Comic books and trade paperbacks...Serenity and otherwise. by chrisisall

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Comic books and trade paperbacks...Serenity and otherwise.

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Thursday, August 4, 2005 13:13
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Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:58 AM

I just got the first issue of the Serenity comic *jumps around like a real nutcase*, but I'm waiting for the oppotune moment to read it. The artwork is more than I could've hoped for, and the few bubbles of dialogue I peeked at were spot-on (thanks, mah UK peeps).

And it got me to wondering, what comics and/or trade paperbacks do y'all own or collect?

My (very) short list:
Amazing Spider-man (1970 to late eighties)
Master of Kung Fu (all)
X-Men (all John Byrne)
Watchmen (Trade Paperback)
Anything and everything by my favourite artist Paul Gulacy.

I can't list it all here as I own about 8,000 comics, but these are the highlights.
I've also drawn and written a couple myself (not published), but that's another thread.

Pen and ink and such Chrisisall

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:32 PM

STARPILOTGRAINGER

I'm a big comic geek... in fact, most of my website is comic reviews. I mostly buy the single issues, of a whole bunch of titles.

Too many to list, but I have to give my requisite shout-out to Runaways. Great story, great characters, dialog, surprising twists, and Joss Whedon's a fan of it himself. The first three story arcs are available in a full-color digest form for sometihng like $8 US each.

TPBwise, I have a bunch... my favorites include Midnight Nation and Rising Stars, both by J. Michael Straczynski, Watchmen, some early Authority. Other assorted ones.

Star Pilot Grainger
"Remember, the enemy's gate is down."
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This week: My spoiler-free Serenity review

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005 1:12 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

Geek fangirl here. I've got a lot of comics, but since you asked, here's a list of my favorites (#s 3-7 aren't in any particular order):

1. Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan
2. Neil Gaiman's The Sandman
3. Brian Michael Bendis' Daredevil
4. Hellblazer
5. Garth Ennis' Preacher
6. Warren Ellis' The Authority
7. Alan Moore's Watchmen

Pretty much anything by Messrs. Ellis or Gaiman. I also still read Wolverine for some reason, and am actually enjoying Joss' run of Astonishing X-Men, which I would never have read if he wasn't writing. I also like Fables and Lucifer... and probably a bunch of other miscellaneous things (like Rucka's run on Batman and JMS's stuff) that I apparently can't recall at the present time.

无党派人士

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005 4:47 PM

EMBERS

I've read:
Watchmen
Sandman
Akira
but after I read them I mailed them to a friend overseas...

I never kept any comics until I got into Whedon's world;
my Joss Whedon comics are:
Tales of the Slayer (a one off)
Fray (full year)
Tales of the Vampire (set of 6)
Astonishing X-men (full year)

and now, finally
Serenity

I did buy a few Buffy & Angel comics, but they are not written by Joss,
AND the art work wasn't great, so I didn't find them very interesting....

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:18 PM

RAT

Way of the Rat & some Stargate, that's about it!

Acquisitions Officer - Uss SereniTREE.

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Friday, July 29, 2005 2:47 AM

CWNEK

I've dabbled VERY lightly in comics over the past 10+ years. I look forward with great anticipation to anything illustrated by Geof Darrow.

I've been hooked since the first issue of HARD BOILED (three parts) came out back when I was in high school (1990). A feature film adaptation starring Nic Cage is said to be in the works. Darrow went on to work with the Wachowski brothers as the conceptual designer for THE MATRIX films, and his influence is instantly recognizable. I've not seen confirmation of this, but the "origins of Wolverine" flashback scenes from X-MEN and X2 look as though they were influenced by pages from issue #1 as well.

http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=91-254

BIG GUY AND RUSTY THE BOY ROBOT (2 parts) was fantastic and spawned an excellent animated series that lasted about a season and a half (I desperately want a DVD set release, as I've only seen about half of the episodes).

http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=93-661

His new THE SHAOLIN COWBOY (ongoing series) is wildly funny, and has been growing exponentially wierder leading up to the now current issue #3. My only complaint with his work is that he takes his sweet time with his highly intricate drawings, and that has consistently resulted in issues coming out months overdue (results are worth it).

http://www.burlymanentertainment.com/

A disclaimer is probably in order here as this forum is in association with an upcoming PG13 film. A true-to-the-book film adaptation of HARD BOILED (should it ever see the light of day) would struggle to earn an NC17 rating for a variety of reasons, and THE SHOLIN COWBOY would come in at a hard R as well. BGaRtBR should be OK for most kids.

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Friday, July 29, 2005 6:30 AM

LUCYFERSAM

Another big comic geek, I end up buying mostly singles these days, but I'm right with Hell's Kitten on anything by Ellis or Gaiman, as well as Lucifer and Fables. Some other titles I'm enjoying at the moment are Matador (a pretty good noirish crime book set in Miami), Mnemevore (who doesn't like brainsucking cthuloid monsters?). I also pick up most anything by Mike Carey, which right now is Spellbinders and Neverwhere, and I guess I'm going to have to check out Red Sonja as he and Michael Avon Oeming are doing it. While I do love Watchmen, I think I actually prefer some of Moore's funnier stuff, Top 10 is an excellent series.

Lucyfersam

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Friday, July 29, 2005 7:12 AM

GROUNDED

Since I bought Astonishing X-men I've been looking for somewhere online that gives a rough chronological guide to the various X series so I can pick somewhere to start. Not having much luck...

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Friday, July 29, 2005 9:31 AM

SUICIDALDUCKLING

Quote:
Originally posted by Grounded:
Since I bought Astonishing X-men I've been looking for somewhere online that gives a rough chronological guide to the various X series so I can pick somewhere to start. Not having much luck...

I was able to dig up the following link that appears to give a pretty comprehensive guide to the x-books:

http://users.rcn.com/kateshort/faqs/racmxFAQ/faq1.html

It's not completely up to date, since the current x-titles have changed again. It's only like a year behind though. It even has suggestions on where to start reading. Good luck.

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Friday, July 29, 2005 9:46 AM

BADGERGIRL

I'm a pretty big comic fan myself, but I stick mostly to X-Men. Looking to get some in graphic novel form soon.

I've read:
Ruse (Victorian-era murder mystery)
Sandman
Uncanny X-Men
Ultimate X-Men
Black Orchid (Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean)
Arkham Asylum (Dave McKean)
Scarecrow Year One

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Friday, July 29, 2005 10:59 AM

GROUNDED

Cheers for that :) I'm still a little fuzzy on what fits where, but that did help. Basically, before I read this, I was planning on starting at New X-men: E is for Extinction (and I think they recommend that) and I wanted to know which books ran alongside from that point. From what I can gather it would be Uncanny X-men, starting at Poptopia - does that sound right to you? I also wanted to read Generation X, but I can't work out where that fits and I see Chamber is in Poptopia....arg it's all so complicated...

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Friday, July 29, 2005 11:07 AM

STARPILOTGRAINGER

Quote:
Originally posted by Grounded:
Cheers for that :) I'm still a little fuzzy on what fits where, but that did help. Basically, before I read this, I was planning on starting at New X-men: E is for Extinction (and I think they recommend that) and I wanted to know which books ran alongside from that point. From what I can gather it would be Uncanny X-men, starting at Poptopia - does that sound right to you? I also wanted to read Generation X, but I can't work out where that fits and I see Chamber is in Poptopia....arg it's all so complicated...

Generation X ended shortly before New X-Men: E for Extinction/Poptopia/X-Treme X-Men Vol 1 (which all happened roughly at the same time, but you might not want to read all of them... the first arc of X-Treme X-Men actually comes first but the comics came out at the same time).

Star Pilot Grainger
"Remember, the enemy's gate is down."
LJ: http://www.livejournal.com/users/newnumber6 (real)
http://www.livejournal.com/users/alternaljournal (fictional, travelling through another world)
Unreachable Star: http://www.unreachablestar.net - Comics & SF News/Reviews/Opinions
This week: My spoiler-free Serenity review

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Friday, July 29, 2005 11:51 AM

BANEOFTHEVERSE

I'm mostly a graphic novel person...so i'll re-tout Sandman by Gaiman, Watchmen by Moore, and Rising Stars by Straczynski...but I also liked:

From Hell, Leage of Extraordinary Gentlemen, & V for Vendetta also by Moore

Sin City and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller

any Batman by Jeph Loeb, Hush being my favs

Ghostworld by Dan Clowes

Maus by Art Spiegelman

JTHM and Squee by Jhonen Vasquez (sorta backed into em after liking the Invader Zim cartoon series as much as I did...another show cast down before its time )

...and I'm a Gaiman junky, so I loved the Stardust novel redone as a graphic novel and also the Death spinoffs of Sandman.

Arkham Asylum was good, but just for the Dave Mckean artwork...that man is a deranged genius.

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Friday, July 29, 2005 12:21 PM

SOPRANOSBROWNCOAT

Just got back into comics a few years ago, but currently reading Bendis' Daredevil, Nightcrawler, Runaways, New Avengers, Astonishing X-Men (cause, you know, it's by Joss), all of the Ultimate titles, The Pulse, Ex Machina, Black Panther, and a bunch of other titles that I'm too lazy to list at the moment. I was pretty big with most of the Dark Horse Star Wars titles for a while, but the prequels just slowly burned out the Star Wars geek in me, so picking up those monthlies now feels strangely like eating lunch at a really bad restaurant. Other than that, there's the classics like Watchmen, V For Vendetta, Sandman, and Sin City, and I read as much "classic" material as I can, i.e. Miller's run on Daredevil, David's run on Hulk, etc.

And in all this time, I've learned two things:
1. Reading comics is a gorram expensive hobby.
2. Storing comics could be great training for smuggling.

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Friday, July 29, 2005 2:58 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by SopranosBrowncoat:
Storing comics could be great training for smuggling.

Ain't it funny all the nooks and crannys that get filled with our most recent reads? And the unfindable dark and cool areas that house our oldest stuff?
*chuckle*

Pack rat Chrisisall

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Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:04 AM

GROUNDED

Quote:
Originally posted by StarPilotGrainger:
Quote:
Originally posted by Grounded:
Cheers for that :) I'm still a little fuzzy on what fits where, but that did help. Basically, before I read this, I was planning on starting at New X-men: E is for Extinction (and I think they recommend that) and I wanted to know which books ran alongside from that point. From what I can gather it would be Uncanny X-men, starting at Poptopia - does that sound right to you? I also wanted to read Generation X, but I can't work out where that fits and I see Chamber is in Poptopia....arg it's all so complicated...

Generation X ended shortly before New X-Men: E for Extinction/Poptopia/X-Treme X-Men Vol 1 (which all happened roughly at the same time, but you might not want to read all of them... the first arc of X-Treme X-Men actually comes first but the comics came out at the same time).

Thanks for clarifying that :)

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Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:30 AM

SOPRANOSBROWNCOAT

Did anybody here ever read a comic called The Crusades? It didn't last long, only about 18 issues or so, from DC's Vertigo Imprint about 4 years ago. It was a decent series that IMHO had some potential, about a knight on horseback attacking criminals in San Francisco. None of my friends ever read it, and I don't know anyone outside of my crew that ever heard of it, mostly because I was always telling them to read it. So anybody familiar with it? Or was I the only person in existence who read it, because if so, that means I helped keep a comic going for 18 issues.

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Thursday, August 4, 2005 12:35 PM

the movie is not the Series. Only the facts have been changed, to irritate the innocent; the names of the actors and characters remain the same

Collect: None

Own:
Watchmen, collected ed'n, 4 copies (2 of each cover)
Dark Knight Returns, collected
Sandman, collected (Edit) Preludes & Nocturnes
Serenity #1, Jayne & Inara covers, but I won't get any more 'cause I think it sucked
Preacher 1, 2 & 3
Booze, Bullets & Broads (or some combination thereof)
Civil War, a Narrative, by Shelby Foote, 'cause I can't afford the hardcovers, & it takes so long to read I may never open 'em again
Lord of the Rings, similar reasons (although I may also have hardbound editions -- I thought I did, but can't find 'em)
Kim Stanley Robinson's California series & Mars series, 'cause by the time I heard of them, I coundn't find new hardcovers
Probably about a dozen or so other hardbound collections of comic series, but nothing memorable. Aside from the Watchmen, who were retired, superheroes bore me.

Keep the Shiny Side Up . . .

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Thursday, August 4, 2005 1:13 PM

CHRISISALL

Anybody get Catwoman in the last year? It had great artwork by Shiny Paul Gulacy....

Chrisisall

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