Thanks so much man, I really appreciate it. It's not in any stores near Michigan (it's coming to Challengers in Chicago, that's about the closest I think), but you can mail order it from Things From Another World or Midtown Comics, or buy the digital version on comiXology.Originally Posted by ASR
“We’ve built a bridge of friendship and carried our goats across. Lay them in the grass with me, Jeff! One’s named Petey and one’s named Sweetie!”—Pete Holmes to Jeff Garlin, Doug Loves Movies
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New Teen Titans: Judas Contract was decidedly unsatisfying. The villain was a total zero that the writer admits in the forward was just a... I don't know, he says when DC reinvigorated the book they got flack for being too much like the X-Men, and this was like their Kitty Pryde except totally evil. What was even worse was the costumes, especially when Robin, in an already unforgivably twee costume, begins going by Nightwing and wearing Dazzler's disco jumpsuit. Bad and disappointing and not really a successful stand-alone story either.
Transmetropolitan continues to be interesting. I look forward to the post-2000/2001 issues, to see what they have to say about all the shit that actually happened in the world.
If you have a hankering for some classic Suicide Squad, pick up Michael Fiffe's limited edition print and you'll receive a "free" 16 page tribute to Ostrander, Kim Yale, and Luke McDonnell's blood-soaked baby.
It's funny, I read your post today at work and wondered "what is this comic containing a Comedy Bang! Bang! ad?" Then a few minutes ago I read the Animal Man Annual and... yeah. Awesome convergence of awesome things is awesome.
Comedy Bang Bang knows their target audience!
I would murder Ike Perlmutter and Avi Arad with a dagger of pure hate to make this happen.
I'm doing my damnedest to read Planetary. I enjoyed Transmetropolitan for the futurism and how the story unfolded but I didn't really like any of the characters. I got #1 free from Comics (by comixology) and it hooked me big time. Something so complex as a quantum computer that . . . well, to prove the point, I can't say exactly how it did what it did, but the entire storyline of just that first issue... if it had been a piece of short prose fiction, it would have won a million Hugos.
But once I got to the one with the whole flashback with the crashed fiction-world ship and the former third man and that blew my noodle and then I read the one about "Superman," "Wonder Woman" and "Green Lantern" and my brain fell out and I started over at #1.
I am thrilled by this discovery. I am definitely going to read The Authority because I am paranoid that maybe I won't fully get everything without that.
It's one of my favorite comics, and more than anything the guiding light on how I approach my own comics writing. I sometimes feel as if I'm trying to write a single issue as good as the first issue of Planetary, or issue #8 (dedicated to 50's sci-fi films). I know I will never succeed, but I am having fun trying.
“We’ve built a bridge of friendship and carried our goats across. Lay them in the grass with me, Jeff! One’s named Petey and one’s named Sweetie!”—Pete Holmes to Jeff Garlin, Doug Loves Movies
I've been going through the entirety of Hellboy and B.P.R.D., mostly for the first time (read the first few Hellboy trades a long time ago) and this is the stuff of legends. It took me a second try at this world for it to really click, but now I'm a fully converted Mike Mignola disciple. I've rarely seen such an expansive, yet personal artistic vision unfold in any medium. I feel like an idiot for not getting into this shit earlier.
Yes! Planetary is possibly the best comic series of all time. It told every kind of story, visited every kind of setting, had amazing artwork throughout (no off-months with weird Liefield feet or hands), it just did everything so well.
Even the specials were good! That Batman crossover is still one of my favorite comics to reread.
I'm in.
I'm just like you. I loved the movies and tried getting into the comics a year or 2 ago. For some reason it just never grabbed me. But I just started re-reading last week and now I am hooked.
Prepare to be blown away by Duncan Fegredo's art starting with the "Darkness Calls" storyline. I didn't think anyone could top Mignola, but I was wrong.
This might be sacrilege, but I think I like BPRD more than Hellboy. The epic scale of the whole thing, the great ensemble, all the Guy Davis artwork. It's amazing
I think B.P.R.D. is more grounded, and thus more relatable in some ways. Basically B.P.R.D. is sci-fi whereas Hellboy lives in a fantasy world where rules are much more bendy. I love both but they are certainly different despite being set in the same "universe".
Woof. So closing in on the end of Planetary I decided to read The Authority. That's pretty good, though the transition from Ellis to Millar was a little strange- the first two arcs are pretty straightforward, a super villain and a cosmic alien threat, then out of nowhere, reincarnated super baby and sociopathic Avengers. Still, overall it's been enjoyable.
Then I thought I'd also check out Stormwatch.
I read #00 and it was one of the worst things I've ever read of any kind. Every excess and cliché of an early 90s Marvel team book with a little more blood, and awful writing. Is there anything to this? I couldn't get through the real #1, it was such a bummer. Ugh... floating pony tails on men.
Stormwatch was pure 90s schlock until Warren Ellis took over at issue #37. It's still a 90s comic, so it still looks fucking ridiculous, but it really gets good in Ellis' run. Plus you get to see the origins of most of the cast of The Authority.
I'm in.
That's what I'd be interested in anyway. Thanks!
I was also looking for something a little more Earthbound and less dark, but unfortunately Chew is still pretty gross and murdery. ay ay ay. I read the more recent issue of The Boys and then I checked out the Boys forum on Dynamite's website. Wow, they hate it. Weird that they read it.
Picked up the first four issues of Saga because I'm a big Brian K. Vaughan fan, and I love them. Really great start, but it's kind of intimidating to be there right at the beginning of what's going to be a long series. I kind of did the same thing with Chew, except I jumped in 10 issues after the start.
I just downloaded the entire Marvel Ultimate comic book series onto my iPad. It is ridiculous how much work it takes to read these things chronologically, what with the Annuals, and Ultimatum, and Requiem, then the Ultimate Comics line. But it's worth it.
Monkeybrain Comics has debuted with a bunch of interesting titles for real cheap on comiXology. BANDETTE by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover is an amazing debut, and is quite the steal for 99 cents. I hope we get more of this.
“We’ve built a bridge of friendship and carried our goats across. Lay them in the grass with me, Jeff! One’s named Petey and one’s named Sweetie!”—Pete Holmes to Jeff Garlin, Doug Loves Movies
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