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The Underground cover is really great. The "negative space" silhouette extending down from the logo into the swirling darkness? Really eye-catching. Good stuff.  

@Sam -- wait, wait, wait... have you ever been possessed by a symbiote? How do you *know* that you don't start dancing and wearing eyeliner when being taken over by aliens? If I could possess people, I would totally change their hairstyle, clothes, AND make them dance. Otherwise, what good are they?

 The first sentence of Conor's review really sums up my thoughts on this issue. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean I thought it was a great comic. I'm impressed by Johns' ability to explain and fix things. I think he also does a great job of finding ways to "sum up" a character. I think he does a fantastic job with a number of things in the issue. But my problem is that these litt...

Yep, Bird by Bird and Writing Down the Bones are both good books. I'll third that recommendation. I've absorbed them over the years and forgotten them. And as Josh points out here, the NaNoWriMo exercise really requires you to let go of anything you've studied and just write as you write (see also: "shitty first draft."). I can second Josh that I've used too many adverbs. I'm not wor...

yeesh, I usually reserve judgment on these things, but -- visually speaking -- Hawkman has always been a favorite. I like the basic costume and the helmet, but the wings just seem... too small. Looks a little cheesy because of that. Maybe because they seem too small to hold him aloft? I know he uses Nth metal, blah, blah, blah -- but visually I think the eye wants something that visually seem...

@Paul -- well, yeah, dammit, you wrote that comment above, and I had to go flip through the issue. Hitting some similar territory (but then Wormwood and the Hellboy universe always have, by design). But yes, I'm knee-deep in exorcism myself right now (fictionally speaking). Also: modernize this clothing and Ba and Moon draw young Broom almost EXACTLY they way I would ask an artist to draw Wo...

Billy Baldwin as Ultraman, right? That's awesome. Heh. Yeah, I'm giddy for this one.

Yeah, I actually dug this quite a bit when I saw it yesterday. We get the bright, uplifting open, and the bam! the kid hits the car, I think that really sums up the whole theme of Millar's story in one scene. This is about bring hard reality into the dreams of fanboys. I think the rest of the trailer, while not bloody gives off a slightly subversive Fight Club type vibe. It may not be bloody, ...

Y'know, I kinda like this. It takes all of the events and puts them into a linear arc, as Ron mentions. It emphasizes a continuity where things really do change. And a burning Asgard is kinda cool. I mean, I know maybe JMS wanted to set up Asgard and do his own thing with it, but... if I'm an architect of the Marvel Universe? That's one awesome friggin' set piece that I'd like to use in the c...

Nice piece, Josh. Mirrors what I -- and probably all other NaNovelists are thinking these days. I've always thought of The Will as being made up of The Desire and The Confidence. Obviously, you have to have the desire to create your art. But any artistic endeavor will meet that Fear you mentioned, and it takes a certain amount of confidence to beat that back. You must think to yourself: "...