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Deadpool & The Digital Age
Jul. 25th, 2014 10:36 amMarvel is giving Deadpool: The Gauntlet Infinite Comic #1 (Duggan & Posehn/Brown) away for free, along with #2.
I'll be perfectly honest, my Deadpool fandom goes like this: Vague memory of Deadpool from X-men.... [scrolling through Tumblr] Ha! Funny Cosplayer in Deadpool outfit! [more scrolling] HA! Someone reprinted one of his more outrageous lines from a comic book. [/close Tumblr].
Given that in-depth (not!) experience with the character, I can't say that I'm any kind of expert on whether or not "The Gauntlet Infinite" stands up to the usual Deadpool fare. But, it seems patently obvious that Deadpool is meant to be funny and scampy and more than a little off color, and these two comics totally fit that bill. Plus, there are... vampires. How can you go wrong?
Similarly, I really like Reilly Brown's art. It's old school in a style that appeals to me and the way that the Marvel Comics Reader app-thingy works means you get almost an animated-but-still-flat experience. It's really nifty the way that the art shifts through the action and the dialogue. Despite being a comics fan forever, I'd never before tried digital comics and if this is the usual experience, I'm all in. It was really cool. The opening part of The Gauntlet Infinite had a kind of James Bond film opening vibe to it that was both really beautiful, while being still very Deadpool (which is to say sort of silly).
As part of this free package, they're also giving away an Iron Man: Fatal Frontier Infinite #1 (and #2) as well as Wolverine: Japan's Most Wanted Infinite #1 (and #2).
I will read them all, because: why not? They're free.
I'll be perfectly honest, my Deadpool fandom goes like this: Vague memory of Deadpool from X-men.... [scrolling through Tumblr] Ha! Funny Cosplayer in Deadpool outfit! [more scrolling] HA! Someone reprinted one of his more outrageous lines from a comic book. [/close Tumblr].
Given that in-depth (not!) experience with the character, I can't say that I'm any kind of expert on whether or not "The Gauntlet Infinite" stands up to the usual Deadpool fare. But, it seems patently obvious that Deadpool is meant to be funny and scampy and more than a little off color, and these two comics totally fit that bill. Plus, there are... vampires. How can you go wrong?
Similarly, I really like Reilly Brown's art. It's old school in a style that appeals to me and the way that the Marvel Comics Reader app-thingy works means you get almost an animated-but-still-flat experience. It's really nifty the way that the art shifts through the action and the dialogue. Despite being a comics fan forever, I'd never before tried digital comics and if this is the usual experience, I'm all in. It was really cool. The opening part of The Gauntlet Infinite had a kind of James Bond film opening vibe to it that was both really beautiful, while being still very Deadpool (which is to say sort of silly).
As part of this free package, they're also giving away an Iron Man: Fatal Frontier Infinite #1 (and #2) as well as Wolverine: Japan's Most Wanted Infinite #1 (and #2).
I will read them all, because: why not? They're free.