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SeanBateman:
How fucking Boss Is watchmen? Best twist ending ever.
They're making a movie, starring John Cusack as Nite Owl. I'm psyched, but nervously.
And If you dug watchmen, pick up the originals. Dave Gibbons Wrote and Drew it. The story is odd but great, and his art is about 15 times better than it was on watchmen
inseutculnaime:
I loved Watchmen, but it seemed as though all the parts that should have been compressed were drawn-out, and vice-versa. Still, very good, but From Hell was better.
I used to avidly collect The Phantom, as one of the few easily-available comics around here, same for 2000AD, and I once found a copy of Heavy Metal but have never been able to again. Ghost In the Shell (excellent but the scene preceeding the merge is rambling and pointless, or am I just not getting it?), Tank Girl 1 & 2, and LXG.
Fu Manchu rocked evilly.
Switchblade:
My collection as it stands right now... I don't buy the weeklies, just compilation books.
Reading from bottom to top.
Hellbrandt Grimm - Some Swift and Brutal Hand (Black Library)
"Eternal Damnation" - a Warhammer 40,000 anthology (Black Library)
"Preacher" books 1-4 (Ennis/Dillon, Vertigo)
Transmetropolitan - Tales of Human Waste (Vertigo)
Lucifer - A Dalliance with the damned (Vertigo/DC)
Superman - Red Son (DC. Interesting one this. Superman as a soviet hero? Da, comrade)
Joss Whedon's "Fray" (Dark Horse)
Tom Brazelton:
--- Quote from: SeanBateman ---If you haven't already, check out Y: The Last Man...
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That's been on my "to-buy" list for a while. I need to catch up with the trades before I start buying the regular titles.
Is no one else reading Invincible? It's a really great twist on the entire superhero genre without devaluing it. Basically, it's about this 15 year old kid who's Dad is a Superman-type figure. One day, while taking out the trash, he accidentally launches it into orbit. Instead of being freaked out, he's like, "Finally!"
Things start out innocently enough. They even take the kid to a tailor who makes costumes for superheros. But the book takes a really interesting turn and there's a much bigger story involved. I don't want to spoil any of it. It's so good.
The first two trades are out now. I think you can pick them up for $9 or $10.
Speaking of Invicible, what about The Walking Dead? I'm sorry, but I think Robert Kirkman is probably one of the better writers working in comics right now.
SeanBateman:
I tried to rep both of those earlier in the thread. Invincible was great at first, but it feels like it's gotten a little bit slow recently. But I'm missing some of the earlier issues(I'm a completeist), so maybe I'm just missing some of the pieces.
Walking dead, on the other hand, is one of my top 3 favorite books on the stands. I don't know if you read the newest issue yet, but it has maybe my favorite cliff hanger of the series so far. I love the series, utterly, and I'm terrified that Kirkman's just gonna kill Rick off for kicks. I have no faith in the longevity of any of the characters after this issue. Kirkman does rock, but I haven't been too impressed with much of his Marvel work so far. Except for Jubilee, which I like for reasons I can't explain.
You have to read Y:TLM. And Ex Machina. And Sleeper. Y:TLM I've already given big ups to, but Ex Machina and sleeper. Well, if people care, I can praise them later.
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