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Garlic Bread

hughtron wrote:

So seriously, do you guys like any comic besides JLI?

JLI/Super Buddies and Young Justice only

well

other than all my marvel books

Jordyn

hughtron wrote:

So seriously, do you guys like any comic besides JLI?

Right now I am reading:

52
All Star Superman
Flash
Justice League of America
JLA: Classified
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Krypto
Justice League Unlimited
Batman
Detective Comics
Y: The Last Man

Invincible

Amazing Spider-man
Astonishing X-Men
Civil War
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man
Dr. Strange (the BKV mini thing)
Irredeemable Ant-Man (Damn you Robert Kirkman)

Invincible is probably my favourite comic, out of all of those. I really look forward to everything Paul Dini does and has been doing with Detective, and I'm enjoying Morrison's run on Batman. GL, Flash, JLA have all been dragging. Thinking about dropping 52. X-Men is almost always great. ASS has been awesome.

I know there's some on that last that I'm missing too...

Oh, that Martian Manhunter thing. Yeah, I pretty much hate that.

Terrorbyte

Munch wrote:

I've torn down Infinite Crisis a hundred times before

Why should I care and, more to the point, why should I take your word for it?

Unfinished art, and absolutely shitty fill-in art. DC sold fans a rushed product and only got around to correcting it in the hardcover.

They only corrected one scene. It was an editorial choice that I didn't agree with (I think Civil War delays, while more painful in the short term are the better solution), but you're grossly mischaracterizing the artwork. The Ordway and Perez scenes fit the classic elements perfectly, and Jiminez's art was as strong as ever throughout 99% of the series.

Dialogue changed for the retarded in said hardcover.

The minor changes were minor. The major changes were part of an editorial decision (bring back Earth-2 in one form or another) that I'm down with. Hard for me to get pissed. As for the quality of the dialogue, it was as strong if not strong than what was there before.

Changed to…

There's a reason behind those changes. Big picture, I'm down with that. Changes when a series is collected aren't rare. I'm not going to waste my time with your little hissy-fit over every single one.

Yeah, I'm just going to stop there. Was IC fun?

Considering that you brought up a SINGLE point about the series itself and spent the rest of your time on hardcover change rants, you didn't have to stop after very long. Stop wasting my time.

Terrorbyte

Jordyn wrote:

Terrorbyte wrote:

Anyway, why the hell would you bring up Infinite Crisis in a discussion about JLA: Year One?

It was a joke about you having poor taste. I apologize if it went over your head.

Quit being a cunt.

DouglasDanger

You are a troll and an asshole, TB.

hughtron

Guys, I want you all to tell me what your favorite comic is and why. Let's all be freinds.

My favorite comic is Seven Soldiers but it's over now, so I guess it would be Casanova, because Matt Fraction packs about a thousand crazy ideas into sixteen pages and it comes out every month and it's cheap and it's beautiful.

robosagogo

52 isn't something you can just drop. It's a commitment. You're in it just as much as they are.


P.S. My love for Scott Pilgrim is far more consistent and enduring than my love for any comic before it or since, except perhaps for Animal Man which I suddenly must read now after merely mentioning it.

Garlic Bread

oh if we're seriously listing the books we read, I read:

52
Action Comics
All New Atom
All Star Superman
Batman
Birds of Prey
Blue Beetle
Catwoman
Detective Comics
The Flash
Green Arrow
Green Lantern Corps
Justice League of America
Nightwing
Robin
Shadowpact
Supergirl
Superman
Teen Titans
Trials of Shazam
Wonder Woman

Fables
Jack of Fables
Y: The Last Man

Invincible

but fuck, man, I am such a Marvel fanboy

i am probably forgetting a bunch of books

hughtron

Less lists, telling me what your favorite book is right now and why

DouglasDanger

hughtron wrote:

Guys, I want you all to tell me what your favorite comic is and why. Let's all be freinds.

My favorite comic is Seven Soldiers but it's over now, so I guess it would be Casanova, because Matt Fraction packs about a thousand crazy ideas into sixteen pages and it comes out every month and it's cheap and it's beautiful.

I pretty much concur wholey. Also, Godland.
and hellboy, bprd, we3, sharknife, marvel boy, superman: red son, jsa: liberty file, wildcats 3.0, ellis's stormwatch, NEXTWAVE, transmet, V for Vendetta....

Jordyn

robosagogo wrote:

52 isn't something you can just drop. It's a commitment. You're in it just as much as they are.


P.S. My love for Scott Pilgrim is far more consistent and enduring than my love for any comic before it or since, except perhaps for Animal Man which I suddenly must read now after merely mentioning it.

Oh god, I love Scott Pilgrim. We have the first 3 trades, but I have no idea what issue they're on or if I can even find the books to catch up with it.

Regarding 52, we haven't gotten the issue from this week yet, and I haven't even read the one from last week, so I think I probably could just drop it.

august

Seven Soliders but it's over.

BPRD and the new arc needs to start now now now.

Jordyn

Terrorbyte wrote:

Jordyn wrote:

Terrorbyte wrote:

Anyway, why the hell would you bring up Infinite Crisis in a discussion about JLA: Year One?

It was a joke about you having poor taste. I apologize if it went over your head.

Quit being a cunt.

As opposed to your fluffy and upbeat style of posting?

hughtron

I've also been picking up Walt Simonson's Thor run in singles for the last month or so, and it is steller. I think there are trades available, but I wanted to give myself a little task so I'm doing it this way. It's silly and epic and amazing, and everything that happens has like a KRACKABOOOOOOOM with it.

Sars_Boy

Jordyn wrote:

robosagogo wrote:

52 isn't something you can just drop. It's a commitment. You're in it just as much as they are.


P.S. My love for Scott Pilgrim is far more consistent and enduring than my love for any comic before it or since, except perhaps for Animal Man which I suddenly must read now after merely mentioning it.

Oh god, I love Scott Pilgrim. We have the first 3 trades, but I have no idea what issue they're on or if I can even find the books to catch up with it.

Jordyn, Scott Pilgrim is only released in digest format.

I think my favorite book right now would have to be Planetary.

It's just so fucking perfect and awesome. Except it's ending soon.

Casanova just might be my favorite monthly right now. I don't really know. Or Godland

Oh, I guess I'm all caught up with Invincible too, so I'll probably be getting that monthly now.

Garlic Bread

Jordyn wrote:

robosagogo wrote:

52 isn't something you can just drop. It's a commitment. You're in it just as much as they are.


P.S. My love for Scott Pilgrim is far more consistent and enduring than my love for any comic before it or since, except perhaps for Animal Man which I suddenly must read now after merely mentioning it.

Oh god, I love Scott Pilgrim. We have the first 3 trades, but I have no idea what issue they're on or if I can even find the books to catch up with it.

I thought Scott Pilgrim was released manga-style in "trades" only?

I haven't read it.

deadonthestreet

I think X-Factor may be my favorite comic right now.

hughtron

august wrote:

Seven Soliders but it's over.

BPRD and the new arc needs to start now now now.

Agreed. You know, as great as Hellboy and Mignola are, I think I might like BPRD and Guy Davis a little more.

DouglasDanger

Jordyn wrote:

robosagogo wrote:

52 isn't something you can just drop. It's a commitment. You're in it just as much as they are.


P.S. My love for Scott Pilgrim is far more consistent and enduring than my love for any comic before it or since, except perhaps for Animal Man which I suddenly must read now after merely mentioning it.

Oh god, I love Scott Pilgrim. We have the first 3 trades, but I have no idea what issue they're on or if I can even find the books to catch up with it.

As far as I am aware, Scott Pilgrim is only up to volume three.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Pilgrim#Volumes

Jordyn

Oh ok, I wasn't sure on the Scott Pilgrim thing.

I'm looking forward to the next one of those. They are ridiculously deligthful.

DouglasDanger

I imagine you are aware of http://www.scottpilgrim.com/
?

Garlic Bread

I think my favorite book right now is Jack of Fables.

Fables is awesome all together, but Jack brings out great entertainment in every issue

hughtron

The Other Side is pretty neat, and Cameron Stewart's art is fantastic in it.

What I would really like to see him do is Seaguy 2 though. Apart from 7S, Seaguy is probably my favorite thing Morrison has done.

Jordyn

DouglasDanger wrote:

I imagine you are aware of http://www.scottpilgrim.com/
?

I know Fram was looking at it one day. I think Wallace might be my favourite character in that book.

Sars_Boy

deadonthestreet wrote:

I think X-Factor may be my favorite comic right now.

Oh, I forgot all about X-Factor.

So great. Madrox is the best [spoiler:a6cc31e5a9]mutant like "killcrop" thing[/spoiler:a6cc31e5a9] ever.

Also, I just read Brian Wood's Supermarket and it is excellent.

Mai-Kero

Terrorbyte wrote:

Munch wrote:

I've torn down Infinite Crisis a hundred times before

Why should I care and, more to the point, why should I take your word for it?

Unfinished art, and absolutely shitty fill-in art. DC sold fans a rushed product and only got around to correcting it in the hardcover.

They only corrected one scene. It was an editorial choice that I didn't agree with (I think Civil War delays, while more painful in the short term are the better solution), but you're grossly mischaracterizing the artwork. The Ordway and Perez scenes fit the classic elements perfectly, and Jiminez's art was as strong as ever throughout 99% of the series.

Dialogue changed for the retarded in said hardcover.

The minor changes were minor. The major changes were part of an editorial decision (bring back Earth-2 in one form or another) that I'm down with. Hard for me to get pissed. As for the quality of the dialogue, it was as strong if not strong than what was there before.

Changed to…

There's a reason behind those changes. Big picture, I'm down with that. Changes when a series is collected aren't rare. I'm not going to waste my time with your little hissy-fit over every single one.

Yeah, I'm just going to stop there. Was IC fun?

Considering that you brought up a SINGLE point about the series itself and spent the rest of your time on hardcover change rants, you didn't have to stop after very long. Stop wasting my time.

How about you stop wasting everyone else's time and kill yourself.

Or just stop posting here. Whichever is easier.

DouglasDanger

Sars_Boy wrote:

deadonthestreet wrote:

I think X-Factor may be my favorite comic right now.

Oh, I forgot all about X-Factor.

So great. Madrox is the best [spoiler:c093921bbe]mutant like "killcrop" thing[/spoiler:c093921bbe] ever.

Also, I just read Brian Wood's Supermarket and it is excellent.

Oh man, I loved the first series and the second has somehow slipped under the radar.

Mai-Kero

DouglasDanger wrote:

I imagine you are aware of http://www.scottpilgrim.com/
?

The guy who made Shaun of the Dead is making a Scott Pilgrim movie and an Ant Man movie.

Garlic Bread

Mai-Kero wrote:

DouglasDanger wrote:

I imagine you are aware of http://www.scottpilgrim.com/
?

The guy who made Shaun of the Dead is making a Scott Pilgrim movie and an Ant Man movie.

And Guillermo del Toro is making a Deadman movie, Peter Segal is making a Shazam movie, David Goyer is making a Flash movie, etc.

Jordyn

I don't waste anyone's time on these boards but my own.

And too much of it.

[spoiler:f20ef41ebe]I'm writing another episode thing, everyone quit posting so I'm not distracted.[/spoiler:f20ef41ebe]

Munch

Christ, I don't even know what I read on a monthly basis. Here's a rough idea.

DC
52
Jonah Hex (depending)
Justice League Unlimited (depending)
Justice League of America (may be dropped soon)
Green Arrow (trades)
Green Lantern Corps
Martian Manhunter (may be dropped soon)
Birds of Prey
Aquaman
Shadowpact
JSA Classified (depending)
Secret Six
Blue Beetle (may be dropped soon)

I'm also currently working may way around to Creeper, Atom, Checkmate, and Trials of Shazam, but I'm waiting until I hear more opinions.

Marvel
Ant-Man
She-Hulk
Young Avengers/Runaways
Runaways
Cable/Deadpool
Civil War
Civil War: Front Line
X-Factor
Nextwave

Working my way around to Doctor Strange, Eternals, Annihilation, and Heroes for Hire.

Misc.
Boneyard
Invincible (trades)

Overall I'm more a fan of DC's characters, and Marvel's stories, if that makes sense. Like, I don't really care much about Jaime Madrox, but I'm loving X-Factor. But I love Green Arrow, Ragdoll, and the Question, but could not care less about their appearances in Green Arrow, Secret Six and 52, respectively.

Right now I'm really enjoying what I've seen of Ant-Man, Shadowpact, and Aquaman.

Garlic Bread

drop Martian Manhunter

pick up Trials of Shazam or Atom. Both are pretty good.

Although it's odd you're considering dropping JLA two issues in. I thought it was pretty good so far. It's setting up the story

Mai-Kero

Irredeemable Ant-man is awesome.

I already like this guy ten times more than Hank Pym.

Jordyn

Should I start a thread about Robert Kirkman?

I really want to.

Munch

JLA's just not grabbing me. I'm all for a story having kind of a slow setup, but I don't thinK Meltzer's pacing it out quite right for an ongoing. And every time I buy a Michael Turner cover it physically pains me. But the Booster/Ted mention intrigued me a bit, and may be enough to keep me on the book if Meltzer drops any more clues in that direction. Yes, even an off-handed reference to Blue Beetle will make me buy a book. This partially explains why I buy BoP and why I've kept buying Manhunter.

I think I will drop MM and pick up Atom though. But Gail Simone's been so diappointing on Secret Six. I don't know what the hell happened after VU.

Garlic Bread

Atom is good fun


Fucking weird as hell, though

Furu

Huh.

Munch and I pretty much read the same books.

Dollarsign42

Where should one start when trying to get into John Constantine? My only info on him comes from the wiki and the movie. Are there any "must have" trades that I should get?

Bloods End

Dollarsign42 wrote:

Where should one start when trying to get into John Constantine? My only info on him comes from the wiki and the movie. Are there any "must have" trades that I should get?

DANGEROUS HABITS

Garth Ennis really shines during his run on it. And pick up the Constantine adaptation for the sole reason that it has Neil Gaimen's Hold Me issue.

DJ Eebs

Man I can't pick a favorite comic. It's between X-Factor, Runaways, Astonishing X-Men and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, I think.