you read Boom comics, it feels like writers stick him into every arc just because they like him. He brings nothing to the story, he has no soul or chip yet chooses to join the scoobies. That does not look like the Spike we know. That guy was in s2-s4, not s5-s7. That’s the guy from School Hard or the one who got the Gem of Amara and happily marched to kill Buffy.
But there’s nothing stronger than the author’s desire to make things ‘right’. Hence this spike lookalike joining the team every time.
The funny part is, I can very well imagine a soulless chipless Spike who’s not a monster. If Dru sires him and never sees him again, if she never introduces him to Angelus, if he keeps on writing his bloody awful poetry only forever. He probably would’ve turned out like that poor librarian guy whose glasses Dru broke or like Harmony who still tried to be decent. But it’s the writer’s job to explain it, to write it into the story, not just throw a character into a book and see whether they swim or go down. They will always go down.
Spike is only one of the issues here. In the show, both Kendra and Faith exist to show us the perfect (according to the council) and the fallen slayer. Two possible realities for Buffy. They have their own arcs (well, Faith does) but the show is strong because supporting characters serve a purpose. Just like the people we meet in real life always serve a purpose for us. You might believe that one character pushing the development of another is cruel, but that’s still how good stories are made. That’s still why Buffy is popular 20 years after the show’s finale.
Kendra and Faith did that for Buffy in the show. In the Boom comics they just exist. They show up for no reason and they just hang around. You can take them out of the story and nothing will change. At one point in the initial reboot there were three slayers at the same time, and that felt more like a fix-it fanfic than a quality comic book. Unfortunately, some slayers have to die and some have to turn evil. Besides, without her rebellious personality, Faith is meaningless.
I have one more bone to pick. I know that Buffy and Angel (still the OTP of the show!) are a complicated matter to many modern writers. And readers, and viewers. There’s no place to hide from the creep factor and even though I will defend this ship till the day everyone finally agrees with me, I can’t deny its presence. But that doesn’t mean you get to discard this ship and separate Buffy and Angel into different books. One doesn’t exist or grow without the other. There is no Buffy in love with a vampire without Angel. There is only Vampire. Slayer. Dead vampire.
Without Buffy, Angel is not in LA helping the helpless. He’s in New York eating low rats. Before trying to launch two separate books, how about Boom launches one good one, that provides background, even if revised and adapted to the modern days?
I always worried what would happen when that b*tch got some funding
All this chaotic mess with the characters determines the stories Boom puts out. They tend to have an interesting start but by the time issue 3 comes out, it’s either Camazotz flying around Sunnydale, a giant crab taking over the main street, or whatever the hell Silas was (a soul eater?) Didn’t care for him much. Not even when we were evil.
More often than not Boom writers suffer from the same disease that plagued Dark Horse comics – scale. Just because you can do anything doesn’t mean you should. Comics allow you to draw literally any kind of baddie but you are playing within a specific world, and suspense of disbelief only goes so far. Besides, in the show, it all grows gradually. You go from the Master to the First evil. In the comics… seriously, what the hell was Silas?
From what I’ve read so far, Boom knows how to ask interesting questions:
What if Buffy went to school today?
What if Willow took over as the slayer?
What if Buffy was older?
Those are all good what ifs but Boom has a problem following through. They don’t know the answer to this question and it feels like they’re making it up as they go along. If I’m being honest, it even feels like they wrote random ideas on pieces of paper, through them in a hat, and started pulling each time they hit a wall.
Characters show up for now reason (hi, Tara from the latest run), they don’t feel like themselves, and the saddest part – none of it feels like you are getting your favorite show back.
These characters deserve better than that.
And there’s not a one who can say this ended well
At this point, I don’t know if Boom wants Buffy comics to succeed. I don’t mean to be this dramatic but every time someone mentions comics, fans think Dark Horse. Not because they are still considered canon, but because they had a connection to the beloved show. Boom comics don’t give you that, so you can’t look the other way when writers don’t deliver. It’s just how it works.
I keep thinking what Boom can do to get out of this vicious circle. And I do believe there If they want to successfully play in the Buffyverse, they have to seriously up their game. It’s not impossible either. I mean, Something is Killing the Children is being released by the same studio. And what is that if not a more gruesome version of Buffy? So it’s not exactly magic. It’s doable.
Personally, I still hold out hope that someone would dare explore the terrifying bloody past of the Whirlwind. Wouldn’t that be fun and gory? I’d like to see deep well-thought-through stories of past slayers. I’d happily read a well-illustrated comic run based on In Every Generation. And if we have to go back to Buffy variants, why not reinvent her story? But before we get to that, we’d have to work through every step of every character. Get them to where we want them, and start with a story that we want to tell, from start to finish. From her first day as a slayer to her last one (she didn’t have to empower the potentials after all).
That, of course, requires a lot of work. And if Boom isn’t ready to put in that kinda effort, they could just move from season 5, introduce a new slayer, and watch how her adventures unravel.
Buffyverse is a hell of a property and there are too many stories waiting to be written. I’m probably still gonna give it a shot whenever Boom comes up with something new. I just hope I won’t have to write yet another long read complaining about it.
#buffy comics#buffy x angel#buffy summers#buffy the vampire slayer#buffyverse#buffy x spike#buffysource#comics#comic books#long reads#boom buffy#boom comics#btvs#btvs comics#kendra young#faith lehane
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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost got cameos in 'Once and Future' comics
As the first cops on the scene of a monster attack they don't last all that long but get some shots in.
#Simon pegg#Nick frost#Shaun of the dead#Edgar wright#the cornetto trilogy#Once and future#Boom comics#Beowulf#Grendel#King Arthur
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#siktc#something is killing the children#erica slaughter#house of slaughter#monster hunter#boom comics
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I complain about Hasbro milking MMPR as much as the next guy, but this is an official Toho Kaiju Sentai, and probably the closest thing that we'll ever get to more Gransazer, so yeah, forgiven.
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So, things between Jason and Kim are turning more intimate like I predicted before…they’re comforting each other around many things: Jason’s grief, Tommy’s absence, Jason out of MMPR and Omega team, Kim’s unhappiness’ around MMPR… I have a feeling I got this.
Simple as 1, 2, 3…Kimberly is unhappy around Tommy’s leadership since Jason, Trini and Zack left and is always irritated towards Tommy and it happens that he sacrificed himself in order to take care of her. It will lead Kim to give up MMPR pink powers to Kat, in order of Tommy’s sake and the fact she’s not happy in the team for a while. Then my theory is that Jason and her will be together in their loneliness and fall in love with each other, situation that will explain their behavior in Turbo Movie events and, with luck, explain Jason/Emily in Zeo. “Darkest Hour” maybe will explain that time between Zeo and Turbo, Jason gaining Gold Zeo Rangers powers (and trying to run from his feelings for Kim with Emily) and Kim leaving MMPR team after Tommy’s sacrifice for her because she will realize that she isn’t happy being a ranger anymore, fact that will set in Pink comics once for all.
Source: Saban’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #112, #114 and #115
#jason x kimberly#jimberly#kimberly x jason#jason and kimberly#kimberly and jason#jason lee scott#kimberly hart#mighty morphin power rangers#boom comics#power rangers
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Day 21: Pets
I drew Nick with a lil guy :) name him for me
(i know this is early im sorry but i WILL forget to post if i don't do it now)
@johannathemad
#FENCEchallenge#fence comic#fence fanart#fence fandom#johanna the mad#cs pacat#boom comics#30 day challenge#Nicholas Cox#Seiji Katayama#fencecomics
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Hi, I have noticed a lot of blogs like @haveyouheardthisband @haveyouseenthismovie-poll @haveyouheardthispodcast @haveyoureadthisbook-poll @haveyouseenthisseries-poll @haveyoureadthisseries-poll @haveyoureadthismanga-poll @haveyouseenthisanime-poll @doyouknowthisartist @haveyoueatenthis @doyoulikethissong-blog and have decided to do one for the noble art of print comics runs.
I am curious to see which comics the tumblr comics fandom (as well as anyone outside if you're interested) has actually read, as well as to spread some comics recs because as you may have guessed by my icon I am languishing in rare character hell.
Poll options will be "Yes", "Partially", "No" and "Haven't Even Heard of this Comic" and I will accept comics both from the Big Two and through Indie Publishers. Please submit suggestions through the askbox in the format of proper title and year the run was published, such as JSA (1999) or Batman (2016).
I will be tagging posts with the name of the comic as well as the publishing company to reach a wider audience.
Feel free to reblog with propaganda as to why people should read your niche 80s comic blorbos, I think that would be fun.
Anyway have fun!
#comics#marvel#marvel 616#marvel comics#indie comics#dcu#dc comics#image comics#boom comics#idw comics#archie comics#dark horse comics
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tmnt x power rangers v3 leaked
#my art#can i call them blueshell i think its really funny#anyways theyre the same breed of creature#power rangers#tmnt#billy cranston#boom comics#donnie tmnt#if you get it you get it#not my donnie design btw its from the boom pr crossover#teenage mutant ninja turtles
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Just want to say that
JJ and Matt Cook should have been Pink Rangers and they would have been a lot happier.
Also, Matt Griffin from Dino Charge (+Super Dino Charge) is the real and true Silver Dino Charge Ranger. I will not budge from this thought.
#JJ Oliver#Matt Cook#Matt Griffin#Power Rangers#Power Rangers Boom Comics#Power Rangers Dino Charge#Power Rangers Super Dino Charge#Boom comics
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