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Fell's Five - comic junk food. If you're craving a straight up D&D comic, this is going to hit the spot.
Secret History Omnibus vol. 3 - finally out after a huge delay. Hopefully the Archaia/Boom merger helps the backlog of Archaia graphic novels and reprints to hit the shelves. I love this series - it's easy to fall down a google rabbit hole while reading it - but the storytelling seems a bit awkward at times.
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The Invisibles Vol.1 Part 3 - Entropy in the U.K. (1995) - I already read The Invisibles in english, now it's being published for the third time here in Brazil (the first two stopped at Apocalipstick) so I picked it up, I think this is my least favorite part of the Invisibles, at least it has Mister Six.
Yuyu Hakusho - n.1 I already watched the show as a child but never read it. Funny, silly, sexist, waiting to get to the good parts.
Concrete - One of the most sensible comics ever, can't get enough of it.
Cerebus Vol.1 I like the sword and sorcery stuff here, but I prefer the High Society (Vol.2 that I read before) depth.
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iguanaDitty wrote: So there's an ipad app out called Dime Comics that is a front end for public domain comics from a long time ago. As I look through the list I've never heard of any of this stuff. Anyone have good recommendations from that era?
If you're talking Golden Age (30s-40s) comics that are now in the public domain, honestly, it's all pretty amazing. There weren't any of the standard ideas about comics in play then, so people are going wild with the themes and formats. It's hard to make recommendations because titles change so often and creators are almost never credited, but just poke around and you'll find really cool and fun stuff.
Thanks for the heads-up on this app, grabbing it.
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Now that Marvel is heading towards some kind of big continuity reboot, I probably won't bother much with their new comics anymore. The price has gotten so high, and the local library seems to have cut back on their purchases of bound volumes. I grew up as a fan of DC and huge fan of Marvel, but this reboot stuff makes it difficult for me to care about the characters anymore.
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Legomancer wrote: What I've read (not including digital) so far in 2015.
I found Street Angel to be lots of silly fun, have an old edition of it. I would think it would trip all your anti-nerd stuff though.
What's your favorite?
I've been reading and enjoying East of West. Weird but not just for the sake of it, and great art. I think I'm a sucker for anything that has a Western feel with supernatural stuff on top of it (see: Sixth Gun which is a good yarn).
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Apart from that, Usagi Yojimbo, which is always good, and the EC reprints (Zero Hour and Sucker Bait!) not much there blew me away. Lobster Johnson is fun but most of the other Hellboyverse stuff has gotten pretty tedious for me. Cochlea and Eustachia was weird but good. People swear by Nijigahara Holograph but it flew right over my head.
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Tim Champlin wrote: I just read a couple trades of Brian Wood's Star Wars comics. I'm usually not to interested in the extended universe but I had heard good things about this series. The comic store didn't have the first volume so I just got volumes 2 and 3. I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. I like all of the espionage and political aspects of the plot. Long live the Rebel Alliance, down with the Empire!
The new Marvel stuff, which is being considered canon, is _outstanding_. The main book, Darth Vader, Princess Leia and now Kanan has all been great. Marvel's SW books are the only comics I buy anymore, not even Batman.
Paging Michael Barnes, you should take a look, too.
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The new Marvel stuff, which is being considered canon, is _outstanding_. The main book, Darth Vader, Princess Leia and now Kanan has all been great. Marvel's SW books are the only comics I buy anymore, not even Batman.
Paging Michael Barnes, you should take a look, too.
Definitely looking forward to the Marvel stuff once it gets collected. Why aren't you getting Batman anymore? I've been reading it in trades so I'm about 9 months behind. I've really loved it so far.
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1. I was initially onboard with the New 52, but I've really fallen out of love with it. I'd go so far as to say that it's a melting pot of all the things wrong with comics right now. Everything is dark, violent in the adolescent sense, mysoginistic, and, ultimately, temporary. Batman was less affected by the New 52, but the problem is that they've turned so much of the DCU into some misinterpreted version of Batman. Not all of it needs to be dark. Plus it only provides more fuel for the shitstorm Zack Snyder is cooking up.
2. I miss finding great Batman stories I haven't read yet. My problems with the New 52 aside, I know Scott Snyder's run has been excellent. I want to let it collect for awhile, and when I really want one of those great Batman stories that I've never read, it willbe there waiting for me.
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