What comic are you reading at the moment.

Mal-Adjusted

Lame Lantern wrote: »

I've been reading the single issues. A bit hit and miss when read that way but on balance very, very solid.

On the subject of vertigo, Grant Morrison's Joe the Barbarian got started last week and was an interesting albeit very quick read.

Keeping it with Vertigo and G.M. I picked up his first book of The Doom Patrol: Crawling from the wreckage. 7 issues, a very good 4-parter, a very good 2-parter and a single issue that's only alright.

Easily the weirdest corner of the DC Universe iv'e come across. it could explain itself a little better, but then I suppose that's ruin the point of it.

gonna dig into 52 Vol 2 next

Rael

I've just started into the Walking Dead Compendium & I'm dipping in and out of the Deluxe Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures by Dave Stevens

That_Guy

Currently reading Preacher: Proud Americans. The third graphic novel of 9. Very very good just like the two previous ones that I've read. Absolutely hooked on it and if you've not read Preaher before then I'd highly recommend it. You can grab them in Waterstone's.

A friend bought me two comics from Eason the other day. The Mighty World Of Marvel and Batman Legends.

I've not started reading them yet as both comics are halfway through their continued stories which is a little annoying to catch up on. Good artwork though from what I've seen when flicking over the pages.

illogicalloser

Am reading the Walking dead series at the moment and am rivited. The writing art work and production are of a very high standard. The events and characters are all very plausible and believable. Completely addictive and ongoing which gives me some thing to look forward too at my letter box. The Preacher collection is by far the greatest series of Graphic Novels published. Not for the squemish or those of a religous bent. Just very funny brilliantly written and drawn comic books. Would reccommend to anyone.

That_Guy

illogicalloser wrote: »

Am reading the Walking dead series at the moment and am rivited. The writing art work and production are of a very high standard. The events and characters are all very plausible and believable. Completely addictive and ongoing which gives me some thing to look forward too at my letter box. The Preacher collection is by far the greatest series of Graphic Novels published. Not for the squemish or those of a religous bent. Just very funny brilliantly written and drawn comic books. Would reccommend to anyone.

I'm on to the fourth Preacher book. Ancient History and I finished the first Walking Dead book. Unbelievable art work and I can't wait to get my hands on the second book. A great read and never really wanted it to end.

So far this week I've been watching those free classic comics given free in the Irish Independent all this week.

MarkHall

It's hard not to enjoy Preacher or Walking dead.

Currently reading
Last stand of the wreckers from IDW by nick Roche.
Very enjoyable book. Looking forward to see how it turns out.
Just finished Deus Ex book Six.

This is a strange one for me. I don't think I like it.
Yet I'm compelled to keep reading it.

bevan619

I'm currently reading the whole Marvel Civil War collection. All character tie ins and everything.

Mal-Adjusted

bevan619 wrote: »

I'm currently reading the whole Marvel Civil War collection. All character tie ins and everything.

Hey Bevan, iv'e only read Civil War and the New Avengers tie in. are there any that you would recommend?

in other news...Finished The Question: Zen & Violence. I just got Crisis on Infinite Earths and Trinity: vol 1. anybody reckon which is better?

bevan619

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

Hey Bevan, iv'e only read Civil War and the New Avengers tie in. are there any that you would recommend?

in other news...Finished The Question: Zen & Violence. I just got Crisis on Infinite Earths and Trinity: vol 1. anybody reckon which is better?

I would reccomend Civil War: Frontlines, Civil War: War Crimes, Amazing Spider-Man, Invincible Iron Man and Deadpool. I'll let you know if there' anymore that are good when I'm finished.

Fysh

After a few sparse weeks I've picked up some stuff in my local shop, along with a handful of small press comics from the Alternative Press show last saturday, including the following:

Phonogram Volume 2 #7

This was, as with every other issue, outstanding. The lead story was a particularly compelling silent piece, but the backup stories were awesome as well. Too few comics are set up to be worth reading in single installments and as a collection, but Phonogram volume 2 has been that rare beast for me, given that the collection will not feature any of the excellent backup strips.

Criminal: The Sinners part 4

I'm tempted to describe this as "more of the same" but that sounds dismissive. Every Criminal TPB and issue I've read has been great, and while the backup material in Criminal isn't as compelling as Phonogram, it's still interesting enough to be worth picking up as single issues. The Sinners storyline overall is pretty compelling, and I look forward to finding out how it all plays out next month.

The Zombies That Ate The World #8 of 8

The Zombies That Ate The World has been a strange one. The overall structure was interesting, since most issues were made up of 2 stories which worked by themselves, but all of them add up to tell a larger story about the development of the central characters. It's been good fun, a lot of silliness and a very particular type of humour.

There's No Time Like The Present #11

Having started reading TNTLTP last year after it was mentioned on the Gosh! blog, I'm always happy to see a new issue. The main story follows a small group of characters, showing us part of their youth but predominantly focusing on their lives as pensioners; at the same time there are a variety of situations that arise from the presence of time-travel technology on a mass scale. The latest issue throws an unexpected curveball in that regard, and leaves me itching to see what the author has now stated will be the final 2 issues.

Obviously, #11 of what's planned as a 13-issue series would be a terrible place to start reading, so you should instead pop along here and read the first 39 pages online, to see if it's your thing.

Dodgem Logic #2

I haven't had a chance to read this yet but it's worth considering based on having "Astounding Weird Penises" by Alan Moore alone. Plus the first issue was a pretty good read with a mix of comics and articles.

Banal Pig Comics #4

As with previous installments of Banal Pig comics, this is daft and off-kilter fun. Stories involve things like a social worker investigating Cat Dad, or the fat lady fancier whose name escapes me regretting the death of his wife (due to complications from the obesity that he forced on her) and instead opting to resort to child porn. It varies from the slightly strange to the dark and grim, but it's worth a look - but won't make a great deal of sense if you haven't looked at any of the previous Banal Pig comics.

Ethel Sparrowhawk's Terrible Hangover

This is the second Ethel Sparrowhawk comic, and while it follows on from the first comic almost directly it has quite a cute trick for new readers in that the inside front and back covers contain a 2-page summary of the previous issue. The comic itself is like what you might get if you took Adrian Tomine or Daniel Clowes and gave them a sharper sense of humour. It's very much a slice-of-life character-based sort of thing, but with tongue firmly in cheek.

The Naughty Balloon

This is more of an illustrated story than a comic, but what the hell. It feels a bit sparse in that each page has one illustration and accompanying text, but they could have easily been made to fit half the pages without being compressed or squished. But that's a pet peeve of mine rather than a massive fault with the book itself. It's amusing enough and cutely drawn, but there's not really enough there to justify being an issue on its own.

More later when I can figure out what else I picked up.

Ridley

I'm still in a comics drought so I've only read:

Blade of the Immortal: Dreamsong (volume 3)
Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

Hey Bevan, iv'e only read Civil War and the New Avengers tie in. are there any that you would recommend?

Personally, Punisher: War Journal. Since it was the start of the series run, it ties in but establishes itself aswell. Heroes for Hire was in the same position, but it wasn't done as well (in my opinion).

Haven't read all the tie-ins though just Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Factor, Cable and Deadpool, Ms. Marvel, Front Line, New Avengers and Iron Fist's story in Choosing Sides.

Sleazus

Got my hands on a Brian Michael Bendis Daredevil Omnibus (Vol. 1), and alreayd have (Vol. 2) and Ed Brubaker Daredevil Omnibus (Vol. 1) with (Vol. 2) on order. I've read bits and pieces, and loved it, so going to start with the Smith/Mack hardcover and basically read nearly every Daredevil comic published in the decade.

In other news, a lot on order at the moment, including trade editions of the whole Blackest Night deal, Morrison's JLA, Millar's Marvel Knights: Spider-Man, the end of Robinson's Starman and Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, so quite a bit of reading ahead of me.

morningbright

I have just Reread everything from Alan Moores Top Ten Universe. Smax, The Forty Niners and Top Ten season one. (I have beyond the farthest precinct but its awful) Has any one read ant of top ten season 2, I think its realeased under the wildstorm line? Is it any good and has it been collected into a book set?

MarkHall

I was unaware they did a season 2. Must look into that.

Judge Dredd Casefiles 12-14. Some enjoyable stuff there.

Also reread "The losers." in preperation of the movies release this year.

Mal-Adjusted

MarkHall wrote: »

Also reread "The losers." in preperation of the movies release this year.

HMV have started selling Jonah Hex:Origins for a tenner, most likely for the same reason...

Handsome Bob

To my delight I spotted Batman: Vampire in Forbidden Planet today, I've been tracking this for a long time, last time I inquired they told me that it was no longer in print.

Zero-Cool

Currently reading Marvel Secret Invasion. Just want to get onto Dark Riegn, Siege and then onto The Heroic Age. Don't have high hopes for it though.

Would I be right in thinking I should get Preacher and The Walking Dead???

Delirium

sheehy83 wrote: »

Currently reading Marvel Secret Invasion. Just want to get onto Dark Riegn, Siege and then onto The Heroic Age. Don't have high hopes for it though.

Would I be right in thinking I should get Preacher and The Walking Dead???

Preacher is a great read, and what I've read of the Walking Dead is very good also.

Sleazus

sheehy83 wrote: »

Would I be right in thinking I should get Preacher and The Walking Dead???

Can't speak to Preacher, being honest, but I recently bought all five hardback versions of The Walking Dead and am working my way through it and - being honest - I'm not mad about it.

My main issue is Kirkman's attitude to gender roles, from things as simple as women doing the laundry (which he lampshades, and then shoots down with a woman justifying it as "being realistic") or a throwaway line like "we need someone to look up to... to make us feel safe, especially the women". What the hell does that mean? Then there's the fact that Lori, the man character's wife, seems to figure her best chance of surviving is

sleeping with the strongest male character around, whoever that may be at any given moment

. On the other hands, guys get do cool stuff like hunting - I'm through the second arc and the lead male characters were a cop and an NFL player.

Other than that, I found it a bit odd that nobody actually seems too phased by what these things are or the fact the dead are rising. It's just "don't get bitten" and "I've lost my family" sort of stuff, which is grand. I'm not looking for a reason for the outbreak (Romero didn't really need one, he gave us several), just acknowledgement from the characters that this is something different from the end of civilisation by... I don't know, the Y2K bug.

It's odd, because otherwise it's an effective zombie story and I'm sure that it just gets even better down the line (as in, Kirkman knows what he's doing and where he's going), but it's hard to ignore that gender subtext when it's so blatant. On the otherhand, I'm fairly sure I'm in the minority here. And the art is lovely - it does call to mind those old black-and-white B-movies. The lack of colour really enhances it.

I'll be putting a review up on my blog next week hopefully when I've had a chance to digest it.

Ridley

Aliens Omnibus 5
Aliens Omnibus 6 - Great variety of stories and art. Hooray for Risso and Doug Wheatley. Normally I dislike anything that undermimes the monster (especially those annoying Mondo stories where the guy doesn't react to his arm being cut off) but the owl annoying the xenomorph isn't so bad. Maybe because it looks like an actual owl, and is there for the symbolism.
Star Wars Legacy 7 (Storms)
Shaman Warrior 3

Reread Naruto 46

lanysmiles:)

online im reading bearnutscomic and rice-boy
^^

John 187

Green Hornet #1 by Kevin Smith. It says it's Kevin screenplay for the Green Hornet film that he wrote a few years ago but never got made, based on this I can understand why it didn't get made.

We will Bury you #1 from IDW. The story seems to be set around 1920/30's of America. Mostly a love story between two women trying to be with each other despite one of them being married and society looking down on them. Also some zombies show up.

CHOKER # 1 - from Image. Kinda like Fell by warren Ellis(same artist) a very dark noir-ish story set in shotgun city about a ex-cop who's now a private eye. Also set in the near future where mutation is common.
Blade Runner meets DayBreakers.

Zero-Cool

Sleazus wrote: »

It's just "don't get bitten" and "I've lost my family" sort of stuff,

Kinda sounds disapointing. I recently read World War Z (excellent read!!) and heard its been turned into a graphic novel and a film. Would love to get it again as a graphic novel.

Sleazus

sheehy83 wrote: »

Kinda sounds disapointing. I recently read World War Z (excellent read!!) and heard its been turned into a graphic novel and a film. Would love to get it again as a graphic novel.

It's nowhere near as good as World War Z, but that book is arguably one of the best pieces of pop culture produced in the last few years.

I finished the first volume of Walking Deade and it does improve as it goes on, but there's a lot of ridiculously casual sexism thrown in which is more than a little offputting. It's not amazing, but - if you can get past those elements - it is a decent read.

Read the fourth Starman Omnibus. Amazing. How come James Robinson doesn't write that well anymore?

John 187

SuperGod #2 by Warren Ellis. The set-up every major government around the world create thier own superman and it all goes to hell(What a shock). Story told from the viewpoint of one the scientist recounting of how it all went wrong. Be picking up the next issue. Also read No Hero also by Ellis along the same lines a world where they could make supermen and what the effect would be.

DC: Nemesis the Imposters #1. These seems to having something to do with Final Crisis aftermath but that went over by head as I didn't read it. But the start and end were very good and full of twists the bit in the middle lost me do.

batman confidential 42 by Sam Keith: Part 3 of 4. Just kinda muddle along with not much going on hell of a lot wrapping up to do with only one issue to go.

Fysh

John 187 wrote: »

DC: Nemesis the Imposters #1. These seems to having something to do with Final Crisis aftermath but that went over by head as I didn't read it. But the start and end were very good and full of twists the bit in the middle lost me do.

I wasn't sure what to make of it either, tbh, and I read the Final Crisis Aftermath book that came before it.

Don't get me wrong, Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape was pretty good (and is out now as a TPB, I noticed) because it was basically The Prisoner set in the DCU. I'm sure people who know their way around the DCU will get a lot more out of it than I did, but even at that it's a pretty good story. The art is a bit patchy in places but makes up for it with some very interesting layouts.

I know that Impostors #1 is only the first issue of a four-issue series, but while it had a couple of very cute moments in it all I know is that it seems to start by undoing the conclusion of the previous story, then throwing

Joker & Batman

into the mix.

John 187

Yeah didn't want to mention the

Batman and Joker

stuff but the second they came in my first thought was

is that Bruce Wyane Batman or Dick Batman? and is this the first time Joker been back in the DCU since Batman RIP?

The prisoner is a really good example esp with the big eye watching him kinda like the big white ball in the prisoner. Will go for the next issue and hope it comes together a bit more.

Fysh

I'll probably leaf through the second issue and see how it goes. If you're liking the setting, definitely check out the collected edition of Escape, it's not only a good story, it's that rare kind of event tie-in comic that's enjoyable regardless of whether you've paid attention to (or enjoyed) the event itself.

Also, I've added spoiler tags as you were right about mentioning those characters that appear. Hopefully I didn't ruin that particular reveal for anyone.

ultain

I've just started 'Blood upon the rose by Gerry hunt..lovely lay out to it, a hark back to the early style of print and bubble.

smokedeels

The Exterminators (Vertigo), really enjoying it, although I was initially hesitant about investing time in something that was cancelled, I'm expecting to be left with a lot of unresolved questions.