Comic Books / Graphic Novels thread

MW & KC are boss. And Prophet.

This looks like it could be cool, but what's with the goddamn man arm?

 

Edited August 8, 2015 by lala

lol^

The cover art for Southern Bastards #12 p great

 

Here's a cool variant they did for #10:

Edited August 8, 2015 by doublename

I dont like southern rednecks, what is this comic? I've seen it about

It's pretty interesting. I only have the first 8 or so issues, but there are some good twists in it.

That "prophet" looks interesting, might try the first TP and give it a go

  On 8/8/2015 at 2:19 AM, Rubin Farr said:

This looks like it could be cool, but what's with the goddamn man arm?

 

Reminds me of this painting from The King of Queens

 

  On 8/8/2015 at 9:59 PM, lala said:

I dont like southern rednecks, what is this comic? I've seen it about

 

It's a really good crime comic set in the rural south. Definitely worth checking out.

Some neat pages that caught my attention in the past couple of weeks:








Special bonus weirdness:

 

 

Edited August 13, 2015 by doublename

Grayson cover is pretty explicit for a DC title, kids will see that, unless they do a plastic bag on it.

I like the artstyle on that Prophet cover, might give that a try as well.

That DC page is a bit odd especially considering it's more explicit than that pulled Killing Joke homage cover Capullo did that people were getting up in arms about.

Looks more like an interior / first page than a cover tbh, considering there's no logo or anything. Also that's where the full credits and the arc/chapter title usually are

Edited August 13, 2015 by ThatSpanishGuy

  On 8/13/2015 at 8:38 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

Looks more like an interior / first page than a cover tbh, considering there's no logo or anything. Also that's where the full credits and the arc/chapter title usually are

 

Oh yeah, I'm sure it's an inside page, still... bit bold for DC

Yeah, that's the first interior page of Grayson #8 or #9 (I think).

I don't normally read a ton of superhero books, but I've gotten it into my head that I've got to read the Frank Miller Daredevil run. It's cool, pulpy fun so far, but these incredibly verbose 80s comics really can be chore.

Bought book one of Preacher. Excited.

  On 8/16/2015 at 4:04 AM, Twelvetrees said:

Bought book one of Preacher. Excited.

I read about 30 issues of Preacher when it got reprinted in the Dredd Megazine, really good writing / art / concepts.

 

It's one of those comics I wanted to pick up again and read all the way through but never got round too yet.

Picked up Vol. 5 & 6 of Batman today along with Vol. 1 of Batman Eternal, which I had started reading with individual issues but fell way behind...

 

Is Snyder's New 52 run of Swamp Thing any good? I loved Moore's classic run, but heard the series went to shit after Moore stopped writing for it. I like what Snyder's done with Batman so far so I'd be curious how he tackles ol' Swampy.

 

Also still meaning to get to Miller's Daredevil run, and Southern Bastards sounds interesting, I love a good crime comic.

^ Charles Soule, who took over after Snyder, had a pretty good run on Swamp Thing. I've heard that Snyder's run started well, but then got derailed by the Rotworld crossover (which also screwed up a good Animal Man run by Jeff Lemire) and never really recovered.

Edited August 17, 2015 by doublename

Ah okay, I wonder if I'd be missing much if I skipped Snyder's run and jumped to Soule, or is it still worth reading from the beginning of the 52 era.

I enjoyed all of the recent swamp thing run.

 

Rotworld was the low point, but it helps if you read Animal Man too.

 

I have given up on DC now that both of those books have come to an end. The crossovers with crossovers and team ups were doing my noggin in.

 

I just wanted some decent self contained story arcs that make me enjoy a few characters. Swampy and Mr Butter Baker mainly did that, but unfortunately I guess they didn't shift enough units and they got axed.

Edited August 17, 2015 by fletcher

John Carpenter horror anthology coming on Halloween:

 

 

http://comicbastards.com/comics/john-carpenter-releases-john-carpenters-tales-for-a-halloweenight/

  On 8/17/2015 at 9:04 PM, fletcher said:

I enjoyed all of the recent swamp thing run.

Rotworld was the low point, but it helps if you read Animal Man too.

I have given up on DC now that both of those books have come to an end. The crossovers with crossovers and team ups were doing my noggin in.

I just wanted some decent self contained story arcs that make me enjoy a few characters. Swampy and Mr Butter Baker mainly did that, but unfortunately I guess they didn't shift enough units and they got axed.

You should give The Omega Men a shot -- religious fanaticism, space terrorism, it's the most out there book DC is doing right now.

 

Grayson is also quality, but I worry it will get sucked into a shitty Batman crossover sooner or later. Looks like they'll manage to finish the first year with no interference though.

Edited August 18, 2015 by doublename

Thanks for the Brandon Graham recommendation - working my way through Multiple Warheads at the moment, really love the style! Just wish i had a larger tablet to enjoy it even more with.

Jumping back and forth between that and Akira at the moment (colour version)

Will check out King City afterwards

 

(also, i'm sure everyone in this thread knows of it, but if not - Domu is highly recommended!)