The Dark Knight Returns, The Killing Joke, and Batman: Year One are probably the best Batman graphic novels. Tower of Babel is a good, very Batman-centric Justice League comic, too. Dunno if they come in big, fancy, and hardcover, though.
If you want a cheap easy way to read Marvel comics, I highly recommend Marvel Infinite, it's like 9.99 a month and gets new comics about 6 months after they are on the newsstand and a lot of back-issues. (full runs of most of the big titles) It's even cheaper if you buy a year at a time (was 20% cheaper on Fathers day when i got it for 52 dollars a year, worth it for me!). WAY cheaper then buying individual issues.
I'm looking to get someone a Batman anthology as a present but don't know much about Batman history. I'm looking for something big, fancy, and hardcover. Thoughts?
I'm looking to get someone a Batman anthology as a present but don't know much about Batman history. I'm looking for something big, fancy, and hardcover. Thoughts?
I'm looking to get someone a Batman anthology as a present but don't know much about Batman history. I'm looking for something big, fancy, and hardcover. Thoughts?
There is an absolute tonne of Batman stories, most of the hardcover nice looking books cover famous runs by certain creators or stories.
Does the person you are buying the gift for already like any other specific Batman stories, movies, media? What type of stories do they like (Batman stories range in genre).
I'm pretty sure her favorite Batman show is TAS, that's about the best I can do.
That's really broad as the writers of the show took some of the best stories and then made it all work coherently. If you add other things she's into or media she likes to consume, it may be able to focus what you want to go after.
Beautifully drawn, very NSFW, excellently written. And I'm not talking just a little bit suggestive NSFW, it's very, very graphic, and doesn't take long to kick in, as a warning, there's literally a sex scene on the second page. And a number of pages that follow. It's well written, beautifully drawn pornography. Might not be your style, but if you don't mind that sort of thing, check it out.
Read and finished Sweet Tooth over the past two weeks. I really enjoyed it and Lamire did an amazing job both writing and drawing it. I wish some mysteries had been better explained, but overall, this was a great series and worthy of the Vertigo heritage.
Looking for non-cape, non-ongoing comic recommendations!
Some recent readings and my thoughts on them:
- Ayako (frustrating and unsatisfying) - Seconds (fun but forgettable) - Pyongyang (poignant but kind of a slog) - The Sculptor (very emotionally engaging and exciting, still trying to figure out how I feel about it)
Read all the Eisner, and all the Tezuka. Also, Akira.
Wow, for as much as I know about Eisner, I didn't realize that I'd never actually read his work! I guess I'll start with "The Contract with God Trilogy" and go from there.
Any specific work by Tezuka you'd recommend I start with? Considering my lukewarm reaction to Ayako, which would be most likely to get me hooked?
Read all the Eisner, and all the Tezuka. Also, Akira.
Wow, for as much as I know about Eisner, I didn't realize that I'd never actually read his work! I guess I'll start with "The Contract with God Trilogy" and go from there.
Any specific work by Tezuka you'd recommend I start with? Considering my lukewarm reaction to Ayako, which would be most likely to get me hooked?
Looking for non-cape, non-ongoing comic recommendations!
Some recent readings and my thoughts on them:
- Ayako (frustrating and unsatisfying) - Seconds (fun but forgettable) - Pyongyang (poignant but kind of a slog) - The Sculptor (very emotionally engaging and exciting, still trying to figure out how I feel about it)
Please and thank you!
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Library got an influx of new comics. I grabbed a random smattering of titles based mostly off of cover and title.
Squirrel Girl was pretty damn good. It gets my seal of approval.
Saga 5 and Hawkeye 4 both put on hold. Sadly that is the end of the great Hawkeye run once I read that. I also was given Sex Criminals as a gift (vol 1 and 2) and it is great!
I'd also checked out Trillium recently. Can't remember if that was after I last bumped this thread. Very very good Jeff Lemire book. I've got my eye on Descender as well. It's not on order yet, but I'm assuming it will show up at the library. They have all the recent Lemire stuff. Underwater Welder, etc., sitting on the shelf.
I'm trying to work out how to go all digital with comics, yet I still ended up buying a physical omnibus last night.
The main barrier for me is to work out which DRM I'm comfortable with and what reading experience is the best. I've tried out Comixology which seems to be solid both on web and as an app, I was even able to read a comic on my phone using their guided view which feels comfortable to use on both desktop and mobile. However when it gets the word balloons out of order, it can be jarring. Also they were bought by Amazon which seems to have cause some controversy with Amazon not wanting to pay Apple tax.
I then tried Amazon's Kindle versions, not sure if these are going to be merged with Comixology or what. Kindle version seems to be a little problematic to read (on the cloud reader) except when it accurately recognises panels. Still harder to use on a mobile device that is as small as a phone.
Google Play Books has recently had a major launch and seems to have a massive collection with the least amount of DRM, you can download every comic you buy as a PDF for offline reading and transporting in a file system friendly OS. Play books has a nice interface and the cheapest prices, however the reading experience has the same problems as Amazon's cloud reader in that they are both 2nd to Comixology (however are hopefully likely to improve the experience).
This is also the only use case that I would have for a tablet as it would be my only reading device, I was hoping for coloured e-ink reader by now but my expectations were too high and the cost of shipping is still stupid high. Deciding between a large size tablet 10" vs an 8" tablet, also considering a Surface Pro if it comes to it for the screen, size and also replacing a laptop if it ends up being the best choice.
What have your reading experiences been on digital?
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Does the person you are buying the gift for already like any other specific Batman stories, movies, media?
What type of stories do they like (Batman stories range in genre).
If you add other things she's into or media she likes to consume, it may be able to focus what you want to go after.
Beautifully drawn, very NSFW, excellently written. And I'm not talking just a little bit suggestive NSFW, it's very, very graphic, and doesn't take long to kick in, as a warning, there's literally a sex scene on the second page. And a number of pages that follow. It's well written, beautifully drawn pornography. Might not be your style, but if you don't mind that sort of thing, check it out.
http://www.comicvine.com/lando-1-part-i/4000-494322/
Now on to Scalped and Northlanders...
Some recent readings and my thoughts on them:
- Ayako (frustrating and unsatisfying)
- Seconds (fun but forgettable)
- Pyongyang (poignant but kind of a slog)
- The Sculptor (very emotionally engaging and exciting, still trying to figure out how I feel about it)
Please and thank you!
Any specific work by Tezuka you'd recommend I start with? Considering my lukewarm reaction to Ayako, which would be most likely to get me hooked?
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Squirrel Girl was pretty damn good. It gets my seal of approval.
Saga 5 and Hawkeye 4 both put on hold. Sadly that is the end of the great Hawkeye run once I read that. I also was given Sex Criminals as a gift (vol 1 and 2) and it is great!
I'd also checked out Trillium recently. Can't remember if that was after I last bumped this thread. Very very good Jeff Lemire book. I've got my eye on Descender as well. It's not on order yet, but I'm assuming it will show up at the library. They have all the recent Lemire stuff. Underwater Welder, etc., sitting on the shelf.
The main barrier for me is to work out which DRM I'm comfortable with and what reading experience is the best.
I've tried out Comixology which seems to be solid both on web and as an app, I was even able to read a comic on my phone using their guided view which feels comfortable to use on both desktop and mobile. However when it gets the word balloons out of order, it can be jarring.
Also they were bought by Amazon which seems to have cause some controversy with Amazon not wanting to pay Apple tax.
I then tried Amazon's Kindle versions, not sure if these are going to be merged with Comixology or what. Kindle version seems to be a little problematic to read (on the cloud reader) except when it accurately recognises panels. Still harder to use on a mobile device that is as small as a phone.
Google Play Books has recently had a major launch and seems to have a massive collection with the least amount of DRM, you can download every comic you buy as a PDF for offline reading and transporting in a file system friendly OS.
Play books has a nice interface and the cheapest prices, however the reading experience has the same problems as Amazon's cloud reader in that they are both 2nd to Comixology (however are hopefully likely to improve the experience).
This is also the only use case that I would have for a tablet as it would be my only reading device, I was hoping for coloured e-ink reader by now but my expectations were too high and the cost of shipping is still stupid high.
Deciding between a large size tablet 10" vs an 8" tablet, also considering a Surface Pro if it comes to it for the screen, size and also replacing a laptop if it ends up being the best choice.
What have your reading experiences been on digital?