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Post by angilasman on May 4, 2012 10:34:02 GMT -5
Free Comic Book Day is tomorrow (May 5). Go!
(and I recommend Fantagraphics' Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge freebie)
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Post by Mighty Jack on May 5, 2012 14:31:17 GMT -5
Well I didn't get the Donald, but did grab the DC New 52 freebie, the Valiant sampler, the Bongo comic and the Image sampler (Because I want to see what they are doing with Mike Allred's "It Girl"). So I'm happy with that haul.
As for purchases: Bummed that no one in town has the first issue of Smallville Season 11 on their shelves. Nor any copies of "Alabaster Wolves", which I wanted to check out after reading glowing notices. Guess I'll eventually go the TPB rout on both.
I did get Image comics new "Mind the Gap" - which is a mystery with a hint of Twin Peaks like strangeness. That was a good read and only $2.99 for 50 pages.
Also, if your into scary, DC revived the old Dial H For Hero comic and has re-imagined it as a kind of horror/hero tale. The first issue is out and I enjoyed it as well.
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Post by angilasman on May 5, 2012 16:08:27 GMT -5
Went straight from my graduation to the LCS. Tons of people in costume, and I felt right at home with cap and gown!
My first priority was Adventure Time and my second was Fantagraphics' Carl Barks Donald/Scrooge comic. I got both - and because I'm a subscriber/frequent store customer I got to pick as many other free issues I wanted! (people who were neither just got one comic, with an extra freebie for anything you purchase at the store) I got Superman Family Adventures, Atomic Robo, Moomin, The Smurfs (hated the cartoon, hear the comic's better), and Barnaby (Fantagraphics' other freebie). Then, because the store was also having a 20% off everything sale I bought some Groo back issues!
I had a fantastic time.
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Post by Mighty Jack on May 6, 2012 18:23:28 GMT -5
I went to another shop and I picked up Donald Duck, The Guild and Spider-Man season 1. I later kicked myself because I read that the Star Wars freebie included an Alabaster Wolves sampler. Which I'm real curious about.
The DC New 52 was the best of the ones I grabbed because it had a brand new story, fleshing out a little of the mysterious Pandora. It was drawn by a host of the best artists on staff.
The story that grabbed me most in the Image sampler wasn't "It Girl", but this Zombie thing (can't remember title off top of my head). I'm not really into Zombies (and they are soooo played out), but was a real attenton grabber. So much so that I might pick up a full issue.
Yeah there were people in costume. Black Widow was there and a guy with a great, I mean really great looking Batman suit on.
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Post by angilasman on May 6, 2012 20:38:38 GMT -5
^Great Keaton-style Batman suit with me, too, and an excellent Darth Vadar - also there: Spider-Man, Zatana, Superman, The Doctor (10th), two ghostbusters, a predator, and a bunch of little kids in various Halloween costumes.
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Post by Stnkfist on May 7, 2012 7:29:59 GMT -5
I picked up Serenity, DC 52, Mouse Guard, and Yo-Gabba Gabba to read to my daughter.
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Post by Joker on May 9, 2012 1:06:16 GMT -5
Read:
Invincible: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1 by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley. Mark is a young man who is a senior in high school, a crappy job, and a normal home life. Then he gets superpowers finally and his life turns around. Mark's father is Omni-man, an alien superhero on Earth who is also part of the Guardians of the Globe, a team of heroes who save the world all the time. Mark gets on a teen superteam as his father shows him the ropes and eases into a new world of superheroism when the sudden murder of the Guardians leaves the world in shock. Then the revelation of the truth of his father's past throws everything out of whack in his life.
Robert Kirkman has a distinct style where he establishes a world and then tosses a wrench into the mix when you get comfortable. The sudden twist in the story hits like a punch in the gut and the story refuses to fall into anything terribly conventional so you just want to keep reading. The whole thing is also easy to read so it's very accessible to most readers. Recommended.
Hitman, Vol. 4: Ace of Killers by Garth Ennis, John McCrea, and Steve Pugh. Tommy and friends suddenly have to contend with the demon Mawzir after the infernal being gets Catwoman to steal the Ace of Winchesters, a mythical gun that can kill demons and will easily waste the Hitman. Cats, Tommy, and his friends all have a running gun battle and manages to get Jason Blood/Etrigan to get the Ace, but it could all be for nothing as Mawzir keeps upping his brutal tactics after they all duck into a church for safety. The whole story is pretty hilarious as Tommy seems to have all the right answers up to a point, then things get really interesting. It's like an insane action movie full of laughs.
Superior by Mark Millar and Lienil Yu. Simon is a young boy with multiple sclerosis who watches all of the film about his favorite superhero, Superior. Then a strange talking space monkey gives him one magic wish and he actually becomes Superior. After using all of his new powers to solve the world's problems the space monkey's real motive becomes clear and he creates a real version of a supervillain to seal the deal he's going to make with Superior.
It's like the movie Big, but with a superhero, see? I know that multiple sclerosis is a terrible disease and creating awareness of it is noble except that it's Mark Millar writing. Whenever I go to a comic store I see a magazine called "Clint," which I thought was just run by a Millar fanboy since it always seemed to have Kick-Ass characters or some other work by Millar on the cover. It turns out I was right: its editor is Mark Millar. This was confirmed in the bio by Marvel at the end and that was when I realized that Millar is like the Michael Bay of comics now, successful commercially, but unlikeable because of his ego. His comics company is called MillarWorld, too, so his self-love has become tiresome to me.
I know multiple sclerosis is a terrible thing and I know that Millar has written good stuff in the past, but this story is too mainstream derivative and is probably just to fatten Millar's bank account and ego.
Next up:
Army of Darkness Omnibus, Vol. 1 by various authors and artists
The Question, Vol. 2: Poisoned Ground by Dennis O'Neil, and Denys Cowan
Irredeemable, Vol. 7 by Mark Waid, Peter Krause, and Diego Barreto
28 Days Later, Vol. 5: Ghost Town by Michael Nelson, Alejandro Aragon and Ron Salas
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Post by Mighty Jack on May 12, 2012 3:13:30 GMT -5
^Though highly regarded, I couldn't get into Invincible. It was too much of a silly/angsty soap opra. I mean cripes, there was even a love angle with the fish people! I know I'm in the minority on that. On sad news, one of the creators of Jonah Hex passed away. Figure I'd share it here... Tony DeZunga passes away RIP Tony.
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Post by Mighty Jack on May 22, 2012 23:58:13 GMT -5
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Post by Torgo on May 23, 2012 1:43:49 GMT -5
As long as he's less jumpy than the Kingdom of Monsters writers, there's nowhere to go but up. I'm still waiting on Half-Century War.
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Post by angilasman on May 23, 2012 16:00:37 GMT -5
I might go for the main Godzilla series in trades if the buzz is good. Eric Powell really disappointed me with Kingdom of Monsters - and I'm a big fan of his The Goon, been reading that for years! In fact, the Godzilla parody issue of The Goon was the first thing of his I read (and it's miles above the Godzilla comic he worked on last year). The Godzilla Legends trade comes out next month. I'm reading the classic indie comic Love and Rockets for the first time. Just finished two of the large omnibus editions of the earlier stories and I feel... full. L&R is as dense as a really good novel and after reading about 5 years worth of stories I feel the need to sit down and digest a bit before devour another volume. I really enjoyed it, but some things are like that, you know? It's not a lite, addictive read like Atomic Robo ...Atomic Robo is another series I'm getting into. It's so fun!
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Post by Mighty Jack on May 25, 2012 3:19:50 GMT -5
Bryan K. Vaughan's new series, and it's pretty amazing. Guy at the comic book shop recommended it highly so I grabbed the first 3 issues. Image Comics has been releasing some diverse and interesting material of late, and this lived up to the hype. It's not my usual superhero stuff. Rather it's a sci-fi/fantasy thing about these two people from warring planets, who hook up and have a child. They are being hunted by each side, who both want the infant for whatever reason. I loved the introduction of the character on the cover for issue 3. She's a ghost, a victim of the war, who is aiding the couple. It's an adult title. There's sex and violence and F-bombs a plenty. But it's also well written and the art by Fiona Staples is solid. Also picked up the first issue of Grant Morrison's Batman Incorporated - this continues the story of the earlier series, and it could be confusing to newbies. But it was a great, complex but satisfying read. Batman and Robin battle a cult in a slaughter house, it's a bloodbath and pretty wild.
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Post by Mighty Jack on May 25, 2012 23:39:09 GMT -5
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Post by Torgo on May 25, 2012 23:54:39 GMT -5
That review gains epic win points for claiming the only man who can take Godzilla down is Jason Statham.
With any luck, Statham will be the new Chuck Norris.
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Post by angilasman on May 27, 2012 14:41:42 GMT -5
It's not my usual superhero stuff. If you're pretty much exclusive to superheroes you might wanna try Atomic Robo. He's sorta a superhero.
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