Comics

[syl]

Hey,

Does anyone still read comics in this day and age?
If so, what are you reading?
Somehow, I manage and enjoy it too.
Currently reading:
1) Battle Angel Alita: Last Order
2) Hellboy
3) Fullmetal Alchemist

[Inzaghi]

I've been hunting for stuff by Jason, such as "Hey, Wait" and "Why Are You Doing This?" for a while, but haven't found it yet. I may just buy from amazon at this point.

[Camanche]

Sometimes. I used to read a bit of this and that. Mostly Sandman series stuff, but some of the 'classic' stuff too. What's good these days?

[RayFoxSith]

I really love Watchmen. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and any other Jhonen Vasquez comic is pure genious.

[syl]

Sometimes. I used to read a bit of this and that. Mostly Sandman series stuff, but some of the 'classic' stuff too. What's good these days?
Hmmm,

Depends on your taste. Here's a few suggestions:
1) The Red Star
2) Scud: The Dispossable Assasin
3) Mark Millar's run on the Ultimates (especially Grand Theft America)
4) Vagabond

[Sayckeone]

Oh wow. This forum has gotten really lame.

[RayFoxSith]

^The topic or the posts that were deleted?

[Sayckeone]

The deletion of posts.

[Inzaghi]

I really like comics, and I was happy to see a thread for them created. I was unhappy to see it being trolled and derailed from the first reply. If you have something to say about comics in this thread, let's hear it. If you want to talk about moderation policies, take it to PM.

[Sayckeone]

That would be pointless, as you're really not going to listen.

[Sei]

Awww, I kinda want to see what the deleted posts are!, I mean, I like the place being nicer and everything, but the "unpersonning" of posts seems a bit excessive.

Maybe a little editing or something while leaving something stating that there was at some point a post and a Douchebag that made it? I don't know, seeing that posts are referred to that aren't there anymore sorta breaks the flow of things.

As for comics... well, manga aren't really comics, so.

I used to read Xmen, and Sandman and some image stuff like battle chasers, until I realized that comics weren't vehicles for stories so much as never ending money trains, and the constant cycling of decent artists for #### ones after initial sales (I'm looking at you Marvel) made me swear it off.

Age of Apocalypse was nice tho, as was some of Onslaught, I guess.

Now a days I follow Anime and Manga more because of the One Artist lead designer start to finish, and actually having an ending thing, both of which I value.

Not to mention that I find the art infinitely better and more consistent.

[Delition]

Sadly enough I still read Deadpool comics. I still wish they wouldn't have made him so damn annoying in X-Men Legends II and Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

[Sayckeone]

Awww, I kinda want to see what the deleted posts are!, I mean, I like the place being nicer and everything, but the "unpersonning" of posts seems a bit excessive.
DTR posted a link to the already made comic thread, but the link was really to a youtube video of RickRoll. The other posts were people's reactions to being rickroll'd.

[Voodoo]

Awww, I kinda want to see what the deleted posts are!, I mean, I like the place being nicer and everything, but the "unpersonning" of posts seems a bit excessive.

Maybe a little editing or something while leaving something stating that there was at some point a post and a Douchebag that made it? I don't know, seeing that posts are referred to that aren't there anymore sorta breaks the flow of things.

As for comics... well, manga aren't really comics, so.

I used to read Xmen, and Sandman and some image stuff like battle chasers, until I realized that comics weren't vehicles for stories so much as never ending money trains, and the constant cycling of decent artists for #### ones after initial sales (I'm looking at you Marvel) made me swear it off.

Age of Apocalypse was nice tho, as was some of Onslaught, I guess.

Now a days I follow Anime and Manga more because of the One Artist lead designer start to finish, and actually having an ending thing, both of which I value.

Not to mention that I find the art infinitely better and more consistent.
Heres what you missed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU)

EDIT

Got beat to it damn

[Sayckeone]

^lol Banned. KUTGW, Voodoo!

[Xeo]

I'm a big comic fan as well.
I read a lot of manga, but also a lot of American comics.

My favorites include...
Watchmen
Batman (Guess what? If you don't know, Bat is probably going to die in about 2 issues.)
Friday the 13th (The Wildstorm comics)
Etc.

I read a ton of manga, of those my favorites would be...
Berserk
MARS
E.S.
Uzumaki
Gyo
Naruto
Innocent W
etc.

[noloe4]

I used to be into comics as a kid big time,but stopped buying them when i was about 19. The reason I lost interest is because Marvel canceled my favorite series at the time(Generation X) and I was like the hell with it. I have nearly every book in the series and boxes filled with comics. Every blue moon I whip em' out and read some. The stories from them are still fresh in my mind all these years later.

[Gillian Seed]

i would list my favorite comics and start discussing others, but there is not enough interest here. Ive tried this thread before, let this topic disappear.

[Xeo]

i would list my favorite comics and start discussing others, but there is not enough interest here. Ive tried this thread before, let this topic disappear.

There seems to be a bit of interest actually, most of the thread is positive in interest, so I say keep the ball rolling.

[Gillian Seed]

ill wait it out

[rainking187]

I used to read comics years ago, and I was mostly into Image/Top Cow stuff but it got really ####ing irritating waiting like a year and a half between issues only to have the series get cancelled after like ten issues so I basically quit. I always liked The Maxx though. I also was into manga for a while, and one thing I preferred about manga to American comics was that you basically never had to worry about them getting a whole different artist and writer and changing everything you thought you knew about the characters.

[DarkShear]

ill wait it out

Wuss :)

I used to collect comics books as any good dorky 12 year old does. I have quite a collection including three rare volumes of all the comics Marvel made in March 1993. They only made three copies for all of the Puget Sound area (Seattle). I own one of the volumes. I think I also own Fantastic Four #47...

[Camanche]

Don't kill the thread yet, Darren! I missed out on your old comics thread.

Now that I have a comic viewer on my computer I'm definitely more interested in this now. I can actual read some of mentioned series. I feel the comic culture is slowly coming back, even if it's through big budget movies, it still interests people in comics again. Who knows.

[syl]

Awww, I kinda want to see what the deleted posts are!, I mean, I like the place being nicer and everything, but the "unpersonning" of posts seems a bit excessive.

Maybe a little editing or something while leaving something stating that there was at some point a post and a Douchebag that made it? I don't know, seeing that posts are referred to that aren't there anymore sorta breaks the flow of things.

As for comics... well, manga aren't really comics, so.

I used to read Xmen, and Sandman and some image stuff like battle chasers, until I realized that comics weren't vehicles for stories so much as never ending money trains, and the constant cycling of decent artists for #### ones after initial sales (I'm looking at you Marvel) made me swear it off.

Age of Apocalypse was nice tho, as was some of Onslaught, I guess.

Now a days I follow Anime and Manga more because of the One Artist lead designer start to finish, and actually having an ending thing, both of which I value.

Not to mention that I find the art infinitely better and more consistent.

Yeah I was a sucker for a lot of Marvel's mega-crossovers. In retrospect, they were not even worth the paper their printed on.
However, manga are basically Japanese comics. Reviewers/Distributors/Pulblishers like to make that distinction to make life easier for themselves and more profitable.
Try borrowing and reading Scott McClouds's Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art from your library. A graphic novel that is an analysis of the medium itself.

[Mungo]

3) Mark Millar's run on the Ultimates (especially Grand Theft America)

I really enjoyed that one. Is Ultimates 3 any good?

[syl]

Ultimates 3 is loaded with T & A shots, as well as amazing computer colouring.
Storywise, I couldn't find any point or plot.

[Xeo]

Another comic I've been into for a while is the Darkness. Rainking187, were you into that one as well, I'm asking since you mentioned being into Topcow books.

[Sei]

However, manga are basically Japanese comics. Reviewers/Distributors/Pulblishers like to make that distinction to make life easier for themselves and more profitable.

I understand this, but there are differences, while, arguably, both follow the pursuit of cash, in Manga I tend to see more of a coherent plot and structured storyline, I mean, sure, there is Watchmen, which is awesome (Read it whoever hasn't), the Neil Gaiman stuff and its spinnoffs (like say, Lucifer) which take their plot and its continuity seriously, and to a point, art consistency (in Sandman part of the point is the changing artists, so im cool with that).

But most of it with American comics, like American shows, is done on a "who they have available to draw/write at the time" basis, the problem with this, is that the ability level of the different artists and writers is wildly inconsistent, and thus the quality level goes up and down constantly usually with no warning to the readers, not to mention the constant influx of writers that want to make their mark by somehow reinventing things that someone else did years ago.

And that is without even getting into the biggest flaw of all imho, that things usually NEVER end. I have mentioned things that I enjoy, and most of them have a definite start, and an ending, I totally can not stomach the thing most American comics do where to preserve the comic is it own purpose.

Say, Spiderman, which my older brother was a huge collector of: Spiderman starts with Peter being a nerd in Highschool, then eventually he goes to college, then he gets a job, then he gets married, then he has a daughter, then he has a clone/or is a clone, or whatever the ####, then he is a cripple, etc.

There is no overall arc or plot, Spiderman doesn't do anything in particular, he is a cut above Superman because he gets hurt once in a while and has more real issues thrown in but the fact is that there will never be an ending to it unless it stops selling. Same for Batman, Superman, the X-men, etc.

Whereas say, Death Note, you have Yagami Light, he finds notebook that kills people, has adventures, tries to take over the world, is successfull y/n, then, it ends. And then, you are free, free to read something else, or not, and the knowledge that at some point things will end without being necessarily contingent on sales gives things more of a feeling of tension.

Even blockbuster things like Dragonball and Sailor moon have an ending and constant development of some sort as well as more recent things like
One Piece and Naruto.

And this is a good thing.

I guess it brings me again to: One lead artists/designer/team/whatever for the duration of the thing. If more non-underground indy one shots did that in American Comics, then perhaphs id be more interested, but alas, I guess I could sum things saying that, in my view, most American things, are about self preservation rather than telling stories, when something is a hit, it will be fillered to the max and stretched as long as possible, usually losing their spirit or point. This applies to shows, as well as comics, I suppose, and tends to turn me off from either when it happens.

Not American but an excellent example of this would be this infamous thing where most of the cast is probably dead now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_Street

Excellent examples of what I say can also be found in a lot of recent popular shows (And I know Hayden will chew me up for this but!) like Lost, Heroes, BSG, Sex and the City, etc.

A good example of a show with an start to finish plot and the One Vision thing I refer to, would be The Sopranos, David Chase was the head from start to finish, the cast was the same, and the show, no matter how successfully, ended when it ended. (I'll note the extra filler episodes in the last season, but even so.)


(Edited for Typos and general reading, some bits were a mess.)

[Zachalmighty]

Read Kickass its an awesome comic.

[Killface]

I've been reading a lot of Vertigo series: Sandman, Fables, Y The Last Man, and plan on starting DMZ soon. Also read a lot of Hellboy and B.P.R.D., and of course Alan Moore's stuff. Fables is probably the best series out now though imo, not sure what others here think.

Also interested in starting up Madman and Invincible, anyone here read those?

[Master Zombots]

I enjoy reading the Bionicle comic series. I don't think that the new artist is as good as the previous ones, however. The drawings don't give me the same nostalgia as the original style of the older ones.

[Camanche]

I enjoy reading the Bionicle comic series. I don't think that the new artist is as good as the previous ones, however. The drawings don't give me the same nostalgia as the original style of the older ones.

I think I just died a little inside.

[Voodoo]

^LOL whenever zombots reads bionicles a fairy loses its wings

[syl]

I understand this, but there are differences, while, arguably, both follow the pursuit of cash, in Manga I tend to see more of a coherent plot and structured storyline, I mean, sure, there is Watchmen, which is awesome (Read it whoever hasn't), the Neil Gaiman stuff and its spinnoffs (like say, Lucifer) which take their plot and its continuity seriously, and to a point, art consistency (in Sandman part of the point is the changing artists, so im cool with that).
(Edited for Typos and general reading, some bits were a mess.)

Sorry for the wrong choice of words, Sei. I actually agree w/ your points.
I just suggested Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, b/c I thought it was a good read and its also a comic/graphic novel.

[Sei]

Oh heh, I've read it and I agree that it's good, he made a follow up book too thats not too bad either.

Hmm, recently I read Nausicaa and Akira, they are both pretty good, though Nausicaa sort of shows that Miyazaki made it over many years and kinda changed his mind on things a few times.

Also read the V for Vendetta book, also good, but I tend to like AlanMoore in general so...

Hmm, Xeo mentioned that Batman is dying, is he dying in the same way that say, Superman died, or is he dying as in last number of Batman is coming out.

Id get a lot of respect for the later one.

[Kakizaki]

recently I read Nausicaa

That is about the only manga I would universally recommend to people - both to those that enjoy manga and those that don't care for it.

Beautiful art, atmosphere, setting, story etc...

While not quite comics, but at times related, I really enjoy the art of Moebius. I had a chance to snag an art book of his used, but the fact there was something that looked remarkably like poop on the cover kind of dissuaded me.

[Sayckeone]

I find it sad that people are posting in this comic thread, yet Darren has made a ton in the past and they were always ignored.

[Gillian Seed]

I find it sad that people are posting in this comic thread, yet Darren has made a ton in the past and they were always ignored.

[Kakizaki]

^Sorry man, while I agree with it and am guilty of it, I just did a quick search and couldn't find the thread. Was that something that was done on the last version of the board?

[Sayckeone]

^Yes, on each of the old boards.

[Sei]

Darren could always post now since there seems to be more discussion on the topic available than there previously was.

[Kakizaki]

^Yes, on each of the old boards.

I knew that, but I guess I should have asked if he had done it here because I am missing it. My mistake.

[Sayckeone]

^Nah, not on this one. I think he gave up this time.

[Camanche]

Nausicaa.. nice. I should have figured it was a manga beforehand. Is it different/go longer then the movie?

Darren, I demand you post your favourites and recommendations! ;)

[Kakizaki]

Cammy, it is significantly different from the movie both in story and length. Nausicaa the manga is a lengthly four volume story. The movie was started and completed around the time of the first volume of the manga. It took years for the manga version to be completed. The art is incredibly imo. The weapons, armor, airships are really cool.

[Sei]

^ What he said.

The movie is just about the first tome and they cut/modified quite a bit of it. The art in the manga is just as good as the movie, and there is a huge variety to the designs of everything.

The plot is prety neat too, I recommend it if you havent read it and like manga. I think the one I read was 7 volumes, looked it up at amazon and it was sold out but amazingly enough my local library carries manga and had it.

Thats where I read Akira too, which is also good.

I looked up the whole Nausicaa thing recently-ish because I remembered seeing the Warriors of the Wind thing when I was little and liking it, heh. (A very chopped up and reedited version of it). I usually go for subs, but the dub of the movie with Uma Thurman was quite nice.

Edited because my post was a terrible mess, and then because I wanted to add something, last edit, promise.

[Kakizaki]

Yeah, there are multiple releases of it. The one I read was 4 very large volumes. I don't think that version is as common anymore.

[Gillian Seed]

i have mentioned a few titles here recently, I will not repeat them here because that would count as a contribution, but yeah if this thread hangs around and people actually buy comics semi frequently and want to talk I will contribute...

but I doubt it will happen.

[Delition]

It's an older comic, but has anyone else here read "Ash"? I had a few comics from the first series and I enjoyed them all. It's one of the few comic series I still have comics of (I gave most of my comics to friends, aside from Deadpool and my old Sonic the Hedgehog comics).

[Sayckeone]

I've been reading Mallard Filmore lately. The past few panels have been talking #### about Barack Obama, so that makes it an awesome comic. Yesterday it went after McCain, I'm waiting for them to make fun of Hillary, but that probably won't happen. I think its creator is a Hillary supporter. What a douche. That makes this a terrible comic.

Anyway, am I the only one who thinks Marmaduke is the most absurd #### ever? It's so ridiculous that it frustrates me, yet I can't help but read it. Yesterday, Marmaduke's owner wanted to relax on the recliner and read his paper, but the chair had a ton of dog bones lines up on it and Marmaduke standing over them. The owner's wife said something along the lines of, "You'll have to wait until he finishes taking inventory. WTF!! It pisses me off just thinking about it!

Then Dennis the menace. Jesus ####ing Christ. They're sitting at the dinner table and Dennis goes, "How can it be a balanced meal if there's no dessert?" ... #### like this ruins my other wise chemicaly induced great day.

[Sei]

^ You should try Doonesbury, it's not for everyone but I've heard that depending on who you ask it's either genius or not, its about politics!

I used to like the Ninja turtles one too, but then they cancelled it and it made me sad :cry:, and yeah I know that there's more ninja turtles now but its not the same.

Ah, how I remember the turtle blimp, them were the good times. :)

[Futomimi]

I've been reading Mallard Filmore lately. The past few panels have been talking #### about Barack Obama, so that makes it an awesome comic. Yesterday it went after McCain, I'm waiting for them to make fun of Hillary, but that probably won't happen. I think its creator is a Hillary supporter. What a douche. That makes this a terrible comic.

Anyway, am I the only one who thinks Marmaduke is the most absurd #### ever? It's so ridiculous that it frustrates me, yet I can't help but read it. Yesterday, Marmaduke's owner wanted to relax on the recliner and read his paper, but the chair had a ton of dog bones lines up on it and Marmaduke standing over them. The owner's wife said something along the lines of, "You'll have to wait until he finishes taking inventory. WTF!! It pisses me off just thinking about it!

Then Dennis the menace. Jesus ####ing Christ. They're sitting at the dinner table and Dennis goes, "How can it be a balanced meal if there's no dessert?" ... #### like this ruins my other wise chemicaly induced great day.

lol

[RayFoxSith]

Has anyone read the graphic novels Flight? They're like these collections of short comics and have a wide array of artists. Pretty cool stuff if you want something new to read.

[Inzaghi]

Yeah, I have all four of those, signed by a bunch of the creators. They're really cool stuff.

[Sayckeone]

Oh good lord, what is going on in this comic?

http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2008/03/marmaduke-is-mildly-rebuked-by-his.html

LOL: http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2008/02/marmaduke-####s-bones.html

[Olethros]

^ simple, yet effective in it's hilarity. I give it 4/5 dog anus bones. :lol:

[syl]

Has anyone ever thought/attempted of breaking into the comic business?
If so, how far did you get?

[Raithgar]

I tried once, Gotten all the paperwork from Dark Horse, But encountered difficulty working within some of there guidelines/restrictions.

[RayFoxSith]

Anybody know much about the new Watchmen movie? I'm dying to see how it's coming.

[Gillian Seed]

does anyone know what day it is today? What is everyone going to be doing?

[Inzaghi]

Has anyone ever thought/attempted of breaking into the comic business?
If so, how far did you get?

I didn't seriously try to "break into the business" but I did write a 22-page first issue of a miniseries that a friend of mine illustrated. We never got a response back from any of the publishers we submitted it to, so I guess it wasn't meant to be.

does anyone know what day it is today? What is everyone going to be doing?

I'm not going today. I'm taking a trip to SF this weekend, and I'll be hitting up the godly Comic Relief in Berkeley while I'm there. :D

[Olethros]

Ray: No, but I'm interested as well. A little scared though; Moore's master work could get hacked beyond comprehension.

[Camanche]

So far I've picked up some Alan Moore classics (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, etc.), Y The Last Man, Red Star, Nausicaa, Vagabond, Scud and 2 Ultimates volumes. Should keep me busy for a while. Any recommendations on where to start?

Also, has anyone been keeping up with the Lucifer spinoff? I stopped reading a while ago and was kind of wondering on how they dealt with the big plot thingy...

[Gillian Seed]

This is why I know this thread is a bust.

[Inzaghi]

Dude, I love comics, I'm just not in the "go to the shop every Wednesday" mentality anymore. For one thing, I don't really follow comics issue-by-issue. For another, most of the stuff that interests me isn't carried in the local shops around here, so I tend to turn to amazon for trades and OGNs.

[Gillian Seed]

yes, thats fine, a lot of people love comics. This thread is weak because I am the only "new comic book day" guy here, and without my support, the people will let us all down (Darren 8:12).

[syl]

yes, thats fine, a lot of people love comics. This thread is weak because I am the only "new comic book day" guy here, and without my support, the people will let us all down (Darren 8:12).

I haunt my local comic book store every Wednesday too. The owners and other regulars are great people. Even if you don't buy anything, the experience offers a sort of ambience.
Free Comic Book Day is coming up! May 1st(I think) visit your local comic shop! :D

[Sayckeone]

^Awesome! I hope my local comic shop has Marmaduke at 50!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b280/Sayckeone/51KH0PA09JL__SS500_.jpg

[RayFoxSith]

Calvin and Hobbes FTW.

[Olethros]

So far I've picked up some Alan Moore classics (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, etc.), Y The Last Man, Red Star, Nausicaa, Vagabond, Scud and 2 Ultimates volumes. Should keep me busy for a while. Any recommendations on where to start?

Also, has anyone been keeping up with the Lucifer spinoff? I stopped reading a while ago and was kind of wondering on how they dealt with the big plot thingy...

If you haven't read it yet, start with Watchmen. How was the Lucifer spinoff in the beginning? I stayed away from it because it lacked Gaiman's involvement, but I'd consider giving it a shot if you recommend it. Also, I agree completely with your sentiment that American Gods needs to be made into a film. It could be tricky, but done right it would be awesome.

[Sei]

Do Watchmen first, then read some other stuff, then read Watchmen again, it has a lot of stuff that you don't catch on the first go through.

I like Lucifer, its very Gaiman-esque even if he is not involved, the plo is pretty good and the characters are consistent with Sandman, and it has just as much randomly meandering around with interesting side stories (or the ones I read did at least). Havent read it lately tho but hopefully its still good.

[Olethros]

http://www.freakangels.com/?p=23

Any one else reading this weekly? I may end reading it in 3 or 4 week chunks instead; it's moving too slow for once a week.

[Sayckeone]

^That was even more boring than P3.

[RedEagleEX]

Calvin and Hobbes FTW.
I have the entire Calvin and Hobbes collection on my PSP. ^_~ (As well as a few Mangas)

I really enjoy the PSP to read Manga (Or Comics, thanks to Calvin and Hobbes) because of the recent Firmware updates a while back, I can listen to music while reading.

[Camanche]

If you liked Sandman, I'd recommend Lucifer too. If you can deal with a comic that doesn't really include Morpheus of the Endless.

[Sei]

^Is that your back? If so, I will say, awesome.

[Camanche]

Tch, I wish. Tattoos cost money. I don't know if I'd ever get something that big..

[Neveryll]

I haven't bought a comic book in the old format in a long time. I enjoyed the Oh My Goddess series, the Dungeons and Dragons comics, the Dragonlance comic, the Forgetten Realms comic, off the top of my head. Now I'm going to have to go find those two boxes and peek under the lid to see what else was there... LOL

More recently I have picked up some of the newer anime graphic novels. R.O D. Read or Dream, Love Hina, AI Yori Aoshi, and AI Love. I rather like the goofy love story types over the more serious action comics that most seem to prefer. Shrug. Just who I am :)

[syl]

http://www.freakangels.com/?p=23

Any one else reading this weekly? I may end reading it in 3 or 4 week chunks instead; it's moving too slow for once a week.

I kinda liked it; steam-punk works for me.
Being able to fully complete a comic page in a week takes a lot of effort.
Of courese, I'm assuming that Paul Duffield (the artist) did the following:
- layout
- penciling
- inking
- coloring
- lettering

[Sayckeone]

I kinda liked it; steam-punk works for me.
There's nothing steampunk about it.

[syl]

I kinda liked it; steam-punk works for me.
There's nothing steampunk about it.

Yeah, I kinda realize that now.

Btw, this Saturday is Free Comic Book Day. So check out your local comic store, to see what freebies the industry is offering! :D

[Saishu]

My favorite comic book is an old Ninja Turtles comic where the Turtles go to Egypt to beat up some Egyptian gods to save April.

The comic was in black and white and I used it as a coloring book while I was in elementary school. Fond memories.

[Raithgar]

Darren, what are your thoughts about the upcomming Secret Invasion? Do you think this is Marvels latest attempt to "reset" everything?

[Gillian Seed]

Darren, what are your thoughts about the upcomming Secret Invasion? Do you think this is Marvels latest attempt to "reset" everything?

Its not a reset, it's just the summer event, like World War Hulk or Civil War (well this was major). Its going to be great actually, so far the Issue 1 and the New Avengers tie-in are great reads. They are not trying to reset anything, just shake things up for the next year until the next summer event.

[Raithgar]

ahh ok.. I've been able to catch the free digital copy on Marvel's site.. Wasn't to bad of a teaser.

I guess I was given the impression that it would be a reset, since now the question would be "who is realy who"? An interesting way to shake up some of the known characters, and possibly a way to do some damage control on the direction since the Civil War (death of Capt America).

Although I don't collect anymore, I still try to keep tabs on whats going on.. The new Anti-Venom idea looks interesting as well.

[syl]

I just hope Thor isn't a Skrull; he's like the only Marvel character I like!

[Camanche]

I'm just digging into Nausicaa now. It was the easiest to get.

[Sei]

Hmm, I also thought the who is really who thing was about resetting storylines/returning them to normalcy by making anyone in an inconvenient state a Skrull.

I was a bit disappointed when I first heard the concept too, because there had been quite a bit of movement in some characters to "a bit out of the norm", but we'll see.

I don't really think they'd use it to "reset" Captain America like that, but then similar stuff has happened in the past (Scarlet Spider/Ben Reilly, anyone?)

Nausicaa is good!.

[Gillian Seed]

Hmm, I also thought the who is really who thing was about resetting storylines/returning them to normalcy by making anyone in an inconvenient state a Skrull.

I was a bit disappointed when I first heard the concept too, because there had been quite a bit of movement in some characters to "a bit out of the norm", but we'll see.

I don't really think they'd use it to "reset" Captain America like that, but then similar stuff has happened in the past (Scarlet Spider/Ben Reilly, anyone?)

Nausicaa is good!.

Well Bendis has been planning the Civil War for a LONG time. In all the books he has done for Marvel he had this idea and actually put hints in the books. I dont feel it's a reset, but they do this stuff every year during the summer, its a major event that will control the whole universe until the NEXT big event.

Also, its not just characters that have become "inconvenient", they are making characters you wouldn't expect Skrulls. Like Dum Dum. Its a cool shake up so far.

[syl]

Well Bendis has been planning the Civil War for a LONG time. In all the books he has done for Marvel he had this idea and actually put hints in the books. I dont feel it's a reset, but they do this stuff every year during the summer, its a major event that will control the whole universe until the NEXT big event.

Also, its not just characters that have become "inconvenient", they are making characters you wouldn't expect Skrulls. Like Dum Dum. Its a cool shake up so far.

Who do you suspect to be a Skrull?
Are you getting Secret Invasion and all the tie-ins?
Secret Invasion: Thor is what I'm looking forward to.

[Olethros]

Watchmen movie:

http://rss.warnerbros.com/watchmen/

[DamnedToBeFree]

^Definitely excited to see that.

[Olethros]

Yeah, I'm excited but leary. They changed Night Owl's costume; makes me wonder what else is going to get changed.

[DamnedToBeFree]

Yea the new costume reminds me way too much of Batman. They should have made it look more "home-made".

[allie_razakel]

Wow, and here I am thinking that I will never find another Sandman fan on this rock. XD Didn't know there was a lot of 'em~

Well, Malaysia is not one for comics. They're just getting used to the idea of Naruto being dubbed into our language, and it's definitely worse than the English dubs. :shock:

Hmm, I've just finished Sandman, now juggling between Lucifer and Nextwave. But really, I want to read more if I could, but comics here are blood expensive, so I usually resort to downloading them.

I'm looking for Arkham Asylum, V For Vendetta, From Hell, and Pride of Baghdad. I was wondering if anyone would know a good website to download comics since...I've just lost mine. =(

[Gillian Seed]

http://csls.diamondcomics.com/

[Olethros]

Wow, and here I am thinking that I will never find another Sandman fan on this rock. XD Didn't know there was a lot of 'em~

Well, Malaysia is not one for comics. They're just getting used to the idea of Naruto being dubbed into our language, and it's definitely worse than the English dubs. :shock:

Hmm, I've just finished Sandman, now juggling between Lucifer and Nextwave. But really, I want to read more if I could, but comics here are blood expensive, so I usually resort to downloading them.

I'm looking for Arkham Asylum, V For Vendetta, From Hell, and Pride of Baghdad. I was wondering if anyone would know a good website to download comics since...I've just lost mine. =(

My name and avatar (for now at least; going to change that soon) are actually from sandman.

[Futomimi]

I'm sure that Onion will be thrilled.

[Olethros]

^ We shall see. If it really bothers him, I'll gladly change it. I'll probably get tired of it quickly anyway.

[allie_razakel]

My name and avatar (for now at least; going to change that soon) are actually from sandman.

Ah yes! I remember that one. For some odd reason, I was reminded of Balthier, but oh well~ XD

But...your new avatar...looks like some parasite in someone's body. 0.o I'm sorry, but it really does look like it. What's that suppose to be?

[Sanctine]

But...your new avatar...looks like some parasite in someone's body. 0.o I'm sorry, but it really does look like it. What's that suppose to be?

My guess is that someone took a #### inside a vat of blood plasma.

[allie_razakel]

My guess is that someone took a #### inside a vat of blood plasma.

Eew. :cry:

[syl]

Hmm, I've just finished Sandman, now juggling between Lucifer and Nextwave. But really, I want to read more if I could, but comics here are blood expensive, so I usually resort to downloading them.

I'm looking for Arkham Asylum, V For Vendetta, From Hell, and Pride of Baghdad. I was wondering if anyone would know a good website to download comics since...I've just lost mine. =(

I'm familiar with scanlations of manga, but I didn't think anyone would mess w/the North American companies.
Scanlation sites are obliged to take down their content if the company that owns the property, unless they want a lawsuit.
Even www.onemanga.com, took down its scans of the Beserk b/c Darkhorse Comics requested it.
Why not try ordering from an online store?

[Olethros]

But...your new avatar...looks like some parasite in someone's body. 0.o I'm sorry, but it really does look like it. What's that suppose to be?

My guess is that someone took a #### inside a vat of blood plasma.

It's Strongyloides stercolaris. It is a parasite. I won't bore you with the details; I just think the filariform larvae are really cool looking.

[allie_razakel]

Why not try ordering from an online store?

Naaw. Too expensive for me. I live in a country where there exist very expensive stuff and very cheap stuff. The one that lies in the middle would be...some food stuff, magazines, government schools, and...well, a few others I haven't come across.

Graphic novels does not lie in between VERY expensive and VERY cheap.

And even if they somehow become cheap, they would be translated into our local language and it'll just make everything else as bad as a Malay-dubbed Naruto anime.

So no. And uh, my parents are paranoids. They don't trust anything sold online except for flight tickets.

It's Strongyloides stercolaris. It is a parasite. I won't bore you with the details; I just think the filariform larvae are really cool looking.

Indeed. It has a peculiar, no- suggestive shape. And the colour says it all.

I personally find the hydras (sp?) beautiful. They're not parasites, but they are multi-cells and...they're really really small plants. =)

[syl]

Sorry, my fault. I often blur the line between neccessity & luxury.
Btw, does the Malay-dubbed Naruto still say "Alright then!" as his catch phrase?
God, I hate that kid! :x

[allie_razakel]

Sorry, my fault. I often blur the line between neccessity & luxury.
Btw, does the Malay-dubbed Naruto still say "Alright then!" as his catch phrase?
God, I hate that kid! :x

The "Alright then!" phrase is...oh, no, for a moment there, I thought it was the "Datteba yo!" phrase. I'm not sure, but well, if it did, then it would be in that language itself. I couldn't bear to watch it. It was that horrible.

At least the English one ain't that bad. Yuri Lowenthal~ *lovelove*



Wait.

You watched the Malay-dubbed Naruto? 0.0?

[syl]

Nope, I can't even stand the Japanese episodes! :evil:
The pacing is too slow and there are too many filler seasons!
You're better off reading scanlations of the original manga until it's translated into Malay.

[allie_razakel]

Nope, I can't even stand the Japanese episodes! :evil:
The pacing is too slow and there are too many filler seasons!
You're better off reading scanlations of the original manga until it's translated into Malay.

I just...play the game. The Shippudden ones, that's all. I stopped at episode 75 and lost interest from then on (this is Japanese, not the Malay dubbed).

And NO. I DON'T WATCH THE MALAY DUBBING NOR DO I READ 'EM.

Too lazy to read 'em anyway. Too much...weird things happening. They think adding more complications to the story helps it. I think it just destroys it. Well, I have friends who update me on the latest happening in Naruto so i don't really have to read 'em. XD

[Sei]

It's all filler from Naruto ep 100 till it's end.

Shippunden is much better, but the best arc is still the first one.

[syl]

How's the whole Batman: R.I.P. story-arc going?
I liked what Grant Morrison did w/X-Men.
Too bad Marvel decided to ret-con everything he did :cry:

[EvilHero]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c371/SSJVegeta76/th_080527_225849.jpg (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c371/SSJVegeta76/080527_225849.jpg)

Like I posted in the spoils thread, I just picked this up. Reall good so far.

This is my first real comic outside of the Walking Dead. I've been looking at other DC stuff, but theres just so many different characters/stories/arcs/universes/alternate timelines/etc... I can't figure out where to start. Anybody have any recommendations?

Also, whats this whole Crisis thing about?

[DamnedToBeFree]

"Watchmen" is a DC product.

[Sei]

Also, whats this whole Crisis thing about?

Basically, a reset of all the DC stuff because it had got too stupid and complicated. I'll allow wikipedia to do the honors with the details:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths

[Tivor]

"Watchmen" is awesome.



By the way, today's xkcd comic (http://xkcd.com/429/) had me cracking up a lot more than usual. :D

[DamnedToBeFree]

David Hayter interview:

http://www.watchmencomicmovie.com/052808-watchmen-script-david-hayter.php

[RayFoxSith]

####, Rorschach looks awesome in the film.

[Tivor]

####, Rorschach looks awesome in the film.
So does the Comedian. :shock:

[DamnedToBeFree]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a181/DamnedToBeFree/santa.jpg

[RayFoxSith]

Oh my God, that was awesome. I'm LOLing hard.

[Sei]

^ Same, It actually took me a minute to get the note and see R.

[Voodoo]

I tried reading comics once, But since theres no up arrow I gave up

[syl]

Is the Red Hulk supposed to be a joke character?
He's even punched out the Watcher during his intro speech.

[Gillian Seed]

no joke

[Vincent Alexander]

Sweet...comic thread. I used to read a lot of comics as a kid, but I've slowed down quite a bit. Today, I read Ultimate Spiderman and continue to read Spawn. http://www.spacecast.com/images/Shows/spawn_img1.jpg Can't get much more kick ass than that.

[RayFoxSith]

I was disappointed and thrilled when I saw the trailer for The Spirit at the Hulk movie. I was disappointed because I thought it was the next Sin City. Looks ####ing awesome, though.

[Gillian Seed]

i just dropped $47 on this weeks comics. No trades, all current single issues.

[Kakizaki]

Hellboy TPB 1-6.

[syl]

Hellboy TPB 1-6.
Nice.
Did any of them have a yellow sticker promoting the movie?
Hellboy TPB 7 is cool if you didn't buy Darkhorse's numerous, horror anthologies that featured Hellboy.
Hellboy TPB 8; Fegredo's art totally compliments Mignola's writing.

[Kakizaki]

Did any of them have a yellow sticker promoting the movie?

Yes. First movie. Why?

Been putting these off for years -- got a nice deal from a guy for the first six. Decided to go through with it.

[Sayckeone]

So this is Dennis the Menace from the 24th of this month:

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5259/dennisthemenaceoy3.gif

And this is Marmaduke from today, the 28th:

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3318/marmaduke2008062037728ob4.gif

JESUS ####ING CHRIST WHAT THE ####.

So Marmaduke, a horrible comic strip to begin with, is now stealing from Dennis the Menace, an only slightly better comic? Even worse, the 100 something year old World War I relic of a douche who does Marmaduke couldn't even wait a few months to steal the idea? I hope to see a similar outrage among comic strip circles against this hack as I saw against Carlos Mencia.

This is bull####!

Also, the dogs are way cuter in Dennis the Menace than in Marmaduke. This old man needs to steady his ####ing hand or call it quits.

Is Lassie even ####ing on Tv anymore? These comics are the kind of #### 90 year old women find funny.

BTW, Dennis' mom can get it.

[syl]

Did any of them have a yellow sticker promoting the movie?

Yes. First movie. Why?

Been putting these off for years -- got a nice deal from a guy for the first six. Decided to go through with it.

Sorry.
Most Hellboy or B.P.R.D. TPBs nowadays have a horrid yellow sticker promoting the second movie; The Golden Army.
I'd rather appreciate Mignola's covers than a sticker.

[Sei]

So this is Dennis the Menace from the 24th of this month:

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5259/dennisthemenaceoy3.gif

And this is Marmaduke from today, the 28th:

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3318/marmaduke2008062037728ob4.gif

JESUS ####ING CHRIST WHAT THE ####.

So Marmaduke, a horrible comic strip to begin with, is now stealing from Dennis the Menace, an only slightly better comic? Even worse, the 100 something year old World War I relic of a douche who does Marmaduke couldn't even wait a few months to steal the idea? I hope to see a similar outrage among comic strip circles against this hack as I saw against Carlos Mencia.

This is bull####!

Also, the dogs are way cuter in Dennis the Menace than in Marmaduke. This old man needs to steady his ####ing hand or call it quits.

Is Lassie even ####ing on Tv anymore? These comics are the kind of #### 90 year old women find funny.

BTW, Dennis' mom can get it.

You should send him an angry letter with the personal touch only a typewriter gives.

[Kakizaki]

Did any of them have a yellow sticker promoting the movie?

Yes. First movie. Why?

Been putting these off for years -- got a nice deal from a guy for the first six. Decided to go through with it.

Sorry.
Most Hellboy or B.P.R.D. TPBs nowadays have a horrid yellow sticker promoting the second movie; The Golden Army.
I'd rather appreciate Mignola's covers than a sticker.

Me too, but these were cheap and in better condition than they usually are at a store. Just the first copy had that sticker.

[RayFoxSith]

Hold on, Dennis the Menace is still going?

[SickleCellAnemia]

Hold on, Marmadip#### is still going?!?!

[Sei]

Hold on, newspapers are still going?

[Vincent Alexander]

Whats a newspaper?

[syl]

Just got Claymore# 12. With the use of a single time skip, the author has turned me off this series. :?
Hmmm, DGM or Berserk look real promising now...

[Saishu]

The 7-year timeskip?

Edit: I wasn't sure with this post because it's been a while since I last read Claymore and the flashback chapters are what initially came to mind.

[syl]

Yeah, the 7-year timeskip.
I frequent onemanga.com and I'm not impressed where the series is headed either.

[Saishu]

At this point in time I'm just disappointed by how long it takes to release a chapter. Plus there are too many characters.

[slayn]

Sorry.
Most Hellboy or B.P.R.D. TPBs nowadays have a horrid yellow sticker promoting the second movie; The Golden Army.
I'd rather appreciate Mignola's covers than a sticker.

I'm avoiding this by holding off and buying the library editions for Hellboy. I hope they decide to do similar collections for the BPRD stuff.

[syl]

Sorry.
Most Hellboy or B.P.R.D. TPBs nowadays have a horrid yellow sticker promoting the second movie; The Golden Army.
I'd rather appreciate Mignola's covers than a sticker.

I'm avoiding this by holding off and buying the library editions for Hellboy. I hope they decide to do similar collections for the BPRD stuff.

Yeah, the library editions are nice. I love extra sketches that were added; especially the Nordic gods.
Unfortunately, the price tag is more scarey than anything Hellboy probably faced.

[syl]

Nothing like replying to yourself.... :?
Has anyone bought any of Viz Media's VIZBIG Editions?
I recently ordered Vagabond, but I'm wondering if I'll end up w/a brick of paper. :cry:

[Saishu]

They're pretty huge. I like the Rurouni Kenshin ones, I've seen them in stores but I haven't bought any.

[Skyrocket]

Is the Red Hulk supposed to be a joke character?
He's even punched out the Watcher during his intro speech.

No, just a highly questionable idea. :roll:

[raum215]

Marvel's Mystic Arcana is pretty good, but I miss Promethea.

[syl]

Someone please kill off the Red Hulk!
The more I read this series, I'm reminded why I left the house of ideas years ago.
Where the hell is the ultimate nullifer or Squirrel Girl when you need them?

[slayn]

Someone please kill off the Red Hulk!
The more I read this series, I'm reminded why I left the house of ideas years ago.
Where the hell is the ultimate nullifer or Squirrel Girl when you need them?

Rule of thumb: If you see Jeph Loeb's name on anything, RUN THE OTHER ####ING WAY!!!!

I dropped that title after the first issue because the it's so dumb. Do yourself a favor and just stick to Pak-written Hulk stuff.

[allie_razakel]

All Star Superman.
Black Orchid.
V For Vendetta.
Nextwave (I've yet to finish this. ^_^;)
Lucifer (And no, I haven't finished this one yet)

[Gillian Seed]

Red Hulk is good, it has only gotten better since the first issue...

I forgot, I am not supposed to post here.

[slayn]

Red Hulk is good, it has only gotten better since the first issue...

I forgot, I am not supposed to post here.

You must have a really ####ed up system of standards if you can use the word "good" in reference to Red Hulk and be talking about anything besides it's usefulness as kindling or compost.

And now that I think about it, it'd probably fail pretty hard at those two tasks, too, due to all the ink and any treatment the paper has received. So there you have it: Red Hulk fails at everything.

[DamnedToBeFree]

Just finished "Ronin", and it was alright. Good for a quick read, but nothing too memorable, IMO.

[syl]

Finally bought Watchmen, so I can fiinish reading it.
I really like the pre-Adobe Photoshop/Corel Painter era of colouring. Ah, those were the days...

[dragonlife29]

I bought Watchmen and The Killing Joke...they're the only (Western) comic books I've read.

[slayn]

If you aren't reading Atomic Robo you are less than human.

[Gillian Seed]

Anyone have a pull list or regular weekly titles they buy?

[slayn]

Anyone have a pull list or regular weekly titles they buy?

I do.

To elaborate, I have the following titles in my pull list:

Atomic Robo (GOD DAMN GO BUY THIS NOW YOU PLEBES!)
Conan
Red Sonja
Astonishing X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
Wolverine
Skaar
Incredible Herc
Secret Invasion
The Dark Tower miniseries
Fall of Cthulhu
Cthulhu Tales
Savage Tales
Hellboy
BPRD and BPRD character books
The Darkness
Witchblade
Echo

And a few more I'm sure I'm forgetting. It's a pretty equal mix of good books and stuff I buy for comic value.

[Gillian Seed]

Alright well I will post mine as well:

New Avengers
Mighty Avengers
Avengers: The Initiative
Wolverine
Wolverine: First Class
Wolverine: Origins
Astonishing X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men Legacy
GeNext
Fantastic Four
Immortal Iron Fist
Kick-Ass (BEST COMIC EVER)
Amazing Spider-Man
Walking Dead
Invincible
Ex Machina
Nova
War Heroes
Skaar
Crossed
X-Force
Young X-Men
New Universal: Shockfront
The Man With No Name
Hulk
Ultimate Spider-Man
Ultimate X-Men
Ultimate Origins (Limited Series)
Avengers Invaders (Limited Series)
Venom Dark Origins (Limited Series)
Halo Uprising (Limited Series)
Cable
No Hero
Secret Invasion (Limited Series)
Secret Invasion X-Men (Limited Series)
Secret Invasion Thor (Limited Series)
Secret Invasion Spider-Man (Limited Series)
Secret Invasion Frontline (Limited Series)
1985 (Limited Series)
Angel: Revelations (Limited Series)


These are most of them, I don't know if I forgot any, but there might be a few I did. These are just titles that still have some books left in them or are on-going that I get every wednesday.

[Sei]

I used to get Gen-x, X-man, sandman, X-men, and the different flavors of Spiderman back in the Age of Apocalypse era. They were good. Kept it up until onslaught. Then the plots, art etc went quickly down the gutter.

Well, Sandman was always awesome. Also Lucifer.

[syl]

Anyone have a pull list or regular weekly titles they buy?

Hellboy
B.P.R.D.
The Red Star: The Sword of Lies (I still haunt my comic shop for the arrival of issue #3)

[DamnedToBeFree]

Just finished reading The Dark Knight Returns, and I really enjoyed. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn't picked it up yet.

[syl]

Which summer event storylines have you guys sampled and stuck with:

Marvel Invasion,
DC Final Crisis
Wildstorm Armageddon

[slayn]

Secret Invasion, although I'm mostly just reading New Avengers and the SI miniseries. I learned my lesson about buying all tie-ins from WWH.

[Sei]

^ I learned that lesson with Onslaught.

[slayn]

^ I learned that lesson with Onslaught.

Onslaught happened during the twelve years or so I wasn't reading comics. The last big event before I stopped was Age of Apocalypse which, while not so great in retrospect, was pretty damn cool when you're 12. When I started reading again, the big crossover was WWH, and the tie-ins for that ran the gamut from not so bad (Ghost Rider) to "oh god I'd rather gouge out my eyes than read more of this ####" (Frontline WWH).

However WWH did make Hercules one of the coolest characters in the Marvel Universe, so I'll always love it for that.

[syl]

Just bought my first VIZBIG edition of Vagabond. The quality is the same as the Viz Signature line; high grade matte paper. At over 700 pages, I'm afraid that I'll damage one or more of my wrists if I attempt to read it in one sitting.
The only negatives are the original covers are missing and there is some minor clipping of pages. I'm guessing Viz choose the incorrect ratio for the paper.

[allie_razakel]

Batman - The Man Who Laughs.

[Kakizaki]

Finally getting around to reading the Hellboy stuff I had been hoarding. Wishing all of the art for B.P.R.D. was done by Mignola so I would have something else related to read when I am done.

[syl]

I'm satisfied that Mignola oversees all the Hellboy/B.P.R.D. so that it readers have a unique and cohesive continuity.
Plus, his rare appearances as the story artist are a real treat.
Btw Kakizaki, what is your favourite Hellboy & B.P.R.D. graphic novels?

[Kakizaki]

^I get back to you on that. I'm only halfway through the trade paperback collections.

MM's art style was one of the largest draws for me. That is why it is difficult for me to get drawn in when he isn't involved in that manner.

[slayn]

I really wish Dark Horse would do Library Editions for B.P.R.D. and the assorted character books. I love my Hellboy hardbacks.

[Kakizaki]

^Been tempted to buy those.

[slayn]

They're absolutely worth it in my opinion.

[slayn]

So how do you guys store your comics? I'm using longboxes, but it's getting annoying because a) they're ugly and b) they get heavy as hell when they're cloe to full.

[syl]

Actually, it was the prospect of being buried under a pile of long boxes that made switch over to the trade paperbacks.
I ended donating a bunch of 90's era Wildstorm stuff to my local library. I wonder how much of it they actually put into circulation...

[slayn]

Yeah, my stack is starting to get dangerously high, though luckily I'll be moving in the next two or three months and will then have a seperate room just to put my stuff in. That will let me make longer, lower rows with them. Still, I'd like to find some alternative that looks more attractive, and is easier to access, than long boxes.

[syl]

Currently, my comicbook store is closed b/c a fire in the same plaza. I even had to buy my comics from the back of the owner's minivan, until they could no longer manage. I missed Free Comicbook Day and some orders from Diamond are on hold.
The only good thing that came from this event was that I finally bought my first copy of Berserk; # 28.
Cue laughter and the world's smallest violin

[Delition]

I just recently found out about the Deadpool Classics trade paperbacks. This makes me quite happy as older Deadpool comics seem to be few and far between for a decent price now (I blame it partly on the Wolverine movie...which I thought they messed up Deadpool royally in).

The only downside to the trade paperback collection is that I already have a few of the issues in the first collection. That doesn't stop me from buying it, though.

I also picked up a few other random Deadpool issues while I was back in Oshkosh this weekend.

[syl]

Cool.
Which Deadpool trades would you recommend the most?

[Delition]

I'd probably suggest "The Circle Chase". I know it's part of the first Deadpool Collection series, but I haven't gotten the first collection in the mail so I'm not sure how the rest of the collection is.

I thought that The Circle Chase was a good example of Deadpool being more than a Deathstroke the Terminator rip-off, along with him being more than some random anti-hero.

I also enjoyed pretty much the entire Cable & Deadpool series. Even though I hate Cable, I feel him to play a great straight man to Deadpool's comic routine.

Deadpool is also a part of the Wolverine: Origins trade paperbacks, which have nothing to do with the movie, in "Wolverine: Origins - Deadpool" which is volume five.

Actually, screw it. I'd suggest anything after The Circle Chase for sure as I haven't read anything before it, or issues 20-something through 25 of the official first Deadpool comics. Then again I've been a Deadpool fan for almost 6 years, so I am a little biased.

[iammako3]

Cable & Deadpool if flipping fantastic. I definitely suggest reading them for epic Deadpool action! And like Delition said, Cable plays a great straightman to Deadpool's joker.

On another note, I"ve been thinking of picking up Ultimate X-Men. What do you guys think of it — worth it or no?

[Delition]

I still prefer the "regular" Marvel universe over the "ultimate", with the exception of Ultimate Spider-Man. I suppose it really all depends on who you like in terms of the X-Men team, because some of the team didn't do too well in the Ultimate universe.

[Elizabeth]

I've actually had a really hard time finding comics I'm interested in that aren't manga. I wanted to start reading Fable but I was only able to find the first book. Other then that I've read all of Sandman and Lucifer.

Oh, does anyone else like the Tintin comics? I'm excited for the movies but I'm scared if they'll take a lot of liberties with it.

[Candle Jack]

I'd probably suggest "The Circle Chase". I know it's part of the first Deadpool Collection series, but I haven't gotten the first collection in the mail so I'm not sure how the rest of the collection is.

I thought that The Circle Chase was a good example of Deadpool being more than a Deathstroke the Terminator rip-off, along with him being more than some random anti-hero.

I also enjoyed pretty much the entire Cable & Deadpool series. Even though I hate Cable, I feel him to play a great straight man to Deadpool's comic routine.

Deadpool is also a part of the Wolverine: Origins trade paperbacks, which have nothing to do with the movie, in "Wolverine: Origins - Deadpool" which is volume five.

Actually, screw it. I'd suggest anything after The Circle Chase for sure as I haven't read anything before it, or issues 20-something through 25 of the official first Deadpool comics. Then again I've been a Deadpool fan for almost 6 years, so I am a little biased.


Deadpool Classic vol 1 collects Circle Chase, the first few issues of the series, and his first appearances in New Mutants.

[syl]

I've actually had a really hard time finding comics I'm interested in that aren't manga. I wanted to start reading Fable but I was only able to find the first book. Other then that I've read all of Sandman and Lucifer.

Oh, does anyone else like the Tintin comics? I'm excited for the movies but I'm scared if they'll take a lot of liberties with it.

Anything from Mike Mignola is a must buy.
I was thinking of trying Matt Wagner's Grendel. Hunter Rose, the 1st Grendel, seems like a really interesting character.
I use to read Tintin back in the day, those were some sweet times...Yeah, but I can definately see Tintin getting mangled by a Hollywood hack.

[Delition]

I used to have one of the trade paperbacks of Batman vs. Grendel and as far as the Batman stories I had, it was probably my favorite, maybe tied with Batman vs. Predator (BvP was just plain silly, though, while Grendel was cool).

Also, while I'm not really a big Spider-Man fan, I still love the series done by Todd McFarlane involving Lizardman and Kraven the Hunter.

[Elizabeth]

I use to read Tintin back in the day, those were some sweet times...Yeah, but I can definately see Tintin getting mangled by a Hollywood hack.

When I was really little I watched the cartoon on Nickelodian and later came across the comics in the library when I was in third grade, I think, and I've been a fan ever since. I love that they released almost the entire series in a hardcover back; I got it really cheap because the people at Borders love me (well, my money since I'm a frequent customer, but still...).

I guess Spielberg is handling at least the first movie, and he was the only person who Herge really trusted to do Tintin justice, so we'll have to see. I guess Herge died the week Spielberg was going to meet him, so his widow had to sign over the rights, and after all these years the movie is finally getting made. I'm really curious to see how they'll handle Haddock's drinking since I'm sure they'll be shooting for a PG rating.

[Candle Jack]

I'm enjoying this new comic book called Irredeemable. It's a quasi-parody of sort. A Superman analog has gone rogue, and is destroying cities, taking down heroes, and the survivors are trying to look for ways to defeat him and what exactly sent him into this mindframe.

[Candle Jack]

Just finished reading Goodbye, Chunky Rice. Egads that was marginally depressing.

[ViolenceJack]

I havent read any comics in about... 10 years or so, but I made a couple strips for Arlus.

[syl]

Even I forgot about this thread...:(
Blackest Night has been pretty interesting and is pretty easy to get into even if you're not a DC fan. I never realized how many characters DC has killed off since the 1980s.
I finally saw the trailer for the Kick Ass movie, looks hillarious. What does everyone else think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKjycnhKxY4