Comic Book Recommendations

[AJDELAWARE]

I haven't read comics in years (like 10-15 years)

Make a pull list for me of things to check out. I used to be heavy into X-Men when I was younger.

[JustJon]

I'm just keeping to superhero books, since you were an X-Men fan...

Captain America
Astonishing X-Men
Justice League
Batman
Detective Comics


And if you're willing to expand beyond superheroes, trying anything by Brian K. Vaughn is a great start. Y: The Last Man is great but has 2 issues left. Ex Machina is Mojo's favorite comic.

[zentraed]

I was never big into comics when I was younger, just the occasional X-Men read mostly. Someone on this board had a Spider Jerusalem quote in their sig about 6 years ago, and that's how I found out about Transmetropolitan. I loved it. I started reading The Watchmen, and so far so good. And don't forget to check out the Wolverine story, Origin.

[IamPixie]

These are more along the lines of graphic novels. If you're feeling open minded you should check them out.


Blankets- Craig Thompson
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/previews/blankets/blankets_01.jpg
David Boring- Daniel Clowes
http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/art/boring_C.gif

[drjoek]

Jessica Alba is the only thing on my "pull" list:tongue:

[donnie_darko]

i was in the same position as you a a year ago.
Reading the new Dare Devil's made me want to read comics again.

It's called Dare Devil Version 2, some of the early ones have some heavy religious undertones, they were written by kevin smith, but are still really good, i'd read all of those...it's 87 issues, but you'll tear through em. Also all the newer batman stuff is enjoyable, really great artwork in both of these series.

batman, the long halloween is really good, also the superman-batman series is good....but not the all star superman batman, ugh. batman hush is pretty interesting, and Knightfall, though i'm not a huge fan of how they portray him in these, it still sets up a lot of the newer batman stuff.

May as well throw Dark Victory in there as well.

I'd say read V for Vendetta, but if you've seen the movie then the comic is nearly identical....does give some new insight though.

Iron Man Extremis is good, and i never really liked iron man so that says a lot for the series.

I enjoy the darker comics a bit more, seems a little more mature...and makes me feel less guilty for reading them.

My friend who got me back into comics likes valiant comics a bit, but i've never read any.

Oh yeah, stephen kings gunslinger is good stuff too, and ichi the killer, sort of perverse but a good story.

[MaD DocTa]

House of M and the Civil war to catch you up. There are both in trades so you can pick up each series for like 15 bucks.

[desertduck]

Ex Machina
The Walking Dead
Wasteland
Wolverine (Of Course given your history)
The Punisher

[deepinthewoods]

Brian K Vaughan's and Pia Guerra's "Y The Last Man" series is one of the most intellegent, well drawn and riviting comics out there . Pretty funny in its own wry way as well. The individual issues have thus far been compiled into 9 graphic novels, and I think the 10th one wraps up the story.

And to mirror Iampixie, Portland's own Craig Thompson is a class act, though I think I prefer his "Goodbye Chunky Rice." Clever and sweet. Kind of the diametric opposite of a superhero comic.

[Death Metal Moe]

Jessica Alba is the only thing on my "pull" list:tongue:

Damn, beaten to the "dick" joke again!

CURSES!!!

[AJDELAWARE]

Nice. Thanks guys. Ill check some of these out.

[weekapaugjz]

ive gotten back into comics in the last year or so and these are the ones that i have enjoyed the most, even though some have already been mentioned:

y: the last man - had me hooked after reading the first 5 pages. i read all nine volumes within a week and a half.

walking dead - very cool portrayal of zombies, story mostly focuses on the group and their emotions trying to survive.

30 days of night - i love the concept of this storyline, ive read 3 of the volumes so far, still trying to find the second one. i love the art in it.

batman - long halloween - my favorite of the batman volumes

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Pork and Twizzler Pull n Peels are the only things this Fatty Pulls

:king:

[IamPixie]

you people, and your boy comics. :tongue:

[weekapaugjz]

you people, and your boy comics. :tongue:

ive never seen the ones you recommended, but if i do, ill check 'em out.

[JustJon]

batman - long halloween - my favorite of the batman volumes
Are you kidding? Long Halloween is a long rambling story with an unsatisfying ending.

you people, and your boy comics. :tongue:

Fine, for Pixie, I'm going to recommend Bone and Castle Waiting.

[Don Stugots]

you people, and your boy comics. :tongue:

You people? WTF?

Kingdom Come may be my favorite of all time. LLeeder suggested The Sinestro Corps not too long ago, i skimmed it at the store and liked it.

[DiabloSammich]

I'm currently trying to get reinvolved with comics. Which newer series should I start with?

Keep in mind, it will have to be a really great series to tear me away from my Legos.

[DiabloSammich]

Clearly you American faggot have no idea that comics are for faggots. Die Infidels


Dude, seriously, it's getting old. We're talking comics here.

[DiabloSammich]

Comics are for faggots and for Sheepy. You should die with this faggot American thread


What the fuck? If you have a problem with me why don't you pm me and settle it like a man?

[epo]

I need not address you in pm, I address all faggot Americans in the open like they should be. Faggot Americans, they are all fucking queer Hottubs

QFT

[JustJon]

I need not address you in pm, I address all faggot Americans in the open like they should be. Faggot Americans, they are all fucking queer Hottubs

I'll be more than happy to ban all 5 of your accounts.




Are you looking to start with superhero comics or any comics?

[donnie_darko]

i fucking love that guy.


seriously though, to recommend we'd need to know what you like...unless you want blind recommendations from online assholes?

and when did you stop paying attention?

personally I really enjoyed criminal / the walking dead / Yurich the last man / daredevil /

Some of the batman superman stuff is good too, along with the detective comics.

i also made the mistake of reading Drafted, which is an ongoing series...getting into ongoing series sucks...

but none of this really matters if you were into archie and jughead, or valiant or something.......

[EliSnow]

Diablo, do you want to read ongoing comics or those series in trade paperback/"graphic novels"?

For the latter, I've recommended the following to Phish: Planetary, Hellboy, Astonishing X-Men, Astro City, Fables, Captain America by Ed Brubaker, Green Lantern by Geoff Johns, starting with Green Lantern: Rebirth. These series are more recent series (last 5-10 years).

For ongoing series, again, Captain America and Green Lantern are ongoing and are incredible. In fact for both series, the current run may be the greatest those heroes have seen in their history (it's like reading Daredevil when Frank Miller was writing it or Claremont writing the Dark Phoenix storyline or Days of Future Past). Justice Society of America is really, really great. The recent Messiah CompleX in the X-books is the best X-Men story other than Astonishing X-Men in the last 10-15 years if not more.

Of course, there's also Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina by the show's budday Brian K. Vaughan. Y just ended, but most of the series is in TPB.

[DiabloSammich]

i fucking love that guy.


seriously though, to recommend we'd need to know what you like...unless you want blind recommendations from online assholes?

and when did you stop paying attention?

personally I really enjoyed criminal / the walking dead / Yurich the last man / daredevil /

Some of the batman superman stuff is good too, along with the detective comics.

i also made the mistake of reading Drafted, which is an ongoing series...getting into ongoing series sucks...

but none of this really matters if you were into archie and jughead, or valiant or something.......



Blind recommendations from online assholes are always welcome and appreciated.

I'll take your's and Eli's suggestions and see what I come up with. Thanks bunches!

[kdubya]

I would have to agree with all of Eli's suggestions, Fables in particluar is top notch.
I would also add Sleeper by Brubaker. It wrapped up a few years ago but you can find the trades.

There is a new company called Red 5 comics that has 4 or 5 titles out. They are all pretty sweet. They are all at issue 3 or earlier so you can jump on pretty easy.

Invincible by Image is always a fun read. Buy the trades and get caught up, I would say that is my favorite super hero tittle out right now.

My last suggestion would be to pick up the trades for all of Loeb and Sales Batman stuff, Long Halloween etc.. Its pretty much the best Batman stuff ever.

[ToLEEdo]

word on Eli's suggestions.

Also they just wiped clean most of Spiderman's back story and restarted with Brand New Day. They are only a couple of books into it. That would be a cool story to get into if you hadn't read the old stuff.

Also, try wikipedia to get the back story for characters and storylines you don't know.

[Gvac]

I simply adore DiabloSammich.

[Sinestro]

I always read the Archie Comics when I'm on line at the supermarket.

[chubbyknuckles]

Fucking faggot American who lives in his mom's basement. Yiou should give up on comic books queer

well if there's anything worse than a comic fan, it's a fan of Tiger Ali from a shit nintendo game system. I mean, to embrace a horrible video game character, to the point where you adopt the character's traits, is pretty fuckin sad. (traits which you've embellished upon, by more than his one sentence rambles between rounds)But that's ok, because everyones made for a reason, except folks like you, which just shows hey, anyone can make a mistake in the birthing process.



And read Criminal, it's awesome, but are you looking for monthly's or trade paper backs, what exactly?

[TheMojoPin]

well if there's anything worse than a comic fan, it's a fan of Tiger Ali from a shit nintendo game system

QFWTF!?

[Sheeplovr]

I'm currently trying to get reinvolved with comics. Which newer series should I start with?

Keep in mind, it will have to be a really great series to tear me away from my Legos.


so what did you used to read
marvel or dc
do you want to jump into the weekly game
or pick up some good trades

p.s. im not a fagot

[ChimneyFish]

I'm in the same boat as Diablo. And I'm not trying to highjack his thread.:smoke:

I'll be making my way to my local book/comic store soon, as I'm going to have a lot of time on my hands.

I' guess I'm looking for something more on the lines of a graphic novel.
Something I'm not going to have to buy 50 books to get to the end of a storyline.

I dabbled in Spiderman and Batman, but I guess my favorites from back in the day(early 90's for me) woud be X-Men/Excalibur(Nightcrawler).
I'd also be into something a little more "dark"/real life.(haven't read it, but I guess I'm thinking of something along the lines of The Watchmen[which I plan on getting])



Also, I was wondering if anyone could give me any suggestions on some post Star Wars: Return of the Jedi novels I could check out.(now we're really gonna nerd this thing up:tongue:)
Again something that might wrap up in 4-5 novels.
I've heard something about the Thrawn series, but I don't know what novels that entails.
(I didn't think this warranted a whole new thread, that's wahy I didn't start one):smoke:

[DiabloSammich]

ChimneyFish, this thread is yours, brother. Looking more closely, I can't possible imagine where I would possibly find more time in my day to get involved in a comic series. I was foolish, and I apologize to all who's time I may have wasted. Sheepy, will you ever forgive me?

[PhishHead]

i still love you diablo and this thread!

[Thebazile78]

I'm in the same boat as Diablo. And I'm not trying to highjack his thread.:smoke:

I'll be making my way to my local book/comic store soon, as I'm going to have a lot of time on my hands.

I' guess I'm looking for something more on the lines of a graphic novel.
Something I'm not going to have to buy 50 books to get to the end of a storyline.

I dabbled in Spiderman and Batman, but I guess my favorites from back in the day(early 90's for me) woud be X-Men/Excalibur(Nightcrawler).
I'd also be into something a little more "dark"/real life.(haven't read it, but I guess I'm thinking of something along the lines of The Watchmen[which I plan on getting])



Also, I was wondering if anyone could give me any suggestions on some post Star Wars: Return of the Jedi novels I could check out.(now we're really gonna nerd this thing up:tongue:)
Again something that might wrap up in 4-5 novels.
I've heard something about the Thrawn series, but I don't know what novels that entails.
(I didn't think this warranted a whole new thread, that's wahy I didn't start one):smoke:

Watchmen is a must-read/must-have.

If you're into more "dark"/"real life" comics, try Transmetropolitan ... you don't have to worry about getting a graphic novel and having to catch up because it's finished its run and all the issues are collected into 10 graphic novels. Spider Jerusalem and his Filthy Assistants are the best.

I've enjoyed the few issues of Y: The Last Man that I read...thanks Sheepy... as well as Ex Machina, despite my preference for superhero books.

I would also recommend Superman: Red Son and Last Son of Krypton in addition to Batman: Year One ... we only read the best, right?

[ChimneyFish]

ChimneyFish, this thread is yours, brother. Looking more closely, I can't possible imagine where I would possibly find more time in my day to get involved in a comic series. I was foolish, and I apologize to all who's time I may have wasted. Sheepy, will you ever forgive me?

Unfortunately, I'm about to be in the exact oppisite situation.

I'm going to be getting laid off in the next few months.
After that, hopefully, I'll be having surgery to fix what ever is wrong with my knee.
It could be a few moths before I'm able to find another job, depending on what I tore, so I will most likely be having a good deal of time on my hands to get into some reading/watching of films I have never seen.

I'm already stocked up on movies, so now I just need some reading material.

[ChimneyFish]

Watchmen is a must-read/must-have.

If you're into more "dark"/"real life" comics, try Transmetropolitan ... you don't have to worry about getting a graphic novel and having to catch up because it's finished its run and all the issues are collected into 10 graphic novels. Spider Jerusalem and his Filthy Assistants are the best.

I've enjoyed the few issues of Y: The Last Man that I read...thanks Sheepy... as well as Ex Machina, despite my preference for superhero books.

I would also recommend Superman: Red Son and Last Son of Krypton in addition to Batman: Year One ... we only read the best, right?

Thank you.

I will check up on these. Are both the first ones by brian K. Vaughn(sp??)??

I will definitely check out the Batman, but I never really got into the Superman stuff.
Is "Red Son" the thing where he grows up in the U.S.S.R.????
That I could see myself getting into.

Thanks again.

[Thebazile78]

Transmetropolitan is a Darick Robertson/Warren Ellis creation.
Watchmen is Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons.

Y: The Last Man is Brian K. Vaughan/Pia Guerra.
Ex Machina is Brian K. Vaughan/Tony Harris.

Red Son is the one where Supes lands on a commune in the USSR and grows up in Stalin's shadow. Very clever story; I've recommended it before.

I wasn't always into Batman myself, but I've read some good storylines. Two of my favorites are Batman: Gothic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Gothic) and Batman vs. Predator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_versus_Predator) ...

[ChimneyFish]

Well The Watchmen and that Superman are definites.

I'll check out that K. Vaughn stuff as well, and read about the others.

(by the way; I have the worst internet add. I just spent an hour reading all about the Predator sepcies and their weapons, etc. because of your link:happy:)

[SHANEFROMGA]

"the walking dead" series is really good, and you can pick a lot of the story up in tpb.

[cougarjake13]

is there anywhere i can get the red son superman online and not have to buy it


i wanna read it but im not sure about buying it cause ill read it once and then no mas

[EliSnow]

If you're looking for darker team books, try The Authority by Warren Ellis (others have written it, but you have to start with Ellis' run), and both volumes of the Ultimates (which is a darker version of the Avengers).

These books more than any others are like watching movies.

[Thebazile78]

is there anywhere i can get the red son superman online and not have to buy it


i wanna read it but im not sure about buying it cause ill read it once and then no mas

Try your local library instead.

One of my coworkers has read a bunch of trade paperback and graphic novel versions of books he's missed by using the library.

[cougarjake13]

Try your local library instead.

One of my coworkers has read a bunch of trade paperback and graphic novel versions of books he's missed by using the library.


then i shall

[TeeBone]

What the fuck? If you have a problem with me why don't you pm me and settle it like a man?

PM = Manly?

[chubbyknuckles]

actually it means Please masturbate, he's rude, but polite.

[ToLEEdo]

get The Twelve it's only two issues in and it is really good.

[DiabloSammich]

PM = Manly?



Damn straight!! (puffs chest out)





(sigh)

[TeeBone]

Right on.

[psycho]

I have just gotten back into comics a few months ago. I've always been a huge green lantern fan, so I have completely caught up with that. Also have read Watchmen, Dark Knight Returns, Year One, and Hush. Looking for some other suggestions. I'm more of a DC fan and I prefer to read the trades... :happy:

[Sinestro]

Green Lantern, plez.

[cougarjake13]

im more of a marvel fan



but i wanna check out where the new batman thing goes

[psycho]

Green Lantern, plez.

lol believe me I'm all caught up on green lantern, I have read about 10 GL graphic novels in the past few months.

[psycho]

im more of a marvel fan



but i wanna check out where the new batman thing goes


any good marvel books you'd recommend then?

[Sinestro]

lol believe me I'm all caught up on green lantern, I have read about 10 GL graphic novels in the past few months.

Can you list them?

Is the storyline about the Sinestro Corps in tradeback already?


Sinestro has your thanks.

[psycho]

Can you list them?

Is the storyline about the Sinestro Corps in tradeback already?


Sinestro has your thanks.

Green Lantern: Rebirth
Green Lantern: No Fear
Green Lantern: Revenge of the Green Lanterns
Green Lantern: Wanted Hal Jordan
Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps Wars Volume 1
Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps Wars Volume 2
Green Lantern: Secret Origin

Those are the essentials for the current story line, and yes the Sinestro Corps War is out.

[cougarjake13]

any good marvel books you'd recommend then?

ive been following the new run of thor and hulk with the red hulk

[psycho]

ive been following the new run of thor and hulk with the red hulk

I heard that the current thor run is pretty good, I'll have to check that out.

[EliSnow]

Here are my comic suggestions, all in TPB:

Planetary by Warren Ellis
Y The Last Man by Brian K Vaughan
Preacher by Garth Ennis
Captain America: Winter Soldier and Death of Captain America
Starman by James Robinson
Golden Age by James Robinson
Powers by Brian Michael Bendis (start Who Killed Retro Girl)
Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis
The Authority, the run by Warren Ellis and the run by Millar
Hellboy by Mike Mignola
100 Bullets
Annihilation
Annihiliation: Conquest

[psycho]

Here are my comic suggestions, all in TPB:

Planetary by Warren Ellis
Y The Last Man by Brian K Vaughan
Preacher by Garth Ennis
Captain America: Winter Soldier and Death of Captain America
Starman by James Robinson
Golden Age by James Robinson
Powers by Brian Michael Bendis (start Who Killed Retro Girl)
Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis
The Authority, the run by Warren Ellis and the run by Millar
Hellboy by Mike Mignola
100 Bullets
Annihilation
Annihiliation: Conquest


Thanks man! Much appriciated.

[instrument]

You might enjoy the supremeverse stuff since you enjoy green lantern.

Have you read no mans land? Good stuff for batman fans, also Superman Batman.

I love the new captain america winter soldier deal and Daredevil as well, everything after the Kevin Smith era has been pretty solid.

Also Iron Man extremis was cool.
Wanted was a much better comic then movie.

Also ongoing series like Walking Dead, and Invincible, Doktor Sleepless, Black Summer, Drafted, No Hero, Kick Ass, Ex Machina.

I hadn't read a comic in my adult life till a friend insisted I read daredevil, now I've read thousands of books it seems, there's a ton of good stuff to catch up on.

[psycho]

You might enjoy the supremeverse stuff since you enjoy green lantern.

Have you read no mans land? Good stuff for batman fans, also Superman Batman.

I love the new captain america winter soldier deal and Daredevil as well, everything after the Kevin Smith era has been pretty solid.

Also Iron Man extremis was cool.
Wanted was a much better comic then movie.

Also ongoing series like Walking Dead, and Invincible, Doktor Sleepless, Black Summer, Drafted, No Hero, Kick Ass, Ex Machina.

I hadn't read a comic in my adult life till a friend insisted I read daredevil, now I've read thousands of books it seems, there's a ton of good stuff to catch up on.

Thanks, I've added a bunch of these to my wishlist. Can't wait to get to them!

[psycho]

Ok now I'm wondering if anyone had any recommendations for trades for these characters.

Batman
(I have Batman Year One, Dark Knight Returns, Arkham Asylum, Hush, and the Killing Joke)

Captain America
(Already added the Death of Captain America and Winter Soldier to my list)

Wolverine
(I have no idea what books are good for him.)

[MisterSmith]

Green Lantern is my favorite too. :thumbup:

JSA was really good, and although the follow-up title Justice Society of America started slow, it picked up speed after the first dozen issues or so.

All-Star Superman is great, and the Elseworlds series Superman: Red Son is top-notch.

The new Booster Gold series is also good IMO.

The Walking Dead is a great series, even if depressing at times.

Eli's suggestions are really solid, although I am still catching up on some.

[psycho]

Green Lantern is my favorite too. :thumbup:

JSA was really good, and although the follow-up title Justice Society of America started slow, it picked up speed after the first dozen issues or so.

All-Star Superman is great, and the Elseworlds series Superman: Red Son is top-notch.

The new Booster Gold series is also good IMO.

The Walking Dead is a great series, even if depressing at times.

Eli's suggestions are really solid, although I am still catching up on some.

Thanks again, my to buy list has reached over a hundred books now :clap:

[EliSnow]

Off my list, my favorites are Planetary, Starman, and Hellboy.

[psycho]

anyone have any suggestions for some wolverine books?

[weekapaugjz]

anyone have any suggestions for some wolverine books?

Logan - by brian k. vaughan
wolverine - by claremont
weapon x - by windsor

for DC, i would totally check out 52. i absolutely loved this series. and a spinoff from what happened in 52, Black Adam: the Dark Age.

if you are a fan of superman, check out Brainiac (think it just came out in trade, or if not, it will very soon) and superman and the legion of superheroes. both by geoff johns

[EliSnow]

Wolverine Enemy of the State was good. Add the ones week mentioned and I think that's it.

[psycho]

Logan - by brian k. vaughan
wolverine - by claremont
weapon x - by windsor

for DC, i would totally check out 52. i absolutely loved this series. and a spinoff from what happened in 52, Black Adam: the Dark Age.

if you are a fan of superman, check out Brainiac (think it just came out in trade, or if not, it will very soon) and superman and the legion of superheroes. both by geoff johns

Yes 52 is at the top of my list to read, I can't wait. Geoff Johns is the man. And thanks for the other suggestions as well!

[JustJon]

Ok now I'm wondering if anyone had any recommendations for trades for these characters.

Batman
(I have Batman Year One, Dark Knight Returns, Arkham Asylum, Hush, and the Killing Joke)

Captain America
(Already added the Death of Captain America and Winter Soldier to my list)

Wolverine
(I have no idea what books are good for him.)

Batman: Both the current Grant Morrison and Paul Dini runs on Detective and Batman have been great

Cap: A Mark Waid trade out a month or two ago, since you're reading the Brubaker run

Wolvie: The Claremont/Miller miniseries. Or you can hit up the Essential Wolverine trades for his Madripoor adventures. Weapon X by Barry Windsor Smith is good too.

[lleeder]

I liked the x23 stuff.

[donnie_darko]

For batman Knightsquest, Knights End, Cataclysm, Aftershock, Road to no mans land, and no mans land, Dark Victory.

If you liked winter soldier, i seriously think you'd enjoy Daredevil, The Marvel Knights stuff was good, starting with issue 54, which some refer to as version 2 #1...its all really good and is what got me into comics...

[Thebazile78]

I'm partial to Batman v. Predator, Gotham by Gaslight and the story with the underground and the ghost of the nun, but for fuck's sake I can't think of the fucking story's name!!! (But I know the art panel-for-panel. Fucked up, I know, but I went through a number of years thinking that THAT one was GBG and felt like a moron when I learned it wasn't.)

Other than that, I'm primarily a Superman reader. (I loved Red Son and Last Son of Krypton ... and pretty much anything from the 60's that my dad had in his collection. Can't remember if I've read Superman for All Seasons, but think that I may have. My brain is scrambled at the moment.)

Props to the folks who suggested Ex Machina. Good book; I need my own copies because it takes me FOREVER to return them to my brother.

Have also read Authority comics ... good deal. (Kid I dated in college was into Authority, Planetary, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Transmet & Sin City.) Can definitely recommend them.

Need to catch up on both Fables and Y: The Last Man ... in addition to completing my Wonder Woman collection. (Sue me. I like Wonder Woman. When I was a little kid, I wanted to be Lynda Carter. Just ask my parents how many times a week they needed to launder my Wonder Woman Underoos...)

Lastly, although I need to figure out how many more TPB's I need to complete my collection, I will highly recommend Transmetropolitan. Unless, of course, you're a superhero comic person rather than an antihero comic person.

[psycho]

Again thanks to all who suggest stuff, it keeps coming too, and thats awesome lol. here's my list so far:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3700LQ1AFWKR?reveal=unpurchased&filter=all&sort=universal-title&layout=compact&x=7&y=5

it's going to take a long time to make a dent on this list XD. Can't wait though. XD

[JustJon]

Gotham by Gaslight was put into a trade last year with some other Batman Elseworld stories. All good.

There was also a trade of the three Elseworlds Batman/Dracula that were cool.

[The Ogre]

For Wolverine books try out the main series starting with issue 66 that came out last summer. I'm not a big fan of the writer, but he's pulling off some interesting stuff. It's based in the future so it will be good for you to read since it's not continuity heavy.

I'll also second(third?) the recommendation for the Walking Dead. It's my favorite monthly series.

[psycho]

For Wolverine books try out the main series starting with issue 66 that came out last summer. I'm not a big fan of the writer, but he's pulling off some interesting stuff. It's based in the future so it will be good for you to read since it's not continuity heavy.

I'll also second(third?) the recommendation for the Walking Dead. It's my favorite monthly series.


interesting. do you know if it will come out as a trade soon?

[Thebazile78]

Gotham by Gaslight was put into a trade last year with some other Batman Elseworld stories. All good.

There was also a trade of the three Elseworlds Batman/Dracula that were cool.

I remember having seen that trade when my friend and I stopped by to visit at the shop where Joe works.

I just have to figure out the name of the one with the ghostly nun singing "Ring Around the Rosie" ... someone here probably told me a million times before, but I can't remember it!!!

[Aqualad]

I'm not a big fan of the writer, but he's pulling off some interesting stuff. It's based in the future so it will be good for you to read since it's not continuity heavy..

I like Millar's stuff a lot. Wanted, Chosen, Swamp Thing, Ultimates, Superman Adventures, Red Son, Civil War...he's done some good stuff. And also Trouble and The Unfunnies. But that's a pretty good track record!

[weekapaugjz]

Again thanks to all who suggest stuff, it keeps coming too, and thats awesome lol. here's my list so far:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3700LQ1AFWKR?reveal=unpurchased&filter=all&sort=universal-title&layout=compact&x=7&y=5

it's going to take a long time to make a dent on this list XD. Can't wait though. XD

i would suggest putting y: the last man and the walking dead at the top of that long list. i think walking dead is my favorite series going right now. i can't wait for vol. 9 to come out, i think its later this month. vol. 8 blew me away.

[instrument]

walking deads great, i re-read the whole thing up to the most recent a couple weeks ago, it's funny how little time has really past for the story...but those 65 issues has taken forever.

next month would be a great time to hop on board since it's the end of the "hunters" storyline.

just noticed valiant comics are missing from your list, i'd have to recommend Harbinger, and about the first 10-11 miraclemen are all good.

I've been re-reading Daredevil when I have time, the bendis/brubaker run are so good, i'm always amazed at how little people talk about that book.

[Don Stugots]

just picked up Batman and Son. I like it so far. Also, the Batman and Robin series is enjoyable. I like Grayson as Batman

[Tall_James]

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[Captain Rooster]

http://cdn.gs.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/comicholidays.jpg


hahahahaha ...



AND ... I NEED new titles ... the X-subscriptions ... suck the mighty D these days. So sad. I miss Claremont.

[JustJon]

hahahahaha ...



AND ... I NEED new titles ... the X-subscriptions ... suck the mighty D these days. So sad. I miss Claremont.

Are you reading Captain America? It's the only Marvel title I'm reading now.

[Captain Rooster]

Are you reading Captain America? It's the only Marvel title I'm reading now.

No ... But I am planning on changing my Marvel subs. C.A. will be one of 'em. The new "teen-based" Ultimate X teaser looks cool. We'll see.

Thanks, Jon.

~R

[JustJon]

No ... But I am planning on changing my Marvel subs. C.A. will be one of 'em. The new "teen-based" Ultimate X teaser looks cool. We'll see.

Thanks, Jon.

~R

You can pick up omnibuses to catch up on the Cap story. It's like $100 for 25 issues each, but the Brubaker Cap is so worth it.

[BlackFan]

http://www.drunkduck.com/William_Feist__Paranormal_Investigator/index.php

I recommend mine. its still early on, and easy to get into. :clap:

[MIKEYDAKEN]

fables always good

[hit11man]

I remember having seen that trade when my friend and I stopped by to visit at the shop where Joe works.

I just have to figure out the name of the one with the ghostly nun singing "Ring Around the Rosie" ... someone here probably told me a million times before, but I can't remember it!!!

i think that is is called gothic.

[TripleSkeet]

Im in the process of reading EVERY Amazing Spider-Man comic from the first one. Im at 105, got a little over 500 left. Holy shit.

[CurseoftheBambi]

i'm sure you're including...peter parker - the specatcular spider-man, web of spider-man, marvel team ups as well :)

[instrument]

Im in the process of reading EVERY Amazing Spider-Man comic from the first one. Im at 105, got a little over 500 left. Holy shit.

i did the same thing for valiant comics, some of that shit was difficult (ie turok and miracleman after issue 12)

[TripleSkeet]

i'm sure you're including...peter parker - the specatcular spider-man, web of spider-man, marvel team ups as well :)

I tried but couldnt find any torrent of them. Ive read plenty of both in the past though.

Also just downloaded all the Ultimate Spider-Mans. Those are next.

[JustJon]

Good luck with that Spider-man read. There is some real shit in there.

[disneyspy]

this might interest some of you,you can read every marvel comic book free at http://chrome.marvel.com/

[RingWraith]

Has anyone got the some of the "New 52" titles today and New Justice League last week??? I read a couple of them, and so far I'm enjoying the first issues.

Just wondering what everyone else thinks.

[Melk]

this might interest some of you,you can read every marvel comic book free at http://chrome.marvel.com/
It asked me to pay 9.95 a month or a pro-rated rate for a year.

There are some issues that are free but, no Spider Ham and no old GI Joe issues.

I am a sad panda

[cougarjake13]

Has anyone got the some of the "New 52" titles today and New Justice League last week??? I read a couple of them, and so far I'm enjoying the first issues.

Just wondering what everyone else thinks.

are those the new dc universe angle ones ?

[RingWraith]

are those the new dc universe angle ones ?

Yeah. The new 52 (as they keep calling it) started last week with Justice League #1. This week DC debuted a bunch of new (and rebooted) titles, and every week this month more new titles will come out.
This week I picked up Action Comics #1; Detective Comics #1; Batgirl #1; and Justice League International. So far, I like what I'm reading. JLI was surprisingly entertaining good read.

Other #1 titles that came out this week were Green Arrow; Batwing; Hawk & Dove; Animal Man; Men of War; O.M.A.C.; Static Shock; Stormwatch; and Swamp Thing.

I know there are a bunch of comic fans out there who are skeptical about this "reboot" of the DC Universe. But for me, I'm keeping an open mind.

[disneyspy]

i got an activation code in the X-MEN FIRST CLASS bluray for 10 free X-MEN marvel digital comics for anyone that wants it

[booster11373]

Im a DC comics homer and was was excited and the idea of the re-launch (because its fiction and can always be ret-coned or re-launched again)

But I must say after reading Justice League, JLI and Stormwatch I must say I find the direction of these titles to be somewhat cynical

[cougarjake13]

are they changing a lot or is it just some tweeks ?

[booster11373]

are they changing a lot or is it just some tweeks ?

The biggest thing so far is folding in elements of the Wildstorm universe to the greater DCU

[cougarjake13]

The biggest thing so far is folding in elements of the Wildstorm universe to the greater DCU

have no clue what that means

[weekapaugjz]

Im a DC comics homer and was was excited and the idea of the re-launch (because its fiction and can always be ret-coned or re-launched again)

But I must say after reading Justice League, JLI and Stormwatch I must say I find the direction of these titles to be somewhat cynical

i've really been enjoying most of the new 52. but yeah, JLI was complete dreck and i haven't heard many good things about stormwatch. top books for me are animal man, all-star western, action, wonder woman, and swamp thing.

[Kublakhan61]

I'm doing some consulting work for the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in NYC (Did you know that existed!) and could use some more respondents for this survey. Can you help?

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MoCCANY

Also, what's up with Action Comics being 3.99? Issue two wasn't a double issue...

[weekapaugjz]

Also, what's up with Action Comics being 3.99? Issue two wasn't a double issue...

it's the extra pages of designs and commentary from morrison and morales. i know in some of the future issues, those 8 pages are going to be a backup story. a steel backup from joshua hale fialkov will be in either issue 3 or 4.

[jennysmurf]

I'm doing some consulting work for the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in NYC (Did you know that existed!) and could use some more respondents for this survey. Can you help?

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MoCCANY

Also, what's up with Action Comics being 3.99? Issue two wasn't a double issue...

We have a Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art here in San Francisco too! I go there at least once a month. They had an awesome exhibit on Berke Breathed two months ago. It's small, but if you're ever in the area and like that sort of thing, you should check it out.

P.S I took the survey, but I wasn't much help, since I didn't know the museum even existed before today. Good luck!

[Kublakhan61]

We have a Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art here in San Francisco too! I go there at least once a month. They had an awesome exhibit on Berke Breathed two months ago. It's small, but if you're ever in the area and like that sort of thing, you should check it out.

P.S I took the survey, but I wasn't much help, since I didn't know the museum even existed before today. Good luck!

Thanks for taking the survey! Yeah, I've heard of the SF Museum but only because a friend used to live near to it. The NY one is also very small - it's basically a mid-sized gallery.

[CurseoftheBambi]

fiddy do fiddy do fiddy do fiddy do fiddy do fiddy do

[booster11373]

Frank Millers Holy Terror

Imagine Sin City and All star Batman having an abortion, Take anything good from those 2 series throw them away and you have these piece of crap


DC rightly so wouldn't let Miller use Batman for this junk but that didn't stop Miller from giving us Empire City, The Fixer, Cat Burglar, and a non corrupt police captain in a corrupt city as the main characters all really thinly veiled versions of the DCU

Maybe if Miller released this before Team 6 took out UBL it might be different but not much

[booster11373]

DC announced yesterday they will be releasing prequels to Watchmen, which while a shitty movie was an awesome comic book series

Alan Moore will not be involved


There is a lot of hate out there for this which I can sort of understand but I plan on checking it out

[spankyfrank]

DC announced yesterday they will be releasing prequels to Watchmen, which while a shitty movie was an awesome comic book series

Alan Moore will not be involved


There is a lot of hate out there for this which I can sort of understand but I plan on checking it out

Without Alan Moore writing those books should be burned the minute they are published.

[weekapaugjz]

DC announced yesterday they will be releasing prequels to Watchmen, which while a shitty movie was an awesome comic book series

Alan Moore will not be involved


There is a lot of hate out there for this which I can sort of understand but I plan on checking it out

i have zero problem with what DC is doing. will these stories live up to the original? highly doubtful, but the comics industry is floundering and trying to do just about anything to garner some sales. i can understand why moore and others are upset but it's not like this was a creator owned series and ownership has always been held by DC. i know there are some squabbles between DC and moore about this with something to do with ownership once the series went out of print, which it never did.

some pretty good creative teams on these new series as well.

brian azzarello & lee bermejo on rorshach
darwyn cooke writing and illustrating the minutemen
brian azzarello & jg jones on the comedian
among several others...

i'm most looking forward to the minutemen series by cooke. here is the initial cover for it:

http://assets.dccomics.com/media/_dccomics/blog/WATCHMEN_2012_MM_Cvr-666x1024.jpg

here are some links to the DC blog with other creative teams, covers, etc.

DC officially announces Watchmen Prequel (http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2012/02/01/dc-entertainment-officially-announces-%E2%80%9Cbefore-watchmen%E2%80%9D/)

covers for Before Watchmen (http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2012/02/01/the-covers-for-before-watchmen/)

[cougarjake13]

So what ever happened with the batman and battle for cowl ?

Is Bruce back to batman or is still a new guy?

Is Bucky still capt America ?

I haven't read comics in a while obviously

[spankyfrank]

Bruce Wayne came back. He teleported through time in some really bad storyline and then started a global Batman network called Batman Inc.

[weekapaugjz]

the first issue of saga by brian k. vaughan is out today. check it out. it's awesome.

preview @ image (http://www.imagecomics.com/previews/0025/1)

[BigRigRichard]

Is there anyone on this forum that does their own comics? If so, I feel my short story The Bullet would make a good one. I can give permission for the authority if you want, not expecting in return. Has done okay as a short story, but I feel it would do great illustrated.

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