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General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: Warped655 on October 28, 2010, 07:27:21 pm
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I'm interested in reading some new comics. of any kind actually.
I want to read some super heroes stuff as well as the less nerdy non-super heroes. Any recommendations?
Anyway, these comics have been going on for so damn long. IDK where to start. I already DLed all the Captain America comics. I have a interest in reading Batman to. but I REALLY don't know where to start with that at all...
As well as these things, I'd like to read some good web-based comics. I'm interested in SERIOUS or comedy.
Also, anyone here reading comics lately?
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If you want WEBCOMICS but not like gross ones then I'd recommend any of the comics here (http://www.kiwisbybeat.com) or Charles Christopher (http://www.abominable.cc).
As for print comics I really want to read more myself but I'm not into superheroes much so it's hard for me to pick them. Normally I just go to the comic shop and browse around in their cheap stuff for anything interesting. But, here's what I will recommend:
Pride of Baghdad (one-shot thing but very good)
Grey (technically a manga but I found it in typical comic-book issues but it's really good so far)
Tank Girl (not for everyone but there's been a lot of new ones coming out, not sure how easy they are to get in US stores though or if you can find downloads of anything but the oldschool ones)
Also it's not really a recommendation I'd make to EVERYONE but if you like Street Fighter then there's tons of those comics too if you want stuff that's still coming out right now. Pretty sure they've already released most of the ones up till now as big anthologies and I know there's a torrent that's got quite a few of them but not the newest ones.
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for webcomics there's gunnerkrigg court. i guess that's kind of a guilty pleasure of mine but i really really like it. also charles christopher is a definite must. i also follow snowflakes.
as for print comics... my favorite batman comic is "the dark knight returns." it draws some parallels to watchmen (i'm assuming you read watchmen because everyone has)
there's a bunch of good print comics that are more contemporary but i'm not able to think of any right now whoops. you could read the flight anthologies for indie stuff, all of which has pretty good art style (i love the artwork from the guy who started flight, kazu kibuishi. you may know him from the online webcomic "copper," which isn't updating anymore. he also has three published books out including a copper one--the amulet series, which is pretty kiddy fantasy adventure stuff but has awesome art)
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Man.... Charles Christopher was great... I read it in a single sitting. I don't know how I missed it before. Maybe I'll get to meet the artist/ author at next years SDCC if he gets himself a table this time around.
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Kid Radd
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Seconding this. Minus was good, Great is good, everything else is ok too. The only problem is that their names are naturally resistant to google searches.
Yeah for sure, Modern Fried Snake is the only one that'd be easy to google.
I still really want to order a print of the Minus where the meteor is coming. That comic is just so goddamn aces.
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I definitely enjoy MSPA, though I find sometimes takes repeated viewings to catch things and one often has to read between the lines.
Until recently my comic reading had fallen off. but your question inspired me to take a look at some of my old favorites. . . Okashina Okashi (http://strangecandy.net) is an amusingly twisted send-up of anime cliches with its own storyline- I'm catching up now. I recommend it. Another possibility is Eerie Cuties, (http://eeriecuties.com) about a high school for supernatural teens.
Emergency Exit, (http://eecomics.net)[/i] about a crew of strange apartment-dwellers and their artifact-hunting quest. It crosses over with a few other comics, some living, some dead but entombed. Trust me, my summary barely scratches the surface.
Bizarre Uprising (http://www.bizarreuprising.com/view) is another option, though it appears to be winding down. UFO (http://ufo.zamomo.com/index.htm)is still going, apparently, and the status of Our Home Planet (http://www.ourhomeplanet.net/) is unclear. There are others, but I'm sure this is more than enough for now.
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The best Batman comics are the 60s japanese manga ones
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/5406/deathman10.jpg)
Also uh in terms of superhero comics I remember Warren Ellis's "Planetary" as being pretty good. It's basically the X-Files meets ridiculous mashup of superhero comics I guess but you don't have to know/like either of those to enjoy it. Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing was good, also From Hell was excellent but idk if it's what you're looking for. Also Grant Morrison's run on Doom Patrol was fantastic, he's writing Batman right now iirc and it's supposed to be really good too but I don't know how easy it is to jump on. In terms of humour comics the only good ones are Michael Kupperman's "Tales Designed To Thrizzle" despite the unfortunate title they're actually pretty funny. Also in terms of ~serious comics~ Chris Ware is a bespoke dork but the Acme Novelty Library is pretty great, there was a big book put out a while back of all the uh one-off comics from it which is a pretty good place to start I think (it's just called Acme Novelty Library but its a giant red thing you cant miss it). Theres some more comics I liked a lot but I can't remember them or they aren't what you want probably.
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The first volume of RUnaways is pretty good. It'sabout the children of super who discovered there parents to be secretly super villains, then they runaway and plan to fight them..etc.
the succeeding volums are typical superhero comics
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Delayed response is due to work and an unfortunate state of lacking time to read comics.
If you want WEBCOMICS but not like gross ones then I'd recommend any of the comics here (http://www.kiwisbybeat.com) or Charles Christopher (http://www.abominable.cc).
As for print comics I really want to read more myself but I'm not into superheroes much so it's hard for me to pick them. Normally I just go to the comic shop and browse around in their cheap stuff for anything interesting. But, here's what I will recommend:
Pride of Baghdad (one-shot thing but very good)
Grey (technically a manga but I found it in typical comic-book issues but it's really good so far)
Tank Girl (not for everyone but there's been a lot of new ones coming out, not sure how easy they are to get in US stores though or if you can find downloads of anything but the oldschool ones)
Also it's not really a recommendation I'd make to EVERYONE but if you like Street Fighter then there's tons of those comics too if you want stuff that's still coming out right now. Pretty sure they've already released most of the ones up till now as big anthologies and I know there's a torrent that's got quite a few of them but not the newest ones.
Yeah I already read Charles Christopher. Pretty good. Think someone here said something about it before on GW at some point and linked to it. and I followed it.
Also, I just read Minus. Holy crap that was good.
When I scrounge the time I'll check out the rest of these recommendations. I also DLed all 4 volumes of Captain America. Heard he's one of the more well written super heroes overall.
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Couldn't find the modify option for my post for some reason, so I'm replying. I'm guessing it's due to a timer.
I just wanted to mention my favorite Minus comic, http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus123.html (http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus123.html).
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Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory, is a really good series. It kind of feels like a hybrid of Dexter, Psych, and several Saturday morning cartoons.
A friend of mine loaned me a bunch of issues of The Goon a while back. A scar faced tough guy takes over the mob and fights zombies, robots, and sundry other monstrosities. It was pretty decent.
Also, you might check out Crossed by Garth Ennis. More zombies here, sort of, but they are less family friendly than most people are used to. It is pretty short, at only ten issues, but it is an excellent run.
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If you want to read Batman, basically start by reading Batman and Son (released a few years ago), and read everything since then. Batman and Robin is a cool starting point as it features the new Batman and the new Robin, and is such an amazingly fun read.
If you're after more adult Batman, then Arkham Asylum, Venom and The Killing Joke are the three you should hunt down. If you want a contained, yet long story, then Nightfall, Nightquest and Knightsend are worth a read, one of the few examples of readable Batman comics from the 90's.
Fabian Nicieza has just taken reigns on Red Robin (Batman spin-off) and it's a really strong comic.
But you should definately jump on Batman with Batman and Son, because from then on, the series becomes so amazing and twisted. It will also mean you'll have to read Final Crisis. Which you should do. Everybody should. It's the best thing to happen to comics since Jack Kirby's OMAC.
(DO NOT READ BLACKEST NIGHT, it's a DC comics crossover story and is the worst thing to happen to comics since Stan Lee decided to write a Silver Surfer series)
I would also recommend reading Anarky, It's a Batman spin-off and is quite short, but well good. Azrael is also an excellent Batman spin-off. It lasted 100 issues but pretymuch varied between good and excellent, and a rare case of being able to see a character develop and grow throughout the series.
General comic recommendations would be anything by Grant Morrison, but maybe stay away from the invisibles right now, if you're not used to his comics, it can be a bit... disorientating.
A fun comic, is the 60's Fantastic Four run by Jack Kirby(with occasional help by Stan Lee). It's a really fun cosmic ride and has lots of freaky designs. I would to be honest, recommend ANYTHING by Kirby, but his 70's/80's stuff is pretty dense interms of having so many ideas crammed into a single issue, that you're either going to totally love it, or disregard it as nonsense (I totlly love it. OMAC is so bizarre and ahead of it's time that it makes many of today's comics seem pointless)
Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is another excellent series.
Walking Dead is a series which starts off really good, but for the past like year or two, has been as boring and repetative as fuck. Plus, zombies are so passe.
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Immortal Iron Fist is a really fun super hero comic. I think it got canceled though so don't expect much of an ending.
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Plus, zombies are so passe.
This may be true in many cases, although the natural exception to this rule happens to be "zombies" written by Garth Ennis. Crossed could be taken as a metaphor for so many things. Why, at one point salt is even used as a plot point. Some of the survivors believe that salt can save them from the shambling horde that the rest of the world has become.
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What about comics with "Mature" content? Any interest in those?
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It's not a superhero comic exactly, but I recently started reading the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series. I'm on volume three and it's fantastic. I just ordered all the rest of the books because I know I'm hooked. It has more to do with the game than the movies, which is what makes it so ridiculously good. The references are subtle, so even if you haven't played the game, it's still easy to get what's going on. The art is beautiful and the story doesn't follow the traditional Star Wars plot of Jedi vs. Sith (not exactly, anyway).
Also, if you can get past the black and white, and almost childish look to it, read Bone by Jeff Smith. Get the huge one-volume edition (only $20 some places). I didn't care for it at first, but once I got to the actual plot (not that terribly far into it), I ended up finishing the entire thing in a few days. It's a huge, epic story that most compare to the Lord of the Rings, but I thought it was better. I wish more people would read this and mention it in "best comics ever" lists. Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bone-Complete-Cartoon-Epic-One/dp/188896314X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291511852&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Bone-Complete-Cartoon-Epic-One/dp/188896314X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291511852&sr=8-1)
Then there's Superman: Red Son. This is my favorite superhero comic ever. It's a what-if story about Kal-El's ship landing in Moscow instead of Kansas, so Superman becomes a supporter of the Soviet Union while Lex Luthor is America's hero. I don't really read superhero comics, but this one is awesome. Also I really like it because the entire story is contained in one book. Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Red-Elseworlds-Mark-Millar/dp/1401201911/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291512324&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Red-Elseworlds-Mark-Millar/dp/1401201911/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291512324&sr=1-1)
It hasn't been updated for a while, but Warbot in Accounting is a freaking awesome webcomic. It's about a robot built for war who gets decommissioned and gets a job at an accounting firm. The humor in it is very strange, but it works. Find it here: http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/28/warbot_001/ (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/28/warbot_001/)
I haven't read it, but there's also an entire free comic online that some guy made that he never sold or something called Murderbullets. I haven't even started reading it, but here's the link: http://orcstain.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/murderbullets/ (http://orcstain.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/murderbullets/)
And just a few minutes I discovered Axe Cop: www.axecop.com (http://axecop.com)