What comics are you reading now?

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:17 pm

at my 50 book a month habit its a deal
no more dhl next year guess we get ups

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:34 pm

Tim wrote: The only reason I'm still getting Flash is that I've been reading that title for 20 years and at some point it's bound to get better. I hope.

I dropped it. I couldn't take it anymore. I want to like the book. It's the only DC character that I've liked enough to try and start a legit SA collection. After about a year of paying 2.99 a month for garbage, I made the tough choice to be done with it. I'm not missing it now.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm

caxiotis wrote:Has anybody read the Northlanders series? I was thinking about picking it up, wasn't sure if it was anygood. Also, 100 Bullets and Fables.

Fables might be the best book I've ever read. EVERY story arc is GREAT.

Sandman is A+, so is Fables.

Astro City (first 2 runs) is A+, Ruse #1-12 A+.

But it might be Fables as my #1 book.

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:19 pm

Thanks for the recommendations. I picked up the first sandman today and my LCS was out of the first Fables book. I will definitely pick it up with all of your guys' praise.

I am really getting tired of reading the X-Men and Spider-man books. It is like the same sh*t different day. I am really enjoying books by Brubaker, stazcynski and johns. I think that I am going to have to supplement spidy and x-men for some of these vertigo books to just check them out.

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:34 pm

caxiotis wrote:Thanks for the recommendations. I picked up the first sandman today and my LCS was out of the first Fables book. I will definitely pick it up with all of your guys' praise.

Fables needs to be read from the beginning . . the first book is a little hokey . . but the series takes flight with the 2nd tpb and never looks back . . .

I really just gets better and better with each trade . . .

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:36 pm

siren3-4 wrote:
caxiotis wrote:Thanks for the recommendations. I picked up the first sandman today and my LCS was out of the first Fables book. I will definitely pick it up with all of your guys' praise.

Fables needs to be read from the beginning . . the first book is a little hokey . . but the series takes flight with the 2nd tpb and never looks back . . .

I really just gets better and better with each trade . . .

I agree, but you do have to start at the beginning.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:09 am

Dr. Solar wrote:I finally got around to reading Blankets.

Man, that was a good book. Very touching.

Skyscrapers Of The Midwest is up next.

Are those two related? I read a little write up on Blankets. It sounds good, but is it tough to find or is it in print still?

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:14 am

superman-prime wrote:marvel is thinking of raising prices to 3.99 next year

not good

Won't bother me, I dropped everything Marvel and cuoldn't be happier! Haven't missed it a bit!

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:19 am

caxiotis wrote:I am really getting tired of reading the X-Men and Spider-man books. It is like the same sh*t different day. I think that I am going to have to supplement spidy and x-men for some of these vertigo books to just check them out.

Do it!! Cut the ties to Marvel crap and read something worth reading! There is good writing out there! Fables, Sandman, Air, Madame Xanadu had a good start, and there's more but you have to search for them and read this thread for recomendations. This thread has really helped me find good writing instead of books I'm just going through the motions with every month.

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:45 am

Jay Tomio wrote:
400yrs wrote:
Dr. Solar wrote:I finally got around to reading Blankets.

Man, that was a good book. Very touching.

Skyscrapers Of The Midwest is up next.
Are those two related? I read a little write up on Blankets. It sounds good, but is it tough to find or is it in print still?
No they aren't related. You can find Blankets on Amazon.

Skyscrapers Of The Midwest is fantastic.

I got Blankets at a Borders. It always seems to be there too. It's easy to find. It was really fantastic. It's a love story, and it really expresses what it is like to fall in love for the first time amazingly.

I've been on a "good" comics kick lately, and the "good" stuff isn't coming from Marvel or DC.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:34 pm

I cut almost all my marvel stuff. too much of the same thing all the time

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:33 am

I'm at April Fools Day in Long Halloween.

I like it, but it reads VERY fast. Not much dialogue, but good.

I really like the "feel" of the art of the book.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:58 am

I heard dresden was a good read ill have to check it out

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:53 am

Elveen wrote:I'm at April Fools Day in Long Halloween.

I like it, but it reads VERY fast. Not much dialogue, but good.

I really like the "feel" of the art of the book.

Long Halloween=greatness.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:05 pm

Elveen wrote:I'm at April Fools Day in Long Halloween.

I like it, but it reads VERY fast. Not much dialogue, but good.

I really like the "feel" of the art of the book.

Tim Sale does a GREAT job on the art, but also in the symbolism. Look at how he foreshadows Harvey becoming Two Face by showing half of his face in the dark and half in the light. There's some other stuff going on there with his art that is cool

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:21 pm

just finished the 4th issue of new krypton great stuff

GLC and gl continue to rock

ultimatum is starting well

great reads for me this week

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:30 pm

So now that I am done with Long Halloween, I am now going to start my Secret Wars TPB.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:39 pm

Elveen wrote:So now that I am done with Long Halloween, I am now going to start my Secret Wars TPB.

Oh, that's a great one too!

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:40 pm

Just got BPRD: 1946 TPB in the mail today, so I will be reading that immediately. I also have Abe Sapien: The drowning TPB to read too.

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:11 pm

all this talk about reading the books made me think of how cool it would be to have a comic shop with a "borders/coffee shop" atmosphere. mystic new age music playing softly in the backround with a bunch of must read hardcovers on the coffee table. zeph would pop in three times a day to chat, you could drink a double mocha frappa-puchizi mulgrew and bask in the greatness our beloved medium...until some whack job kid steals yer freekin hardbound edition of killing joke while you were tossing those three trekkies out for arguing about the photon lasers schematics they found on the internet!

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:07 pm

dave wrote:all this talk about reading the books made me think of how cool it would be to have a comic shop with a "borders/coffee shop" atmosphere. mystic new age music playing softly in the backround with a bunch of must read hardcovers on the coffee table. zeph would pop in three times a day to chat, you could drink a double mocha frappa-puchizi mulgrew and bask in the greatness our beloved medium...until some whack job kid steals yer freekin hardbound edition of killing joke while you were tossing those three trekkies out for arguing about the photon lasers schematics they found on the internet!

Sounds like a SNL sketch.

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:20 pm

there would have to be a membership or something-only cool peeps allowed, like this here board...and of course i get in anyway, because it was my idea

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:03 pm

has anybody else been reading the Samurai - Legend Limited series published by Marvel? I can hardly put it down. I really great read. It is European comic book translated into english.

The only downfall is that the books are pricey. I spent $6 yesterday for book #3. #1 and #2 were $5 each.

dave · Post by **dave** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:33 pm

reading dogs of war from defiant
and have a stack of ruse form crossgen to go through.

BloodOfHeroes · Post by **BloodOfHeroes** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:39 pm

Just picked up a run of DoW in the quarter boxes. Wardancer was my fave title from that line, but DoW had some goos moments, as well.