What comic are you reading at the moment.

Uno my Uno. · 09-04-2015 3:22pm

Reading Spider-Gwen and Ms. Marvel at the moment. Both Gwen and Kamala feel so different to the usual super heroes. Gwen is similar to many of the Peter Parkers we have met over the years in that she is filled with teenage angst but her approach to the "great responsibility" Is different enough to make it interesting again.

Kamala Khan is so Naive and earnest that she is kind of adorable, its great fun watching her character grow.

I also just finished Spider-Verse which I enjoyed but have to say I found a bit confusing in one or two parts, so many alternate universes.

And lastly I have just finished the 2014 run of She-Hulk, I loved the Artwork and really enjoyed the writing. I found it a strangely relaxing read for some reason, perhaps its because being super strong and super smart she is never really in peril!

Delirium · 10-04-2015 4:42pm

Finally made the plunge to rejoin the world of monthly comic readers last week.:D

Pastaways #1 (CBR preview) I really enjoyed Matt Kindts work on Mind Mgmt (picked up trades) so had a good idea I'd enjoy this one.

Cluster #1 -3 (CBR preview) Only read #1 so far be was a fun read.

Southern Cross #1 (CBR preview) Good read. Bit of a slow burn to this I'm thinking.

Also got an issue of the new Thor run and an annual also.

Loughc · 13-04-2015 9:50am

Read through the mini-series Age of Ultron. Good read although the ending lacked the grand finale feeling.

Tempted to follow the path onto Avengers A.I. is that series worth a read?

Thwip! · 13-04-2015 11:24am

If nothing else it's a short read, series didn't last terrible long.

To be honest I kinda felt cheated that they had Waid write the AofU 10.AU (the one-shot about Hank essentially that leads into Avengers A.I.) only not to keep Waid on the actual AI book

Nervous Wreck · 13-04-2015 5:25pm

Uno my Uno. wrote: »

I also just finished Spider-Verse which I enjoyed but have to say I found a bit confusing in one or two parts, so many alternate universes.

Also just finished Spider-Verse in the last few days. I really enjoyed it, particularly some of the off-shoots (Team-Up, Scarlet Spiders). Found it really weird that the actual Spider-Verse comics were so irrelevant to the story. Good read overall though!

Is anyone reading the current run on Ant-Man? I was taken aback by how much fun it is. Really silly but loadsa fun. Four issues in and I'm defo gonna keep reading.

Accidentally put Convergence on my sub-list so I'm reading that; just the main title. It's okay so far. Not a lot of flare to it but it's decent. Have also subbed to All New Hawkeye but haven't started it yet. I really wish Fraction hadn't left; his run feels so unfinished. Partially because his run is totally unfinished but also cos he was doing really well and then it just kinda went nowhere when he obviously stopped caring. Boourns...

shazzerman · 14-04-2015 10:09pm

I burned through the entire run of Brian Azzarello's 100 Bullets - and the follow up 8-issue Brother Lono - over the last two days. Magnificent. The best I've read since The Unwritten.

14-04-2015 10:31pm

Looking at my to read pile and it is beyond a joke, there's a hundred or so trades which I need to get through and I keep saying I'll buy no more till I make some head way but bloody Image and their cheap first trades makes it almost impossible to stick by that.

Nervous Wreck · 14-04-2015 10:34pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Looking at my to read pile and it is beyond a joke, there's a hundred or so trades which I need to get through and I keep saying I'll buy no more till I make some head way but bloody Image and their cheap first trades makes it almost impossible to stick by that.

Speaking of, Copperhead vol 1 is out and a steal at any price.

14-04-2015 10:36pm

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Speaking of, Copperhead vol 1 is out and a steal at any price.

It's sitting atop my pile, just above The Fade Out: Act One.

Ridley · 26-04-2015 8:20pm

Samurai Jack 1: The Threads of Time - Continuation of the TV show insomuch as you can continue a show that reverts back to the status quo at the end of every episode. Does its darndest to be an episode in comic form - as licenced tie-ins should (for example, I think the Doctor Who suffer from not pretending they have a budget) - to the point that it switches up the art style for the fights. I do wish that it had the animation cel look without black outlines such as with the purdy covers.

The Planetary Omnibus - Planetary's Fantastic Four are still more optimistic than the grimdark movie trailers.

Read it following this piece on Warren Ellis and superheroes (and the less than pleasant version of the Superman origin story led me to reading Birthright).

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 10 - War - It's... fine. Not why the decision was made for a miniseries to have Zayne Carrick away from the dynamic of the original ongoing issues.

Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral

Star Wars: The Old Republic 1: Blood of the Empire
Star Wars: The Old Republic 3: The Lost Suns - (Read vol. 2 first because it was the first story published on the Old Republic website.) Big fat meh. Perhaps I would have got more from it if I played the game. Lost Suns having a double meaning and

the ending of Theron Shan not revealing his identity to his Jedi mother

was kinda neat.

Fantastic Four 2: Original Sin - Not a complaint but the Original Sin tie-in seems to be all of one panel? Anyhoo, the road to sidelining the FF continues because apparently it's better for fans to only have the grimdark movie as an option rather provide any alternative. Until Incredibles 2 at least.

----

Took advantage of Marvel Unlimited's free month to catch up with series I was reading that went out of print or stopped being collected. TPB titles used just so it's easier for me to remember what I've read.

Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four 3: World's Greatest

Incredible Hulk 6: Split Decisions
Incredible Hulk 7: Dead Like Me
Incredible Hulk 8: Bad Things -

Figured the big bad would be The Leader.

Thought the final two-issue arc was going out on a whimper and the series got a bit too formulaic reading in quick succession but I really liked Bruce Jones' Hulk run. Holding off on Hulk worked nicely while it did seem to fall into a pattern of just having him surface at the end of an arc.

New X-Men: Childhood's End 1 - Re-read.

GLX-Mas Special #1
Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular #1 - Like Deadpool, love the Great Lakes Avengers/X-Men/Champions/Initiative. Glad Squirrel Girl finally got her own series. Obviously there's no rush to add her to the MCU otherwise she'd solve everything. I know he's a parody character whose running gag

is that each variation of him dies

but Grasshopper's awesome. So is his costume and I want more from him.

Nervous Wreck · 26-04-2015 8:53pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's sitting atop my pile, just above The Fade Out: Act One.

I've just purchased this.... Your move, Darko. :pac:

Roark · 27-04-2015 12:56am

Star Wars: Dark Empire - I finally got around to reading this. Just finished the series. Not great by any means but worth a read if you're a Star Wars fan I guess.

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison. - Didn't have high hopes for this but really enjoying it. There are over 500 Star Wars comics on Marvel Unlimited now. Hopefully a few more as good as this one.

fistfights · 27-04-2015 5:23pm

I'm reading way too many single issues at the moment, but my favourites are definitely 'The Wicked and The Divine', 'Ms. Marvel' and 'Nailbiter'.

Also stuck into Saga, Sex Criminals, and Original Sin as TPBs.

WilsonIRL · 29-04-2015 3:35pm

I started reading D4VE this week. It's a great idea, think Office Space set after robots have wiped out humanity. I'm going to be checking out Run Love Kill, Divinity, Southern Cross, Chrononauts and Kaptara later this week.

maximoose · 01-05-2015 10:13am

Locke & Key Volume 1 - got this for free on Comixology a little while ago, really enjoying it so far.

Marvel Civil War - Noob to Marvel comics really, recent binging on the MCU has got me interested. Read Infinity Gauntlet this week and just could not enjoy the dated style of it, so looked up a full chronological reading list of Civil War and finding it much more enjoyable so far.

shazzerman · 01-05-2015 7:05pm

Locke and Key gets better and better; one of the best graphic novels I have read.

CastorTroy · 03-05-2015 4:53pm

I'm reading Convergence and I really don't see where's it's going or what the point is. Apart from Earth 2, I don't see why everything was put on hold for it

Uno my Uno. · 03-05-2015 5:53pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

I'm reading Convergence and I really don't see where's it's going or what the point is. Apart from Earth 2, I don't see why everything was put on hold for it

Haven't read any of convergence but it seemed entirely pointless to me from the very start, use some bizarre dues ex machina to throw a old of characters together and have them fight it out? Yawn.

Just finishing the Fletcher/Cameron/Tarr run on Batgirl, thought it would be a bit "young adult" at first but it has been great, really interested to read Their Black Canary later this year.

Uno my Uno. · 03-05-2015 5:56pm

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Also just finished Spider-Verse in the last few days. I really enjoyed it, particularly some of the off-shoots (Team-Up, Scarlet Spiders). Found it really weird that the actual Spider-Verse comics were so irrelevant to the story. Good read overall though!

Is anyone reading the current run on Ant-Man? I was taken aback by how much fun it is. Really silly but loadsa fun. Four issues in and I'm defo gonna keep reading.

Accidentally put Convergence on my sub-list so I'm reading that; just the main title. It's okay so far. Not a lot of flare to it but it's decent. Have also subbed to All New Hawkeye but haven't started it yet. I really wish Fraction hadn't left; his run feels so unfinished. Partially because his run is totally unfinished but also cos he was doing really well and then it just kinda went nowhere when he obviously stopped caring. Boourns...

I picked up this series after reading your post, really enjoying the humour , you should check out the new run of Howard the Duck, it has a similar vibe to Ant-Man and is quite funny.

Nervous Wreck · 03-05-2015 6:58pm

Uno my Uno. wrote: »

I picked up this series after reading your post, really enjoying the humour , you should check out the new run of Howard the Duck, it has a similar vibe to Ant-Man and is quite funny.

Will do so!

Fysh · 04-05-2015 8:52pm

I finally got around to reading a few things both in print and on my tablet recently:

The Fade Out: Act One

Solid, quality stuff from Brubaker & Phillips, to the surprise of nobody. Phillips has a couple of new tricks up his artistic sleeve here and they're very effective. Hopefully this will continue on strong and not have the slight detour that detracted from overall narrative impact of Fatale.

C.O.W.L. Volume 1

Very pretty, as you'd expect from a Bill Sienkiewicz project, but I'm not entirely sure I'm interested in reading further. Thus far, it's been a sort of superheroes-as-government-service story with corruption and intrigue thrown in, and there's nothing wrong with it - it's just that it doesn't grab me, either. Probably more down to me not being in the mood for it, I think.

Minimum Wage Volume 1

Here we go. Funny semi-autobiographical stories about a mid-20s twit navigating a post-divorce social environment? Set in the mid-90s? With a protagonist who makes a living drawing porn comics? Yeah, this works for me.

God Hates Astronauts, Volume 1
Another one that didn't really work for me. There's a lot of raucous, rambuctious fun going on in here, and it's very much in the vein of horrible humour applied to superheroes -but it still felt very much like it was working in superhero storytelling mode, and so felt kind of limited to me.

SuperDude87 · 06-05-2015 7:44am

I have just finished reading Justice League : Trinity War (which I bought at Free Comic Book Day

) I really enjoyed it!! I haven't found a huge amount of love for it online but the end had my jaw on the floor - luckily I had already went ahead and ordered the follow-up Forever Evil.

Probably a bit of a weird place to jump in to The New 52 but I feel like I understood most of it - just didn't know who some of the characters were...

The Pandora / Phantom Stranger parts were weak but it was great to have them in the collection (as I will never be a fella to buy each individual issues - too complicated!)

I will be looking to start some other volume 1s of the DC New 52 and am sure Batman is a good place to start.

maximoose · 06-05-2015 11:23am

SuperDude87 wrote: »

I will be looking to start some other volume 1s of the DC New 52 and am sure Batman is a good place to start.

New 52 Batman has been fantastic!

Mal-Adjusted · 06-05-2015 12:03pm

SuperDude87 wrote: »

I will be looking to start some other volume 1s of the DC New 52 and am sure Batman is a good place to start.

Plenty of the new 52 have been cancelled so be mindful that whatever you pick up might only have a couple of volumes.

Uno my Uno. · 06-05-2015 12:18pm

Is anybody planing on reading Secret Wars? After AvX I decided that I wouldn't bother with any of these big cross over events but after enjoying Spider Verse I think I'm going to give it a go.

L.S.F · 07-05-2015 5:07pm

maximoose wrote: »

Locke & Key Volume 1 - got this for free on Comixology a little while ago, really enjoying it so far.

Marvel Civil War - Noob to Marvel comics really, recent binging on the MCU has got me interested. Read Infinity Gauntlet this week and just could not enjoy the dated style of it, so looked up a full chronological reading list of Civil War and finding it much more enjoyable so far.

I'm going to tackle Civil War soon myself.

Reading through a load of Astonishing Spider-Man (The Panini ones where they have 3 issues in one comic. Normally 2 of Amazing and one other story) that I won on ebay. Picked up right after Civil War in Brand New Day. Really enjoying them. The other story was Spider-man vs Wolverine with the story of Charlemagne which was very interesting too.

Also have Avengers, X-Men & FF in the same format. Was reading stories of Wolverine in the Red Room and one where the Hood had the infinity gauntlet - was a nice little lead up to watching Avengers - Age of Ultron last week

Nervous Wreck · 08-05-2015 5:08pm

Uno my Uno. wrote: »

Is anybody planing on reading Secret Wars? After AvX I decided that I wouldn't bother with any of these big cross over events but after enjoying Spider Verse I think I'm going to give it a go.

I think the main problem with AvX was that the X-Men generally suck! Spider-Verse was awesome though! I'm gonna read Secret Wars but probably only the main series. Tried to read all of Original Sin but so much of it was bad...

L.S.F · 08-05-2015 6:02pm

Uno my Uno. wrote: »

Is anybody planing on reading Secret Wars? After AvX I decided that I wouldn't bother with any of these big cross over events but after enjoying Spider Verse I think I'm going to give it a go.

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

I think the main problem with AvX was that the X-Men generally suck! Spider-Verse was awesome though! I'm gonna read Secret Wars but probably only the main series. Tried to read all of Original Sin but so much of it was bad...

Picked up Secret Wars #1 today, think I'll jump on and read it as it's out. Have the first 16 issues of ASM/Spider-verse just sitting there to be read.

Initially pretty pissed off they're ending Earth-616 Universe and Unlimited (although I never really read much of them), will have to wait and see where they go with this....

RobbingBandit · 08-05-2015 8:42pm

Have bought and read the first 40 convergence tie-ins with maybe 12 or so being a good read, I have also read the first five issues so far of the main story and it's stupid so far, my local store didn't get me my variants for this week so I may abandon it for Secret Wars instead, issue one was very good.

Fysh · 12-05-2015 6:33pm

I read Millar & Parlov's Starlight yesterday after finding it in my local library and was very impressed - I think the last time I read something by Millar that felt this genuine and uncynical was American Jesus (and even that had that line at the end to let the side down...). But this was just great - a wonderful European-influenced ligne claire sort of style with a few hints at being inspired by Moebius, and a story that was all the more powerful and affecting by not trying to cater to the baser instincts of 15 year old boys.

13-05-2015 3:02pm

Fysh wrote: »

I read Millar & Parlov's Starlight yesterday after finding it in my local library and was very impressed - I think the last time I read something by Millar that felt this genuine and uncynical was American Jesus (and even that had that line at the end to let the side down...). But this was just great - a wonderful European-influenced ligne claire sort of style with a few hints at being inspired by Moebius, and a story that was all the more powerful and affecting by not trying to cater to the baser instincts of 15 year old boys.

Not read it myself but have been curious to pick it up. I really don't like Millar's work but when he reins it in a little he can be decent, just has a tendency to appeal to immature 13 year olds far too often.

Fysh · 13-05-2015 8:56pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Not read it myself but have been curious to pick it up. I really don't like Millar's work but when he reins it in a little he can be decent, just has a tendency to appeal to immature 13 year olds far too often.

I don't know that I'd say buy it or anything, but unlike much of his work over the last 10 years I think it's at least worth a read. Whatever his IMO numerous failings as a writer, he's got great taste in artistic collaborators and I really enjoyed Parlov's artwork as a change of pace from what the Direct Market normally has to offer.

Uno my Uno. · 13-05-2015 10:41pm

Read chrononauts #3 today, I'm still not sure where it's going but I was smiling the whole way through!

Also got Howard the duck #3, he is a funny ducker.

chopperbyrne · 14-05-2015 11:39am

As a huge Dune fan, I absolutely love the name of Secret Wars #2

TheDoc · 15-05-2015 10:27am

Planning to finish of Dark Knight Returns today and the weekend. Had it for about three years gathering dust and brought it with me on a trip recently and loved it, so hopefully will finish that off.

Was in Easons yesterday having a casual browse of their Dept 51 section and saw Planet Hulk collection for €17. I'd heard some guys in work saying it was brilliant, and for the size of the content just picked it up on a whim. So might move into that shortly also.

I saw Civil war 1-7 there also for €20 which looked a decent deal, but I picked up a digital copy for €5. After the recent Avengers film kind of interested to branch out from DC and read more Marvel stuff.

Still moving through 52 Batman and Justice league, albeit pace has slown down dramatically(my reading comes in waves) but very much enjoying both immensely.

On a slightly seperate note, while I see the appeal of owning physical copies of stuff, and enjoy watching a collection grow, the pricing point on graphic novels and collections is so drastically out of kilter I'm pretty much exclusively digital. Google Play is excellent and seems to have every comic or volume I'm looking for, for really good prices. I guess I was so taken a back by Planet Hulk in Easons, was that it was the same price as digital.

Nervous Wreck · 16-05-2015 3:51pm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Have bought and read the first 40 convergence tie-ins with maybe 12 or so being a good read, I have also read the first five issues so far of the main story and it's stupid so far, my local store didn't get me my variants for this week so I may abandon it for Secret Wars instead, issue one was very good.

Wow, fair play for giving it a go.... I've only read the main series #0&1 so far but was not blown away.... Will finish out the main series but doubt I'll bother with anything else.

Uno my Uno. · 16-05-2015 5:01pm

Read Secret Wars Number 2 and quite enjoyed it, I'm intrigued now find out more and read one or two of the tie-ins. Resources are limited so will have to choose carefully!

Nervous Wreck · 16-05-2015 5:07pm

Uno my Uno. wrote: »

Read Secret Wars Number 2 and quite enjoyed it, I'm intrigued now find out more and read one or two of the tie-ins. Resources are limited so will have to choose carefully!

Agreed; Hickman's kinda knocking it out of the park with this event so far. I wasn't gonna bother with tie-ins but I reckon I'll try out some of the more interesting looking ones.

Thwip! · 17-05-2015 8:56pm

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Agreed; Hickman's kinda knocking it out of the park with this event so far. I wasn't gonna bother with tie-ins but I reckon I'll try out some of the more interesting looking ones.

Hickman in general usually has things planned out like 50 issues in advance so I do find him to be consistent.

All the tie-ins are continuing to at least December and replace most of the regular books so it's going to be hard to avoid them

Nervous Wreck · 17-05-2015 10:19pm

Thwip! wrote: »

Hickman in general usually has things planned out like 50 issues in advance so I do find him to be consistent.

All the tie-ins are continuing to at least December and replace most of the regular books so it's going to be hard to avoid them

I guess I gotta do some research so...!

Brief_Lives · 18-05-2015 11:18am

Currently reading Lucifer, Booke One...

As a massive fan of The Sandman, and the worlds he revolves in, I finally got my hand on this bumper volume..

http://www.amazon.com/Lucifer-Book-One-Mike-Carey/dp/1401240267/ref=pd_cp_14_1/180-5493034-1690956?ie=UTF8&refRID=12MJ5DGBJZD4QEVS1J55

Ridley · 26-05-2015 6:38pm

Vulture has a lengthy article on the Ultimate Marvel universe.

Abraham Reisman wrote:

(I reached out to Loeb for an interview but was told he would only speak with me if we didn’t discuss Ultimates 3 or Ultimatum.)

DoctorEdgeWild · 27-05-2015 9:40am

http://www.avatarpress.com/thecourtyard/

Was home in Ireland to vote over the weekend and had a bit of time to look through the few thousand comics I left behind when I moved (these WILL be coming over here someday!) and came across an artist signed copy of The Courtyard by Alan Moore (two part mini series). I think this was part of a Moore heavy collection I bought years ago but hadn't read it in a long time.

Like most Alan Moore stuff, this was a great read, basically a supernatural crime thriller (?), although like most Moore stuff, it's harder to categorise than most. I imagine it would be cheap enough to pick up a copy so I'd definitely recommend it to anyone.

Kev W · 27-05-2015 1:33pm

Currently on my third read-through of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's Locke & Key, which I recommend to all sentient beings.

Uno my Uno. · 28-05-2015 7:58pm

Kev W wrote: »

Currently on my third read-through of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's Locke & Key, which I recommend to all sentient beings.

the First 6 Volumes of Locke and Key are part of the HumbleBundle Books Bundle for the next two weeks, so many people have recommended it recently that I will have to go for it.

chopperbyrne · 29-05-2015 12:26pm

Wife bought me the first three volumes of Transmetropolitan for my birthday, so should be starting them over the weekend.

Nervous Wreck · 29-05-2015 6:45pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Wife bought me the first three volumes of Transmetropolitan for my birthday, so should be starting them over the weekend.

Good wife.

Ridley · 13-06-2015 10:19pm

The Superior Spider-Man 3

Fear Itself: Secret Avengers

Secret Avengers: Run the Mission, Don't Get Seen, Save the World - Meh, it's fine but it's possibly the weakest Warren Ellis material that I've read (Planetary/Extremis/Ultimate FF/Dark Avengers/previous volumes of Secret Avengers).

New Avengers 4 (AvX)
New Avengers 5

Avengers 4 (AvX)
Avengers 5

The Wicked + The Divine 1: The Faust Act - Props for the punny volume title. Yep, I'm on board. Though I was with Gillen/McKelvie's run on Young Avengers for the first volume as well so I'll have to see how it goes.

The Unwritten 4: Leviathan

Cinderella: Fables Are Forever - Liked it a lot. Cinderella vs.

Oz's Dorothy

. Some confusing moments where the art doesn't reflect the speech balloons such as referring to two characters who look nothing like the people she's talking about, and action doesn't look like

Dorothy took her to her limit

. But yeah,

Dorothy being a killer because she was rewarded twice for the death of witches

makes sense and the

glass slipper vs. silver slipper

premise is neato.

Fables: The Deluxe Edition 10 - Werewolves of the Heartland is just about lip service to Fables, really. Could more or less replace Bigby with any generic action man.

That_Guy · 06-07-2015 12:14pm

Started the following comics:

Nailbiter - Absolutely fantastic story. Haven't been reading comics for a huge period of time but it's easily one of the more violent ones I've read. Very enjoyable.

Star Wars/Darth Vader - Very much enjoying this new series particularly Darth Vader. Such a great character to focus in on and I'm enjoying it a lot.

We Stand On Guard - 1st of a 4 part series set in the future with Canada and America at war. Really interesting and even though I know it's only 4 parts, I really hope they extend it in the future. Really fascinating read.

MarkHall · 06-07-2015 9:19pm

That_Guy wrote: »

We Stand On Guard - 1st of a 4 part series set in the future with Canada and America at war. Really interesting and even though I know it's only 4 parts, I really hope they extend it in the future. Really fascinating read.

Is that the mecha war one? Looked interesting.
What would you consider it similar to?

What comic are you reading at the moment.

Comments