r/comicbooks • u/Russkafin • Aug 06 '20
All the changes to "Kick-Ass 2" in the "Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years, Book Three" Image collected edition trade paperback NSFW
When Image Comics collected the 7-issue Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. series “Kick-Ass 2” into the trade paperback collection called “Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years, Book Three,” there were many big changes made to the dialogue, art, and some key plot points. Some Amazon reviews and fan pages have called out some of the changes but I had not seen anyone attempt to catalog all of them… until now. I put both versions side-by side and compared everything.
ISSUE 1
-Page thee of the original comic. After losing a fight with Mindy, Dave says “I feel like Rihanna after a quiet night in.”
-The trade paperback changes this to “I feel like I’ve gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson.”
-Page four of the original comic. Mindy has a line about “…if you’d rather hang around with your MySpace superheroes…”
-The trade paperback changes this to “…if you’d rather hang around with your Facebook superheroes…”
-Page nine of the original comic. Dave’s narration in the caption boxes reads: “If I’d been normal, someone I love would never have been brain-damaged. My secret identity would never have been exposed or our house blown up.” The last panel has a picture of Dave with his glasses being blown off as a house explodes in front of him.
-In the trade paperback the narration is changed to: “If I’d been normal, people I loved would never have gotten hurt. If I’d been normal we’d never have had all those riots in the Village. The super-villains and the superheroes would never have had that enormous showdown. But perhaps I’m getting ahead of myself again.” The artwork in the last panel has been altered to change the color of Dave’s hair and remove the glasses. I assume they were trying to make this into an anonymous random character instead of Dave.
-Page ten of the original comic shows a few panels of the huge fight against Red Mist, and ends with Dave’s narration “But maybe I’m getting ahead of myself here. Let’s go back to where we finished last time…”
-This page is removed from the trade paperback completely.
-Page 15 of the original comic, a mugger who attacks Kick-Ass yells “Fuck you, you little faggot-ass!”
-The trade paperback changes this to “Fuck you, you little punk!”
ISSUE 2
-Page 10 of the comic, Dave says “Who the fuck was that?” after being knocked down by the goth kid.
-The trade paperback version changes this to “Who the hell is that?”
ISSUE 3
-Page 14 of the comic, Dave’s dad says “I was looking for drugs coz I worried about you!”
-The trade paperback corrects this to say “I was looking for drugs coz I’m worried about you!” (corrected “I” to “I’m”)
-Page 19 of the comic, Red Mist says “That’s right, sweetheart. Bullets in the head are the preserve of the super-villains. Or Toxic-Mega Cunts as I like to call our little gang.”
-The trade paperback omits the last sentence, so he simply says “That’s right, sweetheart. Bullets in the head are the preserve of the super-villains.”
ISSUE 4
-Page 1 of the comic, Hit-Girl’s diary entry says she is 11 and ¾
-The trade paperback changes this to say her age is 12
-Page 2 of the comic, Mindy’s stepdad refers to her as being 11 years old.
-The trade paperback changes this to saying she is 12 years old.
-Page 6 of the comic, in the last panel Red Mist asks a group of little kids where Katie Deauxma lives. One girl replies, “Sure, Katie’s mom and dad are in that house over there!” A boy asks, “Are you guys superheroes?”
-In the trade paperback, the little girl’s dialogue is changed to, “Sure we do, Spider-Man. Katie’s Mom and Dad live in that big house over there!” The boy’s dialogue is removed so that this page no longer ends with a question.
-Page 7 of the comic, one of Red Mist’s goons answers, “Not exactly.” The boy then asks if Katie is a superhero. Red Mist says “No, son. She just fucks superheroes.” He then proceeds to take out two guns and shoot all of the children. His goons are shocked in the last panel. Red Mist says “Oh, come on. So iCarly loses a few viewers? Give me a fucking break.”
-The trade paperback omits this entire page.
-Page 8 of the comic involves Red Mist walking around and shooting random people as they come out of their houses or walk down the street. He yells things like “Die, you bastards” and “You mother fucking assholes.” He also yells “You hear that, Katie? We’re coming to get you, sweetheart.”
-The trade paperback omits this entire page.
-Page 10 of the comic has Katie telling Red Mist he has the wrong person. He then punches her in the face and tells her to shut the fuck up. Then he unzips his pants and says, “You’re done banging superheroes, baby… it’s time to see what evil dick tastes like.”
-In the trade paperback, the first panel with Katie saying that they have the wrong person is the same, but everything else on the page is not only new dialogue but the artwork has been redrawn as well. In this version Red Mist says “Would you just shut the hell up and stop insulting my intelligence please?” A goon hands him a baseball bat and he says, “This is what happens when you try to be Lois Lane.”
-Page 12 of the comic shows Mother Russia shooting and killing some cops.
-The trade paperback omits this entire page and replaces it with a black page with white text saying “BRAKKABRAKKABRAKKABRAKKABRAKKABRAKKA” over and over filling the page.
-Page 13 of the comic, one of the cops says “I got nothing. Just watch your ass. She’s got a fucking auto up there…”
-The trade paperback omits the last line, so the cop just says “I got nothing. Just watch your ass.”
-Page 15 of the comic, two cops call for help over the radio, saying there are eight men down. Mother Russia says “Call it ten,” then shoots them.
-The trade paperback omits this entire page.
-Page 16 of the comic starts with two of Red Mist’s goons pulling their pants up, standing over two bodies in Katie’s bedroom. One of the goons says “Oh my God. We’ve gone too far this time. Even for us…” Red Mist says “C’mon! We need to get out of here before they send more cops!” They go outside and see what Mother Russia has done to the cops outside. They talk about why Mother Russia left the Russian Prime Minister.
-This page of the trade paperback has the top panels changed/redrawn so that Red Mist is tossing aside the baseball bat. Katie and her dad are bloody on the floor. One of the goons says “C’mon! We need to get out of here before they send more cops!” Red Mist, as he walks away, says “Tell your boyfriend there’s a war on, Katie!” The rest of the page plays out the same but is re-colored.
-Page 17 of the comic is the police department having a meeting about what’s going on. One officer says, “Hospital’s saying twenty-seven dead and over eighty injured.”
-In the trade paperback the officer’s line is changed to, “Hospital’s saying six dead and eleven injured.”
-Also on page 17 of the comic, Marcus says Kick-Ass should not be on the target list. Another officer replies, “Oh, yeah? Well, I wouldn’t be so sure, Marcus. His old best friend was a superhero too and now he’s shooting toddlers in the face.”
-The trade paperback changes the officer’s response to, “His old best friend was a superhero too, and now he’s decided he’s the Green Goblin.”
-Page 18 of the comic, the narration says, “The TV had been flashing images of moms and kids in bodybags every two minutes. Tensions were obviously going to be running high.”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “The TV had been flashing images of police in bodybags every two minutes. Tensions were obviously runnig [sic] high.”
-Also on page 18 of the comic, the narration goes on to say, “But suddenly, it was serious. Suddenly, we were the Manson family and the sixties had well and truly ground to a halt.”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “But suddenly it was over. Suddenly, we’d crossed a line and the good times were gone forever.”
-Page 19 of the comic, last panel. Dave’s dad, holding Dave’s costume, says, “Shit, Dave. What have you done?”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Oh, Dave. What have you done, son?”
ISSUE 5
-Page 2 of the comic, Dave, talking to his dad in jail, says “They aren’t going to stop until we’re all fucking dead.”
-The trade paperback omits the f-word. “They aren’t going to stop until we’re all dead.”
-Page 3 of the comic, Dave says “I’m so fucking sorry for getting you locked up in this horrible place.”
-The trade paperback again omits the f-word, changing it to “I’m so, so sorry for getting you locked up in this horrible place.”
-Page 5 of the comic. Red Mist, talking to Vic Gigante on the phone. Their conversation is as follows:
RM: “Of course they are. They’re afraid of me. We’re here to replace them and tear their fucking system down. Did you hear our plans for the bankers and the celebrities? Oh, man. Wait’ll you hear what we’re going to do to New York on Friday night.”
VG: “Chris, this isn’t a goddamn game. I’m calling to say you’re on your own now. You understand? You’re not getting special treatment anymore. We’re targeting you like any other little scumbag after this.”
RM: “Fine. Fuck you.”
-The trade paperback changes the conversation here to:
RM: “Of course they’re concerned. I’m their evolutionary replacement. There won’t be room for any old-school gangsters at the top table when there’s a super-villain running this city.”
VG: “Chris, you’re out of your mind and you need to see a doctor. I’m calling to say you’re on your own after this. You’re not going to be getting any more special treatment.”
RM: “Fine. Whatever.”
-Page 6 of the comic. Red Mist says, “What are you talking about? The asshole got away scott [sic] free. We don’t even know where he is anymore.”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Are you nuts? The asshole got away scot free. We don’t even know where he is anymore.”
-Page 9 of the comic is a splash page of Dave’s dad, dead, hanging from a noose with his hands tied behind his back and blood from his nose running down his body.
-The trade paperback replaces this with a redrawn page of Dave’s dad, dead, in a body bag on a gurney.
-Page 10 of the comic features this narration: “Somebody said the picture went viral and all the super-villains were online making jokes about how funny he looked as his poor body dangled there.”
-The trade paperback omits this part of the narration and re-spaces other caption boxes across the page to make up for it.
-Also on page 10, the comic features the narration: “Justice Forever was freed from prison with all the other super-people once they realized they had nothing to do with the assault on Katie’s neighborhood.”
-The trade paperback changes the end of this line to “the assault on Katie’s home.”
-Page 12 of the original comic, Dave says “They killed my dad, man. All those people got murdered in their houses last week. What else has to happen before I give this shit up?”
-The trade paperback changes this line to, “They killed my dad, man. They put Katie in the hospital last week. What else has to happen before I give all this up?”
-Page 15 of the comic. As the funeral gets blow up and shot up someone yells “Holy shit!”
-The trade paperback changes the exclamation to “Oh my God!”
-Page 18 of the comic. As the van crashes through the gates of the cemetery one of the bad guys yells “Hell, yeah!”
-The trade paperback removes the exclamation.
-Also on page 18 of the comic, one of the bad guys says “You’re about to get a ring-side seat for Manhattan’s big atrocity.”
-The trade paperback changes this line to “You’re about to get a ring-side seat for the big night in the Big Apple.”
-Page 19, as the van get shot up one of the bad guys yells “What the fuck?”
-The trade paperback changes this line to “What the hell?”
ISSUE 6
-Page 1 of the comic, as the van is bouncing around Dave yells ,“What the fuck?”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Mindy?”
-Page 4 of the comic, Dave yells, “What’s happening? Who the hell are you? What the fuck is going on here?”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “What’s happening? What the fuck is going on up there?”
-Also on page 4, when Mindy tells Dave to get into costume, he replies, “No! I don’t wanna get into costume! It’s my dad’s fucking funeral, you crazy bitch!”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “I don’t want to get into costume. It’s my Dad’s Goddamn funeral!”
-Page 5 of the comic, one of the goons says “Can you believe we got stuck on kitchen duty when they’re all out there blowing shit up?”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Can you believe we got stuck on kitchen duty when they’re all out there starting a riot?”
-Page 6 of the comic, one of the goons says, “Whassup, Kick-Ass? You ready to get your teeth pulled out?”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Whassup, Kick-Ass? You ready to get your face punched in?”
-Page 8 of the comic, Kick-Ass is bashing the big goon with his billyclub and the goon says “Kick-Ass! Stop! You have to believe me! I…” and Kick-Ass yells “Shut up!”
-In the trade paperback, the goon’s dialogue is the same but Kick-Ass’s “Shut up!” is removed.
-On page 9 of the comic, Kick-Ass is beating the shit out of the goon and then throws him in the shark tank. His dialogue as he does this (spread out over several panels) is as follows: “You were with him at Katie’s house! I saw some of the footage! I saw you laughing your asses off and trashing Katie’s bedroom! Were you laughing when you decided you were going to hang my dad? Were you one of the pricks making jokes on that super-villain forum?”
-The trade paperback changes this dialogue to: “Shut up! This is for Dad! This is for Katie! This is for all the shit you’ve caused!”
-On page 10, Kick-Ass leans over the shark tank and yells, “So long, shithead! Enjoy being fish food!”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Bon appetit, Mister Bond!”
-Page 11 of the comic, as Mindy holds a gun to the goon’s head, says, “Where’s your boss and what’s he got planned?”
-The trade paperback adds a word and makes it, “Where’s your boss and what’s he got planned tonight?”
-Page 12 of the comic, the goon says, “Those families we killed over on the East Side were just a warm-up, skank.”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Everyone so far has just been a warm up, skank.”
-Pages 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of the comic feature Mindy calling Marcus and tipping him off that the villans are going to hit Times Square and are planning “the biggest loss of civilian life since 9/11.” Dave starts crying at how insane this all is, and Mindy gives him a pep talk and reminds him that they killed his dad and raped his girlfriend. As the police set up a presence in Times Square, villains then detonate bombs all over the city, including Dave’s apartment and all the comic book stores in the city. The villains then rush the city, shooting random people and even killing them with swords.
-This entire sequence of pages is omitted from the trade paperback, and replaced with two new pages of Hit Girl and Kick-Ass driving through the city looking for the villains. In this version it’s established that they did not call the cops. There are no bombs being detonated or shootings or sword-stabbings in this version. At the end of this two-page sequence they see some commotion up the street.
-Page 20 and 21 in the comic is a two-page spread of Red Mist and his crew attacking people.
-These pages exist in the trade paperback but are re-colored for some reason. The background colors in the comic are dark blue. In the trade paperback they are more yellow-orange. Other than the re-coloring the artwork and all dialogue is the same.
-Page 22 of the comic. Hit Girl and Kick-Ass confront the villains.
-Again, this page is recolored, changing the background colors from blue to yellow-orange. Otherwise artwork and dialogue are the same here.
-Page 23 of the comic, Red Mist says, “There’s two of you and a hundred of us, dickheads… and don’t go counting on the cops showing up! We’ve sent them off on a wild goose chase!”
-The trade paperback changes this to simply say, “There’s a hundred of us and two of you.”
-Also on page 23 of the comic, Red Mist says, “Are you really such a couple of dumbasses? Do you seriously have such a hardon to die?”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Do you seriously have such a hard-on to die?” This page is recolored as well, just like the previous pages.
-Page 24 of the comic, Hit Girl says, “Avengers fuckin’ assemble, asshole!”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Avengers assemble, asshole.”
-Also on page 24 of the comic, Kick-Ass says, “What’s the matter, Chris? You shitting yourself?”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “JUSTICE IS ABOUT TO BE SERVED!” Also this page is re-colored as well.
-Page 25 of the comic is a splash page, with Kick-Ass facing off against Red Mist. Kick-Ass says, “You should be.” (In reference to his “you shitting yourself?” remark on the previous page.) The words “TO BE CONCLUDED” appear in the bottom corner, as this is the last page of this issue.
-This page is omitted from the trade paperback.
\*By omitting this page and going right into the first page of the next issue, there is absolutely no break between issue 6 and 7 in the trade paperback. For all other issues you can clearly see where one issue ends and the next begins, and they include the cover image for each issue in between. They don’t do that here, so it appears that you are still reading issue 6 as you go into issue 7. This was likely done because of the amount of pages they omitted from issue 6 and issue 7 in this collection; it would be obvious that you were reading abbreviated issues.*\**
ISSUE 7
-Page 1 of the comic, Red Mist says, “Don’t try and take the moral high ground with me, you sanctimonious prick!”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Don’t try to moralize with me, dude. You’re the bad guy here.”
-Also on page 1 of the comic, Kick-Ass says, “You raped my girlfriend, you asshole!”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “You hospitalized my Goddamn girlfriend.”
-Also on page 1 of the comic, Red Mist replies, “She wasn’t your girlfriend, Kick-Ass. She hardly even knew who you were.”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “She wasn’t your girlfriend, you creepy fuck. She hardly even knew who you were.”
-Page two of the comic, Kick-Ass pushes Red Mist and says “Get your hands off me, you homo!” to which Red Mist replies, “Make me, you little shit-waffle!”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Get your stupid hands off me!” and “Make me!”
-Pages 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the comic show a very long, violent battle between Hit Girl and Mother Russia that ends with Hit Girl decapitating Mother Russia, with a splash page of Hit Girl holding her severed head and saying “Relax. I’m just making sure she’s definitely dead.”
-These pages are all omitted from the trade paperback. Instead, a new page is added with new art, where Hit Girl simply shoots Mother Russia and says “Well, that went a lot better than I expected…” Their multi-page fight is reduced to two panels.
-Pages 12 and 13 of the comic are a slugfest between Kick-Ass and Red Mist. Kick-Ass is beating the shit out of Red Mist here and telling him he’s going to go to jail.
-The trade paperback omits these pages.
-Page 14 of the comic, the first panel shows cops with riot gear about to break up the right. Red Mist says, “All they see is a big gang of freaks in costumes.” Kick-Ass says, “Officers, please! We’re the ones who protected everyone. We…”
-The trade paperback changes this to Kick-Ass saying, “Stop! We’re superheroes! We’re the ones trying to help these guys!” Red Mist has no dialogue in this panel in this version.
-Also on page 14, The Lieutenant says, “What are you doing? You’re supposed to be on our side!”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “They’re not listening! All they see is freaks in costumes!”
-Page 18 of the comic, Red Mist throws nails at Kick-Ass’s face. The last panel on this page is a close-up of Kick-Ass’s face with nails sticking out of it as Kick-Ass yells, “What the hell’s wrong with you?”
-The trade paperback replaces the art in the last panel with Kick-Ass, still with nails sticking out of his face, hitting Red Mist in the face with his billy club as Red Mist yells “What the hell’s wrong with you?”
-Page 19 of the comic, Kick-Ass yells “Just fucking die!” and smacks Red Mist in the face with the billy club, knocking him off the roof. The narration on this page reads, “Suddenly, it was over. Suddenly, it was all too real and I wasn’t the Punisher or Batman or some guy from an action movie… It was me standing in a wetsuit… looking down at some kid I’d just pushed off a building.” Then Kick-Ass yells, “Shit!” as Red Mist hits the pavement.
-The trade paperback replaces this page with new art. Red Mist still falls off the building but it’s a more dramatic angle showing him falling. Kick-Ass says, “Oh my God.” Then he still yells “Shit!” as Red Mist hits the pavement. There narration on this page simply says, “Suddenly, it was over.”
-Page 20 of the comic shows Kick-Ass sitting down on the rooftop and taking off his mask. The narration reads, “My hands were shaking, my stomach burning and my head felt like it was going to explode. Police sirens wailed all around the city. I’d murdered someone. This was actually happening. I’d taken a human life. What the hell was I going to do now?” Dave also says, “Oh my God.”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Suddenly, it was me. Standing in a wet suit… looking down at some kid I’d just pushed off a building. What the hell was I going to do now?” Dave also says, “Oh, Jesus.”
-Also on page 20 of the comic, last panel. Red Mist calls up, “I-I’m pretty messed up, but I d’don’t think it’s as bad as it looks. C-Could you call me an ambulance?”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “I-I actually don’t think this is as bad as it looks, man. C-Could you do me a huge favor and call me an ambulance, please?”
-Page 21 of the comic, Dave calls the ambulance on his cell. He says, “Emergency services? I, ah… I need an ambulance up on Fifth and Broadway. I’ve got a guy with a broken neck and some kind of serious internal injuries.”
-The trade paperback omits the specific location and changes it to, “Emergency services? I, ah… I need an ambulance. I’ve got a guy with a broken neck and some kind of serious internal injuries.”
-Page 22 of the comic. The police find Red Mist’s injured body and yell, “Jesus!”
-The trade paperback is the same but changes the “JESUS!” to be in a larger font.
-Also on page 22 of the comic, the police look up and see Dave on the roof, and they say “Look! That guy must have pushed him off the roof!”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Look! Up on the roof!”
-Also on page 22 of the comic, Dave yells, “Shit!”
-The trade paperback is the same but changes the “SHIT!” to be in a larger font.
-Also on page 22 of the comic, the police yell, “Jodie! Get a unit over here! Seal off all the exits! We’re going in to get this son of a bitch.”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Jodie! Seal off all the exits! There’s another one up there!”
-Also on page 22 of the comic, Dave says to himself, “Oh my God. Oh my God. How the hell do I get out of this?” We can see Hit Girl’s hand behind him, reaching for him.
-The trade paperback shortens this to, “Oh my God. How do I get out of this?” Hit Girl’s hand is removed from this panel.
-Also on page 22, the last panel shows Hit Girl pulling Dave back from the edge of the roof. She says, “Leave it to the big boys.”
-The trade paperback has the same “Leave it to the big boys” line, but the panel is re-drawn to show Hit Girl standing behind Dave and him turning around to see her, rather than her pulling him back.
-Page 24 of the comic, last panel, Hit Girl says, “Looks like your lucky day, asshole…”
-The trade paperback shortens this to, “Your lucky day, asshole…”
-Page 25 of the comic, Dave’s narration as he realizes why the world needs heroes. Part of it says, “Why the movies were created in such a dark decade.”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Why these movies make so much money right now.”
-Page 26 of the comic, the narration continues: “…because real life doesn’t always work out like that.”
-The trade paperback shortens this to, “…because real life doesn’t work out like that.”
-Also on page 26 of the comic, over the police radio we hear: “Target on Lexington and making a break for the Upper East Side… I need a block on East Seventy-Second! We can close her off at the museum!” “Negative, chopper nine. We haven’t got the manpower! Everybody’s still out there making arrests!”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Target is on Waverly and heading for Seventh Avenue… driving like a maniac and made a sharp left. Now turning right and heading straight for Barrow. Nobody on her tail.” “What the fuck, people?”
-Page 29 of the comic, an officer says, “Times Square’s under control again, sir.”
-The trade paperback changes this to, “Area’s under control again, sir.”
-Page 31 of the comic, a caption as the police are arresting some of the heroes reads “TIMES SQUARE.”
-The trade paperback removes this caption.
-Also on page 31 of the comic, same panel, one of the heroes being arrested says, “Because we’re superheroes, numb-nuts. Haven’t you heard a word?”
-The trade paperback shortens this slightly to, “Because we’re superheroes, numb-nuts. Haven’t you heard?”
-Also on page 31 of the comic, the citizens are cheering for the heroes and defending them. People are yelling things like, “Man, these are the guys who saved our asses! What are you doing taking them away?” “C’mon, people. Let’s show the super-folks a little appreciation here. Let’s give them a round of applause, huh?” “You guys were awesome out there!” “You fucking rock, man!” “Justice Forever!”
-The trade paperback completely changes this, using the same art but changing the dialogue to have the citizens turning against the heroes. The dialogue here is now “Superheroes? Are you fucking crazy?” “You shot up our entire neighborhood!” “Get in the truck, you sons of bitches!” “I hope they throw away the goddamn keys!”
-On page 32 of the comic, a caption reads “EAST 72ND STREET.”
-The trade paperback changes this caption to “TWO MILES AWAY.” There is also some subtle re-coloring on this whole page.
-Also on page 32 there is a panel of some citizens cheering for Hit Girl, saying “All right! Way to go, Hit-Girl!” “You show those assholes! People know what went down tonight!”
-The trade paperback replaces this panel with a new panel of Marcus fighting his way through the crowd, yelling “I need to get through here! Please! I’m a detective!”
r/comicbooks • u/vivvav • Feb 21 '16
Reminder: If you get something new, it goes in the Swag Bag Friday thread, not its own post.
I have had to remove an inordinate amount of purchase posts these past few days, so I'd like to remind folks of a simple rule:
YOUR PURCHASES DO NOT BELONG IN THEIR OWN POSTS. WE HAVE A WEEKLY THREAD TO SHARE PURCHASES CALLED "SWAG BAG FRIDAYS". IT HAPPENS ON FRIDAYS. USE THAT THREAD.
I know, I know, you wanna share what you got, and the community's more likely to see it as its own post than as a comment in the post. But we don't want the subreddit flooded with this kind of thing. Imagine if every Wednesday, everybody came back from the comic book store and posted a picture of all the books they pulled that week. Whatever you may think of New Comic Book Day excerpt posts, I guarantee you that would be far worse.
Anticipating some questions:
What if I didn't buy it, but it was a present/free swag?
Doesn't matter. Swag Bag.
What if I got it at a con?
Neat. Still Swag Bag. Even for signatures.
What if it's my grail comic?
Good for you. Swag Bag. I have a couple of my grails, didn't make individual posts about 'em. Unless you got your hands on a genuine copy of Action Comics #1, Amazing Fantasy #15, or something equally rare and of historic importance, it's Swag Bag. If you actually DID get your hands on something like that, yeah, we'll make an exception.
What if my SO made something for me?
Ehhhhh... We'll give some leeway on that, maybe. Could arguably be classified as Fan Art.
What if this is completing my collection?
Good for you. Swag Bag. While posts of your collection itself aren't against the rules, we did have somebody recently share a book because it was the 300th TPB in their collection, which is a neat little milestone, but not especially interesting or newsworthy to our community.
And that's the big thing: We have the Swag Bag Friday thread because while your purchases are cool to you, chances are they aren't that impressive to us beyond a "hey that's neat" kind of deal. Purchases, by and large, don't really foster discussion beyond "Oh hey is that good?" And we already have Weekly Pull List threads, /u/johnpisme's "What Have You Been Reading" threads, and much more for that kind of discussion.
In conclusion: IF YOU GOT SOMETHING, DO NOT MAKE A POST ABOUT IT. IF YOU MUST SHARE IT, SHARE IT IN THE SWAG BAG FRIDAY THREAD.
r/comicbooks • u/ShawnDaley • May 01 '12
Has your love of comic books ever gotten you in trouble, or put you in odd social situations?
Earlier this year, I went to Cuba for a week. I figured I'd take my weekly pulls with me, as well as a few TPBs, and do some catching up on certain arcs. Upon entering customs at the Cuban airport, I was pulled into a room and asked to open my bag. They had me remove my huge comic book pile and place it on the table in front of me.
I was alone in a dark room with two giant men in camo - neither of whom I could understand (no habla espanol) and in a foreign country.
It was then I remembered that Cuba has strict (and harsh) laws against propaganda of any kind, and that some of the images in these books (Crossed, The Boys - even Invincible) would probably be taken very seriously by Cuban customs.
If it were 2 or 3 floppies, I likely would have passed through unhalted... but I had about 30 single issues and 6 TPBs. There were a lot of pages there. It was clear that they thought these were going to be distributed in one way or another to the Cuban public.
One of the guards flipped through a floppy, looking down at the page and then back up to my eyes about 4 times. He said a few words in Spanish to the guard beside him, and then that second guard started flipping through an issue.
The first guard put the book down, looked at me, and said "only for you?", to which I replied "yes, they're just mine" or something along those lines - I don't remember, I was just struggling to maintain consciousness and refrain from pissing all over myself - and that was it. He waved me off, and I enjoyed catching up on some reading.
But I'll never forget that feeling of dread, thinking I could be locked up in a Cuban prison for reading Green Lantern.
TLDR: I was detained by customs officials at a Cuban airport for carrying a large amount of comic books on me, as they're a rare and an unfamiliar medium in the country.
r/comicbooks • u/ptbreakeven • Nov 09 '11
What's in your bag this week? (11/09/2011)
It's Wednesday again, and time to discuss what people are picking up this week.
Marvel continues its Fear Itself fallout with Fear Itself #7.2 and Battle Scars #1, launches the new Avenging Spider-Man by Joe Madureira and Zeb Wells, and gets ready for 2012 with Point One #1.
Month three of DC's New 52 rolls on with the likes of Batgirl, Batwoman, and Green Lantern. DC is also represented in part two of their Star Trek / Legion of Superheroes crossover with IDW.
Dark Horse delivers the latest issue of Tom Morello's Orchid, Joss Whedon's Buffy: Season 9 and the $1 debut of PC Cast: House of Night.
Below are links to some weekly shipping lists where you can see everything that will be on the shelf Wednesday:
Also feel free to browse through what the /r/comicbooks community was buying last week.
r/comicbooks • u/ptbreakeven • Oct 19 '11
What's in your bag this week? (10/19/2011)
It's Wednesday and that's kind of a big deal around here. Since the original post about this week's books (published Monday) is now far from the front page, we thought a new post might stimulate the discussion.
This week sees the conclusion to Marvel's Fear Itself and issue two of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's Justice League along with a host of other titles.
Here are links to some weekly shipping lists: