The new Star Wars comics - a general discussion thread — Page 21

My mom once saw me reading an Daredevil comic and complained that there was “too much kissing” on whatever page she happened to see me on. That particular book is over 30 years old, mind you, but she didn’t seem to know or care.

suspiciouscoffee said:

A panel from the upcoming Star Wars Adventures Annual #1.

Is this canon or part of IDW’s more kid-focused books?

ZkinandBonez said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

A panel from the upcoming Star Wars Adventures Annual #1.

Is this canon or part of IDW’s more kid-focused books?

I believe the answer to both of those questions is “yes,” since I think all the kid-focused content (IDW books, Forces of Destiny shorts, etc.) are all canon.

suspiciouscoffee said:

ZkinandBonez said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

A panel from the upcoming Star Wars Adventures Annual #1.

Is this canon or part of IDW’s more kid-focused books?

I believe the answer to both of those questions is “yes,” since I think all the kid-focused content (IDW books, Forces of Destiny shorts, etc.) are all canon.

I figured the IDW books fell in the same category as Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures.

Does that mean that books like Chewie and the Porgs is also canon?

ZkinandBonez said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

ZkinandBonez said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

A panel from the upcoming Star Wars Adventures Annual #1.

Is this canon or part of IDW’s more kid-focused books?

I believe the answer to both of those questions is “yes,” since I think all the kid-focused content (IDW books, Forces of Destiny shorts, etc.) are all canon.

I figured the IDW books fell in the same category as Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures.

Does that mean that books like Chewie and the Porgs is also canon?

According to the link you provided, yes.

Chewie and the Porgs is a canon young readers Star Wars picture book

suspiciouscoffee said:

ZkinandBonez said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

ZkinandBonez said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

A panel from the upcoming Star Wars Adventures Annual #1.

Is this canon or part of IDW’s more kid-focused books?

I believe the answer to both of those questions is “yes,” since I think all the kid-focused content (IDW books, Forces of Destiny shorts, etc.) are all canon.

I figured the IDW books fell in the same category as Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures.

Does that mean that books like Chewie and the Porgs is also canon?

According to the link you provided, yes.

Chewie and the Porgs is a canon young readers Star Wars picture book

OK, bad example. But stuff like Freemaker Adventures is, to my knowledge (I actually read the wiki page this time), not canon.

For some reason it made more sense to me that the young reader stuff fell into the same category.

I finally got my hands on the Jaxxon issue. There was another story before it with the main trio and it was pretty fun, even if the art got wonky at times (Leia has a super long arm in at least one panel).

Anyway, I loved the Jaxxon story. It was a blast from start to finish, and I was surprised that he really was the protagonist of the story, rather than a cameo or supporting role in someone else’s.

‘Marvel teases ‘Age Of Star Wars’ comics from all three trilogies…’

More info coming during New York Comic Con 2018.

https://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/09/17/marvel-teases-age-of-star-wars-comics-from-all-three-trilogies?abthid=5ba032f61f4dbfd10b000016

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https://fansided.com/2018/09/18/new-age-of-star-wars-comics-3-reasons-to-be-stoked/
 

I’m surprised there hasn’t been more talk about Charles Soule’s Darth Vader series in this thread. I honestly think it’s one of, if not the greatest SW comic series ever made. It started off kinda slow, though still very good, but the last story-line, and the ongoing one, has been fantastic.

This series, to me at least, has really has made up for the overall blandness of the past two years of Marvel SW (both the writing and the art). I finally got around to reading Jason Aaron’s main SW series and was pretty pleased with it overall. But apart from a few good miniseries (mostly the Soule ones), there hasn’t really been too much to get excited about in the last two years IMO.

oojason said:

‘Marvel teases ‘Age Of Star Wars’ comics from all three trilogies…’

More info coming during New York Comic Con 2018.

https://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/09/17/marvel-teases-age-of-star-wars-comics-from-all-three-trilogies?abthid=5ba032f61f4dbfd10b000016

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https://fansided.com/2018/09/18/new-age-of-star-wars-comics-3-reasons-to-be-stoked/
 

Does anyone actually know who’s going to illustrate it? They only mentioned Camuncooli as having drawn the banner, and It would be awesome if he drew the entire series, though I’m not quite sure how that would affect his work on the Vader series. I enjoyed Houser’s comic adaptation of Thrawn, but as far I know she’s only written one Poe Dameron annual as far as original SW stories go.

canofhumdingers said:

I may have to look into the trade paperbacks of the Darth Vader series. I got like two issues into it when I just quit comics altogether. I was getting kinda burned out on the ho-hum marvel Star Wars stuff. I was reading the main series and the first Darth Vader series they did. Finances were tight and it kinda felt exhorbitant spending about $4 per issue. Plus my comic shop is nearly an hour from my house so I’d often let my pull-list build up for 3 or 4 months before I’d go pick it up. Several times doing that, though, they’d have missed an issue here or there and tracking it down after the fact was a real pain (not to mention often more expensive since I’d usually have to order it online and pay shipping). Anyway, it all just built up into me choosing to stop bothering with comics for a while.

And the new Vader series started right after ROTS and was full of prequel junk and “bleeding crystals” and all sorts of stuff that really tempered any interest I would’ve had.

But I’ve heard quite a few good things about it since then. It’s way too late to try grabbing single issues to catch up, and I kinda prefer tpb’s anyway. I dunno though, I’ve been really interested in checking out the Dark Horse X-Wing series ever since Rogue One came out so Vader May continue to wait.

I was quite skeptical about getting into Soule’s Vader series as well (especially after Gillen dull attempt), but I’m obviously very glad I did. To me it has had much the same effect as the Clone Wars series did in that it’s helped “fix” a lot of PT ideas/concepts, and it’s one of a few series that’s helped me keep faith in Marvel’s ability to make a comeback of sorts in the near future. I can’t say much about the whole bleeding crystals thing though as I personally think it’s a really cool idea, but the second story-line is much more focused and the third story-line is absolutely fantastic. The current one has also been pretty great so far (and it ties in to RO and the Lando miniseries).

PS, I’d highly recommend issue 18 as a gauge of sorts to see if the series is something you’d like to re-visit. It’s a standalone story and is IMO the best issue so far. Alternatively you could get the Burning Seas TPB, it includes #18 and what I think is the best story-line so far.

DuracellEnergizer said:

canofhumdingers said:

“bleeding crystals”

The name of my emo band if I ever start one

Can I join?

(which I won’t).

O… okay…

A little more info, and some artwork, on the Marvel ‘Age Of Star Wars’ comic series…

http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2018/09/new-artwork-details-revealed-for.html

^ I do like the way they’ve broke it down to the 3 eras - and some of the characters they’ll be using too.

‘Marvel reveal details of their new Age Of Republic comics series in this months solicitations’…

^ includes other release dates and info for other forthcoming lit too

https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/literature/marvel-reveal-details-of-their-new-age-of-republic-comics-series-in-this-months-solicitations/
 

Apologies if already posted - though thought this seems a quality idea for fan-made content (and a great vibe & layout)…

‘A Star Wars Comic is a fan-made bi-monthly anthology series exploring the small moments, characters, and themes of a galaxy, far far away. Each comic is six-pages and they release on the 25th of every other month’:-

https://www.astarwarscomic.com : https://twitter.com/astarwarscomic : https://www.facebook.com/astarwarscomic

The site also an insightful blog for news and info - as well as a gallery for concept ideas and some pretty sweet images.