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so, what are you guys reading/collecting at the moment? dont hide, my bretheren!!! come out into the light!!! what i am interested in: * jim lee doing batman (nuff said!) * anything by charles burns * getting jimmy corrigan in hardback (finally!) * getting the entire jim lee x-men run and mcfarlane spidey run * origin! origin!! origin!!! |
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i don't read/collect comic books, but i think it's cool that Todd McFarlane was born in Edmonton :) he used to own a part of our hockey team, too. |
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he's a hoser, all right! |
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there's really only 3 super hero characters i get into: x-men, spidey and batman. everything else can disappear, as far as im concerned. i LOVE stuff like fantagraphics comix. richard sala, charles burns, clowes, etc... |
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i'm reading the clock maker at the moment. that's actually about it...i've got my eye on a few other things...but nothing fantastic...except maybe...the way of the rat. hehe. |
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right now... in process of finshing akira manga (currently on book 5) rereading old ren & stimpy wanting to find ghost in the shell manga |
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i'm not really a fan, but 6 years ago i made some of my own comics. however, i have a particularly intriguing comic book titled The Cartoon History of the Universe by Larry Gonick. the book is just as the title implies. it's even been credited by Terry Jones of Monty Python and Carl Sagan. another piece i'm interested in is the Akira manga. i heard the movie doesn't compare. i should probably run out and buy it sometime this summer. |
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the berserk manga is fucking amazing. read it. |
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akira manga is MUCH better than the anime - the anime ends about half way through the manga, there's so much more to the story!! |
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oh snap! |
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Oh double snap! I have a bunch Ren&Stimpy comics too. One of my favourites is the special edition one where you cut out parts of the comic - there was a few pages where you can cut out these strips of Ren's life and tape them together, it was so dark+sad, yet so funny at the same time. |
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I have no interest in american comics.. . I love manga.. . the first ghost in the shell is brilliant.. . and the second one is blindingly amazing (so far.. . only up to issue 4). .. havent read akira yet.. . but I plan on it seeing as the movie is about the best thing in the universe.. . I cant see the manga beating the anime though.. . if only because Ive been watching it since I was 12.. . otomo wrote and directed it so its got to be the best translation from manga to anime that could ever be done. .. |
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wow, your loss... like i said, the fantagrphics stuf and indie stuff from the u.s. is REALLY great! |
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pick up an issue of blab! magazine, you might be surprised. |
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Yeah im reading "Origin" right now. I only got the first part and im intriged =) |
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i'm in the process of collecting The Sandman comics, they are awesome! Also trying to collect Battle Angel Alita, though they seem quite rare now. |
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way too go supporting Fantagraphics! they really need the money at the moment - their publisher run off with the money. |
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too=to |
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I just look at the pics....I cannot read! |
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I really like the format, the way pictures and text is combined, of the comicbook... really do. But I rarely read them these days. But when I do read them, I do enjoy it a lot. |
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i'm reading vagabond, bone, the league of extraordinary gentlemen, and v for vendetta. i'm writing a comic as well. i'll see where that goes. |
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waiting for next 3x3 Eyes (action shônen manga) and Love Hina (best mood-booster i know) to be released, and to get the latest Brousaille (great comic book this one, very poetic, about a teenager living beautiful things, like whales found in a secret cave of a museum, or searching for his cat all night, meeting unusual places and people on his way to find his cat etc. - i don't know if it's translated to other languages, it's not very well known)... also been reading web comics lately (my avatar is Betty Bunny from - also following and , if you have other ones feel free to share) |
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and people who only read manga because they think U.S. or european comics are bad are weird. read some alan moore or some indie comics out of the U.S. they're atleast on par with the best japan has to offer. |
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totally agree with that, zaphod. i'd like to write a comic once too but i don't know how to draw ANYTHING, not even shoulders nor a nose so... |
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well i'm an art major so i guess it comes with the territory. i do totally for shits and giggles though. i'd say try writing one anyway. find a decent tutorial (there are tons online) on how to draw the figure, and then make a comic. if you can write and arrange things visually you could make one easily. just takes practice. |
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d00d i have ALL those.....it's Gonick is so great, it's REAL history, that makes it even funnier......ehehhehe my greek history professor had us buy all the ones pertaining to greek history, and i went ahead and got the REST! ahhahah zaphod....i have an ART degree, and i too enjoy the drawing of some of the cartoon artists......WOW.....is what i have to say. as for comics i like EC Comics from the 50's best .....Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, etc......... those are CLASSIC and very hard but not impossible to find. i also like ALL Stan Lee's Superhero comics (he's currently working with Pamela Anderson on a Comic about a STRIPPER i think.....hahahahah that man is DA BOMB), X Men are awesome, most DC and Marvel Comics as well. recently i've seen some Neil Gaimen comics that i've wanted to take a gander at, they are PRICEY tho.....so till now i've not indulged, but i prolly will soon. does any one have Horror comics to suggest, those are my favourite, those and stuff like WEIRD SCIENCE!!! comics are FUN!!! |
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i don't collect as much anymore, mainly cause I'm broke. But I have the following: *Curse of the Spawn (entire series, 1-29) *The Darkness (most early issues, including number 1 -- the series sucks since Ennis bailed) *Blade of the Immortal (about ten, and the first trade hardback) *Excalibur (that's right, you heard me -- one of the many x-men spinoff groups) *Dragonball Z *Dragonball (yeah, i know) *Various x-men (mostly x-men, wolverine, excalibur) *Omega Men (old DC series derived from Green Lantern) *Crimson (early issues, 1-7) *Evil Ernie (some YouthGoneWild reissues, half of Destroyer issues, and the last issue -- Ernie's demise in Day of the Dead #3 of 3) *Godhead #1 *A Tank Girl issue (The Oddysey #3) *GWAR Slave Pit comic - Sexual Relationship issue... fucking twisted, and signed by Techno Destructo himself *Miscellaneous old Chaos, DC, Marvel, of course. I used to be a huge Ghost Rider fan back in the days of Dan Ketch. But I don't think I have any of my GR comics anymore... I don't like the new Chaos books at all. |
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w3rd =) i need to get all the other Gonick worx. the thing i like about comics is that they're more interesting to read than text! (in my opinion) |
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word to that. :) |
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they make GREEK and ROMAN and WORLD history FUN. some of the draw - RINGS are hilarious, espeically of the GREEK men!! muahahhahaha |
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i actually have some of the old INNOVATION comics too... Death Rides a Pale Horse and the comic adaption of The Vampire Lestat.... weird wild stuff. Does anyone remember the Maxx cartoon series? Does anyone know where I can find it? I like the comic, but that cartoon was wicked..... |
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Oh man, I used to be REALLY into comics back in the early 90's, I spent hundreds getting all kinds of old X-Men/related books. I think I still have Uncanny 266 somewhere, first appearance of Gambit. A lot of my old comics vanished though. :_-( I remember being really into the Death and Return of Superman... the Steel guy, the Cyborg, the Kid, the other guy with the shades... Doomsday (I have the paperback where Superman ''died'') that was an insane storyline. And I have ''Kraven's Last Hunt'' with Spiderman, a prized possesion. I think I stopped shortly after the Age of Apocalypse and Trial of Spiderman storylines (the whole SUPER confusing Clone thing) for some reason... and I NEVER hear about comics anymore, we have a comic shop but I barely know any other places that sell them. Bane breaking Batman's back, that was good... I still have a stack of old Wizard Mags, those things were/are great. I'd really like to know what happened to some of my comics, I had a four part Gambit mini-series that was just AWESOME. Nice gold covers and everything, can't find them now. Anyone ever read ''Fight Man'' by Evan Dorkin? A one-shot comic for DC or something, God it was hilarious. |
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i wish i liked them. i think its inda cool that big grroups of people meet up with a common interrest. no matterr what it is. i don't like anything. |
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wait a second i liked the beano at one point, but thats not the same is it |
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i just bought Volume 4 of the Akira manga today. the girl who worked at the store told me there were 8 volumes. damn, i was hopin to start from the beginning! what i've read so far is pretty wicked tho. |
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i'm so glad this topic came up. hehe. just today i went out and bought the first four issues of eden's trail. i'll need to save up some more money before i can really get into some other stuff like hellboy and hawaiian dick. eh. somethin' to do, right? =] |
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I haven't bought a comic book for years, but was having a look through my old 2000AD's the other night. Simon Bisley's work on A.B.C Warriors is just i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-e. I find it hard to get interested in much else after looking at his work,... oh yeah Lecour : I have an art's diploma too, |
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there were only six volumes last time i checked. anyone here into manga? i've been reading blade of the immortal and vagabond lately. good stuff. |
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Totally into Alan Moore here, so.. Wrote a big assignment on V for Vendetta (got 11! (sorta like an A)) From Hell is great. Anyway, i just noticed that none of you mentions Grant Morrisons: "Invisibles".. Anyone read them??? Theyre wicked for sure! Anyway, into Sandman? Try reading some of Neil Gaimans books, theire actually quite good. And for people like zaphod... I really want to draw a comic, but i don't like writing, soooo. I want to team up with a writer at some point. I'd say i'm quite good at drawing, and i would expect the writing to be top notch! |
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I'm not really a comic fan, but The Filth has fuckin gorgeous cover art... |
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hey dirtypriest, got any samples of your sketches online? |
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hey... what about love and rockets? one of the best thing i read in a long time. i´m big into indie us comics: jaime hernandez peter bagge daniel clowes is teh shit!!! and also ralf könig is damn good... you really need to be very open to enjoy it though... their comics are, well... very gay :D but you don´t need to be gay to enjoy them... |
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well, i'm pulling double duty on the comic thing, but i actually consider myself to be a better writer than i am an artist, although i'm pretty good at both. i assume you've read watchmen, being an alan moore fan? |
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For sure i've read watchmen! dig it a lot. Dael, sent a mail. |
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I'm all up into neil gaiman also read a charmer called OINK the other day? it's very postapocalyptic I love the sandman series though and then of course, there's transmetropolitan. I want to BE spider jerusalem... he's my fav |
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Dael, i've just realised i cant send you a mail!! So here goes. unfortunately, none of my sketches are up, but thats because i have no scanner! (yet) Anyway, i know classical drawing, and my personal style is extremely sinister and gloomy, bloody and still funny, so if you write anything like that, say so! I will soon buy a scanner, and you will be able to see my work then. Think cross hatched ink, gloomy style. |
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Cracked Frank Sock Monkey Jim Magic Wistle Weirdo Zap ...tons more I love the big book series (big book of the unexplained, big book of death, etc) they're great. |
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you should read anything drawn by Dave Cooper - beautifully drawn and kind of uncomfortable to read.. |
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and then you've got your staple comics that would be jthm and squee etc.... |
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