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favorite comic book? 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. | |
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omaha the cat dancer. | |
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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 | |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: omaha the cat dancer. You're one of those 'closet pervs' ain't cha? | |
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Nikster said: 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 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. | |
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AaronSuperior said: Nikster said: 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 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. 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 | |
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Nikster said: You're one of those 'closet pervs' ain't cha?
omaha is so not pervy!!! | |
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Nikster said: AaronSuperior said: Nikster said: 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 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. 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 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. | |
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AaronSuperior said: Nikster said: AaronSuperior said: Nikster said: 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 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. 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 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. 'God Loves, Man Kills' is one of my all time fave stories | |
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Nikster said: AaronSuperior said: Nikster said: AaronSuperior said: Nikster said: 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 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. 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 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. 'God Loves, Man Kills' is one of my all time fave stories Claremont is currently doing its sequel in the pages of X-Treme. the TPB will be out in several months, i'm sure. | |
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AaronSuperior said: Nikster said: AaronSuperior said: Nikster said: AaronSuperior said: Nikster said: 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 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. 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 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. 'God Loves, Man Kills' is one of my all time fave stories Claremont is currently doing its sequel in the pages of X-Treme. the TPB will be out in several months, i'm sure. Cool! | |
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Fav Comic:
Thanos Quest also Infinity Gauntlet -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Still it's nice to know, when our bodies wear out, we can get another -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | |
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Probably 2000AD, years ago.
Another favourite is Watchmen. | |
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Fear is the mind-killer. | |
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The Sandman or Preacher, it's a toss-up. | |
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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. | |
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AaronSuperior said: 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. 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 | |
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VIZ (and Batman) NOTE: THIS ACCOUNT IS NOW CLOSED. PLEASE CONTACT “K A M L L E” | |
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AaronSuperior said: 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. 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 ordered no broth! Away with ye lest my cane find your backside!!"- Ralph Wiggum, Actor. | |
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Ex-Moderator | 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. |
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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] "I ordered no broth! Away with ye lest my cane find your backside!!"- Ralph Wiggum, Actor. | |
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Ex-Moderator | NovaAngel said: Arkham Asylum (Dave McKean's art is awesome),
That's him!! My favorite comic book/graphic novel artist. Dave McKean. I loved Arkham Asylum too. So dark and gorgeous. |
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CarrieMpls said: 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. Oh yeah! How could I leave out The Sandman. Good choice. "Brief Lives" is among my favorites as well. "I ordered no broth! Away with ye lest my cane find your backside!!"- Ralph Wiggum, Actor. | |
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CarrieMpls said: NovaAngel said: Arkham Asylum (Dave McKean's art is awesome),
That's him!! My favorite comic book/graphic novel artist. Dave McKean. I loved Arkham Asylum too. So dark and gorgeous. 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. "I ordered no broth! Away with ye lest my cane find your backside!!"- Ralph Wiggum, Actor. | |
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AaronSuperior said: 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. 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. "I ordered no broth! Away with ye lest my cane find your backside!!"- Ralph Wiggum, Actor. | |
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Ex-Moderator | NovaAngel said: 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.
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! |
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milty said: 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. WTF!!! He's banging Wonder Woman! CatWoman I can see but damn. What a BatMack. "I ordered no broth! Away with ye lest my cane find your backside!!"- Ralph Wiggum, Actor. | |
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CarrieMpls said: NovaAngel said: 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.
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! 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] "I ordered no broth! Away with ye lest my cane find your backside!!"- Ralph Wiggum, Actor. | |
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NovaAngel said: AaronSuperior said: 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. 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. 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. | |
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the Alan Moore/Alan Davis "Captain Britain" series is very good, and readily available in TPB form | |
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