The Comic Book Thread [Archive]

kleph

02-04-2003, 10:52 AM

Originally posted by Forthwith
It's out!?! Fuck, I work in a comic book store and I didn't even
know that!

P.S - I'll be working at a Comic Convention next weekend, and
my stall is going to be next to where John Cassaday will be
signing...... all weekend!

Hehe, I am so going to prod him with a stick.

buddy, i would be way in your debt if you you get him to sign a copy of a planetary ish and get it to me.

and no, not yet. it comes out next month... er, this month. and there is some Planetary/Batman one-shot planned in the near future as well.

Forthwith

02-04-2003, 05:25 PM

Originally posted by Kleph
buddy, i would be way in your debt if you you get him to sign a copy of a planetary ish and get it to me.

Whereabouts are you located man? I'll happily get an ish
signed for you, the only problem would be actually getting it
to you (I'm quite excruciatingly poor).

Cassa

02-04-2003, 05:29 PM

Save it up til the ZMeet, you're both coming aint ya?

Forthwith

02-04-2003, 05:43 PM

Yeah I'll be there..... at least I hope to be.

kleph

03-04-2003, 05:33 AM

it's looking highly doubtful...

Forthwith

03-04-2003, 09:34 AM

I'm sure I'll be able to work something out Kleph, it seems
a shame to waste such a opportunity, since I'm basically gonna
be standing next to Cassaday basically three days in a
row. Just let me know what you want signed and we'll figure
out how to get it to you later.

kleph

03-04-2003, 09:37 AM

Originally posted by Forthwith
I'm sure I'll be able to work something out Kleph, it seems
a shame to waste such a opportunity, since I'm basically gonna
be standing next to Cassaday basically three days in a
row. Just let me know what you want signed and we'll figure
out how to get it to you later.

my shiny metal ass.

no, actually if you could get a copy of one of the TBP's that would be best but any ish of planetary will do.

imp

03-04-2003, 09:52 AM

Originally posted by Forthwith
It's out!?! Fuck, I work in a comic book store and I didn't even
know that!

P.S - I'll be working at a Comic Convention next weekend, and
my stall is going to be next to where John Cassaday will be
signing...... all weekend!

Hehe, I am so going to prod him with a stick.

Oh then you can tell me if they are going to make a sequel to Watchmen. I've heard mixed rumours about it. Thatwas a fucking awesome graffic novel.

Almost as good as Give me Liberty

kleph

03-04-2003, 11:35 AM

BLASPHEMY!!!

nothing is superior to watchmen. it is the apogee and acme for the medium of sequential art.

and no, moore has publically said there will be no sequel and, given his distain for DC comics and the amazingly awful sequel to Miller's "Batman: Dark Knight" there is no reason to believe otherwise.

i suggest you try one of moore's new works particularly Promethia.

Forthwith

03-04-2003, 05:41 PM

Yeah I read a quote from Moore saying basically,"No no no no no
no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no, there will be
no Watchmen sequel ever."

I highly recommend Top Ten or League of Extraordinary
Gentlemen if you're looking for new Alan Moore stuff. Everything
he's writing at the moment is good, but those two are
particularly top-notch.

Forthwith

13-04-2003, 02:41 PM

Forgive the thread necromancy, I just wanted to say that
John Cassaday is a top fucking bloke.

And Kleph, I got your autograph for you.

Enares

16-04-2003, 04:51 PM

Originally posted by kleph
it's looking highly doubtful...

You're not taking me out drinking again?

You corrupted be forever, you know!

Just ask the Zhouse/Zflat Zgeeker's on how much I drank last weekend...

imp

16-04-2003, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by kleph
BLASPHEMY!!!

nothing is superior to watchmen. it is the apogee and acme for the medium of sequential art.

and no, moore has publically said there will be no sequel and, given his distain for DC comics and the amazingly awful sequel to Miller's "Batman: Dark Knight" there is no reason to believe otherwise.

i suggest you try one of moore's new works particularly Promethia.

Damn damn damn.

I'm going to have to kill the person that told me there was a sequel now for getting my hopes up.

:D

Forthwith

02-05-2003, 07:30 PM

I've been reading X-Men for almost 20 years now, and in my
opinion the current Grant Morrison run is the best I've ever read.

This stuff fucking rocks!

kleph

03-05-2003, 06:07 AM

its good but not quite as good as the byrne/claremont run in the 80s.

Forthwith

03-05-2003, 10:47 PM

The Byrne/Claremont run was good, but guilty of that same
self-exposition going on in all comic books of that period. For
example monologues along the line of:

Nightcrawler: mein gott, the supervillain Count Nefaria thinks
to conquer the world, but the X-Men will foil his evil plan to
kill Senator Kelly using those same powers that make the world
hate and fear us, so swears I..... NIGHTCRAWLER!

Both creative teams are the standouts over a 20 year period
though, and it's because both teams were given creative
freedom to write GREAT stories without worrying about
editorial constraints tearing the heart out of the story.

kleph

06-05-2003, 08:15 AM

although there are lots of spots in claremont's intermittable run that he clearly got sloppy the hellfire club/dark phoenix saga was nothing like that. it pushed the boundaries of what a team book could achieve and what we as a readership should expect. it's effects are still being felt in comics (and movies) today. in fact, i'd call it the acme for comics of this period except byrne actually exceeded this with portions of his Fantastic Four run.

it was books like this that made me realise how much of the titles produced by the industry was crap. when secret wars and mutant massacre arrived i had enough and left.

Bifrost

06-05-2003, 08:47 AM

Fuck! Morrison's writing X-Men!?!...

Curse my addicted soul...I've been steering clear of Previews, Overstreet, Wizard and even CSN for the last few years trying to keep my comic titles under 10 per month (I've succeeded thus far BTW)...And now you tell me this!...Gah!!!!

I'd never read (or intended to read) an issue of JLA...Then he starts writing it...Bad man!...

You can pretty much insert "X-Men" in the above statement too now...

:mad:

kleph

06-05-2003, 09:07 AM

and frank quitely is doing the art (well, most of it.) pick up the tpb E is for Extinction to get a good take on how good this run is. (i think the current storyline is kinda bogged down with thes As the World Turns-type storylines but i expect the fists will start flying pretty soon again)

oh, and i was reading the LATimes summer movie preview this weekend and they had a story on comic book movies that gave the distinct impression that a Watchmen movie was back on the drawing board. more on this as it develops...

Something Fast

11-05-2003, 01:37 AM

I love The Sandman, Johnny The Homicidal Maniac and the one with John Constantine in it (can't remember what it's called).

And Spawn is pretty good.

I didn't really like Watchmen that much, really. However, I can't deny that Rorshach was unbelievably cool.

utopian

23-08-2003, 04:04 PM

I just managed to get my hands on some e-copies of "Sandman". I'm up to page 16 in the first book. I've got a short attention span when it comes to reading, so expect this to take longer than usual.

Fuzzy Dice

23-08-2003, 07:36 PM

Transformers VS GiJoe.

it's cheesy, it's trite, it's a six issue mini-series being put out by Image. But the pencils are tiiiiiiiight. And i'm a sucker for either of those by themselves, let alone a combination therof.

also:
misplaced (joshua blaylock's baby), The new silver surfer, and...um....spectacular spiderman (venom's back...trying to take over spidey yet again, but with a TWIST..ooooh!) and the flash

:D

Grizzlee

23-08-2003, 08:01 PM

I am loving the Morrison/Bachelo issues of X-Men (sorry Bifrost forgot to tell you about Morrison). I have always been a fan of Cyclops..now with the darkness/cheating and loss of powers..gah Have not enjoyed X-men like this for a loooong time.
Nighcrawler has always been my fav and I'm a little concerned in the direction they are taking him.

Claremont is still my fav writer and its his fault I'm reading more X titles. Damn him..damn him to hell.
Strangely enough I started being a fan of his through Excalibur..yes even despite the Cross-Time Caper run.

The one thing that has got me excited is the fact Whilce Portacio is coming back with Wetworks. Van Damm, that series was great. The art....blown away. Then of course it all went to shit when he left. Thank god Stormwatch: Team Achilles came out.

Damn you Bifrost for pointing out Stormwatch....I'm still under 10 titles a month but you are pushing me.

108

23-08-2003, 09:01 PM

It took me 1 year to work my way out of the X-Men loop. Couldn't do it cold turkey. And then when I finally got it out of my system, big revamp! Allred on X-Force, Morrison on X-Men, good writers for once. It took a bit of willpower to not get sucked back into that mess.

My current pull-list:

Daredevil
Wildcats 3.0
The Losers
Powers
Blade of the Immortal
Ghost in the Shell 2 (haven't read it yet, just collecting for now)
Savage Dragon (I'm on and off with this one)

And any other one-shot or mini series that catches my eye on the rack.

And in September, STREET FIGHTER 2!!! Yeah!

kleph

24-08-2003, 03:40 AM

planetary next week! oh yeah!

i'm so excited i even considered putting that fucking bannana in my post.

BlueBoy

24-08-2003, 03:04 PM

Do any of you guys read the non-canon Marvel stuff?

I'm reading 1602. Only the first issue has come out, but it seems pretty cool so far.
It's set 400 years ago in a world where mutants and superheroes are treated as witches and demonspawn.
What makes it interesting (as if it wasn't already) is that Gaiman is only using characters created in the 1960's.

kleph

25-08-2003, 01:05 AM

it didn't suck, but i'm expecting a lot more out of it than i got from the first issue.

SOC

26-08-2003, 11:45 PM

So is Issue 6, Volume 2 of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen out yet? I put the blame squarely on YOUR shoulders, Mr Kleph, for getting me addicted to this brilliant series...:p

kleph

27-08-2003, 02:08 AM

it looks like the final league book (http://www.dccomics.com/comics/ws_display.html?cm_ws_itemCode=lxgv26&month=September) is slated for sale on sept 17.

of course, since i can't find a decent comic shop here in phoenix i missed Smax #1 (http://www.dccomics.com/comics/ws_display.html?cm_ws_itemCode=smax1&month=August) and i'm not bloody happy about it (fucking multiple issue buying fanboys).

but i can handle it because i've only got to wait two more days (http://www.dccomics.com/comics/ws_display.html?cm_ws_itemCode=planet16&month=August)...

SOC

27-08-2003, 02:23 AM

Originally posted by kleph
of course, since i can't find a decent comic shop here in phoenix i missed Smax #1 (http://www.dccomics.com/comics/ws_display.html?cm_ws_itemCode=smax1&month=August) and i'm not bloody happy about it (fucking multiple issue buying fanboys).

Want me to see if I can get you a copy here, or you got it covered?

kleph

28-08-2003, 12:06 PM

i think i got it. i found another shop that was run by a guy who is from louisiana and actually used to buy comics in the 80s from the same shop i did in west monroe. he's gonna hold 'em for me until i get back. and i'll stay loyal to his shop, in turn.

so i got the new planetary. >time out for the happy kleph dance< it didn't have that special whup ass on the four i've been itching to see but damn nice nonetheless.

i tracked down Smax #1. it was pretty good but i really got to missing Top Ten reading it.

another suggestion for the folks watching at home is Frank Cho's excellent Liberty Meadows (http://www.libertymeadows.com/). he did it originally as a daily newspaper comic but has since gone to work for image comics. but he's still releasing the series as a monthly book collecting the daily strips (and he's now able to put some of his not-sutable-for-daily-newspaper-readers (http://www.libertymeadows.com/uncengal/images/161.jpg) episodes up).

it's well written and sharply done. sometimes it gets a little cutesy but its worth it for when he's on his mark and really (http://www.libertymeadows.com/uncengal/images/192.jpg)funny ([URL=http://www.libertymeadows.com/uncengal/images/193.jpg ) . and the man can draw a set of cans (http://www.libertymeadows.com/uncengal/images/060.jpg) like no one else on the planet.

also, his comics fight club (http://www.libertymeadows.com/images/ComicFightClubs.jpg) is one of the most hysterical things i've seen in quite some time.

Thyrd

19-10-2007, 11:46 AM

bump

Shampyon

19-10-2007, 06:42 PM

Resurrecting a four year old thread? Bad form!

...

...

Okay, I'm in. What's everybody reading at the mo'? Not including the stuff you just read for the sake of it, but the stuff you're really into.

I've been enjoying Catwoman for a while now. I love that she's on the side of the angels now without having completely changed who she is. She's still the same tough, sexy, independant spirit that always made her so damn appealing, with the addition that she's now a yummy mummy and mentor to a potential next-gen Catwoman (if Holly survives her role in Countdown, anyway). The fact that it's got one of the best portrayals of Batman in comics (and in a supporting role at that!) doesn't exactly hurt.

Birds of Prey is fantastic. The capacity for roster change means there's no contrived plotlines for switching cast, so they can always bring in a new dynamic whenevery they want. Babs as Oracle is fucking fantastic. A much better general than Batman, I reckon. She's got a great counterpoint in the current incarnation of Calculator, who now seems to be obsessed with the identity of Oracle.

Captain America has been fantastic all through Brubaker's run, and Cap dying hasn't changed that. The art is spectacular, too. Some of the stories seem real close to classic superhero stuff, but the art really brings it down to earth for you.

Booster Gold - Booster travels through time to ensure the history of the DCU stays intact, all the while having to remain a complete joke to his friends. It's gold, baby.

X-Factor - damn, Peter David does a brilliant job with these characters. They've all got personality, the stories are going in directions I wouldn't expect, and how can you not love Layla Miller, the girl who "knows stuff"?

Thyrd

29-10-2007, 10:18 AM

Iron Man: despite being depicted as a complete cunt and general punching bag in other books right now, his own series has proven to be win in every issue...even the WWH ones.

Booster Gold: This series has just started but it's god damned awesome already.

Moon Knight: One of my favs. He's a real under dog in the hero business, but written really well. A very underrated book.

Immortal Iron Fist: The new series start out slow, but in the space of 2 issues it became awesome. The back stories they have of the previous Iron Fists are a nice read and expand on the Iron Fist mythos.

Replica

31-10-2007, 04:32 PM

The Immortal Iron Fist and Moon Knight revamps are absolutely gorgeous artistically and from a narrative standpoint. I Picked up the hardcovers of the first volumes of each the other day from the Japanese book store in Galleries Victoria for $21.00 a pop. I hope they can keep the consistency with Iron Fist as the latest Moon Knight (13) had absolute garbage artwork and writing which doesn't give me hope that the next few issues will be any good.

Enjoying Doktor Sleepless future science jesus a hell of alot too.

Thyrd

31-10-2007, 05:10 PM

I actually liked issue 13 of Moon Knight. The art suits the gritty world of the book, and when you think about the story in that issue, it's actually pretty good. I thought it sucked first off. Then I thought about it, and read it agani and realised what was actually going on. There's a very subtle twist.

Edit: I'm getting the Iron Fist HC this weekend.

Aardvark

01-11-2007, 05:35 AM

There's a few preview shots of Moon Knight 14 at the end of 13. They're nicking a couple of guys who did Ghostrider and one of the Punisher writers for it. 13 was a once off, it seems.

Shampyon

01-11-2007, 07:43 AM

Looks like everyone here has great taste in comics :D

I hear nothing but good things about Moon Knight. Definitely gonna hafta check it out.

Replica

01-11-2007, 11:42 AM

Also picked up the 3rd hardcover of the Justice series (Mark Waid & Alex Ross) which is just awesome. Shame I need to find the first 2. Got the first revamped Thunderbolts hardcover as well (Faith in Monsters) which is alot of fun and a hell of alot more interesting then the shitty old team along with Evil Dead vs Marvel Zombies.

I just cant get over how awesome the pricing at Kinokuniya is for graphic novels. $22.00 for the hardcover vs $17.50 for the scabby soft cover equivalents. Just wished they had the hardcover books from Ultimate V1 and V2. Going to slowly work my way through collecting the Ultimate Xmen & Ultimate Spiderman in hardcover as well.

Thyrd

06-11-2007, 05:30 PM

Got the first revamped Thunderbolts hardcover as well (Faith in Monsters)

I found that on the weekend and picked it up too. Along with The many lives of Jamie Maddrox TPB, and 2 other Thunderbolts TPBs.

Thyrd

08-11-2007, 10:56 AM

So this week it turns out that Black Bolt is a Skrull, as well as Thor and Colossus. Nerd rage is reaching critical mass!

Shampyon

08-11-2007, 12:56 PM

WHAT WHAT WHAAAAAT?!
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5348/ani17sfddd8.gif

Thyrd

08-11-2007, 04:52 PM

The skrulls created a new super skrull from the illuminati and there are several other skrulls who have the power of colossus and Thor and probably others too. Hard to say whether they have actually been impersonating them or not. Unlikely in the case of Thor.

Replica

06-12-2007, 11:58 AM

Ultimates V3 #1 should be out this week. Hopefully they dont arse it up. Loeb is a bit of a worry I must say...

Thyrd

06-12-2007, 02:39 PM

I can't get over how absolutely craptacular Countdown is. Arena is fucking pathetic. Taking alternate versions of heroes from the 52 universes and having them kill eachother for no reason? That's fucking gay! It's ruining what SHOULD have been awesome stand alone stories. Gotham by Gaslight, Liberty files and Red Rain Batman have all been ruined by the first issue. It's going to suck badly when they get around to Red Son and DKR Superman. The other bald Superman I could care less about, he's never been seen before.

Shampyon

06-12-2007, 03:02 PM

Yeah, there's definitely a lot wrong with the Countdown. They only just introduced all these new worlds and they're killing them all before we have a chance to enjoy them!

The first reviews fan reviews I've seen of Ultimates 3 say: Pretty pictures. It's not Ultimates. MY SON IS DEEEEAAAAAAD!

I was pleasantly surprised by Unbrella Academy. Reads like Mignola wackiness.

Thyrd

06-12-2007, 03:31 PM

Yeah, there's definitely a lot wrong with the Countdown. They only just introduced all these new worlds and they're killing them all before we have a chance to enjoy them!

Exactly. they had a new massive canvas to work with after 52. They could have created great new elseworld stories. Instead the whole thing has been shitted up in a matter of issues.

Thyrd

21-12-2007, 10:05 AM

So Sinestro Corps War is finished. Easily the best event of the year and I'll definately be getting TPBs or Hardcovers.

Shampyon

21-12-2007, 12:25 PM

Fuck yeah. Now that we know what the other Lantern Corps are, I'm really looking forward to seeing how they'll be introduced. And is the Black Lantern Corps symbol Black Hand's? It'd be cool if he's their Sinestro.

One little book that's surprised me: Umbrella Academy. I like My Chemical Romance, but we've seen before what happens when musicians try to make comics. This book, though, is fucking awesome. It reads kinda like some of Mike Mignola's work, and it has real creativity and personality to it.

BlueBoy

21-12-2007, 04:58 PM

Sinestro War was fucking fantastic and gets my vote for best event this year. I just wish the art was better in the epilogue. I dropped ION because of that shitty washed out look.

Something Fast

28-12-2007, 12:09 PM

One of my mates gave me two The Goon trade paperbacks for Christmas. It's probably one of the more bizarre comics I've read, but what's not to like about depression era zombies and stuff like that?

Thyrd

29-12-2007, 01:01 PM

I just read One More Day #04....I want to fucking vomit. It was terrible.
Parker is no longer married to Mary Jane, Harry osborn is alive again, Peter never unmasked during Civil War and The Other never happened either. Christ I can't think of how many continuity fuck ups have been created from this bullshit.

Fuzzy Dice

15-01-2008, 02:01 PM

No kidding. I don't know what marvel was thinking with One More Day. Does Peter still have any of his new powers? Spider-man was all set to be taken in new and exciting directions and this... well, it's certainly new. I really enjoyed the evolve or die series, as well as all the respect Peter was getting from his fellow New Yorkers...

Fuck, this just occurred to me: Is Spidey still going to be a New Avenger?

All that aside, I'm totally addicted to Immortal Iron Fist as well as the Ultimate universe, the Sinestro Corps arc in GL was fantastic, and Invincible is consistently the title I look forward to the most.

Replica

22-01-2008, 05:17 PM

Definitely look out for the Boys. Best monthly book out at the moment imo.

BlueBoy

22-01-2008, 08:21 PM

I never thought I'd say this but Countdown has actually become readable over the last couple of months.

Bifrost

22-01-2008, 11:45 PM

I actually reckon one of the best events this year was Cat Woman's baby (or was that last year?).

It's been really different seeing how a hero deals with actually having to be a mother while fighting the forces of almost completely random evil.

Note, however, that I have not read the Sinestro Corps War. ;)

Shampyon

23-01-2008, 09:40 AM

Agreed. I was loving the whole "Lone Cat and Kitten" vibe they had going. I was sad to see her give the baby up for adoption, but pleased as hell that they didn't try to just wipe the kid from existence. She's still out there, and can still play a part in her life if any future writers (and editors) choose.

Replica

25-01-2008, 10:12 AM

They definitely did it better then the Punisher series going on at the moment. It just felt completely tacky and was a piss poor way to utilize such an awesome baddy as Barracuda.

lombot

05-02-2008, 09:20 PM

Been reading Captain America for the last few years.

The series by Ed Brubaker has been one of the best told stories in recent years that is still building towards a massive conclusion.

If you have been reading some of his work you might enjoy the first 2 issues of his next upcoming series Crimminal.

Volume 1 (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=92159514&blogID=353102285)

Volume 2 (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=92159514&blogID=353411232)

Thyrd

30-03-2008, 04:06 PM

http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/3/4/9/6/doktor_sleepless.jpg
Thoughts?

I think it has a great amount of potential, and it's piqued my interest a lot.

Something Fast

13-04-2008, 12:18 AM

BlueBoy

13-04-2008, 12:30 AM

Does anyone have an opinion of The Invisibles?

Something Fast

16-04-2008, 09:36 PM

Gone into a bit of an "acquiring" comics binge.

I'm amazed at how awesome Doktor Sleepless is. I can't be the only geek who grew up with fantasies of being a mad scientist. I'll be actually buying these.

Thyrd

17-04-2008, 01:47 PM

So I had some spare cash burning a hole in my grubby little pocket this week, so I decided I'd buy some TPBs on Wednesday.

I decided to check out Transmetropolitan, so I got the first two TPBs then.

Went back today and got the next two.

I think I'm hooked. It's got to be one of the most awesome comics I've read in quite a while. I'm annoyed with myself that it had taken so long to get around to reading it.
Werd. I did the exact same thing. Only recently have I got my hands on the last volume.

Does anyone have an opinion of The Invisibles?
I haven't read it yet, but I've heard nothing but good things

I'm amazed at how awesome Doktor Sleepless is. I can't be the only geek who grew up with fantasies of being a mad scientist. I'll be actually buying these.

I too have been buying them. I recommend getting the individual issues. They include extra content at the back.
Don't get TPBs of Doktor Sleepless. I spoke to one of the owners of my local comics place about it. He showed me that the TPBs that Avatar press releases are of poor quality.

There's a reason both Doktor Sleepless and Transmetropolitan are awesome. That reason is Warren Ellis.