Topic: Comic Books

[Spak-Spang]

Did the Star Wars Infinites series get collected into an individual graphic novel?  Because I want to read all of those.

And it is too bad that they concluded the Return of the Jedi in such a way that the entire story was left hanging...why not continue the series in Star Wars Infinities:  Whatever title you want to give it?

[Spinnzilla]

I have a letter printed in a Transformers comic. Its the one with the Predacons chasing down a boy on the cover. I don't remember the issue number at the moment.

ahahhaaha, I'll have to look for it.

[ThePerm]

so, i caught up on walking dead today, it was a vast improvement from a day of trolling these forums. The series has really picked up, after the incident at the prison I had lost touch with the characters, but no i totally care about them and what happens to them again. I'm going to get back to reading Y - the last man. I'm thinking about Getting V for Vendetta, but i don't know if ill enjoy it having enjoyed the movie. I'm wondering what else are good graphic novels?

[ShyGuy]

Scene of the Crime by Ed Brubaker
Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope
Daredevil: Man without Fear by Frank Miller
Whiteout by Greg Rucka

[randi3001]

i have read loads of comic books during my childhood
and its been a while since i caught one

[ThePerm]

I recommend The Walking Dead
I won't link to any torrent sites, but its really easy to read graphic novels if you can't afford them now.
Just get CDisplay and find the torrent for whatever thing you want to read, or you could do what I used to do which is go over to a friends house and read all their comics. I read the first 3 or 4 trades of Walking Dead, and then read all his singles. When my friend moved away i just went to the comic shop and read the singles. Now there is no comic shop in the town i live in....so I have to read them by other means .

I couldn't afford to buy Watchmen at $20, so i read 1/3 of it at Borders and then i read the rest of it on my computer.

[ShyGuy]

I recommend The Walking Dead
I won't link to any torrent sites, but its really easy to read graphic novels if you can't afford them now.
Just get CDisplay and find the torrent for whatever thing you want to read, or you could do what I used to do which is go over to a friends house and read all their comics. I read the first 3 or 4 trades of Walking Dead, and then read all his singles. When my friend moved away i just went to the comic shop and read the singles. Now there is no comic shop in the town i live in....so I have to read them by other means .

I couldn't afford to buy Watchmen at $20, so i read 1/3 of it at Borders and then i read the rest of it on my computer.

This post makes me smile.

[ThePerm]

lol no, the comic book shop didn't close down because of our communal property sharing. I moved to a smaller town.

[jay-z]

i'm a huge comic nerd, but i tend to lean toward the non-superhero genre.

sorting by author:

jeffrey brown- clumsy, unlikely, AEIOU, i am going to be small, minisulk, little things, every girl is the end of the world for me, funny misshapen body

daniel clowes- david boring, ghost world, 20th century eightball, ice haven

craig thompson- blankets, carnet de voyage

liz prince- delayed replays, will you still love me if i wet the bed?

chris ware- jimmy corrigan

adrian tomine- optic nerve series

andy runton- owly (the way home & the bittersweet summer)

charles burns- black hole

marjane satrapi- persepolis

scott mccloud- zot

i've also read the watchmen

right now i am pining for the collection of little nemo: adventures in slumberland that were drawn in the early 1900s... supposed to be very surreal and even darker than the movie i loved so dearly as a kid :3

[Stratos]

 

You like Little Nemo?!? You are now promoted to Super Awesome Person in my book. I loved the movie and have also been pining for that collection. A lot of the ones on Amazon are pretty expensive, though and some of them seem to be pretty poor quality. I'm half hoping that they release a new 'uber' collection.

I'm trying to collect all of the Calvin and Hobbes treasury collections as well. I've found a number of them at garage sales and the like.

[jay-z]

You like Little Nemo?!? You are now promoted to Super Awesome Person in my book. I loved the movie and have also been pining for that collection. A lot of the ones on Amazon are pretty expensive, though and some of them seem to be pretty poor quality. I'm half hoping that they release a new 'uber' collection.

I'm trying to collect all of the Calvin and Hobbes treasury collections as well. I've found a number of them at garage sales and the like.

yeah i was obsessed with little nemo as a kid and recently rewatched the movie on youtube the other night (it is still just as good!)

the comics look sooo good from what i can tell, but yeah, v. expensive at amazon and even more expensive at barnes & noble! so frustrating

[Stratos]

I hear the comics have some racism in them, so it does seem to be a product of the times McCay lived in.

Have you heard of Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend? It's another series McCay wrote. Apparently it is highly regarded as well but I've never read it.

[jay-z]

I hear the comics have some racism in them, so it does seem to be a product of the times McCay lived in.

Have you heard of Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend? It's another series McCay wrote. Apparently it is highly regarded as well but I've never read it.

i haven't read either :[ yeah i heard that nemo has some racist/slavery type stuff in it, but unfortunately, what else can you expect? any old literature has aspects of what was going on in the world at the time it was written, as ugly as it is...