Comics and graphic novels

I usually read DC Comics (Marvel has been crap currently).

Here's what I'm reading currently:

Secret Six (good fun, dark and hilarious. Great characters. Its one of those "Best comic book no one is reading" diamonds in the rough. Written by Gail Simone.)

Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps (Since Rebirth, those are two of the best comic books currently. Sinestro Corps War was awesome, and the Blackest Night has just started. The dead will rise, the universe is at war and Johns and Tomasi will hopefully deliver)

Superman: New Krypton (There are now 100.000 Kryptonians in a artificial planet opposite of the sun. And they're arrogant super-dicks commanded by Alura Zor-El and General Zod. War is imminent. The main books are currently a bit weak but still good even without the main character, who's only appearing on the World of New Krypton mini. Right now, New Krypton and Earth are in a cold war.)


Here's some reading advice:
Hitman by Garth Ennis (One of the best comic books I've read. Good, consistant, darkly hilarious and engages in a healthy ammount of parody. Its basically a comic about a irish gothamite Hitman and his friends, living by the gun. I love how its inside the DC Universe, managing to parody it and respect at the same time.)

Superman: Red Son (What if Superman ship fell in the Soviet Union? Great read by Millar)

Kingdown Come (the timeless classic and also the best critique against the "Nineties Anti-Hero." Recently had a "sequel" of sorts in Justice Society, which was also very good)

52 (a great story in a weekly format. After Infinite Crisis, most big time heroes are either resting, depowered or missing. The story focuses on B-class heroes and their struggles during a year. Great history, great characters, some really humorous moments. Also, Black Adam kills a lot of people in gory ways. Written by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid and Greg Rucka)
 
Sander said:
In fact, I think that for most kids here the exposure to superheroes throughout the '80s and '90s, at least, was almost always the animated shows on TV (which had some great quality, Batman and X-Men especially).
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Marvel and DC comics were easily available over here during the eighties, they were even translated into Dutch by JuniorPress. I read them. I read "De Spectaculaire Spiderman", "De X-Mannen", "De Vergelders" en some other Spiderman comic series, something "Peter Parker...". I loved the art on Peter Parker/Spiderman that was done by Todd McFarlane during the late eighties and early nineties. The way he drew the web. Friggin' awesome. He also always hid an extra spider in his cover art. And the way he depicted some of Spiderman's foes, like Mysterio and Elektro, just perfect. Even the Hulk looked fucking awesome when he drew him. Great comic times. Great memories.

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alec said:
Marvel and DC comics were easily available over here during the eighties, they were even translated into Dutch by JuniorPress. I read them. I read "De Spectaculaire Spiderman", "De X-Mannen", "De Vergelders" en some other Spiderman comic series, something "Peter Parker...". I loved the art on Peter Parker/Spiderman that was done by Todd McFarlane during the late eighties and early nineties. The way he drew the web. Friggin' awesome. He also always hid an extra spider in his cover art. And the way he depicted some of Spiderman's foes, like Mysterio and Elektro, just perfect. Even the Hulk looked fucking awesome when he drew him. Great comic times. Great memories.
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Maybe it was just me then, and the people I know, but none of them ever read any of the American comics.
 
Nah man, you're probably still right. I had one friend who also read them, but that's it. They weren't that popular around here back then. It's still a relatively small market in Europe, I think, even with all the superhero movies.
 
(alec, ALL spiderman comics have a hidden spider on the cover! well, at least they used to. haven't checked one out since the days of McFarlane. but yeah, old tradition! :D )
 
alec said:
Sander said:
en some other Spiderman comic series, something "Peter Parker...". quote]
...The Spectacular Spiderman, Amazing Spiderman, Web of Spiderman, the aforementioned Spiderman MacFarlane did. Marvel Knights, Marvel Team Up, Marvel Presents etc. etc.

Gee Marvel really showed a lot of restraint and never overexposed their characters at all. They really respected the intelligence of it's readers and would never milk a character dry for a few extra bucks would they?:roll:

Again, this is exactly why I walked away from Marvel comics about 15 years ago. Well that and getting hair on my balls kind of changed things too.

The only thing I'll still read is some Alan Moore, Cerebus and Lone Wolf & Cub (have done that one nigh-annually since I originally picked up the large size Image(?) comics version with the Frank Miller covers back in the day.
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TwinkieStabllis said:
(alec, ALL spiderman comics have a hidden spider on the cover! well, at least they used to. haven't checked one out since the days of McFarlane. but yeah, old tradition! :D )
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Thanks for making me look like a complete dumbass.

Also: now I will almost certainly be looking at old Spiderman covers the whole bloody day...
 
Just a Pilgrim by Garth Ennis.... Very dark Post Apoc tale...

Also Crossed by Garth Ennis... very disturbing story as well...
 
Could you guys identify a comic for me? I saw one page either on the Codex or DAC some years ago, there were two astronauts wearing orange suits, one of them had their oxygen tubes rerouted to his pants and soon drowned in his own piss. I would like to read that.
 
The Idiot said:
Could you guys identify a comic for me? I saw one page either on the Codex or DAC some years ago, there were two astronauts wearing orange suits, one of them had their oxygen tubes rerouted to his pants and soon drowned in his own piss. I would like to read that.
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Definitely sounds like something Nicolai would post, I'd ask him.
 
Just finished The Nobody by Jeff Lemire, pretty good read. I've always digged a hero with wrapped in bandages. Wanting to get my hands on 100 Bullets.
 
Cimmerian Nights said:
The Idiot said:
Could you guys identify a comic for me? I saw one page either on the Codex or DAC some years ago, there were two astronauts wearing orange suits, one of them had their oxygen tubes rerouted to his pants and soon drowned in his own piss. I would like to read that.
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Definitely sounds like something Nicolai would post, I'd ask him.
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Ahh that one. It is called The Filth and was made by Grant Morrison, chris weston and Gery erskine.
It is not about austronauts though. Really weird comic. So if you do not like weird character. No handed four-titted women ect. It is one helluva big collection of fetishes in that one. Recognise it?
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Good comic series

Heya fellas, I'm wondering if any of you know of any good comic series that are

a) serious
b) not in a manga style
c) not about super heroes. Extraordinary individuals is OK, but they better not be wearing capes Smile

PA and so on is a plus.

I've recently finished reading The Walking Dead up to the most current one and have ordered Battle Pope which is by the same dude. The longer the series has been going for the better as well.

Regards,
Zaij.
 
Re: Good comic series

Zaij said:
Heya fellas, I'm wondering if any of you know of any good comic series that are

a) serious
b) not in a manga style
c) not about super heroes. Extraordinary individuals is OK, but they better not be wearing capes Smile

PA and so on is a plus.

I've recently finished reading The Walking Dead up to the most current one and have ordered Battle Pope which is by the same dude. The longer the series has been going for the better as well.

Regards,
Zaij.
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Your post strikes me as funny, seeing how you want serious, non-manga, non-superhero comics, but still seem to ask for something action packed (PA, zombies, whatever the fuck floats your boat). Thing is: these themes, these settings, well, they rarely make for serious comics, IMO.

I'd tell you to check out the serious comics stuff done by authors like Chris Ware and Chester Brown and Peter Kuper and Seth, but those comics tend to deal with serious, non-manga, non-superhero, and usually strictly real-life situations. As far as I'm concerned, those kind of comics are the only ones an intelligent human being can call good. I've yet to find a comic that doesn't deal with RL and still manages to persuade me. I actually prefer silent, slapstick comics then. Gawd, even Miller bores the crap out of me, his writing is so juvenile and inconsistent, it's mind-boggling how he got to be so successful in the first place. But hey: good luck. I'm sure you'll find something. :roll:
 
Merely said PA was a plus, never laid it down as a criteria but thanks, I'll check those guys out.
 
Zaij, you might try Alan Moore's original From Hell - stark b/w art, about as far from manga style as you can get.

Marshal Law has capes aplenty but tramples all over the superhero genre.
 
Zaij:

check out "Y The Last Man" by Brian K. Vaughn. it's fucking top-notch story-telling, a new twist on a PA theme, and quite action-packed. oh, and it's damn funny too.

another fast-paced series which is brilliant is 100 Bullets. but i won't give any of that one away. just read it.
 
One of my mates has some 100 Bullets which he's willing to lend me, as to the others I'll probably head into the city on Wednesday or some shiz to check out the last man and From Hell, thanks guys that should set me right.
 
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