I have to agree Grant Morrison was great on X-men but got flak because he was changing up from the status quo so the X-Fans have said negative things to chirp about in regards to a very well written arc.
Also, Frank Quitely can be polarizing. Personally, I love is expressive, puffy characters.
Actually I think Quitely's art on New X-Men was the reason I stuck with the book for so long. Especially with the plots focusing on the younger recruits, his style fit X-Men very well.
I'm not sure I'm processing this right. Guilty pleasure because it sucks, but you like it anyway? Or guilty pleasure because it's great, but it's also sexy and shameful? (If it's the first one, you're wrong.)
Fucking Robert Kirkman gives George R R Martin a run for his money with significant character body counts. And I'll be reading both of their latest within the span of a month. So much blood.
It started yesterday and it has already reached its goal. It also unlocked new rewards for certain pledges like a Neil Gaiman hand drawn post card or dual lightsbers from Think Geek.
So I got The Incal today. I wasn't sure that it could live up to the hype; everything I have read so far has lead me to believe that it is the greatest comic every written and drawn. So I started reading.
It lived up to the hype. Jodo's writing? Flawless. Moebius's art? Perfection. The quality of the publishing? Easily as good if not better than one of DC's Absolutes. Every scene will reverberate in your mind: you can flip through the book and say, "Lucas nicked that. Scott jacked that. Besson ripped that wholesale, that entire chapter. The City in Transmet is Rosa City." This beats every other comic I've ever read. Transmet. V. Watchmen. Apollo's Song. Pluto. The Dark Knight Returns. These are the shadows of Plato's Cave, and The Incal is the Form.
I encourage you all to plunk down the $37 it takes to get this beautiful book from InStockTrades. You will not regret it.
I encourage you all to plunk down the $37 it takes to get this beautiful book from InStockTrades. You will not regret it.
Thanks so much for the heads up. I'd already ordered at Amazon for $45 and it was gonna take two weeks to ship. I didn't even think to check Instock. I guess I've gotten complacent since I got Amazon Prime. And of course, they got me with their $50-order-gets-free-shipping, so I ordered the first BPRP hardcover collection. That's another thing I love about Instock. It's so easy to justify to myself buying more stuff.
Anyway, I know very little about Incal, and I initially just wanted to have some Moebius in hardcopy. But now I'm hearing so much stuff about it being super amazing, that I can't wait. I assumed it was just a visual masterpiece -- I didn't know it was supposed to be the total package.
This looks like something I'm pretty sure I will immensely enjoy reading based on the description:
Habibi is a deeply romantic story that explores and celebrates the beauty and cruelty, the complexity and depths of the Islamic world. Craig's stunning artwork is matched by the haunting strories of his characters' lives. Set in a mythical Middle East, at once contemporary and timeless, Habibi is a parable about our relationship to the natural world, about the cultural divide between the First World and the Third World, and about the common heritage of Christianity and Islam. The magic of storytelling allows us to see the fragility embedded in cruelty, to understand how beauty can preserve us from destruction and how love can save us from loss of hope.
This looks like something I'm pretty sure I will immensely enjoy reading based on the description:Habibi is a deeply romantic story that explores and celebrates the beauty and cruelty, the complexity and depths of the Islamic world. Craig's stunning artwork is matched by the haunting strories of his characters' lives. Set in a mythical Middle East, at once contemporary and timeless, Habibi is a parable about our relationship to the natural world, about the cultural divide between the First World and the Third World, and about the common heritage of Christianity and Islam. The magic of storytelling allows us to see the fragility embedded in cruelty, to understand how beauty can preserve us from destruction and how love can save us from loss of hope.
It's funny that you should mention that, because just yesterday, it showed up in my recommendations from Amazon. After seeing it was by Craig Thompson, and just skimming the description, it immediately went into my "shopping list" for later. I will buy pretty much anything that man puts out.
In other news, I've been reading the Nighly News by Jonathan Hickman, and it is really really good. As, I think it's Warren Ellis, describes it, it's Network meets Fight Club, and I would consider it the spiritual successor to V for Vendetta.
It's funny that you should mention that, because just yesterday, it showed up in my recommendations from Amazon. After seeing it was by Craig Thompson, and just skimming the description, it immediately went into my "shopping list" for later. I will buy pretty much anything that man puts out.
I received this a few days ago. I really wasn't paying attention to how large this book is. Holy poop, it's 650+ pages long. It's of course in hardcover and I was flipping through the pages and I'm already digging on the Arabic/Islamic patterns and designs.
I will be tackling this book as soon as I'm done with a few other graphic novels.
I admittedly haven't read all of it, but it's pretty good for what I have read. Comparable, quality wise, to B:TAS in my opinion. Occupies that universe, too, as opposed to the main DCU, And the Two freely exchanged things - some of the comics(like "Mad Love" and "Old wounds") and the characters(Roxy Rocket) were taken straight from the comics and made into episodes, and other issues(like "Mask of the Phantasam" and "Sins of the father") were adapted from episodes of the series. However, they're separate enough that it's worth picking up if you're into B:TAS, you're still going to get a ton of stuff you haven't seen before.
And let's face it, at $3.25 for that trade of the first six issues, I'd call that cheap enough that it's worth giving it a go, considering that it's so inter-mingled with something you already know you like. In fact, I'd send you one over - I'm pretty sure I have two copies of the first trade kicking around in my stuff somewhere - but it would cost more to ship you my spare in giving it to you than it would to just buy one from Amazon. Fuckin' Australia post.
it was announced last week that Cryptozoic is going to be making a Locke & Key board game, and I've been asked to do a preview of it once they have a prototype build they are willing to share. Looks like my hand is being forced on which comic series I should be reading next, so I ordered the first three volumes.
it was announced last week that Cryptozoic is going to be making a Locke & Key board game, and I've been asked to do a preview of it once they have a prototype build they are willing to share. Looks like my hand is being forced on which comic series I should be reading next, so I ordered the first three volumes.
I keep hearing really good things about Locke & Key, and I'm a big fan of Lovecraft, so let us know how it is.
Habibi was good. Really good. I'm glad he used so much Arabic calligraphy because it's beautiful. I was worried (until I got to the end) that I was going to have to get my Saudi friends to help me translate my comic book >_>. It's got the really good arts too, and I thought it was really neat how he included an explanation of how the patterns were formed. On the whole it reminded me a lot of some of Tezuka's stuff, mainly in the unusual panel layouts, how certain panels melded into one another, and the silly jokes sprinkled into an otherwise rather serious story (like the Minister of Dwarves who had the walking farts).
Finished the first "ultimate" Gotham Central collection, which contains the first two arcs. This was everything I wanted it to be. The Wire meets Batman. I'm already trying to figure out when I can get back to the comic shop and buy volume 2.
I know I'm probably incredibly late to the party on this, but I just finished reading Amulet Book 1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi and it was great. It's like Miyazaki meets Bone.
I know I'm probably incredibly late to the party on this, but I just finished reading Amulet Book 1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi and it was great. It's like Miyazaki meets Bone.
Highly Recommended!
Yeah, I recommended that a while back. I finished volume 4: The Last Council. It was quality as usual.
There have been rumors going for a while that Will Smith is trying to get the movie made with his children as the stars. Who knows?
I'm not sure if I've mentioned it, but the 6th Gun is incredible.
I read the first volume and really liked it, but felt like that one volume was a complete story and that any more then that was unnecessary. This has kept me from wanting to and actually reading more of it.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned it, but the 6th Gun is incredible.
I read the first volume and really liked it, but felt like that one volume was a complete story and that any more then that was unnecessary. This has kept me from wanting to and actually reading more of it.
I kind of feel the same way about Fables. After the arc with the Adversary ended in volume 11, I thought that the comic should end and haven't read past that. I've heard mixed things about volumes 12+, but so far, I haven't checked them out yet.
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Also Empowered is a great guilty pleasure.
Also the line "HI! I'm here to get all Meta-textual on your ass!" made me fall in love.
It started yesterday and it has already reached its goal. It also unlocked new rewards for certain pledges like a Neil Gaiman hand drawn post card or dual lightsbers from Think Geek.
I'm just happy to support the sisters.
It lived up to the hype. Jodo's writing? Flawless. Moebius's art? Perfection. The quality of the publishing? Easily as good if not better than one of DC's Absolutes. Every scene will reverberate in your mind: you can flip through the book and say, "Lucas nicked that. Scott jacked that. Besson ripped that wholesale, that entire chapter. The City in Transmet is Rosa City." This beats every other comic I've ever read. Transmet. V. Watchmen. Apollo's Song. Pluto. The Dark Knight Returns. These are the shadows of Plato's Cave, and The Incal is the Form.
I encourage you all to plunk down the $37 it takes to get this beautiful book from InStockTrades. You will not regret it.
Anyway, I know very little about Incal, and I initially just wanted to have some Moebius in hardcopy. But now I'm hearing so much stuff about it being super amazing, that I can't wait. I assumed it was just a visual masterpiece -- I didn't know it was supposed to be the total package.
Going to grab Daytripper off a mate and check out Mouse Guard and A Contract with God after that.
Also, The Incal.
Edit: Just read Daytripper. Wow...
This looks like something I'm pretty sure I will immensely enjoy reading based on the description:
In other news, I've been reading the Nighly News by Jonathan Hickman, and it is really really good. As, I think it's Warren Ellis, describes it, it's Network meets Fight Club, and I would consider it the spiritual successor to V for Vendetta.
I will be tackling this book as soon as I'm done with a few other graphic novels.
Here's the Amazon link for one, many of the rest are listed under the "Also bought" section."
And let's face it, at $3.25 for that trade of the first six issues, I'd call that cheap enough that it's worth giving it a go, considering that it's so inter-mingled with something you already know you like. In fact, I'd send you one over - I'm pretty sure I have two copies of the first trade kicking around in my stuff somewhere - but it would cost more to ship you my spare in giving it to you than it would to just buy one from Amazon. Fuckin' Australia post.
Highly Recommended!
There have been rumors going for a while that Will Smith is trying to get the movie made with his children as the stars. Who knows?