tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post2825287917963892729..comments2024-03-15T07:12:40.918-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Teen Titans Vol. 1: It's Our Right to Fight trade paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-44759803209062173742013-03-19T00:56:53.803-05:002013-03-19T00:56:53.803-05:00Interesting, I've found Teen Titans Vol. 4 to ...Interesting, I've found Teen Titans Vol. 4 to be the weakest of all incarnations. I feel that it needs:<br /><br />1. humor, its what made me love Young Justice as well as all the Teen Titans comics that have come before it.<br />2. pick a plot and finish it<br />3. develop characters besides Superboy and Wonder Girl<br />4. i hate disappearing acts so they need to bring Skitter back (to me, disappearing acts are only okay when the character appears in another comic or when the characters are actively searching or rescuing them).<br />5. Fix Tim Drake's origins because #0 is just completely and totally unacceptable and offensive as a Tim Drake fan. <br /><br />I've got no problem with the art, but I do have a problem with the writing. I feel like there are too many subplots and not enough development or progression. I agree that this whole NOWHERE bit is getting old fast. lifeexplorerdiscoveryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10784242218298485014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-28510431069204630162012-11-06T10:09:27.734-06:002012-11-06T10:09:27.734-06:00What part specifically don't you like?
(And h...What part specifically don't you like?<br /><br />(And hey, want to do a little pro bono design work for me?)collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-39042954517094497252012-11-06T10:05:09.980-06:002012-11-06T10:05:09.980-06:00I don't want to be an asshole, but has anybody...I don't want to be an asshole, but has anybody noticed how HORRIBLE is DC's new trade design? I know, it shouldn't be an issue, but as a graphic designer I find it uncomfortable.SAIDESTROYERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497866804136726652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-61487031467003790192012-11-06T09:21:14.040-06:002012-11-06T09:21:14.040-06:00I did not plan to get the Teen Titans and Superboy...I did not plan to get the Teen Titans and Superboy papberacks, because I don't know Lobdell and the things I heard and read about the stories were not really great.<br />So I was suprised to see your throughout positive reviews here... and of course, now I am rethinking my decision not to buy them.<br /><br />Does anyone here have the same point of view regarding Teen Titans and Superboy? Or anyone with a different opinion?<br /><br />I'll be getting the Red Hood paperback, mainly because I like Roy & Kory. So if I like that one I may go back to check out TT and SB.Spookyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370993300280714554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-70082669259585154562012-11-05T13:07:52.779-06:002012-11-05T13:07:52.779-06:00No problem with Red Robin's costume from my pe...No problem with Red Robin's costume from my perspective, but what matters to you in these things may not be what matters to me and vice versa. <br /><br />Sure I can understand the argument that Robin doesn't need "wings" per se, and I agree that the whole thing -- wings and cross-chest suspenders -- looks a little "Hawkman," and that some might attribute a certain 1990s vibe to Robin's belt pouches. But between Kid Flash's bright yellows and reds, Wonder Girl's bright reds, Bunker's bright purples, Superboy's electric stripes, and so on, the Titans's costumes as a team are rather stylized, and Red Robin's seems to me to fit in with the rest just fine.<br /><br />I thought Brett Booth depicted the costume especially well in the second chapter when Robin went after Skitter; in the third when Robin jumped out of the train (and on the cover); and in the fifth, when Robin faces off against Superboy.<br /><br />Curious about Red Hood as well ...collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-66926922509640406752012-11-05T12:33:58.954-06:002012-11-05T12:33:58.954-06:00Collected Editions, thoughts about Red Robin's...Collected Editions, thoughts about Red Robin's new costume? Because I personally thought that was the most offensive thing done in all of the changes to the DCNU...<br /><br />It's really interesting how big a deal Lobdell's been in a bad way. I know he likes to make outrageous statements, but I wonder if the hate directed at him has more to do with the characters he's handling having particularly strong fanbases rather than with his actual writing. Looking forward to your review of Red Hood and the Outlaws, that'll be an interesting one.sbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-90695987930641221542012-11-05T12:26:06.328-06:002012-11-05T12:26:06.328-06:00Someone mentioned the same over on the Facebook pa...Someone mentioned the same over on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/collectededitions/posts/486373368052442" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> page -- that Titans starts strong but "Culling" kills it -- and that's a shame because in a "Young Justice" trifecta, I was pretty pleased with Legion Lost too (though now cancelled, I know). "Culling" will get reviewed here next year and I hope you'll chime in.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-33789969449304255892012-11-05T10:19:50.985-06:002012-11-05T10:19:50.985-06:00One very distinctive thing about Lobdell since his...One very distinctive thing about Lobdell since his X-Men days is that he usually doesn't write arcs that are tailor-made for trades. He tends to write a bunch of stand-alone issues or two-parters while the main plot slowly develops, until it explodes in the form of a big crossover.<br /><br />And because he writes "the Marvel way" (he writes a plot first, and only scripts each page after the pencils are done), his stories suffer a lot when he's not in sync with the penciller or when someone else scripts over his plots. Thankfully, that was not the case with this first Teen Titans volume, but the entire "The Culling" crossover was riddled with bad storytelling, and to me the book has yet to recover from it.shagamuhttp://mbbforum.com/mbbnoreply@blogger.com