Comic Books / Graphic Novels thread

I haven't read Sin City, but I enjoyed the film on the grounds that it's heavily stylized and I hear it's very faithful to the comics. But Frank Miller seems childish to me, like he's throwing drugs and pornstars into his stories just to appear dark and mature. They rarely add anything meaningful to the stories.

I'm not well read in Miller but I've been turned off reading anything else by him. Maybe Daredevil though because of reputation, not personal interest.

  On 7/22/2015 at 10:43 PM, Twelvetrees said:

I haven't read Sin City, but I enjoyed the film on the grounds that it's heavily stylized and I hear it's very faithful to the comics. But Frank Miller seems childish to me, like he's throwing drugs and pornstars into his stories just to appear dark and mature. They rarely add anything meaningful to the stories.

 

I'm not well read in Miller but I've been turned off reading anything else by him. Maybe Daredevil though because of reputation, not personal interest.

Ronin and Hard Boiled are both really good Miller stories. At least check out Hard Boiled. It will take like 30 minutes to read.

Is anyone reading Omega Men? I'm pretty curious to see if DC is really publishing a book whose main characters are essentially space ISIS. Dude who's writing is supposedly ex-CIA counterterrorism.

I'm pretty lukewarm on Frank Miller but Daredevil is probably my favorite of his, partially for nostalgia reasons, it's just superhero comics done right.

Another thing to check out for superhero comics is writer John Broome, he re-booted Green Lantern and the Flash in the 50's and a bunch of other sci-fi stuff. They are campy, wacky, creative and generally off-beat.

For dark fantasy I recommend Dungeon by Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar. http://www.nbmpub.com/humor/trondheim/dungeon/dungeonhome.html

It's cartoony and comedic, has really great dialogue, interesting characters and a sprawling world.

nothing to add.

o00o - has me confused

  On 7/24/2015 at 7:47 PM, Jdub said:

I'm pretty lukewarm on Frank Miller but Daredevil is probably my favorite of his, partially for nostalgia reasons, it's just superhero comics done right.

I enjoyed Sin City and TDKR, haven't really read any other Miller. Been wanting to check out the Daredevil run.

  On 7/25/2015 at 7:35 PM, ghOsty said:

 

  On 7/24/2015 at 7:47 PM, Jdub said:

I'm pretty lukewarm on Frank Miller but Daredevil is probably my favorite of his, partially for nostalgia reasons, it's just superhero comics done right.

 

I enjoyed Sin City and TDKR, haven't really read any other Miller. Been wanting to check out the Daredevil run.

 

mmm. love frank miller's good shit (TDKR.. Sin City.. Hard Boiled.. Ronin... ) but not read daredevil.

may have to pick this up cos it has my interest :) have a lot of comics on my shelf unread but my interest in them always goes up and down.

have Fables book 1 tradeback but still have 0 interest in picking it up and reading it ...

vol.1 of planetes, its really fantastic

DC is publishing some decent comics again suddenly The Omega Men, Grayson and Prez are worth checking out amongst their newish launches.

Bonus random panels/pages that caught my eye:

ive got such a broner for brandon graham

nsfw

Marvel is ramping up the hype-o-tron for Neil Gaiman's Miracleman, and I've got to say I'm more excited about seeing him finish that run than I was about the Sandman prequel (http://goo.gl/VTSt3f).

Speaking of Marvelman, I saw a Marvelman paperback at the comic shop and Alan Moore's name was nowhere to be found, what's up with that? I'm positive that was his run too

Miracleman is probably my favorite book of all time next to Swamp Thing, but im not really clear on what they're going to do to complete it, are you? There were a few previously unreleased unfinished black and white issues released later on that continued Gaiman's story but i'm just wondering if they already said how many extra issues they have planned to finish it off or is it open ended?

and correct me if im wrong but those screenshots are from the very first Neil Gaiman entry to Miracleman and not new right?

  On 8/7/2015 at 12:02 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

Miracleman is probably my favorite book of all time next to Swamp Thing, but im not really clear on what they're going to do to complete it, are you? There were a few previously unreleased unfinished black and white issues released later on that continued Gaiman's story but i'm just wondering if they already said how many extra issues they have planned to finish it off or is it open ended?

 

and correct me if im wrong but those screenshots are from the very first Neil Gaiman entry to Miracleman and not new right?

as I understand it, they're coming back to pick up where they left off, and then finish their proposed storyline from the 80s.

http://io9.com/our-first-look-at-neil-gaimans-remastered-miracleman-1722482177

  On 7/27/2015 at 5:38 AM, doublename said:

 

What comic is this from?

Any good?

  On 8/7/2015 at 12:22 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 8/7/2015 at 12:02 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

Miracleman is probably my favorite book of all time next to Swamp Thing, but im not really clear on what they're going to do to complete it, are you? There were a few previously unreleased unfinished black and white issues released later on that continued Gaiman's story but i'm just wondering if they already said how many extra issues they have planned to finish it off or is it open ended?

 

and correct me if im wrong but those screenshots are from the very first Neil Gaiman entry to Miracleman and not new right?

as I understand it, they're coming back to pick up where they left off, and then finish their proposed storyline from the 80s.

 

http://io9.com/our-first-look-at-neil-gaimans-remastered-miracleman-1722482177

 

hmm, well its definitly cool they're remastering the art. That was one of my problems with Buckingham's work is that it was too sketch-like to rival the earlier art in Miracleman, this makes it look way classier though for sure.

I don't like how they're starting it at issue #1 though, Neil Gaiman's entry was at issue #17 and I think ended on #23. I'm wondering if they're keeping most of what was already completed (but not released) for issues #24 and #25. I'm hoping thats what they do. There were other spinoff stories about the Warpsmiths (the sort of overarching aliens who drive the plot behind the scenes) in A1, i really hope they reprint all of those as well. Wouldn't hurt for them to actually reprint some of the original british pre-Epic pre-Moore Marvelman comics either, especially the really silver age campy Superman style ones that were just one-off scifi/comedy things.

just found out they actually did already put out 3 hardcover compilations of classic marvelman in 2011

didn't realize Marvel already owned the rights to the original british run also

  On 8/7/2015 at 12:24 AM, TRiP said:

 

  On 7/27/2015 at 5:38 AM, doublename said:

 

What comic is this from?

Any good?

It's from Brandon Graham's new anthology magazine "Island". Most of the stories the first issue were really good. If you like that particular strip, check out Multiple Warheads, which is where those characters are from originally.

  On 8/7/2015 at 12:22 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 8/7/2015 at 12:02 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

Miracleman is probably my favorite book of all time next to Swamp Thing, but im not really clear on what they're going to do to complete it, are you? There were a few previously unreleased unfinished black and white issues released later on that continued Gaiman's story but i'm just wondering if they already said how many extra issues they have planned to finish it off or is it open ended?

and correct me if im wrong but those screenshots are from the very first Neil Gaiman entry to Miracleman and not new right?

 

as I understand it, they're coming back to pick up where they left off, and then finish their proposed storyline from the 80s.

http://io9.com/our-first-look-at-neil-gaimans-remastered-miracleman-1722482177

New issues should be coming after the reprints, hopefully on a better schedule than the new Sandman stuff.

http://marvel.com/news/comics/24545/miraclemans_golden_age_begins_this_fall

ive got a couple of original miracleman issues that picked up from comic convention.

haven't been able to figure out what the fucks going on with the new miracleman/marvleman reissues as far as which ones to pick up. lack of crediting anything to alan moore is a pain in the arse. can anyone point in right direction?

original miracleman = referring to Alan moores run.

i would be confused too. The way the original reprint tpb's were done is a lot less confusing (and doesn't have all that weird extra shit cluttering it up). If you can track down those I would get them, the only problem is some of the later ones are extremely rare and go for $75-$150. The 'easiest' way to read miracleman if you dont have the original comics or tpb is to just download a torrent of the whole run imo.

edit: nevermind don't do what I suggested at all, the prices have skyrocketed since I last checked

here is what you should get:

Miracleman book 1
Miracleman book 2
Miracleman book 3


hardly a point to getting the individual reprinted Marvel issues since the covers are different anyways, i would just get the printed tpbs starting with these

when i first got into book 3 territory as a teen the comic totally lost me, i was confused and disappointed by what seemed like a total 180 in the story. About 5 years later re-visited it and everything made sense and it was seriously amazing. So many modern 'dark superhero' tales basically ripoff the disturbing climax of the Moore run. sooooo good

  On 8/7/2015 at 12:24 AM, TRiP said:

 

  On 7/27/2015 at 5:38 AM, doublename said:

What comic is this from?

 

Any good?

Is brandon graham, is it 8house? He's one of my favourites and i havent read his new output yet! Theres a couple of new ones i think.

If you've never read him, read 'king city' right now. So good

And yes, it is probably good ^^

^

What I posted above is the new Multiple Warheads strip in Island #1

Brandon Graham's lady(?) Marian Churchland is doing art on 8House, but she's also great (Tumblr: http://hchomgoblin.tumblr.com).

Some random stuff she's posted:

  On 8/7/2015 at 12:51 AM, doublename said:

 

It's from Brandon Graham's new anthology magazine "Island". Most of the stories the first issue were really good. If you like that particular strip, check out Multiple Warheads, which is where those characters are from originally.

 

  On 8/7/2015 at 1:06 AM, lala said:

If you've never read him, read 'king city' right now. So good

 

Nice wan! Thanks, checking these out now