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#19234275 - 12/05/13 10:23 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I've been watching Comic Book Guys on netflix and it has really rekindled my interest in comic books and was wondering if anyone on the shroomery was into them
I've always had a small collection growing up but not much more then a few scattered issues in my late teens I expanded my collection and filled in the missing spots with Spawn 1-100 now I'm looking to get some of the early TMNT but I also picked up a few trade paperbacks of green lantern and batman
I'm hesitant to get into the really well established heroes because I know I'll never get some of the early key issues and it feels weird to start in the middle with a random current issue
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i have all of The Maxx comics somewhere in a box. spawn was cool too, but i didn't collect the comics.
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Besides referring to the Latin term for nothingness, Nil is also a phoneme of the protagonist, Proun Nul. Nul is employed by the city of Nihilopolis X (the city is rebuilt each time the people destroy the previous one) as a deconstruction engineer on board the Derrida (named for Jacques Derrida). The citizens of Nihilopolis are committed to the philosophical principle of nihilism, and Nul's job involves destroying ideas (manifested as large edifices in the desert) before they can infect the population. In keeping with Nil's motto "In Nothing We Trust", this constant work has led to a war with the neighboring republic of Optima.
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Re: Comic Books [Re: Thulean]
#19234602 - 12/05/13 11:59 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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i grew up reading marvel and now i can't stand it. i don't read dc either. i do like superheroes but the franchise stuff is just too kiddy for me.
this though, is an ongoing superhero comic that is magnificent.

only three issues in. don't sleep.
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Re: Comic Books [Re: millzy]
#19234650 - 12/06/13 12:19 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Comic books were never a part of my childhood and there's no way i could bare them now, that's like trying to have fun by reading a video game or a movie, when you could just play the video game or watch the movie
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Re: Comic Books [Re: dontknow] 1
#19234823 - 12/06/13 01:26 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I LOVE comics! Im into the silver age years honestly but I have loads of random marvel comics... I got X-men #7 and its signed by Stan Lee himself!!!
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i have a couple laying around. might read em some day.
my uncle let me have them

they're filled with all sorts of kung-fu asian flavored magic and labyrinths of doom.
it's quite awesome.
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I can't remember the last time I read a comic.. I know I read that Superman one where doomsday annihilates him. That's probably a graphic novel though.
I read a few Sin City graphic novels.. As well as The Watchmen, V for Vendetta... I guess they aren't comics though.
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Graphic Novel's are Comics, i think... they're mega comics that kick the usual comics ass.
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Yeah I wasn't sure.. I like graphic novels since I don't have to put in a ton of effort finding all the individual issues.. Just grab one and done.
I also read Bone, that fucker was huge though.
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dude, Bone looks awesome. it's apparently huge and funny.
i like the illustrations... i'm gonna keep an eye out for this one. it looks classic.
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yeah, that's a decent price. i still have to wonder though if a local bookstore would carry it... there is lot of this post-novelty old school stuff around my area.
i want a completely original awesome series, and this looks like it might be the one. (i've already seen MAXX and Sin City on film, i know it's not the same but...)
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Let me dig around and see if there are any other ones I didn't list that I've read.
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V for Vendetta and The Watchmen are both good graphic novels but if you've seen the movies they are pretty damn close to the comics.
I've heard Maus is good but I've never read it.
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luckily i haven't seen those ones (even though i hear Watchmen is a pretty good watch)
and V is probably a shit ton better in book form then in film form. (wasn't that Star Trek chick in it; bleh)
damn, no wonder so many movies these days suck ass; there just trying to rip off of awesome comic books. 
at least the Walking Dead was a minor success. i'd probably still be better to just read it, though.
i don't know if Graphic Novels should be turned into movies... i don't know... i just don't fit the style that they originated from.
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Nah man.. V for Vendetta is one the very few movies that actually was pretty damn close to the book.. I mean it really captures the style, feel and the story is almost exactly the same aside from some very minor differences.
The Watchmen was also pretty damn good for an adaptation.. However they changed the ending a bit.
Sin city was good too... I mean all three of those are good either way you experience them.
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yeah, but they're good BECAUSE of the books... not informed in any way other then from the book. that's what i guess i was trying to get at... i mean, Sin City the movie was awesome... for portraying the comic book close to heart.
i haven't seen the other two, but i'm sure they're good too, but just not in any original sense of "a film". it's new, i guess, to be able to represent comic books in film so accurately, though... so i guess that's one thing you can give them credit for.
still, i dunno, i don't wanna be that guy who says "read the book or hell have wrath...!" but in this case... aren't the movies just copying the illustrations in the books? meh, minor pet peeve.
Sin City still rocked, and Mickey Rourke is a bad ass, with horrible plastic surgery.
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I have a stupid amount of comic books.
I have stacks scattered all over my house.
It's kind of annoying.
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Yeah, I mean they are completely different mediums.. I was just saying that they do much better portraying the things illustrated in the book.. Having the feel of them and the characters seeming exactly like how they read and looked on paper. They are much better then most adaptions in that regard.
Sin City wasn't as good as being true to the graphic novels as the other two.
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oh i see. it was more stylized i guess.
i'll have to see if this V for Vendetta was any good, i never really gave it a chance.
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I love V for Vendetta man.. That shit is great. It's a little slow but I really like it.
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I probably have about a 100 from a small collection I started in the early 90's. I have lots of Image comics (Spawn, youngblood).
Almost 25 years later and they're worth pretty much nothing at all. They're selling cheaper on ebay than what I paid for them almost 25 years ago.
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LordSenate said: I love V for Vendetta man.. That shit is great. It's a little slow but I really like it.
there was a time when i virtually would not care to watch any new movies because they supposedly sucked, but after since District 9, i've been trying to keep more of an open mind with newer movies.
still seen too many shlockfests though, but i've been wrong plenty of times already now, with movies i thought would be ridiculous and never gave a chance before.
i'll have to accept your recommendation... shit, the movie must be famous for a reason, and honestly before today, i didn't know it was from any kind of book... that changes the game a little... means it wasn't just propped up by a studio for a "message movie" about "corruption"... means there is more of a point to it then that, at least in terms of artistic value.
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I'm trying to think of some others but my brain is drawin blanks right now lol.
The Watchmen is fucked up because the "heroes" are all messed up in one way or another.. Never seen the "Good" guys be sorta bad at least not like that.. its a crazy movie.
V for Vendetta is bad ass just because of the setting and the main character is a bad ass.
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yeah the character is based off that anarchist guy in France, right? that guy was pretty fucked up from what i read.
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This is the only comic I got. Pretty sure it's worthless.
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I love old comic books. I don't see myself buying more, but I love to watch shows about comics. Comic Book guys is great. You might want to check out Collection Intervention about people with out of control collections. I just started watching it. I haven't seen one all about comics on there yet, but there have been comic related episodes.
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Re: Comic Books [Re: Niffla]
#19235743 - 12/06/13 10:09 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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This is the only comic I got. Pretty sure it's worthless.
Its DEFINITELY worthless.. Ill give you 1,000 bucks for it
And how come people are calling the show Comic Book GUYS? Not that it makes a difference but isnt it called Comic Book Men?
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akira_akuma said: Graphic Novel's are Comics, i think
Graphic Novels or Trade Paperbacks are a collection of comics bound together like a book
I made this thread last night before I went to bed, I'm a bit surprised by the feedback I'm also a bit surprised by the lack of support for the big 2 (marvel & DC)
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akira_akuma said: Graphic Novel's are Comics, i think... they're mega comics that kick the usual comics ass.
yeah, karen berger (i think that's her name) of dc coined the term in order to reach out to adult audiences. it's all comics.
i read a fairly ridiculous amount to begin with, but i love reading comics on my tablet. better than hardcopy imo. you can load them up back to back and just rip through a whole series. they also look better and you can read them in the dark.
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I want that X-Men you have, Dan. The best comic I have is probably Spiderman 31 (?) which is the fist appearance of Rhino. But it aint signed by Stan Lee.
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does anyone know if there is a way to subscribe to comics? like if I wanted the new issue each month could I get them sent to my house like a magazine
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i have a good bit of comics. Most are spawn. I havn't kept up with spawn in about a year but i definitely should it was one of those comics that always kept my attention.
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Quote:
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Niffla said:

This is the only comic I got. Pretty sure it's worthless.
Its DEFINITELY worthless.. Ill give you 1,000 bucks for it
And how come people are calling the show Comic Book GUYS? Not that it makes a difference but isnt it called Comic Book Men?
This thread got me curious the other day so I went to Ebay and went looking for Spider-Man #1's. They actually had one for a flat thousand bucks that was in pretty poor condition, but I guess just actually having a copy of the first issue would be pretty cool in itself.
They also had one that was in near mint condition...and that one was going for 30K.
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I'm ashamed to admit I've never once owned a comic book, to the best of my knowledge.
I'd love to pick up The Walking Dead and Kick-ass, considering many people claim that the comics are better than the respective TV and movie series.
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CosmicFool said: does anyone know if there is a way to subscribe to comics? like if I wanted the new issue each month could I get them sent to my house like a magazine
I'm sure you still can. I used to have them delivered to me in the 80's once upon a time.
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if you have a tablet you can buy them instantly through the dark horse app. it's a huge online store with great selection.
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Re: Comic Books [Re: millzy]
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That would be funny if somehow the app version of the comics became valuable down the road.
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Learyfan said: That would be funny if somehow the app version of the comics became valuable down the road.

data is data.
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i used to read manga, that always seemed a lot more interesting to me than comic books. those japs sure know how to put together a storyline
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Re: Comic Books [Re: millzy]
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millzy said: data is data.
I know dude. I'm just saying.
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Learyfan said: I want that X-Men you have, Dan. The best comic I have is probably Spiderman 31 (?) which is the fist appearance of Rhino. But it aint signed by Stan Lee.
Yea if I ever had to let it go, it would be a pretty penny. Stan Lee is not going to be around much longer so this comic will be going up even more soon
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Jesus Christ said: i used to read manga, that always seemed a lot more interesting to me than comic books. those japs sure know how to put together a storyline
was kinda waiting for someone to mention manga my gf has a whole bookshelf of the stuff, never could get into it though
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danlennon3 said: Yea if I ever had to let it go, it would be a pretty penny. Stan Lee is not going to be around much longer so this comic will be going up even more soon 
Yeah, you should send it to one of those places that grade comics. Hopefully they can authenticate the signature as well. I've heard that having a signature on a collectable, but not having proof of authenticity, actually decreases the value.
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