DTH
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Post by DTH on Jun 30, 2006 3:36:45 GMT -5
I can confirm that I did a bad bad thing last night and spent about £60 on graphic novels  I ordered: Ultimate Spider-man TPB #15 - "Silver Sable"
Ultimate X-Men HC Volume #5
Ultimate Fantastic Four TPB #5
New Avengers HC #2 & 3
Madrox: Multiple Choice TPB
Ultimate Galactus TPB #3 - "Extinction"After being so good this year and not spending any money on GNs, something snapped in me last night and I just went crazy! Will give y'all some reviews when I've recovered Nb. I pre-ordered Astonishing X-Men TPB #3, New Avengers HC #4, Ultimate X-Men HC Volume #6 and Ultimate Spider-man TPB #16. I also noticed that House of M, Son of M and Generation M were out. Anyone read the post- House of M stuff? I admit, I hadn't bought any non-TPBs for a long time and was reminded of why when I bought House of M  Crud and I just realised that I never checked if there was a new Lucifer TPB out. |
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Post by Al on Jun 30, 2006 23:03:35 GMT -5
I thought most of the post-House of M stuff was far superior to House of M itself. Son of M and Generation M were certainly two of the best, but really, most everything that fell under 'Decimation' was pretty decent. As Drew has done several times, I'll highly, highly recommend the current X-Factor, which began it's run after 'M' also.
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Jun 30, 2006 23:18:14 GMT -5
Crud and I just realised that I never checked if there was a new Lucifer TPB out. The last one to come out was Crux, which was several months back; the next one is due out in late July. It should be the second-to-last Lucifer TPB, since the series released its final issue this Wednesday. And congrats on ordering the Madrox trade! Hope you enjoy it, and let me know if you don't! -D |
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Post by kylerexpop on Jul 26, 2006 1:57:33 GMT -5
on the one hand: i'm seriously trying to force myself to sleep so that i can get to work tomorrow and open up each and every box until i finally find the one with batman #655, written by the man Grant Morrison. it's something i've been looking forward to for months, since i first heard he was writing batman. OH EM GEE.
on the other hand: at the san diego comic con, i went to the dc comics booth and saw they had the first two morrison batman issues, complete in b&w, available to be read. so i read them both. AND THEY ARE AWESOME.
but it sort of deflated the whole thing. i mean, it comes out tomorrow, but i've already read it. and the second issue comes out august 23, but i've already read that, too. doh!
however, inking does play a big role in the finished comic, i'm realizing that now. and having read it at the sdcc is nothing like carefully sterilizing my fingers with hand sanitizor and then reading the goodness (which i'll own, many times over) in the comfort of my own home and/or my favorite coffee shop.
i guess the moral here is: if you have a chance to enjoy something early, do it, but then realize that it's going to affect your anticipation later. or something.
GRANT MORRISON RULES.
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eatmyshorts
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Post by eatmyshorts on Jul 27, 2006 12:25:53 GMT -5
I don't really know what we're talking about right now, but I would like to say i just read Batman- A death in the family and Batman- the dark knight returns. They are both extremely good. I like a death in the family a little more though, because the second half of dark knight returns was kinda lame. Some other recent comics/graphic novels I read were sin city (awesome), Watchmen (okay), and I dug up that old spider-man issue where harry osborn dies (the best).
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Post by blinkfan on Jul 27, 2006 12:40:07 GMT -5
I was lucky enough to get a free copy of Sin city: The hard goodbye with my copy of sin city uncut.That is a good comic.
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DTH
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Post by DTH on Jul 27, 2006 17:56:31 GMT -5
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is overrated in my opinion.
I enjoyed it, however, the artwork was poor and the story meandered a little. However, I thought the depiction of Batman as an older fella and Superman as a hidden 'super weapon' was good.
Yet, all those people whom are like "Yeah, its the greatest thing ever" I'm not sold.
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eatmyshorts
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Post by eatmyshorts on Jul 27, 2006 20:30:58 GMT -5
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is overrated in my opinion. I enjoyed it, however, the artwork was poor and the story meandered a little. However, I thought the depiction of Batman as an older fella and Superman as a hidden 'super weapon' was good. Yet, all those people whom are like "Yeah, its the greatest thing ever" I'm not sold. Yeah, I totally agree. I thought it was good...just not extremely great. As I said, I kinda didn't like the lkast few section of the Graphic Novel, but I liked the mutants story line. The artwork was little lacking...but I kinda like the style. |
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Post by sirgallahad2 on Aug 13, 2006 19:24:42 GMT -5
OOh Garth Ennis' work On "The Punisher: Max" line is just incredible to me. Ennis is the only man who can write the punisher in any kind of book worth reading. He is a violent, psychopathic killer who turns his hatred against those that truly deserve it. I assure you, I have the entire max line from "Born" Up to "The Slavers" and I will collect them as long as Garth Ennis writes for the character.
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Post by ronzo on Aug 16, 2006 11:53:44 GMT -5
Yeah, I totally agree. I thought it was good...just not extremely great. As I said, I kinda didn't like the lkast few section of the Graphic Novel, but I liked the mutants story line. The artwork was little lacking...but I kinda like the style. I've never been a fan of Frank Miller's art; it's pretty barebones. I'll say this, it works well for the style of Sin City, which is barebones anyway. I've also never been too enamored of his writing (Blasphemy!), it's usually pretty cliched. That kept me from enjoying Sin City much. The uber-noir pastiche got old quick. I really like DKR, though, oddly enough. It meanders, and the art is pretty terrible, but it's some of his best writing. He refrains from most of his overwrought dialogue (for the most part). See The Dark Knight Strikes Again or Batman and Robin: All Stars for how bad the dialogue could have been. And did I read correctly that Grant Morrison is writing Batman? They had better collect his run into a TPB of some sort because that is a definite must read (and I have nowhere to keep individual issues). |
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Post by Spiderdancer on Aug 16, 2006 12:46:46 GMT -5
Has anyone else read DC's Legion of Superheroes? Did anyone else find it a lame X-men ripoff?
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DTH
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Post by DTH on Aug 16, 2006 15:26:49 GMT -5
Has anyone else read DC's Legion of Superheroes? Did anyone else find it a lame X-men ripoff? Never read it myself. However, I have a friend whom swears by it. Each to their own. I would like to say that X-Men was basically Marvel's answer to the Teen Titans. Its all swings and roundabouts. |
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Aug 16, 2006 16:57:13 GMT -5
Has anyone else read DC's Legion of Superheroes? Did anyone else find it a lame X-men ripoff? Heh. It kinda works both ways, actually. The LoSH debuted much earlier than the X-Men, and many of the most famous X-Men writers and artists were influenced by the LoSH stories they grew up reading. In fact, Dave Cockrum originally designed Nightcrawler as an LoSH member when he was a kid, before eventually using him in the All-New, All-Different X-Men. And the X-Men villains the Imperial Guard are direct analogues to the Legion. However, the "soap opera" style that Chris Claremont pioneered in his 1975-1991 run on the X-Men influenced an entire generation of comics and TV writers (Joss Whedon foremost among them), so many later LoSH writers inevitably adopted it in working on the Legion. What goes around comes around, as they say.  Oh, and DTH is partially right about the X-Men/Teen Titans thing. The original (circa 1963) X-Men had very little to do with the 60s Teen Titans (literally, "Hey, let's put all the kid sidekicks on a team!"). But the All-New, All-Different X-Men from 1975 heavily influenced the style of Marv Wolfman's New Teen Titans debuting in the early 80s, to the point where the two books were often neck-and-neck in sales every month. (And in fact met in one of the first intercompany crossovers.) And that's one to grow on! -D |
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DTH
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Post by DTH on Aug 18, 2006 11:04:45 GMT -5
I can confirm that I did a bad bad thing last night and spent about £60 on graphic novels I ordered: Ultimate Spider-man TPB #15 - "Silver Sable"
Ultimate X-Men HC Volume #5
Ultimate Fantastic Four TPB #5
New Avengers HC #2 & 3
Madrox: Multiple Choice TPB
Ultimate Galactus TPB #3 - "Extinction"After being so good this year and not spending any money on GNs, something snapped in me last night and I just went crazy! Received FF & X-Men so far (Amazon weirdly shipping my order in two lots). Finished FF & 3/4 through X-Men. Let me just say that Ultimate Fantastic Four was simply amazing and this X-Men is proving damn good. |
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DTH
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Post by DTH on Aug 26, 2006 19:43:48 GMT -5
This just in:
You may have heard me lament the fact that Jeph Loeb is to take over the helm of the Ultimates (one of the hottest comic titles out).
Well, while that piece of bad news has been hanging over my head for ages, I recently learned that GRANT F'Ning MORRISON is to take over the Authority (another really, really hot comic title!).
GRANT MORRISON! The Authority?
Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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