past or present.


mine.


past:

the unprecedented 16 year Chris Claremont run on the "Uncanny X-Men"


present:

not coincidentally, Chris Claremont's "X-treme X-Men" (though it has a horrible, horrible title). yes, i'm an old-fashioned kind of guy, that thinks there should be some actual "reading" involved in reading a comic book.

omaha the cat dancer.

Well...


*past*

I used to love Ghost Rider, in fact the first (non-kiddie) comic I ever bought was The Original Ghost Rider #3 (it was a reprint series Marvel put out in the 90's). I started reading X-Men with issue #33, and Wolverine at issue #66.


*present*

Since moving to Illinois almost 2 years ago, I haven't really read many comics (I only recently found the local comic shop )

I have to say tho, that I really liked the 'Origin' comic (the real origin of Wolverine). I got it when they released it as a trade. I'm looking forward to the sequal

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

You're one of those 'closet pervs' ain't cha?

Nikster said:

are they doing a sequel?


you should check out the "Wolverine: The End" mini-series in a few months. according to Marvel, Origin and The End are going to be bookends to his whole life.

AaronSuperior said:

I heard that they are...it's gonna cover what he did before Alpha Flight (I think that's what it's gonna be)


Hehe...I thought they covered 'The End' in Days Of Future Past

Nikster said:

omaha is so not pervy!!!

Nikster said:

i'm relieved to know that you're familiar with older X-Men stories, even though it was the mid-90's stuff that got you into it.

AaronSuperior said:

'God Loves, Man Kills' is one of my all time fave stories

Nikster said:

Claremont is currently doing its sequel in the pages of X-Treme. the TPB will be out in several months, i'm sure.

AaronSuperior said:

Cool!

Fav Comic:

Thanos Quest

also

Infinity Gauntlet

Probably 2000AD, years ago.

Another favourite is Watchmen.

The Sandman or Preacher, it's a toss-up.

i know it's a bit gay to say so but Batman is always doing it for me. especially now, that he's gotten into this romance with Wonder Woman AND Catwoman...at the same time. Bats the Playa!
that's gonna be one hell of a bitch fight when they both find out.

AaronSuperior said:

past frank millers daredevil, alan moores swamp thing and byrne/claremont xmen

present
peter bagge hate

too much coffee man

leave it to chance

to name a few

VIZ (and Batman)

AaronSuperior said:

My all time favorite is the Claremont/Byrne era for Uncanny
X-Men. It's just great storytelling. I also quite enjoyed Paul Smith's run.

I always liked Neil Gaiman as a writer, so I liked the Sandman series and his graphic novels, although I can't remember the name of the artist that I liked the most that illustrated many of them.

There was a comic called "Gregory" about a nearly mute 6 or 7 year old who lived in an insane asylum in a padded room with a rat and a cockroach for a friend that I really liked too.

Milk and Cheese is a classis, as is Tank Girl.

And I liked Love and Rockets for a while too.

I haven't looked at a comic book in quite a while though. I'll have to head to my local comic store.

Aside from Uncanny X-Men, I like graphic novels like The Dark Knight Returns, Arkham Asylum (Dave McKean's art is awesome), Elektra: Assassin and Cages (McKean). And Dave Sim's early Cerebrus is just plain funny. There's a lot of good books with great art and stories among all the junk that passes for comics these days.
BTW, has anyone ever read Stray Toasters by Bill Sienckewicz (sp)? I've been trying to hunt down those issues for years but have never found them.
[This message was edited Thu Jul 17 7:28:40 PDT 2003 by NovaAngel]

NovaAngel said:

That's him!! My favorite comic book/graphic novel artist. Dave McKean. I loved Arkham Asylum too. So dark and gorgeous.

CarrieMpls said:

Oh yeah! How could I leave out The Sandman. Good choice. "Brief Lives" is among my favorites as well.

CarrieMpls said:

YES! Dave McKean is the Man!!! His covers for Sandman are the best. Have you read Cages? It's all done by him. It's pen and ink mostly but it's incredible stuff. Pick it up if you get the chance. Violent Cases is also on par with his Arkham Asylum art. It's about a boy who meets Al Capone's osteopath and his recollection about that meeting. It's pretty disturbing but still cool.

AaronSuperior said:

Claremont's responsible for Extreme X-Men?! I stayed away from the other X-titles (there's too many) aside from Uncanny. How is it? Other than Uncanny, I don't know what the hell's going on in the other books.

NovaAngel said:

I haven't. I'll have to pick that up soon. Wow! I forgot how much I loved comics.

My very first roommate in my very first apartment introduced me to all that stuff around 9 years ago or so. I just read all of his. I picked up a few Neil Gaiman graphic novels over the years, but I haven't really been in a comic book store since. I think I'm stopping on my way home tonight.

Thanks for the suggestion!

milty said:

WTF!!! He's banging Wonder Woman! CatWoman I can see but damn. What a BatMack.

CarrieMpls said:

No problem. Have fun!

I think I'm gonna do the same and head down to the comic book shop. I'll resume my search for Bill Sienkewicz's "Stray Toasters" or other comics/graphic novels.

Does anybody have any suggestions as to new comics I should get into? I'm a bit out of the loop with the new stuff.
[This message was edited Thu Jul 17 7:50:32 PDT 2003 by NovaAngel]

NovaAngel said:

of the 4 mainstream Marvel Universe titles with the word "X-Men" in them (wich includes Uncanny, New, X-Treme, and Unlimited, but not Ultimate), Uncanny is one of THE TWO that you should NOT read. Unlimited being the other...

X-treme is Claremont doing what Claremont does, which is to the liking of some, and not to the liking of others.

Uncanny is written by Chuck Austen, and has the vibe of the commercial/ultra-angsty/soap-oper-y/boring/cliched/nauseating 90's X-books

New X-Men is Grant Morrison's book, and has become the flagship title of the X-books. it's also very good, and weird, and neat, and cool. i like it a lot. but i like Claremont's X-treme X-Men better.

the Alan Moore/Alan Davis "Captain Britain" series is very good, and readily available in TPB form