Can't find a pull list anywhere for this week, so just a general question.
Apart from 2000ad and/or the Megazine, what other comics are you regularly buying?
a) as monthlies
b) in tpb format
The Programme.
Gutsville.
The Boys.
Was getting Hellblazer but I've gotten bored with it. Diggle's stories aren't bad, but that Manco guy's art's rubbish.
Hellblazer: The Smoke (last issue) was great. Even though I'm not a huge fan of the GUEST artist. Buy this issue!
Will pick up Snaked when I get back to work.
That's about it really.
Dane, that's the last issue I bought. I actually really liked the art on that one, but when I saw the normal guy was back on the latest issue I decided to pass.
i cannot find gutsville!
my others are hellboy when he bothers to make an appearence and the lobster johnson miniseries
does night garden and thomas the tank engine count?
Gutsville
Dan Dare
Groo
Buffy (by proxy)
Angel (by proxy)
Buttonman has upped the ante! Well, muthafucka, I'm in.
Pat Mill's including Graysuit, Requiem and the Langley Slaine.
Fifties era Melodramas.
Iris Murdoch.
Both Amises.
Philip Glass.
Superman.
Currently just 2000AD, but I'll be buying
Dark Tower: The Long Road Home when it comes out in March. I got Dark Tower: Gunslinger born last year.
For those that don't tknow, Gunslinger Born was essentially a comic adaption of the Roland childhood segment of the King novel Wizard and Glass. It cut some stuff out, as you'd expect, but also included other 'off stage' stuff not included in the novel.
The new series "The Long Road Home". is set where the other finishes but includes whole new material mentioned only briefly in the novels.
There are other series of comics planned, produced monthly collected in a graphic novel afterwards. (I can't wait for the novel. Besides there is often extra stuff at the end not included in the final collection.) The series culminates in the battle of Jerich hill.
Huh that's wild. That post was supposed to go to the things-I-like-others-don't thread. Weird.
While I'm here:
Fables
Walking Dead
Jack of Fables
DMZ
Scott Pilgrim
Monster (VIZ)
Charley's War, Modesty Blaise or whatever Titan releases
Anything by Osamu Tezuka
Oh Jesus, lets see if I can recall off the top of my head...
(*) = Mini-series
MARVEL
Annihilation Conquest *
Marvel Zombies 2 *
Silver Surfer: In Thy Name *
DC/VERTIGO/WILDSTORM
Fables
Jack of Fables
DMZ
Astro City
IMAGE
Savage Dragon
Invincible
Invincible Presents Atom-Eve *
The Astounding Wolf-Man
Brit
Jack Staff
The Walking Dead
Noble Causes
Gutsville *
Elephant Men: War Toys *
The Mice Templar
OTHER
2000AD (Rebellion)
2000AD Extreme Edition (Rebellion)
Judge Dredd Megazine (Rebellion)
Thieves & Kings (iBox) - On Hiatus
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage) - On Hiatus
Tales of the TMNT (Mirage)
Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero (Dynamite) *
Battlestar Galactica: Origins (Dynamite) *
Doctor Who (IDW) - Not started yet
Doctor Who Classics (IDW)
RASL (Cartoon Books) - Not started yet
And I follow the following in TP only
Boneyard (NBM)
Mouse Guard (Archaia Studios Press)
So... yeah. I follow a few titles at the moment.
The Programme - Aint read it yet, waiting till its finished. Any good?
The Boys - Stupid but fun
Gutsville - A lot in a few pages
Ex Machina - Aint read the last 6 and Im still buying it ???
Y the Last Man - Last issue soon.
Walking Dead - Slow but still good in a soap opera way.
All Star Superman - Just the mutts nuts.
All Star Batman - Shit but in a good way
The Punisher - The best comic going.
And probably another 5 that I've forgot.
The various Star Wars books (-sigh-), of which Knights of the Old Republic is the standout, and the nice omnibus reprint series(s) Dark Horse are bringing out.
Age of Bronze and Berlin, on their rare appearances, are super-extra.
Gutsville. More!
Army@Love is flagging a bit, but I have to support Roarin' Rick in all his endeavours (even bought the Technophage).
Fables, although I note I'm far, far behind.
As financial ruin looms, I can see myself dropping the lot, so I can at least keep getting 2000AD. There'll always be the TPBs when I'm rich and famous in the future.
Here's what I'm getting:
Walking Dead TPBs
Captain America (Omnibus TPB)
Previews
Rex Mundi: Vol 2
Star Wars: Dark Times
Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
Star Wars: Legacy
Star Wars: Rebellion
100 Bullets (last issue #100)
American Virgin (last issue #23)
Army@Love (last issue #12)
Crossing Midnight (last issue #17)
DMZ
Exterminators, The
Fables
Fables: 1,001 Nights Of Snowfall (one off)
Faker (6 issue mini series)
God Save The Queen (tpb)
Hellblazer
Jack Of Fables
Loveless
Otherworld (if it's ever released again- #6-12)
Scalped (dropping after issue 12)
Testament (last issue #22)
Vinyl Underground
Y- The Last Man (last issue #60)
Young Liars
Astro City: Dark Ages Special (one off)
Astro City: The Dark Age Book 3 (4 issue mini-series)
Authority: Prime (6 issue mini series)
Deathblow (last issue #9)
Desolation Jones(If it ever appears again)
Ex Machina
Midnighter
Planetary (last issue #27)
Stormwatch PHD: Armageddon (one off)
The Secret History Of The Authority: Jack Hawkmoor (6 issue miniseries)
Tranquility (last issue possibly #12)
Wildcats: Armageddon (one off)
Wildstorm: Revelations (6 issue miniseries)Winter Men (last issue #6 ... possibly)
Boys, The (60 Issue maxiseries)
Heavy Metal Magazine
Gutsvile (6 issue mini series)
Spawn
Criminal
Dan Dare
Gutsvile
The Walking Dead
Hellblazer
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I read in various ways :-
Scalped (y u gropping it UKDane ? Its brilliant!)
Exterminators
Jack Staff (new run just about to start)
Northlanders
Daredevil
Immortal Iron Fist
Captain America
Criminal
Scott Pilgrim
Dan Dare
Punisher (til Ennis leaves)
Mice Templar
Mouse Guard
New Avengers (hey its Bendis!)
Mighty Avengers (ditto)
All-Star Superman
All-Star Batman
Doktor Sleepless
Black Summer
Fell (when it comes out!)
Invincible
Anybody here that knows me should know what I am buying...
As I've been ranting on about how efficient Forbidden Planet have been.
Though I have ben wondering where could I order 'Thirteenth Floor' As sounds interesting.
I'm not picking up much.
Walking Dead
Invincible
Savage Dragon
BPRD
Hellboy
DC Countdown (for a laugh)
Suicide Squad
Salvation Run (early days yet)
Ultimates vol. 3
The Boys
Boneyard
Black Gas (infrequent)
Astro City (infrequent)
Jack Staff (infrequent)
TPBs: old runs of Hellboy, Sin City, Judge Dredd Case Files, Strontium Dog Case Files
The Goon - which is about to go monthly (fingers crossed)
Green Lantern - Geoff Johns is amazing
so what has happened with Gutsville any way, it is superb but is it still only at 2 issues or have some slipped me by?
Nope, still waiting on #3.
Marbles; I'm in two minds about Scalped, I've just read Casino Boogie, and I didn't find the story did anything for me. I'll pick up issue 12, and see if it holds my interest.
I've also just dropped Jonah Hex.
On my watch list to drop are:
Loveless,
Scalped,
The Boys.
Luckily for my bank balance, it seems a lot of the other titles I was getting are either ending shortly, or are limited series.
Forgot:
Ennis' Punisher
Love And Rockets and the occasional Beto side project.
Berlin. (Lutes should hire an inker and a letterer.)
Stuff by Jason
Stuff by Kachtor.
Age of Bronze.
On the subject of TPB that people are buying:
Due to an awesome 50% sale in Borders, I've just upgraded my patchy Love and Rockets collection with the four current Titan volumes: Maggie the Mechanic and The Girl form H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (a lot of which I already had in various forms, but nice to have the gaps filled) and far more importantly, Heartbreak Soup and Human Disastrophism, the first two Palomar collections, arranged in a slightly bizarre 'chronological' order (given the resolutely un-chronological nature of the series - publication order might have made more sense).
I thought I'd read a lot of the Palomar stories, and had always rated Gilbert the lesser of Los Bros (not enough punky lesbians or topless superheroines). I was utterly wrong on both counts.
If you don't already own a decent chunk of Palomar, you should buy no other comic before buying these two books. To think that Gilbert was already churning out this solid gold in the early '80's, long before Watchmen and its 'mature' friends, while I was still reading X-Men and Fantatsic Four - it's almost impossible to grasp. Reading an isolated slice of Palomar is one thing, but being exposed to 100's and 100's of pages of stunning art, densely interweaving plots and unforgettable characters... gulp.
It truly is one of the great masterpieces of the comics form. I'm gobsmacked.
Think I might add Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men TPBs to my list, there are only 4 trades in his run (the last due out in May 2008), and the art looks great, and I've heard good things about the story. I also collected Grant Morrison's New X-Men, which I did enjoy, so maybe this is up my street too.
The Boys
She-Hulk
Punisher
Dan Dare
Astonishing X-Men
I do love my Ennis.
The Boys
Punisher
Captain America
Blue Beetle
Invincible
The Initiative
X FactorI used to buy Astonishing X-Men, but it's going on forever now. 'Treading water' is almost a compliment.
According to LITG Exterminators has been cancelled as of Issue 30.
Link: LITG Exterminates
Apart from 2000AD and all its works, I buy Batman and The Phantom, both intermittently. I don't buy any TPBs, but I do borrow 100 Bullets, Y: The Last Man and Morrison's Doom Patrol
The Programme - Aint read it yet, waiting till its finished. Any good?
It's pretty decent Pete Milligan fun, if none too subtle (an episode entitled "The President of the United States is a dangerous psychopath") but the art is a bit of a mess.
The Boys (unmissable)
Various DC things, including Green Lantern, JLA and the very good JSA
All Star Superman
Ultimate Fantastic Four (for no reason I can think of right now)
Astro City (when it comes out)
Jack of Fables
Gutsville
Fables (in GN)
Y The Last Man (in GN)
Batman (sometimes)
Jonah Hex (teetering on the edge of being dropped)
Midnighter (likewise)
I'm planning a few changes in the next couple of months, so this thread is very welcome.
- Trout
ALL STAR SUPERMAN
ALL STAR BATMAN
GUTSVILLE
I think I'll try and pick up some trades at Inverness. Y - The Last Man and 100 Bullets seem likely choices from lists I've seen recently. Would those be sesnible choices?
And what is THE BOYS?
"And what is THE BOYS?"
Garth Ennis sweary violent fun about a secret group who take down the super heroes when they step out of line. Usually by kicking the shite out them.
Think I might add Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men
I've read a couple of those from my library.
The stories have a flavour quite different from other superhero stories I've read... but in a good way. Mainly it's the dry comments and sarcasm I think. If you watched his tv shows (Buffy, Angel, Firefly etc) you can see his style in the comic script. I've heard of some that don't like it, but I do.
He's a good writer Joss Whedon.
Having read The Ballad of Halo Jones' recently, that struck me in some ways as being the kind of book Whedon might have written but didn't. It's interesting that Alan Moor came up with a story with similar characterization and style decades before Whedon was much known... I wonder if Whedon read it.
For those of you who are interested in what's out and about each week, I've just found this, weekly updated, list of what's been released each week. I've only read this weeks, so far, so not sure of the opinions, and how they reflect my reading tastes.
Link: CBR: The Buy Pile.
Sorry misspelt Alan Moore's name.
Well, I've previously recommended that people buy the following trades:
100 Bullets
Y: The Last Man
Fables
Rex Mundi
Ex Machina
So I'm going to recommend DMZ as a series of trades that people should be adding to their collection.
What's more, you can download issue 1....
Link: .... Here
Vertigo are still offering a larsge number of first issues as downloadable pdf's.
Link: Here's the back catalogue
Sleeper and Criminal are two other collections that I'd recommend.
I'm planning on picking up the twelve