Vertigo?

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:39 pm

Lightning Strike wrote:
Elveen wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
Elveen wrote:
So my questions is...... is every Vertigo book good?
No. The only one I really liked was Sandman--Gaiman rocks!

Fables bro, Fables.
I know. I need to read it, but I can't find any of the tpb's cheap

Even at SDCC where there were all kinds of 1/2 TPBs, I only remember seeing maybe 1 Fables TPB.

I have gotten most of mine form like Barnes & Nobel.com and Amazon.com.

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:59 pm

Someone here was selling the TPB 1-5 for $35

I almost bought them to give away at christmas . . .

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:44 pm

siren3-4 wrote:Someone here was selling the TPB 1-5 for $35

I almost bought them to give away at christmas . . .

That would've been a fantastic gift

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:26 pm

siren3-4 wrote:Someone here was selling the TPB 1-5 for $35

I almost bought them to give away at christmas . . .

Aw man, how did I miss that??

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:56 pm

siren3-4 wrote:Someone here was selling the TPB 1-5 for $35

I almost bought them to give away at christmas . . .

That was me. I was planning on selling them as I read them. I had just finished volume 5 when I put those up for sale. I was surprised that nobody wanted them. I just finished volume 11 and am planning on selling the run of TPB's on ebay next week.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:07 pm

caxiotis wrote:
siren3-4 wrote:Someone here was selling the TPB 1-5 for $35

I almost bought them to give away at christmas . . .
That was me. I was planning on selling them as I read them. I had just finished volume 5 when I put those up for sale. I was surprised that nobody wanted them. I just finished volume 11 and am planning on selling the run of TPB's on ebay next week.

Do you still have them for sale at that price?

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:14 pm

Lightning Strike wrote:
caxiotis wrote:
siren3-4 wrote:Someone here was selling the TPB 1-5 for $35

I almost bought them to give away at christmas . . .
That was me. I was planning on selling them as I read them. I had just finished volume 5 when I put those up for sale. I was surprised that nobody wanted them. I just finished volume 11 and am planning on selling the run of TPB's on ebay next week.
Do you still have them for sale at that price?

no I plan on selling the TPB #1-11 and the HC of 1001 nights of snowfall all together. I might just put the a flat bid thread for these on the board

daydreamscomics · Post by **daydreamscomics** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:43 pm

Scalped - YES YES YES
100 Bullets - YES YES YES
Young Liars - YES YES YES
Fables - YES YES
Northlanders - YES YES
Greatest Hits - YES
Other Side (by Jason Aaron of Scalped fame) - YES YES
DMZ - YES YES
Silverfish - YES YES
Jack of Fables - YES
House of Mystery - YES
The Alcoholic - YES YES
Incognegro - YES YES
Sentences: MF Grimm - YES YES
Exteriminators - YES YES
Loveless - YES YES

American Virgin - NO NO NO
Air - NO NO
Army @ Love - NO NO NO
Testament - EHH
Unknown Soldier - EHH
Vinyl Underground - EHH

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:46 pm

daydreamscomics wrote:Scalped - YES YES YES
100 Bullets - YES YES YES

Can I get a quick summary about these two series?

Thanks.

ncameron · Post by **ncameron** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:12 am

Elveen wrote:
daydreamscomics wrote: 100 Bullets
Can I get a quick summary about these two series?

Thanks.

100 Bullets quickly is not possible.
The setup is easy enough to explain.
A briefcase containing 100 bullets and a gun completely untraceable.
That person is given irrefutable proof of someone who destroyed their life, they are then given the choice to take revenge or not.

The larger backstory involving a group known as the minutemen, the 13 families who actively run america, the croatoa and all the rest that makes the story great involve way way too much reference. Though once Issue 100 is out and the trade is inevitably collected, I may have to dedicate a weekend to reading all 100 in a shot just too see all the connections I may not have made in the 6 + months between trades.

Its confusing, dark and awesome.

-neil

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:59 am

Elveen wrote:
daydreamscomics wrote:Scalped - YES YES YES
Can I get a quick summary about these two series?

Thanks.

Scalped is basically a crime/mob story set on an Indian Reservation. Think Goodfellas in one of the poorest and most destitute places in the USA.

The main characters are Dashiell Bad Horse, a young guy returning to the Rez after 15 years in the military with myterious motivations and Chief Lincoln Red Crow, a guy in his 50's who is the head of the Rez and also runs all of the organized crime.

One of the great things about the series is that not every issue is told from the same character's perspective, and sometimes we see the same events from totally different perspectives which gives the stories and characters a lot of depth.

Art is by European R.M. Guera who uses a dark and gritty style with lots of black and great use of shadows similar to Frank Miller's old style.

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:29 pm

100 Bullets is almost over so runs of the issues should be hitting ebay as soon as the series finishes

Punisher Fan · Post by **Punisher Fan** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:31 am

While I am very early into the series, Lucifer is quite good.

Vertigo has done so many good books, I am going to make more of an effort to pick-up back issues.

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:35 pm

Lucifer continues to be good all the way till the end. I would suggest reading Sandman if you are already didnt. The Dreaming is also good as it focuses on the minor characters of the Sandman universe.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:06 pm

maraxusofkeld wrote:Lucifer continues to be good all the way till the end. I would suggest reading Sandman if you are already didnt. The Dreaming is also good as it focuses on the minor characters of the Sandman universe.

Really. What Characters?

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:16 pm

I finished Scalped 1-11. Damn, it's good. It's a shame that this book doesn't even sell 7K copies on a regular basis.

What else is Jason Aaron working on? His writing style is excellent.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:05 pm

I will be one of the early predictors - Scalped will be made into a movie, so horde those issues now.

-slym

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:47 pm

slym2none wrote:I will be one of the early predictors - Scalped will be made into a movie, so horde those issues now.

-slym

I agree. It has all of the makings of a movie.

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:53 pm

Elveen wrote:
maraxusofkeld wrote:Lucifer continues to be good all the way till the end. I would suggest reading Sandman if you are already didnt. The Dreaming is also good as it focuses on the minor characters of the Sandman universe.
Really. What Characters?

Its been quite a while since I've read it, but Cain and Abel, the little gargoyle, the raven, lucian the librarian, and merv pumpkinhead. Its decent and pretty cheap, worth to check out.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:54 pm

caxiotis wrote:
slym2none wrote:I will be one of the early predictors - Scalped will be made into a movie, so horde those issues now.

-slym
I agree. It has all of the makings of a movie.

A set on eBay, not too unreasonable (with S&H added, anyways)

http://cgi.ebay.com/SCALPED-1-24-Vertig ... 0348020439

-slym

J-Scott-R · Post by **J-Scott-R** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:09 am

Jay Tomio wrote:Don't sleep on Sandman Mystery Theater. Completely different from Gaiman's Dream, but dope as hell.

You are talking about the original series right? The recent LS didn't do much for me, but the original Matt Wagner, Guy Davis series was great

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caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:03 am

400yrs wrote:I finished Scalped 1-11. Damn, it's good. It's a shame that this book doesn't even sell 7K copies on a regular basis.

What else is Jason Aaron working on? His writing style is excellent.

I know that he is currently doing Ghost Rider and he did a great mini series call The Other Side about the Vietnam War. The Other Side was his first comic written and it was great. I have a signed copy of the TPB of the Other Side for sale on ebay right now.

daydreamscomics · Post by **daydreamscomics** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:47 pm

400yrs wrote:I finished Scalped 1-11. Damn, it's good. It's a shame that this book doesn't even sell 7K copies on a regular basis.

What else is Jason Aaron working on? His writing style is excellent.

Jason is doing the Wolverine Manifest Destiny mini series right now, and around Wolverine movie time, Marvel is launching a new book called Wolverine: Weapon X (or something along those lines) that he will be writing.

He has done a two issue arc on Hellblazer that was excellent as well. I'm hoping he gets on Punisher MAX at some point in the future...

He's also an INCREDIBLY nice guy. He came up last year and did a signing at our store, and we hung out with him in KC last april at a con. He even took me and my partner out for barbeque. Class act all around

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:16 am

daydreamscomics wrote:Fables - YES YES
Northlanders - YES YES

I just read Northlanders Vol 1. A bargain for $9.99 in the TPB. Intriguing story and great artwork. A few spoilers:

The scene where Sven kills as the stag was one of the coolest things I have seen depicted in comics.

ncameron · Post by **ncameron** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:46 pm

Vertigo for me:

Current
Young Liars till 18

Fables
Scalped

Finished
Y the Last Man(60 issues, 10 trades, or 5 Hardcover editions)
American Century(27 issues, only 1 trade released)

In Trade
DMZ
100 Bullets(13th and final trade out in a few months)
Sandman(Absolute Editions)(4 soon to be joined by Absolute Death)
Transmetropolitan (11 trades, though the 0 trade is just a collection of the 2 prestige format books)

Back Issue Bin Hunts
Sandman Mystery Theatre
Shade the Changing Man
Lucifer
Exterminators

Honarary Vertigo Title
Ex Machina

I plan on picking up Preacher in the recolored HC's but that calls for a time of smarter fiscal sanity or a con where I can find it 1/2 off.

-neil

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