Topic: What comic books do you read? (Read 44174 times)

lastclearchance · « **on:** 02 Jul 2005, 08:34 »

So, it appears there are comic-book readers here. I'm interested: what series do you read regularly (as in, you get every one that comes out)? For me there are only two series (three if you count the Coheed comics):

Thieves and Kings by Mark Oakley
Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore

I used to read Bone until it ended, and I've been reading Promethea but I didn't get into it until after it ended. But that's really it for me for currently-running comics.

I especially want to know if anyone has a suggestion for something I can pick up. I'm looking for a third series. Note: I tried Fables, and while it was good, it didn't "grab" me, for anyone who was about to suggest that.

My Aim Is True · « **Reply #1 on:** 02 Jul 2005, 08:52 »

let's see if I can remember everything on my monthly pull list. It's a lot right now.

Fables
Y: The Last Man
Mnemovore
Sea Of Red
SOLO
Ultimate Spider-Man
Ultimate X-Men
Ultimate Fantastic Four
The Ultimates
whatever Ultimate mini-series they have going.
Daredevil
Marvel Knights 4
Savage Dragon
The Walking Dead
Powers
The Goon
Supreme Power
Ex Machina
Hellboy

and whenever a writer I really like puts out a miniseries, I usually grab it.

My Aim Is True · « **Reply #2 on:** 02 Jul 2005, 08:53 »

I highly reccomend The Goon, by Eric Powell.

Nadia · « **Reply #3 on:** 03 Jul 2005, 19:42 »

I love Strangers in Paradise!! I also got the 1st 3 issues of Love and Rockets that I am going to start tonight. I'm having a hard time finding back issues of SIP though. I'm relatively new to comics but strangely addicted nonetheless. Any reccomendations would be appreciated. Bone is good, huh?

La Creme · « **Reply #4 on:** 04 Jul 2005, 00:35 »

The Sandman
Preacher
Lucifer (as well as just about every other Sandman spinoff I can find)
Books of Magic
Meridian (what? crossgen are/were great!)
Rising Stars
Sin City
Anything from Marvel involving Thanos
Top 10 / Smax / etc...
about to start Transmetropolitan and finally read Watchmen

armyofwires · « **Reply #5 on:** 04 Jul 2005, 01:39 »

Recent favorites:
Marvel Knights 4
Marvel Knights Daredevil (bye Bendis)
Secret War
Blue Monday
Hopeless Savages
House of M
Runaways
Transmet
The Walking Dead
Invincible
Wanted
Spiderman by Scotty Young
Scooter Girl
Tank Girl
Metal Gear Solid.

Too lazy to remember more.

My Aim Is True · « **Reply #6 on:** 04 Jul 2005, 01:48 »

Quote from: armyofwires

Marvel Knights Daredevil (bye Bendis)

one more issue. it better be fucking amazing, to cap off this run.

victor_smithe · « **Reply #7 on:** 04 Jul 2005, 08:02 »

Powers
MK Daredevil
MK 4
Ultimate Fantastic 4
Ultimate X-men
House of M
Astonishing X-men
Batman
Optic Nerve

SeanBateman · « **Reply #8 on:** 04 Jul 2005, 13:00 »

Damn it I hate this.
The Losers
Runaways
Livewires
Gravity
Trigger
Fables
Neverwhere
Desolation Jones
Ocean
Lex Luthor: Man of Steel
Authority Revoloution
Ex Machina
Astonishing X-Men
Seven Soldiers
The Intimates
Supreme Power
The Grimorie
Beowulf
Atomika
Green Lantern
Teen Titans
Flash
Young Avengers
New Avengers
Sleeper Before it Ended
Swamp Thing
Books of Magick: Life during Wartime
Y: the last man
Mnemovore
Brubakers Captain America
Powers
Daredevil
Lucifer
Ultimate X-men, Spidey, FF, Secret, Ultimates
Fantastic four
Marvel Knights 4
X Men
MK spiderman
Black Panther
HellBlazer
Walking Dead
Invincible
Wolverine
House of M

There's more, just can't think of em right now.

Sideways · « **Reply #9 on:** 04 Jul 2005, 13:14 »

I read graphic novels, I don't follow comics.

Sometimes I pick up trades, right as they come out, so I suppose that could be counted as following a comic storyline... but I prefer to have my story all-in-one, or segmented into large volumes.

Single comics just annoy me now. You get right into it... and it ends.

Most graphic novels and trades are set up to tell a whole story, or at least a whole segment to a story, and therefore you have a proper build-up/crisis/denoument set-up, which I really like.

So, what I've read recently;

Walking Dead volumes 1, 2, 3
Sin City
Sin City: Booze, Broads and Bullets
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Sin City: Family Values
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again
(you can see I'm a Miller fan

)
The Gift (total crap, don't bother with it)

clockworkjames · « **Reply #10 on:** 05 Jul 2005, 05:04 »

WANTED,
Tomb raider,
Inferno hellbound,
The darkness,
Fathom,
Fathom killians tide

All of which are topcow image comics i guess.

My Aim Is True · « **Reply #11 on:** 05 Jul 2005, 05:54 »

I don't think I have ever liked anything on Top Cow, except Rising Stars. I am totally perplexed by the critical acclaim all those books like Fathom get.

Atomic Wedgie · « **Reply #12 on:** 05 Jul 2005, 06:49 »

I read manga more than american comic books, but not as a rule.
(in no particular order)
Mars
Paradise Kiss
Peach Girl (I've sort of gone off that, though)
Fruits Basket
Meridian
Ruse
Runaways
And, since I usually don't have the money for real comics, I read a lot more webcomics than I do comics I have to go out and pay for. ):

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #13 on:** 05 Jul 2005, 11:11 »

I'm with Sideways on graphic novels. Pretty much for the same reason as he plus the shop I go to has a 10% off them on a permenent basis. So lately i've been reading:

BPRD
Hellboy
Sin City series (just the first book and That Yellow Bastard)
Flight Volume 1
Flight Volume 2
30 Days of Night
Battle Royale
Naruto
One Piece
First three Sandman
One of the New X-Men series
A collection of the Cable and The New Mutants (I think)
Wolverine vs Hulk
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Another marvel universe contunity mind-fuck series that I for some reason can't remember the name of.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #14 on:** 05 Jul 2005, 11:26 »

I have the first three and then ran out of money for a period of time and now am just too lazy to bother filling the gaps. I actually read the books before watching the movie.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #15 on:** 05 Jul 2005, 11:36 »

I actually meant the comic. I tend to just call comics books.

deborah · « **Reply #16 on:** 05 Jul 2005, 14:20 »

cerebus (although, to be honest, i've only got about 3/4 of them, and it's been awhile since i dusted them off. now that dave sim has taken a break from being fucking batshit insane and finished the set, i'll try to buy the rest out in phonebooks)
eddie campbell's bacchus

i used to be a huge fan of darkhorse presents, and anything and everything darkhorse put out (i had all those crazy alien/predator/terminator crossovers and the star wars spin-offs)
and when i was 12, i totally loved elfquest.
also, phil foglio's renditions of the myth series weren't half-bad.

clockworkjames · « **Reply #17 on:** 06 Jul 2005, 12:18 »

i like topcow/image for the artwwork style, and the grittyness, i dont personally see it in marvel and its there, just not as much in dc.

Nadia · « **Reply #18 on:** 06 Jul 2005, 13:26 »

I stumbled upon this webcomic a few weeks ago and it's hilarious. I love the way this guy draws his stuff. It makes me laugh everyday. If you want to, check it out:

www.kickinthehead.org

His comic from July 1st is my current favorite.

Anyone else read this?

glasses · « **Reply #19 on:** 07 Jul 2005, 02:03 »

I've just started reading comics, really.

Right now I'm reading The Sandman, The Watchmen, and V for Vendetta.

They're all just so good.

Quote from: Awkward Silence

I read the comic of Battle Royale, but it just made me feel ill.

Oh jesus man, I know exactly what you mean. It was just like a really long shock picture. Amazing, though.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #20 on:** 07 Jul 2005, 10:12 »

Quote from: happybirthdaygelatin

Another marvel universe contunity mind-fuck series that I for some reason can't remember the name of.

Exiles! Finally thought of it.

zekterellium · « **Reply #21 on:** 07 Jul 2005, 10:26 »

the silent hill manga kicks ass.

dancarter · « **Reply #22 on:** 08 Jul 2005, 11:44 »

Yay for the Optic Nerve. It comes out sooo infrequently, but it's always worth the wait. Summer Blonde was fantastic too, as is his book of mini comics, 32 Stories.

The only new stuff I get regularly anymore are Popbot and Lore. One for the big monsters, one for the cats and big robots. Both for Ash Wood.

Stuff I'm catching up on and filling holes in: Shade, the Changing Man(best comic of the 90's, if you ask me), anything by Kent Williams(I can't believe they got him to adapt 'The Fountain') or Jon J Muth and Empty Zone by Jason Alexander.

Tinjessla · « **Reply #23 on:** 08 Jul 2005, 13:07 »

I really want to get a copy of Optic Nerve as i've heard sich great things about it, but i haven't seen it around any of my local comic book shops. I should just ask really.

Anyhoo, i tend to collect more graphic novels too, as i'm very forgetful when it comes to single comic books. The comics i read would be:

Tank Girl (Yesssssssss!)
Joe Sacco's Palestine, Notes of a Defeatist and The Fixer
Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things
All of Johnen Vazquez's stuff
Marrionette Generation, volume 1, 2 and 3 (I am allowed a girly japanese manga fix)
The Sandman

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #24 on:** 08 Jul 2005, 14:33 »

Drat, I forgot about Vasquez. Though all I have is the Johnny the Homicidal Maniac trade paperback. Oh, that reminds me I have one of the Lenore books as well.

Tinjessla · « **Reply #25 on:** 09 Jul 2005, 03:54 »

Oooh, i forgot about Lenore too. I have the 2nd graphic novel which i forget the name to. Which was bought when i went through my embarrasing Vasquez fangirl phase. *lowers head*

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #26 on:** 11 Jul 2005, 13:18 »

I remember one is "Noogies" and the other is "Wedgies" though which is which is beyond my feeble memory and ambition to bother looking up.

I still need to get the Bad Art Collection by Vasquez. And geeeezzzzuuus when the hell is he going to put out some more comics?!

Tinjessla · « **Reply #27 on:** 11 Jul 2005, 13:34 »

Oooh yes, i have that. Filled to the brim with that crazy, random humour Vasquez is so good at.

Yes! He needs to put more comics out! I mean c'mon now...it's been years. And those mini collaboration comics do not count, dammit.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #28 on:** 11 Jul 2005, 13:50 »

Mini Collaboration comics? Do you mean the guest strip kinda stuff similar to what is in Lenore? (I love the fact Vasquez always makes fun of Roman Dirge (and Lenore the charecter her self one time!)

Slightly skeptical thought but I almost imagine he's waiting till he is running low on money before he starts doing more work again.

Tinjessla · « **Reply #29 on:** 11 Jul 2005, 15:21 »

As nifty as those guest strips are, i was talking about comics such as Everything can be Beaten.

Come to think of it, i think that's the only mini comic he's put out. It probably went undetected by a lot of people, considering zee fake name and writing credits.

Y'know what? He probably is waiting till the cashflow runs dry. Until then, he's just cruising on the sweet, sweet sales of GIR plushies.

lb969 · « **Reply #30 on:** 11 Jul 2005, 18:59 »

Really good one is Alpha Shade

WWW.Alpha-Shade.com

My Aim Is True · « **Reply #31 on:** 12 Jul 2005, 06:47 »

Vasquez just recently put out a Filler Bunny comic.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #32 on:** 12 Jul 2005, 09:56 »

Quote from: Tinjessla

As nifty as those guest strips are, i was talking about comics such as Everything can be Beaten.

Come to think of it, i think that's the only mini comic he's put out. It probably went undetected by a lot of people, considering zee fake name and writing credits.

Y'know what? He probably is waiting till the cashflow runs dry. Until then, he's just cruising on the sweet, sweet sales of GIR plushies.

That is pretty interesting looking, I will have to hunt it down!

Thanks for letting me know about that Tinjessla, as well as the Filler Bunny release, MAIT. I just hope that eventually he will go back to the Devi/Nny/Squee storyline at some point. Man, I wonder what happened to the "moose" from the wall.

TheKithless · « **Reply #33 on:** 12 Jul 2005, 12:31 »

I'm currently reading

Ultimate X-Men
Ultimate Spider-Man
The Ultimates
Gravity
House of M
New Avengers

I've been considering picking up some JLA titles because of the Identity Crisis storyline and such, but my devotion to Marvel (and my limited budget for comics) has prevented me from doing so.

Gryff · « **Reply #34 on:** 14 Jul 2005, 18:09 »

Ultimate Spidey
Ultimate X-men
Ultimate Fantastic Four
Ultimates
Exiles
Hellboy
Vasquez stuff

Plus, have been wanting to read Sandman and Sin City. I'm sure I'll get around to it eventually

MoiraFae · « **Reply #35 on:** 14 Jul 2005, 18:33 »

Transmet!

Garcin · « **Reply #36 on:** 14 Jul 2005, 18:48 »

Quote from: sideways

I read graphic novels, I don't follow comics.

Sometimes I pick up trades, right as they come out, so I suppose that could be counted as following a comic storyline... but I prefer to have my story all-in-one, or segmented into large volumes.

There with ya, buddy. Alan Moore trade volumes are fabulous when he's not phoning it in (pun intended).

Mandatory are:
--Top Ten vols. I and II;
--League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (duh);
--V for Vendetta;
--The Watchmen.

His take on Batman, "The Killing Joke" I found subpar, but others have loved it. Swampman is great, but to my knowledge is not out in trade volumes yet (I might be wrong about this though since I haven't check recently).

For graphic novels, though, you can't in my opinion do much better than Dan Clowes (duh), and Seth, who writes rather depressed but insightful and hopeful novels for a very famous Canadian outfit called Drawn & Quarterly. I highly recommend Seth's Palookaville, although you couldn't find more contrast to Frank Miller.

Also -- Larry Marder's Beanworld series, which defies both description & estimation. Still looking for a complete series to purchase. Off to ebay

.

--Moiche

victor_smithe · « **Reply #37 on:** 15 Jul 2005, 11:24 »

OMG
All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder was fantastic. You really can't do better then Miller's dark take on the Dark Knight and his city as well as Lee's superb pencils. The All Star series is to DC what the Ultimate series is to Marvel. It starts off with Dick's parents being murdered, being carried off by crooked cops and Batman interevening to save him!
I can't wait for more of this!

Trollstormur · « **Reply #38 on:** 16 Jul 2005, 01:06 »

Quote from: happybirthdaygelatin

That is pretty interesting looking, I will have to hunt it down!

Thanks for letting me know about that Tinjessla, as well as the Filler Bunny release, MAIT. I just hope that eventually he will go back to the Devi/Nny/Squee storyline at some point. Man, I wonder what happened to the "moose" from the wall.

You, and every other Jhonen fan, if you want him to make quality stuff, stop buying every shitty thing he makes. Fillerbunny is complete shit. As long as he has money, he never need work again, and he won't. He's perfectly fine living a somewhat ascetic lifestyle if he can play playstation all day.

Oerdin · « **Reply #39 on:** 16 Jul 2005, 01:27 »

I don't read any comics other then QC.

edwartica · « **Reply #40 on:** 16 Jul 2005, 12:48 »

I used to read "Fables," but I really can't afford comics anymore. not even sure it's still published.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #41 on:** 18 Jul 2005, 10:20 »

Quote from: Trollstormur

You, and every other Jhonen fan, if you want him to make quality stuff, stop buying every shitty thing he makes. Fillerbunny is complete shit. As long as he has money, he never need work again, and he won't. He's perfectly fine living a somewhat ascetic lifestyle if he can play playstation all day.

Yeah, Fillerbunny is pretty much truthfull with it's name. Practicaly all filler. I haven't bought any of it or any of his books since I Feel Sick ended.

Trollstormur · « **Reply #42 on:** 18 Jul 2005, 11:11 »

yeah, and those tshirts and patches and dvds and crap like that. stop it. all of you.

heretic · « **Reply #43 on:** 18 Jul 2005, 11:18 »

lenore
JTHM
Poison Elves, back in the day
Barry Ween Boy Genius <-- teh sex
Ghostrider back in my younger years
i also used to read a bunch of shite when i was younger. still like the Wolverine Vs Gambit: Victims mini series

ace!sodapop · « **Reply #44 on:** 26 Jul 2005, 16:00 »

bryan lee o'malley's stuff is adorable! gogo scott pilgrim!

offcitylimits · « **Reply #45 on:** 29 Aug 2005, 10:55 »

I'm fairly new to reading comics regularly. We studied Watchmen at Uni and that made me dig deeper. Recently:

Y: The Last Man Vol. 1 TP
Astonishing X-Men: Gifted
Alex Robinson - Box Office Poison
Craig Thompson - Blankets
Derek Kirk Kim - Same Difference & Other Stories
Jason Lutes - Jar of Fools

kiwibrombeer · « **Reply #46 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 04:10 »

as being no particular fan of superhero-comics (come on, the ARE in fact crap; that's like the mainstream of comics, and you guys want to be indie..) i might not gain many friends with my selection, but some of the following you should definitely have a look at. as there would be:

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (i don't know how many of them have been translated in english so far, in french, there are 4 volumes) - an autobiographic comic, telling the story of M. Satrapi, born in iran some years before the islamic revolution (about her childhood in iran, then her youth in austria as a foreigner, then her retourn to iran); black&white, rather naive drawing style, but extremely interesting. there is some other stuff by her as well, not (necessarily) connected with the persepolis-series

Lewis Trondheim in general, french artist, doing both 'album'-comics (like the hilarious 'donjon'/'dungeon'-series with j. sfar) and more distinguished black&white/philosophical/weird stuff like 'moins d'un quart de seconde pour vivre' with j.c. menu or the terribly good 'mildou'

a very, very good webcomic (though being published as an album in austria in a few weeks) is 'Death And The Maiden' by Nina Ruzicka. which can be found (also in the english translation) at http://www.cartoontomb.de.

i also like very much Jirô Taniguchi, a (obviously) japanese artist who thanksworthyly does not join in the manga-style of most of his fellow countrymen but does sort of graphical novels as you might find with craig thompson (though somewhat less autobiographical). unfortunately, i believe there is only very little by him translated into english (i could not find the equivalent of 'le quartier lointain' in a quick research..)

more to come, i guess..

Garcin · « **Reply #47 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 06:41 »

Superb. I knew about Persepolis, the others are new to me. Keep the recommendations coming!

The Thief · « **Reply #48 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 15:21 »

Ultimates
Ultimate X-Men
Ultimate Spider-Man
Runaways
The Goon
The Walking Dead
Ex Machina
Batman
100 Bullets
Invincible
Godland
Y: The Last Man

Gryff · « **Reply #49 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 19:35 »

Quote from: kiwibrombeer

as being no particular fan of superhero-comics (come on, the ARE in fact crap; that's like the mainstream of comics, and you guys want to be indie..)

I doubt you'll find too many people who agree with such a sweeping statement. Try reading Alan Moore or Frank Miller's superhero comics. Or The Authority. Or Planetary. Or Ex Machina...

There are plenty of great superhero comics around that are aimed at a more mature audience. Oh, and also, I don't care if reading Spiderman makes me un-indie.

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Author Topic: What comic books do you read? (Read 44174 times)

Nadia

La Creme

armyofwires

victor_smithe

SeanBateman

Sideways

Atomic Wedgie

deborah

Nadia

glasses

zekterellium

Tinjessla

Tinjessla

Tinjessla

Tinjessla

lb969

TheKithless

MoiraFae

Garcin

victor_smithe

edwartica

heretic

ace!sodapop

offcitylimits

kiwibrombeer

Garcin

The Thief