The best 5 Indie books from 2008?

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:16 pm

IMO, the best 5 Indie books in 2008 were the following:

The Walking Dead
Invincible
Hellboy
BPRD
Umbrella Academy

Honorable mention--Dynamo 5

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:11 pm

Lone Ranger
Zorro
Project Superpowers
Grendel

uh...

Man with No Name?

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:23 pm

The Walking Dead
Invincible
Proof
Star Wars Legacy
Astounding Wolfman

Honorable mention to Dynamo 5, Noble Causes and a whole bunch of other Image titles. Image is the publisher of the year for 2008 for me. No question about that.

Cyberstrike · Post by **Cyberstrike** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:02 pm

Transformers-IDW

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:27 pm

The dead best of the year
Legacy

Byrneout · Post by **Byrneout** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:54 am

The Walking Dead/Star Wars: Legacy (tie)
Doktor Sleepless
Invincible
Mouse Guard
Black Summer

BloodOfHeroes · Post by **BloodOfHeroes** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:40 pm

PAX ROMANA was the only one I read...

Eternalwarrior68 · Post by **Eternalwarrior68** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:05 am

superman-prime wrote:The dead best of the year
Legacy

I have to agree! Greatest book of 08'

I also enjoyed knights of the old republic

WOOHOO! Post #600

Egomaniac · Post by **Egomaniac** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:53 pm

Savage Dragon
Youngblood (yes, I said it)
The Boys
IDW Transformers

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:13 pm

The Walking Dead
Project Superpowers (incl Black Death and Red Devil ?)
Conan (incl Conan the Cimmerian) (Dark Horse ?)
Mouse Guard
Spooks Omega Team

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:54 pm

No love for Ex Machina? Its definately my favorite.

I will have to check out Walking Dead. Where is a good place to jump in?

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:11 am

JustCallMeAric wrote:No love for Ex Machina? Its definately my favorite.

I will have to check out Walking Dead. Where is a good place to jump in?

When I was at SDCC there were a few places that had 1/2 price TPBs, there were some walking dead in there. I don't know if you are planning to go out to SDCC this year, but it is something to think about.

*SQUEE* · Post by ***SQUEE*** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:30 am

For me it was...

The Boys
Doktor Sleepless
Hack/Slash
Black Summer
Project Superpowers

I didn't read most of the books on the other list's tho.

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:04 am

JustCallMeAric wrote:No love for Ex Machina? Its definately my favorite.

I will have to check out Walking Dead. Where is a good place to jump in?

You have to do WD from the beginning to gain an idea of the scope of the series. There are currently 9 TPBs in the series.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:32 am

Drift wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:No love for Ex Machina? Its definately my favorite.

I will have to check out Walking Dead. Where is a good place to jump in?
You have to do WD from the beginning to gain an idea of the scope of the series. There are currently 9 TPBs in the series.

Yeah, if you don't read that series from the beginning, you're missing a lot

myron · Post by **myron** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:31 pm

Lightning Strike wrote:
Drift wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:No love for Ex Machina? Its definately my favorite.

I will have to check out Walking Dead. Where is a good place to jump in?
You have to do WD from the beginning to gain an idea of the scope of the series. There are currently 9 TPBs in the series.
Yeah, if you don't read that series from the beginning, you're missing a lot

agreed...there is too much background...and besides, every issue is worth the read...

pick up the TPB's

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:14 pm

myron wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
Drift wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:No love for Ex Machina? Its definately my favorite.

I will have to check out Walking Dead. Where is a good place to jump in?
You have to do WD from the beginning to gain an idea of the scope of the series. There are currently 9 TPBs in the series.
Yeah, if you don't read that series from the beginning, you're missing a lot
agreed...there is too much background...and besides, every issue is worth the read...

pick up the TPB's

TOTALLY agree with everyone (and yes, to include no love for Ex Machina, I dropped that book around issue 14). The Walking Dead, this is a stellar book and to top it off, it is in black and white !!!! For once in a very long time, I actually care about the characters in the story, every one of them and reading the books from #1 to current is a great experience. I cannot wait to see where this series goes in the future because by issue 50 I was totally blown away, the ending left me with my mouth hanging open in shock.

Easily one of the best written books in a long time and that is what makes people overlook the book being in black and white. Anyone agree ? Because at first I felt like I was 'fooled' by reading a comic in b/w, but with just about every issue ending with a cliffhanger, it just keep going and going and going. Simply great stuff.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:26 pm

Knightt wrote:
myron wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
Drift wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:No love for Ex Machina? Its definately my favorite.

I will have to check out Walking Dead. Where is a good place to jump in?
You have to do WD from the beginning to gain an idea of the scope of the series. There are currently 9 TPBs in the series.
Yeah, if you don't read that series from the beginning, you're missing a lot
agreed...there is too much background...and besides, every issue is worth the read...

pick up the TPB's
TOTALLY agree with everyone (and yes, to include no love for Ex Machina, I dropped that book around issue 14). The Walking Dead, this is a stellar book and to top it off, it is in black and white !!!! For once in a very long time, I actually care about the characters in the story, every one of them and reading the books from #1 to current is a great experience. I cannot wait to see where this series goes in the future because by issue 50 I was totally blown away, the ending left me with my mouth hanging open in shock.

Easily one of the best written books in a long time and that is what makes people overlook the book being in black and white. Anyone agree ? Because at first I felt like I was 'fooled' by reading a comic in b/w, but with just about every issue ending with a cliffhanger, it just keep going and going and going. Simply great stuff.

Like you, when I first read it, I was disappointed that it was in black and white, but then I was blown away by the story and felt the story came across better in b/w. And Kirkman had vowed to never put color in the book.

Byrneout · Post by **Byrneout** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:57 pm

Oh, and even though I hit my five - I would be remiss not to mention these:

Conan (all versions, I buy three copies - 1 for me, then 1 for each of my boys for when they come of age to read them).
Solomon Kane (perhaps the BEST of Howard's characters, and easily one of the most quotable).
Kull the Conqueror (also, a phenomenal piece of work).

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:34 pm

JustCallMeAric wrote:No love for Ex Machina? Its definately my favorite.

It's Wildstorm so I have it on my post in the DC list.

It reads better in trades for sure. #40 was a pretty cool issue.

JustCallMeAric wrote:I will have to check out Walking Dead. Where is a good place to jump in?

Like everyone else said, start at the beginning. There are trades and hardcovers which can be had at reasonable prices on ebay. There are few people who do not enjoy this book if they start it from the beginning.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:36 pm

Lightning Strike wrote:
Knightt wrote:
myron wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
Drift wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:No love for Ex Machina? Its definately my favorite.

I will have to check out Walking Dead. Where is a good place to jump in?
You have to do WD from the beginning to gain an idea of the scope of the series. There are currently 9 TPBs in the series.
Yeah, if you don't read that series from the beginning, you're missing a lot
agreed...there is too much background...and besides, every issue is worth the read...

pick up the TPB's
TOTALLY agree with everyone (and yes, to include no love for Ex Machina, I dropped that book around issue 14). The Walking Dead, this is a stellar book and to top it off, it is in black and white !!!! For once in a very long time, I actually care about the characters in the story, every one of them and reading the books from #1 to current is a great experience. I cannot wait to see where this series goes in the future because by issue 50 I was totally blown away, the ending left me with my mouth hanging open in shock.

Easily one of the best written books in a long time and that is what makes people overlook the book being in black and white. Anyone agree ? Because at first I felt like I was 'fooled' by reading a comic in b/w, but with just about every issue ending with a cliffhanger, it just keep going and going and going. Simply great stuff.
Like you, when I first read it, I was disappointed that it was in black and white, but then I was blown away by the story and felt the story came across better in b/w. And Kirkman had vowed to never put color in the book.

I read a few black and white books so it didn't bother me. This book isn't strictly black and white. It has some graytones as well. I think it's perfect for the theme of the book.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:32 pm

hope he colerises it anyway

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:43 pm

superman-prime wrote:hope he colerises it anyway

Not me, man... I think it makes the books better to be black and white (and yes, with grey tones, I tend to think of books without color as b/w but yes, the grey tones are FANTASTIC)

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:04 pm

but both would rock if ya dont want to read a colerized one dont ??

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:45 pm

superman-prime wrote:but both would rock if ya dont want to read a colerized one dont ??

True dat.