JSA Storytime: Mr. X

Good evening, owls

Alas, Yorick...

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>Chaykin cover next issue

spoiler: it's Good Chaykin

Had anyone done such complete, stylish, engaged retrofuturism in comics before this?

>why even live

It kinda reminds me of Batman the animated series.

>spoiler: it's Good Chaykin
wew

This is from before that.

I mean, of course, other way around influence-wise

Maybe this is one of those comics that almost no one read but everyone who did went into comics

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Hello, Storyteller.

I can't stress enough how much I miss less complicated art like this. It's just so much easier on the eyes.

Also, The Sexy Brutale is pretty cool.

It also influenced Brazil and Dark City.

Wonder if that's a nod to Max Brod, Kafka's friend and literary executor

For film METROPOLIS is the obvious Ursprung (and for so many other things); what catches my eye is how things here get twisted toward surreal

(I have a curl-up-and-die headache, so we'll see how this goes)

who's a Chekov fan

I'm more of a Spock man myself.

>that death notice for Beto

Pretty sure she meant the famous playwright, Anton Chekhov.

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Pretty sure that was a joke.

it's a good joke, Brent

A bad one. Seriously, don't ever take the low hanging fruit. Have some dignity.

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Okay, spergy.

>suddenly red eyes
In case you were wondering, yes, this guy is, in fact, quite evil.

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is this /d/?

Hey, Storyteller. You're clearly not at a 100%, maybe you ought to call it a night.

>pesimest
Is this misspelling intentional?

HI THead

Metal doing an old fashioned JLA scavenger hunt makes me so happy

we're gonna finish this issue then I'm going to chug like 5 advil and maybe go for a walk except it's hellish outside

IDGI, I got enough sleep, I haven't been sitting around all day, but it's head in a fucking vice shit

unsure!

so is anyone reading Orlando JLA, still/previously/etc? unsure if I should dip in or not

Not quite, but it sounds handy.

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I mean, it's not straightforwardly bad. It's just aggressively mediocre. Lobo delivers a laugh every now and them, and it's always nice to see someone call Batman on his bullshit, but otherwise it's painfully dull. The only reason I'm sticking with it is the vain hope of a reference to L.E.G.I.O.N, and because I want to eventually see what this microverse shit is all about.

Can't recommend it. Sorry.

that first panel is some Leni Riefenstahl shit, damn

this is weirdly making me want to rewatch plotless (and superior) Aeon Flux

(superior to the later shit where they talk and all)

I just realized that maybe we'll get new MAGE merchandise, now

It's fine. I think a different artist would help instead of the house style guy on it now

Glow in the dark baseball bat when?

these short backups are love and life

I just know in some Toronto thrift store, there's a Mr. X t-shirt hiding in a pile of crap

They really are. I wish stuff like this was more common. Alas.

gonna go chug painkillers

thanks for reading back tomorrow off Saturday

It's really fucking bad.

Fuck off, Reis is goddamn Kirby compared to Orlando's shit writing.

Thanks OP. Hope you feel better.

feel better OP!

Thanks for posting as always, Storyteller.

Feel better, and dream of the Hawks flying together in happy matrimony.

Also, when your headache clears up, check out this game called The Sexy Brutale. It's this neat little murder mystery puzzle game the centers around a time cycle mechanic. Interesting stuff.

Had Reis been on it??? Normally I love the dude but I thought monster boy was someone else

Could be from the weather. I tend to get wicked headaches whenever a pressure front moves through.

I'm a big fan of the lettering on this page.

As you might expect, Genesis 19:24:
>Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven.

good shit. Keep that Mister X coming.

consistently amazing covers on this series