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Post by fingersmash on Aug 21, 2019 13:57:52 GMT
Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers Unleashed Weirdest thing I have ever read. I had no clue what was happening the entire time.
I loved it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2019 17:34:05 GMT
UZUMAKI-graphic novel
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Post by polly on Aug 21, 2019 18:49:33 GMT
I've been working my way through the Carl Barks Disney Ducks library, currently on the 1948 volume. Donald & the nephews went to Africa to procure a rare butterfly, racing against an unscrupulous rival professor. Not a bad adventure, but as one might guess, this being a comic set in Africa drawn in 1948 there's some......interesting....depictions of tribesmen.
Also halfway through Catwoman: Her Sister's Keeper. My nerdy husband tells me this is her post-Crisis origin story, and the first time she'd gotten her own book. I've read Batman: Year One many times, but never the various other Year One works that follow it, or in this case interweave with it. It's pretty interesting.
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Post by tuigirl on Aug 21, 2019 19:34:42 GMT
Just finished Aliens/ Predator/ Prometheus Fire and Stone. It sure has some absolutely stunning artwork and a nice dark horror atmosphere. On occasion it devolves a bit into splatter, but that was to be expected from a comic about man eating monsters. It is actually much better than the monster mash I had expected and while the story is not the most thrilling or original, it is interesting and keeps you entertained.
Next up- The complete Life and Death. Written by Dan Abnett centered around the Colonial Marines. I hope it will have some great Warhammer 40k vibes to it.
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Post by polly on Aug 26, 2019 19:14:49 GMT
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Tygers - After snooping around online, I've decided to follow along with a post-crisis DC reading order, and happily Batman: Year One and Catwoman were first up, so I'm moving along to this 12-page Alan Moore short story.
So yeah, it's about Abin Sur, who's a space alien and Hal Jordan's predecessor as a Green Lantern. And he's looking for a downed spacecraft that crashed on this planet full of weird ass eldritch things trapped there since the dawn of whenever. And they drop some spicy prophecies about Abin Sur's own demise and also a horrible cataclysm that will befall the Corps.
I'm told this serves as something of a prologue to the main GL storyline, and Geoff Johns' famous run in particular. Seems neat, and there's some seriously bizarre creature art as well.
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Post by tuigirl on Aug 28, 2019 17:13:17 GMT
Finished Alien/ Predator/ Prometheus Complete Life and Death. Wow. Great story. Although I have to say that I enjoyed Fire and Stone slightly more- both artwork and story-wise. I liked this so much I actually got myself the Ahab action figure for my display shelf. And he looks glorious, a real eye-catcher (and larger than I had expected). Now... I just remembered I also got the Batman vs. Predator comics a while back... and have not gotten around to reading them. Will download them now.
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 3, 2019 17:10:22 GMT
The Complete Kick Ass Dave Lizewski years. I got the first one years ago when the movie came out- loved that movie. The comic was quite decent, too. It has completely over the top sociopathic violence and tons of swearing, nothing that you would read on a daily basis. But when you are in the right mood, a little bit of ass-kicking and truckloads of blood and gore are just what you need. Plus, I like the messed up character of Hit-Girl- she must be one of the most violent and destructive characters to ever have been considered on the "good" side. There is just nothing that seriously can stand in her way of total extermination. I consider her the shadow villain of this series. Blood for the blood god.
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Post by polly on Sept 3, 2019 20:54:33 GMT
Just wrapped up Batman and the Monster Men, another Year One-era story detailing Batman's first encounter with enhanced humans, thanks to Hugo Strange and his genetic experiments. Batman and the Mad Monk is a follow up to this, apparently, introducing Bats to supernatural threats, but that one isn't on Comixology for some reason.
Instead, I took advantage of their Marvel sale to fill out my Alias collection. I didn't care for the Jessica Jones Netflix show, but what the hey. I'm only one issue in, and I already like the comic more.
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Post by Digi on Sept 4, 2019 12:21:39 GMT
Caught up on the last few weeks' issues of HoXPoX. Really enjoying these series. Just wrapped up Batman and the Monster Men, another Year One-era story detailing Batman's first encounter with enhanced humans, thanks to Hugo Strange and his genetic experiments. Batman and the Mad Monk is a follow up to this, apparently, introducing Bats to supernatural threats, but that one isn't on Comixology for some reason. Ah, I was going to ask whether you meant the original Monster Men or the new one from a few years ago, but I see you mean the original. Kind of an odd story, isn't it? And if you follow the dates in Year One, it and Mad Monk, and The Man Who Laughs all take place before Year One actually ends. I'm not saying that's conducive to good reading (I've tried, it's really not), but it's just....kind of an odd storytelling choice.
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Post by polly on Sept 4, 2019 18:53:26 GMT
Ah, I was going to ask whether you meant the original Monster Men or the new one from a few years ago, but I see you mean the original. Kind of an odd story, isn't it? And if you follow the dates in Year One, it and Mad Monk, and The Man Who Laughs all take place before Year One actually ends. I'm not saying that's conducive to good reading (I've tried, it's really not), but it's just....kind of an odd storytelling choice. I did mean the new one, actually. I'm aware they're both remakes of old stories, I didn't actually think to look for the original version of Mad Monk. They did cram a fair bit of goings-on into the time before Batman shows up on the roof at the end of Year One, but I had thought Man Who Laughs was after, since Gordon called him up there to discuss this "Joker" fellow?
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Post by Digi on Sept 4, 2019 20:08:44 GMT
Ah, I was going to ask whether you meant the original Monster Men or the new one from a few years ago, but I see you mean the original. Kind of an odd story, isn't it? And if you follow the dates in Year One, it and Mad Monk, and The Man Who Laughs all take place before Year One actually ends. I'm not saying that's conducive to good reading (I've tried, it's really not), but it's just....kind of an odd storytelling choice. I did mean the new one, actually. I'm aware they're both remakes of old stories, I didn't actually think to look for the original version of Mad Monk. They did cram a fair bit of goings-on into the time before Batman shows up on the roof at the end of Year One, but I had thought Man Who Laughs was after, since Gordon called him up there to discuss this "Joker" fellow? Colour me confused. AFAIK there have been two Night of the Monster Men stories: one from 2006 (where Mad Monk is a sequel) that is part of the Year One timeline, and then a totally different one in 2016 that has nothing to do with Year One (not even the same continuity/timeline) and has no Mad Monk sequel. Unless there is a second/remake Mad Monk storyline that I've completely missed? (I'm like two years behind on Tom King's run, so it's entirely possible ) Regardless, I believe you're right and I'm wrong re: Man Who Laughs. I haven't read either in quite some time, and was (mis?)remembering off the top of my head.
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Post by polly on Sept 4, 2019 20:24:24 GMT
Colour me confused. AFAIK there have been two Night of the Monster Men stories: one from 2006 (where Mad Monk is a sequel) that is part of the Year One timeline, and then a totally different one in 2016 that has nothing to do with Year One (not even the same continuity/timeline) and has no Mad Monk sequel. Unless there is a second/remake Mad Monk storyline that I've completely missed? (I'm like two years behind on Tom King's run, so it's entirely possible ) Regardless, I believe you're right and I'm wrong re: Man Who Laughs. I haven't read either in quite some time, and was (mis?)remembering off the top of my head. Okay, I've worked out what the mixup is. I am talking about the 2006 Monster Men/Mad Monk stories. That's what I thought you meant by "a few years ago." When I looked them up on the DC wiki it said that those are Year One remakes of Batman #1 and Detective Comics #31-32 from 1939-1940. The Golden Age version is what I meant by "old stories." I didn't even know there has since been yet another Monster Men. I'm still a comic book novice so sorry for the confusion.
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Post by Digi on Sept 4, 2019 20:36:58 GMT
Allll good! There are so many continuity goofs, timeline reboots, reality-altering Crisis events, and so on and so on and so on that it's really for conversations to get really confusing very quickly. Especially when you're someone like me who is perpetually way behind on all my reading
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Post by Ela on Sept 6, 2019 17:13:35 GMT
Just wrapped up Batman and the Monster Men, another Year One-era story detailing Batman's first encounter with enhanced humans, thanks to Hugo Strange and his genetic experiments. Batman and the Mad Monk is a follow up to this, apparently, introducing Bats to supernatural threats, but that one isn't on Comixology for some reason. Instead, I took advantage of their Marvel sale to fill out my Alias collection. I didn't care for the Jessica Jones Netflix show, but what the hey. I'm only one issue in, and I already like the comic more. That sale is what inspired my recent Marvel comics purchases. But I didn't buy through Comixology, as I'd rather read a physical copy. The comics are too small to read on my phone and the Comixology app is not compatible with my very outdated iPad. Only option would have been to read on the computer. I keep trying to tell my spouse I need a new iPad. He doesn't get it.
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Post by polly on Sept 6, 2019 18:34:00 GMT
That sale is what inspired my recent Marvel comics purchases. But I didn't buy through Comixology, as I'd rather read a physical copy. The comics are too small to read on my phone and the Comixology app is not compatible with my very outdated iPad. Only option would have been to read on the computer. I keep trying to tell my spouse I need a new iPad. He doesn't get it. I wouldn't mind physical books, but I've only got so much space and it's one thing too many. So I read on my phone personally, I don't have problems with size most of the time. Their Guided View feature blows up a single panel or part of a panel at a time for easy reading. It'll also zoom out to show the whole thing after, if it's a splash page or something. Works well enough for me. Either way, comics is comics. Hope you like 'em.
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Post by Ela on Sept 6, 2019 18:38:42 GMT
That sale is what inspired my recent Marvel comics purchases. But I didn't buy through Comixology, as I'd rather read a physical copy. The comics are too small to read on my phone and the Comixology app is not compatible with my very outdated iPad. Only option would have been to read on the computer. I keep trying to tell my spouse I need a new iPad. He doesn't get it. I wouldn't mind physical books, but I've only got so much space and it's one thing too many. So I read on my phone personally, I don't have problems with size most of the time. Their Guided View feature blows up a single panel or part of a panel at a time for easy reading. It'll also zoom out to show the whole thing after, if it's a splash page or something. Works well enough for me. Either way, comics is comics. Hope you like 'em. Hmm...Didn't know about the "guided view" feature. Will have to check it out. I never finished several comics I have on Comixology because of the difficulty of reading them on my phone. The other issue for me, though, is that I don't use technology on the Sabbath, and that is the time when I have the most time for reading. Hence, the preference for a physical copy. (And, yes, it does take up a lot of room. I've run out of room in my bookcases, lol. )
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Post by polly on Sept 6, 2019 18:43:51 GMT
Hmm...Didn't know about the "guided view" feature. Will have to check it out. I never finished several comics I have on Comixology because of the difficulty of reading them on my phone. The other issue for me, though, is that I don't use technology on the Sabbath, and that is the time when I have the most time for reading. Hence, the preference for a physical copy. (And, yes, it does take up a lot of room. I've run out of room in my bookcases, lol. ) Ah, that makes sense why you'd want real paper and ink, then. Our house is already full to bursting with stacks of TV shows, movies, video games, the great big hardback novels I insist on buying....I literally have no idea where I'd put comics. Sounds like a common problem around here.
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Post by Digi on Sept 7, 2019 1:17:54 GMT
Spider-Man: Life Story #6 House of X #4
09/09 edit: And about a dozen Star Wars comics yesterday. I was behind by nearly a month lol
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2019 17:22:59 GMT
The Ministry Of Time
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Post by polly on Sept 12, 2019 18:36:40 GMT
Naruto Vol. 1 - Second best of the Big Three shonen franchises that dominated the 00s. I got pretty far into watching the anime, but I tapped out due to lack of time. This time I'm going to just read the manga. Less bloat, cheaper price. I know the series has a reputation of being really basic, but I think it's got a lot of character.
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