So what comics are you reading?

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #75 on: Mar 04, 2007, 01:11 PM »
the last thing i read that wasn't a graphic novel would have to be one of my favourite things ever:




there is nothing more charming and epic than Little Nemo. i actually haven't read the 3rd and final collection book and its driving me insane i need to find it ARGHGHHH. i mean he's pulling of THIS stuff every week in 1900-ish?? ohman.

& i love Impy hahah.
...beats me, man. Beats me why most dudes suck, sure as hell ain't my scene.

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #76 on: Mar 04, 2007, 03:05 PM »





Really endearing stories.

Also reading... V for Vendetta and Lost at Sea...
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Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #77 on: Mar 04, 2007, 11:33 PM »
Dude, Chair, you're gonna make me want to watch that movie agian.... My sister hates the bad guy. Gave her the creeps when she was a kid..
Good help is so hard to find these days...
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Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #78 on: Mar 06, 2007, 10:12 PM »
Man, that Little Nemo comic where a giant turkey came and ate Nemo's house, and then he fell down the turkey's throat into a lake of blood gave me the screams when I was a little fellow.

edit: Or the one where the Indians (or Native Americans, I guess) shot him full of arrows and then he fell off a cliff into a load of cacti. Or when the Fool Killers came up to beat the living shit out of Flip, Rodney King style...damn, in retrosepct, those where some pretty terrifying comics.
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Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #79 on: Mar 06, 2007, 10:47 PM »
didn't even know there was a comic series till now...
Good help is so hard to find these days...
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Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #80 on: Mar 07, 2007, 12:24 AM »
didn't even know there was a comic series till now...

WHAT.


the movie is BALLS compared to the comics. UTTER BALLS. go find the comic now and marvel at windsor mckay's killer details and splendor.
...beats me, man. Beats me why most dudes suck, sure as hell ain't my scene.

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #81 on: Mar 07, 2007, 08:45 AM »
YES MA'AM!



Was already searching for it anyway... hehe... ;D
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Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #82 on: Mar 09, 2007, 04:14 PM »
Here's another good'un that is about as I reckon 11 issues in....so's it won't be to hard to catch the back issues and start from the beginning

FEAR Agent....a kickass and take names sci fi adventure done up Texas Style










written by Rick Remender and art by a variety of wackos including Mike Manley(from DRAW! Magazine among other things)

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-draw like you love it.... not like your mom told you to do it-

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #83 on: Mar 09, 2007, 04:17 PM »


Mother, Come Home by Paul Horschemeier
This book is stupid derivative crap. Has anybody else read this? I am pissed at Dark Horse for thinking it is cool because it publishes this melodramatic chris ware ripoff shit.

URRRRGG SO ANGRY
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Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #84 on: Mar 09, 2007, 06:20 PM »
shhhhhhhh.... it's ok baby, let it all out. there thereeeeeeeee



Something I read a while back but just remembered now, is "THE TALKING HEAD" by Paolo Baciliero. It's about this dude who wakes up with a talking face on his penis, which ends up getting him hunted down by vicious porn directors.

I actually didn't think it was very good cus it just bounces around everywhere with little regard for ANYTHING, but it was still kind of charming. The use of a really minimal pink spot color made it great to look at too.

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #85 on: Mar 09, 2007, 08:26 PM »

written by Rick Remender...

Didn't he do work on a TMNT book? Also was a (idk anymore) a teacher at the Academy of Art University SF.
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn - Gore Vidal

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #86 on: Mar 10, 2007, 05:35 AM »
shit ive been reading some marvel civil war..and got my hands on capts death issue,pretty good issue. also illuminaty is pretty sweet. which is good too.. i know most off yas aren't into mainstream comics but some times is good to see what happening out side indy comics. and pulpo3 which is totally awesome. the only indy book i bought as off late.

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Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #87 on: Mar 11, 2007, 09:16 AM »
I'm going to take some time to explain what I like to call 'COMIX FOR SHIT', or 'POOP COMIX'! I of course mean comics you read will taking a nice orderly squat.

It takes a very specific mindset to create a poop comic, whether the creator is conscience of it or not. Seeing as how the ideal goal of these kind of stories is to hit you with maxxx amount of entertainment in a condensed amount of time, I almost think that little to no foresight for what is going to happen next is required to make it completely work, just total fire and forget comix spontaneity... if you have to think too hard about drawing it, then people are most likely going to think too hard about reading it. The pages have to be hard and fast, fleshing out the characters/environment or whatever isn't truely needed. It should almost be a polaroid of a different world, any history should be implied (if anything), not dwelled on... the NOW is more important then the BEFORE.

Aesthetically, panels should be big, and the way the characters look should hit you with what they're all about right off the bat with no pause. Color is a big no. Story-wise, if something truely amazing doesn't happen every three pages then you have failed as a poop artist. If I don't see a cow puking gasoline, or some dude shooting out fetuses through the pores in his hand, then I'll get bored, put down your shitty shit comic, and just whack off to the copy of Esquire sitting in the bin next to the toilet!!

PRIME EXAMPLES OF POOP COMIX:


LEGENDS FROM DARKWOOD by Christopher Reid and John Kantz (Antarctic Press)

Perhaps, nay, THE quintessential poop comic. It's about a town founded on an industry of unicorn meat, until one unicorn snaps and starts burning shit down. Other stuff happens, like a unicorn hunter who loses her magic uni-tempting powers after she gets drunk and loses her virginity. Truely the most amazing story squat I have read in my existence. Even at 142 pages, you can read this book in like 15 minutes!


EATMAN by Akihito Yoshitomi (translated and release stateside by VIZ)

It's got a dude who can eat anything, and shoot it out of his hand for later use. Classic mid-90's era poop gold manga.


SLUT GIRL by Isutoshi (can't remember)

Truely horrible porn, but truely amazing shitting material. It's about a nerd who meets a slut and they pork a lot. Fucking awesome layouts too.



Of course, you could argue that most of these things are what can make BAD, vapid, empty comix, but I dunno... they are also a huge part of what makes comics so appealing in the first place, and shouldn't be ignored. Whackiness and fun are integral cogs of what makes pages tick. Plus, nobody wants to read Chester Brown while taking a dump!

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #88 on: Mar 11, 2007, 09:44 AM »
These are my personal addictions:





Also, I don't suppose this counts because I actually FINISHED reading them, but:





Seriously. Life and times of Scrooge McDuck is probably the best thing Disney has ever done. Don't let the whole "Corporate juggernaut squeezing the artistic life out of everything it touches" thing fool you. Don Rosa just loves the character, and uses him so well it hurts.

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #89 on: Mar 11, 2007, 08:12 PM »
I just finished Sandman 3: Dream Country. I'm constantly amazed by the richness of the Sandman stories and how the character of Dream is simultaneously relatable and inscrutable. Also, this book has one of Gaiman's scripts in the back, which is great for aspiring comic writers to see how he works.

Oh, I also read Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness. Scott Pilgrim comics are so much nonstop fun, it's hard to describe. They also make great Poop Comics.

<3

-Jesse

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #90 on: Mar 11, 2007, 10:34 PM »
Wei looks like a Tony Moore junky to me.  But who can blame ya?  I still haven't completely recovered from him leaving Walking Dead.  The Exterminators is pretty damn cool.  I've been reading DMZ, pretty cool.  I'm a sucker for any comics military related. 

Also picked up Zombee at the Phoenix Con, if you haven't seen this book you're missin out.  http://www.autoresdecomic.com/Autores/VictorSantos/Archivos/zombee_pages.html

Other than that I'm waiting for the new Death Dealer book coming out soon if not already and everything Robert Kirkman cranks out.  Been following Invincible and Walking Dead since the beginning.  Cerebus and Bone should be mandatory reading for anybody drawing comics I think. 

And who can forget Pulpo, I musta read Vol. 3 four times already.

So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #91 on: Mar 11, 2007, 10:47 PM »




NEXTWAVE the agents of Hate

I'm in love with the series
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Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #92 on: Mar 11, 2007, 11:25 PM »
Viper, you should check out the Vertigo comic, The Losers by Andy Diggle and Jock.  A great little conspiracy/action/military story.  The story just finished last year and it's collected in 3 trades.

Gah, I've been reading alot lately.
I just got The Ultimates 2 vol.1 and Can't wait for the next one.
Been reading alot of Marvel with Civil War and now New Avengers and Mighty Avengers.  Great art on those books.  Just got the CD Marvel put out with 70 issues of Ultimate X-men on it(Great deal for 10 bucks).
Army of Darkness vs Marvel Zombies is funny so far, Ash gets there before the whole virus breaks out.

Stephen King's Dark Tower comic is aight, the art is tight and the story is interesting(I have not read any of the novels).


Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #93 on: Mar 12, 2007, 11:21 AM »
Thanks Johnny, The Losers is pretty damn cool, downloaded the first issue.  I am a fan.

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #94 on: Mar 13, 2007, 01:28 AM »
V for Vendetta

Yeah Im kinda late :\

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Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #95 on: Mar 13, 2007, 04:08 AM »
Word on the Don Rosa love. For fans of his stuff, I found this to be both enlightning and entertaining.

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #96 on: Mar 13, 2007, 10:02 AM »
Word on the Don Rosa love. For fans of his stuff, I found this to be both enlightning and entertaining.

Haha! I've seen that. I love that it leaves the nephew's father a blatant mystery.

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #97 on: Mar 14, 2007, 12:16 AM »



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Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #98 on: Mar 14, 2007, 07:21 PM »
BLAME!

Jing. Twightlight

Civil War

Re: So what comics are you reading?
« Reply #99 on: Mar 15, 2007, 02:53 PM »


Amazing, AMAZING book. I just got it from the library on a whim and have been enjoying it immensely ever since. "The Building" in particular is just an all-around great story, and some of the parts of "Invisible people" are absolutely heart-wrenching.

Awesome book, once again.

 

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