Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) replied to The Baron's discussion Movies I Have Seen Lately
"Noferatu (2024) - Man, that was one boring f*ck!ng movie. Seriously, I was yawning at the end. I am so out of sync with movie audiences today who loved this film. I was constantly pausing it to see how much was left. Normally, I would just have…"
Apr 5
Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) replied to Captain Comics's discussion Comics Guide for week of April 7, 2025
"DAREDEVIL #20 (MARVEL, 44.99) is by writer Saladin Ahmed and artist José Luis Soares. Daredevil (Matt Murdock) is back in his clunky, black-armor costume, the one that looks so impractical for a ninja and screams " '90s excess" to me. - Good gravy I…"
Apr 5
Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Diamond Distributors Files for Bankruptcy
"You could tell me. Weekly Shōnen Jump has been running in Japan since 1968. 2000AD has been published in the UK since 1977.  Is there something unique to American audiences that makes you think that an anthology comic couldn't succeed here?
To me it…"
Apr 5
Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"The Man Who presumed: A Biography of Henry M Stanley by Byron Farwell. Less than 100 pages in, and I find this fascinating. I don't even remember how I got turned on to this book, but I got it for Christmas. Even if the rest of it sucks, it is worth…"
Apr 5
Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) replied to The Baron's discussion Movies I Have Seen Lately
"The de-aging effects are a bit uncanny valley to me, since the faces are middle-aged, but the bodies look and move like those of 70-year-old men.
Holy crap, this is what I told my friends when I saw the movie.
Is there any reason we should continue?…"
Mar 1
Captain Comics replied to Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)'s discussion Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
"Tower had some great artists, and some mediocre ones, and some lame ones. I think the first story was by Steranko, so it got a great start. Since it was Code-approved, though, the stories didn't really rise beyond the level of concurrent House of…"
Feb 19
Captain Comics replied to Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)'s discussion Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
"My shop has been on time throughout this fiasco, because my LCS owner drives down to Diamond's Olive Branch (Miss.) warehouse and picks up his boxes every Tuesday (and puts them out before opening Wednesday). It's probably the only shop in the…"
Feb 19
Captain Comics replied to Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)'s discussion Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
"Funny you should say that: They ARE by Steranko. The fourth panel is by George Tuska, the fifth Neal Adams, the sixth Wally Wood. I can't ID the last one."
Feb 19
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)'s discussion Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
"Diamond didn't ship last week, at least not in time to be put on the shelf. Diamond didn't ship on time this week, either; in fact, the Diamond boxes did arrive today, but too late to be put on the shelves. That means they'll be on the shelves next…"
Feb 19
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)'s discussion Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
"Back in the '90s, I went to a lot of comic book shows (that is, gatherings where vendors sold their wares, as opposed to "conventions" which featured celebrity guests). I always enjoyed monster comics when i was a kid, so just so I wouldn't go home…"
Feb 6
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)'s discussion Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
"Those three top panels in the cover are very Steranko."
Feb 5
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)'s discussion Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
"Diamond shipped late today, but at least there was a new Previews catalogue (#437), so that's sometning, I guess. 
The new series Lost Marvels (from Fantagraphics) looks interesting.

The never-collected horror anthology series featuring stories by…"
Feb 5
Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) replied to Captain Comics's discussion Comics Guide for week of Jan. 27, 2025
"I don't have the warm fuzzies many do for the turtles — born too soon — but I assume I'm an outlier. - I don't either, although I did enjoy the original series. I do like to dip my toe in their universe from time to time though, like Last Ronin, but…"
Jan 26
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)'s discussion Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
"This looks interesting...

Described as "an ongoing, zig-zagging anthology series about the compromised clicks of our clocks-full of one-shot stories both beautiful and ugly, tragic and redemptive, surreal and somehow all too familiar.""
Jan 1
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)'s discussion Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
"SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN by DeMATTEIS & BUSCEMA OMNIBUS: An omnibus of J.M. DeMatteis and Sal Buscema's Spectacular Spider-Man (#178-216+) has been solicited for July release. These are some good comics, but they're not great comics. To be perfectly…"
Dec 27, 2024
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)'s discussion Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
"This is the third week in a row Diamond has not shipped on time. for some reason, Previews did ship, but only three copies. I inquired about it, so I got one. My LCS also receive two nonconsecutive issues of Comic Shop News. "
Dec 11, 2024
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