Cap_Ironman Weekly News, Week Ending 17 December 2012

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the cap_ironman/cap_ironman newsletter! Marvel's March Solicitations are out. Anyone else find the summary-as-bullet-points as annoying as I do? Although I admit I like the one for Young Avengers, which reads:
• A Fight scene, probably.

• And another one, but this time in a club.

• Plentiful feels. (aka “Meaningful emotional character beats” for people who aren’t on tumblr)

• The fakest ID in history.

Comics Should Be Good did a round-up of five times Steve stopped being Captain America.

Robert Downey Jr. has talked more about Shane Black, Jon Favreau, and Ben Kingsley.

Feel free to chat about anything in the comments here, just keep it reasonably safe for work.


fic
hobbiting wrote Heaven Help Us (If He's Anything Like Me).
quadratur wrote Fic: Books, Art, Experiments, and Kisses (but No Sex on the Couch).
the_kinky_pet wrote Surender.
kiyaar wrote Sins of Omission, Chapter 16/?.
nightwalker wrote Sex, Lies and Newsprint, 7/12.
et2brute wrote Freeway, Chapter Two.
wolfshark wrote Teamwork.
miss_porcupine wrote Freezer Burn, Chapter 20.
dante_s_hell wrote Romancing (1/1).

art
tripperfunster drew the fancomic Regarding Tony Part 21 and Part 22.
vail_kagami drew Fanart (two pics).
neera_pendragon drew Safe Heat.

other cool stuff
psiten posted about the People's Choice Award Steve/Tony Write-In Campaign.
inkinthesky posted a vid featuring Powerpuff Avengers.


Finally, if you're a new or recent member, hello and welcome! Our rules are here, and in the profile; this includes our warnings policy, so please read. If you're interested in the ship, you may want to read the Ship Manifesto, and consult the list of Slashy Moments. If you're planning to write for the comm, there are some tips on writing the pairing here, and the Avengers in general here; if you're having trouble finding a beta, or would like to offer your services as a beta, our beta list is here. If you're looking for the comm archive, it's Tales of Suspense, and it's automated - you can create an account and upload your fic. If you're looking for a particular story, why not try cap_im_finders? If you have any questions, you can comment here or PM a mod, that's me, muccamukk, or valtyr.

Comments

[head-voices-xd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they can get annoying. And often times, reveal too much.

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

There's an art to summaries and teasers. Not that I blame the person (probably an intern...?) who writes these. I might resort to bullet points, too, if it was my job.

[head-voices-xd.livejournal.com]

There is that.

....Now I'm wondering if some of the weirder, harder to summarize comics are part of trolling the interns...

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Haha, that would be great.

Writer: And then a bolt of electricity combines with the Y2K bug to turn Tony's armor sentient.
Intern: ...I just wanted some editorial experience...

[mrhd.livejournal.com]

Hey, so, just wondering if anyone is a super expert in old comics things and would be willing to help out someone who's feeling a bit lost?

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

I don't consider myself an expert, but I'd be happy to try and help, and I might know who to point you towards. What's the question?

[mrhd.livejournal.com]

So I've been reading some old Iron Man stuff and I loved Demon in a Bottle, but I thought there was another drinking arc with Tony? The climax of which involves Steve carrying him out of a burning building a la Rhett Butler? Which issue does this arc start in?

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Yes, there is a second drinking arc; I don't remember what issue it starts in, but the Rhett Butler issue is Iron Man volume one, #172. It happened between the Demon in a Bottle arc and the Armor Wars arc, both of which are collected in trade paperbacks, but as far as I know the second drinking arc hasn't been collected or even has a name. There are some scans posted on the slashy moments list (http://cap-ironman.livejournal.com/539696.html), right above the Armor Wars page break.

I hope that's helpful! If you're looking for complete scans, send me a PM.

[mrhd.livejournal.com]

I have issue #172 and 173 since I knew from the list that those are part of it. I just felt... unfulfilled after reading Demon in a Bottle because I knew there was more and I wanted to read the rest of it. Would you recommend just perusing the issues between the end of Demon in a Bottle and 172 or is most of that arc actually in the Avengers books and not the Iron Man one?

I just want to know what issues to buy/download and there are just so many comics.

So many.

-lies down-

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

I'm almost certain the second drinking arc is mostly in Iron Man comics, so yeah, perusing the issues prior to #172 is a good idea. Tell you what, I'll put the question to the comm in the next newsletter, which should be this Sunday. Hopefully someone with a better memory can give you an actual starting point.

I hear you about overwhelming amount of comics. I can never decide if it's something I love or hate about Marvel fandom.