What comic are you reading at the moment.

MarkHall · 26-01-2015 1:02am

Brief_Lives wrote: »

I am just about to buy an online version of (Omnibus editions) X-Men: The Age of Apocalypse ....and.... Infinity Wars...

That's a whole pile of nostalgia fun right there.
They really took some great leaps with characters and arcs.
Love the impeding dread and urgency as it built up the the final act.

Is it all the AOA Series?

Astonishing X-men ( Loved the whole team dynamic. Victor and Blink where awesome)
Amazing X-men (storm still annoying )
Factor-x ( Even evil Scotts a goody goody)
Generation NeXt (Such a kick in the pants final.)
X-Calibur (Worth it for the Cain Moment)
Weapon X ( End of the world and he's still hardcore)
X-man (So great they kept him for the regular MU)
X-ternals(May have been Gambit and the ..)
X-universe and of course AOA The Chosen. (mostly silly fun)

Ste_JDM · 26-01-2015 4:24pm

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

I was impressed with their Jurassic Park and Sam & Max games so i'll check it out at some point.

In other news I just got Judge Dred: The mega collection volume 1. It's basically a bi-weekly "best of" collection of hardcover books, with a small booklet accompanying it, something like Marvel do. Vol 1 is "America" and i have to say the quality seems really good.

http://www.judgedreddcollection.com/

I must check out that MegaCollection! Thanks stranger!

Mr.Buzz · 03-02-2015 9:55am

Re-reading Frank Miller's Sin City before watching the second movie that came out last year. I'm not sure if watching that stuff is a good idea.

Bistoman · 03-02-2015 10:24am

Mr.Buzz wrote: »

Re-reading Frank Miller's Sin City before watching the second movie that came out last year. I'm not sure if watching that stuff is a good idea.

Its worth reading the first one while watching movie, just to see how well they matched the Movie to the Graphic.
The second movie Is not as good, But still worth watching.

ebbsy · 12-02-2015 9:09pm

Reading "Dark Justice" in 2000ad at the moment. Brilliant artwork and a very hard hitting story.

Also as others have indicated above, the "Mega Collection". Well bound and good value.

L.S.F · 13-02-2015 3:38pm

Haven't got reading any in ages, still building up the collection tho. (Re)Started 2 years ago with the Marvel Graphic Novel Collection, have about 40 or so out of the first batch of 60 but around 15 unread. Also had Superior Spidey on hold each fortnight before I stopped both for a while. Picked up the end run of Superior (Goblin Nation) but missing the very last issue! Want to read that before starting Amazing/Spider-Verse which I have up to the current issue 12. Also in stock in my house are AvX, Batman - Court of the Owls, #1 of the Dredd collection & Sin City: The Hard Goodbye (well this is a re-read as got a better book of it).

Gonna start Dredd first then see where to go from there

Fysh · 15-02-2015 10:48am

I just finished "In the line of fire", the second volume of the collected-at-long-last Paul Jenkins run on Hellblazer, and it's a corker. If I had to pick a favourite story in there, I'd have to go for "Sins of the father", which follows on from the Family Man storyline and packs a devastating emotional punch.

I also read the latest issue of the Strumpet anthology, which was if anything even better than usual. A great mix of stories and art styles, ranging from light-hearted and funny to moving and emotional.

Other than that, I've got the last couple of issues of Trees to read, along with the most recent Manhattan Projects trade.

JayRoc · 16-02-2015 12:57pm

If you've even a passing interest in DC Silver Age stuff, this behemoth of a book is actually great value, at 14" x 11" x 2" and 400 pages, beautiful reproductions of classic covers and page art, it weighs a ton! Hugely enjoyable.

http://m.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/popculture/all/02833/facts.the_silver_age_of_dc_comics.htm

There are 4 more in this series from Taschen, covering different ages of DC. My coffee table is gonna be in trouble

CastorTroy · 17-02-2015 12:45am

Just finished Chew Volume 6

Well that got pretty dark. And after seeing Mecha-Turducken fighting Poyo in front of images from Bloodsport.

Brief_Lives · 23-02-2015 12:17pm

I just finished this... exellent artwork.. and story is classic gaiman....

chrislad · 26-02-2015 2:30pm

Since it's rebooting essentially, I decided to start collecting Star Wars and the associated spin offs. Big Bang Comics posting me out Star Wars 1 and 2, as well as Darth Vader 1 and 2 today!

James Howlett · 26-02-2015 5:22pm

chrislad wrote: »

Since it's rebooting essentially, I decided to start collecting Star Wars and the associated spin offs. Big Bang Comics posting me out Star Wars 1 and 2, as well as Darth Vader 1 and 2 today!

I've only read issue 1 of star wars so far but found bit quite good. The previews for Vader look to be of similar quality

TheDoc · 27-02-2015 11:04am

Well finally sat down last night and read some comics. For too long I've been letting them build up on my table, or on my tablet. So while doing something on the PC last night took the time to read through some stuff.

I started off with Batman : Arkham Asylum ( A serious house on a serious earth) It was a random recommendation on the film forum discussing the new batman film. Very enjoyable, interesting take on the characters and the artwork was intense.

Feeling on a roll, I had picked up Batman: The Dark Knight. I'd heard all about this 52 reboot thing, and decided Batman, Superman and Justice league would be my first proper forays into "comics".

Got through the first six issues
Knight Terrors
A rush of blood
Catch me if you can
Welcome to the Jungle
Handful of Dust
Run Rabbit run

Really enjoyable so far

I've seen some mention of Star Wars here, could I get some recommendations or links to what sort of Star Wars stuff is out there and worth getting involved in

James Howlett · 27-02-2015 11:19am

https://www.comixology.com/Star-Wars-2015/comics-series/33133?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC9zZXJpZXNTbGlkZXI

for Marvel's new star wars series

TheDoc · 27-02-2015 11:43am

James Howlett wrote: »

https://www.comixology.com/Star-Wars-2015/comics-series/33133?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC9zZXJpZXNTbGlkZXI

for Marvel's new star wars series

Thanks. Must have a root around to see if there was anything done about the old republic. Tend to prefer the stories people have done about the Jedi vs Sith kinda stuff rather then film based material.

Ridley · 27-02-2015 2:36pm

TheDoc wrote: »

Thanks. Must have a root around to see if there was anything done about the old republic. Tend to prefer the stories people have done about the Jedi vs Sith kinda stuff rather then film based material.

When you say Old Republic are we talking, say, Knights of the Old Republic time frame or the prequel era and anything set before?

If you don't care about the whole canon business (anything with Legends on it ie the old Expanded Universe/canon), Marvel took a digital bunch of Dark Horse's Star Wars digital comics and slapped their digital logo on them. As well as putting their logo on DH's reprints of Marvel's original Star Wars comics from the '80s.

They're rereleasing Knights of the Old Republic in print as an old Republic Epic Collection in a couple of months (Amazon says July), and Dark Times and other Order 66-based stories in an Empire Epic Collection (Amazon says April).

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Legends_comics

If you do care about canon then the earliest in the timeline you can get for the moment is that Rebels TV show post-Episode III Kanan Jarrus tie-in series. Oh, there's that Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir comic which adapts a cancelled story arc of the Clone Wars cartoon as well.

TheDoc · 27-02-2015 3:22pm

I'd say I'm talking Knights of the old republic time frame. At a guess. My star wars universe knowledge outside of the films spans to the games pretty much. (Which I prefer much more to the films stories)

Loughc · 03-03-2015 2:52pm

I'm currently making my way through The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) on the Marvel Unlimited App. Up to Issue 70 at the moment, and while I'm enjoying them I do find them very repetative and formulatic.

Rotating roster of Villains, Villains commit crime, Spider-Man comes across Villain they fight, Spider-Man overcomes Villian and Villian flees and/or goes to jail.

There's very few arching storlines at the moment, I'm hoping they improve as the comics evolve.

Fysh · 03-03-2015 9:39pm

Brief_Lives wrote: »

I just finished this... exellent artwork.. and story is classic gaiman....

I found the story quite disappointing, myself. The artwork was, as expected, magnificent - but given the allusion to Moore's excellent Superman story (and I say that as one who's got very little interest in Superman or in fact most superheroes at this point) I was hoping for something with a bit more substance than what we got.

I haven't read it since it was first released, mind you, so it's possible I'd change my mind since then, but at the time of reading I remember that and Paul Pope's Batman Year 100 as two Batman projects which started out really well but completely fudged the landing.

thegreengoblin · 03-03-2015 10:12pm

TheDoc wrote: »

Well finally sat down last night and read some comics. For too long I've been letting them build up on my table, or on my tablet. So while doing something on the PC last night took the time to read through some stuff.

I started off with Batman : Arkham Asylum ( A serious house on a serious earth) It was a random recommendation on the film forum discussing the new batman film. Very enjoyable, interesting take on the characters and the artwork was intense.

Feeling on a roll, I had picked up Batman: The Dark Knight. I'd heard all about this 52 reboot thing, and decided Batman, Superman and Justice league would be my first proper forays into "comics".

Got through the first six issues
Knight Terrors
A rush of blood
Catch me if you can
Welcome to the Jungle
Handful of Dust
Run Rabbit run

Really enjoyable so far

I've seen some mention of Star Wars here, could I get some recommendations or links to what sort of Star Wars stuff is out there and worth getting involved in

I'd recommend reading the Tales of the Jedi comics which Dark Horse brought out during the mid-90s. They were a little bit hammy and childish at times but overall well worth a read. They were the first Star Wars comics to be set so far away from the classic era timeline, thousands of years before. Dark Lords of the Sith, The Sith War and Redemption were my favourite stories. And Hugh Fleming's amazing covers are still the best I've ever seen!

TheDoc · 04-03-2015 11:43am

Thanks.

Yeah picked up a few #1's of some stories to get a feel for a few things.

At the moment very much enjoying Batman : The Dark Knight, Superman and Justice League as part of the 52 reboot.

I'm finally actually reading comics rather then reading about them

maximoose · 04-03-2015 1:26pm

If anyone wants the variant cover issue #1 of Star Wars that came with lootcrate PM me and your details and I'll post it to you!

MarkHall · 05-03-2015 2:18pm

Very nice of you Maximoose. Not after it. But curious as to which one it is.

I read Sex Criminals Volume one in anticipation of the Chip Zdarsky signing.
Not sure its my cup of Tea thou. A lot of humor. But not digging the main plot of the sexytime police being after them.

maximoose · 05-03-2015 5:19pm

This is the one

Nervous Wreck · 05-03-2015 7:20pm

maximoose wrote: »

If anyone wants the variant cover issue #1 of Star Wars that came with lootcrate PM me and your details and I'll post it to you!

I'll take this if its still going?

Nervous Wreck · 05-03-2015 7:23pm

MarkHall wrote: »

Very nice of you Maximoose. Not after it. But curious as to which one it is.

I read Sex Criminals Volume one in anticipation of the Chip Zdarsky signing.
Not sure its my cup of Tea thou. A lot of humor. But not digging the main plot of the sexytime police being after them.

I loved this and have been reading the single issues as they've come out since but am not really loving them... Dunno if the second arc is just not as good or if it just lends itself better to the tpb format....

blatantrereg · 09-03-2015 4:33pm

Crossed +100.
6 issue series set 100 years after the original outbreak.
Mad Max style tribe of survivors encounter a few groups of infected, who are now very rare.
3 of the 6 issues published. Written by Alan Moore. The survivors speak with a new dialect that is almost impenetrable at times, but adds a lot to the sense of setting.
I'm enjoying it. It has strange events which it doesn't explain yet but has hinted at.Plot details and theory on what is happening follow:

The Crossed they have encountered have set up shrines featuring pictures and salt. The Crossed they have encountered haven't actually done anything; they've shot them all on sight. It is being hinted at that the new Crossed are not vicious, in a I am Legend type situation. Robert Heinlein was mentioned in the last issue which seems to be a nod towards the inspriation. In particular they find a video where Crossed appear to be geting tested to see how they react to acts of brutality; and then slain when they react with enthusiasm.

brianregan09 · 13-03-2015 10:07pm

Started to re read the walking dead , Started last sunday on volume 1, Will be wrapping up volume 11 tonight

Ridley · 16-03-2015 2:41am

Star Wars [Republic]: Infinity's End - Possibly the worst of the Quinlan Vos stories. Well, it's not really a Quinlan Vos story, it's an event that happens to have him as the protagonist. Not Ramon Bach's best Star Wars work either.

Star Wars [Republic]: The Devaronian Version - Speaking of Quinlan Vos stories, I was never particularly big on Vilmarh Grahrk when he showed up in them. Devaronian Version is a clip show presenting his role in previous stories from his perspective.

Grahrk taking down Vos a la Indiana Jones and the Cairo Swordsman

was neat.

Star Wars: Invasion 3: Revelations
Star Wars: Knight Errant 3: Escape
Star Wars: The Old Republic 2: Threat of Peace

Star Wars: Routine Valor/Conan: The Spear - From the 2006 Free Comic Book Day. Read The Spear back in *googles* 2010 when it was colleced in the TPB but buddy was kind enough to give me the FCBD issue and save me from having to buy the Clone Wars Omnibus just for those ten pages which I didn't own already. Wheatley's art is always great and I'm glad to have more of it; story itself is pretty light on dialogue.

Dark Horse Presents #1 - Bought the DHP megabundle when on the cheap through the digital store (like I did to collect remaining Star Wars stories I didn't have before the licence went to Marvel). It's part of an experiment to see how much I handle reading comics on a screen plus the anthology format should hopefully lead me to other series.

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift Part 2
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift Part 3 - Think the series might benefit from a time jump just to avoid all the important stuff looking like they happen in the months just after the TV series. Still, hope the stories keep coming. Legend of Korra sequel series as well plz.

The reveal that the spirit's giant armour faceplate is the iron being mined

was nicely done.

Jaco the Galactic Patrolman - Akira Toriyama's story of an alien policeman's brief misadventures on Earth set in the Dragon Ball world. Also includes the Dragon Ball Minus one-shot which gives lip service to the DBZ Battle of Gods movie, the official continuation of the manga in blah blah etc. etc. scraping barrel by bringing Frieza back in next movie. I'm a Toriyama fan, I'll read anything he puts out. Provided it gets translated into English.

Superman: Birthright - How come all the best Superman stories are the origin?

The Amazing Spider-Man Big Time Ultimate Collection 1
The Amazing Spider-Man Big Time Complete Collection 2 - Handily filling in the gaps in my TPBs in the run-up to Superior. Phil Urich as the anti-Peter Parker was great.

Silver Surfer 1: New Dawn - Silver Surfer does Doctor Who. It works.

She-Hulk 1: Law and Disorder - The sooner Shulk gets into the MCU the better so that people actually buy her books.

Indestructible Hulk 3: S.M.A.S.H. Time - Bit convoluted towards the end but I'm a sucker for time travel.

bazzer_1984 · 17-03-2015 11:22pm

Ive just started reading Batman the man who laughs . I felt year one was a fantastic read got me wanting to read more Batman the art is amazing in it :-) i'd love to design art like that as a past time!!! after that i'll be moving onto some superman paperbacks New Krypton , Superman mon - el , Earth 2 that i purchased in Hidden treasure comics then i'll go onto Batman haunted knight which has 3 parts i do love my comics :-)

L.S.F · 19-03-2015 7:22pm

Just finished the Superior Spider-Man run, good end but I think the Goblin Nation conclusion was a bit abrupt. Have all the issues of the new run of Amazing already so it's just a case of reading them

bazzer_1984 · 22-03-2015 8:28pm

Does anyone here know of any Comic shows / fairs or clubs that you can join in Dublin ?

WilsonIRL · 23-03-2015 1:01pm

I'm currently reading mostly Marvel series at the moment;

All New X-Men
Nova
Guardians of the Galaxy
Ms. Marvel
Thor
Shield

I'm also reading Saga, The Wicked and the Divine and Sex Criminals.

I just finished Starlight and MPH.

yourdeadwright · 23-03-2015 4:10pm

brianregan09 wrote: »

Started to re read the walking dead , Started last sunday on volume 1, Will be wrapping up volume 11 tonight

DO YOU BUY IT ONLINE OR EREAD THE HARD COPPIES ?

horgan_p · 24-03-2015 8:08pm

Back reading Civil War. This Marvel Unlimited is the best €50 I ever spent.

Loughc · 24-03-2015 9:01pm

horgan_p wrote: »

Back reading Civil War. This Marvel Unlimited is the best €50 I ever spent.

Agreed with the unlimited being great value. Is civil war worth a read? I read issue one and it didn't blow me away to be honest.

James Howlett · 24-03-2015 9:34pm

Ah it's up there as one of those books that everyone kinda has to read. I wasn't blown away myself when I read it (back in the day and have not revisited since) but Marvel does like to reference big continuity points so it's certainly worth your time.

horgan_p · 24-03-2015 10:00pm

it feeds into the illuminati / the road to secret wars so I've gone back to reread it.
Plus it adds a fair bit to Cap. America and Spiderman's characters.

MarkHall · 26-03-2015 12:47am

Loughc wrote: »

Agreed with the unlimited being great value. Is civil war worth a read? I read issue one and it didn't blow me away to be honest.

The Issue I had with it is the characters didn't feel like themselves to me.
Millar does great work when he's given alt realities to play with. But the Civil War folks just felt like "Ultimate!" Versions of the characters.

Plus that Punisher scene just left me cold.

It was worth it for the Death and the internet fun that came about after it!

Also reading Starlight: Enjoyable start.

And Book 1 of Uncanny X-force. Enjoying Deadpool with no Thought bubbles. The fact that he's still having the conversations with himself is a nice touch. Art is dark and occasionally a bit Gri for my tastes. But we'll see how this plays out.

TheDoc · 27-03-2015 12:48pm

Seeing there is some DC Convergence thing happening in April? What is all that about?

Just got myself into finally reading comics lately, and making good progress through Justice League and Batman, and it looks to be put on hold for two months ?

Although maybe it's an opportunity to pickup a series physically from the start? Currently fully digital.

cacdit2016 · 27-03-2015 12:51pm

Gonna get back into the Green Arrow after watching the TV show

27-03-2015 1:54pm

Read the first trade of Hickman's Fantastic Four and rather enjoyed it. Some nice ideas in play and there was a sense of grandeur to it that many Marvel stories lack. One thing that really annoyed me was the use of "retard", it was unnecessary and distasteful and really lowered the tone. I'd expect it from someone like Mark Millar as it's the kind of juvenile trash he thinks is witty but from Hickman I expect better.

CastorTroy · 28-03-2015 5:29pm

From my understanding, Convergence will basically give us all the old multiverses in one way or another. Though whether it results in a Crisis like merging of verses, I don't know.

Just started Fairest of Them All. Good job I read Fables Vol. 19 (Snow White) before it as Fairest has major spoilers for it.

Chevolution · 30-03-2015 12:24am

Just finished Kreisgberg and Sokolowski's run on green arrow, was quite enjoyable, too many characters crammed in though and in fairness it'd be tough coming onto the book after Lemire and Sorrentino's run.

Really enjoyed Jeff parker's maelstrom storyline on aquaman too, which i also just finished, great story and had a great adventurous feel to it

JayRoc · 30-03-2015 12:27am

On a whim, broke out the original Grant Morrison run on Animal Man last night. Amazing.

We know he's a bit of a loon nowadays, but jesus, they were great comics. I remember at the time they were absolutely world-changing.

Fysh · 01-04-2015 11:04pm

I read the second volume of Moore's run on Swamp Thing as I've never read it before, and it was as excellent as expected. Problem is, I'm trying to get them from my local library and they probably have them all - but they aren't on the online reservation system...

On a similar note, I finally read From Hell over the last few days. Very, very good stuff all round, with some wonderful scratchy artwork from Eddie Campbell.

Suffice to say I won't be watching the film versions of either title :P

shazzerman · 02-04-2015 10:12am

Reading some Alan Moore myself: Promethea (up to Book 3), which has stunning artwork. Also reading Knightfall.

Ridley · 03-04-2015 3:26pm

I've got a bookmark in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen omnibus but I'm caught between having to sum up the energy to read the Quatermain short story and my belief that I should read everything in the book to qualify as having actually read it.

If I skip it, it'll just continue to be sitting there unread gathering dust when it should be in the loft. Gathering dust.

Fysh · 05-04-2015 10:50pm

Ridley wrote: »

I've got a bookmark in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen omnibus but I'm caught between having to sum up the energy to read the Quatermain short story and my belief that I should read everything in the book to qualify as having actually read it.

If I skip it, it'll just continue to be sitting there unread gathering dust when it should be in the loft. Gathering dust.

Oh, I'm the same. I think it wasn't until Century was completed that I went back and actually read the text stories in LoEG volume 2 and in Black Dossier. They take a certain amount of a mental run-up, as it were, but are generally very rewarding. I particularly liked the PG Wodehouse meets HP Lovecraft story in Black Dossier.

Sobko · 05-04-2015 11:01pm

Black Widow
Amazing Spider-man
Wonder Woman
Suoerman Wonder Woman

With the occasional trade.

What comic are you reading at the moment.

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