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 Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: Chespirito]
#11137513 - 09/27/09 01:02 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Constantine is the bomb, too.
I've read a tonne of them from a torrent I dl'ed awhile ago. I really enjoyed the movie, so when I found that it was based on a comic, I had to check it out. there are a load of different artists and writers who have worked on it, so every issue is a treat (although there were a few misses in my opinion).
also, thumbs up for walking dead.
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i'm really looking forward to reading that one. it sucks though, because i have to really be careful and limit the amount i dload. i'm pretty sure the net connection i'm using has like a 4gb/month limit. fucking absurdly low.
btw, for whoever is interested issues 1-63 of the walking dead on rapidshare
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Just spent a marathon day yesterday and this morning reading this.
Highly recommended. Shit gets INTENSE at times. I might even buy these.
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the walking dead? hell yeah dude, i read a shit ton of issues last night. i realized that i had actually started the series before, a couple years back. only made it through the first 5 issues or so because that's all they had in the bookshop where i'd eat lunch.
after last night, i'm up to about #20. and i'm pretty sure i actually had a dream about the characters last night. though i can't remember the specifics. but i do remember waking up and thinking, "sweet, i totally just had a dream about that."
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Huh, I've read alot of these. Invisibles and Sandman and Constantine. Preacher and Transmetropolitan.
Nikopol looks cool as does the Walking Dead. Think I'll dl em. thx.
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: koppie]
#11148676 - 09/29/09 04:51 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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You could try the Invisibles by Grant Morrison. (Parts of which were shamelessly ripped off in the Matrix)
Also, very different but really good, the Nikopol trilogy by Enki Bilal. (I simply love Bilal's artwork.)
Both are infused with occult imagery (the first is soo'90s that it seems to come straight out of the pipe of Terence McKenna, the latter has Egyptian gods visiting Earth in a Pyramid like spaceship and Horus in a starring role.) Great fun if you're into that sort of thing.
Yeah, the Invisibles is chaos magick themed, that's pretty nineties. lol. I actually saw the movie based on the Nikopol trilogy. Immortal. I'm sure the comic is better than the movie. ;p
And what's wrong with the nineties? I quite enjoyed them myself. ;p
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: GoaM]
#11149114 - 09/29/09 07:31 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: b0red5tiff]
#11149234 - 09/29/09 08:07 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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ANYTHING by Grant Morrison - esp if you are a member of the Shroomery (BIG LSD , DMT fan) . VERY VERY smart and way out there guy. He is the closest thing to a rock star in the comics world.
Right now RUN, don't walk, RUN and get the Invisibles. In interviews he's talked about how he was dropping acid and practicing freaky sex rituals the whole time he was writing it. He had to take a break for a while b/c he had a mini "nervous breakdown". Its conspiracy theory + the occult + psychedelics + sex + violence + philosophy.
That series changed the way I looked at comics forever.
I bought the whole series for my brother recently. I CAN NOT recommend it enough. If you don't like it feel free to ratings rape me weekly.
He also wrote a series called "The Filth" which was great. His take on "Doom Patrol" is very trippy as well. They will all make you think. REALLY think.
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: Radar]
#11149245 - 09/29/09 08:09 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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"Y - The Last Man" is also spectacular. Beleive they are making a movie of it..."something" kills every man on earth save one. Great art, great storyline. Unfortunately not as much fucking as would have hoped - but a well told story.
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: Radar]
#11149266 - 09/29/09 08:16 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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If you like "Preacher" check out "Exterminators" very irreverant, about inner city exterminators fighting a super roach plague,. Sex, violence, occult, consiracy etc.
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: Radar]
#11149284 - 09/29/09 08:21 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: Radar]
#11149367 - 09/29/09 08:39 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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If you like "Preacher" check out "Exterminators" very irreverant, about inner city exterminators fighting a super roach plague,. Sex, violence, occult, consiracy etc.
exterminators is another that i forgot to list among my have-reads. though, i probably only got a dozen or so issues in. it was relatively new when i first got interested. y the last man i've read. preacher and invisibles are both on my to-read list.
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: b0red5tiff]
#11149376 - 09/29/09 08:41 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oh ...and all the Freak Brothers are now collected in 2 volumes. Go get those - ALWAYS entertaining.
Oh and check out "The Alcoholic" a one shot GN just released in TPB Autobiographical, from the writer of "Bored to Death", a little overwrought though.
I'm currently getting back into comics after 25 years. I'm fully embracing my nerdom (had been fighting it for years). I stumbled across some listings on Ebay where I discovered that if you just wait a bit you can buy all the comics from your childhood in large lots, in great condition at a FRACTION of the cover price. I usually shoot for 50 cents a copy. That lead me to current runs and to graphic novels.
Amazon has a great selection of graphic novels at their usual discount - no need to pay full smash at the comic store unless you want to support them - I go back and forth.
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: Radar]
#11153976 - 09/29/09 09:32 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, Doom Patrol was very cool. Don't think I ever read the Filth. I'll have to pull it down.
I actually own the hardcover of arkam aylum. lol. From back in the earlies nineties.
I will definitely check out Exterminators, looks cool.
Nikopol Trilogy is good btw. Much better than the movie spinoff.
*anybody else accidentally read from right to left? Lol manga.
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: GoaM]
#11155544 - 09/30/09 05:41 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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 yeah. I do that all the time. If we're recommending good manga, I'd say Pluto right off the top of my head. Awesome. Robots, conspiracy theories, ... great, great book! 
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If you can find it you might want to check out Geoff Darrow's stuff.
Hard boiled is awesome. Shaolin Cowboy started out sweet but I don't know if it will ever be finished.
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: SayWhat]
#11403015 - 11/07/09 07:20 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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i don't care if this is over a month old. i'm bumping it.
this is a bump first to provide links to the full series of Preacher. i'm about 10 issues in and loving it.
Issues 1-20
Issues 21-40
Issues 41-60
Issues 61-66
also, Scalped, which is totally badass. it's still running. think it's up to issue 30, but here's 1-20
Issues 1-11
Issues 12-20
and finally, new suggestions are totally welcome.
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Grant Morrison's The Invisibles is totally in line w/ (and possibly my favorite) Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Warren Ellis... Fuckin' brilliant story. Pick it up, you won't regret it.
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: Radar]
#11403064 - 11/07/09 07:32 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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If you don't like it feel free to ratings rape me weekly.
You, sir, get a 5 out of 5... great taste in reads 
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Re: comics/graphic novels [Re: CosmicJoke]
#11403110 - 11/07/09 07:44 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Battle Pope: Genesis, is a must read.
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