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What's your favorite comic book and what's the last one you've read?
opt2not:
I really haven't collected or read a comic in a long while now. I just even got rid of the last of the comics I collected when I was younger, but I saved only a few that I just had to keep.
The Dark Knight Returns - first and second series, though I love the first one better. So dark and gritty, and the artwork was amazing.
Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown - pretty cool plot, but the artwork was so wonderfully different. Done with water colour and inks, with very cool designs. When I was a kid, I used to catch myself just staring long at each panel.
No wonder I'm an artist.
Ginsu Victim:
The only thing I read regularly now is The Walking Dead.
I never buy comics anymore, just trade editions and graphic novels.
Batman: The Killing Joke is definitely my favorite, though I love The Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Year Two, and Gotham By Gaslight.
opt2not: You are correct, sir. Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown IS awesome.
I've also been buying The Dark Tower and Marvel Zombies hardcovers, but both of them have lost my interest over time.
Currently reading (while I await the next Walking Dead volume): Dylan Dog, Preacher, and Scott Pilgrim (which I started way before the movie, just never finished).
jamesjones626:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on October 05, 2011, 12:28:46 am ---The only thing I read regularly now is The Walking Dead.
I never buy comics anymore, just trade editions and graphic novels.
Batman: The Killing Joke is definitely my favorite, though I love The Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Year Two, and Gotham By Gaslight.
opt2not: You are correct, sir. Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown IS awesome.
I've also been buying The Dark Tower and Marvel Zombies hardcovers, but both of them have lost my interest over time.
Currently reading (while I await the next Walking Dead volume): Dylan Dog and Preacher
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I use to have batman the killing joke first print when i was a teen, use to drive me insane anytime i seen the joker on some batman show or cartoon as some looney wimpy shmuck when he's really an insane killer.
I use to read uncanny x-men in the 80's and then the 2nd series x-men in the 90's. I havn't kept up with comic books since i was 15 (im 31 now) so i bought some recent uncanny x-men comics mainly for the cover art and the nostelgia of going to the comic store.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: jamesjones626 on October 05, 2011, 12:44:32 am ---I use to have batman the killing joke first print when i was a teen
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Still got mine. ;D
Rando:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on October 05, 2011, 12:28:46 am ---I never buy comics anymore, just trade editions and graphic novels.
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Ditto on this point,
I don't have time or patience to follow monthly books, so populate my Amazon wish list with books so people have something easy to get me for Birthday/Christmas. I was out of comics for a while, and then I found a Podcast (iFanboy) that I found pretty good and they regularly make recommendations like "Best book of month" or "top 5 trades". Using this I got some books to try out and pretty much everything that they've recommended I've enjoyed. Below are some that stand out in my recent memory:
- Fables (ongoing) - Stories featuring characters from traditional fairy tales that live in our modern day world after escaping from their individual worlds. (Ex: Snow White didn't really enjoy her time with the dwarves, Prince charming is kind of a womanizer having married and divorced several leading ladies, Little boy blue is kind of a badass that had to leave a lot of friends behind, story of the Frog Prince is sad sad sad...)
- Y the last Man (ended series) - Just what it sounds like, something happens, and all males of all species on Earth suddenly perish, except for one guy and his monkey. I'm in the middle of these trades.
- Mouse Guard (2 HC books) - Heavy on visuals, low on words, really pretty books featuring Mice which reminds me of LOTR a bit.
- Scott Pilgrim (6 digest sized books) - Recently made into a good movie, story about a slacker and his quest to win a girl, which he can only do if he defeats her 7 evil exes. Lot of video game references in movie & books.
- Pride of Baghdad (trade) - Really neat story about a pride of lions that escape from a Zoo in Iraq following US bombings.
I have "Walking Dead" and "War Stories" to read but haven't broken into them yet. All above are fairly recent non-traditional comics, I've heard the latest run on FF4 is really good and is on my list to get. Some of the recent DC reboot (Wonder Woman anyone?) looks good as well, but will probably be a few years before I get to try any.
[EDIT: Didn't read full request, some of my all time favorites: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (non Archie version), Uncanny X-Men, Grendel.]
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