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SpiderJerusalem
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I buy them sometimes when it has a cover I like
LiveFromKyoto
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Dan said:Two more.
Black Hole is a pretty interesting look at what happens when an STD emerges that manifests in physical mutations.
This is pretty heavy, but really cool. I think it's best if you read it as metaphorical, and the STDs stand for mental states and visualizations of bodily insecurities. Burns is a cool artist, people here might remember him for the Altoids ad campaign he was involved with a while back:
Black-Wind
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Holy fuck I like this pic!Pai Pai Master said:
No love for Skydoll?
Putying this on the look out list.
Reading Fables/JoF crossover now. I totally love where JoF has gone with it's overall story, and introducing that stuff into Fables
Both of these comics are so amazing. I got Peter and Max: A Fables Novel coming from Amazon tomorrow, too. Can't wait.
was a really awesome way of taking things to the next level after the whole business with the adversary finished imo.
Both of these comics are so amazing. I got Peter and Max: A Fables Novel coming from Amazon tomorrow, too. Can't wait.
MisterNugNug
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dream said:
Brian Wood writes some good comics. I got the Local HC a while back, very good. I also liked DMZ, but I only got the first trade paperback. Should I keep reading it?
kame-sennin
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Never mind.
Like the last 10 years or so. This magazine oozes quality.thoughthorizon
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favouriteflavour
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I really like Air by G Willow Wilson
And Concrete may be the best comic I have read so far. What makes someone human? Once is a man becomes a living rock is he any less of a person? Great value too. Check out the previews on the Dark Horse website.
And Concrete may be the best comic I have read so far. What makes someone human? Once is a man becomes a living rock is he any less of a person? Great value too. Check out the previews on the Dark Horse website.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I don't read a ton of comics, but I'm looking forward to American Vampire
The only comic I read with consistency is Punisher MAX, first it was being written by Garth Ennis for about sixty issues (along with a miniseries and some one-shots), and not Jason Aaron's working on it. It's awesome, my favourite series.
Also, Criminal, by Ed Brubaker, I really like that one.
I've fallen behind on Fables though, along with The Unwritten. Thinking about starting Unknown Soldier.
The only comic I read with consistency is Punisher MAX, first it was being written by Garth Ennis for about sixty issues (along with a miniseries and some one-shots), and not Jason Aaron's working on it. It's awesome, my favourite series.
Also, Criminal, by Ed Brubaker, I really like that one.
I've fallen behind on Fables though, along with The Unwritten. Thinking about starting Unknown Soldier.
favouriteflavour
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Mistouze said:
True, superhero or not their work together on All Star Superman, New X-men and Batman and Robin is exceptional. I would love to read Flex Mentallo if it is ever published again
favouriteflavour said:True, superhero or not their work together on All Star Superman, New X-men and Batman and Robin is exceptional. I would love to read Flex Mentallo if it is ever published again
That silent episode in the New X-Men run blew my face away. Don't talk to me about Flex Mentallo T_T, I read DC *might* publish it one day if the Doom Patrol trades sell enough...
I know you can download it, but it's just not the same...
As for the topic's subject, Joe The Barbarian is looking good! Two eps out so far, I know most people here will read non superhero stuff in trades but why not talk about it.
Joe The Barbarian
Two eps out so far, #1 was mostly ads, slow and mainly exposure but #2 got the rythmn way up. Sean Murphy is going to get a mad rep from his work on this.
roosters93
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No one's mentioned American Splendour? Isn't it any good?
I watched the movie a while back and thought about reading it.
I watched the movie a while back and thought about reading it.
evilpigking
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Picked up the Chew TPB at the store when I went for my pickups as an impulse since it was only $10. Only read the first issue/chapter so far but it was pretty awesome. Looking forward to taking my time with the rest of the book.
I would. Maybe just for the historical factor I guess but it's still interesting and relevant today. Since the op has seen the film might as well get the The American Splendor: Our Movie Year as well...Bleepey said:
Karakand said:
I also recommend DMZ but I actually stopped following (#26 was the last I bought). He was doing some single issue stories at the time and I figured I'd just pick up the trades when the series was complete--didn't he say 50 or 60 issues was his targeted run? Shame the quality drops, I loved the premise. :lol you really wrote all that? And not at all tongue-in-cheek?! I'm laughing at the idea that The Punisher #13 not receiving accolades is damning evidence of critic snobbery not at the thought of superhero comics as a worthy genre. How can you claiming victim hood from the Eisners when Superhero titles are well represented on the roll call of winners! I do have serious aesthetic problems with the mainstream American comics but, ignoring all that for a bit, isn't it simply sheer ludicrousness to stack a single issue of The Punisher, an ongoing series, against Asterios Polyp? I can only respond to that as I would to a wag weighing Naruto #441 (or even One Piece #576) against Osamu Tezuka's Ode to Kirihito...BenjaminBirdie said:
And so what if none of the books in the OP would have existed without superheroes comics (although I doubt Persepolis, for one, was influenced by that genre)? It's an inane observation, like saying The Wire wouldn't exist without Days of Our Lives (or insert random police procedural here). Every form of art has a genre that is, rightly or wrongly, pilloried as the cesspool of the medium. Why get mad that the superheroes genre has ended up being bodice-ripper of comics? Pointing out a few 'classics', a la Gone with the Wind, only serves up exceptions that prove the rule.
Oh, I also prefer Carnet De Voyage to Blankets. There are so few of us, it's a shame really. But then again Carnet De Voyage would never have happened without the overwhelming success of Blankets so *shrug*
While we're still on the subject of the comics industry here's my recommendation for the thread:
Hicksville (D&Q just published this new edition so it shouldn't be hard to find)
Anticitizen One
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Sandman is a superhero so his series shouldnt be in this thread according to OP's rules
If Sandman gets to be here than we might as well bring Matt Wagner's Sandman, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing and James Robinson's Starman to the party.
If Sandman gets to be here than we might as well bring Matt Wagner's Sandman, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing and James Robinson's Starman to the party.
BenjaminBirdie
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Charred Greyface said:
Hicksville is amazing.
And yeah, of course, the review was taking the piss a bit, but sadly, Punisher #13, in all realisticness, will never get the credit it deserves for being an honest to goodness masterpiece, on par with every great title in this thread.
BenjaminBirdie
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gdt5016 said:
Both are superheroes. That's why DC published them, pre-Vertigo, in the first place.
BenjaminBirdie said:
Maybe the original Sandman.............can't remember his name right now (edit: Wesley Dodds)..... but Dream/Morpheus as a hero? Thats a joke, right?
Just because DC published it pre-Vertigo doesn't make it a SH book. They also published stuff like House of Mystery.
Anticitizen One
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gdt5016 said:
Have you ever read Sandman? Half the issues are him teaming up with other heroes (Constantine, Martian Manhunter). He fights the scarecrow at one point, and even shows up in other DC titles including Justice League.
Constantine made a guest spot in ONE issue, and Martian Manhunter in another (as a religious follower lol). Scarecrow made ONE appearance as well, and Dream talked to him once.
Thats it.
Just because Dream made a guest appearance in the Justice League (by another writer, not Gaiman I'm assuming) doesn't make him a superhero either.
Yeah, total superhero.
Thats it.
Just because Dream made a guest appearance in the Justice League (by another writer, not Gaiman I'm assuming) doesn't make him a superhero either.
Yeah, total superhero.
BenjaminBirdie
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gdt5016 said:
It started as a Superhero comic in the DCU. You're splitting hairs.
BenjaminBirdie said:
But Gaiman's Sandman isn't the original Wesley Dodd-Sandman. They are totally different.
The Sandman grew out of a proposal by Neil Gaiman to revive the 1970s Sandman series illustrated by Jack Kirby. Gaiman had considered including characters from DC Comics' "Dream Stream" (including the Kirby Sandman, Brute, Glob, and the brothers Cain and Abel) in a scene for the first issue of his 1988 miniseries Black Orchid. While the scene did not make it into later drafts, Gaiman soon began constructing a treatment for a new series. Gaiman mentioned his treatment in passing to DC editor Karen Berger. While months later Berger offered Gaiman a comic title to work on, he was unsure his Sandman pitch would be accepted. However, weeks later Berger asked Gaiman if he was interested in doing a Sandman series. Gaiman recalled, "I said, 'Um...yes. Yes, definitely. What's the catch?' [Berger said] 'There's only one. We'd like a new Sandman. Keep the name. But the rest is up to you.'"[4]
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Anticitizen One
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Concerning Sandman
Sandman's villians have appeared in JSA and it was also revealed that he is the son of
Sandman has a ton of ties to the DCU.
Also, Who is this 1970s Jack Kirby Sandman you speak of?
The whole DCU showed up at his funeral when he died
Sandman's villians have appeared in JSA and it was also revealed that he is the son of
the DCU superhero Dr.Fate
Sandman has a ton of ties to the DCU.
Also, Who is this 1970s Jack Kirby Sandman you speak of?
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