What comic are you reading at the moment.

Fysh · 25-09-2015 10:51pm

Uno my Uno. wrote: »

Ultimates Vol 3 was such a travesty and did so much damage that it nearly sank the Ultimate Universe. Apparently Millar will now only give interviews on the basis that Vol 3 is off the table.

I think the thing is that Millar's earlier Ultimates books coupled with Ultimate Spider-Man's consistent popularity meant the whole Ultimate Universe reached a point of popularity where editorial decided that they should start treating it like a sub-imprint. To my mind it was stronger when it was allowed to not be crowded, and had a couple of ongoing series and a miniseries whenever a creative team had a story to tell, and its demise was the insistence on constantly milking it with relaunches and constant events, neither of which actually had the desired effect.

But then, I've never been much of a "shared universe" guy, so perhaps it's not surprising that I feel this way...

Turtyturd · 26-09-2015 12:47am

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

The very same.

That's a really good run. As a big X-men fan a lot of the magic comes from the standalone issues, or little moments within stories rather than the stories as a whole.

Batman Vol.1 and Vol.2 Court of Owls/Night of Owls: Snyder writes a really good Batman. Also a big fan of Talon so it's good to see a whole year worth of story/issues dedicated to establishing a new villain. Although I think he

got his own series in the New 52 so hopefully he doesn't go down the Venom/Deadpool route of overexposure.

American Vampire Vol.2: Snyder writes a really good vampire story. Similar complaints as the first volume but it really builds on the mythos of the world, also two out of two for the twists being actual surprises. Not a big fan of the artwork in the second storyline but Albuquerque's art is really well suited to the book.

Ex Machina Vol.1: Can't believe this is as old as it is. Collects almost the entire first year of the book. Tells the story of a guy who acquires the ability to talk to machines, and after a brief career as a superhero turns to politics to make a difference. There's a lot more focus of political/personal issues than superhero ones but it's still gripping stuff, and ties nicely into September 11th. Would probably prefer this to Vaughan's Y the Last Man.

Nervous Wreck · 26-09-2015 3:19pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

That's a really good run. As a big X-men fan a lot of the magic comes from the standalone issues, or little moments within stories rather than the stories as a whole.

Yeah, lot's of great moments alright! I'm liking Colossus a lot in it. Also, a huge amount of it seems to have influenced the movies.

Turtyturd wrote: »

Batman Vol.1 and Vol.2 Court of Owls/Night of Owls: Snyder writes a really good Batman. Also a big fan of Talon so it's good to see a whole year worth of story/issues dedicated to establishing a new villain. Although I think he
got his own series in the New 52 so hopefully he doesn't go down the Venom/Deadpool route of overexposure.

Afaik, Talon was a limited run. Agreed though, great villain!

MarkHall · 28-09-2015 2:52pm

Uno my Uno. wrote: »

Ultimates Vol 3 was such a travesty and did so much damage that it nearly sank the Ultimate Universe. Apparently Millar will now only give interviews on the basis that Vol 3 is off the table.

surely the easy answer is.

It wasn't my doing. I just tried to clean up the pieces.

Really not digging the Ult Avengers stuff.
It's like they tried to Ultimatise the Ultimates.

But Enjoyed the look of Warmachines suit.
And the Red skulls master plan was a nice Millar Touch!

MarkHall · 28-09-2015 3:45pm

TheDoc wrote: »

Yeah that is the sort of guidelines I've been getting from a reddit thread about read orders and stuff for Transformers.

Plan is :
Last Stand of the Wreckers
All Hail Megatron
Chaos Theory
IDW Collection Phase 2 (which contains seemingly the best set of IDW Transformers.

All Hail Megatron is the low point in the IDW stuff for myself and several of my Robot Changey fans mates.

It pretty much ignores the events of previous series. We had series building up of how the Decepticons go about conquering a planet. It had a grounded in reality feel to it.
Which is chucked out and becomes an episode of the 80's cartoon with Characters popping up Based on Plot needs rather than a natural flow. First 3 issues have a solid build up offer Destruction and Devastation. Then not a lot really happens.
Except for Out of character depictions and Splosions. From what we had. Some of the G1 Fans love it as it's very much a love note to the 86 TV show. Which is great if you like that sort of thing. But it just didn't do it for me.

Choas Theory tries to fix it.By mostly laying waste to the status Quo. But suffers a little for the fact. The restart with RID & MTMTES improves things greatly.

TheDoc · 28-09-2015 5:34pm

MarkHall wrote: »

All Hail Megatron is the low point in the IDW stuff for myself and several of my Robot Changey fans mates.

It pretty much ignores the events of previous series. We had series building up of how the Decepticons go about conquering a planet. It had a grounded in reality feel to it.
Which is chucked out and becomes an episode of the 80's cartoon with Characters popping up Based on Plot needs rather than a natural flow. First 3 issues have a solid build up offer Destruction and Devastation. Then not a lot really happens.
Except for Out of character depictions and Splosions. From what we had. Some of the G1 Fans love it as it's very much a love note to the 86 TV show. Which is great if you like that sort of thing. But it just didn't do it for me.

Choas Theory tries to fix it.By mostly laying waste to the status Quo. But suffers a little for the fact. The restart with RID & MTMTES improves things greatly.

So you think its worth giving all hail megatron a skip?

RID and MTMTES is where I plan to go longterm. Was looking there last week, the individual trades are €20 a pop, while the Phase 2 collection (which according to a nice dude on reddit made a reading order, and says Phase 2 comprises RID and MTMTES) is €50.

So financially seems a no brainer to pickup the collection. Although have this "thing" with hardbacks, struggle to find them an a comfortable read. Got hands on IDW Phase 2 for the first time and holy **** it's heavy :O

http://www.idwpublishing.com/product/transformers-idw-collection-phase-two-vol-1/

MarkHall · 28-09-2015 9:37pm

TheDoc wrote: »

So you think its worth giving all hail megatron a skip?

Like I said it was a low point for me. The IDW stuff had been doing some nice world building. With Some great characterisation that was cast aside. So that may color my take on AHM. It did give us some great covers thou.
It may work for your as you don't have that hanging over you. There are some good scenes and wonderful art. But over all rating is BOO!

And I suppose without it we wouldn't have the current books. Which have been awesome. I heart the current take on Starscream so very very much.

Antibac · 30-09-2015 12:30pm

Just finished Marvel Zombies 1 complete collection. Started off well. I think it ran out of steam then and was glad when it finished. If it was half the size it is it would have been a better read. Next up is Planet Hulk

MarkHall · 30-09-2015 11:40pm

I enjoyed the First Marvel Zombies tale and the Marvel zombies vs Evil dead was entertaining.
But feel the series has been run to death and reanimated and head shot again.

But it gave us some great visuals.
Magnetos passing, Cap vs red skull, The belly slicing for meat.

Plant Hulk was a good Romp. Shame they didn't push it for anther year before Hulks return to earth.
Would have loved for him to come back to a post Civil war Marvel with all the trains supers.

I enjoyed the aliens take on their run ins with the earth heros.

TheDoc · 01-10-2015 2:06pm

After picking it up yesterday read through Batman Volume 6 : Graveyard shift there on lunch.

Bit disappointed. I noticed when I bought it yesterday it was thicker then the rest, so thought it would have a fair bit of continuation. Turned out that while it had a new story regarding the series I've been reading (felt small and quick) the volume packed in stories from Batman Eternal and Incorporated or something. Was weird as it jumped around, introducing mad new stuff that had not happened in the series I was reading, but had happened in these, and was just isolated stories. Wasn't overly impressed.

Most probably because I know Volume 7 Endgame isnt out in paperback until next year, so I'll be a good few months waiting.

I also picked up Justice League Volume 1 : Origin yesterday so that is tomorrows reading, before tucking into Wolverine Enemy of the state and Last stand of the wreckers.

MarkHall · 01-10-2015 11:20pm

I enjoyed Enemy of The state. But again it falls into a category of Characters
Acting as Mark Millar see them rather than how they should behave.

But it's a lot of fun as a Wolverine story.
With Ninja, Assassins, Giant Robot stompy boots and several Millarisms thrown in for good measure.

Does the book contain all issues of Millar and JRJr's run? Or do you have to get Wolverine: Agent of shield as well?

TheDoc · 02-10-2015 9:53am

MarkHall wrote: »

I enjoyed Enemy of The state. But again it falls into a category of Characters
Acting as Mark Millar see them rather than how they should behave.

But it's a lot of fun as a Wolverine story.
With Ninja, Assassins, Giant Robot stompy boots and several Millarisms thrown in for good measure.

Does the book contain all issues of Millar and JRJr's run? Or do you have to get Wolverine: Agent of shield as well?

No idea here. I bought it on a bit of whim as something I saw another poster here mention, and it was just staring at me on the shelf in Big Bang while I was looking at the walking dead.

They didn't have most of the stuff I went in wanting, so didn't want to come out with less then four books

Nervous Wreck · 02-10-2015 10:14am

TheDoc wrote: »

After picking it up yesterday read through Batman Volume 6 : Graveyard shift there on lunch.

Bit disappointed. I noticed when I bought it yesterday it was thicker then the rest, so thought it would have a fair bit of continuation. Turned out that while it had a new story regarding the series I've been reading (felt small and quick) the volume packed in stories from Batman Eternal and Incorporated or something. Was weird as it jumped around, introducing mad new stuff that had not happened in the series I was reading, but had happened in these, and was just isolated stories. Wasn't overly impressed.

Most probably because I know Volume 7 Endgame isnt out in paperback until next year, so I'll be a good few months waiting.

Yeah, this was always gonna be the case, unfortunately. The main Batman run goes from Zero Year straight into Endgame. To fill up another tpb, they just used stories from other runs intercut with some of Snyder's filler issues (and possibly an annual?) and probably some of Tynon's stories, which is why I didn't bother with this.

TheDoc · 03-10-2015 11:28am

Oh meant to say I also read Transformers - Last Stand of the Wreckers pretty brilliant, absolutely loved it. Definitely will be getting into the recommended series

MarkHall · 03-10-2015 11:50am

TheDoc wrote: »

Oh meant to say I also read Transformers - Last Stand of the Wreckers pretty brilliant, absolutely loved it. Definitely will be getting into the recommended series

The sequel Sins of the Wreckers Is out next Month. BIG BANG are doing a signing on Launch day.
Glad you enjoyed it. It's the book that got Roberts the writing gig on More than meets the eye.

CastorTroy · 03-10-2015 4:21pm

Got Saga Volume 5 today so making a start on that

Jayd0g · 09-10-2015 8:48pm

Picked up Spiderman 2099 Vol 1 today, enjoying it so far. Not sure what to make of

the whole Liz Allen flirting with Miguel thing though. Seems to just come out of the blue without any set up. Is it that she's digging the fact he's Spiderman, or just has the hots for him?

MarkHall · 09-10-2015 9:08pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Got Saga Volume 5 today so making a start on that

Never got past book 1 of that. Did enjoy it. But not enough to seek out more.
Would you say the story has gotten better?

Read a lot of the Spider Island Saga
It really had it's ups and downs as a lot of Marvel big events do.

Enjoyed the Venom parts. Think I'll have to give agent Venom a proper look at.
Dig the take on the Character. Like the interactions between him and pete.
As Well as Flashes moments with Captain America.
The Shang Chi story arc was nice. Last thing i read with him was from Captain Britian and MI5. Will be looking into more with him in it.
And Anti Venom seemed pointless except as a Macguffin.

The main spider man parts were a muddle. But nice to see the
Like that he was working with Shang chi to overcome his power failings.

Spidergirl seemed piontless. But the Hobgoblin was a fun character.Had he a book before Axis?
And a great visual of spider kingpin.

Up next The Axis stuff. Let's see the Red Skull Jump the shark on a shark made of jumping sharks.

Nervous Wreck · 10-10-2015 1:20am

MarkHall wrote: »

Never got past book 1 of that. Did enjoy it. But not enough to seek out more.
Would you say the story has gotten better?

I loved the first book and defo think it improved after that too!

The Shang Chi story arc was nice. Last thing i read with him was from Captain Britian and MI5. Will be looking into more with him in it.

There was a good Secret Wars spinoff about Shang-Chi; check that out! "Master of Kung Fu."

Nervous Wreck · 10-10-2015 1:26pm

Batman: Gates of Gotham - good story from a while back, starring the extended Bat-family. A nice story about the origins of Gotham, in a way. I don't generally like stories that don't star Bruce Wayne as Batman (current arc of the main series excepted as it feels fresh atm) but this was a fun read.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vol. 1: Change Is Constant - A good origin story re-telling. Short and sweet. I'll defo check out vol. 2 at least.

Captain America: White #2 - Another great issue, beautifully painted.

Uno my Uno. · 10-10-2015 2:09pm

Working my way through the local library's collection and have been working through the first few volumes of new 52 Wonder Woman. It's actually quite good, it's a good way of reinventing the character and placing her in the modern world in a way that makes sense of her origin. I've borrowed all 5 volumes and I'll probably read them all.

Secret Wars continues to be the most wordy series I've ever read, Lord know when it will finish, just heard that it has been extended to a 9th issue. Whilst the timing and delays are an absolute fiasco considering the universe relaunch Contains plenty of minor spoilers I am enjoying it and the pencilling is stunning. It will be an excellent TPB.

CastorTroy · 10-10-2015 10:34pm

MarkHall wrote: »

Never got past book 1 of that. Did enjoy it. But not enough to seek out more.
Would you say the story has gotten better?

Yeah, I enjoy them. It and Chew are probably my favorite series and prefer to buy the volumes instead of the individual issues.

Uno my Uno. · 16-10-2015 3:39am

I don't know if anyone else is keeping up with Ms Marvel but... Look I'm grand I just have something in my eye alright... The last few issues have been astoundingly good.

Also I finished all 5 volumes of new 52 WW, it was excellent. Would recommend.

TheDoc · 16-10-2015 11:50am

Monthly purchase coming up next week. Was easy enough to decide on what I was going with this month. Last Stand of the Wreckers has me sold on Transformers

IDW Transformers Robots in Diguise Volume 1
IDW Transformers More than Meets the Eye :Volume 1
DeadPool Volume 3 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Walking Dead Volume 5: The Best Defense

If Big Bang have Justice League Volume 2: The Villians Journey, probably throw that in as well.

MarkHall · 17-10-2015 11:49am

Nick's Roche is doing a signing at the Big bang next month for the Sequel to Last Stand of the Wreckers.
Well worth popping out with LSOW to get it signed.
Hopefully you continue to enjoy the Transformer books

TheDoc · 23-10-2015 2:46pm

TheDoc wrote: »

Monthly purchase coming up next week. Was easy enough to decide on what I was going with this month. Last Stand of the Wreckers has me sold on Transformers

IDW Transformers Robots in Diguise Volume 1
IDW Transformers More than Meets the Eye :Volume 1
DeadPool Volume 3 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Walking Dead Volume 5: The Best Defense

If Big Bang have Justice League Volume 2: The Villians Journey, probably throw that in as well.

Well got everything I went in wanting, plus Justice League Volume 2, and left with about four other things I really wanted.

Looking forward to ploughing into them.

The benefit for family in all of this is they have easy things to get me for christmas now, where I'm usually tough to buy for

James Howlett · 23-10-2015 2:52pm

TheDoc wrote: »

Well got everything I went in wanting, plus Justice League Volume 2, and left with about four other things I really wanted.

Looking forward to ploughing into them.

The benefit for family in all of this is they have easy things to get me for christmas now, where I'm usually tough to buy for

Some shops actually keep Customer's wishlists. When family members go into the shop and mention a regular customer's name, they then have a menu to select from. Win, win for all involved as far as I can see.

Uno my Uno. · 23-10-2015 4:17pm

Just milled through the first three volumes of Saga in three days. It really is excellent. The Art style is odd though, it is unlike anything you would typically read in comics and I liked that but some panels and pages feel almost like a picture from a catalogue or ad campaign.

SO whilst the Art left me a little cold from time to time I did really like it and the writing is so excellent that I simply couldn't put it down.

Turtyturd · 23-10-2015 4:23pm

Chew Vol. 1 Taster's Choice: Heard nothing but good things about this, but thought it was fairly meh. Concept is fairly out there, and it would probably work better as an animated tv series. Also spent the whole time wondering when

Savoy would turn on his partner.

Deadpool Vol 1 Issue 11: Was listening to a podcast where they talked about this so decided to dig it out and give it a read. Deadpool travels back in time to Spider-Man's early days and spends the issue taking the piss outta Harry Osbourne's hair. I know they had similar stories in his recent series but they weren't a patch on this, and it's nice to read a Deadpool story where it didn't seem so forced.

Nervous Wreck · 26-10-2015 11:45am

American Vampire vol. 6 - Great stuff, as per, with lots of guest writers writing short stories for this volume. Good read.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 10, Vol. 3 - Still loving this series, though Season 8 was probably the best so far.

Morning Glories Vol. 1 - Great stuff from Nick Spencer. Bought volume 2 already so looking forward to digging into that soon too.

Descender - Great book from Jeff Lemire; I was a little skeptical at first but I liked it. Looking forward to vol. 2.

Batman #45 - Another great issue, though I have to say, Gordon as Batman doesn't grab me all too much. It's a nice side-story but I've never been able to get into any stories where Bruce Wayne isn't the lead.

Doctor Strange #1 - This was also great; looking forward to more.

Sam Wilson Captain America #1 - Good stuff; the controversy around it is gas. Looking forward to the next issue!

Astonishing Ant-Man #1 - This was fantastic. Keeps up the quality from the pre-Secret Wars run.

Invincible Iron Man #1 - This was okay... I might read another couple of issues and see how it pans out.

Karnak #1 - This was great. Looking forward to more of this series!

Nervous Wreck · 01-11-2015 5:32pm

Just got this gorgeous hardback:

I've already got every issue it covers but it's just so nice, I had to get it anyway. It'll look great on the shelf!

MarkHall · 01-11-2015 10:20pm

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Just got this gorgeous hardback:

I've already got every issue it covers but it's just so nice, I had to get it anyway. It'll look great on the shelf!

You gona try get it signed at the Big Bang Next week when LATOUR appears next week.

Working my way through The Venom On going with Flash Thompson thanks to Spider Island. Enjoying the take on his relationship with the Symbiote.
This in turn lead me to Caranage who's had a good few mini series over the last 4 years. Which was strange cause when last I left him the Sentry had flown him into space and tore him in half.

Read the Caranage mini by Zeb Wells. Not a bad return of the character.
The use of the Symbiote for tech is a nice twist. And Spidey and Iron man do well in their team up.

Then onto Carnage, U.S.A.
Where in Carnage takes over a small town and puppets people via the Symboite. Until Spiderman, and some Avengers turn up to put an end to it.
Or make it worse.

We also get to see what happened to the other Symboites from Hybrid.
And more GI Venom action which is always fun.

Minimum Carnage
This was just bad. And Venom seemed very inconsistent in it.And the arguing between him and Scarlet spider was irritating.
Plus Cassidy appears to have regrown his legs at some point. And the ending could have been a tad more hardcore.

Superior Carnage.
A nice change of pace. Removing Cassidy altogether after the results of Minimum Carnage. Never read much about Claw of the Wizard before. But they gave The Wizard a very sympathetic personality. Really enjoyed the catch up page at the start of it. Plus some interesting design work on the Carnage suit.
Althou Major spoilers on the happenings in Spiderman. That wasn't expected but made sense as to the Body count being left by the book.

Deadpool vs Caranage was as one might expect. OTT Fights, and silly jokes.

And the Axis stuff was entertaing to see his Serial killer mind approach the task of being a Superhero. The act of setting a bank on fire to prevent a robbery being a high point.

masdeal · 02-11-2015 8:16am

Currently I'm reading Marvel and DC comics right now.
Marvel:
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe - Deadpool is snapped and kill all the entire Marvel character

Original Sins - The Watcher is die and his eye is stolen. Avengers is looking for the culprit.

DC
Trinity War - Didn't know what's going on, just started to read this comic.

Uno my Uno. · 02-11-2015 1:20pm

Just finished vols 1,2 & 3 of Avengers Time runs out. Can't decide if it is an awe inspiring doc or complete nonsense, it has elements of both. Secret Wars makes a little more sense now (I think???) and I will get volume 4 at some point soon.

Also read Squirrel Girl Vol 2 #1 and it's just wonderful, certainly the best thing marvel are publishing right now imo. Also Brian K Vaughn's Paper Girls, I have an emotional attachment to Cleveland in the 80s so I maybe biased towards liking it but like it I did and I'm excited for the next installment.

MarkHall · 02-11-2015 4:02pm

masdeal wrote: »

Marvel:
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe - Deadpool is snapped and kill all the entire Marvel character

I liked the self awareness of the reason why he was doing it.

It's a similar vibe in the Deadpool Vs Carnage book.

Nervous Wreck · 03-11-2015 6:08pm

MarkHall wrote: »

You gona try get it signed at the Big Bang Next week when LATOUR appears next week.

Nah. I'm not really into the whole getting stuff signed thing...!

James Howlett · 03-11-2015 6:24pm

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Nah. I'm not really into the whole getting stuff signed thing...!

I wasn't either until recently. A friend told me that he likes getting stuff signed and made out to himself. I got stuff signed before but only ever because I was at a gig and was like "ah sure I might as well."

I was at the Will Sliney signing recently and when I handed him my book he asked for my name and then signed it, made out to me. Didn't think anything of it at the time but I actually kinda like it the more and more every time I look at it.

For a book as good as Southern Bastards and with a fancy hardcover like that, it's worth heading along to and giving it a shot, I reckon.

James Howlett · 03-11-2015 6:26pm

Uno my Uno. wrote: »

Just finished vols 1,2 & 3 of Avengers Time runs out. Can't decide if it is an awe inspiring doc or complete nonsense, it has elements of both. Secret Wars makes a little more sense now (I think???) and I will get volume 4 at some point soon.

+1 for awe inspiring doc

His Avengers and New Avengers runs need to be read concurrently. A tall ask but I thought the story played out great across the life of those books. I know everyone isn't a fan but I am loving Secret Wars, most likely because of my investment in those Avengers titles.

CastorTroy · 03-11-2015 11:50pm

Started Volume 4 of Transmetropolitan

Fysh · 04-11-2015 12:01am

James Howlett wrote: »

I wasn't either until recently. A friend told me that he likes getting stuff signed and made out to himself. I got stuff signed before but only ever because I was at a gig and was like "ah sure I might as well."

I was at the Will Sliney signing recently and when I handed him my book he asked for my name and then signed it, made out to me. Didn't think anything of it at the time but I actually kinda like it the more and more every time I look at it.

For a book as good as Southern Bastards and with a fancy hardcover like that, it's worth heading along to and giving it a shot, I reckon.

I'm not a big fan of getting stuff signed most of the time, but I've warmed to the idea since moving to the UK if it's in an environment where you actually get to have a bit of a chat with the people involved.

My favourite signing experience was actually the first signing I went to after moving to the UK - Ian Edgington and D'Israeli were doing a signing for...something, probably a collection of something that had run in 2000AD at the time, at my then-local comic shop in London. My GF's birthday was coming up and she's a big fan of Kingdom of the Wicked, so I figured I'd get her a copy of that and get it signed. No luck, couldn't find it anywhere. I did, however, find copies of the three books in their War of the Worlds trilogy (the first book adapts the HG Wells story, the second and third are inspired sequels to it). And queued up to get them signed. Because the comic shop in question was and is awesome, it was a relaxed atmosphere with everyone getting to have a chat with both guys - and as soon as I mentioned that the books were a birthday present for someone else, they made an extra fuss of them with D'israeli coming up with a different doodle for each book and so on.

To my mind, a signing's only really worth it if the book means something to you and you get a chance to actually have at least a brief chat with the creators in question. If it's a reminder of a time you got to meet and talk to someone you admire and whose work you like, it's a nice extra thing to have. If it's just a name scribbled on a page, then I kind of figure what's the point?

Nervous Wreck · 04-11-2015 6:48pm

Fysh wrote: »

I'm not a big fan of getting stuff signed most of the time, but I've warmed to the idea since moving to the UK if it's in an environment where you actually get to have a bit of a chat with the people involved.

My favourite signing experience was actually the first signing I went to after moving to the UK - Ian Edgington and D'Israeli were doing a signing for...something, probably a collection of something that had run in 2000AD at the time, at my then-local comic shop in London. My GF's birthday was coming up and she's a big fan of Kingdom of the Wicked, so I figured I'd get her a copy of that and get it signed. No luck, couldn't find it anywhere. I did, however, find copies of the three books in their War of the Worlds trilogy (the first book adapts the HG Wells story, the second and third are inspired sequels to it). And queued up to get them signed. Because the comic shop in question was and is awesome, it was a relaxed atmosphere with everyone getting to have a chat with both guys - and as soon as I mentioned that the books were a birthday present for someone else, they made an extra fuss of them with D'israeli coming up with a different doodle for each book and so on.

To my mind, a signing's only really worth it if the book means something to you and you get a chance to actually have at least a brief chat with the creators in question. If it's a reminder of a time you got to meet and talk to someone you admire and whose work you like, it's a nice extra thing to have. If it's just a name scribbled on a page, then I kind of figure what's the point?

Yep, this would be my thinking too. I've got some signed stuff and it's nice enough to have but I'd much rather have a chat with someone whose work I'm interested in.

Nervous Wreck · 08-11-2015 5:48pm

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vol. 2: Enemies Old, Enemies New - This was SO good. The first volume was good but this one was just great, particularly the feudal Japan stuff. I'm gonna keep collecting this one for sure.

Silk vol. 0: The Life and Times of Cindy Moon - This was also fantastic. I kinda picked it up on a whim. I was in Big Bang looking for something and couldn't remember what so I just had a look at the shelf and this kinda called out to me. So glad I got it; really enjoyable read.

MarkHall · 08-11-2015 6:23pm

The idw 80's books are cracking at the moment.
The Transformers and Joe books are solid reads.

And Jem and MLP Are doing great numbers.

Just need them to get on the M.A.S.K Bandwagon.

Nervous Wreck · 17-11-2015 7:05pm

Morning Glories vol. 2 & 3 - Both so good. Can't wait to get vol. 4 now...!

All New All Different Avengers #1 - This was so much fun, particularly the extra story with Nova and Ms. Marvel. Can't wait for more of this.

Doctor Strange #2 - SO good. I laughed all the way through it.

Paper Girls #2 - Really liking this so far, great first 2 issues.

Superman: American Alien #1 - This book was gorgeous. I'm really looking forward to the rest of this. Heartwarming first issue!

The Vision #1 - This was so weird and great. Right up there with the best of the ANAD Marvel stuff.

Limbo #1 - Great read, I'll check out the next issue for sure!

It's been a good few weeks...!

JohnMc1 · 26-11-2015 4:43pm

Tarot: Witch of the Black rose.

Uno my Uno. · 27-11-2015 3:33pm

Some monthly highlights

Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2; it's awesome. I know it's pitched as a comic for younger female readers but it's so funny and the art is perfect for the book.

Ms Marvel 1; loved Bruno's story, G. Willow Wilson keeps on doing what she did so successfully for 19 issues before the mess of Secret Wars.

I'm also about half way through Planet Hulk, I know it is very well regarded but I've seen Spartacus, Ben Hur and Gladiator so as of yet the story hasn't been anything special. I hope that changes because the remarkable slave idea feels played out to me so far.

MarkHall · 27-11-2015 5:35pm

Uno my Uno. wrote: »

Some monthly highlights

I'm also about half way through Planet Hulk, I know it is very well regarded but I've seen Spartacus, Ben Hur and Gladiator so as of yet the story hasn't been anything special. I hope that changes because the remarkable slave idea feels played out to me so far.

I didn't find knowing those hurt the story for me.

Some nice Art and the Various Aliens flashbacks where a nice touch in the story telling.

Could have used More Banner in my opinion!

30-11-2015 8:24pm

Old Man Logan - Talk about a missed opportunity, Old Man Logan is one of the poorest comics that I have ever had the misfortune of reading. The idea is a great one and the world in which it occurs interesting but everything else is sorely lacking. The story is nothing more than a series of set pieces strung together by the thinnest of plots, dialogue is what you expect from Millar, it's trite, cliche laden and juvenile and the whole thing feels like something thrown together by a group of drunk fan boys over a weekend. How the book is so widely liked is beyond me, it's an utterly incompetent piece of work.

Uno my Uno. · 01-12-2015 2:28am

MarkHall wrote: »

I didn't find knowing those hurt the story for me.

Some nice Art and the Various Aliens flashbacks where a nice touch in the story telling.

Could have used More Banner in my opinion!

Finished Planet Hulk over the weekend, enjoyed on the whole but as I said much of the story felt like old well trodden ground.

I've moved on to Original Sin now, only 30 or so pages in but hooked already, It feels like a cross of good old fashioned Sci-Fi, a murder mystery with some super heros sprinkled on top.

By coincidence my book of the week tm Is also by Jason Aaron, The Mighty Thor 1, really thought it was a great book, stunning art work and the writing dealt with a difficult topic in the most deft manner, everything about it felt right. Possibly the first Marvel book of the relaunch to feel worth the price tag.

Ridley · 06-12-2015 2:46am

Black Panther 2: Enemy of the State* - Yeah my getting into Black Panther just ain't happening. Not with this anyway. Far more interested in

Panther joining the Avengers to spy on them

but it's the not the story this wants to tell.

All-New X-Men 5: One Down*
All-New X-Men 6: The Ultimate Adventure*

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 1: Squirrel Power - Squirrel Girl improves anything she's in. Sometimes minimally like that Fantastic Four cartoon where even interior scenes were treated as if happening under the glare of a thousand suns but the point stands. Loved the

giant squirrel Galactus

and

the issue that ends on Squirrel Girl heading off to fight Galactus and his being on his back at the start of the next

. Plus dat Marvel vs Capcom cover. I was never not buying it, basically.

Star Wars I: Skywalker Strikes
Star Wars: Darth Vader I: Vader - Liked Skywalker, Vader I thought clung way too much to the films. The Imperial version of R2-D2/C-3PO is one thing but ESB/RotJ cast all huddled together in the aftermath of A New Hope plus

a trip to Geonosis which isn't dissimilar to that zombie/Aliens homage Clone Wars episode

is a bit distracting from the story.

The Walking Dead Compendium 3

Naruto 66-72

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection 1 - Enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Any version of the origin story is better than the original for Splinter but those one-shot issues are character explorations which was a pleasant surprise. Series seems to bring in elements from elsewhere in the franchise quite nicely. Liking the art as well though I could do without the turtles' chests looking like yellow cardboard is stuck to their shell but it's a minor complaint. Also found I'm mentally giving Stockman the voice of Peep Show's Alan Johnson so it has that going for it too.

Is that TMNT/Ghostbusters crossover any good?

*Marvel Unlimited versíon

What comic are you reading at the moment.

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