COMIC BOOKS GRR

You know, those weird talky picture pages. They're cool and you should read them.

Here's a free online comic from some professional guy who does that sort of thing:
http://www.freakangels.com/?p=23

Here's something you might have heard of:
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia ... p?gid=1358

Something probably entirely inappropriate:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/02/16/ ... n-burrows/

And something only slightly less inappropriate, but with superheroes:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/07/07/ ... bsolution/

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Read The Sandman, The Watchmen, and MiracleMan (really great for 26 issues, then cancelled due to legal issues). I like some other stuff, but these are by far the best.

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if your a fan of video games or scott pilgrim or curious of who he is

http://www.scottpilgrim.com/

There is word on a new book out with an 8th evil ex.

Based on Toronto and its very funny and witty

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'The Watchmen'

All good suggestions though, and Watchmen is what got me into comics back in the day.

I find Scott Pilgrim being mentioned every time comics are brought up amusing, as I've been following it for awhile and was at this huge chapter 6 block party (w/ Bryan Lee O'Malley) back in July.

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Seriously, nobody else?

I want some suggestions people, good graphic novel type stuff.

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I use to read a lot of comics.. tho when I got really busy with school I stopped and never started up again. Anything by Grant Morrison was always interesting to me. We3 and his run of Animal Man are something I remember being good. There was also this crazy one I've got on my harddrive somewhere.. Subway pirates. I remember it had subway pirates. So classy.

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Grant Morrison is a very good writer.

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No, he's not. Everything he writes is pretentious and nonsensical and just really, really awful. I mean, have you read Return of Bruce Wayne? Goddamnit.

Anyway, Warren Ellis is where it's at. If you haven't read Transmetropolitan, go do that now. For a start.

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Different strokes for different folks.


Warren Ellis needs to get back on Fell. Seriously. >C

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The only thing I'm reading right now is The Walking Dead.

Ima zombie nut....

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Not much of a comic guy myself, though I do have some interest.

Hack Slash was pretty decent with the twenty or so issues I've read. In short, it's about some crazy foul-mouthed goth chick that goes around killing serial killers which happen to have some kind of pseudo-immortality. She doesn't have any kind of powers at all and her as well as everyone she associates with gets into deep trouble with cults and what-have-you. Even the most formidable of the protagonists still has nothing more going for them beyond being taller than average. And they somehow find ways to defeat cosmic horrors that don't feel like major cop outs

The Killing Joke is good, but doesn't quite live up to the stellar recommendations it tends to receive. It did provide some of the inspiration for the interpretation of the Joker you see in the Dark Knight movie, but as a whole it's just a little bit above par in my opinion.


I've had an interest in reading at least one of the installments of Empowered myself, but the pricetag is just a wee bit off-putting at the moment. It's about a C-list heroine that goes by the name Empowered(all the good superhero names were trademarked). Her power? She's got a supersuit that pretty much gives her superstrength and a few other nifty abilities, but...She loses all of that if the suit is damaged. And it's fragile as all hell. So most of the time she needs rescuing. But at least it can regenerate over time and Empowered herself occasionally proves she's not just some random dumb blond. Oh, and for added lulz her dayjob is cosplaying as herself.



I've heard read nothing but good about the manga incarnations of Trigun and Excel Saga but of course not being into comics much I can't say whether or not I know they're good(and FFS: comics and manga are the same damn thing!)

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Except mangas are generally worse.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcats_(comics) the second best superhero team next to the X MEN

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Is it good? I'mma go out on a limb and buy the compendium

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If you like the show, you'll like the comic. Which isn't to say that they're the same, just to say that they're at a similar level of high quality.

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It's very good imo. Some very memorable characters.

Wallace is right, if you liked the show you will enjoy the comic as well.

With the exception of the pilot, the rest of the show steers away from the book.

I hope the second season get back on track somewhat.

I've gone through 11 volumes of
The Walking Dead and it's fantastic. Haven't watched the show yet but that's next. Other comics I like:

Lone Wolf and Cub
Samurai Executioner
Path of the Assassin
Hellboy
The Goon
Watchmen
Dark Knight Returns
Sin City series
Kingdom Come
Earth X
Top Ten
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Lobo Christmas Special
The Authority
Sandman
Death: High Cost of Living

Anything and everything Deadpool. I particularly loved Cable & Deadpool.

As for online comics I pretty religiously read Looking For Group (http://www.lfgcomic.com/) but that's it at the moment.

Yes. Yes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P21Re_mB2Q

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So I checked out Freakangels from this thread and ended up reading the entire thing in one sitting. Goddamned amazing comic.