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COMICS! |OT| August 2016. That's Rare Groove. Volume is Crucial.

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ElBoxyBrown

Banned
Aizo said:
I'm surprised you'd list Remender among your favorite writers. I like Deadly Class and Uncanny X-Force a lot, but he's very inconsistent. Tokyo Ghost is probably his worst writing (beautiful comic, though), and Low, although entertaining has been going downhill, and the dialogue has never been strong. His dialogue in general isn't that good.
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His style of writing feels like it packs a punch. A lot of raw and grit to them. Low and Tokyo Ghost are his "Weak" titles (personally I think they are fine) but he is doing a great job on Deadly Class, Black Science, and so far Seven to Eternity. Different strokes for different folks. He's a unique writer in the industry.
 
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Freezasaurus

Member
Is this a thing we're doing now?

Favorite ongoing
Walking Dead, Invincible, Lazarus, Ms. Marvel

Favorite Completed Runs
Secret Warriors, Rachel Rising, The Goon, X-Statix, Gotham Central, Planetary, Death, Ivar Timewalker

Favorite Artists
Ryan Ottley, Sana Takeda, Sophie Campbell, Stjepan Sejic, Tula Lotay, Amanda Conner, Eric Powell, Roc Upchurch (YES I SAID IT), Jamie McKelvie, Michael Lark, Gurihiru, Chris Bachalo, Alex Maleev, Greg Tocchini, Adrian Alphona, Joelle Jones, Takeshi Miyazawa, Boo Cook, etc. etc.

Favorite writers
Ed Brubaker, Rick Remender, Terry Moore, Johnathan Hickman, Matt Fraction, Keiron Gillen, Joe Keatinge, G. Willow Wilson, Mark Millar, BENDIS, Mike Mignola, John Allison, Gail Simone, Robert Kirkman, Tom King, Jeff Lemire
 
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Donniewahlberg

Banned
ElBoxyBrown said:
His style of writing feels like it packs a punch. A lot of raw and grit to them. Low and Tokyo Ghost are his "Weak" titles (personally I think they are fine) but he is doing a great job on Deadly Class, Black Science, and so far Seven to Eternity. Different strokes for different folks. He's a unique writer in the industry.
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Interesting, I think he's so divisive you could even debate what the weak title is. I'd definitely put Low above Black Science. Similar weaknesses but Black Science has a particular tick that I hate in sci-fi
replacing a character with a different version of a character
, wears my investment away. I'd obviously put Deadly Class way above both. Tokyo Ghost...honestly I think I need to read it again to get a grip on how I felt about that one.

It's amazing really ahah. Dude is all over the place, and everyone is all over the place on him.

That's the goon coming up again. I really need to start in on that :/ I need more $$$
 
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frye

Member
Artists is the hard one, there's too many artists I adore to list, I think. Favourite inker all time is Wally Wood, favourite colourist is Lynn Varley ez. Writers is like... Peak Peter Milligan, Garth Ennis, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, and Grant Morrison prooobably in that order.
 
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Tyrant Rave

Banned
Donniewahlberg said:
Yesssssss. It is so good man. I enjoyed Plague Of Frogs alot, but Hell On Earth is so freaking good, it blows it out the water. It just gets better and better. I'm one volume behind right now, but it's just awesome, the places it goes...wait til you get to the stuff with Harren on pencils. If you read Rumble, you'll see the genesis of it in there.
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Yeah I'm real excited for when I DO eventually read it. It sounds so good.

I'm behind on Rumble but I really dug what I read on that. Harren does some rad action scenes there.

And side note, but I am looking for books to include in next month's OT since everyone didn't like this one. Need books for:
Image
IDW
Dark Horse
The alternative publishers

Feel free to post/PM suggestions. I don't read anything from IDW and I'd like to show off more than the usual TMNT, MTMTE, and Jem that everyone talks about.
 
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Farside

Unconfirmed Member
Donniewahlberg said:
they go in depth and get critical
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Some sites think critical only =s negative.

BrightLightLava said:
He thinks it's stuff that they do unconsciously.
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After many years of study and practice to get there-- they all thought about comics the way SPN breaks them down at some point in the education or careers; but like you wrote, they have just internalized the process to the point where they can actually complete the stuff in time.
 
Brian Fellows

Brian Fellows

Pete Carroll Owns Me
Tyrant Rave said:
Yeah I'm real excited for when I DO eventually read it. It sounds so good.

I'm behind on Rumble but I really dug what I read on that. Harren does some rad action scenes there.

And side note, but I am looking for books to include in next month's OT since everyone didn't like this one. Need books for:
Image
IDW
Dark Horse
The alternative publishers

Feel free to post/PM suggestions. I don't read anything from IDW and I'd like to show off more than the usual TMNT, MTMTE, and Jem that everyone talks about.
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Glitterbomb and Surgeon X are two new interesting Image titles coming out next month.
 
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Donniewahlberg

Banned
Rise of the black flame #1 at dark horse in September. Arguably does not need attention in the OT but it marks christopher mittens first ever work in the Mignolaverse, which is a pretty big deal to me. Wasteland was one of the very first creator owned books I got into, and his work blew my brains put back then. He's a surefire fit for the kind of stuff that goes on in the mignola books, hoping he sticks around for more. Haven't saw him do much since his and antony johnston 's new book, Umbral, got cancelled at image.

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Brian Fellows

Brian Fellows

Pete Carroll Owns Me
Favorite ongoings
Manifest Destiny, Revival, Lazarus, Shutter, Birthright, East of West, Saga, Monstress, The Wicked + The Divine, Deadly Class, and Chew
 
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Owzers

Member
Gwenpool #3 makes me have doubts about the book going forward after liking the first two issues. Not as funny, less action, basically Gwenpool gets paperwork with the help of a guest character.
 
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Boogiepop

Member
Favorite Ongoing:
More Than Meets the Eye, and I say again that everyone better be reading it.

Favorite Completed:
ASS, Sandman, and Gillen's JiM+Young Avengers.

Favorite Writers:
Morrison and Mignola, probably.

Favorite Artists:
Gurihiru sounds like a good choice in my mind.

Also, manga must go nowhere near such a thing, as I just can't mentally cross the streams of compiling such a list that pulls from both sides. Though Yusuke Murata is clearly the best artist in the game, and I'll hear no objections to that.

Oh, and on the matter of discussion that I just barely missed out on, I'm caught up on One Piece and as always thoroughly enjoy it. I think I've done full rereads a few times, but none since the timeskip hit, since my backlog has been keeping me busy for a good long time. Really do want to set aside some time and do a proper reread since it's been a while and it's always cool to do so and see the insane amount of stuff that's foreshadowed or mentioned early on in the series, since Oda clearly does a freaking crazy amount of planning ahead. But I've got a lot of other stuff to get through before I can justify that.
 
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jon bones

hot hot hanuman-on-man action
this was so good, really loving the threads it's pulling from UXF, Aaron's early Thor issues & Scarlet Witch's history.

can't wait to start Vol 4.

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Sandfox

Member
sillymonkey321 said:
Gwenpool #3 makes me have doubts about the book going forward after liking the first two issues. Not as funny, less action, basically Gwenpool gets paperwork with the help of a guest character.
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I actually liked that issue and
how she had to give up her previous life. As well as Batroc's line about never ending comics.
 
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ElBoxyBrown

Banned
jon bones said:
this was so good, really loving the threads it's pulling from UXF, Aaron's early Thor issues & Scarlet Witch's history.

can't wait to start Vol 4.

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Bruh, you should have bought Vol. 5 cuz after your done reading this your gonna be so pumped to know what happens next. Vol. 4 ends on a banger.
 
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pock3tmonster

Banned
Are we still doing this?

Favourite On-going
Detective Comics, Green Arrow, Monstress, Paper Girls, Saga, Wonder Woman

Favorite Completed Runs
52, Avengers/New Avengers (Jonathan Hickman), Batgirl (Bryan Q. Miller), Batman (Grant Morrison), Batman (Scott Snyder), Batman and Robin (Peter Tomasi & Patrick Gleason), Batwoman (Greg Rucka), Batwoman (W. Haden Blackman), Bone (Jeff Smith), Green Lantern (Geoff Johns), Fantastic Four/FF (Jonathan Hickman), Locke & Key (Joe Hill), Omega Men (Tom King), Planetary (Warren Ellis), Power Girl (Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Connor), Swamp Thing (Charles Soule)

Favorite Artists
ACO, Amanda Connor, Andrea Sorrentino, Cliff Chiang, Chris Samnee, Ethan Van Sciver, Fiona Staples, Francis Manapul, Gabriel Rodriguez, Greg Capullo, Ivan Reis, J. H. Williams III, Jason Fabook, Michael Del Mundo, Mikel Janin, Nicola Scott, Otto Schmidt, Paolo Rivera, Patrick Gleason, Robbi Rodriguez, Russell Dauterman, Stacey Lee, Tony Daniel

Favorite Writers
Brian Azzarello, Brian K. Vaughan, Gail Simone, Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, J. H. Williams III, Jason Aaron, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Hill, Jonathan Hickman, Mark Waid, Peter Tomasi, Scott Snyder, Sterling Gates, Steve Orlando, Tim Seeley, Tom King, W. Haden Blackman, Warren Ellis
 
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jon bones

hot hot hanuman-on-man action
i'm gonna hop off UA after vol 4

i am thinking of starting My Hero Academia afterwards... kind of in the mood for something light & breezy. school related. wish there was something Harry Potter-ish, tbh.
 
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pock3tmonster

Banned
I still have a 30% discount coupon from Comixology. I can't decide if I should use it on Blue Beetle (2006) or more DC Rebirth. :/ I know it is unlikely we'll see a sale on DC Rebirth related titles for some time, but I am keen for more Blue Beetle. Please help.
 
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Sandfox

Member
pock3tmonster said:
I still have a 30% discount coupon from Comixology. I can't decide if I should use it on Blue Beetle (2006) or more DC Rebirth. :/ I know it is unlikely we'll see a sale on DC Rebirth related titles for some time, but I am keen for more Blue Beetle. Please help.
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From what I know, I would go with Blue Beetle.
 
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mreddie

Member
Favorite ongoing
Squirrel Girl, Ms. Marvel, Ant-Man, Green Arrow, New Avengers, ANAD Avengers

Favorite Completed Runs
Hickman Avengers, Dini Zatanna, New Frontier, Standoff

Favorite Artists
Jack Kirby, Joe Quinones, Ramon Rosanas, Darwyn Cooke, Stephane Roux, Phil Noto, Sophie Campbell, Stacey Lee, Chris Samnee, Mike Del Mundo, Francesco Francavilla

Favorite writers
Jack Kirby, Geoff Johns, Warren Ellis, Brian K Vaughn, Nick Spencer, Paul Dini, G Willow Wilson, BENDIS! (Excluding Team Books), Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman, Mark Waid, Scott Snyder
 
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kmfdmpig

Member
Favorite ongoing
Ms. Marvel, Detective Comics, Transformers MTME

Favorite Completed Runs
Gotham Central, The Boys, Animal Man, Power Girl, Zatanna, Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Astro City, JLI

Favorite Artists
Amanda Conner, Chris Bachalo, Alex Maleev, Amanda Conners, Frank Quitely,

Favorite writers
Wilson, Simone, Kirkman, Morrison, Waid, Busiek, Ennis, Dixon, Grell, Giffen
 
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pock3tmonster

Banned
Are issues 26 through 36 of Blue Beetle (2006) worth reading? I didn't realise that Rogers left the book after issue 25. From what I can see, there is a rotating creative team on the book for the final ten issues as well.
 
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TheFlow

Banned
I guess I am a trend setter.

Decided to add east by west to my list this week. One do the few things I am fully caught up on.

Spoilers
death jr. About to take on a whole squad of bounty hunters
 
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Sandfox

Member
If we get an MU teaser with a different writer different than Bunn tomorrow, I'm going to assume it's a relaunch of the X books.

Also, I'm going to be putting in an IST this upcoming week so do any of you guys have trade recommendations?
 
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