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I have to admit I feel much more strongly drawn to the anime thanks to the latest trailer, if only for the addition of the two guys. I'd totally buy "Natsuiro Kiseki with guys" considering I was ready to ignore the series until they introduced a certain character in episode 4.
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|2012-05-02, 15:41
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Just saw the preview, the animation style looks a lot like Hanasakau Iroha if not an exactly like it. Another slice of life eh? I'm in!!
Just when I decided to look up for the new upcoming P.A. Works today, it so happens that a trailer for this show was released today.
|2012-05-02, 16:26
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Hmm, I don't think the problem is so much the lack of ''SHINY'' (seriously no, that is not a problem) as much as the trailer composition itself is rather lacking (this PV gives the impression is more of a random scenes from the show being shown while a random theme is playing in the background, not something like a carefully put together PV made to showcase the main strong points of the anime and gives us a small taste of what to expect) and in general, the design looking ''off'' in several shots and the animation looking very jerky and unnatural, like it's unfinished (which I suspect to be the case, actually).
In any case, this looks more like a badly made PV than anything else, and I don't want to base judgment on the show yet, and certainly not on the story when there we haven't even been given the chance to see it for ourselves.
Beside that, I'm actually sort of interested more now, regardless of the suspect quality of the PV
I do hope the show will be more musical focused than Natsuiro Kiseki is turning out to be.
|2012-05-02, 16:51
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Staring into your soul.
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: At the darkness beyond time.
it saddens me that a studio with above average quality sticks with run off the mill slice of life stuff, i watch anime not to see stuff that can be easily done live action i already got enough soap operas and teen dramas on tv over here.
|2012-05-02, 17:24
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Finishing some things in RL today, so I don't have time to translate the character text, but here is the updated outline as on the website.
|2012-05-02, 21:36
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Australia
PV certainly left much to be desired but I'm willing to give this a chance, partly because it could prove to be interesting, not to mention I saw badminton in there which was a nice bit of nostalgia from when I used to play it. Of course, I'd be lying if I denied that the main reason pushing me closer to seal the deal would be...
|2012-05-02, 21:48
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: First star to the left, you should go there sometime.
The PV looked okay to me, but didn't leave me with much expectations either, for now. Will consider checking it out if I find enough room for more slice-of-life on my list in the future. Really liked how the character designs look so much like that of Hana Saku Iroha though.
|2012-05-03, 09:06
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 32
The PV isn't exactly great, but I don't think it was that bad either. It's just... kind of dull. The visuals are not really up to P.A works' usual standards. I felt like I was watching a downgraded Hanasaku Iroha. Even then, this isn't ugly by any means, it's merely unimpressive, which exactly is the word I'd use to qualify the whole PV. Waiting to see more.
I call dibs on Sawa. That dress she's wearing at 00:45 is just too cute
She gives off Nakochi vibes, and she is anything like her, I'm definitely going to love her. Based on that PV, her personality will be a lot more outgoing though.
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Death Angel's Mark Osegueda Talks 'The Dream Calls for Blood,' Fall Touring + More
Death Angel's Mark Osegueda was the guest on Full Metal Jackie's radio show this past weekend. The powerful vocalist discussed the band's new album 'The Dream Calls for Blood,' their killer fall tour and the evolution of the band over the years. If you missed Full Metal Jackie's show, check out her full interview with Mark Osegueda:
It's Full Metal Jackie. Psyched to say I've got Death Angel's Mark Osegueda back on the show with us, what's up?
Hey, how you doing? Always good to be on the show. Great talking to you as always.
Really psyched on this new album, comes out in stores Oct. 15 -- 'The Dream Calls for Blood' has got a brutal album cover, looking at the artwork. Kind of like a nightmare.
Oh yeah, we are so excited, this is the most excited that we have been about an album in years. I mean just dying to get on the road and play this stuff live. I mean, the response to this record has been overwhelmingly positive, and we can't wait to get out there and just force-feed it down people's faces.
Mark, Florida doesn't seem like the climate for Death Angel. Especially an album so brutally heavy as this one. What made it the right choice? How does location affect the sound of an album?
I think with us, you know, location was key in going back down to Florida because it was working with Jason Suecof. We were very very fond of how 'Relentless Retribution' came out, and we started hearing the tracks you know, the writing for this song. We started hearing what Rob was writing, the riffs, we knew the direction that it was going into was just going to be an intensified version of that. Just even more brutal, and we said, you know, we need to keep up that aggressive nature, and the aggressive style of production.
We knew that Jason was the guy to do it, we were so proud. We fell into how the last one came out, and we knew with the working relationship that we had with him, it was just going to be tenfold on top of that with this new material, and it worked out well. The great thing about us going to Florida is, we are away from home, so we are completely immersed without any distraction at home that would be put upon us.
So many metal bands with so much history are proving themselves incredibly relevant by making new music that's the best of their careers. Testament, Anthrax, Death Angel. Is it experience? Maturity? What is the key ingredient?
I think with us, I mean I can only speak for us, but I think for us, it is just it's experience, but above that it's also this hunger. This innocent hunger that still lies within us because we don't feel that we have reached our goals at all. We don't feel that enough people know, even in the metal community, know -- maybe they have seen our logo -- but they don't know of the music that we are capable of. We are still trying to prove ourselves and we are, we plan on doing it viciously.
Death Angel will be on the road with 3 Inches of Blood, Battlecross and Revocation. Obviously a great lineup for this upcoming tour, how tuned are you to new trends in metal? How much Death Angel do you hear in up and coming bands?
Well I definitely try to keep my finger on the pulse of what's going on, 'cause I learned more of that in the last three years of touring, cause we did a lot of touring with the younger bands. You know, they are doing it right, a lot them are out there doing it properly. So you know I started dialing in, people started turning me on to different bands, I do my research and ones that move me are ones that I store in my memory bank. You know, sometimes I store them on my iPod. When it comes to touring we want to deliver a good package that fans will enjoy, not just us, but will enjoy the whole night and get their money's worth from the moment that they walk in the door.
We definitely have a big say on who we tour with. As far as do I hear certain influences in younger bands and what not? I definitely do, and you know, a lot of times the younger bands will come up to me and let us know how much we've influenced them. I think that is going to be the case for a lot of the early thrash bands, but I don't take it one bit for granted, I take it, I see that as the ultimate compliment. It makes me want to strive harder so that we keep inspiring future metal bands, and even our contemporaries to try harder. We want to raise the bar for our contemporaries from the '80s and for the younger bands now to try to match what we are doing.
Mark, you guys were really young when Death Angel started. What has changed about this band? What's exactly the same?
Definitely the lineup! [laughs] We have Will on drums now and Damian on bass, both powerhouses at what they do. They've lent a lot to this band. We've also really embraced our thrash roots and have gone back to almost really appreciating what we did on the 'Ultra Violence' and took from that and brought that into our contemporary style of playing. Remains the same? The hunger to win people over and to challenge to win people over every night has remained exactly the same. We're very competitive by nature and we look for a good challenge. We like to think we rise to the occasion every night we hit the stage.
Appreciate you being on the show. What's going on beyond this month of touring?
After that we'll take about a week and a half off then we head over to Europe and do the first leg of our European run. That will run just under a month, then taking time off for the holidays. January we do 70,000 Tons of Metal again. After that, we just start hitting new territories and doing second legs that we didn't hit in North America. Then hopefully get back down to Australia, Asia and South America again.
Good luck with everything.
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Can facilities keep up with wireless?
Mercedes-Benz Superdome executive Dave Stewart peers into the future of sports and sees a point in time when every NFL fan's mobile device is automatically connected the moment they walk through the stadium gates.
They will have exclusive content delivered to their devices, Stewart said, which could include listening to New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton relay play calls to Drew Brees through the quarterback's helmet microphone, or using their smartphone to find out how long it takes to buy a hot dog at the concession stand.
The San Francisco 49ers are already moving in that direction at Levi's Stadium by developing a mobile application to pinpoint the shortest lines for concessions and restrooms when the facility opens in 2014.
It is just one more sign of how quickly mobile technology is revolutionizing the game experience at arenas and stadiums.
|AT&T's new naming-rights deal with the home of the Dallas Cowboys includes a major wireless upgrade featuring new Cisco hardware. An additional 350 access points in the seating bowl will improve coverage.
"I've read several articles that say by 2015 we will use our cellphones less than 5 percent for a phone," said Stewart, SMG's chief technology officer at the Superdome, home of the Saints. "The majority of use will be for streaming video, email, Twitter and Web surfing."
The issue is of critical concern for sports properties competing against the home viewing experience. Teams recognize that providing seamless connectivity is no longer an amenity but a requirement for the fan experience.
In addition, the elevation of social media to a preferred mode of communication among younger fans has forced even the newest arenas and stadiums to boost their wireless systems to meet the demand for uploading photographs and video clips.
Two years ago in Major League Baseball, for example, close to 100 percent of fans attending games and using mobile devices were downloading information such as game statistics. Now, the trend has shifted to uploading, with 40 percent of all data traffic tied to people sending images to family and friends documenting their experience, said Bob Bowman, CEO of MLB Advanced Media. That trend, he said, requires changes to wireless systems.
Still, over the past few years, only 35 percent of all major league facilities have upgraded their wireless systems in the seating bowl and concourses to improve fan connectivity, said Bob Jordan, a sports technology consultant with Van Wagner Sports Group.
Part of the reason is that such projects aren't cheap. Costs can run into the millions of dollars to install Wi-Fi
The projects raise the question of who will pay for the equipment and what business model will work to recoup some of the cost. In addition, the unique designs of arenas and stadiums, and the usage patterns that develop over time, provide technical challenges for installing that equipment. In several cases, the sponsorships teams sign with the likes of AT&T and Verizon are linked to agreements covering the costs for wireless improvements.
But the trend of a data-hungry fan base isn't going away and team officials say the upgrades are imperative to keep fans going to the games and to provide the infrastructure required to support the mobile applications teams develop to drive incremental sales of tickets, food and merchandise.
"The investment is minimal in the scheme of things," said Dave Holland, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco. "It's the essence of why people are there. You want to be able to share content and have that conversation with friends and family about your experience there. And the teams and leagues also want to connect with you."
Traffic jam
As more teams upgrade wireless connections at their facilities, they are marketing their buildings as exclusive content centers by developing mobile applications through which fans can access video content they can't get anywhere else — even at home.
Last year, both the New York Jets and New York Giants, through their mobile apps, introduced multiple camera angles of game action for users of mobile devices at MetLife Stadium. The Brooklyn Nets do the same thing with Cisco's StadiumVision Mobile at Barclays Center.
|Over the past year, Qualcomm has been touring Major League Baseball's 30 stadiums to survey the state of connectivity.
The popularity of mobile video is rising with lightning speed, another driving force for wireless upgrades at sports facilities.
In a few years, there will be "50 billion things connected and in sports those things can be balls, bats, pucks and goal posts," said Mike Caponigro, marketing solutions lead for Cisco. "All those elements are going to continue to spin off data, metrics and video feeds to augment the viewing experience. We're just scratching the tip of the iceberg with the potential of these platforms."
The numbers are startling, underscoring the need for teams to have the proper wireless infrastructure in place to provide the quality of connectivity sports fans expect as part of their everyday lives. Ignore the trend and teams risk losing an entire generation of fans.
"The worst experience you can have when you come into a stadium is getting cut off from the outside," said Bob Zweig, Arizona Diamondbacks vice president and chief information officer. "Just to live as a person in this world that we live in, you need connectivity."
Over the past year, Qualcomm, an official technology partner of MLB Advanced Media, has been touring Major League Baseball's 30 stadiums to survey their state of connectivity. As part of the project, Van Wagner's Jordan developed benchmarks to measure the effectiveness of wireless systems.
In some ballparks, Qualcomm's engineers discovered antennas facing each other instead of pointing toward the seating bowl, creating dead zones and cancellation issues, said Brian Dunphy, Qualcomm's senior director of business development.
"A lot of these stadiums, too, are old and there are not a lot of areas you can put equipment in discreetly and not have interference," Dunphy said. "Each ballpark creates a unique set of circumstances we're taking a look at to optimize the best coverage throughout all areas of the park."
To date, Qualcomm has surveyed about 20 ballparks and made recommendations for improving connectivity. Some upgrades have been completed with wireless carriers AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile sharing the costs depending on the market and their team sponsorship deals, Bowman said.
"In general, we are under capacity, to the extent that if 30,000 to 40,000 people wanted to make a call or text at the same time, they are not going to be happy," he said.
"We don't think people should have to check their technology at the door. That's why we are doing this survey. We knew that just by our own experimentation, going to a World Series game or an All-Star Game, connectivity is not where it needs to be."
Seizing the opportunity
The mobile revolution has resulted in a new line of business tied to connectivity at sports facilities. Companies such as ExteNet, Crown Castle and Mobilitie (see listing) install distributed antenna systems to improve coverage for mobile devices.
These vendors serve as the middle man between teams and wireless carriers, signing deals up front with the building owner, whether it's the team or a municipality. On the back end, they sign deals with wireless carriers to attach to the vendor's system to provide coverage for their respective customers. The carriers pay fees to join these systems, providing one option for teams and cities to fund these multimillion-dollar projects.
At Amway Center, a publicly owned venue, the city of Orlando collected $201,788 last year through its deal with
There are some potential pitfalls to this model. For the past year, AT&T has refused to join distributed antenna systems that Mobilitie installed at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City and Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte.
AT&T believed Mobilitie was charging excessive monthly fees, said Chad Townes, the carrier's vice president of antenna solutions. As a result, AT&T customers attending events at the two venues have not enjoyed the same level of connectivity as customers of other carriers that had agreed to the fees.
AT&T recently resolved the issue with Mobilitie and will soon join the systems at those two venues after the two parties agreed to a different fee structure, Townes said. He would not disclose the structure but said AT&T ultimately had its fees reduced.
"Generally, these carriers try to play nice with each other," said Tyler Epp, the San Diego Padres' senior vice president of business development. "If they're the host in one arena or stadium and they're not in another building, word has gotten around that if they're hard to deal with on one side, it ends up coming back to bite them."
ExteNet, a Chicago firm, built the distributed antenna systems at Marlins Park in Miami and Barclays Center in Brooklyn, two buildings that opened in 2012.
In addition to the carriers' seven-figure investments to join the network, ExteNet charges the carriers $4,000 to $5,000 a month to use its equipment, said Ross Manire, the firm's president and chief executive officer.
ExteNet's 10-year deal with Barclays Center pays the arena an annual fee that increases every year and as more carriers join the network, said Chip Foley, the facility's vice president of technology. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and MetroPCS (owned by T-Mobile) are all connected to the system.
"It takes a lot of work, from the venue side to the negotiations with the carriers," Foley said.
Separately, Cisco and High Point Solutions partnered at Barclays Center to build a strong Wi-Fi network with 300 access points to showcase Cisco's StadiumVision Mobile product. Arena developer Forest City Ratner Cos. paid for the Wi-Fi infrastructure. Foley declined to say how much it cost because Cisco gave the arena a discount in return for rolling out StadiumVision Mobile.
Bottom line, though, wireless demand has evolved to a point that "venues now have to open with both DAS and Wi-Fi," Foley said.
Regardless of the business models, the challenge across the board is responding to the huge demand for data consumption that is crushing the networks, Manire said.
|Devices such as ticket scanners add to the strain on wireless systems.
In New Orleans, AT&T took the lead and paid for a $20 million distributed antenna system covering the Superdome, New Orleans Arena and Champions Square, an outdoor hospitality space between the two buildings. The deal calls for AT&T to share the cost equally with other carriers as they join the network.
Verizon, an NFL sponsor, joined the network and Sprint and T-Mobile have expressed interest in joining the system, Stewart said. The new system, installed late last year prior to the Super Bowl, runs off an enormous 1,000-kilowatt generator and has the capacity to run continuously for 48 hours, he said.
The system runs independently from the dome's main power grid and kept operating during the infamous Super Bowl blackout. The $20 million price tag covers the custom design of back-of-house equipment to address flood elevation concerns, Stewart said.
In tandem, Verizon installed an $8 million high-density Wi-Fi network covering the same three venues. It runs on the same business model, he said.
Together, the two systems processed 73,000 phone calls and 24 million incoming and outgoing tweets during the Super Bowl. Total data consumption for the event increased 80 percent over the 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis.
"This is the future, if we want to start sending proprietary content," Stewart said. "Fast forward three to five years and 90 percent [of venues] will have a robust system in place. Fast forward another three years and it will be inconceivable that we didn't have this years ago."
Keeping up with the technology curve
The Superdome is 38 years old, but take a look at four much-newer venues to get a greater sense for how mobile technology and consumer habits have reshaped the fan experience.
AT&T Stadium (formerly Cowboys Stadium), Amway Center, MetLife Stadium and Consol Energy Center all showcased cutting-edge technology when they opened in 2009 and 2010. Three to four years later, all four venues are investing capital to improve connectivity at their buildings.
In Arlington, the Cowboys are giving their Wi-Fi system a major facelift, replacing the stadium's 900 older AT&T access points with new hardware produced by Cisco. The project is tied to the Cowboys' freshly announced naming-rights deal with AT&T.
The project extends to installing 350 additional access points in the seating bowl to improve coverage, with the ability to expand Wi-Fi to the plazas and parking lots outside the stadium for special events, said John Winborn, the club's chief information officer.
The Cowboys are covering the investment, a total cost under $10 million, said Stephen Jones, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and son of team owner Jerry Jones. When it's up and running, more than 30,000 fans will be able to access the system simultaneously, Jones said.
The Jones family knew that to keep attracting mega events such as the 2014 NCAA Final Four, set for April at AT&T Stadium, the building must stay current with wireless technology to meet the demand for improved connectivity, Winborn said.
"The new technology is much better for this environment," he said. "The 5 gigahertz spectrum is starting to come into play with the newest phones so we need to be prepared for that as well."
All told, up to 1,700 access points will cover the stadium campus for the Final Four and other events such as the
"The ultimate challenge is connecting [up to] 100,000 people simultaneously and do things like watch video," said Cisco's Holland. "In Dallas, each one of those access points will serve 100 to 200 people. Before, it was just a few antennas trying to serve the entire venue for Wi-Fi."
At Amway Center, the Orlando Magic invested $500,000 over the past year to boost the number of Wi-Fi access points in conjunction with Harris Corp., the team's official technology partner and the company that installed the original system.
Over the first three seasons at their new arena, the Magic have seen user trends shift with advancements in mobile technology, causing significant slowdowns to the Wi-Fi system, said Alex Martins, the team's CEO.
More people connecting to the network were requiring more bandwidth and wanting to use Wi-Fi for longer periods of time, Martins said. Last season, the arena's peak user count was 3,215 for the Los Angeles Lakers game in March, almost 1,000 more than the average number of Wi-Fi guests per game.
"When we opened [in October 2010] we felt we had enough wireless capacity," Amway Center's manager Johnson said. "Now, the newer phones are bandwidth hogs. Our courtside food servers work off of wireless devices and they have trouble getting their orders in."
The recent upgrades have resolved the slowdowns, but Martins predicts that as the team develops a new mobile application, the technology will put additional strain on the Wi-Fi network.
"Whether it's video or photos, we intend to put it on our application and there will be more fans interacting with it in our building," Martins said. "We have to make sure it handles the additional users and that means having to make additional investments in technology."


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Queen Rania becomes UNICEFs first Eminent Advocate for Children at the World Economic Forum
Her Majesty Queen Rania has been a tireless champion for children, said UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman, who signed the agreement with Queen Rania. This title recognizes her steadfast commitment to creating a better world for children.
As Eminent Advocate, Queen Rania will work to raise awareness of childrens issues and promote achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, which are directly related to the health, education and well-being of children.
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For the millions of children whose voices are not being heard, let us commit to take a stand, and take a step, and make real strides for child survival and education," said Queen Rania. "I am convinced that transformational change is just the sum of many small steps footprints marking a path ahead where none existed before."
Queen Rania is an active supporter of UNICEF and its programmes in Jordan, in the Arab world and globally. Queen Rania has accompanied UNICEF to earthquake zones in Pakistan, where she delivered needed supplies, and to learning centres in India. A member of the UNICEF Global Leadership Initiative for Children, Queen Rania is a renowned advocate for child protection, supporting several initiatives for children and youth. She has been instrumental in expanding Early Childhood Development in Jordan, promoting access as well as gender parity in schools, and encouraging excellence in education.
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One year in review
I know a lot of you work jobs that don't use your talents, cubicle jobs, "support staff" jobs to pay the bills (barely) and for health insurance. I know I do. When I think about where I "fit" into the world of employment, there is no easy answer, certainly no answer that really makes me happy. But every day we go do it, don't we? How do you do it? Here's me celebrating one year at Bukowski Tavern downtown:
We pulled out the warm blanket this week, and I realized that I've never photographed it. I made it during the cold winter of 2001-2002, the first year of my PhD program, when boxes of Lopi arrived one after another at my tiny apartment and I slept under the blanket on my tiny twin bed as I crocheted it together.
I have two designs coming out very soon, one of which will be available for free, and the other of which will be a download (remember this? I'm making another for a gift in a different size than mine, so I've decided to write out the pattern and make it available here), which explains the low knitting content lately. However, I'm also doing a lot of boring but lovely Holiday knitting, including a Minimalist Cardigan made of Reynolds Soft Sea Wool. What a yarn! A tightly-coiled yarn, springy, so textural, and, for some reason, I've found it super-fast to knit with. This is the second sleeve. I mean, check out that yarn!
Soon much will be revealed. I'm off to work on that!
7 comments:
- shobhana said...
i love, love, love your blanket!
- November 16, 2008 at 5:55 AM
- Aline said...
I too adore your blanket. The many colours are so lovely and I sit here imagining the hours you spent assembling...wow.
Your blog is always fun and I enjoy visiting.
- November 16, 2008 at 5:16 PM
- Tink said...
Whooowhooo! Seems like yesterday you started your job! Come see us... We have a class in mind for you... and the TWIST trunk show is coming! YAY!
- November 17, 2008 at 7:09 AM
- KGLO said...
congratulations! And the blanket looks so cozy...
- November 18, 2008 at 2:39 PM
- fern said...
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- November 19, 2008 at 10:06 AM
- Salty Miss Jill said...
Mazel tov!
You are a sweetheart and inspiration. :)
Here's to another year (and more) at a job you love.
- December 13, 2008 at 2:43 PM
- Chris Tolomei aka alicethelma said...
I don't fit into the work world. Never have. So I don't work. But I don't know how much longer I can *not* work. Somebody PLEASE buy my t-shirts! whew! thanks for the vent...
Luckily I have health benefits from the state of WA for the time being. The kid and I are managing...but just barely.
Love your everbody knows garter stitch sweater and I'm tempted to make it but I'm so big busted that sweaters don't look so great on me except it's a cardigan and I can usually get away with wearing cardies...
- December 30, 2008 at 12:51 PM


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by Punchy » Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:14 amIt's a double-dose of the Hickman-Vengers this week, and it's really welcome at this point. This was another very good issue of New Avengers, mainly because it focused on the characters and their reactions to the moral lines they are crossing, not on ridiculous mumbo-jumbo words and huge concepts that are hard to explain. This issue jumps forward a month in time, and catches us up with what the Illuminati are doing. I think it's very impressive how Hickman is managing to make his story fit in with what other writers are doing. He's not just ignoring the fact that Iron Man is off in space or that Reed Richards is in the Multiverse, he's addressing it and making it work. We even get to see new-look Beast in this issue, which is cool.
The main story in this issue is the still-simmering tensions between not only Namor and Black Panther, but their countries, Wakanda and Atlantis. Atlanteans destroyed Wakanda in Avengers Vs X-Men, and it has not been forgotten. The conversation between those two characters in this issue was just fantastic stuff, you can tell they want to kill each other, but they can't afford to. I think it's also very clever of Hickman to have Shuri ignore her brother and declare war. This is the price the Illuminati have to pay for keeping secrets. If the rest of the Wakandans and Atlanteans knew about the incursions, they may have decided to call a truce, but since they are unaware of the cosmic backdrop, they will fight. It's tragic and brilliant.
I also found the dinner conversation between Reed, Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom to be fascinating, especially in how Reed and Strange came off as the bad guys, not Doom. I'm sure there are some fans who hate how our supposed 'heroes' are acting, but to me, it works, the stakes here are so huge that what they are doing is necessary. It doesn't make it any less odd though. I was on the side of Doom! That is not supposed to happen. Oh yeah, and Black Bolt is up to something with Maximus, and once again, the character who is normally the villain, Maximus is shown in the more positive light, this book is flipping everything upside down.
After spending the last few months drawing the hell out of Avengers, Mike Deodato jumps over to the New side and he does his usual excellent job, I think the change to having no inker and being coloured by Frank Martin has given his work a new freshness, it looks awesome.
by Keb » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:33 pmI ould easily be happy with Steve Epting and Mike Deodato rotating on this book.
by Draco x » Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:31 pmI still want to know how Namor escaped from Wakanda at the end of AVX after he got taken down.
by habitual » Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:08 am
A country that's been flooded is a pretty easy escape route for an Atlantean.
by Stephen Day » Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:36 pmI enjoyed this issue, especially the conversation between Kristoff, Dr. Strange, Reed and Doom. There was one point of the conversation that really stood out for me.
Doom: I have reports of you lost in space-time, and yet you are here. How is that Doctor Richards?
Reed: Sometimes I am in one place. Sometimes I am in another. Some people sleep at night, some other watch over those who do.
I've been wondering how it is that Reed could be off doing what he's doing in Fantastic Four yet still be doing what he's doing in New Avengers. I'm happy that it's finally been acknowledged and hints have been laid that something is up. I have no doubt that the Reed currently in Fantastic Four is the real deal. This of course begs the question then, who, or what the hell is the Reed that's being featured in this series?
I have to say, I'm intrigued.
by HNutz » Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:40 pm
The Dr. Strange part read weird to me.
I thought it was just Reed teleporting around, doing his own thing while the family's asleep.
by Stephen Day » Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:55 pm
Agreed, I'm not a big fan of Hickman's Dr. Strange.
It could be, but that line is very cryptic. To me it reads way to cryptic for something that simple. I'll be disappointed, but not really surprised, if that turns out to be the case.
by Juan Cena » Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:58 pm
I had been reading with the assumption the events detailed in the series all take place before Avengers v.5 #1.
by Keb » Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:01 pmIt could be one of the alternate universe Reeds
The bond between Reed and T'Challa that Bast mentions in Hickman's F4 hasn't been brought up yet.
Also, Reed's been pretty chummy with Black Swan
by Juan Cena » Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:03 pm
Yeah, I've been wondering how chummy it's going to get before she stabs him in the back.
by Keb » Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:04 pmI figured he might stab her first
by guitarsmashley » Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:03 pm
I already deleted the comic but there is a line about Reed having to back to the multiverse.
by HNutz » Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:42 pm
With his cock?
by Juan Cena » Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:01 pm
That too.
by Keb » Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:05 pm
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