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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
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715 Posts |
 Posted - 11/06/2004 : 13:34:44
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Okay, who reads them and what do you read. I want suggestions.
Persoanlly, I'm a big fan of Stray Bullets, Jack Staff, Courtney Crumin, Queen and Country, the Goon, Love and Rockets, Hopeless Savages, Blue Monday, and anything by Andi Watson, Scott Morse, Jim Mahfood, Evan Dorkin, and Mike Allred. What are everyone else's favorites?
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I go to bakeries all day long
There's a lack of sweetness in my life
People in love are stupid and gross. |
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 11/06/2004 : 13:47:00
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Used to read them back in the 80s. Mostly dopey superhero stuff. When I decided to buy back some of the comics I liked and missed the most, the first series I went for was 'Mazing Man, which only lasted 12 issues (and a few one-shots) on DC Comics from about '85 to '86. It's aged well and the whole set can be had cheaply (I think I paid $5 on ebay for the complete run).
It's not an "adult" comic exactly (meaning it doesn't have sex and expletives and all that), but it's meant for an adult audience. It's a humor comic about a bunch of friends living in New York City. One of them is a little midget guy who think he's a superhero and he runs around the neighborhood doing good deeds, like picking up litter and whatnot. Fun comic. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 14:09:05
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Sandman...!
V for Vendetta was really good. |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6288 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 23:50:48
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I don't recognize any or your comics or comicmakers.....and I sure read a lot of them in my life.
The best country for comics, maybe a whole different type of comics, is Belgium
damn the most fantastic comics were made there, France too btw, those were the greatest.
I'm talking Gaston, Asterix and Obelix, Tin Tin, Lucky Luke
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manintheshack
- FB Fan -
48 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 04:52:23
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ANYTHING by Alan Moore, 'From Hell' especially, the man is a genius. I can't imagine how annoying it must be to have shit films continually made out of your work though.
Also [insert comic book hero here] vs Predator, just because I have a Predator fetish (Surprise, surprise, AvP film sucked)
Also, did anyone ever used to watch Sam & Max or play the game? I really want to get the original comic books but amazon never stock them. Anyone know where i can get them?
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 13:53:00
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Also, did anyone ever used to watch Sam & Max or play the game? I really want to get the original comic books but amazon never stock them. Anyone know where i can get them?
They're all collected in a trade paperback. I picked it up a couple of years ago. Its pretty good, though the cartoon was better.
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I go to bakeries all day long
There's a lack of sweetness in my life
People in love are stupid and gross. |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 13:57:25
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| Sorry, double post. So I'll use it to mention two more great comics from slave labor graphics, Lawerance marvit's Sparks and andy ristaino's Life of a Fetus. bye |
Edited by - soundofataris on 11/07/2004 14:22:16 |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 13:58:03
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I have to admit to being dorky enough to consistently enjoy stuff like X-Men and Spider-Man, (especially now that you've got people like J. Michael Straszinski and Kevin Smith writing them, and phenomenal artists like Chris Bachalo) but I also enjoy alot of more obscure stuff. I like Art Spiegelman's MAUS, all of Frank Miller's Sin City books, Watchmen, and a whole slew of others.
What could be better than a swan dive into the asphalt?
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 13:59:41
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i like Transmetropolitan mucho.
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But whenever, as scholars sometimes do, I turned my back on books, declaring them to be the graveyards of the language, and sought contact with the simple folk, I encountered the little cannibals who lived in our building, and after brief association with them, felt very glad to get back to my reading in one piece.
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6288 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 15:28:11
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okay, but you must have read anything by Franquin right?
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Posted - 11/07/2004 : 18:27:00
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Originally posted by apl4eris
Sandman...!
V for Vendetta was really good.
DITTO DITTO HURRAH HURRAH
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 18:58:13
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| I am currently writing a pitch for a comic book series that I am going to submit to Dark Horse and some smaller companies. (As I don't think I would have much of a shot with Marvel or DC.) So all of you guys had better read it when it comes out! |
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Useyourname
- FB Fan -
185 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 19:10:53
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I read Stray Bullets, Fables, Optic Nerve, and Y The Last Man.
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 19:14:04
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Originally posted by Useyourname
I read Stray Bullets, Fables, Optic Nerve, and Y The Last Man.
jimmy
there was one issue of optic nerve where the main character was a big breeders fan. So that's neat.
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I go to bakeries all day long
There's a lack of sweetness in my life
People in love are stupid and gross. |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 21:11:23
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one word:
BONE
oh so wonderful.
also, sin city is a favorite.
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7446 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 02:57:17
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I love Charles Burns (Black Hole's awesome). Chester Brown too. "I Never Loved You" is the best comics I've ever read, hands down. What else... Oh, Calvin & Hobbes too.
Right now comics are getting a huge recognition in France, and there are a lot of great French authors: Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar, Larcenet... and my fave of all, Pierre La Police (the picture in my profile is by him).
Denis
"If you do 7-Up, you can't ever do Coke or Pepsi. You've got to hold out for the best deal possible. It's about me being a smart businesswoman as well as a musician." - Jessica Simpson |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 03:10:44
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Does Marini's "Raptors" count as a comic book?
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting... |
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 03:29:06
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jodorowsky\jimenez "metabarons" saga and Hector G. Oesterheld\Francisco Solano Lopez "el eternauta"(this one is an absolutely must have) are my favourites.
other all time classics
jodorowsky\moebius:incal
asterix:all
enki bilal:Exterminateur 17
dylan dog:first 30 issues
Mortadelo & Filemon
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 04:08:14
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Jodorowsky is a fucking psycho (but his stories are ok). However, the aesthetic of the Metabarons was to much like Dune, imo.
I agree on Dylan Dog, everyone should read it. I also mentioned another italian comic a couple of months ago - Martin Mistery!
Franquin was a true genius too.
I also loved Maus by Art Spiegelman, I don't know if one can call it a "comic"...
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 07:10:09
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Originally posted by Monsieur
Jodorowsky is a fucking psycho (but his stories are ok). However, the aesthetic of the Metabarons was to much like Dune, imo.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust
i like his work (other than comics he is a writer and a film director. lately he was promoting some kind of new psychanalytic method that he came up with). he is a weird character (see his films like el topo and the holy mountain) but it's undersatndable since he comes from the 60's surrealistic movement. and the metabarons aesthetic is similar to dune because jodorowsky had to direct the film, actually he did start it but he exagerated with the budget and the producers chose lynch to finish it. the rest of the artistic crew (moebius, giger and dan bannon) made "alien" soon after the dune flop.
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Posted - 11/08/2004 : 11:28:43
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Calvin and Hobbes just goes without saying.
and hang on... Dune??? a flop??? I LOVE that film, it's a great great film... I guess maybe that might be a small number of people who think that though
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 11:38:30
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and hang on... Dune??? a flop??? I LOVE that film, it's a great great film... I guess maybe that might be a small number of people who think that though
Frank Black ate my hamster
i like lynch's dune but the initial project, that was never finished, judging by the artistic crew and the original sketches and screenplay would have been a unique masterpiece. unfortunately the project was way too ambitious for the time (if i remember well it was supposed to be a 4 hour film) derailed and it was downsized to a simple even if entertaining sci-fi movie. pitty that it wasn't made after the commercial success ot the LOTR trilogy that would have convinced producers to invest more money. so i consider it a flop as opposed to what it should have been tho' it still remains a good sci-fi movie
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1968 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 11:43:45
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To this day, I love the original G.I. Joe comic book that ran from 1982 to 1994. Larry Hama, who wrote 99.9% of the issues, is a fantastic writer, storyteller, and character developer. If only he hadn't had to use all those ridiculous characters and vehicles that were Hasbro's fault. If the comic hadn't been so closely related to the toyline, it would have been even better. Hama managed to make it work, though. The comic had it's ups and downs throughout the years, but managed to stay pretty solid until about issue 135 or so, and then it began to fall apart around issue 135 or so, when they brought the Transformers into the mix. It didn't last for very long after that. The final issue was fantastic, though. I didn't care much for the new line of G.I. Joe comics that they started a few years ago, but I only read a few issues. Without Hama, there is no G.I. Joe.
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Posted - 11/08/2004 : 11:47:29
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I see I have to agree that with the detail of the book there was a hell of a lot of scope for an amazing film, I was, I remember, disappointed with the film the first time I saw it but I'd been reading the book a lot since I was 11 or so (stole it from my school library, in had been taken out twice in five years both times by me so I figured, sod it) and the scale of the book was not really adequately represented in the film (and they pronounced everything wrong) but I tried to judge it solely as a sci fi film, and well, Baron Harkonnen was a freaky dude,and sting was in it. I'm easily pleased me. I'm certainly going to look up that of which you speak though, thank you for sharing!
Also. It's a big shame I think that the TV series also put it' kiss of death on Dune because it would have been marvelous re-make material, and there is all the sequals as well it could have been both excellent cinema and a big money spinner.
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 11:59:52
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here is a link for you tre. jodorowsky's side of the story of the making of dune
http://www.hotweird.com/jodorowsky/dune.html
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Posted - 11/08/2004 : 12:43:05
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thank you!!
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kingphilbert
= Cult of Ray =
USA
356 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 13:24:32
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I read POWERS (most excellent) and 100 Bullets. Anything by Frank Miller (Sin City, etc.), James Kochalka and most of what Jeph Loeb writes and/or works on with Tim Sale. Other than that I am lost to what's happening in the big universes at Marvel and DC. Occassionaly I will read some Batman and Superman books.
"I mix twinkie's and ding-dong's all the time. In Europe, they call it a Dinkie!" |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 14:35:23
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Yeah, the 'Who Killed Retro-Girl' storyline of POWERS was really top notch. Unfortunately nothing after that has topped it.
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I go to bakeries all day long
There's a lack of sweetness in my life
People in love are stupid and gross. |
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2004 : 11:13:20
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Let's remake Dune!
floop will be the director, and I will be in charge of financing, but I will not finance floop's beer.
Remember, I don't want something artistic, just a fucking blockbuster, I want to die rich and famous.
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Posted - 11/09/2004 : 11:46:33
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you absolute heathen
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7446 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 02:16:31
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Originally posted by Monsieur
I want to die rich and famous.
I can help you fulfill one of your three wishes.
Denis
"If you do 7-Up, you can't ever do Coke or Pepsi. You've got to hold out for the best deal possible. It's about me being a smart businesswoman as well as a musician." - Jessica Simpson |
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1718 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 02:48:31
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Originally posted by mun chien andalusia
http://www.hotweird.com/jodorowsky/dune.html
Wow. My craze-o-meter just blew up! This man certainly had a vision. Thanks for sharing this, MCA.
"Just kill the one with the sword first."
"Ah," Reagan says, raising his waxed and penciled eyebrows, and cocking his pompadour in Shaftoe's direction. "Smarrrt--you target them because they're the officers, right?"
"No, fuckhead!" Shaftoe yells. "You kill 'em because they've got fucking swords! You ever had anyone running at you waving a fucking sword?" |
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mattb
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
474 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 06:36:47
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Originally posted by TarTar
To this day, I love the original G.I. Joe comic book that ran from 1982 to 1994. Larry Hama, who wrote 99.9% of the issues, is a fantastic writer, storyteller, and character developer. If only he hadn't had to use all those ridiculous characters and vehicles that were Hasbro's fault. If the comic hadn't been so closely related to the toyline, it would have been even better. Hama managed to make it work, though. The comic had it's ups and downs throughout the years, but managed to stay pretty solid until about issue 135 or so, and then it began to fall apart around issue 135 or so, when they brought the Transformers into the mix. It didn't last for very long after that. The final issue was fantastic, though. I didn't care much for the new line of G.I. Joe comics that they started a few years ago, but I only read a few issues. Without Hama, there is no G.I. Joe.
Inna zany combination of Wayne's Pet Youngin'!
I couldn't agree with you more. G.I. Joe was my favourite comic as a kid. I feel bad for the people who were thrown off by it and didn't bother to read it because it was based on a toyline. You actually lasted more issues than I did though since I stopped reading at about issue 110. But that was more me starting to lose interest in comics in general rather than the stories getting crappy.
I also loved X-men but again stopped reading them at about the same time. I recently started to pick up a few issues here and there of both gi joe and x-men from this used book store near my house where they sell the issues for like $2. The stories actually hold up pretty well and makes me regret selling my comics when I was younger. I feel really stupid about it after looking at a price guide a little while ago. I had old X-men issues that I bought for $20 that are now worth $400 or so. I had issue 94 in near mint condition that my dad bought me for about $100. It kills me to see how much it goes for now. I got massively ripped off too when I sold them but I had to pay my rent when I was 17 and had no other option it seemed. I feel even worse about it because being a comic collector I knew better than to sell them so early.
I only read comics up until I was 14 so I was too young to understand the indie stuff. But I think I'll pick up a few issues of the titles you guys are mentioning in this thread.
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1968 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 10:56:21
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Did you at least catch the S.A.W. Viper mowing down all those Joes in issues 108 and 109?
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 07:57:47
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My favourite is the Beano.
Help me! He keeps making me post!
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 08:06:07
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| I love manga. I have some of the Japanese Star Wars books, and 3X3 Eyes. By the way, dose anyone know if the Ashes To Ashes, Army Of Darkness comic has any new issues out? I have the first one, been it seems to have disappeared round my way! |
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