I like comics, How 'bout you?

Post by **Best First** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:54 pm

Finally read the last issue of Planetary yesterday (yay ipad).

Sublime.

Oh, and i have no issue with on panel alien sex for the record. I meant his plots are a bit self indulgent, as in things go away for six issues and then resurface in a slightly 'huh' way.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:17 pm

Predabot wrote: I think I must have a differently organized brain than the majority of peeps online, because it does appear as if I belong to a minority that can actually see the patterns in Hickman's writing.

Ignoring the obligatory Predabot joke, I sometimes feel like this with Grant Morrison. I imagine it as a hint of schizophrenia.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:52 am

New column on the Spectacular Spidey cartoon:

http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.co ... rticle=042

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:37 am

New Uncanny Xforce is out and I am helping a local comic shop out by ordering it from them.. unfortunately I accidentally read the last panel at Hastings while waiting for my order so I know how it plays out.

hate..myself..right...now

Post by **Best First** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:22 pm

Uncanny Xforce is my favourite comic of the moment - it is glorious.

Also working my way through Invincible - some collections better than others, but the last, volume 12, was a belter. i think there is quite a bit to be said for a self contained universe (more or less).

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:24 am

Oh yeah, Invincible kicks the collective asses of every other superhero comic, only because it can actually grow and change and go somewhere as the writers want and not the board of directors.

Post by **Best First** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:33 pm

Yep. Got volume 13 today. think i am going to run out soon. Bah.

It's not as good as Uncanny X-Force tho.

Also liking Thunderbolts an awful lot.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:50 am

Dropped a lot of titles recently. Done with all Bendis titles. No more SHIELD, getting tired of Secret Warriors. They took Brubaker off Daredevil, so I think I'm chucking that too. Dropped all the Deadpool stuff I was reading.

Hearing a lot of good things about X-force, both from here, my bro, and others, so I think I'm going to give the trade a shot.

Still going with Thunderbolts, Secret Avengers, and Avengers:Academy for now.

Slim pickings from Marvel for me now. Excited about Godzilla and the few manga I like.

Read The Stuff of Legend. Not bad. Sort of a more serious take on Toy Story. Have some new volumes of Mouse Guard I'm looking forward to.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:18 am

Yaya, have you read Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) or Gokusen? Fun reads from beginning to end.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:17 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:Yaya, have you read Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) or Gokusen? Fun reads from beginning to end.

No, but if you're recommending them, I'll give them a try. I'm all caught up on Naruto and 20th Century Boys and now have to wait like three months for the next volume to come out, which sucks.

This just in. Apparently, rumor from IDW is that Godzilla #1 will be their highest selling comic in history and will actually land the comic in the top 10 most sold comics for the month in the U.S. That, I did not expect.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:44 am

read Uncanny Xforce and X23 ffs

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:05 am

Yaya wrote: This just in. Apparently, rumor from IDW is that Godzilla #1 will be their highest selling comic in history and will actually land the comic in the top 10 most sold comics for the month in the U.S. That, I did not expect.

I feel compelled to mention that it has quite possibly got the biggest promo-setup of all time in comics, quite possibly a contender for the Guinness book of Records:

It's got 80 - EIGHTY alternate covers.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/02/19/ ... -from-idw/

So... I think that may just have a teensy, weensy bit to do with the high sales...

But, I do think there is also some genuine interest in this book. Great character, written by a top flight creator. It's got potential.

I'm pretty pumped myself, actually.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:13 am

Predabot wrote:I feel compelled to mention that it has quite possibly got the biggest promo-setup of all time in comics.

Did we forget about Civil War?

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:29 pm

I have to officially say that uncanny xforce is the first comic I have read in a long time that gets better and better each issue. Its like I keep waiting for the "letdown issue" (I'm looking at YOU, X 23), and it just refuses to let its foot off the gas.

You really need to be reading this series.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:39 am

New column on how Thor kicks all kinds of hinds.

http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.co ... rticle=044

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:43 am

Has anybody read The Suicide Forest? There are a few places in there (one in particular) where it feels like the book delivered a solid punch to the gut. Highly recommended.

Post by **Best First** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:15 pm

Optimus Prime Rib wrote:I have to officially say that uncanny xforce is the first comic I have read in a long time that gets better and better each issue. Its like I keep waiting for the "letdown issue" (I'm looking at YOU, X 23), and it just refuses to let its foot off the gas.

You really need to be reading this series.

word.

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:24 am

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=31793

Check out around 4:35 mark. Joe Q FTW.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:12 am

Ozz wrote:http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=31793

Check out around 4:35 mark. Joe Q FTW.

You know, I didn't think anything could make me agree with "Joe Q FTW," but there ya go...

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:01 am

Eisner noms 2001 out.

Best Continuing Series

Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)

Echo, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)

Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)

Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)

Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)

Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)

Best Writer/Artist

Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)

Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit (IDW)

Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 (DC)

Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Studio)

James Sturm, Market Day (Drawn & Quarterly)

Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys (VIZ Media)

Yes. Nice to see 20th Century Boys and Urasawa get the recognition they deserve.

Anyone read The Dapper Men graphic novel by McCann? Heard great things about it, and it's up for an Eisner also.

I find myself kind of taking the approach I do with comics that I do with the Oscars. I wait to see what's nominated and they go read them.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:24 am

Betting its wolverine taking out shadow king in the next arc.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:37 pm

Ozz wrote:http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=31793

Check out around 4:35 mark. Joe Q FTW.

That. Was. Awesome!

Post by **Best First** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:49 am

Shanti418 wrote:
Ozz wrote:http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=31793

Check out around 4:35 mark. Joe Q FTW.
That. Was. Awesome!

Oh my god.

And your face! nyah.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:06 am

Is anybody else kind of annoyed with Marvel's habit of advertising their next big event before the current one is finished?

SPOILER

Marvel's got a cross-over between Ultimate Spider-Man and New Avengers vs New Ultimates called "The Death of Spider-Man." It's set to wrap up in June.

Today, Marvel announced an all new Ultimate Spider-Man (new costume, new secret identity) will debut after "Death of Spider-Man."

What the hell? The arc's only HALF over. One of the big questions that people discuss during any "Death of..." arc is, "how can this fictional universe go on without this character?" And now that's already been answered. "New guy under the mask."

Since it's Bendis, I can be pretty sure that it'll be something I enjoy. But did they really need to advertise this far in advance? I prefer Marvel to DC in most cases, but DC does a MUCH better job with letting their stories advertise themselves. Just look at the last few pages of Brightest Day #23. Could they have popped the sales numbers a bit by advertising it in advance? Yeah, probably. Was it a nice surprise for readers who had no idea it was coming? You bet your ass.

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:42 am

TBH, you still don't know how it really ends. Does he die? Does he not? If not, what will happen to him? How exactly the thing in the white text happens, what leads to it, what are the reasons for it? What happens with Avengers/Ultimates? But there's still three months so Marvel will probably manage to answer most/all those questions before we see it in print.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:07 am

So... The ending of Brightest Day #24 was bollocks. Literally.

DJ_Convoy · Post by **DJ_Convoy** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:06 pm

Disappointed that I stuck around thru the whole thing.

PS- Don't forget to pick up Search for Swamp Thing! Yeah, right.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue May 03, 2011 2:52 pm

Sooo... the Invincible Viltrumite War trade is out! Woo!

Damn, this was a bloody gory bloody gory comic. You've got to love a trade paperback that features not one, not two, but THREE instances of someone getting their intestines punched out their back.

I'm torn on the gore in this comic. On the one hand, I like the realistic depiction of what superheroes might actually do to one another--ie, punch a guy so hard his brains fly out. On the other hand, man is it a lot to stomach.

Anyway. Bitchin comic. It was really cool when the spoiler went spoiler because they punched right through the spoiler. And the ending, when she was spoiler because of spoiler but you STILL don't know what spoilered?

Post by **Best First** » Tue May 03, 2011 6:01 pm

ah, cool - i should recieve this from my shop pretty soon. I had a rather joyous period where they sent me a collection a fortnight but now i am caught up.

Thanks for avoiding the spoiler about the spoiler.

Also - buy x-force.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Thu May 05, 2011 4:04 am

Best First wrote:
buy x-force.

this