Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:10:23 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253329#Comment_253329 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253329#Comment_253329 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:16:49 -0700 warrenellis
Thoughts, comments, spare change?

SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT obv. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253410#Comment_253410 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253410#Comment_253410 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:37:54 -0700 vickvega http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253418#Comment_253418 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253418#Comment_253418 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:04:07 -0700 Mark Seifert Anybody else get a printing error on 2 pages?
My office copy looks ok. Which pages? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253428#Comment_253428 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253428#Comment_253428 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:48:23 -0700 vickvega http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253430#Comment_253430 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253430#Comment_253430 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:16:05 -0700 celan Great ideas and humor are two of the things that I like most about Warren's work.
I will hold my questions and applause until the end. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253468#Comment_253468 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253468#Comment_253468 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:11:47 -0700 Pablo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253479#Comment_253479 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253479#Comment_253479 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:17:15 -0700 DatDude
Its rare that anything in the funny books gives me the wow factor like I was reading mister majestic moving the solar system around.

So darkly funny that our need for a god is killing us.

See you next issue. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253542#Comment_253542 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253542#Comment_253542 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:27:02 -0700 Warped Savant
Vick -- My copy's fine. Did you get other copies at your LCS? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253601#Comment_253601 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253601#Comment_253601 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:45:10 -0700 christoph
British - Morrigan Lugus
American - Jerry Craven
Indian - Krishna
Chinese - Maitreya
Iraqi - Dajjal

Is there an ETA on the last issue? Is it written already? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253602#Comment_253602 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253602#Comment_253602 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:13:25 -0700 Owen http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253608#Comment_253608 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253608#Comment_253608 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:24:00 -0700 twitch_ramirez http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253714#Comment_253714 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253714#Comment_253714 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:41:44 -0700 vickvega http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253764#Comment_253764 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=253764#Comment_253764 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:14:53 -0700 curb
This issue also felt like the most overtly geopolitical of the run so far. I keep thinking about a comment Bruce Stirling made in a speech a while back, about how India and China will inherit the world but won't get to do anything fun with it because it's too fucked up already. That really rang true here. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=254046#Comment_254046 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=254046#Comment_254046 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:12:11 -0700 SunSongsSideB
Regardless, great stuff! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=254067#Comment_254067 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=254067#Comment_254067 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:40:00 -0700 Gekko
I should have waited for the TPB as usual (for as far as Avatar is concerned I prefer TPB's) but I couldn't resist buying #4, just to have a look, it has happened already, and BANG! Whew!

I love the japanese animé dimension of it, first of all. The Art is in perfect harmony with that. Kudos too for the choice of white noise during the battle and destruction sequences. Also for the questions raised and scattered althrough the issue. Just noticing the expression "industrialization of human intelligence" is frightening.

In my view, a god is created for mainly one purpose: secure the power of those who make Them up, especially if this involves torture, violence and destruction in Their holy name. Only the dumb will feel in peace, "for theirs is the kingdom of heaven". However, here, some entities appear naked, and although obviously male judging from their features, yet, not one holy pecker: is this absence the main trigger of their wrath? one can wonder.

What I expect always from Warren is something OTT, like the appearance of a kraken (unforgettable in Gravel 11) because irony is ludicrous. This time, a hole in the moon made my day, merci!

Looking forward to devouring the TPB now. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=254556#Comment_254556 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=254556#Comment_254556 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:52:29 -0700 Shadow Age
I can't wait for Dajjal to show up, because I'm very interested in what he's capable of.

And Morian Lugus is still creepy.

Can't wait to see how it all ends! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=255285#Comment_255285 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=255285#Comment_255285 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:31:30 -0700 bumnote http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=256552#Comment_256552 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=256552#Comment_256552 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:39:47 -0700 oddbill Just noticing the expression "industrialization of human intelligence" is frightening.

That turn of phrase leaped out at me as well. I don't think I've ever encountered it before, and it perfectly ecapsulates the momentum of a lot of speculative threads about the uses of artificial intelligence. When singularity enthusiasts rhapsodize about the benefits of "uploading", the presumption is always that the capability to manufacture the structure of human thought in an artificial medium will be used to preserve the integrity of individuals. But what they are in fact talking about is a form of industrialization, and likely to be a more terrifyingly powerful technology than anyone can now imagine. Unlikely to turn into a friendly backup service to the immortality seeking individual. More likely to turn into "how can we commodify and construct new capacities with the components of sentient thought?"

"Industrialization of human intelligence" is a better description of singular likelihood than "uploading". ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=256559#Comment_256559 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=256559#Comment_256559 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:14:08 -0700 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=260425#Comment_260425 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=260425#Comment_260425 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:16:56 -0700 Iron Imp
Rather than specifics of individual characters, I'd say why it really resonates with me is because of the underlying psychology of gods or godlike beings - Dr. Manhattan was without question my favorite part of Watchmen (like the maraschino cherry atop a delicious desert) and similarly characters like Kid Miracleman, or Tetsuo from Akira, etc etc have always really fascinated me. So this shotgun smorgasbord of different flavors and temperaments of godhood is just delicious.

Initially the over-the-top, speedball delivery kinda threw me due to receiving misinformation that this would be a full run, volumed comic production instead of a mini series, but it seems over the top in just the right way and direction. Sorta like firing John Wyndamn out of a howitzer. :)

Cheers.

(I only just got my hands on supergod 1-4 last week and realize I'm a bit late to the game) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=261070#Comment_261070 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=261070#Comment_261070 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:42:14 -0700 roadscum Sorta like firing John Wyndamn out of a howitzerYes, very much so.

Never mix prescription drugs with alcohol, kiddies. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=265398#Comment_265398 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=265398#Comment_265398 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:40:05 -0700 Zip Durango Never mix prescription drugs with alcohol, kiddies.

awww c'mon, how else is Warren supposed to pump out the goodness?

I really like the presumed audience Warren writes for in Supergod, none of this hand holding walk you through the paces fucking about,
It's here's the concept, here's the world, lets get fucking to it!

Imagine the absolute meal some one else could easily make of this premise,
dragging it out inexorably over more and more convoluted issues, bloating what momentum there was at the beginning
*cough* mark, *cough* *cough*, waid, *cough*

Ahem, excuse me.

No Sir-ee, Supergod is a shot of Turkish Ristretto and a stick of cinnamon gum,
whereas it could instead be a gallon sized Starbucks caramel float with a two-fisted muffin.

Can't wait to see it through. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=265513#Comment_265513 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=265513#Comment_265513 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:03:14 -0700 SilentObjector Can't wait to see it through
Me either. So Warren, Your Excellency, is there any chance of seeing this saga close before the end of 2010? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=265518#Comment_265518 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=265518#Comment_265518 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:24:11 -0700 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=265538#Comment_265538 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8687&Focus=265538#Comment_265538 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:14:39 -0700 SilentObjector