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Mr Gary

So, uhm, hmmm.

Well, we have threads for movies, and books, and music. So how about one for comic books, ey? Maybe? Perhaps? Anyway.

So I guess I better start some kind of discussion. Prolly by axing a question n stuff.

So, anyone here like superheroes?!? Anyone got any faves? Anyone read comic book regularly? Anyone got any faves?

Been reading the Joss Wheddon X-Men stuff, and after reading a bunch of Mark Millar Marvel Universe stuff, it's like being able to breath air finally. Not perfect, but better than that cunt. Just began reading Ghost Box, which was sold as the finale of the series, even though it's entirely not - not even the same artists, let alone writer. But anyway the art is nice and the story not so bad so far.

It yet again leans heavily on one of my favourite comic book characters ever: Emma Frost. She's like Professor X, only with all that. Yeah, you know. Yeah you do.

I like that.

I also just got done reading The Killing Joke again, and Joker. Both good books. I love Alan Moore, who doesn't, but I prefer his 'original' work to his work on established titles. Though I read LXG: 1969 recently and was all meh and huh. The series rewards most when you recognise the minor characters and detail, but I guess copywrite issues mean he couldn't just announce that such-and-such was Mick Jagger, etc. Which removes some of the crossword puzzle-ish pleasure from it. Artwork awesome as ever, especially the weird Ralph Steadman-esque other plane stuff.

Planet Hulk & World War Hulk. Man Planet Hulk is good stuff, really suckered me in. Nothing astonishing in terms of writing, but an entirely new world with new species, new wars, new myths, etc, well realised. And then World War Hulk was again 'meh'. Hulk Not Like. Another demonstration that, frankly, there are too many superheroes.

Anyway, that's me, anyone else got any recommendations etc?
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Yorick · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 12090 Location: Mary's kesh

It *is* odd that we have yet to have a comic book thread.
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Yorick · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 12090 Location: Mary's kesh

I do read comic books with regularity. I especially like #2's, but it's better if they're the older newsprint kind.
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Yorick · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 12090 Location: Mary's kesh

probably I should be being serious yes?
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Mr Gary · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:55 am Post subject:

Why start a trend, Yozzer?
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Yorick · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 12090 Location: Mary's kesh

Yorick · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 12090 Location: Mary's kesh

presently finally reading Captain America Secret Empire which is stuff by Steve Englehart from 1974, prelude to Captain America no longer being Captain America for a while, and first of a series of 5 books that cover 3-4 years of comic. Being 1974 everything is super expositorily explained in thought balloons and there are more than three panels on a page (usually 7-9! shocking!) and even the characters that are friends are arrogant to each other.

And when that's done, I'll be reading Echo by Terry Moore, he's the guy that did Strangers in Paradise for a long long time and this is his superhero story, a woman gets this goo on her chest that gives her superduper powers and boy I wonder if he realised what that short description sounds like. Anyway Echo The Complete Series check it out in your local booksellers today.
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Yorick · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 12090 Location: Mary's kesh

Now if we can just drag lasers!reena in here.
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Mr Gary · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:14 am Post subject:

I read the opener / prequel thing to Fear Itself and decided that I might start to read regularly, rather than just buying big name collections off the shelf. It didn't tempt me long term.

I find the recent movies are piquing my interest more, hence my recent dipping into X-Men stuff after X-Men: First Class. Prior to that, I only ever read Batman stuff. I was also very familiar with Spiderman stuff, because a slightly older relative gave me loads of late-seventies & early-eighties stuff. (Don't know where I ditched that stuff, gutted).

I only really love Batman so much for the bad guys, and it took the more recent movies & video games to remind me of that. I love that the Nolan Batman movies have made explicit what I always thought was the case - Batman created crazy, homicidal supervillains (namely the Joker, best comic book character ever imho).

Also, Transformers isn't a comic book, it's a toy. Razz

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Mr Gary · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:16 am Post subject:

I am very tempted to buy some Action Man toys and bash your GI Joes around like pew pew pew arghhhh you gots me arghhhh hahahaha fooled you pew pew pew and then we crash trucks together garrrrrrrrrrr arghhhhhhh urghhhhhhhhh and then our respective mom's call us in for our respective dinner's and tell us to wash our mucky hands.
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Yorick · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 12090 Location: Mary's kesh

Heretical Rants · Joined: 21 Jul 2009 Posts: 4143 Location: No.

Spider Jerusalem ftw.

Other than that... hmmm... does this thread encompass graphic novels, as well?

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