Thread 149118875

Currently reading The Eternity Saga. I'm not too far in.

Yesterday I reread Alan Moore's Miracleman. I gotta say that run really does not hold up. I was never a HUGE fan to begin with, but I did like it upon reading it back in the day. Now it just seems boring. It's mostly carried by the (admittedly well executed) twists, but once you've already seen them then those moments just lose their impact.

Tomorrow (or maybe later tonight, depending on when I finish The Eternity Saga) I was planning on reading Matt Wagner's The Demon.

Legion of Superheroes The Curse deluxe edition. Presently on issue 308. That whole thing with Shrinking Violet a few issues ago really threw me for a loop. Honestly the more I read of DC from that era the more I kind of wish I was less of a marvel kid

>>149119257
dc in the 80s was primo stuff. mature but not too edgy, hell, even marvel was at times.

>>149119278
Marvel had a lot of good stuff. I was mostly just an X-men reader though so even within marvel I feel like I missed on more than I should have.

>>149118875 (OP)
Currently reading Zot! It's alright so far.

>>149119351
How far in?

>>149119405
Issue 5 now.

I read the Yellow M and issues 4-6 of Marvel Two in One.

>>149118875 (OP)
Omega the Unknown. It's mostly good.

>>149119595
Blake and Mortimer?

>>149119628
Original series?

>>149119257
>That whole thing with Shrinking Violet a few issues ago really threw me for a loop.

That's in the issue in your pic? 305?

>>149119628
Which one?

>>149120242
Correct. They set it up things earlier but the big hammer drop was 305. She got replaced by an Alien shape shifter. Whom Colossal Boy dicked.

>>149119798
>>149120588
Yes, the original. It's kinda slow paced.

>>149120887
Weird as hell though, especially considering the time. Steve Gerber's brand of bizarre is something you don't quite get anywhere else.

Fantastic Four Fanfare #2. Waiting on FF #33, Predator vs Spider-Man #3, Incredible Hulk #26

haunt

>>149120887
I found it nice and odd until Gerber handed off writing duties to other writers. Probably not his choice, but it killed his comic.

Goddamn Darkseid is a dick. This is a way better use of villainy than all that "IS" shit.

>>149119257
>>149121256
You're actually making me interested in reading these.

>>149121272
You should. The Great Darkness Saga was terrific and this has been a very strong follow up.

One of the weirdest things I ever read. Keith Giffen is a maniac, so I'm not surprised to see his name in the credits, but he co-wrote it with Alan Grant and his involvement is more surprising.

>>149118875 (OP)
At the moment I'm going through IDW's Star Trek comics. Just read pic related. The main series is a pseudo-continuation of DS9, with Captain Sisko returning from the Temple of the Prophets and setting out on a new mission. I say "pseudo-continuation" because the focus is largely on Sisko and Worf, and so far, Kira, Quark, Odo, Bashir, O'Brien, and Dax have either been absent or in minor roles.
I quite enjoyed the first arc of Sisko's story, with him seeing the aftermath of the Dominion War from the show. Worf's story is about him trying to reconnect with his son, although he spends most of his time with his not!Suicide Squad.

>>149121647
uh, forget something there, main man? I mean I got a good idea what you're probably on about there but maybe fill in the rest of the class there.

>>149121647
>>149121904
LOL

Just noticed that the image didn't upload the first time.

Not what you were thinking, was it?

>>149121926
>Not what you were thinking, was it?
It was not

>>149121212
>I found it nice and odd until Gerber handed off writing duties to other writers. Probably not his choice, but it killed his comic.
How many times did that happen at 70s Marvel? Gerber left Morbius and Guardians of the Galaxy mid-story as well, and the guys that took over from him had no idea where his stories were going. Then the next Morbius writer left mid-story too.

Currently reading through old magazines to see previews of announced upcoming comics. There is SO MUCH STUFF that still isn't scanned. And a depressing number of things that were announced and never even came out.

>>149118875 (OP)
Finished the second half of Violence Jack yesterday. Solid art, some good stories. The rape of the week and length of the manga, plus the ending, were all quite tiresome.
I think today I'll read some Nancy and clean my brain.

These are the best threads on /co/.

>>149119798
>Blake and Mortimer?
yes.

I'm reading through the Disney Star Wars comics in chronological order, taking note of which ones add anything to the movies and which ones are filler. Surprisingly, a good amount of them figure out a reason to exist, but the reading enjoyment is not related to their relevance at all.

>>149119257
Never really read this book, can I just jump in and read that arc?

>>149118875 (OP)
Nothing yet.

Latest comic I read was Cybersix after finding an issue in a flea market

Thinking about reading Batman Dark Patterns later today. It's new, but it's being really well-received and looks like good old Batman comics.

>>149123443
Yeah, I hope this one stays around for a while.

>>149124470
If not, you could just make a new one.

>>149124462
I was pretty hyped for it, but unfortunately, it's shelf-filler fluff. The first arc is about how big corpo pollutions are scarier than any supervillain, and the second arc is about how the Ventriloquist could never be as good at handling Scarface as a black woman, who's been silenced by society her whole life.

Currently re-reading my bookcase full of (dc) comics. Currently reading Hush 1, a bit of Delano's Hellblazer on the side and the occasional Simone Wonder Woman on my phone.

Expecting the Superman Adventures Compendium and Zot! any day now really.
>>149124462
It's the best Bat book on the market, which isn't saying much.
>>149124614
Yeah but its loads better than Tom Taylor using Damian, Batman and Harvey fucking Bullock as soapbox sadies bitching about juvie.
>>149119351
Very interested in this for sure!

read

damn this shit was bleak but it was enjoyable. solid ribic art

>>149126908
It's over?

>>149127030
yeah 4 issue mini but it has potential for a sequel

>>149126908
The DC ones were better

>>149119405
On issue 8 now. I'm loving the inventiveness of the art most of all.
I love 80s comics.

>>149124614
Damn.
>>149125405
Why would you read Tom Taylor?

>>149128172
>Why would you read Tom Taylor?
You know it's really interesting how this is one of the only communities that was will trash talk Taylor or Bendis. Try shitting on them over on Reddit and watch the downvotes. Of course this is all from shelfy posting retards who never so much unwrap their book. But it's still a distressing state of industry.

>>149128220
I've seen the shit that gets praised on Reddit and League of Comic Geeks and it's really sad. There's too often some extremely mediocre comic being touted as a masterpiece by some desperate moron.

>>149128220
It's not that interesting.
>Reddit downvotes
hahahaha

>>149128605
my point was less about the votes mattering and more how people seem to celebrate garbage

>>149127084
Nowlan is great.

>>149123457
Great series. Criminally underrated by English speakers. Really among the best ever made in France.

>>149127084
That is one of the most underrated crossovers of all time. Seriously, everyone on /co/ should read that. You will be shocked at how legitimately good that is.

>>149118875 (OP)
nothing yet

>>149130139
This but Alien Vs Wildcats instead

>>149118875 (OP)
Dalgoda the complete series omnibus

>>149130688
That looks so stupid in concept, but it's a legitimately good comic.

>>149130609
That shit was canon too. poor Stormwatch

>>149130831
Dennis Fujitake should have been a bigger comic book artist.

>>149131875
>poor Stormwatch
Ellis killing all of Stormwatch to replace them with his OCs was a dick move, even if best girl had already been killed before his run.

>>149131952
There's A LOT of artists from the 70s and 80s that should have been legends, but either did very little work (in comics) or never did anything that sold well enough to get them noticed.

>>149131977
I'll be honest. I never much like the Authority.

>>149132004
It was much more interesting when it was new and that style was still novel.

>>149128220
I (>>149128322) misunderstood you post, anon. My apologies.

>>149131991
I think a lot of these guys go into other fields like advertising or movies where the demands of the work are less and the rewards greater.

>>149132545
No, I posted that. What are you trying here?

>>149132893
Fuck, my post was >>149128605
>What are you trying here?
To not be such a fucking idiot.
Clearly I failed.

>>149132967
Don't sweat it, anon. You're alright.

>>149127030
Yes, Thank Stan. So much could have been done. They dragged the release dates out. Didn't even think of the Cosmic Forces available, the ending just failed.

>>149127060
let's hope not. Otherwise, like I said above, they needed to bring in the Heavy Cannons.

>>149127084
Damn right they were. The Batman ones worked better, but Superman just flailed. I wanted a Batman vs The Terminator after the Superman one, but nothing showed.

>>149130688
>omnibus
Nice.

>>149130688
Might pick it up.

Come on, guys.

Just read this.

Prepare yourself for a trip. STORYTIME!

>>149134267
Omnibus isn’t in color (due to lack of original art)
Dennis’s art looks great in black and white so it’s not much of problem

>>149135291
Matt Howarth is the very epitome of the concept of "independent spirit" in comics. Active in fanzines since the 60s (!) and in self-published / underground / indie comics since the 70s, he worked in comics for decades producing a surprisingly large amount of comics, never letting his obscurity or lack of success stop him. Dude even did a miniseries for a DC Comics imprint and a couple issues of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! He's one of the most interesting and unique artists in comics that almost no one's heard of and a deep dive into his career is absolutely 100% worth your time.

You can read more about his career and see a list of his comics here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Howarth

>>149135251
>Omnibus isn’t in color (due to lack of original art)

FFS (on both of those points)

>>149124371
What's that?

>>149124267
EVERYBODY started with whatever was on the shelf that month back then. I haven't read that myself, but I doubt it'd be a problem.

The art in this is STUNNING!

Nice art. There's nothing wrong with the writing, but I just couldn't bring myself to care about anyone or anything.

How in the actual fuck did this never get a cartoon? I don't think I've EVER read a comic that seemed more perfect for an animated adaptation.

This: >>149119102

>captcha: M0PTS
LOL

This: >>149119102

>captcha: M0PTS
LOL

Is this the most obscure thing to ever get a video game?

I only read old shit

>>149119229
Finished The Eternity Saga over the night. It was good. I think I still like Ditko's Spider-Man better though, but his Strange is unquestionably the best art he ever did.

>>149136659
Cool. Then talk about it.

>>149136572
Is this any good and has it ever been reprinted? Played the game but never saw the comic anywhere.

>>149136157
Cybersix

Read.

>>149136659
Like

>>149137839
No

>>149139070
Why not

>>149136659
Name something you've read recently.

>>149136572
Maybe

>>149140566
Wtf?

>>149141154
Every one was trying to get a spoonful of the turtle soup

>>149137839
This.

>>149131977
I enjoyed The Authority but yeah, losing Stormwatch was rough, and Ellis' reasoning was very petty. At least if he was killing off his OC's I could understand it, but only three of the survivors existed before he took over writing duties, and of those 3, only Swift stayed relevant.

caught up to ultimate wolverine. i still have to catch up to
>absolute superman
>absolute batman
>ultimates
>ultimate x men

>>149140566
This originated from a concept (that made it as far as being officially announced) called something like "Undercover Elvis" which would have been about an absurd over-the-top caricature of Elvis Presley as a private detective. Apparently they ran into potentially legal issues with using Elvis's likeness and the original concept was scrapped in favor of dinosaurs as private detectives.

The comic itself is actually not even that bad. But it's the kind of thing that REALLY looks like it was made for kids when it REALLY wasn't.

>>149141317
Not quite. See the post above.

>>149143328
Yikes.

>>149144066
problem, officer ?

>>149118875 (OP)
Currently reading Zatanna 2025 series and Zee even thanking me in a cute way

>>149144375
Yes.

Not half bad.

Donald Duck: Trail of the Unicorn

>>149119229
You got bored by Miracleman but managed to get through Lee/Ditko's Strange? How?

Halfway There by Christine Mari. It's a memoir story about a Japanese hapa girl who goes to Tokyo. I'm also a Japanese hapa man so the story is very relatable.

I'm really liking comic memoirs these days. I find memoir comics a lot more appealing than manga and superhero stuff. I'd rather see New York from Julia Wertz's point of view than Spiderman's point of view. Memoir comics feel very new. They are the complete opposite of Marvel and DC, they are very personal stories. not stories told by a board of directors.

Started reading pic related. It's good but the trades from around this time do a really annoying thing were all the covers are in the BACK of the book in their own gallery instead of you know, at the start of where each issue is in the trade. In case you wanted to know what issue you were actually reading. Which still isn't hard information to figure out but ffs

>>149147838
bait

I'm reading Tarot by Jim Balent. It is slow going because I periodically have to stop to masturbate.

>>149148120
Literally all I know from that series

>>149148120
It's not even hot enough to masturbate to, you lying shit.

>>149118875 (OP)
I can't read, only write. Life is a confusing mess for me

Holy shit this is amazing.

Basically an old school men's adventure paperback in comic form about a middle-aged alcoholic one-handed former barehanded-lion-hunter with a delusional coming out of "retirement" to rescue a kidnapping victim. Features overt allusions to incestuous lust, extreme mental illness, lots of fighting, and PERFECT art for this style of story. Fun stuff.

Basically an old school men's adventure paperback in comic form about a middle-aged alcoholic one-handed former barehanded-lion-hunter coming out of "retirement" to rescue a kidnapping victim. Features overt allusions to incestuous lust, extreme mental illness, lots of fighting, and PERFECT art for this style of story. Fun stuff.

>>149147434
Miracleman really isn't that good. Get some taste.

Gonna read some Silver Age Captain America later today.

Speaking of Cap, what are the best Gruenwald stories?

>>149150389
Neither is Dr. Strange.

>>149148855
If you can't read, you can't write.

>>149152094
I can. Proof me wrong.

>>149152877
kek

Early 2000's firestorm run where he's a nigga.
Not as bad as I thought. I actually feel kind of bad for what happened in Blackest Night now

read that DC Sonic crossover in the story time. It was dumb.

read

>>149147434
>Miracleman
the Alan Moore stuff seems really old hat at this point though. I liked the series but I can see why it didn't really become a big hit for Marvel (who thought they had their own Watchmen book that would be ever green) with new readers.
It basically just appealed to the crowd that grew up hearing about the books legal problems for decades and finally got a chance to read it in a collected edition.

Working my way through Spawn. I am on issue 10 or 11 I think. Its not bad. Had a higher opinion of the series before I started reading it if I am being honest. Also, I don't like his art style that much.

>>149150638
>Speaking of Cap, what are the best Gruenwald stories?
The US Agent as Cap saga, basically everything from Bloodstone Hunt through to Streets of Poison, anything with the Serpent Society.

>>149156161
okay

>>149156444
I think he turns both the art and the writing over to others before too long.

>>149151612
This is complete bullshit.

>>149158144
No bullshit. I was bored out of my mind reading that shit. The art is great, but it can only carry it so far.

>>149156730
The Serpent Society were the best

>>149118875 (OP)
Is there an archive of Arthur Adams' art?

>>149158470
I don't know if and where any of it is archive but he has a decent amount of art books out there

>>149158230
confirmed for having shit taste

>>149158500
Shut the fuck up, bot.

>>149118875 (OP)
None

>>149158987
wrong, fag

Where Monsters Dwell and Where Monsters Dwell cul de sac.
I would gladly have read more.

Picked up the new Absolute Wonder Woman, Absolute Martian Manhunter, and Assorted Crisis Events today.

Deniz Camp is a migrationist bastard who thinks it's a GOOD thing mystery meat Star Wars names got let into America, but his writing is good and the AMM art is great.

Absolute Wonder Woman is easier to read and I don't get angry at the politics.

>>149159859
>Where Monsters Dwell cul de sac

wat

>>149160316
I got it wrong it’s “Where Monsters Lie”

>>149160574
I also read I Hate This Place 1-10

Read Judge Dredd. Currently on the few progs where he is sheriff on Luna-1 so this would still be 70s era I think.

Mars Attacks 1-4

>>149161186
Aren't there several volumes of Mars Attacks?

>>149161514
This was a recent one by Kyle Starks.

Just finished the original Cosmic Cube story from Tales of Suspense #79-81. Pretty good. 60s Red Skull is by far my favorite era of the character.

>>149149157
Yeah, it's great. I'm going to reread it in black and white, hopefully soon.

Still reading Zot!

fuck reading

This issue specifically.

>>149162331
I love TOS era Cap, also a big fan of Kirby's second run and DeMatiss.

Thinking of reading the Comico volume of Grendel tonight. Do I need to have read the stuff before that to appreciate it?

>>149164770
Not sure.

>>149160661
I didn't like that part.

>>149164770
No.
The comic run is the first one I read. You pick up what you need to know along the way.

>>149136172
Reminds me a bit of Arthur Rackham.

Goddamned spammers.

>>149118875 (OP)
The Terrifics

>>149135127
I found a random issue of this when I was digging through the discount bin on FCBD.

>>149135291
Neat.

rover red charlie and old man logan
RRC was nice. I love dogs. its probably garth ennis' most wholesome comic because its about friends and has a happy ending amd the least amount of edgy and shocking moments compared to his other shit.
old man logan's kinda cool but after it's strong start the rest of it doesnt really engage me. i like the movie Logan better.

>>149118875 (OP)
None yet, again.

>>149118875 (OP)
Vigilante
Got to the end, got sad

Well that sure was a big dumb event comic. I don't know that I'd say that the trade version I had made it the easiest to follow, though that's the thing with a lot of this big dumb events, keeping shit organized is always a stretch. Anyways I'd say as far as big dumb events go this one was alright.

Grommets and Ashita no Joe

>>149118875 (OP)
Going through the Superman in the Fifties collection and happened to read the first Brainiac story today.

i found out about the new Ultimate universe yesterday so I've been catching up on that. I haven't read any Marvel stuff since the og pete died in ultimate but I'm enjoying 40yo spidey so far.

Other than that I'm reading Oblivion Battery since WSJ popped all the chapters on their app, pretty funny shit.

>>149170921
>i found out about the new Ultimate universe yesterday
Where you on deployment?

>>149170794
Huh.

>>149170794
Kandor? More like Kandorks.

>>149171090
nah I just don't read comics much anymore, bought my last issue around 2012. Some anon summed up a bit of what happened to spidey since then for me in a thread on /v/ and that sparked my interest in the the new Ultimate verse, which made me check out /co/ (i usually just parse it from time to time for storytimes) and then get here since there's a similar thread on /a/ that I enjoy.

Superman '78 The Metal Curtain. It was decent.

>>149130831
I hope you're right.

>>149130831
Just finished the Omnibus. Its a great series but I wonder if Jan wanted to do more? The insect aliens are still around and about to attack earth.

>>149166459
Good to hear.

Gizmo by Michael Dooley from Mirage studio (I think he had some crossovers with TMNT)
pretty entertaining comic

>>149164247
How much kabbalah stuff is in Promethea? Because I've heard that's a main focus and that just sounds boring as fuck and it's kept me from reading it because I don't want to waste my time.

>>149172586
>>149172814
That was quick.

>>149174151
It is not a large omnibus

Rock Candy Mountain
Call of Cthulu manga.

>>149173889
Not that anon, but a chunk of it is a tour through the sefirot. I don't care about that shit, but I liked it.

Fuck. I forgot to read.

>>149175880
get to it then

>>149176461
Too late.

Read the first half dozen issues of Comico Grendel last night. Good stuff.

>>149127084
Unless this is played like one of those comedy cartoons where a man is hunting some sort of pests just for the pest to drop anvils on his head, I don't see how this can be good. Supes should have about as much trouble killing a xeno as a normal guy killing a fly.

Maybe later.

>>149123156
Started reading Taniguchi's Blue Fighter.
I was looking at some stuff yesterday and was surprised by how much similar to Arzach, Kobayashi's Dragon's Heaven appears. Cross cultural sequential art is awesome.

>>149147754
Excellent spreads, highlight of Western /m/

>>149148635
Another fun one, the robot's head always reminded me a bit of Layzner and Gorg combined.

>>149160069
I like Abs Wondy's design and the art is pleasant.

>>149170743
>Ashita no Joe
One of my favorites, Hox or the new release?

>>149179776
cool

I might read more X-Men.

>>149118875 (OP)
Superman vs Aliens

>>149180209
Other two spreads I saved are too big for 4chan, RIP. Otherwise very cool, I think I recently caught Big Guy in an early issue of Madman.

>>149179776
>>149147754
Watch the skies coming at yooooooou...

Been reading Morrison JLA. I really like it as of issue 25. I'm not sure what I was expecting fully but it's also been surprisingly normal compared to Morrison's other works.

>>149180984
Don't do it.

>>149183162
Why not

>>149183565
It's shit.

>>149178636
Read it. You'll be surprised how well they pulled it off.

>>149179754
>how much similar to Arzach, Kobayashi's Dragon's Heaven appears
Yeah. One of the many Moebius-influenced Japanese artists.

Tonight

>>149184140
How do you know what he's reading?

Matt Wagner is a really talented guy, but this is just too talky for me. Nothing fucking happens.

This was a pleasant surprise. Never even heard of it before I randomly saw mention of it in an old fan magazine. Actually pretty good. And of course Richard Corben is always something else.

>>149118875 (OP)
I didn't. If I did I would have read the recent ultimate spider man

>>149149157
How is the Jamie Delano run?

>>149130688
>>149131952
>>149172814
Same creative team.

>>149123443
I don't know, it could be better if it was either a waifu general with the images reposted for months, an AI slop general, a schizo honeypot Spidey thread, a death battle general, or a live action mcu thread

>>149118875 (OP)
>OP starts a thread about comics
pretty cool! We should do it more. Currently I'm in the middle of The Hive, Absolute Martian Man hunter, and The World Tree. I'm really enjoying all three I just wish I had more time to read. My next buy might be the Mass Effect collection.

>>149187193
interesting

>>149186683
It's all shit.

finally got around to reading Absolute Martian Manhunter.

are any of the other absolute comics worth it at all?

>>149189126
They are mostly year 1 kind of deals, but updated according to writer's twitter feed's sensibilities.
Read absolute Green lantern and it was just kind of boring. Batman and Superman had much better art. Didn't read wonder woman because it has hell as setting

>>149136157
Bioweapon escapes mad scientist.

Disguises herself as a man to evade detection.

Holds her own secret war against mad scientist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tEL9u_TPTY&ab_channel=Anime%21onTMSOfficialChannel

>>149189126
Batman and WW have nice art, but not as nice as MM. Story wise, they're nothing special.
>>149189189
Absolute Green Lantern is AWFUL.

>>149189126
kino art

Finished up classic Doom Patrol. I really liked it. Thanks a lot readers in the 60s who didn't pick up the slack. Their blood is on your hands.

>>149182731
>it's also been surprisingly normal compared to Morrison's other works

Yeah. I think that's why it works so well. Morrison is a kinda bad writer if you ask me, but if he puts his artsy indulgences and eccentricities aside and just makes fun superhero action-adventures stories then he is capable of doing good work and JLA is the proof of that. Easily my favorite thing he ever did.

>>149118875 (OP)
Like thirty issues of Judge Dredd. Going through the golden age stuff.

>>149190157
Fire away! gets me every time. Good pick anon.

>>149173504
I'll have to check that out. The Mirage TMNT series is an all-time great.

>>149191494
>Morrison is a kinda bad writer if you ask me
Why can't you just admit you're too dumb for his "artsy" stuff?

>>149145515
whats the issue ?

>>149193310
Shit taste.

>>149191838
Yeah. It was a good send off.

>>149147838
Looks good, sounds interesting, I'll check it out.

>>149191494
I don't think I'd say he's a bad write by any stretch. I've mostly liked what I read of his though I will admit there are times when I'm just not in the mood for his weird meta stuff.

>>149187193
You can get the collection for this for fairly cheap.

>>149186707
Alan Grant's run is the best version of the character outside of Kirby's original

>>149187096
I wish Dark Horse would actually put out how many volumes their Corben library series is going to be or list what stories they are collecting.

>>149197224
Better than Ennis's?

read

>>149198036
Could be. Check it out.

Micronauts 31-32
I was entertained
Pic unrelated.

I was randomly going through lists of comics from defunct indie publishers and found something called Pirate Corp$! from the publisher Eternity. And to my surprise I see Evan Dorkin's name in the credits. Apparently it was one of his first jobs in comics. It had 2 miniseries (both 4 issues) and a "Special" issue. I'm pretty indifferent to it myself, but I never really liked Dorkin's humor in general, so maybe it's just not for me.

Randomly tried an old 8-issue miniseries called Stealth Force and was surprised by its quality. Genuinely compelling, fast paced, and well plotted. It reads VERY similarly to a really good low budget action movie, so I was not surprised to find that the writer was actually a screenwriter for television. It's good enough that I'm slightly surprised that it seems to be almost literally unknown. I think what might have held it back from greater success and notoriety is the art, which is AT BEST an acquired taste and at worst like something drawn by an amateur.

But yeah, this one is definitely something of a hidden gem.

Got to the part where Guts beats Griffith in the runback really easily and then a skeleton dude showed up.

>>149202785
What the fuck are you talking about?

>>149202970
Berserk. He read Berserk. You monumental cunt of a newfag.

>>149202988
What the fuck does that have to do with this thread? Why do you even know that? What are you doing here?

>>149203217
>What the fuck does that have to do with this thread?
Read the subject line.
>Why do you even know that?
Because I'm not a child.
>What are you doing here?
What are YOU doing on this website?

>>149118875 (OP)
Green Lantern 90s run.I'm reading about Kyle Rayner and Parallax.

>>149203295
>Because I'm not a child.
kek

It's starting to suck now. Hopefully it'll get better after this issue.

Not bad. Fun stuff. It has its moments for sure.

>>149204001
This was better than #5 at least.

>>149204281
OK, the series has now gone full retard. I don't think I'm gonna bother finishing it.

>>149118875 (OP)
We're reading comics?

>>149204472
Your loss.

why would you let this thread die ?

>>149118875 (OP)
None but i bought lightfall 3

>>149207131
You could just make a new one if this one dies.

I have had a strong urge to read Bone. And I am. It's aces.

>>149208215
nice

>>149208215
i had a friend who hyped up bone when i was younger. always thought he was a fag.

>>149209512
Well, anon. I'm afraid I have some bad news you might find distressing. It turns out you're the fag.

>>149118875 (OP)
It's literally just you guys

>>149209857
no u

>>149209857
Jerk off before you post.
Nobody wants to see your coomer bullshit.

>>149210841
projecting a bit mate

>>149204472
>>149206000
Maybe you just have shit taste.

>>149211890
Which one?

>>149212238
The second guy. I didn't mean to reply to the first poster lol.

>>149212448
Very telling.

>>149211107
Maybe, I mean look at those semen demons. You can almost smell them.

>>149206000
>>149212911
No, it really is fucking garbage. I read up to issue #9 just to be sure and it is without a doubt one of the biggest pieces of shit that Alan Moore ever wrote. You fags would shit all over it if it were any other writer.

>>149213223
I actually didn't really like the first couple of volumes, and I absolutely hated the photo comic bits in issue 7, but it gets interesting after.
It's not his best, but it's great. I don't even like magic or feminism.
>I read up to issue #9 just to be sure
Fucking kek.

Some Micronauts and part one of the Sword in the Stars, a story from Marvel Fanfare.

>>149213525
If you have to read more than 9 issues to get to anything that isn't crap then it just sucks.

>>149213790
It was fine at the beginning, just not my favorite. Some people prefer the beginning. The interesting enough premise and, mainly, the layering of its elements kept me reading.
Otherwise, I agree. If Promethea lacked that layering, I would have quit early too. I've read many critically-acclaimed and fan-favorite comics that take a lot longer than 9 issues to not be shit, and they never truly become good.

>>149213790
You said it started to suck with the 5th issue >>149204001

Not a comic specifically but I got the first volume of Roy Thomas's Barbarian Life, a book about the creation of the Conan comic. It is interesting. They had to pull a lot of strings to get that book going.

I just finished Zot! #20. It's still alright.

Read a little bit of Trekker, a nearly forgotten early Dark Horse sci-fi series. It was alright. The art is particularly nice though.

>>149216099
>Read a little bit of Trekker,
nice

Nothing

>>149209857
I don't have comic reading friends.

>>149217551
Sad.

This thread wants to die.

>>149218345
Not my problem.

Shit taste.

>>149219737
Who?

>>149220494
Everyone.

>>149118875 (OP)
Read it over the weekend. It aims to recreate the writing and art of the Lee/Kirby run with a story taking place during that timeframe. It gets the characters' voices right and has enough charm as an homage, but it didn't need to be 12 issues. While it gets the scope and tone, it lacks the human moments that were so prevalent in the original work, and the plot isn't really intetresting since it's just the old tale of "Doom aqcuires the powers of God and we have to stop him".
Charming, but not much else.

>>149118875 (OP)
Another classic comic by Johnny Ryan

>>149173504
Would be nice if they put out a complete collection (including the short stories that appeared in other issues). The mirage "complete" gizmo only had his 6 issue run (though I think thats the majority of his appearances)
but it doesn't have the cool painted Dooley covers.

>>149198036
I'd say it was.

Fuck comics.

>>149221509
Who's the creative team on that?

>>149223517
It was a myriad of people actually. Each issue was plotted by a different writer, from Kurt Busiek to Bruce Timm, and even Stan Lee; Erik Larsen and Eric Stephenson penned the final scripts. The art was also made by several people with some three pafes per issue each, Timm, Paul Ryan, Tom Scioli, John Romita Sr and many others drew some pages, all trying to emulate Kirby's style.

>>149223876
>pafes

>>149223876
Pass. Too many cooks.
>pafes
kek

>>149147895
I read this last month and I liked it but I don't understand why they turned Brainiac into a 3D render.

>>149224345
lol what the actual fuck

>>149207131
Because FUCK YOU

>>149215145
About to start 9-Jack-9's return.

>>149221509
I have that book too. Read it a while ago. I generally echo your sentiments though I'd have liked it to be longer myself.

>>149224345
Ah Brainiac 13.
>why they turned Brainiac into a 3D render.
You gotta remember when this all happened. It was the Y2k buzz. A few comics trying messing with 3d CGI to varying degrees of success. It certainly looks more than a bit goofy in retrospect but it was an experiment all the same. But man what a time that was. All that fuss over a simple date issue.
>>149225030
Brainiac 13. Future Brainiac comes back in time and starts messing with shit hard.

>>149222372
Based.

I just read the early issues of this and I am not joking when I say that I have no idea what was was happening in any of it. Stylistically speaking, it look cool and seemed interesting, but in execution it's virtually incoherent.

But if you're really into 90s retro-futurism then check it out.

Yo, this was fucking WILD!

>>149190495
I've heard that volume 2 is even better. True or false?

>>149227678
Went and read volume 2. The first half is great. The second half is sort of shit.

Reread this. It's even better than I remembered.

>>149190495
Is any of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen worth reading after Volume 2?

>>149227678
>>149228590
I prefer volume 2.

Still up?

none. its not wednesday

>>149224067
That’s what Larsen said too.

>>149231303
He was right.

>>149231104
I don't get how people can read storytimes here. It's so tedious.

>>149232873
log off

>>149209857
The Eltingville shorts were so funny. It's a shame that the 2-issue mini was so humorless.

I read the first few chapters of Jim Starlin's Warlock run (the ones from Strange Tales). They were OK, but not enough to really motivate me to continue. Does it get better?

Currently reading this after it was recommended in another thread.

>>149235159
>Does it get better?
Yes

>>149236341
How is it? It looks really cool, in an off-brand Warhammer Fantasy kind of way.

>>149226571
>Brainiac 13. Future Brainiac comes back in time and starts messing with shit hard.
He turned Metropolis into an actual 'city of the future' for a few years. Wasn't the present-day Brainiac trapped in the body of Luthor's baby or something at the time?

>>149236743
Luthor traded his kid to brainiac for they keys to the city. She came back during that Impriex fiasco as Brainiacs herald

>>149236669
I already read that issue. Are you telling me that it gets better AFTER it moves from Strange Tales to Warlock?

>>149237379
Well I was gonna say something like that but now I'm telling you that you probably got brain problems.

>>149237492
What the fuck are you talking about?

>>149237795
shut up tard

NTA, but this picture should explain it.

Kind of like an Alan Moore comic before there were Alan Moore comics. Except boring. Couldn't get into it.

>>149238480
One of my favorite comics of all time.

Wherein two women debate the merits of bestiality with a gorilla. At one point a threesome is proposed.

I'm not making any of this up. To quote famed letterhack Uncle Elvis, "Angel and the Ape is... different."

>>149237795
When some anons have their taste in clunky old comics questioned, they resort to insults. It's a defense mechanism.

>>149239491
>To quote famed letterhack Uncle Elvis, "Angel and the Ape is... different."

With Phil "'Zilla Suit" Foglio involved, how could it not be?

>>149231104
Yes, it is.

>>149239491
Wait till you see the Vertigo shit

>>149236699
It's solid. I'd probably be more into it if I was more into dark fantasy in general, but I imagine that if that's your sort of thing then you'd probably really like it.

>>149240452
I'll read it. No idea what I'm in for lol.

>>149224345
I think it would have made more sense if Mr Myx was a 3D render since he's from a different spatial dimension.
But its probably easier to make a robot character in 3D instead of someone who looks like a looney tunes humanoid in 3D

>>149234793
I enjoyed it personally, specially by showing just how irrevocably fucked that lifestyle can be. I don't think it steps into fully cynical territory since the characters were already pieces of shit, so their fates don't feel unjustified.

>>149240452
>>149241112
OK, that was a mess. No implied gorilla sex though.

Just starting Judge Dredd Case Files 10. It just keeps getting better and better.

>>149182402
Started watching the cartoon on YouTube. Funny hearing the KotH voices.

>>149179908
Online so I can't read the whole thing. About half way through so shit has gotten real. I have bought the official English release though, still surprised to have that.

Tales of the Beanworld worth reading? (This isn't from that, but it's the same author.)

>>149240379
you cheated

Bunch of mini-comics from the 80s.

>>149241549
I’ve known guys who were way too into stuff, but I’ve never known anyone who hates it at the same time and hates everyone else online. I’ve never seen gate keeping someone’s girlfriend either. Usually dorks just become pathetic beta orbiters once somebody gets a girl. That or the dude with the gf vanishes forever,

>>149242886
>hates everyone else who is into it.

Starting on Excalibur. The original series by Alan David and Chris Claremont. Pretty good so far.

>>149242798
Like what?

>>149189189
>because it has hell as setting
Why's that turn you off?

>>149222372
I guess YOU like watching cartoons then.

>>149245135
Fuck cartoons.

>>149242930
Did you read the Captain Britain run?

>>149226499
The 9-Jack-9 parts are about the only times the comic is solidly good, so far.

>>149118875 (OP)
I read Matt Braly's new graphic novel if that counts

>>149246890
I guess.

I'll read later tonight. Promise.

>>149248592
Prove it.

>>149243517
Random shit I found online. A few were interesting. None of them enough so to save.

>>149249163
Damn.

>>149246017
Yes. Everything before the Delano part at least. Is that worth reading as well?

>>149242930
I need to read it myself.

>>149249696
This too. >>149249984

>>149249146
Trust me.

too tired to read

Apache Dick, a spin-off of Trouble with Girls.

Not bad actually.

Forgotten slice-of-life miniseries from the 80s. Surprisingly good. I just wish the other issues were scanned.

>>149252150
interesting

Doing a sort of DC Crisis reread because I forgot a lot of stuff. Infinite Earths and Zero Hour were kind of a lot all at once but I very much did not like Infinite. Will get to Final and then I guess Flash point later this week.

Crusader from Mad Cave, it was okay

Only on issue #2 so far, but how is this not more famous? It's basically the first "post-Watchmen" superhero comic.

Adam Strange miniseries drawn by the Kubert brothers.

The Masked Man by B.C. Boyer. Not nearly as much of a ripoff of The Spirit as it looks like.

>>149127084
Currently Marvel is killing it with their crossovers. DC only has Monsterverse and it's been trash so far.

>>149118875 (OP)
None

Someone in another thread brought my attention to an issue of Midnight that's read backwards. It was an interesting experiment even if it does comes across as sort of gimmicky.

>>149253217
I'm looking forward to it.

Almost all the storytimes died.

>>149179754
After nearly a week of Taniguchi, I read Bloody Stumps Samurai and was surprised that I'd already read it - the scanlation that I think used the political exile or censored background rather than the Burakumin one? - it was four years ago, hard to recall. Also surprised to see Sangokushi referenced in the translator's essay in the back, which compelled me to pick up the Prior translation, bilingual edition I had acquired from Japan a few months ago. Read the first volume, TL isn't bad, though I could tell Prior was British English very early on. He does more frequently use the courtesy names compared to Hox, I think. Two more volumes, then ideally I'll get to comic strips...

>>149253332
Crossovers are for retards.

>>149255260
Nice.

>>149251864
Literally me!

Tell me. Do y'all feel smart when reading all of these comics?

>>149258293
A little bit yeah. Comics are what helped me foster a love a reading in the first place and expanded a lot of my vocabulary.

>>149118875 (OP)
The Boy from Lilliput. Can't find Dandy Comics online anymore.

Micronauts 32

>>149255553
Well Godzilla, Predator and Alien are doing right

>>149258293
I feel sophisticated as fuck.

It's over...

>>149260077
Let it die, then.

>>149260683
Shan't.

I don't know

>>149118875 (OP)
Absolute Batman got me into (illegally) reading comics. I like DC because their characters are better so as a comiclet I find a run and follow the characters. I've never liked how there's a million different universes instead of like, 10.

>>149262155
There's 52

I have been reading the last few issues of the first run of Moon Knight. After Moench left I can see why it didn't last much longer. I am also 50 issues into Jonah Hex and dreading something horrible inevitably happening to his wife and kid.
>>149227667
Love Grendel. Believe it or not it only gets crazier after part 2.
>>149243956
Hazbin gave a lot of anons brain worms about that kind of thing.

shit

Goodbye, everyone.
Happy July 4th.

Plotted by Alan Moore. (But NOT scripted by Alan Moore.) Has something to do with a couple people discovering that old British comic book characters are real, or something like that. I've only read the first issue so far. Nothing (and I mean NOTHING) has happened yet, but I'm intrigued enough by the concept to continue. It's a miniseries, so it should take long.

>>149264568
>should take long

SHOULDN'T take long

>>149156444
The best thing that came out of Spawn was Bendis's run on Sam & Twitch. That should put in perspective the quality of the series in general.

>>149265411
Yeesh

>>149264568
You should finish Promethea instead.

>>149258293
Might be...

>>149118875 (OP)
started reading spawn, mainly because of iced earth
the artstyle is good, not much else worth noting

>>149258293
No, I’m retarded. I went to grad school. What more proof do you need?

>>149265411
It is odd how decent that was.
>>149156444
>>149267235
Unironically the cartoon is better.

I'll read some Captain America to celebrate the 4th.

>>149268094
Which one?

>>149268860
This is a good one

Jeff Smith's Shazam. It's really rather good. I feel like it should come up more often.

>>149255260
And finally got around to Nancy as promised, 49/50 were OK years.
>>149256361
V2 and 3 skipped ahead quite a bit but still managed to get in some good 3K scenes - Liu Bei diving under the table, Three Visits. Overall, I think it was a solid effort.

Read Birthright today, thought it was decent.

I saw this page millions of times before and always thought he ripped this big ass shield from his crest somehow, I was very disappointed when that didn't happen lol

>>149271007
I'd love to see more emblem shenanigans

read

>>149222372
>>149245374
Then why are you wasting your time here? life is short

I've only just sort of got into Legion so I'm not a super expert but I did read this mini. It was okay I guess? I don't really like SB Prime so watching him have tantrums is hardly the thing I want from a super villain.

>>149270290
I liked this one. I think it is the only Captain Marvel book I have ever read though.

Been reading 50s Archie

Micronauts 33-35
Prophet 21 (The first Graham issue)

>>149269801
Storytimed over here: >>149274200

>>149269801
>>149274385
This was damned good. Thanks anon. Stories like this are why I like characters like Cap or Superman so much.

>>149274385
nice

>>149272232
I love final crisis stuff.

This was shit.

>>149264568
Was OK, btw.

Mr. Ash Tuesday, and so far I've enjoyed it. The art is pretty in a grim, desaturated way, and the story is interesting.

Kick-ass 1, 2, and 3.

remain

>>149271007
I hated it.

>>149275958
Ugh. Non capes.