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COMICS! |OT| January 2014. Another year of nothing will be the same ever again. EVER.
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doniewhalberg
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Apparently Ed Brisson has a book with Simon Roy that will be announced this week, sounds like a pretty great pairing. No word on length or publisher, but I'm guessing it's Image, maybe an ongoing? The only thing throwing me off is why not announce it at the expo if it's with image. He thought it would be announced yesterday but is now saying some time this week, so I'm guessing it's going to show up in someone's April solicits.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Uh, I don't think Waid's written a bum comic in like a decade so
ViewtifulJC
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But hulk
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
is great
GrandHarrier
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I didn't realize you were a Threeboot Legion fan.
BenjaminBirdie
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That comic was phenomz
La Maquinon
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How did a motherfucking Romero zombie comic book drop and I didn't know about it!!!!!!!! Oh my god!
Also, did you pick up the first Sheltered trade, donie? I wouldn't nesessarily recommend it, but if you have, I'd be curious as to your thoughts. What has Brisson written that has made you a fan? I found Sheltered to be frustrating so I dropped it. But I really enjoyed his crime mini series Murder Book (free to read now on Murderbookcomic.com!)
Yo, Maqui(s), why you gotta call me out like that? You're right though that, that was my main complaint, but even my appreciation for the basic premise started to break down after a few issues ( I bought #1-3 blind because of the recommendation/betrayal of some of the people here)
We'll always have Rat Queens.And Red Lanterns?????
I maintain that the premise of Trillium is pretty cool. And the last issue turned everything on it's head in an interesting way. I think the series started a bit slow, though. A lot of people seemed to like the first couple of issues but I liked them less than what followed.
We will always have Rat Queens indeed. Just about to sit down with my signed advance copy of issue 4, actually, neener neener.
And I'm waiting for Red Lanterns 27 to drop so issue 25 will go down to $2 on Comixology. Yes, let us hide my shame in spoiler tags
GrandHarrier
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Alright, nerds.
I've tweaked my list around. Of the non-DC stuff I currently pull or will be pulling;
PULLING
Image:
Saga
Rat Queens
Black Science
Dynamite:
Red Sonja
GOING TO PULL
Marvel:
Wolverine and the X-Men
Amazing X-Men
I have 1-3 slots open to add new stuff but I haven't been particularly inspired/convinced to get anything else yet. Convince me what I should get based on these.
I've tweaked my list around. Of the non-DC stuff I currently pull or will be pulling;
PULLING
Image:
Saga
Rat Queens
Black Science
Dynamite:
Red Sonja
GOING TO PULL
Marvel:
Wolverine and the X-Men
Amazing X-Men
I have 1-3 slots open to add new stuff but I haven't been particularly inspired/convinced to get anything else yet. Convince me what I should get based on these.
KoruptData
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Save 12 bucks a month and don't get anything to you feel inspired.
La Maquinon
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You need Rachel Rising in your life. (Sorry, kids, but Rachel Rising is my new Six Gun Gorilla. You're going to hear about it a lot.) You like Rat Queens and Red Sonja, so here are some more female characters done right. Done perfectly, perhaps. It's a supernatural thriller, I guess you'd say? But it has a fair bit of levity and, when it's funny, it make me laugh out loud, which is no easy feat. The art is so great- really beautiful. I often just stop and admire a panel. Particularly just love how he draws people and their faces and expression. The detail is crazy. It's mysterious in that way that is fascinating but not confusing. If you just want to try it out the first issue is $2 on Comixology or $10 for the first volume of 6 issues.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Deal.
Thor God of Thunder as it is fantastic and the art is really nice.
Sex Criminals because it is funny.
GrandHarrier
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With my discount it's more like $7. If I don't get suggestions I'm just going to put three copies of Catwoman back onto my list.
Try out the first two issues of Harley Quinn. it was GAFs most recent comic of the month
. We really like it. It considerably better than Catwoman.GrandHarrier
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Try out the first two issues of Harley Quinn. it was GAFs most recent comic of the month
Messi plz.
I'll check it out.
Manhattan Projects and Zero. I figure by now you can just look at my post history for the reasons these books are awesome.
I am sorry, I really like it. But I did make two legitimate suggestions if that one is not to your liking.
KoruptData
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With Black Science and Fear Agent, I'm a Remender fanboy now. Deadly Class comes out next week.
GrandHarrier
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Thanks for the suggestions, I'm modifying my list today, and opened up a few slots as I mentioned.
I pull a majority of DC you don't think I got Harley? Messi plz.
I pull a majority of DC you don't think I got Harley? Messi plz.
doniewhalberg
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Haha I know, Marvel haven't necessarily hyped it the way you might expect. Did you find the preview? Looks really cool. Until we actually see what kind of handle he's got on comics pacing etc. though, it's not a sure thing though imo.
I have not read Sheltered yet Maq, I was super close (literally had it ordered on Amazon) after christmas, but I realised I could get a hold of The Wake Part 1, so I cancelled and put off Sheltered so I could get that. I think next week I'm going to do another round of trades though, and it should be in there. I haven't actually read anything by Brisson yet, so I guess I'm not technically a fan yet, but I've just been looking for an in on him, since it looks like he does the kind of stuff I like, so I was traipsing his twitter and saw his hints about his new books. I have Sheltered and Comeback sitting in my amazon basket though (along with Sleeper by Bru & Mind MGMT by Kindt, as it happens), so I will definitely share my thoughts once I pull the trigger on them. The premise seems super cool though. What was it that put you off? I'm going to go read that stuff at your link right now!
GrandHarrier
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Oh snap. Teen Titans Annuel #3:
A little surprising. I thought they'd been abandoned. Of the train wreck that Teen Titans has occasionally been,
Also, more Harvest? Interesting.
The Return of Bunker and Skitter?
these two characters were interesting additions.
KoruptData
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Just a 13th issue for the year.
GrandHarrier
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Typically, for DC, it's an issue that falls on the 5th Wednesday of the Month. They don't want to change which week a normal title ships.
fredrancour
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They do typically only do 1 a year I think, its just that it basically winds up being an extra issue of the normal story more often than not.
doniewhalberg
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Well, that's that Aquaman book official. Jurgens and Lan Medina, for those who are interested.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Dat David Aja delay
Huh, so it's really not Ostrander. How bizarre.
KoruptData
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Hey, I am not complaining. I read Hawkeye mostly for Kate, Clint is good and all but I like her more.
I seem to have missed the newest bombshell announcement. I wonder when DC will announce Catwoman because you know its coming. If you do Stargirl before Catwoman something has gone horribly wrong. I don't even know how you would do Catwoman in that style or say Batwoman.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
The idea is awesome, a quarterly with a pseudo-theme running through it, allowing talent to run wild on some Vertigo pages, but man, those covers are fucking disgusting. For fuck's sake, all the talented cover work that's associated with Vertigo...
KoruptData
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Well, they will stand out on the comic store racks.
BenjaminBirdie
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CFASCD ("Cuh-fascuhd")
Comics Fans Against Stylish Cover Design
Est. Never Has Not Existed
KoruptData
Member
And the real covers won't have nasty JPG artifacts!
Sounds good, I'm enjoying Zero Year but can't wait to see what's up next
La Maquinon
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The thing with Romero is he uses Zombies in such a smart way, eh? It's social commentary disguised as face-eating monster horror. Which is always what the best zombie fiction does. He didn't invent that but he perfected it. I'm not worried about how well his writing will work in comics. I'm just really excited to see what he wants to say through this medium. Preview looks good. Vampires involved, too. Interesting.
Oh man, I made a long list of things that bugged me about a Sheltered issue once. Mostly it's logical, what, fallacies? I don't think that's the right phrase. Basically stuff that didn't make sense so I couldn't buy into it. I'd open the issue and suspend disbelief and then, whoop, there my disbelief would be again and again. I say it was frustrating because I liked the book overall. It's very tense, which is something I enjoy. It has good twists and an interesting premise. It suffers a bit in the character development side and the main character, or one of them, is a terrible person you want to die. But it's good if you can turn your brain off, I guess. I'm just an analytical brain gob, so I had to let it go.
Murder Book might be rote crime comics for all I know. I've read few crime comics. But I found it engaging and surprising and enjoyed the art, as well.
slightconfuse
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Been making my way threw the first Dredd case file . Awesome stuff , nice to see some bolland art
Anyone read he IDW series?
Anyone read he IDW series?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
dis the one in the future?
KoruptData
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Yeah, break in between ZY.
La Maquinon
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Rat Queens #4 is so good, you guys. I haven't had this much fun and smiled so much reading a comic since I was 13 years old reading Byrne's She-Hulk.
Did that girl Nightwing with the giant gun show up in Tec #27 or is she in this?
Can't wait to get my copy. #3 was really sweet. I love all the Betty stuff.
I enjoyed the IDW Dredd book but I get why some people would hate it.
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