Zeus Molecules
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yeah its one of those rare comics that you can describe as an emotional roller coaster.
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COMICS! |OT| January 2013. "Read more comics"? Now that's a resolution I can keep!
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yeah its one of those rare comics that you can describe as an emotional roller coaster.
How many of you have a local comic shop? The guy here has been selling comics for over 30 years and it seems business has been really bad lately. He is basically begging people to come pick up there pull lists so he can keep up shop. I guess some people have stopped buying, gone digital, shop online, or wait a while to go get their pulls. I hope he can survive in this business because it is all he really knows.
GrandHarrier
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Have several. Seems to be hit or miss depending on what else they focus on. One went out of business because they bought waaaay to much stupid shit like the $100 plus busts etc and couldn't move it. Another is doing OK. A third is also a card/miniature store so they are fine and the last 3 are extremely successful.
8BitsAtATime
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I have one shop that ive been going to. Im one the verge of not going anymore because they only get a couple of issues in of comics and other issues they sit there an read before the bag them. My Spiderman 700 had grease stains on it...and I was out of luck because they didnt have anymore in stock. They are nice people but they just dont really know what the fuck they are doing.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
I got the first walking dead compendium for my birthday. I am not very far into it but I am really enjoying it so far. I don't typically read comics and I have only ever read Watchmen but I am into the TV series so thought I would enjoy the book.
I blind bought the omnibus, i'll comment about it when i receive it. Gonna take some time for it to arrive though..
I started reading it too! It's great! On issue 6.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Essex County next. Get some tissues!
sazabirules
Unconfirmed Member
I think my LCS does pretty well. The customer service is great and the store is very well run. I've never not been able to get a book there when I go on Wednesdays. I don't even have a pull list. I even buy a few trades there despite the prices instead of online just to support them. I don't know how the other stores do in my comic store but I know they have to sell cards and other hobby stuff to succeed.
You are a man of extraordinary taste.
So I broke down and downloaded the Dark Horse app to take advantage of the Conan and Massive sales. I've heard how crappy and buggy it is, but for the love of Space Ghost, I wasn't prepared. I couldn't even GET to the sale because it kept on crashing. Fuck this.
Shape up, Dark Horse. Get on Comixology.
EDIT: And to the old school X-fans, was Inferno good? All 16 issues are collected digitally for like $30, which isn't too bad a deal. I remember iFanboy liking it, but I'm curious if it still holds up today.
Shape up, Dark Horse. Get on Comixology.
EDIT: And to the old school X-fans, was Inferno good? All 16 issues are collected digitally for like $30, which isn't too bad a deal. I remember iFanboy liking it, but I'm curious if it still holds up today.
There are three good and one bad shop in the area. The one I have my pull list at is great, the guy who owns it is friendly and they just started putting arcade machines in the back. They're doing well from what I can gather, he recently changed the layout of the store and it looks MUCH better.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Just the Uncanny X-men issues(and the Excalibur two-parter)
It's all packaged together, so I can't pick and choose unfortunately. It's the Uncanny, X-Factor, New Mutants and X-Terminators issues. So not worth it, then?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Meh
Deified Data
Banned
I think if you have the money to support your local comics shop, you'd be remiss not to.
GrandHarrier
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A good LCS is also going to incentivize your partronage; Me and my roomate share a pull list so we're at 50+ pulls a month, putting us into the 25% off bracket. $2.99 books cost us $2.25. A pretty sizeable savings.
Can someone explain to me what the "pull list" is? Is it simply just what comics you pick up weekly/monthly? Do you order the from a subscription service?? Sorry I'm really new to this.
My local shop does 35% off any order but you have to order like 2 months ahead of time to get stuff on time. Is this what people mean by pull lists-- what they order and then go pick up?
My local shop does 35% off any order but you have to order like 2 months ahead of time to get stuff on time. Is this what people mean by pull lists-- what they order and then go pick up?
I've lost some LCS in my area. They were the disorganized dumps with piles of boxes all over the place. In other words they were friggin' awesome. They were gold for deals, back issues and bargain bins. They were buying complete collections so there was always new old stuff to dig through.
Now the LCS are generic and clean with no deals. Good if you want a pull list filled, but sucks if you're looking for old stuff and bargain bins. It's mostly smaller stores so shelf space is pretty much 95% new DC and Marvel. It's just not the same anymore.
Now the LCS are generic and clean with no deals. Good if you want a pull list filled, but sucks if you're looking for old stuff and bargain bins. It's mostly smaller stores so shelf space is pretty much 95% new DC and Marvel. It's just not the same anymore.
GrandHarrier
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A pull list is basically you telling your LCS to set aside specific books for you. This helps them to order the right amount of any given title and guarantee's you the books in question. You often, as you pointed out, get a discount as well.
OK, thanks, that's kinda what I figured. I googled pull list and all these websites came up so I wasn't sure if it was something you were supposed to do online. Seems 35% is a good discount going by other comments, too!
GrandHarrier
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Yeah, 35% is pretty impressive.
Wow, you're 3 for 3 in terms of top notch comics.
And yes, you'll be busy for years bro.
straight up emotional roller coaster. dat ending.
oy, alright. underwater welder left me pretty emotionally drained.
i am shocked that you thought UW was just "alright." i mean rafa having a contrarian opinion on something that a lot of people seem to like? who woulda thought!
Haemolacria
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Just before the Christmas, I ventured to my LCS to find something easy to keep me entertained during the holidays while visiting my parents. I came across The Essential Punisher vol 2 and I took it home with me, mostly because it was dirt cheap and it was the damn Punisher 
Now, I knew to expect something wacky but this opening caught me completely off-guard:
Oh 80's comics, why you so crazy?
Now, I knew to expect something wacky but this opening caught me completely off-guard:
Oh 80's comics, why you so crazy?
Just before the Christmas, I ventured to my LCS to find something easy to keep me entertained during the holidays while visiting my parents. I came across The Essential Punisher vol 2 and I took it home with me, mostly because it was dirt cheap and it was the damn Punisher
Oh 80's comics, why you so crazy?
Holy shit, that can only end in blood. Tell me the issue doesn't end in a school shooting.
TheKaeptain
Banned
The Black Beetle was awesome. I want more now!
Mac the KNife
Member
Just before the Christmas, I ventured to my LCS to find something easy to keep me entertained during the holidays while visiting my parents. I came across The Essential Punisher vol 2 and I took it home with me, mostly because it was dirt cheap and it was the damn Punisher
Oh 80's comics, why you so crazy?
I love every single thing about that page.
Alright nerds i got an ipad and want to get back into comics (i never fully got out of comics but in the last 10 years i have only read/been reading Walking Dead, Invincible, Y The Last Man)
On my to read list i have Hawkeye, Thief of Thieves, All New X-Men and Saga. Anything else i should check out? I got "out" of comics back in like 2000-2001 so pretty much anything released from 2000-now i haven't read other than TWD/Invincible and Y The Last Man. Make my backlog insanely large gaf comic gods!
edit- To give you an idea of what i enjoy
Western themes
Post-Apocalyptic settings
Horror
Wouldn't mind getting into an extremely violent comic. After seeing Django i have been in the mood to read something bloody and violent. Also i am not the BIGGEST traditional mutant marvel comics like x-men or spider-man but i don't hate them, they just have to be written extremely well to hold my interest.
On my to read list i have Hawkeye, Thief of Thieves, All New X-Men and Saga. Anything else i should check out? I got "out" of comics back in like 2000-2001 so pretty much anything released from 2000-now i haven't read other than TWD/Invincible and Y The Last Man. Make my backlog insanely large gaf comic gods!
edit- To give you an idea of what i enjoy
Western themes
Post-Apocalyptic settings
Horror
Wouldn't mind getting into an extremely violent comic. After seeing Django i have been in the mood to read something bloody and violent. Also i am not the BIGGEST traditional mutant marvel comics like x-men or spider-man but i don't hate them, they just have to be written extremely well to hold my interest.
I'd check out Revival based on that list.
And Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender for the "something written well x-men" category.
Haemolacria
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Despite the momentarily derpy artwork (especially Frank's facial expression on the third panel on the second page....), the following two pages are absolutely hilarious as well.
Yeah, well.....What do you think Frank's carrying in that suave briefcase?
That is glorious!
Yeah, well.....What do you think Frank's carrying in that suave briefcase?
Of course it does. :lol
Mac the KNife
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Despite the momentarily derpy artwork (especially Frank's facial expression on the third panel on the second page....), the following two pages are absolutely hilarious as well.
Yeah, well.....What do you think Frank's carrying in that suave briefcase?
The derpy art is part of the charm.
I'll check em out, thanks!I'd check out Revival based on that list.
And Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender for the "something written well x-men" category.
sazabirules
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Check out The Sixth Gun.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Been reading Mark Millar's Superman Adventures run
Who knew Mark "Rape is actually my middle name" Millar could ride such a good Superman book?
Who knew Mark "Rape is actually my middle name" Millar could ride such a good Superman book?
mark "megatrash" millar was involved with red son too.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Mark Millar is an awesome writer. His runs on The Ultimates, Fantastic Four, Superman Adventures, Red Son, Wanted, and Marvel Knights Spider-Man are iconic and have been influential on the works that followed. That JLA issue he wrote with Amazon that was in the middle of Morrisons run was amazing too.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Damn, I didn't know Mark Millar had a GAF account
Anticitizen One
Banned
As far as im concerned that $1.5 billion Disney made off of Avengers? yea it belongs to Millar:
slightconfuse
Banned
Pre 2010 Millar is awesome .
Enemy of the state and Old Man Logan are great
Enemy of the state and Old Man Logan are great
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I get to post Cap America straight-up flashkicking a terrorist supervillian twice in one thread?
Comics, ya'll
Comics, ya'll
As far as im concerned that $1.5 billion Disney made off of Avengers? yea it belongs to Millar:
the aesthetics in the movie were largely based on Millar's and Hitch's run. Characterization ? Fuck no. While reading Ultimates made an interesting change from the norm, everyone in that universe was a dick of the highest order. A movie with rapey hulk wouldn't make 1.5 billion. Everyone should stop over crediting Millar.
Anticitizen One
Banned
I can't even imagine an Avengers movie if Mark Millar never created the Ultimates in 2000.
Thor, Nick Fury, Hawkeye and Iron Man are almost identical to how Millar wrote them. The only thing they did was drop Thor's liberal agenda but they kept the whole "He thinks he's the god of thunder but hes really just some buff crazy loon" concept from Millars run.
Thor, Nick Fury, Hawkeye and Iron Man are almost identical to how Millar wrote them. The only thing they did was drop Thor's liberal agenda but they kept the whole "He thinks he's the god of thunder but hes really just some buff crazy loon" concept from Millars run.
I don't agree at all. More of an amalgamation of the movie writers and various comic influences including the Ultimates.
Edit : Can't wait to see how Nemesis is altered. Kick Ass was all the better for it. And this hack gets to supervise the X-Verse now. I bet people at Marvel are not too fond of him now.
Oh fuck that is the coolest shit I've ever seenI get to post Cap America straight-up flashkicking a terrorist supervillian twice in one thread?
Comics, ya'll
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Kick-Ass 2 is suppose to be next year, right? Might not include this scene, I think
I get to post Cap America straight-up flashkicking a terrorist supervillian twice in one thread?
Comics, ya'll
Capcom needs to butter up Marvel and make it so Guile has a Cap alt in the next SF.
Ugh.
slightconfuse
Banned
It's crazy he got JRJR to draw that
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