LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Veronica is hot hot hot in that new Archie series.
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COMICS! |OT| August 2015. Overwhelming.
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Ugh. FroYo has an ant problem currently. The pest control people are supposed to come once a month and they weren't coming. And then I call them on Monday afternoon and tell them they need to come in ASAP and they say hopefully Tuesday, but Wednesday (today) at the latest. Aaaand they didn't come in today. Yaaay.
Also, WILL THIS HELLBLAZER ARC NEVER END!? This arc is such a chore. I think it's 8 issues long. Just one and a half issues to go... Almost there.
Also, WILL THIS HELLBLAZER ARC NEVER END!? This arc is such a chore. I think it's 8 issues long. Just one and a half issues to go... Almost there.
#teamNewBetty
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I think Young Terrorists was legit the best book I read this week, but it's fucking brutal as hell. Love the colors and the concept is stellar. I can't wait to see where it goes from here.
I'm going to wager most people haven't even heard of it, but I'm hoping someone will come out of the woodwork and say they've read it.
I like Betty from Afterlife more than Veronica in Afterlife, though; she's kind of annoying there. Betty is fantastic everywhere
I'm going to wager most people haven't even heard of it, but I'm hoping someone will come out of the woodwork and say they've read it.
I like Betty from Afterlife more than Veronica in Afterlife, though; she's kind of annoying there. Betty is fantastic everywhere
Sitting on my pile of books this week ... Will move it closer to the top
Freezasaurus
Member
Didn't read it, but I did catch a preview of it. Seemed like an interesting book, but I'm not sure it's HijinksGAF-approved.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Ah yes, I remember you're the dude that had picked up some Black Mask comicsbooksund out they sell pdfs/cbrs on their site, so I'm getting into them more. I think you'll enjoy this one a lot.
Definitely not. It's for the Ennis Boys lot.
Freezasaurus
Member
Ennis is hit or miss for me. Like Morrison. But less good.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I didn't really mean like Ennis in the way he tells stories, just in the violence and grittiness. It's not quite as bad as some of Ennis' shit, but it's definitely a 17+ comic.
Also, the colors are fantastic.
And there's no comparison between Ennis and Morrison. Morrison all day.
Ennis and Morrison are probably my two favorite writers. And I actually like them both equally. They're really apples and oranges. It just depends on what kind of comic I want to read at the moment.
Freezasaurus
Member
Holy crap, some shit went down in Empty Zone #3. Zombeen, you gotta catch up.
Well. It can't be worse than Crossed, right?
Well. It can't be worse than Crossed, right?
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Ennis is cape hater so I hate him back on their behalf.
Freezasaurus
Member
There are a lot of great cape books out there, but you do have to admit that it's a bit of a tired genre. I like how cape books are the minority with Image comics.
MotionBlue
Member
Adam Warren's Empowered Vol 9 came out today, and it is amazing. EAsily my favorite comic series I've ever read. I dread the long slow wait for the next volume.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I like Erica Henderson
Her art is a great fit for Squirrel Girl. Seems like she'd do good on Judghead too.Haven't bought my comics for the week yet. Maybe I'll grab Archie to see if I like it since you guys said I probably would. I'm already contemplating buying the past few issues of Batgirl though so I'm not sure yet.
I need to catch up on that but I had fun with the first two volumes or so that I read. Nice to hear that it stays good.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Gurihiru. He/She/They/It also did the art for the canon Avatar The Last Airbender books.
Who's the new avatar?
flaxknuckles
Member
That new Justice League is so gooood. Still, not much happened in this issue and same with that new Invincible. I hate reading comic books month to month.
my name is ed
Banned
Gurihiru is two artists that work together under one name iirc. Love the style
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
I'm on the last issue of Miller's Daredevil: The Man Without Fear and, holy hell, what a story. I'm so into the character. I'm immediately going to start the 2009 series, as I hear it gets really good. Did you guys like it?
So the Netflix series is based on Miller's story? Man, I'm going to totally need to check this out. I'm actually pretty much digging Matt in Thu black suit. He hasn't even donned the red one yet, but the origin for the suit and his nom de guerre are fucking amazing.
I'm starting to find myself in possession of t-shirts of my favorite heroes. Are figures far behind? I feel at the precipice of a very deep, dark hole.
So the Netflix series is based on Miller's story? Man, I'm going to totally need to check this out. I'm actually pretty much digging Matt in Thu black suit. He hasn't even donned the red one yet, but the origin for the suit and his nom de guerre are fucking amazing.
I'm starting to find myself in possession of t-shirts of my favorite heroes. Are figures far behind? I feel at the precipice of a very deep, dark hole.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
I thought I remembered something like that. People should check out Thor and the Warriors Four on MU if they want more of this:
Megatron
Member
The waid series? Yeah, it's very good, though a completely different kind of daredevil. Much happier and does away with all the Miller Noir. Have you read all of Miller's DD run? Definitely start there if you haven't read that yet. Then make sure to read Bendis and Brubaker's runs also.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Yeah and I'm picking up more and more Image stuff (and Boom! with Spire) as I go. East of West, Manifest Destiny, and despite people's warnings Morning Glories are on deck after I finish Chew and get caught up on Saga and Deadly Class.
I've not actually read anything Ennis has written though so I'm not commentating on his work. I just don't like him. But from what I've seen and heard about Preacher and The Boys I don't think I'd enjoy them. Besides that I don't even know what else he's done besides Punisher way back in the day.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Excellent advice. I'm a complete neophyte. Silly me, I thought this was the entirety of Miller's Daredevil run. I'd love to see more of it.
Just got caught on Justice League 43. The series is definitely picking up now, this was my favorite of the series so far. The main conflict is great but what I loved about this issue was the Lex Luthor and Superman portion. The art is fantastic as always, especially the Darksied vs Antimonitor 2 page spread.
MuddyDonut
Member
NO WRONG
Do Frank Miller's run (Born Again is a must read), skip Kevin Smith's (because his shit sucks), then do the Bendis' run, Brubakers' run, then Waid. Also if you want more go back and check out Ann Nocenti's stuff and maybe some of Stan Lee's to see how it all started (if you can handle it).
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
So everyone is telling me I should start at issue 16 of the 2009 series, which is when Bendis starts, correct? It looks like Miller worked on his run for years. Am I misunderstanding that? I see tons of issues with his name attached.
Anything on Ultimate is fair game and I want to read the books worth reading, for sure!
Megatron
Member
Miller's run is absolutely legendary. His first run was Daredevil 158-191. He came on as just the artist and then took over writing as well with issue 168. That run can be bought as an Omnibus, which is probably well worth it, but still fairly expensive. It's also collected in 3 volumes, and you actually get more in these volumes such as 2 issues of Spiderman Miller did, a What If story and Daredevil 219, a one shot he came back to write.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0785134735/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0785134743/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0785134751/?tag=neogaf0e-20
These were originally released under the name: Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller (which I bought) but these newer editions have some extra issues in them, which I am more than a little jealous about.
When you finish up with these, if anything it gets even better. You get to read the magnificent Born Again, which was his return to Daredevil after a few years.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0785134816/?tag=neogaf0e-20
The Kevin Smith run isn't terrible, it seemed better at the time than I think it is now, but yes, Bendis's run absolutely crushes it, and Brubaker's follow up was terrific as well, especially the Devil Inside and Out, his first arc. Referring to it as Daredevil 2009 is confusing to me, because it started in 1998 and ended in 2009. That's why I thought you were referring to Waid's run, which didn't actually start until 2011.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Rocafort is teasing some TMNT art. It's probably a variant cover cuz I doubt he can handle doing interiors for two books knowing how delicate he works.
MuddyDonut
Member
No dude
2001 I think.
Here check this link out instead.
Very helpful for getting into Daredevil. It's what I used.
Saucycarpdog
Member
Hey there comicGAF. I'm new to this OT as I only recently got into exchanging my book collection for a graphic novel collection. I'll probably stop more frequently.
Two quick questions about some graphic novels I'm interested in.
Has anyone here read The Autumnlands by Kurt Busiek? Is it any good?
How about Low by Rick Reminder?
Two quick questions about some graphic novels I'm interested in.
Has anyone here read The Autumnlands by Kurt Busiek? Is it any good?
How about Low by Rick Reminder?
Tizoc
Member
He can still write cape books really well though.
Or to be exact the characters, just read his Spiderman story from Web of Spiderman.
Just read any Power Pack mini drawn by Gurihiru their work is fantastic and adorable.
Seriously they should make a Power Pack animated movie based on gurihiru's artstyle @_@
ComicGAF LOVE Rick Reminder, so just about any RR book you ask about, they'll tell you that it's worth reading the instant you see their reply ;P
to answer your last question though: yes it is~
I don't read Low but I can definitely recommend The Autumnlands if you love magic and grit.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I read the first issue of Autumnlands and enjoyed it. I didn't continue but Busiek's a great writer so I'm sure it stayed good.
Low is really good. I'm a big Remender fan and I think the world is really fascinating. Tocchini's artwork is beautiful as well. The pages and panels flow wonderfully and it just looks great. If you do enjoy Low, definitely check out Remender's other work like Deadly Class which is awesome every month.
Tizoc
Member
I disagree, the long hair was part of Crystal's design, now she looks like that one X-men chick with the lines on her face and the weird belts on her outfit whose name escapes me atm.
Design changes like that always baffle me @_@
The Jenkins/Jae Lee run from a few years ago
Not really no, it's just that no one really cared about them throught the 30+ years they've been around, much like how hardly anyone cared about say B. Panther, KaZar, Moon Knight, Nighthawk or Blade comics.
True, but even still you'd want a writer and artist who have an interest in these characters to offer good/entertaining stories.
Uncanny Inhumans.
Uncanny.
They're using the traditional X-men subtitle here.
You make some good points, and I'd much rather they get good stories instead of having various Inhuman characters spread out through so many titles or books, but that's not the case.
Even if Marvel isn't using them to substitute the X-men, they're still having them show up a lot, which whether it'll work to make the Inhumans popular or not we will have to see.
Really all this exposure and showing off of Inhumans characters just feels like Ellis' Moon Knight; it was the most popular stories/run featuring the character but now not many would be interested in reading the comic.
You get the Spectacular Spider-Man stuff (interesting for historical purposes only), #219 (cool, but not totally relevant to the material at hand), and Daredevil: Love and War (actually pretty neat because it's not collected anywhere else but it's totally there just to fill in the pages). You lose out on What If? #35 which is super great though
Femmeworth
Banned
Started reading Irredeemable, not too impressed with it so far. A bit hard to take seriously, which I hope is the intent.
Tizoc
Member
It might be more easier to take in after reading a lot of superhero comics or Superman comics.
There will be a bunch of comics that when you read the first time you won't enjoy or like, but come back to them and your view point on them changes.
MuddyDonut
Member
Who has time for second chances
Megatron
Member
Yeah, true. What a weird decision to omit that issue of what if. I would really like to read dd 219. I don't think that's collected any where else either. IF they released a trade of the stuff they added I would buy it, but not going to re buy the volumes I already have. I also dislike how they gimped the second trade. The version I have has the entire Elektra saga, and it's incredible. Now you have to buy both volumes to get it all. I liked how the first volume was just miller art, and the third volume was mainly just miller's writing, but the second volume was both. That second volume may be my favorite graphic novel that I own.
Tizoc
Member
If that's directed at me: I didn't like Nextwave the first time I read it.
I gave it a re-read some years ago and it became one of my fav. comic series.
MuddyDonut
Member
Same thing happened with me and Chew. I wasn't feeling it at first, but after reading other comics and coming back to it, I realized how wrong I was.
I am currently going nuts of Gran Morrison Batman and hated it the firsr time.
That What If was omitted because they put it in the Elektra omnibus instead (boooo). A set of books with the Visionaries sequencing with Spectacular and 219 and the What Ifs in the 3rd book + combined Elektra Assassin/Love and War + Elektra Lives Again + Born Again + Man Without Fear would be aces (I think that's everything?) but I'll settle for a proper ELA reprint at this point.
e: alsoo the new Miller/Janson collections have the first few issues of them as the main team too which kinda sucked as someone who ended up reading that volume last
Winnie the Pimp
Member
Really don't need to get into another comic series right now with my backlog but... what's the word on Black Science? Yay or Nay?
Serpentine
Banned
What're the best collections for Miller DD/Elektra? I was gonna grab the omni buuuuut if it's mostly filler, then...?
Sometimes goodbye is a Second Chance...