Comics Thread?

[benji]

I read really fast, and comics especially. An average issue is like four or five minutes. (New Hulk is like thirty seconds, lulz.) I went through Morrison's entire run of twenty-four issues or so while eating tonight.

I read Exiles (101 issues) this summer over the course of like three days.

I have Batman RIP and Immortal Iron Fist Vol. 2 waiting for me back home when I finish these blasted finals.

Have you read the rest of Morrison's run? It's confusing as fuck even without that, but less so. The entire run self-references itself. Just like Final Crisis and his JLA stuff.

[Its_asdf]

Not going to lie I'm not much of a DC guy. I've only read a couple of Batman story arcs and the only Batman graphic novel I own is Batman Hush.

[Oznogrd]

Just acquired Dark Knight Returns, an almost every deadpool appearance collection, Sin City, and Sandman.

Dark Knight Returns
I found this book underwhelming to supposedly be up there with Watchmen for great graphic novels of all time. *shrug* Watchmen actually felt LESS wordy to me...

Deadpool
I have a new 3rd favorite comic character. behind Batman/Spidey. It's deadpool. Smartass/badass? sign me up.

Havent gotten to the other stuff yet. Reminded by this thread to also get lucifer

[Null17]

I remember talking to benji about him on MSN a while back. He's become one of my favorites after his appearances on Civil War. It's been a while since I've read anything though.

[Its_asdf]

Well, I have arisen from the dead once again, so I guess I'll share with everyone what I'm reading as of now.

Vengeance of the Moon Knight - I'm finding it hard to get into some parts because it's written for diehard fans of Moon Knight and I won't understand a reference here or there... But I'm really warming up to the series and I liked some of the arcs during the previous Moon Knight series. Plus, his new suit looks a lot like batman from the Dark Knight so it's pretty bad ass in that way.

Irredeemable - Another good story written by Mark Waid... It's about a superman-esque figure turning against the world and doing things only for himself. Waid certainly knows how to write superhero stories with a unique twist to them.

New/Mighty Avengers - Good series if you're into Marvel superhero orgies I guess... Mighty Avengers is pretty bland at the moment but New Avengers piques my interest a little more because I like their roster a lot more.

Daredevil - It has ninjas. Automatic win.

Invincible Iron Man - I'm warming up to Matt Fraction a lot after his stint on the Immortal Iron Fist, and he really puts Tony Stark in a pickle with the latest story arc.

The Walking Dead - Zombie story that's pretty entertaining to read if you want a story that's outside of the superhero realm.

[Oznogrd]

Started Sandman today. Gaiman is a god of writers...i suddenly understand the hype.

Still to come:
Lucifer, Sin City

[kibaxx7]

Re-re-reading all Green Lantern's new series (Rebirth, Sinestro Corps War, Blackest Night and waiting for Brightest Day). Yep.

[benji]

I went back and started with JLA, then Infinite Crisis, then 52, now Countdown, (all of them including spin-offs) will read Rebirth and SCW, will re-read Final Crisis then go back to Blackest Night. I started reading Blackest Night, but like Final Crisis felt I was missing lots of stuff that'd make it better.

I've read so much I can't keep track anymore. Grabbing a snack and drink and eating through 30 issues in an hour is so relaxing though. I burn through entire runs of series in one night too often. I hate when they end.

Read Seaguy, which is only three issues and was entertaining, though left me completely lost.

Great to see others are still reading though. illini, after you finish up Sandman, you might want to check out Alan Moore's take on Swamp Thing, it has the same vibe to me. Kinda a relaxed book, but takes on these epic scale concepts. Plus Death shows up in it.

[Oznogrd]

Just read Batman Arkham Asylum a serious house on serious earth.

I think its probably a better game than graphic novel although i will add: It's deliciously twisted and a great idea and all, but its like he rushed it. Had too much going on and it was too hard to tell whether you were in Arkham's head or Bats...good idea bad execution.The art looked cool though. And i think thats a more fiendish Joker than he's ever been, in anything.

Still gotta get to Bone, Lucifer, Sin City, and the rest of Deadpool/Sandman (i lose track of where i was at after days of marathoning). acquiring some other recommendations also benji so hopefully ill be in a reading mood again sometime soon.

[benji]

Why would you think it was rushed?

The things you complain about are standard traits of the story in pretty much all Grant Morrison works.

[Oznogrd]

Why would you think it was rushed?

The things you complain about are standard traits of the story in pretty much all Grant Morrison works.

Never read any of him before so I was just expecting different from the blurbs on the back and the hype about it. Its not like I didn't enjoy it, just i was expecting the video game/animated series style of bats fighting each guy one by one with playful insanity banter. Didnt get that. Will keep that in mind for the next grant morrison i read (seaguy probly)

I blame marketing.

[Oznogrd]

Acquired and read Kick-ass today. Pretty fun and quick read (only 8 issues so far). The movie will pale to the comic i bet. Also in the middle of Cable & Deadpool. Hopefully finish that run this weekend. Then will decide where to go from there. Also thinking of getting the firefly comics.


Edit: Finished Cable & Deadpool Dinosaurs and symbiotes? fucking really? Great start but not a great ending for the series.

Edit 2: Read some Marvel Zombies. The Army of Darkness crossover was great but found the rest pretty mundane and boring.

[Oznogrd]

Read Wanted (MIllar seems to be following me..or he's just really popular right now)...why the fuck would you try to make a movie of that? (havent seen it, in my netflix queue though to see how bad they killed it.)

[benji]

They completely changed the plot and almost all the characters for the movie and made it more about bending bullets than what the comic was about.

You should read Superman: Red Son. Best thing he's done. And really one of the best comics out there.

[Oznogrd]

Read Red Son...best supes comic i've ever seen. Seriously. That was a great full circle moment. And the relevance to real life was nice also

[benji]

Yeah, I like how the ending works, and also how all the characters are kept basically the same but twisted by the new "reality." And Batman ruthless as ever.

[Oznogrd]

Read batman hush today. One of the most original arcs ive seen used on classic characters that doesnt just say "fuck continuity. On to RIP!

[shadowgrin]

I agree. Fuck continuity! Damn comic geeks.

[benji]

Don't read just R.I.P. illini, read all of Morrison's run up to it. And you'll want to then go into Last Rites and Final Crisis to finish the story. (Yes, Morrison put the entire arc in two separate books, and had a gap of about six issues in between the first part ("The Black Glove") and the second part ("R.I.P.") before finishing the arc in the last two issues of Final Crisis.)

And you might even want to read "Heart of Hush" which ran concurrently but is chronologically placed immediately before RIP but after The Black Glove. Plus "The Clown at Midnight" which has basically no art but gives the lead up as to what happened to The Joker after he got blasted in the face right before Morrison took over.

And really you should not even get to Morrison's run yet. Coming out of Hush you definitely want the epic War Games/War Crimes arc and you probably want the Red Hood stuff which wraps up lots of Hush's loose ends. War Games/War Crimes is the best Batman crossover/storyline since No Mans Land and Morrison never topped it with his stuff imo.

Batman since "Knightfall" shook things up by going with epic multi-year story arcs has been amazing. Contagion/Legacy, Cataclysm/No Mans Land, Bruce Wayne: Fugitive, Hush, War Games/War Crimes, nom nom nom. Even the post-Final Crisis stuff has continued the trend.

[Oznogrd]

after starting it when i was 6 years old thanks to Disney Adventures, I finally finished Bone.

One of the greatest/funniest things I've ever read.

The humor of classic comic strips with the characterization and epic scale of a fantasy epic.

[Oznogrd]

Finally finished sandman this morning
to Gaiman
One of the best and most philosophical/thought provoking things i've ever read
Truly fucking epic.

[Jeffx]

Marvel has two good series going, "Siege" and "Fall of the Hulks" - anyone read these?

[Oznogrd]

Read maximum carnage after loving the SNES/Genesis game. Great build up, shitty ending a machine that harnesses hope? god it was like a fucking sonic video game


Started Lucifer over the past few days.

I love it...the characters are great and with the constant 'war' between morningstar and the host it just keeps getting better. If the character of lucifer was real, it just might be a religion i'd follow

Awesome.

[Oznogrd]

Buffy omnibus #1

Not half bad

[benji]

Is that season eight or the non-canon comics that were published while the show was still on?