I'm quite looking forward to having a couple of days off... I mean recovery time...
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Le Fink on 06 May, 2024, 04:29:43 PMI hope to bump into you all. I've slightly madly got a T-shirt made with my avatar so I'll be wandering around looking like a deranged perfume advert. So I'll be easy to avoid, at least. Anyway I'm a proper Southerner, tall slim glasses-wearing nerdy type, middle of age. Look forward to meeting some fellow boarders.
Quote from: Trooper McFad on 06 May, 2024, 03:41:32 PMGreat to hear you are going - is it both days?
Just look for a mad Scotsman and his sidekick (wife) and say Hi.
Quote from: Barrington Boots on 01 May, 2024, 02:04:33 PMQuote from: Colin YNWA on 01 May, 2024, 12:02:41 PMI had a go at a booking hotel this weekend and now I'm just playing chicken with the hotel prices so think I am.
Hooray!
Quote from: PsychoGoatee on 05 May, 2024, 07:50:11 PMMy fav alternative superhero comic (and the only one needed - if making that call) is known, it's Savage Dragon by Erik Larsen! He's done it all and then some.
Quote from: Hawkmumbler on 05 May, 2024, 08:57:33 PMI'll champion Martin Edens THE O-MEN until the day I die as the unsung cape capers masterwork.
Quote from: Le Fink on 04 May, 2024, 08:58:16 AMFollowing a previous review I've nearly finished reading Elektra Assassin for the very first time. I did see it on shelves near the time it came out but I think I was put off buying it by the art which looked a bit pretentious. Let's face it, it is a bit pretentious, but it's also ruddy good - love it!
Quote from: Hawkmumbler on 04 May, 2024, 09:19:59 AMKill or Be Killed has been on my list for so long now, believe it was billed to me at TB years ago as 'Satanic Panic Button Man' and yeah, looks dope.
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 04 May, 2024, 10:56:47 AMQuote from: BadlyDrawnKano on 04 May, 2024, 09:32:40 AMIt's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe ThorogoodWonderful book. I hope everyone her owns a copy.
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 03 May, 2024, 05:16:14 PMQuoteAnyway if anyone else has recommendations for comics or graphic novels like KOBK or ones that have a different take on the superhero story I'd be interestedBlack Hammer is perhaps an obvious one, and pretty great. Ordinary, if you've not read it in the Meg, flips superheroes on its head quite nicely, and is currently two quid if Forbidden Planet for the hardcover.
Quote from: Le Fink on 03 May, 2024, 09:05:41 PMHmmm Black Hammer. Is it making the list Colin? I didn't make it past the first series because of the way it went a bit up its own arsehole. The journey up to that point was pretty good. I was wondering about picking it up again as there has been quite a bit more, and it generally reviews well. I need a write-up, Colin!
Quote from: Tjm86 on 03 May, 2024, 03:13:02 PMNorm Breyfogle's Detective Comics stuff is, for my money, criminally under-rated with some absolutely insane stuff going on.
Quote from: Doomlord66 on 03 May, 2024, 07:19:44 PM...
IRREDEEMABLE - Story by Mark Waid, Art by Peter Krause & Diego Barreto
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MY BAD - Story by Bryce Ingman, Mark Russell, Art by Peter Krause
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THE VICTORIES - Story & Art by Michael Avon Oeming
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 02 May, 2024, 11:08:50 AMColin: I've been reading through hundreds of Panini Marvel reprints that cover the 2000s, and figuring out which I want to keep. Turns out, the answer is 'none of them', including the mostly strong Mighty World of Marvel. However, I have used them (and 'temporary' ownership of the first 60 volumes of the original Hachette Marvel collection) to govern some deluxe/omni purchases, most of which are relatively standalone own nature. I really enjoyed:
Quote from: Doomlord66 on 03 May, 2024, 01:03:55 PMNow I'm just left with my extensive Batman collection which will be a harder wrench. I have a 1940's Batman comic, a good many Batman and Detective from the 1960's and straight runs of both from 1970's and 80's. It would involve a lot of work to grade and document these and I don't have the time or inclination yet. Apologies for going a bit off topic.
Quote from: Marbles on 02 May, 2024, 12:46:52 PMBTW Fatale is coming out as a single issue softback Compendium collection at the end of July (656 pages of Brubaker/Phillips goodness for £36 via awesomebooks). Hope their other stuff will be released in a similar format
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 03 May, 2024, 01:03:17 PMHa! I mean, there are still copies in the channel, so it's not like you need to buy it tomorrow. But if you start to see it vanish from various stores, I wouldn't hang about too long. When that happened last time, it was years until a reprint happened, and the set went for silly money on eBay. (There are the paperback trades as well, of course, although I've no idea how easy – or not – they are to source these days.)
Quote from: AlexF on 03 May, 2024, 11:47:55 AMYou've totally sold me on 'Kill or be Killed' there!