OFFICIAL COMIC BOOK THREAD

[sundro2000]

I have all the original spawns still somewhere put away

 

[|A-Man|]

Originally Posted by EAGLE 0N

Can anyone put me on some good Wolverine material? - I have Old Man Logan and Enemy of the State

Wolverine Goes To Hell, Get Mystique, and I don't know the title of it but the long *%! arc where he finally defeats Romulus and before that finds out he has a son (Daken).

Speaking of Punisher Max. A Fury Max series has just started.

 

[hombrelobo]

Picked this up for some weekend reading.

 

[mints]

Originally Posted by PLVN

I wanted to pick up that Calvin and Hobbes book set, but the binding on the set was terrible. My 26 year old copies of the original books have held up better than a friend of mine's copy of the complete calvin and hobbes.

Calvin and Hobbes is the greatest strip ever.

No doubts on that, I just wish after all the care they took to properly format the Collection into the way Watterson wanted it presented they'd have made the binding able to handle even casual reading. Those strips should be seen by all not hidden on a shelf for eternity. While the early books tossed out his formatting and Sunday colors at least they held up well.

I remember reading once that Watterson would go into a book store in his home town and secretly autograph copies of the Calvin and Hobbes books, but he stopped when he realized people were selling them on ebay instead of keeping them as a cherished possession.

 

[kvsm23vs24]

So I want to get into invincible.
It's like on 90 something right now.
Can I just read it and go from there or do I need to read it all?
Any volumes?

 

[|A-Man|]

You can try reading from the 80s to get the gist of where they're at not but starting from 90 would have you a bit lost for a while. They'll be saying names and mentioning things you'd have to be aware of in prior issues.

 

[Deleted member 37754]

Originally Posted by mints

Originally Posted by PLVN

Originally Posted by mints

I wanted to pick up that Calvin and Hobbes book set, but the binding on the set was terrible. My 26 year old copies of the original books have held up better than a friend of mine's copy of the complete calvin and hobbes.

Calvin and Hobbes is the greatest strip ever.

No doubts on that, I just wish after all the care they took to properly format the Collection into the way Watterson wanted it presented they'd have made the binding able to handle even casual reading. Those strips should be seen by all not hidden on a shelf for eternity. While the early books tossed out his formatting and Sunday colors at least they held up well.

I remember reading once that Watterson would go into a book store in his home town and secretly autograph copies of the Calvin and Hobbes books, but he stopped when he realized people were selling them on ebay instead of keeping them as a cherished possession.

[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]I've read these quite often as they have a deeper meaning to me than most. Long story.[/color]

[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]But the binding has held up for almost 8 years now, give or take. [/color]

[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Picking up the new 52 of Batman next week... heard nothing but good things. so we'll see.[/color]

 

[shaunhillftw49]

What is a good graphic novel which doesn't require much previous knowledge about characters ?

 

[Gill Baka Esq. LLC.]

Originally Posted by hombrelobo

Picked this up for some weekend reading.

you made a great choice.  Swamp thing is too underrated...I wish DC kept him out of the whole White Lantern stuff but I'm trying to dig the new series.

 

[Gill Baka Esq. LLC.]

Originally Posted by ShaunHillFTW49

What is a good graphic novel which doesn't require much previous knowledge about characters ?

Get on that sandman by neil gaiman....i've been begging all the comic book heads to get on the series.  It's a collection of 12 or so graphic novels and a whole other list of side books and companions.

It's def out of the box in terms of what it was doing for the time it came out.

Also Constantine is another good one to take a look at.

 

[eagle 0n]

Originally Posted by ATGD7154xBBxMZ

Originally Posted by EAGLE 0N

Can anyone put me on some good Wolverine material? - I have Old Man Logan and Enemy of the State

Wolverine Goes To Hell, Get Mystique, and I don't know the title of it but the long *%! arc where he finally defeats Romulus and before that finds out he has a son (Daken).

Thanks! Dark Wolverine is that what your referring to?

 

[|A-Man|]

Originally Posted by EAGLE 0N

Originally Posted by ATGD7154xBBxMZ

Originally Posted by EAGLE 0N

Can anyone put me on some good Wolverine material? - I have Old Man Logan and Enemy of the State

Wolverine Goes To Hell, Get Mystique, and I don't know the title of it but the long *%! arc where he finally defeats Romulus and before that finds out he has a son (Daken).

Thanks! Dark Wolverine is that what your referring to?

Nah, Dark Wolverine is just apart of it and connects to it for a while, that's when Daken joins Norman Osbourne Dark Avengers. The Romulus stuff is mainly in Wolverine Origins. So I say just get all those issues, it isn't an insane amount.

After checking he's been in 64 issues. 1st appearance was in Wolverine # 50. He was mentioned and in the shadows for a while before that. I don't think Marvel has released a full trade paperback or something like an omnibus yet to have the full story all in one place. Actually they do have it in trades but it's in 4 parts.

 

[100proof]

Originally Posted by EAGLE 0N

Can anyone put me on some good Wolverine material? - I have Old Man Logan and Enemy of the State 

 

[prostaffer]

Originally Posted by solarius49

Originally Posted by MrONegative

Originally Posted by Prostaffer


i have the first 125 issues of spawn. still burns me that they don't think about re-booting that movie.

Isn't the creator like the worst %+$-hole in comics or something?

Tod McFarlane?  Idk, he could be, I really havent heard anything from him recently.  But im pretty sure he created Venom for Marvel, and then left so he could create and own Spawn.

McFarlane was an amazing illustrator of spider man. he got mad at marvel and their rules (for instance you couldn't have an issue that had no action and all drama) and control over created characters. he created image with other illustrators preaching the right of the artists to retain rights over the characters. in the end he screwed some other creators and i've dropped out since then.

 

[livemyreality]

Originally Posted by kvsm23vs24

So I want to get into invincible.
It's like on 90 something right now.
Can I just read it and go from there or do I need to read it all?
Any volumes?

You should definitely start Invincible from the beginning. There are 15 trades out right now and I believe there is an Omnibus, that was released recently. 
I started from the first trade and caught up to where the comic book is now. Love everything about Invincible. Robert Kirkman is awesome at this title...I wish they would release sooner.

 

[|A-Man|]

Originally Posted by Prostaffer

Originally Posted by solarius49

Originally Posted by MrONegative

Isn't the creator like the worst %+$-hole in comics or something?

Tod McFarlane?  Idk, he could be, I really havent heard anything from him recently.  But im pretty sure he created Venom for Marvel, and then left so he could create and own Spawn.

McFarlane was an amazing illustrator of spider man. he got mad at marvel and their rules (for instance you couldn't have an issue that had no action and all drama) and control over created characters. he created image with other illustrators preaching the right of the artists to retain rights over the characters. in the end he screwed some other creators and i've dropped out since then.

I just finished reading some Marvelman/Miracleman issues by Alan Moore cuz I stumbled across some articles online about Marvel buying the rights to it a few years back and I wanted to find out more about why he has not shown up in the MU yet and I come across the whole problem with McFarlane and Gaiman (writer who took up the character after Moore) suing over the right to the character and how it got caught up in limbo because of the lawsuits. I only knew of McFarlane being an a-hole but never details. He's a real douche for what he tried to pull on Gaiman.

Originally Posted by 100PROOF

Originally Posted by EAGLE 0N

Can anyone put me on some good Wolverine material? - I have Old Man Logan and Enemy of the State 

How could I forget, X-Force is great.

Remender

EDIT

Mark Waid is finishing Irredeemable and Incorruptible with final issues 37 and 30. I'm going to check both out now.

 

[ss3walkman]

Waiting to see how this Avengers vs X-MEN plays out

 

[livemyreality]

Finally gonna be able to pick up a month's worth of comics this Wednesday. I got a whole lot of reading to do. Haha.

 

[maxb7ty]

What's the best order the read the World War Hulk TPB's?

also, anyone reading Animal Man? Probably my favorite comic i'm reading at the moment

 

[donmega]

Originally Posted by hombrelobo

Picked this up for some weekend reading.

A very good read! Picked this one up last weekend as well, haven't had the time to read it though 

 

[quktic]

Can you guys recommend me some good Superman comics?~

 

[|A-Man|]

Originally Posted by QuKtIc

Can you guys recommend me some good Superman comics?~

Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

 

[ravenclaw67]

anybody here a Mark Millar fan? got any questions for him you guys wanted asked?

 

[quktic]

^ Thanks ATGD7154xBBxMZ, anymore recent ones?~

 

[donmega]

Originally Posted by QuKtIc

^ Thanks ATGD7154xBBxMZ, anymore recent ones?~

Secret Identity, Red Son, The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told or  DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore (this one has both Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? and For The Man Who Has Everything)