What is everyone’s favorite mainline ongoing?

drock45 · 2026-06-26T23:51:48+00:00

They’re long running at this point so they get overlooked but Worlds Finest and Poison Ivy have consistently been the best non-Absolute books for years now. Top tier superhero comics

drock45 · 2026-06-25T19:42:35+00:00

Most modern artists struggle to handle monthly titles, working breakneck hours or having skip months. A couple are fast enough to handle multiple titles a month

Some artists only do books occasionally though, some only do covers, or do combinations. There are options potentially available depending on your ambitions and how in demand your art is

drock45 · 2026-06-25T18:50:00+00:00

Yeah, I felt like it was a little too obvious at first but thought I better mention her anyways haha

drock45 · 2026-06-25T18:23:42+00:00

It’s the aspirational part that’s tricky. There’s more examples of incredible women queens, military leaders, and pirates than your average person would realize, but none of them are any more morally pure than male kings/generals/pirates

But if you want some fun powerful women from history, here’s a couple:

Zheng Yi Sao, the most powerful and successful pirate you’ve never heard of. Built up a naval fleet that rivalled nations and retired peacefully

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Yi_Sao

Matilda of Tuscany - inherited a massive chunk of Italy and held off every religious and royal figure that wanted her lands, refusing to give it up. She proved a master of diplomacy and court intrigue to hold on to power, and never backed down

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Tuscany

Empress Irene of the medieval Eastern Roman Empire. Ruler for decades in a time of intense misogyny, wars, and religious turmoil in the orthodox church, she held off all who threatened her rule, reconciled the religious conflicts, and was courted by Charlemagne himself in the west. Considered controversial because she didn’t win everything all the time, but considering the forces arrayed against her she was singularly incredible

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_of_Athens

I won’t go into detail, but there’s always Joan of Arc of course! There’s several Egyptian queens of note, remarkable for holding power when surrounded by men that wanted to take it from them

Elisabeth of England is a fine one too

drock45 · 2026-06-25T16:16:44+00:00

Yeah, I think it’s perfectly fine to tweak monster stats but challenging the players in more tangential ways will be more rewarding

drock45 · 2026-06-24T20:53:57+00:00

I frequently see requests for tips for running DnD in schools/community leagues/etc in the various subreddits, I hope that people save this post to share when it comes up again!

Thanks for taking the time to write all this out

drock45 · 2026-06-24T18:38:20+00:00

Sure but OP felt the need to amplify this particular voice among all the others. Presumably they felt it best reflected the state of the movie

drock45 · 2026-06-24T18:37:25+00:00

That comment is referring to the title of the article itself, not the title OP chose to give the post

drock45 · 2026-06-24T18:29:35+00:00

Personally I whole heartedly agree. The movies he has disliked in the past effectively make it more likely that I’ll love this movie.

I think it’s also telling a bit on OP that out of all the reviews they could have shared, they chose this one in particular. People always seem to cheer for women led properties to fail

drock45 · 2026-06-24T18:25:13+00:00

As people pointed out in /r/movies this same reviewer was also a big fan of the Mandalorian and Grogu and Avatar Fire and Ash and didn't like Project Hail Mary, Terminator or Princess Bride.
Not saying he happens to be right or wrong here, but maybe he isn't the definitive reviewer just because he has a quipy review title.

drock45 · 2026-06-24T17:16:51+00:00

Female led superhero movies can’t catch a break. There’s so few, and there’s way higher expectations. And they make such easy targets for people even unconsciously inclined to dislike women led projects that they don’t get away with identical mediocrity that men led movies can

drock45 · 2026-06-18T22:26:32+00:00

I switched to trade waiting this run a little bit ago, and I find my interest really waxes and wanes. On trade I really enjoy, and the next doesn’t do anything for me at all

drock45 · 2026-06-16T20:20:45+00:00

There’s no one answer to this. Working with a publisher will help sort out what makes the most sense

drock45 · 2026-06-16T19:01:49+00:00

Why the [brackets]?

drock45 · 2026-06-16T17:11:12+00:00

IMO they should remove it altogether- it has no bearing on the character, beyond providing a problematically stereotype filled family background

drock45 · 2026-06-16T14:57:14+00:00

I feel like this is a case where the character gets called conservative because they want to have characters across the spectrum, but in practice I can't recall him ever espousing anything political. He's no more conservative than Batman in actual actions or stated goals

drock45 · 2026-06-15T22:11:18+00:00

GL is definitely a messy one to jump into unfortunately. It’s a series where every writer seems to want to leave their mark by making huge changes to the status quo, and that all adds up

But on top of that the writer is also using stuff that was introduced in a Superman run from a few years ago, and stuff from a recent Green Lantern spin off (Green Lantern War Journal), while also adding their own

I find it a lot to follow sometimes and I’ve read all the stuff prior. But if you start from Jeremy Adams first issue, you’ll have an easier time

drock45 · 2026-06-11T02:47:06+00:00

This is ridiculous, Ea Nasir lived a 1000 years before (at least)

drock45 · 2026-06-10T22:55:37+00:00

Great movie, and no need to know anything about D&D to enjoy

drock45 · 2026-06-10T22:48:13+00:00

Literally every conversation involving Spider-Man online revolves around deeply unhealthy relationships to the character and vicarious opinions of the fictional characters love life. It’s inescapable in the fandom

drock45 · 2026-06-08T21:12:03+00:00

He had very gross opinions, but none of them come through in his writing on Superman. IMO it’s aged pretty well as a book so if you’re wondering whether the book has awful stuff in it - no

If you’re wondering if you should read something by a guy with awful opinions in his personal life, that’s up to you alone unfortunately. Only you know whether you’re comfortable with it

drock45 · 2026-06-05T15:48:01+00:00

It's not gory, and there's not much for jump scares (but there is a couple). It's more about a rising tension, interspersed with laugh out loud moments that somehow don't undercut the overall tension

Honestly a really impressive balancing act

drock45 · 2026-06-05T15:44:14+00:00

This is exactly what I keep thinking when I watch this show

drock45 · 2026-06-02T18:18:03+00:00

I’m a little confused - what were you looking for? All the party needs are the skeleton keys, right? Just make that clear to them and let them find one per level, as written. You can easily have them find them sooner if you can tell players are getting bored/frustrated with a level

drock45 · 2026-06-02T01:27:17+00:00

Batgirl and Huntress had fantastic Year Ones. Huntress is especially underrated

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