Ok so what are people reading these days? I'm still reading Daredevil as I have been for years. Other than that he's a list of a few I pick up every month. Queen & Country Peter Parker: Spider-Man Ultimates Wildcats Astro City (new mini-series woo hoo) Rising Stars I picked up X-Treme X-Men, Uncanny X-Men and X-Men after a 5 year hiatus and I'm completely lost. Not to mention Kia Asamiya's art is horrible in Uncanny. So what's on your list?
I bought the Dark Knight Returns trilogy. That's the first comic book I've bought in like 15 years... ...and I didn't care for it as much as the original Dark Knight comic 4 parter.
I've been out of the loop for years, but I used to be a very serious collector. Recently the premise of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" has appealed to me, so I picked it up. And I'm afraid I might be hooked again on graphic novels. It's as good as it can be. Any other suggestions?
I gave up on most of the comics I was reading a couple of years ago (Flash, Impulse, Young Justice, Rising Stars is what I was getting back then), but I went back to the store just recently to pick up Astro City: Local Heroes. Awesome stuff.
All Astro City rocks. I was glad to see that Busiek decided to kick us down another story, even if it's only a miniseries. If you liked "Rising Stars," check out the graphic novel "Midnight Nation" (unless you originally bought the series). Straczynski wrote that, too, and it's pretty interesting. Not superhero stuff. You can borrow it, if you want, just remind me to bring it to a tailgate. New/recent stuff I've found compelling: Y: The Last Man Fight for Tomorrow miniseries Wildcats v. 3.0 Stormwatch Team Achilles Aquaman (I'm a Rick Veitch fan...) Sandman Presents: Bast miniseries League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2 miniseries New/recent stuff I've found terrible: Dicks 2 Call of Duty (all of them; bought all the series before I even read an issue and nearly puked when I did...) Shadows The Filth (I respectfully propose a worldwide Grant Morrison moratorium until further notice...) Ongoing favorites: American Century Fables Hunter: The Age of Magic Hawkman Powers Punisher Anything from ABC Comics (Tom Strong books, Greyshirt, Promethea, Top 10, etc...there's a new Top 10 story on the way, too!) 100 Bullets Any Barry ******* Ween For the near future, I'm particularly looking forward to the new Top 10 and the return of the main man, Lobo.
Powers continues to wow me. I also like Micah's work on Stormwatch, the first issue too a little while for me to get used to. I was never a big fan of Portacio's art, but it's slowly growing on me. I'm also looking forward to the new Top 10, I heard the new mini-series will focus on the early days of Precinct 10. Some others I also read: Bulletproof Monk GI Joe - although it's getting a little lame for me Out There War Stories - whenever it comes out Liberty Meadows High Roads was ok, the artwork was beautful imho. Point Blank was also pretty good. One comic I WISH would come back is Scud: The Disposable Assassin. I absolutely loved that book. Gun Fu was a fun comic as well. There are so many that come and go that I know I'm leaving some off my list!
Y: The Last Man 100 Bullets Daredevil Powers X-Statix Ultimates (when it actually comes out) Wildcats v. 3.0 (and I didn't even like or read much of the previous versions) League of Extraordinary Gentlemen American Century Batman (the Jim Lee & Jeph Loeb run) are currently my favorites. Although I do buy a bunch more also.
well, shoot, I was about to start this thread, but now that it's up hopefully it will grow. Books I don't miss every month are: Uncanny X-Men New X-Men Ultimate X-Men I am not sure about Asimaya's art either. And so far the writing since issue 416 isn't all that great. The team lineup is sub par and I DO NOT LIKE at all the ex-prostitute character. What an aweful mutant. I hope she dies soon. Books I have very much enjoyed over the past couple years: Punisher Vol. 4, 12 issue miniseries Wolverine Origin miniseries I try to read alot of other stuff, but dang if being in school doesn't put a big ol' damper on how many books I can afford in a year!
I used to be a big collector but I stopped.I started again last year when the Wizard World Convention hit town and was really drawn into the Wolverine Origins miniseries.But I usually pick up some Spider-Man,or X-Men and some Green Lantern comics too. But like speedcake mentioned it's not easy on a college student salary.
Cerebus. But only because I've followed it since the early 80s and I'm waiting to see if it improves before it ends. Some of Masamune Shirow's stuff is interesting in a "William Gibson Meets Tom Clancy" sort of way. Scud was great. As was Flaming Carrot. I have no use for anything Marvel or DC or any of their spin-offs.
BlueMeanie: StormWatch & WILDCats that you mentioned - I used to read these and I did like them. They're still good?
StormWatch and Wildcats are totally different than before. StormWatch is now a UN Special Forces unit that is comprised of humans from around the world. They are there to keep the superhumans in check. It's a very violent and gritty comic, imo much better than the original. The writer is new to comics, he used to be an Army Ranger. Wildcats has some great artwork going for it and the story is pretty good too. There are only a few of the original in the story but it's definitely worth a pick up.
It's pretty crazy and amazing. You really have to be ready to sit down, read and look at the art to even try to understand what's going on. So much art and information on every page.
The medling of the computer imaging with the hand-drawings is pretty cool too. AFAIK, it pretty much sets the bar for this type of thing, at least among the big titles. I'd like to see the original Ghost series get this same computerized and full-color treatment. Then again, I can say the same of Appleseed...
Anyone here ever read Shirow's Black Magic? I recently picked up the trade paperback and have yet to read it. I heard it's good from some people and a lot more said it's one of his worst.
I think it was his first series. It's only weak compared to most of his later stuff but that's hardly a surprise I guess. Dominion was interesting but just a little too weird and unfocused. I think he really found his stride with Appleseed and has basically stuck with interesting variations and permutations on that style and theme (the relatively weak "Orion" excepted) ever since.
cool, comics! Stuff I buy monthly: Powers Daredevil Y The Last Man Fables Ultimate XMen League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (although monthly is a bit of a stretch) Stuff I buy in trades: Ultimate Spiderman Queen and Country 100 Bullets New titles I've tried and enjoyed Dial H for Hero Sleeper Rex Mundi Plus, I just finished a Vertigo miniseries I highly recommend you dive the back issue bins for: Vertigo POP: London Been buying comics for as long as I can remember. I think there is more good stuff out now than there has ever been. shades
Thanks, Footix! This one does have some promise. The original Dial H for Hero was way before my time, so I had only seen special one-off stories or back references here and there. This revamp seems a little darker, and it's a fun read. The one that's surprised me is Aquaman. I had checked out, and ultimately dropped, the last two series, especially disliking Peter David's take. But Rick Veitch (Maximortal, Brat Pack, Greyshirt) is putting some serious meat behind the dialog and story, and so far it's interesting. I was kinda iffy on the first issue of the new Vertigo miniseries Blood & Water, which came out this week. Have to see if it takes off in issue 2 before I decide to go with the whole run.
WILDCats 3.0 is great, fantastic artwork. I also enjoy Y The Last Man, Queen and Country and Batman with Jim Lee. Too bad I am not in the country right now, guess have to find a way order them online.
Well I've been gone for over a week, but I forgot to say that one of my favorite books right now is Warren Ellis' "Global Frequency". A great sci-fi/thriller series of one-shots with some amazing artists. I should be picking up issue 2 of "Dial H for Hero" today. I definitely enjoyed the first issue and I'm looking forward to where this will go.
I used to like Jim Shooters Valient comics. Then i tried collecting his Defiant comics work even bought those retarded cards that would combine to make the first issue.. Anyways after Defiant went downhill so did my comic collecting days, havent picked up anything since. I did find some Colombian Pulp comics in black and white "Cuentos de Media Noche" (Midnight Tales), They were a combination of Tales from the Crypt and Porn. Nice art very grafic with moneyshots too, lool the first issues in their four book series were great after that they went downhill and i havent seen those mini comic books since. If anyone is interested you can download Milo Manaras "Golden Ass" and "Click" books (pdf files) in Kazaa..
After they cancelled or ruined everything I read, I just stopped collecting. I used to read New Mutants/X-Force, the Outsiders, Darkhawk and Spider-Man, but they cancelled Darkhawk and the Outsiders and ruined X-Force and Spider-Man. My all-time favorite was definitely the New Warriors, but the cancelled that, then brought it back and ruined it, so that one got the double whammy.