Comic Discussion

[Kaatridge]

Well, myself recently (recently being about 2 years ago) got into comics. Mostly old ones. So, this here thread is where you can discuss on the topic of comics, because they are just so wonderful that they deserve it.

Anyway, my comic collection is okay. I have 15-20 Sonic The Hedgehog comics, which I gave up on because it sucked, around 50 Disney comics from the 80's, Ultimate Spiderman issue one, and today recieved Super Mario Bros issue 1, which I am loving. I won't even attempt to get a comic made before the 80's, I will not waste well over $100 for a comic. I'm sure you guys wouldn't either.

Right?

[Joob]

My comic collection consists of comics from Canada my aunt used to send (mostly X-Men I think) and some comics from Free Comic Book Day. Has anyone else done that? You go to participating comic shops and they have a box of free comics (event exclusive ones, not old smelly ones) to plunder.
Its May 3rd annually, world wide.
Heres the official website,
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/

[Kaatridge]

Looks awesome. There MIGHT be one at the comic shop in Sydney.

[Farvana]

I'd be all over this if I didn't hate superhero comics with a passion.

[Kaatridge]

I don't mind Super Hero comics, the 'Ultimate' Marvel series has quite a bit more plot than the original series (from what I know), but I do have a hate for Superman. There is just something so unfair about his powers.

[Farvana]

I hate the idea of letting the same basic characters and plot run through hundreds of writers who give them no resolution.

I love a good story, and a good story ENDS.

[Kaatridge]

... Does Super Mario count as a super hero?

[Soyvoyage]

Speaking of a good story that ends, I present to you A Divine Dramedy (http://www.graphiteplayground.com/index2.php?date=2006-01-05). It is my favourite webcomic of all time, because it is ageless. It doesn't make hundreds of jokes about current events. It is just a good story with a beautiful ending. (And beautiful art of coarse.)

[Usernamehere]

Speaking of a good story that ends, I present to you A Divine Dramedy (http://www.graphiteplayground.com/index2.php?date=2006-01-05). It is my favourite webcomic of all time, because it is ageless. It doesn't make hundreds of jokes about current events. It is just a good story with a beautiful ending. (And beautiful art of coarse.)

That was quite the read.

[rhystuck]

What I like now is how now you can get giant collected editions of old classic comics, Essential by Marvel and Showcase by DC. I've got Hulk vol 1 and She-Hulk (Hulk smash! You gotta love that!) Green Lantern vol 1 & 2, and Shazam! Very good value for money, and if you don't wanna buy them, you can always get them out from the library.

[Soyvoyage]

That was quite the read. Indeed. Seriously, everyone else should read it, if you take a look the art should grab you long enough for the story to take hold. It should be made into a movie or something...

[Kaatridge]

Indeed. Seriously, everyone else should read it, if you take a look the art should grab you long enough for the story to take hold. It should be made into a movie or something...
I read it yesterday. Really good. I was saddened by the end though.

Saddened because it finished so soon.

[Twyatt]

If given the chance, everyone should buy Ben Hutchings "Lesson Master," a collection of comic strips where a short little man punishes people for breaking rules.

It helps that I've just discovered a comics store stocking pretty much every comic and graphic novel ever nearby.

[Patrick Alexander]

Lesson Master fucking rules, as does Ben Hutchings generally.

[beijing]

ADD seems pretty interesting, love the crosshatching! I'll have to read that when I'm not bogged down with homework.

I just started reading Hellboy, anyone else here a fan? I love Mike Mignola's art style, so much more artistic than manga, which is what I usually read. The occult themes and all the crazy Nazis are also awesome.

Thats an interesting point that Farvana brought up, about superhero comics just being a neverending story done by different artists. I haven't been into comics long enough to notice that (I bought Hellboy two days ago xDDD) but I get rather annoyed with the neverending manga series too, I think theres a certain point where they are milking their ideas for far too long. And almost all of them pass that point :| .

[Twyatt]

Continuing my comics rampage, I picked up the whole Bone series, compiled into a massive book, from the aforementioned comic store for $70.

The artwork is beautiful.

[Poisonedv]

I mainly have Vertigo books, though I got some 12 gauge. I mostly get trade paperbacks, though i have a few hardcovers and weeklies.

Got the entire The Walking Dead series so far, Freaks of the Heartland, The Surrogates (scifi crime noir with anarchic uprising, its awesome) Zombie Tales, a bunch of other stuff. I can't wait till Free Comic Day, gives me an excuse to go to GMart and waste my money on comics.

[Soyvoyage]

I am on ridiculous 16 day camp on Free Comic Book day. It does not please me.

[Amake]

I hate the idea of letting the same basic characters and plot run through hundreds of writers who give them no resolution.

I love a good story, and a good story ENDS.
Well put. Excellently put in fact.

Some comics that break the form:
The Sandman, The Invisibles, Promethea, Transmetropolitan, Fables, Preacher, Powers, Y: The Last Man, Hellboy, Battle Angel Alita, Fullmetal Alchemist, Neon Genesis Evangelion. I recommend them all.

[Poisonedv]

Most comics do end, as long as they aren't superhero comics.

[Dr. Vox]

I read it yesterday. Really good. I was saddened by the end though.

Saddened because it finished so soon.

this.

ADD was my favorite webcomic, but the ending just seemed so horribly anticlimactic and rushed. D: to me, that should've been more a chapter ending, rather than the ending to the whole comic.

Milo seemed like he'd be some mysterious new character...but at the end we still know nothing about his past, why he died, etc.

but I'm just a little disappointed.

it still has my favorite art.

[matte_k]

2000AD-it would be so nice if people realised it's not just the Judge (although, as futuristic fascist law enforcers/gun toting psychos with PVC fetishes go, he's pretty good. But then, so is Marshall Law).

So, if you can get your hands on them, any of the old Strontium Dog stories (Johnny Alpha/Durham Red), or The ABC Warriors. Also, Rogue Trooper (the first one, not Friday's stories) and Slaine: The Horned God. And if you want really weird, try Indigo Prime:Killing Time. A time travelling story about Jack the Ripper and two guys who work for a reality fixing agency with some outstanding art.

Finally, Hewligan's Haircut. Look it up, you won't regret it.

[rhystuck]

2000AD-it would be so nice if people realised it's not just the Judge (although, as futuristic fascist law enforcers/gun toting psychos with PVC fetishes go, he's pretty good. But then, so is Marshall Law).

So, if you can get your hands on them, any of the old Strontium Dog stories (Johnny Alpha/Durham Red), or The ABC Warriors. Also, Rogue Trooper (the first one, not Friday's stories) and Slaine: The Horned God. And if you want really weird, try Indigo Prime:Killing Time. A time travelling story about Jack the Ripper and two guys who work for a reality fixing agency with some outstanding art.

Finally, Hewligan's Haircut. Look it up, you won't regret it.

There's a Dr Who novel called Matrix where it turns out the Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) is Jack the Ripper.

[Poisonedv]

There's a Dr Who novel called Matrix where it turns out the Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) is Jack the Ripper.

Speaking of, any of you ever read 'From Hell'? As a Ripperologist, I felt obliged to read it. Excellent work, interesting speculations.

[XWonka]

Wow! Three pages into discussion and no one brought up Watchmen.

I saw Preacher in there. That's awesome. I have way too many comics.... eHem... graphic novels. No superhero stuff. Unless you count Rising Stars.

But, no. Watchmen. Alan Moore (the from hell guy). Buy it and read it. It's not only probably the best graphic novel ever written... but also one of the best books ever written. The movie adaptation is coming out next year so get to it before everyone's heard of it.

ALSO! The screenplay for that movie was written by none other than David Hayter! Name sound familiar? It should be, nerd.

[Captain Awful]

Well put. Excellently put in fact.

Some comics that break the form:
The Sandman, The Invisibles, Promethea, Transmetropolitan, Fables, Preacher, Powers, Y: The Last Man, Hellboy, Battle Angel Alita, Fullmetal Alchemist, Neon Genesis Evangelion. I recommend them all.

Here I am, to revive this decaying and aged topic, so that future generations of Eegra can revel in it's glory. I just started reading comics with a passion. It started with reading Watchmen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen), which I assumed was a bunch of shit that was making a statement about war and nuclear bombs. It really isn't, but it kind of is. It's quite philosophical and examines the problems that plague the world from several different personalities viewpoint.

Now I just started reading Transmetropolitan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmetropolitan) which is, so far, fantastic. It's strange in the sense that all of the problems in the comic are problems we probably wont experience in this lifetime because they're so futuristic, but at the same time the problems come from the roots of things we're all familiar with, racism, greed, power, lust, and these things are viewed in such a way that makes you ask "Just what the fuck is wrong with people anyway?".

Y The Last Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_the_last_man) was pretty funny, but the ending was complete shit in my opinion. I expected resolution, I was given nothing.

Criminal Macabre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Macabre) is great. I haven't read anything involving Constantine, and I'm aware that Cal McDonald is based on Constantines character, but from where I stand now, Cal is still awesome. Typical guy who deals with dead people and demons and stuff, but he's also a Private Investigator who drinks and does drugs, and generally hates his life. I think the greatest point was when Cal drank a lot of holy water and pissed on a vampire in order to kill it.

Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_a_Velvet_Glove_Cast_in_Iron) is for people interested in conspiracy theories, or just the weird. Dog things with no orifices that have been genetically engineered to live off an injection of water for a week, God appearing as a logo of a smiling man, a mutant fish woman, an insane cult, a man with shrimp for eyes.

Through the Habitrails (http://www.amazon.com/Through-Habitrails-Jeff-Nicholson/dp/1885047037) is a surreal look at someone's dead end job, and pretty much dead end life. It's worth noting because it was surreal enough to be a fun read.

I started The Invisibles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisibles), but I haven't been back because the second book confused me. I hear it starts to make more sense later though, so I'll probably pick it back up again when I'm done with transmetro.

As far as where our personal opinions may differ. I enjoy a story much more than I enjoy art. I don't care if the art is complete shit if there's a good story to go along with it, so most of my suggestions are based on story alone. I think the best art of the bunch is in transmetro.

[Captain Awful]

Just finished reading Transmetropolitan. It is fucking amazing.

[munroe]

Anybody read the Walking Dead?

I haven't read the last month or two, but I lost a few consecutive nights in a row to scaring the shit out of myself by looking at black and white comic book pages.

[Ryuichi Naruhodo]

I will also attest to the greatness of Watchmen, it pretty much got me into comics.

Recently I've read Batman: Year One, and The Dark Knight Returns. The art style for Year One is great, the story is great, but I felt it could have gone on longer.. I guess that's what the other miniseries are for. But, man, Batman is a badass.

[shMerker]

Has anybody read Bat-manga? Fantagraphics published a bunch of unauthorized Batman comics that ran in Japan during the 60s. The writing is terrible but the artwork is pretty awesome. It looks like a monochromatic version of what the animated series ended up being. Lot's of great shadows and really dynamic action.

[liam3000]

my interest in comics is mainly limited to art comics mainly drawn and quarterly type stuff and autobiographical comics, and stuff like the real old peanuts, popeye by ec segar, little nemo in slumberland by winsor mckay, happy hooligan by frederick opper, mutt and jeff by bud fisher, all that kinda stuff... but I dont like superhero style comics so much

[Flounderman]

The Question and Spider Jerusalem are the greatest comic book heroes who ever lived.