1.Identity Crisis
2.Knights of The Dinner Table
3.Amazing Spider-Man
4.Astonishing X-Men
5.Teen Titans
6.Green Arrow
7.Superman/Batman
everyone post their list and discuss. lets get this board started :)
I just read JSA Strange Adventures and was delighted to discover that Amazing Stories plays a starring role! Amazing Stories founder Hugo Gernsback is a character in the story, as is veteran science-fiction author Jack Williamson, whose first Amazing Stories story was published in 1928. Williamson wrote a dramatic, interplanetary "1,000 Words" story for our November issue (#605), which is due out next month. The circle is now complete!
Jenny
There has already been a full-page article about "JSA: Strange Adventures" in the magazine: look again at page 33 of #604....
Heh. Apparently, the time between when we edit a sidebar like that one ("Waiting in the Wings") and when the issue comes out is longer than my memory! Good catch.
Now if only they'd time travel to 2004 and put current editor-in-chief, Dave Gross, in the story. . . .
Jenny
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I buy a couple dozen titles each month. The ones that get pulled from the pile first are Strangers in Paradise, which sadly doesn't really fit into our Amazing Stories vision, and then the next most likely title is, well... anything by Brian Michael Bendis. Especially Powers (though I only buy the Powers trades, since they usually have some neat bonus stuff in them).
-Vic.
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...veteran science-fiction author Jack Williamson, whose first Amazing Stories story was published in 1928. Williamson wrote a dramatic, interplanetary "1,000 Words" story for our November issue (#605), which is due out next month. The circle is now complete!
Jenny
How many authors who published in 1928 are still alive? Wow!
The Order of the Stick is a must read for D&D fans. You can find it at http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript
I read a lot of comics each month and I would read more if I could afford them.
Fables
Amazing Spiderman
Ultimate Spiderman
Ultimate X-Men
Ultimate Fantasic Four
Ultimate Elektra
Ultimate Nightmare
Astonishing X-Men - Joss Whedon tells a great X-Men Story
Avergers
Identity Crisis
The Outsiders
Teen Titans
Conan
Wanted
She-Hulk
Supreme Power
Bite Club
Marvel Knights Spiderman
Challengers of the Unknown
Looking forward to:
The Return of Hal Jorden
Strange by Stracynski
Any Astro City
Stracynski finishing
Elric
Hawaiian Dick: The Last Resort #1
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I read a lot of comics each month and I would read more if I could afford them.
I haven't read comics in far too long, although going through my collection last night reminded me that I want to find a local comic shop. Anyway, I used to read anything X-Men, but that drained my pocketbook and dayplanner at an astonishing rate. I'm thinking once I find a comic book shop, I'll be looking at getting back into Ultimate X-Men. There are other X-books that I'd also like to pick up, if they're still around, but I'm not going to embarrass myself by mentioning a title no longer in print. ;)
Tell me about this Astonishing X-Men...
I haven't read comics in far too long, although going through my collection last night reminded me that I want to find a local comic shop.
Not to play favorites, but try The Dreaming Comics and Games, on the Ave (5226 University Way NE, Seattle). Owner is a really nice guy I used to work with. Their number is (206) 525-9394; I don't think they have a website.
Jenny
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Not to play favorites, but try The Dreaming Comics and Games, on the Ave (5226 University Way NE, Seattle). Owner is a really nice guy I used to work with. Their number is (206) 525-9394; I don't think they have a website.
Jenny
Thanks Jenny!
By coincidence, Rob also mentioned that place, and since it's relatively close to where I live...I'll be going there in the not-too-distant future. They have been warned! ;D
I only read trades ever since I stopped working for a comic store, but these are the series I'm trying to keep up with:
100 Bullets
Blade of the Immortal
Kare Kano
The Losers
Lucifer
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Sleeper
Identity Crisis
Astro City
Doom Patrol
Outsiders
JSA Strange Adventures
I would have to go with the following in no particular order:
1) Amazing Spider-man ( MJS is just a great writer )
2) Astonishing X-men ( ditto for Whedon )
3) Conan ( Dark Horse is doing wonders with my favorite barbarian)
4) Uncanny X-men ( Claremont and Davis are doing great X work )
5) Superman/Batman ( Should be named World's Finest )
6) Astro City ( whenever it comes out )
7) JSA ( Johns is just one of the best writers out there )
8) Flash ( see #7)
9) Teen Titans ( see #7 and excellent artwork by McKone)
10) Legion of Super Heroes ( Waid and Kitson have a hit here )
1. The New Thunderbolts
2. Cable & Deadpool
3. The Runaways
4. The New Avengers
5. Identity Disc
6. Richard Dragon
7. Excelsior (when it does comeout)
8. Villains United
Just two here:
Dark Horse's Conan
Knights of the Dinner Table
I would like to suggest Uncanny X-Men and if you alreay are in to that I suggest getting the Essential X-Men books. These books are a collection of the first X-Men comics and are better than you would think.
Conan
Man with the Screaming Brain
30 Days of night(minis)
Ex Machina
Powers
Fables
Cal MacDonald
Sea of Red
Supreme Power
Outsiders
Y: The Last Man is a pretty good read, you can catch up with the TPB's.
For me it would be....
Ultimate Spidey
Ultimate FF
Ultimates
Ultimate X-men
All of which I only get in trades
And in normal monthly format
Exiles
Legion
JSA
JLA
Outsiders
Titans
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Well, to add something more exotic:
There is a graphic novel from france, the german title would translate as: "Chronicles of the Black Moon", originally from the publisher Dargaud in France, written by Francois Marcela Froideval. (who, by the way, co-authored the original Oriental Adventures rulebook for AD&D)
(Publishers site: http://lalunenoire.dargaud.com/)
The series (currently 10 german parts) is self-described as "a mixture between Conan and Elric stories" or something similar.
It is definitly worth getting, but I´n not aware if there is a english translation.
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1. Anything from Devil's Due comics(Homeland,Exile, both starring Drizz't Urd'len;and Dragonlance:the legend of Huma)
2. X-factor
By X-Factor i mean the one thats coming out this month based on the second team not the essential X-Factor#1(which was really The rehashed original X-Men(cyclops,marvel girl(alive again i see),angel,iceman and the beast) which was such a waste of paper, it almost made me give up comics until the Govt' version of X-factor2 came(this was before onslaught which was the final nail on marvel's coffin).
1.OMAC(black&white John Byrne's finest work)
2.The Vigilante(Adrian Chase rules!!!!!!!!!!!)
3.Anything featuring Deathstroke the Terminator
4.Batman Year1 & everything Frank Miller
5.TMNT(First 30 issues or so)
There are others but these are my alltime faves.
1. Hellboy (especially the collected graphic novels)
2. BPRD
3. Powers
Those are the monthlies. Graphic novels:
1. 100% by Paul Pope
2. The Marquis by Guy Davis
3. Watchmen by Alan Moore
4. Black Hole by Charles Burnes
5. Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware
6. Bighead, Clumsy, Unlikely, Any Easy Intimacy by Jeffrey Brown
7. Blankets by Craig Thompson
There are a lot of other books that I'm leaving off, but those are the ones I like the most. Lately, I tend to find the indie/autobio stuff to be really interesting.
The Order of the Stick is a must read for D&D fans. You can find it at http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript
Helll yeah! Love that comic! Every time we're about to play D&D I think we take like an hour talking about that strip! Oy, it's good!
My comic picks:1. X-men (All of them!)
2. New Avengers
3. RUnaways (the digest are great!)
4. Young Avengers
5. Green Lantern
6. Loveless ( best western comic out there!)
7. Usagi Yojimbo (Awesome)
8. TMNT (new Mirage Series)
9. 52 ( digging it!)
10. Punisher (Garth Ennis is the best thing to happen to that book)
I also dig a lot of webcomics:
ONE
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/cinemacomics/one_season_1
The Second Revolution is about to begin. Can ONE person really change the world? PG-13 RATED
then there's Uncle WHite comics:
http://uncle-white.livejournal.com/
and of course, my comic, VIGIL isn't too shabby either...
http://www.graphicsmash.com/comics/vigil.php
Shameless....I know.
1. Hellboy (especially the collected graphic novels)
2. BPRD
3. PowersThose are the monthlies. Graphic novels:
1. 100% by Paul Pope
2. The Marquis by Guy Davis
3. Watchmen by Alan Moore
4. Black Hole by Charles Burnes
5. Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware
6. Bighead, Clumsy, Unlikely, Any Easy Intimacy by Jeffrey Brown
7. Blankets by Craig Thompson
There are a lot of other books that I'm leaving off, but those are the ones I like the most. Lately, I tend to find the indie/autobio stuff to be really interesting.
Thumbs up on your whole list!
So many good comics listed here!
Anything Astro City is excellent.
Most Alan Moore comics are pure gold.
Y The last man and Warren Ellis's Fell are rocking my world right now.
I get most the X-titles every month because I'm a faithful Marvel zombie who has collected certain titles for two thirds of my life and cant give up now!
I often grab anything that grabs my attention on the rack and have a longbox full of one-offs, single issues and 'crap' I dont know why I own.
So I end up spending silly amounts of cash on comics in a month!
X-Factor is the most looked forward to lately.
I also get anything by BKV, Grant Morrison and Neil Gaiman.
Runnaways, Young Avengers, Y the Last Man and The Walking Dead are like: ice-cold from-the-fridge milk-chocolate-peices slowly melting in the mouth, in between sips of hot tea for the soul.
Not enjoying Civil War much.
Check this out: http://wolfskin.ws/
I think I like it!
well, must say I was very dissappointed by the XMEN/Star Trek NG crossover; I mean really; what was that all about.
All good threads, like dead superheroes eventually come back.
My must read list:
Rex Mundi (Dark Horse)
Conan (Dark Horse)
Red Sonja (Dynamite)
New Avengers/Mighty Avengers (Marvel)
all things Brubaker (Criminal, Daredevil, Captain America, Iron Fist, Uncanny X-Men)
Kurt Busiek's Astro City (Wildstorm)
Astonishing X-Men (Marvel)
Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
Fall of Cthullhu
Savage Tales
and in trades
Powers
Fables
Y the Last Man
I am also picking up Justice League, Justice SOciety, and Brave and the Bold, but they are on iffy ground as to whether I will continue.
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- Hellboy
- Wake
- The Light Brigade
- Squee's Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horror
- Billy Hazelnuts
- A Graphic Trubute to September 11th (parts 1 and 2)
- The.Bag.On.Line.Adventures/The Amory Wars/Good Apollo I'm Burning Star 4/The Second Stage Turbine Blade/Whatever the f$~% Claudio Sanchez is doing these days besides making music.
- Anything other than stated above by Jhonen Vasquez. The guy's amazing.
I only read TPBs as I like the feel of a book rather than a flimsy little comic. My list of titles that I have collected some/most/all of includes:
-Sandman
-Fables
-Y: The Last Man
-Battle Angel Alita (my all time favourite)
-Lone Wolf & Cub
-Blade of the Immortal
-Shi
-Elfquest
-Usagi Yojimbo
-The new Dark Horse Conans (Tower of the Elephant etc)
-Slaine
-Knights of the Dinner Table
-And as many of the old TMNT's as I can get my hands on.
I've been re-reading these trades during lunch breaks at work.
The Books of Magic
Ikaro
WE3
Give Me Liberty
Exiles
-Battle Angel Alita (my all time favourite)
One of mine also. :)
The best books I'm reading right now* are (in no particular order):
Nova
New Avengers
Astonishing X-Men
JSA
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
Star Wars: Dark Times
Immortal Iron Fist
*check the date of this post. I reserve the right to change these opinions when the creative teams change and / or the storylines go south.
Out of those, Immortal Iron Fist is the best. It is everything a comic book should be. Fantastical adventure? check. Pulse-pounding action? check. Good guys that are good and bad guys that are bad? check. Supporting cast? check. solid storylines and art that not only pleases the eye but flows from panel to panel? check. So do yourself a favor and check it out!
I'm amazed that New Avengers is on the list. After the debacle of Avengers: Disassembled I was wary of Bendis doing "Earth's Mightiest Super Heroes". But I bought #26 to see Hawkeye and I kept going to see the post Civil War line-up (which contains a few of my faves). Now I'm onboard. I still think Disassembled and Civil War were the proverbial suck, but I'm glad something good has come from it.
Saying of which, Nova has exploded out of the pages of Annihilation and upholds that series' high standard.
Astonishing X-Men is an X-book that makes sense and Whedon nails the characters. Obviously the same can be said of Buffy.
Star Wars: Dark Times is beautifully illustrated and takes place in the 19 years between the trilogies. Good stuff.
JSA gives me what I want out of super hero books, namely respect for the past while striving confidently into the future. None of the stuff I hated about nineties comics, 'we've got to be deadlier than the villains' crap. Nope, here's a team that knows the right way and the wrong way and is determined that future generations learn the right way. Fair Play indeed!
Honorable mention goes to the current storyline in Daredevil. It's interesting to see the Gladiator back after so long. Hopefully the creative team makes it a memorable event.
One of mine also. :)-Battle Angel Alita (my all time favourite)
Did you know James Cameron is making it into a film? It's going to be the most expensive film ever made, shot in 3D with all the cyborgs (including Alita) being Gollum-style CGIs.
I don't know how I feel about it, at first I was pretty unhappy that something so personal to me was going to be the mother of all blockbuster trilogies, but I'm getting used to the idea. He did do Terminator after all. But then again he also ripped Yukito Kishiro off badly with Dark Angel, so I'm not sure if I'm hopeful...
Here is the IMDB page for Cameron's Battle Angel.
I'm reading anything that's written by Bendis, Millar, Slott,Whedon, or Ellis.
I'm reading anything drawn by Hitch, McNiven, Cassaday, Coipel, Bagley, or Immonen.
This is the best Marvel has ever been, it's the platinum age.