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COMICS! |OT| August 2015. Overwhelming.

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LaunchpadMcQ

Banned
gketter said:
Yup. Loved archer and Armstrong and harbinger. Moved to Ivar. I read x-o but that last arc fizzled. Wish the valiant was an ongoing. Ninjack is losing me and I need to check out imperrium. I have the first couple but haven't read.

Sell me more on the books and why. I'm picking up on some more jojo, claymore, one piece and one man punch that are out
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A man after my own heart. Yeah, Ivar is my favorite at the moment, but Bloodshot Reborn is really good; I think the latest issue was my favorite work by Lemire. Imperium is good, but not as good as Harbinger has been. I think Ninjak has been solid so far, but next issue with Raul Allen is gonna be killer.

D.Gray-man used to be a pretty popular series a few years back before it went on hiatus. Initially follows that shonen format for a time, but what really set it apart at the start is the atmosphere. The character designs are Tim Burton-esque and the art style is pretty in line with that, as well; quality-wise, the art definitely gets better with time as the author gets more comfortable with the drawing, but she has some beautiful and memorable designs throughout. One complaint I do have is that she occasionally skips frames or close-quarters attacks during battles are messy and hard to follow; she gets better at this as well, but it's a minor gripe.

Story-wise, what I love is that it feels much higher stakes than any of the other shonen I've ever read - save maybe Hunter x Hunter in a particular arc. The main characters are very much fighting a losing war and the author makes that known in subtle ways. Also, as it starts moving away from the typical shonen my team vs your team format, it just starts getting crazier and darker. The theme of the story is religion and I think the author does some very interesting things with that theme, especially how it's ended up shaping each of the main characters in different ways.

Also, I'm not sure where you stand on it, but the author barely does any fan-servicey, moe-type shit.
 
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TheDarkKnight774

Member
LaunchpadMcQ said:
A man after my own heart. Yeah, Ivar is my favorite at the moment, but Bloodshot Reborn is really good; I think the latest issue was my favorite work by Lemire. Imperium is good, but not as good as Harbinger has been. I think Ninjak has been solid so far, but next issue with Raul Allen is gonna be killer.

D.Gray-man used to be a pretty popular series a few years back before it went on hiatus. Initially follows that shonen format for a time, but what really set it apart at the start is the atmosphere. The character designs are Tim Burton-esque and the art style is pretty in line with that, as well; quality-wise, the art definitely gets better with time as the author gets more comfortable with the drawing, but she has some beautiful and memorable designs throughout. One complaint I do have is that she occasionally skips frames or close-quarters attacks during battles are messy and hard to follow; she gets better at this as well, but it's a minor gripe.

Story-wise, what I love is that it feels much higher stakes than any of the other shonen I've ever read - save maybe Hunter x Hunter in a particular arc. The main characters are very much fighting a losing war and the author makes that known in subtle ways. Also, as it starts moving away from the typical shonen my team vs your team format, it just starts getting crazier and darker. The theme of the story is religion and I think the author does some very interesting things with that theme, especially how it's ended up shaping each of the main characters in different ways.

Also, I'm not sure where you stand on it, but the author barely does any fan-servicey, moe-type shit.
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Cool. I threw in 5 volumes of both to check out. Then get more at the next sale if I dig them. And don't mind fan service, can't stand the ultra moe stuff. I was a big anime fan in the 90s early 2000s era. Back when you had to spend $30 for 30 minutes of a subbed VHS. Then the DVD really helped
 
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LaunchpadMcQ

Banned
gketter said:
Cool. I threw in 5 volumes of both to check out. Then get more at the next sale if I dig them.
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Aight. Yeah, I didn't write a sell for HxH because I think Tyrant might be right, anime would be better. If you're not into anime, it's still pretty good. It has a lot of typical shonen tropes, but it subverts a lot of those tropes, too. There's just one late arc that was just bananas to me and the kind of storytelling all shonen should aspire to.
 
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Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
Poodlestrike said:
So, TIL something cool:

Jack Kirby was involved with the original, IRL events that inspired Argo (which probably played a big part in getting Affleck and Terrio on BvS); he drew a lot of the art they used to sell the movie cover story!

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IIRC, Argo actually has someone portray Kirby and they explicitly drop his name in the dialogue, although there was some changes made to the timeline involving his participation.
 
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Tyrant Rave

Banned
Never grabbed anything from last week either so my pickups for today:
The Spire 2
Deadly Class 15
Infinity Gauntlet 3
The Omega Men 1
Sex Criminals 11
Bombshells 2
And Batgirl Annual the new one cause frye said it was dope (I haven't read any of this shit)
 
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Poodlestrike

Banned
Dan said:
IIRC, Argo actually has someone portray Kirby and they explicitly drop his name in the dialogue, although there was some changes made to the timeline involving his participation.
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A wild reason to rewatch Argo appears!

Gonna get on that this weekend.
 
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Kipp

but I am taking tiny steps forward
Gaaah. Anxiety is exhausting as hell.
And it keeps me from reading comics. How can you focus on reading when you've got everything ever flying through your head?
Tomorrow should be a semi-relaxing day though, so some comics reading will probably occur.
 
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Kipp

but I am taking tiny steps forward
LaunchpadMcQ said:
I'm not very good at looking for this stuff, but since Amazon says Nov 24, I would say a week or two before that.
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Haha. Thank you.

ElNarez said:
WHY WOULD YOU HOW DOES IT SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA
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IT SEEMED SO INNOCENT AT THE TIME. WHY WOULD I CONSIDER PORN AND THE ACRONYM FOR A TORRENT WEBSITE.

But of COURSE ElNarez would be like "Yeah, that's totally a porn search term, guys." :p
 
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TheStig88

Member
Weeee, new Sunstone is up.

And it's still making me sad as fuck, and now Alan's getting thrown into the mix of misery. Things can't start looking back up soon enough. I know the payoff is going to be freakin' incredible, but this current arc is just hurting my heart. :(
 
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Kipp

but I am taking tiny steps forward
Oh also, I'm totally making plans to hang out with this girl who I was super good friends with up until like 4 years ago (but ever since then we fell out of touch completely) and I had a huge crush on.
Maybe something can happen? The dream is not dead?
 
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Messi

Member
TheStig88 said:
Weeee, new Sunstone is up.

And it's still making me sad as fuck, and now Alan's getting thrown into the mix of misery. Things can't start looking back up soon enough. I know the payoff is going to be freakin' incredible, but this current arc is just hurting my heart. :(
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Yep, it is incredibly sad but that is how relationships are at times. They have to be like this right now. They both said stupid shit and they are both too stubborn to apologize. The pay off will be great. For ally/lisa and Alan. The sadness will make the happiness even better. I guess Alan's sadness is that he is lonely and has no one to use his creations on? Anne can save the day soon :p

Ally in a baseball cap <3
 
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LaunchpadMcQ

Banned
Read the first issue of Hellboy and I'm a fan already. I need to get paid so I can buy more...

Kipp said:
Oh also, I'm totally making plans to hang out with this girl who I was super good friends with up until like 4 years ago (but ever since then we fell out of touch completely) and I had a huge crush on.
Maybe something can happen? The dream is not dead?
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The dream lives on
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my name is ed said:
But that's like 70 issues. That's pretty good!
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Yeah, but each of the 5 trades is ~$11.
 
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Tyrant Rave

Banned
LaunchpadMcQ said:
Read the first issue of Hellboy and I'm a fan already. I need to get paid so I can buy more...
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It gets better too! I think Wake the Devil is better and Conqueror Worm is amazing.

And be responsible, don't buy all six Library Editions, three BPRD hardcovers, and a BPRD omni paperback in the span of a month like I did :(
 
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BKatastrophe

Member
Messi said:
We not talking about this? So hyped

THE MIGHTY THOR this November
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Hype
GAMEPROFF said:
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my name is ed said:
I still haven't watched og star wars

Or princess bride

I haven't seen Ghostbusters since I was 7 or 8

Sure judge me if you want but I bet you haven't watched El Santo y Blue Demon contra Dracula y El Hombre Lobo 5 times like I have
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Santa and the Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man? Intrigued
LaunchpadMcQ said:
A man after my own heart. Yeah, Ivar is my favorite at the moment, but Bloodshot Reborn is really good; I think the latest issue was my favorite work by Lemire. Imperium is good, but not as good as Harbinger has been. I think Ninjak has been solid so far, but next issue with Raul Allen is gonna be killer.

D.Gray-man used to be a pretty popular series a few years back before it went on hiatus. Initially follows that shonen format for a time, but what really set it apart at the start is the atmosphere. The character designs are Tim Burton-esque and the art style is pretty in line with that, as well; quality-wise, the art definitely gets better with time as the author gets more comfortable with the drawing, but she has some beautiful and memorable designs throughout. One complaint I do have is that she occasionally skips frames or close-quarters attacks during battles are messy and hard to follow; she gets better at this as well, but it's a minor gripe.

Story-wise, what I love is that it feels much higher stakes than any of the other shonen I've ever read - save maybe Hunter x Hunter in a particular arc. The main characters are very much fighting a losing war and the author makes that known in subtle ways. Also, as it starts moving away from the typical shonen my team vs your team format, it just starts getting crazier and darker. The theme of the story is religion and I think the author does some very interesting things with that theme, especially how it's ended up shaping each of the main characters in different ways.

Also, I'm not sure where you stand on it, but the author barely does any fan-servicey, moe-type shit.
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The male characters are very pretty and effeminate, but it's not Black Butler levels
 
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