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marko2te said:
Dark Horse Conan was usually pretty weak, though there were some good moments. The Greg Ruth illustrated issues were great, I thought. But generally Busiek is a very unexciting writer.
Marvel Conan is a lot of fun, but I'm a John Buscema junkie. I recommend the "Savage Sword" reprints Dark Horse is doing. Cheap and large, and the art looks great.
Herr Mike said:
TwinkieGorilla
This ghoul has seen it all
anyone follow 100 Bullets? one of my favorites and i just now realized i forgot to pick up the softcover collection which came out in september! 
TwinkieGorilla said:anyone follow 100 Bullets? one of my favorites and i just now realized i forgot to pick up the softcover collection which came out in september!
I don't read that as I'm not a big Azzarello fan but Risso is one of the best artists in the biz. I look forward to whatever he does next.
Issue 100 recently came out, I think.
gotthammer
First time out of the vault
My favs:
Christopher Moeller's Iron Empires (they were 'Shadow Empires' before, tho'): Faith Conquers and Sheva's War
Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell stuff and Dominion Tank Police (tho' I've only managed to read, and keep on re-reading, Conflict 1: No More Noise)
Christopher Moeller's Iron Empires (they were 'Shadow Empires' before, tho'): Faith Conquers and Sheva's War
Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell stuff and Dominion Tank Police (tho' I've only managed to read, and keep on re-reading, Conflict 1: No More Noise)
Ausdoerrt said:
Aye. One of the few pearls in the manga ocean of shit. The architectural shots are pure awesome.
Anyone here heard about Ashley Wood? No? Well, now you do. Check his stuff out, it's beyond amazing.
Good comics
I've been reading comic books all my life. Being Danish, I was mostly exposed to European comics as a kid: Tintin, Asterix, Lucky Luke and so on. Of course I've also read most of the American superhero comics that were translated into Danish back then, like Superman, X-men, Spiderman, etc.
I still find a good "European" comic once every few years, when I can be bothered to check for them at the library, but I gave up on the superhero ones a long time ago, partly due to the fact that I never thought they were really that good, and partly because I couldn't keep up with all the time travelling, cloning and alternate dimensions.
So these days my comic book reading is mostly restricted to what accidentally catches my interest, as I stumble about the internet. I found some good ones in the last few years: the adaptations of G.R.R.M.'s Hedge Knight short stories, a series called The Walking Dead, and recently (inspired by all hubbub about the film) Watchmen. I also bought a couple of trade paperback collections of Dark Horse's Conan, which I thought was pretty good, and now I'm considering getting the first collection of Rex Mundi, because it looks interesting.
Anyway, I prefer to buy collections (preferably hardback) or one-issue comics (I guess that's what some people call graphic novels), since I can't be bothered to buy single issues every month, just to get 15 pages further into the story. Also, I prefer if the scope of the story is limited, so I won't have to buy every single issue (or trade paperback collection) for 50 years to come.
Does anyone have any recommendations? Feel free to add your own favourites and discuss, even if your favourites doesn't fit my criteria.
I've been reading comic books all my life. Being Danish, I was mostly exposed to European comics as a kid: Tintin, Asterix, Lucky Luke and so on. Of course I've also read most of the American superhero comics that were translated into Danish back then, like Superman, X-men, Spiderman, etc.
I still find a good "European" comic once every few years, when I can be bothered to check for them at the library, but I gave up on the superhero ones a long time ago, partly due to the fact that I never thought they were really that good, and partly because I couldn't keep up with all the time travelling, cloning and alternate dimensions.
So these days my comic book reading is mostly restricted to what accidentally catches my interest, as I stumble about the internet. I found some good ones in the last few years: the adaptations of G.R.R.M.'s Hedge Knight short stories, a series called The Walking Dead, and recently (inspired by all hubbub about the film) Watchmen. I also bought a couple of trade paperback collections of Dark Horse's Conan, which I thought was pretty good, and now I'm considering getting the first collection of Rex Mundi, because it looks interesting.
Anyway, I prefer to buy collections (preferably hardback) or one-issue comics (I guess that's what some people call graphic novels), since I can't be bothered to buy single issues every month, just to get 15 pages further into the story. Also, I prefer if the scope of the story is limited, so I won't have to buy every single issue (or trade paperback collection) for 50 years to come.
Does anyone have any recommendations? Feel free to add your own favourites and discuss, even if your favourites doesn't fit my criteria.
used to be decent:
- Aquablue
- XIII
- Thorgal
- Largo Winch
- Soda
- Travis
free translations (don't know the original title & cba to look it up)
- The curse of amber
- The regulator
but quite a bit of those have gone severely downhill lately as far as i'm concerned.
most of these have story arcs over a few books. but you can easily buy them paired up correctly.
and for the graphic novel lovers: yes, these are all extremely commercial ones, and i don't care.
- Aquablue
- XIII
- Thorgal
- Largo Winch
- Soda
- Travis
free translations (don't know the original title & cba to look it up)
- The curse of amber
- The regulator
but quite a bit of those have gone severely downhill lately as far as i'm concerned.
most of these have story arcs over a few books. but you can easily buy them paired up correctly.
and for the graphic novel lovers: yes, these are all extremely commercial ones, and i don't care.
Grayswandir
Mildly Dipped
Arf, I spent half of my life reading, mmm "European comics" in the library... And with my brother and sister, we must have hundreds of them... (the blueberry from Giraud, the valerian from Mezière..)
Btw, I just spend one hour today there to read the first Walking Dead.
The first XIII are quite good, but I didn't like the last ones, and Thorgal, Soda is really good.
There are also the Bilal (Immortal, the comic is a lot better than the movie), he just released an album with people with animal genes... Wonderful, as always.
I also really like Blacksad, where people are drawn as animals...
http://www.brokenfrontier.com/img/2006/aug/Blacksad_4.jpg
And all the "Trondheim" (it's an author name). All of his work is simply hilarous, but I don't know if it is translated... (Lapinot, Donjon?)
Together with Sfarr (the cat of the Rabbi?), they founded "l'association", who first published a lot of more "serious" comics, like Persepolis of Marjane Satrapi.
There is also a lot of work from people with more existentialist question, like Larcenet.
A lot of new authors are being discovered trough their blog, I suppose it's the same for the US too. One of the topic of the authors community on the web is about the number of zombi you need to kill a cow, or how " The Black Smurfs " is the first zombi comic ever.
One of the most famous webcomic author is "Boulet". Well, since it's in french, I give you the link to one of a little wordless comic he made for the 24 hours of Angouleme : the author is in a closed room with other authors, the organisators give them the theme of the contest plus some conditions(like wordless and in a museum) and he must draw a 24 pages comic in 24 hours...
http://www.bouletcorp.com/lite/index.php?&annee=2009&mois=02&jour=16
Don't mind the last case at the bottom and just click at "page suivante" to read the next page...
Btw, I just spend one hour today there to read the first Walking Dead.
The first XIII are quite good, but I didn't like the last ones, and Thorgal, Soda is really good.
There are also the Bilal (Immortal, the comic is a lot better than the movie), he just released an album with people with animal genes... Wonderful, as always.
I also really like Blacksad, where people are drawn as animals...
http://www.brokenfrontier.com/img/2006/aug/Blacksad_4.jpg
And all the "Trondheim" (it's an author name). All of his work is simply hilarous, but I don't know if it is translated... (Lapinot, Donjon?)
Together with Sfarr (the cat of the Rabbi?), they founded "l'association", who first published a lot of more "serious" comics, like Persepolis of Marjane Satrapi.
There is also a lot of work from people with more existentialist question, like Larcenet.
A lot of new authors are being discovered trough their blog, I suppose it's the same for the US too. One of the topic of the authors community on the web is about the number of zombi you need to kill a cow, or how " The Black Smurfs " is the first zombi comic ever.
One of the most famous webcomic author is "Boulet". Well, since it's in french, I give you the link to one of a little wordless comic he made for the 24 hours of Angouleme : the author is in a closed room with other authors, the organisators give them the theme of the contest plus some conditions(like wordless and in a museum) and he must draw a 24 pages comic in 24 hours...
http://www.bouletcorp.com/lite/index.php?&annee=2009&mois=02&jour=16
Don't mind the last case at the bottom and just click at "page suivante" to read the next page...
I've noticed that a lot of people in this topic mention Thorgal. I've noticed that comic a lot of times at the library, but it didn't seem interesting enough to pick up. Maybe I should give it a go, after all.
Has anyone here read Morbus Gravis, by Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri? It's semi-pornographic, but it's well drawn and has an excellent story. It reminds me of Heavy Metal, and I think it may have been featured in a couple of issues.
Also, I see that a number of people like Dylan Dog. I've never had the chance to read it, and I don't think it was ever published in Denmark, but the movie Dellamorte Dellamore is supposedly a spin-off. It might be worth checking out if you're a fan of Dylan Dog, but it's an excellent movie and I'd recommend it to anyone. It's called Cemetary Man in USA.
Has anyone here read Morbus Gravis, by Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri? It's semi-pornographic, but it's well drawn and has an excellent story. It reminds me of Heavy Metal, and I think it may have been featured in a couple of issues.
Also, I see that a number of people like Dylan Dog. I've never had the chance to read it, and I don't think it was ever published in Denmark, but the movie Dellamorte Dellamore is supposedly a spin-off. It might be worth checking out if you're a fan of Dylan Dog, but it's an excellent movie and I'd recommend it to anyone. It's called Cemetary Man in USA.
Radwaster
It Wandered In From the Wastes
Flop wrote:
I rarely even glance at Marvel/DC as the art rarely interests me.
Personal faves:
Marshal Law. Extreme art from Kev O'Niell.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (but NOT the fucking terrible movie). More wierd art from Kev but more refined.
From Hell. Well told with atmospheric b/w art.
Watchmen - great story, average art.
Sandman - likewise.
Dan Dare had some great art and front page layouts for the time.
Zap comix (underground stuff).
Most obscene comic artist: S.Clay Wilson. Makes Tijuana bibles look domesticated.
Edited to spell Tijuana correctly
Yup. As you say.
I rarely even glance at Marvel/DC as the art rarely interests me.
Personal faves:
Marshal Law. Extreme art from Kev O'Niell.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (but NOT the fucking terrible movie). More wierd art from Kev but more refined.
From Hell. Well told with atmospheric b/w art.
Watchmen - great story, average art.
Sandman - likewise.
Dan Dare had some great art and front page layouts for the time.
Zap comix (underground stuff).
Most obscene comic artist: S.Clay Wilson. Makes Tijuana bibles look domesticated.
Edited to spell Tijuana correctly
Seymour the spore plant
Still Mildly Glowing
Haven't seen it mentioned in this thread, so thought I'd throw The Invisibles, by Grant Morrison, out there. Definitely one of the best long-running series I've read, and a masterpiece of mindfuckery.
I'd include Lone Wolf and Cub in that list (though I've hated all things Koike since it, including what I've seen of the sequel), along with Blade of the Immortal (at least as far as art is concerned, even if the story is nothing to write home about).
Lots of french stuff in there... ever read Arthur: Une Epopée Céltique? I loved the art, plus the way they just embraced the most outlandish aspects of Arthurian legend instead of going for realism like the current revisionist fad. Also, Les Compagnons du Crepuscule is pretty good, oldschool stuff.
Wooz said:
I'd include Lone Wolf and Cub in that list (though I've hated all things Koike since it, including what I've seen of the sequel), along with Blade of the Immortal (at least as far as art is concerned, even if the story is nothing to write home about).
SuAside said:
Lots of french stuff in there... ever read Arthur: Une Epopée Céltique? I loved the art, plus the way they just embraced the most outlandish aspects of Arthurian legend instead of going for realism like the current revisionist fad. Also, Les Compagnons du Crepuscule is pretty good, oldschool stuff.