Green Arrow In Comics

[foreverevolving]

Probably because he appears to have put on about 20 years all of a sudden.

Forget 20 years, he doesn't even look like Stephen.. At all! He kind of remind me a bit of Tom Welling in a weird way, mixed with a bit of Rip Torn. (or is it just me?)

[writersblock51]

Isn't there some kind of understanding that the comics can't resemble the TV stars too closely?  I don't know what the reasoning behind that could possibly be.

 

I have no links regarding this, I just remember reading it at some point.

[Velocity23]

 

Emily posted this preview on her twitter 

Edited September 12, 2014 by Velocity23

[Orion]

Isn't there some kind of understanding that the comics can't resemble the TV stars too closely?  I don't know what the reasoning behind that could possibly be.

 

I have no links regarding this, I just remember reading it at some point.

 

The Green Arrow comics would have to pay a royalty to the actors to use the likenesses of the TV characters. 

 

But this is the Arrow TV show comic so this is based on the appearances of the characters in the show and since these were planned and produced to start during S1 I assume that those license agreements would have been included in the initial contracts with the actors.

 

The only explanation I can come up with for the art work is the speed that these are produced.

[Starfish35]

 

Emily posted this preview on her twitter

Is this part of Arrow 2.5 or the Green Arrow comics?

[Chaser]

2.5 I believe

[Morrigan2575]

2.5 Arrow Comics

[Starfish35]

Thanks!

[tv echo]

 

Emily posted this preview on her twitter 

Thanks.  That actually looks like EBR.

[SmallScreenDiva]

Yeah, Felicity looks like Felicity in that panel. I want to see what Diggle looks like, because boy oh boy he didn't look anything like Digg in the first issue. One of the comments on Twitter (or maybe it was Tumblr) said they made Digg look like a senior citizen, LOL!

 

Curious as to what's going on in that panel, because I don't think Felicity would turn away when Oliver is getting dressed. It just seems like she's gotten so used to him being half-dressed that it wouldn't even register to her (that's how it comes across to me on TV anyway).

[tv echo]

Oliver Jumps From A Plane In These Exclusive ‘Arrow: Season 2.5′ Pages
by alex zalben 9/12/2014
http://www.mtv.com/news/1929393/oliver-jumps-from-a-plane-in-these-exclusive-arrow-season-2-5-pages/?utm=share_twitter

 

Synopsis of Chapter 2:

Oliver acts fast to prevent Roy from plummeting to his death! Plus: Caleb Green is approached by a mysterious stranger…

Edited September 14, 2014 by tv echo

[wonderwall]

Have a bit of comic 2.5 will you?

 

 

Lmao Oliver looks perpetually pissed for some reason. 

 

And poor Felicity. Sometimes I wonder the same thing. ALSO, is she working for Kord Industries at this point? I'm so confused...

Edited September 15, 2014 by wonderwall

[Password]

Exactly Kord Industries? ERM big deal?

Edited September 15, 2014 by ArrowLimbo

[TanyaKay]

I think she is working in the capacity of a freelance independent consultant which is awesome. Everything would be better than her working at Arrow version of BuyMore. MIT FFS !!!!!

[Starfish35]

Oliver looks more like (a blond) Tyler Hoechlin than Stephen Amell in that panel.

Edited September 15, 2014 by Starfish35

[Velocity23]

 

 

 

 

Seems the #2 is still only available at ITunes, not yet on comixology. 

Edited September 15, 2014 by Velocity23

[quarks]

Parachute arrow?  Right after the boxing glove arrow?

 

Oh, comic. 

[Morrigan2575]

please for the love of all things holy...keep this dumb stuff in the comics...not on the show.  please!!!!

[quarks]

please for the love of all things holy...keep this dumb stuff in the comics...not on the show.  please!!!!

 

 

My thought exactly. I get that they are trying to bring Oliver/Arrow closer to Green Arrow, with all of the silly stuff that implies, but let's not overdo that. 

[Password]

That would be kind of cool. A punching arrow, if cgi'd properly would be cool.

[SmallScreenDiva]

Unless there is some Mirakuru left in his system, Roy will be out again (looked like a gut shot, right?). Is this how they're planning to integrate him into the lair? With him always unconscious? :P Then again, Oliver was up and about after getting shot by his mom so Roy could be back in action by next issue.

[statsgirl]

I don't mind a parachute arrow, I can take that more easily than Oliver fixing his own dislocated arm when Diggle is standing right beside him and Felicity is freaking out at the sight of blood instead of helping.  (There's already going to be an excess of testosterone in the lair, this fiction is too much.)

 

Diggle's comment about Lyla's pregnancy sounds like the panel was written by a man.  Usually the first trimester is throwing up, the their is "I'm a beached whale and I hate that I can't see my feet" but the second trimester is the full-of-energy-nesting one.

[foreverevolving]

I don't mind a parachute arrow, I can take that more easily than Oliver fixing his own dislocated arm when Diggle is standing right beside him and Felicity is freaking out at the sight of blood instead of helping.  (There's already going to be an excess of testosterone in the lair, this fiction is too much.)

 

Diggle's comment about Lyla's pregnancy sounds like the panel was written by a man.  Usually the first trimester is throwing up, the their is "I'm a beached whale and I hate that I can't see my feet" but the second trimester is the full-of-energy-nesting one.

isn't the second trimester the one with all the cravings and occasional mood swings? i can see how a partner would think it was far harder than the first one, when s/he is the one that needs to go out and buy all of those stuff and deal with it.

FYI I'm a woman. :-P

Edited September 16, 2014 by foreverevolving

[wonderwall]

lmao yeah, I can say with certainty that while the first trimester may be harder for the woman, the second trimester is definitely more difficult for the man... or woman. whatever :p

[Velocity23]

New Cover for Green Arrow #35 (the first issue with Felicity Smoak)

[Morrigan2575]

Cool.  Lex Luthor, Batman, Oliver, Diggle and Felicity.  Hopefully it's a good story.

 

ETA: That parachute Arrow is so bad....just please never put it on the show...comic physics is funny.

Edited September 17, 2014 by Morrigan2575

[foreverevolving]

Is it just me or does it looks like there's something attached/on Felicity's ear? it's right where Batman foot is..

[Morrigan2575]

Badly drawn ear?

[statsgirl]

It looks like Oliver is back to a recurve bow, which should make purist SA happy.  I'm interested to see how Batman and Lex Luthor play in.

I kept wondering who that man in the t-shirt was until I realized it was Diggle.

 

isn't the second trimester the one with all the cravings and occasional mood swings? i can see how a partner would think it was far harder than the first one, when s/he is the one that needs to go out and buy all of those stuff and deal with it.

My food cravings were first trimester (that is when the embryo is most susceptible to being made ill by bad foods so it's also the worst nausea time). Second trimester he got off easy because I had the energy to do it all myself.

[pootlus]

I think poor Diggle has fallen foul of "there are so few black people in comics let's just draw a black dude and everyone will know it's him" syndrome.

 

Also what is going on with Oliver's crotch? It's alternately mesmerising/horrifying.

[SmallScreenDiva]

LOL! That's the second panel or page I've seen that features Oliver's crotch rather prominently. Here's the other one:

 

Damnit, can't post the actual pic but here's the link

Edited September 18, 2014 by SmallScreenDiva

[pootlus]

I think the artists have been reading our discussion about Oliver's magic penis and taken it literally.

[SmallScreenDiva]

I almost expected a burst of light like when they censor body parts in mangas :P

Edited September 18, 2014 by SmallScreenDiva

[foreverevolving]

Wow! they really De-aged Malcolm! and made him young hot. I bet JB is happy)

[Morrigan2575]

Do we know that's Malcolm?

[foreverevolving]

wasn't there an article that showcased both Felicity and also mentioned Malcolm was joining the Green Arrow comics awhile back?

SmoaknArrow had the article up in her tumbler, but i'm too lazy to search for it.

 

The character is wearing black. so I can only assume that's him.

[Starfish35]

What character are you referring to? I'm not seeing Malcolm anywhere. *confused*

[Morrigan2575]

We're talking about the crotch image that SmallScreenDiva posted.  

 

@SmallScreenDiva - Do you know what issue that image came from?  It looks like the artwork for the GA title but it's not from 17-34.    I just looked and I couldn't find any preview scans for GA #35 which we think is where Malcolm might show up...I don't know if it was ever confirmed that the person with Black Hair was Malcolm.

[Starfish35]

We're talking about the crotch image that SmallScreenDiva posted.  

Oh! Ok thank you.

[foreverevolving]

this is the article I was referring to:

http://smoakandarrow.tumblr.com/post/94624820019/inside-pulse-shared-the-above-and-you-can-see-the

Edited September 18, 2014 by foreverevolving

[Morrigan2575]

this is the article I was referring to:

http://smoakandarrow.tumblr.com/post/94624820019/inside-pulse-shared-the-above-and-you-can-see-the

Right but the articles is guessing that's Merlyn it doesn't say that it is him. Also, I could have sworn I read a recent article that implied they were creating a brand new villain for the comics.

[SmallScreenDiva]

We're talking about the crotch image that SmallScreenDiva posted.  

 

@SmallScreenDiva - Do you know what issue that image came from?  It looks like the artwork for the GA title but it's not from 17-34.    I just looked and I couldn't find any preview scans for GA #35 which we think is where Malcolm might show up...I don't know if it was ever confirmed that the person with Black Hair was Malcolm.

 

Sorry for the late reply, folks; I didn't see the question earlier. Per SmoakAndArrow on Tumblr: That is the cover of Green Arrow #37. Here's the description: Blood will be shed when Green Arrow faces off against the assassin known as Merlyn!

 

So yeah, looks like that's Malcolm.

[Morrigan2575]

But it's not Malcolm, it can't be. In the 52 comics, Merlyn is Arthur King...and he's appeared in several DC titles including Batman.

[wingster55]

Isn't Arthur King an alias for Tommy?

[Morrigan2575]

That's where I get confused, there's mentions of it but I don't know if it's been explicitly stated. I do know that even back under Jeff Lemire there was talk of Tommy coming back (he's not dead in the comics, he was in a coma after the explosion).

This is all I could find on the wiki

Tommy Merlyn appeared in The New 52 (a reboot of the DC Comics universe) in Green Arrow #0. Five years ago, Tommy was Ollie Queen's best friend. During a hostage crisis on a Pacific Ocean oil rig with a villain named "Iron Eagle", Merlyn was caught in an explosion. Fast forward to the present day, Tommy, branded as the "Mystery Patient", awoke.[15]

In Batman Incorporated #4 (2012), Merlyn (Arthur King) appears in the employ of Talia al Ghul, as part of the League of Assassins, and battles the members of Batman, Inc.[16]

During the Forever Evil storyline, Merlyn is among the villains recruited by the Crime Syndicate of America to join the Secret Society of Super Villains.[17]

It links them in the same description but at the same time doesn't make sense (to me).

Beyond this, I can't find any information on Merlyn or Tommy or Arthur King. I see people online say that Tommy is Merlyn in the comics so it has to come from somewhere I just can't find it. It's like the comments about Oliver/Naomi having a FWB relationship, I can't find any mention of it online, so I have no idea.

Maybe ill go check scans_daily see if there's anything up there.

ETA: nothing anout Tommy/Arthur on scans_daily but the comments are cracking me uo. 75 comments on GA#1 90% are "where's the beard?", "what happened to the facial hair?" No wonder people keep asking SA about the goatee in every FB Q&A.

Edited September 20, 2014 by Morrigan2575

[SmallScreenDiva]

*smacks head ... of course, damnit! I keep forgetting GA is in its own world. I read Merlyn and just automatically thought Malcolm. So, yeah, no clue who that character might be. Actually, when I first saw the page, I thought, "What the hell is Hawkeye doing with GA?" Because that costume kinda resembles Clint's in Avengers.

[ban1o]

So for people who read the 2.5 comics for Arrow, is it necessary for season 3. My friends go it and sent it me and it`s revealing stuff like Brother blood is really alive and there`s a new character named Caleb Green. Willl those people show up in season 3? 

Edited September 23, 2014 by ban1o

[dtissagirl]

I'm assuming it's a new Brother Blood and not Sebastian -- the cult survived even after Team Arrow de-mirakurued everyone. And no idea if the characters introduced in the comic will show up on the show, but if they do I guess they'll introduce them as if brand new to the non-comic readers just watching the show.

[Morrigan2575]

They said that some of this stuff will show up in S3 but I don't think you'll be confused if you don't read it.

This Brother Blood is interesting, I can't tell if the Brother Blood that showed up in #2 is Seabastian Blood and Caleb is the new Blood that will take over (eventually). Or if this is a post 2.22 story and a new Brother Blood is already in the mask. I think it's the first one, why else give us that background about Caleb? Too much info on the character not to play a real role in S3.

ETA: Just to clarify im not saying Sebastian is still alive but I feel that Caleb's part of the story might be a flashback to pre 2.22.

Edited September 22, 2014 by Morrigan2575

[dtissagirl]

Oh, I never even considered a flashback , but that makes sense too.