I know some people here are readers so I thought I’d drop a comics thread.
After seeing Spider-Man 2 three times I have found my old love for the books. I’ve read through alot and was thinkin about picking up something new. Problem is I have no idea what’s going on these days and I’ve basically havn’t read anything since the horrible clone saga. I picked up a Wizard but I’m still kinda clueless. I know Marvel have a MAX series and that they seem to do all books in the Ultimate format..
And there’s been a new Secret Wars?
Basically, what’s up? And is their anything you wanna recomend? (could b anything)
There’s so many kick ass comics being made now, I’m not entirely sure where to begin
As for Spiderman and other mainstream stuff, I’d check out Ultimate Spiderman, Ultimate X-men and The Ultimates(kind of like the avengers). The Ultimate line basically starts everything over from the begining and makes the story lines less convulted.
Non-mainstream stuff I’d recomend:
Mark Millar’s The Unfunnies. It’s a cartoon world where everything gets all twisted and f’ed up for some reason. It’s kind of funny and disturbing at the same time.
The new Connan series is really good too.
My personal favorites are Fables and Y:The Last Man
Fables is about all these fairy tale critters that are driven away from their homelands and have are putting together a life in the real world.
Y: The Last Man is about the last man left on earth(all men were wiped out by some mysterious virous or something.
In all honesty, I’ve kind of fallen out of buying comics for the most part. I mean, I still pick up Batman, but that’s the only mainstream thing I can get local.
Right now, with my being in school, I’m trying to focus on finishing off some of my old series, like Preacher, the Batman: Knightfall storyline (and associated books), and just stuff I’d not generally see.
Here’s an old one that really stood out at my: Teknophage. It’s a 65 million year old telepathic dinosaur that controls an entire world. The first storyline was entertaining, the art was fitting. The second, though, wasn’t as out there as the first. You should check it out.
Oh yeah, related to Teknophage, Mr. Hero, the Newmatic *that’s not a typo) Man.
Guess I’ll take a look on some ultimate lines.. they sund pretty good.
I’m a big fan of Frank Millar, that sounds cool. Brad you ever read anything from the Cliffhanger like Battle Chasers? You know if Madureira is doin anything now?
V - I know u like Conan, u like the new or the old ones best?
I guess there’s a ton of questions in my head now but I wont nag them on ya. I’ll start out slow and pick up something evantually. thx for the responses though
I loved Dale Keown’s Hulk artwork way back when… but could never get into PITT… I preferred MAXX.
As for Spiderman… AMAZING SPIDERMAN just started a new storyline that’s promising. it’s written by the guy who wrote/produced the tv series BABYLON 5. it’s pretty mainstream Marvel but not bad.
The Ultimate Spiderman is not bad either and is easily available in hardcover book format of various sizes. It’s taken from the context that peter Parker is a high school kid today rather than in the 60’s.
There’s a MARVEL KNIGHTS version of Spiderman that also quite good. It’s only up to issue 4 so getting the previous issues isn’t to tough. IT’s some what rated R in a sence… here’s a web version of the latest issue.
WANTED is a decent Superhero turnaround. All the Villians got together and distroyed the superheroes (who where outnumbered 10 to 1) and now the world is as such & is also written by Mark Millar (as is the MK Spiderman as well as ULTIMATES which makes a nice collected series)
he’s also writting CHOSEN a what if the second comming happened in suberbia sometime in the 80’s
Also by Darkhorse is the very excellent HELLBOY!!! and spin-off B.P.R.D.
The “new” Swamp thing is pretty lame IMO… lots of retreading of the same stuff. John Constantine’s own HELLBLAZER remains a darkly enjoyable read.
Other GREAT (non-superhero)reads include HUMAN TARGET, 100 BULLETS & yes…Y the Last Man.
the current BATMAN series is allright. they’ve gotten smart and are doing specific creator driven runs…
ALSO check out SEAGUY for very smart and silly superheroics
As a side note, any of you guys know how I could sale my Savage Sword of Conan collection? I have like 80 issues from the late 80s. They aren’t mint because I read the hell out of them, but they’re in good shape. They’ve been bagged for about 15 years and kept in a dry box in my closet.
Ebay (shipping would suck)? Local comic shop? Garage sale?
You have to watch a lame Best Buy ad to read the whole thing, though.
MK - you’ll get tremendously ripped off if you sell them as a lot at a comic store. I’d suggest ebay, although as you note shipping would be lame-as-fu(k, or maybe taking them to a convention (although having to be at a geek convention would be lame as fu(k - or a lot like Taiji Legacy, maybe.)
I agree try selling through someone you know or something. I remember all the shops ripping me off everytime I tryed to trade or sell to them.
**** comics are expensive I gotta decide what to buy first b4 I make any stupid buys. I looked around today and there’s tons of great stuff out there.
Udon comics publishes Street Fighter, in manga-esque style. I hafta have those. Flipped through one of the Ultimate Spider-Man volumes, that’s also right up my ally. Savage Dragon, Hellboy, Greyshirt…
Originally posted by MasterKiller
[B]As a side note, any of you guys know how I could sale my Savage Sword of Conan collection? I have like 80 issues from the late 80s. They aren’t mint because I read the hell out of them, but they’re in good shape. They’ve been bagged for about 15 years and kept in a dry box in my closet.
Ebay (shipping would suck)? Local comic shop? Garage sale?
What’s the best way? [/B]
You might hook a brother up
Seriously, if you could get the issue numbers, and an average condition description, I’ll look around see what a fair price would be. I’m always in the market for the good stuff.
Originally posted by Vash Anyone remember Dale Keown’s Pitt?
the original pitt was aweomse. i was actually reading those the other day. im a modern old school collector. i collected a lot in the early-mid 90’s. i have issues of 232+ of xmen. which is about 200 or so, all the gen x and x force series. i heard x force is ocming back with liefield drawing!!! :dreamy: i love comics, but too much story line these days and not enough action.
Originally posted by Starchaser107
[B]once upon a time collecting comics were inexpensive entertainment
might as well do drugs nowadays if you’re gonna be collecting a few titles a month [/B]
yeah i know. i remember when xforce was a dollerr and a doller twnety five. now your luckt to get a comic for 2 bucks :wtf: cause everyone uses special paper and special ink nowadays :rolleyes:
newspaper paper owns all.
rob liefeld isn’t one of my favourite artist’s , but i know he has his fans.
his style doesn’t appeal to me , just something about it i find
irritating.
plus i’m angry at him for pulling bitch moves over at image back in the day.
