comics

Judging by the recent discussion around The Dark Knight, I think we have more than a few comic book fans on here

So, to get it going, favourite comic book characters? Storylines? Movies?

Lets all geek out in here

I'm a big Alan Moore fan (well... a fan of his work. Not so much of his... er... character.)

I'm more of a Marvel guy than a DC guy, when it comes to comics. I like a lot of the DC heroes though, even though I don't read the comics as much, specifically Batman, Green Arrow, and the Green Lanterns.

MattL wrote:

I'm a big Alan Moore fan (well... a fan of his work. Not so much of his... er... character.)

I'm more of a Marvel guy than a DC guy, when it comes to comics. I like a lot of the DC heroes though, even though I don't read the comics as much, specifically Batman, Green Arrow, and the Green Lanterns.

Alan Moore is out there, I agree with a lot of his thoughts...and others...well...

I'm a DC through and through guy, just think there is a lot more there, especially their bad guys. And Batman, my hero. End of.

I also love Punisher (Welcome Back, Frank...is one of the best graphic novels of all time) Spawn and Wildcats.

Best comic book ever written: PREACHER
Best limited series: MAUS


(Also, I pretty much solely read Image these days)

Y: The Last Man is a close second.

Klown wrote:

I'm a DC through and through guy, just think there is a lot more there, especially their bad guys. And Batman, my hero.

I dunno, I've always felt the DC superheroes were a bit harder to relate to. They all seemed out of this world or above-it-all. I always felt guys like Spidey were a bit easier to see myself as, and I connected to them like that. I still love the DC guys, I just don't spend as much money on their comics.

Bluuu wrote:

Best comic book ever written: PREACHER

YES.

YES.

and a bit more YES.

The guy that wrote that, lived 20 minutes away from me at one point. Love stuff like 'The Boys' and his work on 'Punisher' (the one where Frank goes to Belfast...awesome)

If anyone hasn't read Preacher, you don't belong in this thread.

Also...Transmetropolitan. Spider is da man!

Did you ever meet him???

Klown wrote:

Bluuu wrote:

Best comic book ever written: PREACHER

YES.

YES.

and a bit more YES.

The guy that wrote that, lived 20 minutes away from me at one point. Love stuff like 'The Boys' and his work on 'Punisher' (the one where Frank goes to Belfast...awesome)

If anyone hasn't read Preacher, you don't belong in this thread.

Also...Transmetropolitan. Spider is da man!

I tried reading Preacher but I felt too dirty after the first volume. Funny, cause my favorite comic book person is the Punisher. haha

Bluuu wrote:

Did you ever meet him???

Only got to goto a talk that he did. I also got to see a talk by Simon Furman (from my hometown) about his work on the Transformers Gen 1 comics.

saltandburn1967 wrote:

Klown wrote:

Bluuu wrote:

Best comic book ever written: PREACHER

YES.

YES.

and a bit more YES.

The guy that wrote that, lived 20 minutes away from me at one point. Love stuff like 'The Boys' and his work on 'Punisher' (the one where Frank goes to Belfast...awesome)

If anyone hasn't read Preacher, you don't belong in this thread.

Also...Transmetropolitan. Spider is da man!

I tried reading Preacher but I felt too dirty after the first volume. Funny, cause my favorite comic book person is the Punisher. haha

It's definitely dirty, but gets so much better at the end of volume 2

Bluuu wrote:

It's definitely dirty, but gets so much better at the end of volume 2

Stick with Preacher, it gets SO good, and just launches into a story, that can never be beaten.

I even love the off-shots like, Saint of Killers...gawd, I love those side stories.

Just saw this on reddit. Died laughing that he has a picture of himself framed on his wall for some reason hahahaha.

I love those Spiderman memes

Bluuu wrote:

Just saw this on reddit. Died laughing that he has a picture of himself framed on his wall for some reason hahahaha.

I love the 1960's Spiderman memes, they're all so hysterical.

I dunno, the whole thing with religion kinda gave me a bad vibe. I went and read what happens throughout it and think Ima stay away from it.

saltandburn1967 wrote:

I dunno, the whole thing with religion kinda gave me a bad vibe. I went and read what happens throughout it and think Ima stay away from it.

That is what makes it so damn special, wait to you get to the Nazis and rednecks.

Adrian Tomine. Fantastic, realistic subject matter. Incredible talent that nobody knows about. No superheroes here.

Anyone read any of the old Transformers comics? They released them in trade paperback form, many years later, only to release them backwards, so it was Graphic Novel 10, then it worked backwards...the Transformers story got complicated enough at times with alternate universes and such, but to have to read them backwards....

Still one of my favourite comics though, even if there was 2 main versions running along side each other, UK and US...arghhh.

I'm not a fan of Spiderman, but I'm hearing a lot of good stuff about the new film, and am VERY tempted.

Bought tickets to see the new Batman, one of the first showings in the world, plus we get breakfast during the film! WIN!

Klown wrote:

I'm not a fan of Spiderman, but I'm hearing a lot of good stuff about the new film, and am VERY tempted.

Bought tickets to see the new Batman, one of the first showings in the world, plus we get breakfast during the film! WIN!

I'm going to see it in Imax at midnight. The theater is in a science center for kids, and they've promised to show the movie without any previews or commercials. No bullshit. Batman at 12:01 on the dot.

MattL wrote:

Klown wrote:

I'm not a fan of Spiderman, but I'm hearing a lot of good stuff about the new film, and am VERY tempted.

Bought tickets to see the new Batman, one of the first showings in the world, plus we get breakfast during the film! WIN!

I'm going to see it in Imax at midnight. The theater is in a science center for kids, and they've promised to show the movie without any previews or commercials. No bullshit. Batman at 12:01 on the dot.

I think we get it at the same time as you guys, 5am showing, so at least we know everyone who wants to be there, will shut the hell up!

while I do subscribe to the odd Marvel and DC title, there's nothing like a continental European graphic novel, and you haven't seen a real comic shop until you've been into a French or German comic shop

I do have some pieces of original comic art, including an uninked full page by Leinil Yu from New Avengers #22