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COMICS! |OT| March 2015. Warning: can be hazardous to your financial health.
- Thread starter Spike Spiegel
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I'm all about that H2O. My doctor, basically, told me that I was fat and I needed to exercise more. :/
Speaking of cons, I'm looking at the artist alley list of guests at Big Wow and I'm thinking I have to up my $400 budget. #notpullingaKipp
KoruptData
Member
What should be my first Absolute Edition?
Final Crisis which I have read.
Or Alex Ross Justice which I have not read.
Final Crisis which I have read.
Or Alex Ross Justice which I have not read.
Well #1 and #2 are Hickman at least. Jonathan Hickman and Nick Spencer it says. Anyway I really liked issue #1, it's good to see Avengers not involved in cosmic crazyness for once and back on earth dealing with The Hand and Gorgon and shit. Great art too, but that seems like a given these days on any Avengers book it seems
Edit:
"nice hoodie tin man"
"Doom does not wear hoodies, Doom wears cowls"
...fuck now I can't unsee Doom in a hoodie >_<
Freezasaurus
Member
Wait, WAT? What the- Huh? Is that Jean Grey? WAT!?
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Nah, the girl is a new character introduced in Guardians 3000.
Freezasaurus
Member
Alan Moore's Top 10. Best absolute edition is best absolute edition.
~opinions ~
First of all: unless you just have a fetish for big hardcovers (in which case, get them all!) Absolutes are best as art showcases. So with that in mind I personally would want a singular artist whose art also benefits from the size increase, hence:
Top 10, Ronin, Dark Knight, All Star Superman, or New Frontier
~opinions~
Freezasaurus
Member
Ah. Don't read. Shit, I shouldn't even still be reading Bendis GotG.
KoruptData
Member
So Alex Ross Justice.
I remember when Kipp came here fresh faced and full of bright ideas. He used to read Hellboy. We ruin people, don't we?
Uh oh. I'm totally going to be the only one drinking.
Regardless, we really do need to do this SDCC meet-up.
But I'm glad you'll be spending a lot of money. Someone's got to make up for my efforts to ruin comics.
I wonder if I'll actually spend any money at SDCC... We'll see.
Easy. Absolute All Star Batman & Robin.
I still legitimately want to buy that once it inevitably hits clearance prices.
If FC and Justice are your only two options and you really, really like Alex Ross, then yeah. All the extras in Absolute FC are in the new paperback printing too, so that's not really the reason to get it.
e: wait a minute, Ross seems to share art duties with Doug Braithwaite in Justice.
They have maximum endurance but are dumb as bricks. Sounds about right to me.
KoruptData
Member
Oh I adore Alex Ross. I feel like this would be the best one to pull out to showcase to people. Something to just look at.
yeah if he's your dude then you'll probably be pretty happy with Justice.
Might wanna look into the breakdown of him/Braithwaite on that comic tho
I go back and forth. I'll read nothing but novels for six months or so, then binge on six months worth of comics. That's what I'm doing now. I'm in the middle of reading a ponderous spy novel and suddenly thought, "It's time to read a shitload of comics now!" Once I'm caught up, I'll go back to reading for another six months or so.
I do crazy re-reads, too. Last year, during one of my comic periods, I re-read all 300 issues of Hellblazer, plus most of the mini-series. Right now I'm re-reading the entire Powers run, because the show pissed me off so much.
Tragicomedy
Member
I'm also slowing down a bit on novels to clean up a year or so of comics I want to read. No idea how long this kick will last.
Really liking Joe mad's replacement on Inhuman, Ryan Stegman. On a good streak of great new (well new for me) artists lately, after the last time I was reading heavily some weeks ago I was hit with the double whammy of those awful Ms. Marvel and She Hulk issues (art wise that is)
Also catching up fast on MU stuff, trying to catch up on all the Avengers books and I can finally restart all new xmen too now that I've caught up GotG up to the trial of Jean Grey.
Oh and I read the first issue of Night of the Living Deadpool, it didn't do much for me :/
It had a cool b&w with just deadpool being colored vibe but that's about it. But most people said it's good so I'm hoping it gets better in the next issues.
Also catching up fast on MU stuff, trying to catch up on all the Avengers books and I can finally restart all new xmen too now that I've caught up GotG up to the trial of Jean Grey.
Oh and I read the first issue of Night of the Living Deadpool, it didn't do much for me :/
It had a cool b&w with just deadpool being colored vibe but that's about it. But most people said it's good so I'm hoping it gets better in the next issues.
Rastafarian42
Member
Anyone know a good place to start selling your single issue comics ?
TheDarkKnight774
Member
You made it farther than me. I stopped after issue one. What a mess
Chrononauts optioned for a movie already http://deadline.com/2015/03/chrononauts-mark-millar-chris-morgan-universal-comic-book-1201395504/
Shocked at this news.
Shocked at this news.
Whatcha reading Cheska?
I read about 40 or so novels a year and am always looking for good recommendations.
That was pretty damn quick for your location. When I opened up my Walking Dead pages I sorta freaked, because when I pulled apart the two pieces of wood, it was taped to the top and I didn't see anything.
In book land, I'm just readings science publications like usual. I'm also moving slowly through N0S4A2 which is amazing. My
Brother also bought me Chariot of The Gods as a joke, so I'm going to read through that mess as well.
Beaniedude
Member
I just read the latest issue of Batgirl #40.
My thoughts? Eh. The ending felt cheap and cliche.
My thoughts? Eh. The ending felt cheap and cliche.
I was secretly gunning for the real Batgirl to be the one in the computer. I feel that would have been better and would have explained why Babs had been acting so out of character. Also the cops going, 'Hey guys! Don't crush each other to death!' And then everyone immediately stops trying to escape from the orbital death cannon aimed at the square.
End of an era?
This is a weird piece.
Are the guys in the background supposed to be the originalish Avengers?
If so why is Spiderman there? Or, more importantly Ultimate Nick Fury?
I actually think Sentry's appearance is a nice nod.
Also, the COIE Absolute Edition is the best Absolute Edition.
That's Luke Cage
Its showing the original teams for both the Avengers and New Avengers
Oh, my bad. That really looks like SLJ to me.
But... it isn't either of those. Even if we're extending the "original" New Avengers a bit (which makes the original costumes an odd choice) then why isn't Wolverine there?
TheDarkKnight774
Member
What is up with Reed?
Tizoc
Member
Freezasaurus
Member
Are we talking rare stuff or just books you read and don't want anymore? If it's the latter, stop by comic shops and see if you can sell it all in bulk on the cheap. I don't think there's much of a market outside of certain issues, though.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Hey, guys, Invincible #118's 25 cent price tag too much for you? It's gonna be free Comixology when it comes out on Wednesday.
He's being dead for a few months for tax reasons.
I'm going to start reading Stray Bullets. Can't wait any longer.
I think that Image/Skybound are the first publishers to sell their books at a discounted rate due to no printing fees for digital. I need confirmation.
I think that Image/Skybound are the first publishers to sell their books at a discounted rate due to no printing fees for digital. I need confirmation.
I'll try it for free.
Isnt the right group the Illuminati?
Nope. Image seems to be selling their books at a discount on Comixology. You can't get much lower than 25c. I think that the 25c for print is soley just for the cost of the paper. It's very much a book that Skybound is taking a hit on to pick up new readers. It's basically the books 100th first issue for new readers.
Edit: also, CMX has a minimum that you can spend on the site to avoid fees on their part that cost more than the sale. You can't just buy one book that costs $1 on the site.
What about Absolute Kingdom Come? That's a top tier book with Ross.
Also, have you read the War on Crime, Power of Hope, Peace on Earth, etc... books he did. They're fairly short, but I liked them a lot.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
No I mean he looks awkward as hell. Is he a stretchy zombie?
Those one shots were collected in an absolute edition too. Called worlds greatest heroes