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Feel free to tag anyone else who likes comics and feel free to come on in.

Favorite writers?

Mine:

Jeff Lemire: ( gotta be my number 1 guy right now, I will buy everything creator owned that he does)

Favorite work: Tie between Sweet Tooth and Essex County

Brian K. Vaughn:

Favorite work: Y: The Last Man


Brian Wood:

Favorite work: DMZ


Grant Morrison:

Favorite work: Doom Patrol


Warren Ellis:

Favorite work: Transmetropolitan


Alan Moore (duh):

Favorite Work:

Swamp Thing

Craig Thompson:

Favorite Work:
Blankets

Ed Brubaker:

Favorite work:

Sleeper

Jason Aaron:

Favorite work:

Scalped (though Southern Bastards might take this when it's over).


James Robinson solely for Starman, Brian Azzarello solely for 100 Bullets, and Bill Willingham solely for like the first 80 issues of Fables, Paul Chadwick for Concrete, Stan Sakai for Usagi, Mike Mignola for Hellboy, Jeff Smith for Bone, Linda Medley for Castle Waiting.
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On a phone right now, so I'll instead take the time to talk a little about a lesser known artist "Aly Fell" who wrote The Shadow Glass. Fantastic little book. I have all 6 issues and the graphic novel. The art is seriously amazing.

http://www.comicbookcritic.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/25076.jpg
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I have no idea about any of those stuff. But I read comics. I read The Walking Dead, Buffy and Angel comics.
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besides the Archie reboot, I haven't really followed comics in a while.

but The Fix and Four Kids Walk Into a Bank are pretty good, if you like dark comedy/ crime-dramas.

I also read some of Biter, which was kinda interesting.
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I'm in the middle of reading Batman: The Cult. Heard it was good
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ChromaticAngel posted...

On a phone right now, so I'll instead take the time to talk a little about a lesser known artist "Aly Fell" who wrote The Shadow Glass. Fantastic little book. I have all 6 issues and the graphic novel. The art is seriously amazing.

http://www.comicbookcritic.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/25076.jpg

Never heard of it or her, but her Art is fucking amazing.



FF_Redux posted...

I have no idea about any of those stuff. But I read comics. I read The Walking Dead, Buffy and Angel comics.

I've been reading the Walking Dead for a long time, haven't picked up the two most recent volumes yet, though.

boxington posted...

but The Fix

That's written by Nick Spencer right? He did Morning Glories, which I've read roughly half of(though it's not close to done even with 50 issues).



TheoryzC posted...

I'm in the middle of reading Batman: The Cult. Heard it was good

To be honest, I haven't been into capes for a long time, with few exceptions like Kurt Busiek's excellent Astro City. And James Robinson's masterful Starman which is as good as Vertigo's best.

ImAMarvel posted...

Paper_Okami posted...

Favorite writers?

Grant Morrison is my all-time favorite. Dude is so good, he makes me want to write.

Have you read Doom Patrol?

If Not, you have no excuses.

https://www.amazon.com/Doom-Patrol-Omnibus-Grant-Morrison/dp/1401245625

Whenever you got the cash grab it, it's fucking mind bendingly amazing.


I just picked up the first of 4 deluxe editions that collect his Invisibles series today. (read the TPB years ago, but since I only owned the first one felt I might as well just get the Deluxe series).

Animal Man is also pretty essential. And The Filth is really interesting, even if I don't really understand it.

I've also read his Joe Barbarian which is pretty good, but kind of mundane in comparison to most of his stuff. Seaguy which is weird,short, and kind of fun.

I have Flex Mentallo which is a spinoff of Doom Patrol, haven't read it yet.
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wish they'd come out with an omnibus of bendis' all new x men and uncanny x men
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are there any comics that dont suck right now?

last thing i kinda liked was Magneto's solo title
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Saga
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Image actually has tons of amazing stuff. Black Science, The Black Monday Murders, Roche Limit, Descender
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I like Archie Sonic The Hedgehog comics, plus some others.
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I'm currently making my way through Sandman

Neil Gaiman is the shit
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Obstacle2 posted...

Image actually has tons of amazing stuff. Black Science, The Black Monday Murders, Roche Limit, Descender

For sure the only one of those I've read is Descender, but Image has lots of really interesting titles like:

South Bastards
Postal
Low
Shutter
Autumn Lands
Invisible Republic
Monstress
Paper Girls
Lazarus
Black Road
Starve
The Fuse
The Umbral
The Goddamned
East of West
Chew

Plenty of titles I have yet to check out too.

Probably forgot a bunch of notable ones too.


I've been reading Revival it's fucking great. Small town drama with the twist that people who have recently died are brought back as we remember them (or so it seems) characters all dealing with their loved ones coming back and their regular problem and lots of shit happens.

Just finished the fifth volume. I have 6 and 7 too and the vol 8 (the last one) is about to be released at the end of the month.



I really need to finish Sandman I have no excuse for not having done so for so long. I've owned the first 4 vols for so long and only bought the remaining six this past summer. I also had the first 5 vols of Lucifer and bought the remaining 7 this past Summer too.
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I own the first six

I need to start buying the rest >_>
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I've honestly only read a few, bit I always did enjoy them.

This reminds me, actually, tht I haven't bought m yself a paperback for my birthday last month yet. I've been doing it every year since I was a junior in college.
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ImAMarvel posted...

I haven't read a lot of Morrison's earlier stuff.

You gotta read Doom Patrol Bra, it's fucking amazing.

ImAMarvel posted...

There's a lot more Image books I need to be reading.

So many fucking great image books.
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TheoryzC posted...

I'm in the middle of reading Batman: The Cult. Heard it was good

It is. One of my favorite Batman stories and of course wonderful art by the recently departed Berni Wrightson.
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ImAMarvel posted...

Paper_Okami posted...

You gotta read Doom Patrol Bra, it's fucking amazing.

Yeah, I really want to get to that. It's been something that I've been wanting to get to for the longest time.

I also want to check out Gerard Way's Doom Patrol. I've heard nothing but good things about that and Young Animal in general.

Morrison's Doom Patrol is so perfect, I've never really had the inclination to check out anything after him. Same for every Swamp Thing after Moore's.

I just finished vol 7 of Revival, damn it's so fucking good. Can't wait til the final volume comes out in about 18 days.
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Picked up TAS Vol. 5 #25 the other day. Holy shit, it is a BIG issue, but it is also 10 fucking dollars for the standard issue!
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ImAMarvel posted...

I really like The Wicked + The Divine and Sex Criminals. There's a lot more Image books I need to be reading. I also really liked Invincible but I haven't kept up with that in awhile.

You'll probably like Saga. I highly suggest you pick it up.



What are your guys' favourite comic book runs/series of all time? I haven't read too many comics, but I'd say mine are: Watchmen, Saga, Whedon's Astonishing X-Men, Snyder's Batman (Court of Owls and Death of the Family), and King's Omega Men.
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Obstacle2 posted...

What are your guys' favourite comic book runs/series of all time?

Oh man....:

Y: The Last Man (same writer as Saga)
Fables (Mostly the first half of it)
James Robinson's Starman
Hellboy
Transmetropolitan
Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol
Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
DMZ
Concrete
Castle Waiting
Preacher
100 Bullets
Sleeper
Sweet Tooth
Astro City
Watchmen
Usagi Yojimbo

Also Rocketo, which is so amazing was supposed to have 4 different 12 issues storyarcs, but years later there is only the first one collected, but it's so fucking god. If I had a lot of money I would fucking bankroll the dude.

In other news


Got the other 5 vols of Ed Brubaker's Criminal a while ago, i've had the first 2 for years.

Just re-read the first vol of it. Brubaker is easily one of the best crime/noir comics writers. Though I doubt anything will dethrone the masterpiece that is Brian Azarello's 100 Bullets, which is one of the best comics ever.
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Just finished volume reading all 7 volumes of criminal. Good stuff.

Vol 7 came out like 6 years after 6, so maybe they will have some more stories.
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boxington posted...

besides the Archie reboot, I haven't really followed comics in a while.

Same. I can't believe what a huge Archie fan I've become over the last few years. Really love all their rebooted titles and the horror stuff. Really been enjoying Riverdale as well. They're my go to company these days for comics

ImAMarvel posted...

Speaking of Archie, I really, really liked Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but that one keeps on going through so many delays. It's still one of the few horror comics I've read that did horror in comic books right.

Yeah it's really great. The writer on that and afterlife with archie is also the show runner for Riverdale, so the books come out sporadically. But I did see the artist from Sabrina tweeted out recently that he just finished up the newest issue. Can't wait to get a new one soon.