I recently read Shenzhen by Guy Delisle. It's a fantastic autobiography on an animator's trip to China. I plan on reading his other books like Pyongyang.
Read Pyongyang. The awesome. Been meaning to read the others.
FUCK THAT COMIC! It depressed me for a whole evening after I picked it up recently to just glance at it at the bookstore. And don't get me started on how I felt after I read it back in college. That comic...Jeezus. Lots of rabbit and rat violence and horrible things happening to animals. And the dog, he just wants to be good and be loved! It's awful!
Oddly, seeing the bunny in the mech suit made me think of you, Gomi. But yeah lot's of disturbing imagery in there, being a former cat and dog owner made it hard to look at, but in the end despite all the shit they went through, the dog was still a dog and the cat was still a cat.
Also, it helped thinking that these are merely drawings of animals getting bruatlized, as opposed to watching something like Milo & Otis where, while it is presented as a heart warming story, I cant even begin to fathom the amount of cats and dogs they went through to shoot that.
I remember seeing that trade at Borders during their going out of business sale. I didn't pick it up because I didn't want to read something that I probably knew was going to make me cry.
Finally got around to reading Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon. It was just as amazing as everyone said it was. The art was just gorgeous, the writing was realistic and interesting, and the comic as a whole was just outstanding. Definitely one of the best reads I've had in the past year.
I'd be an avid comic book reader if individual issues weren't so insanely expensive. I'm a middle class professional with a house, a wife, two kids, two dogs, a minivan, and a commuter car. I can't afford a $5 comic book every month. Let alone 4 or 5 when there's crossovers.
I thoroughly enjoyed "Civil War" and "Invasion" but I enjoyed it as a .cbr file. Who the heck can spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on all those issues in order to see every bit of the story..? Young twenty somethings and childless people, I guess.
I'd be an avid comic book reader if individual issues weren't so insanely expensive. I'm a middle class professional with a house, a wife, two kids, two dogs, a minivan, and a commuter car. I can't afford a $5 comic book every month. Let alone 4 or 5 when there's crossovers.
I thoroughly enjoyed "Civil War" and "Invasion" but I enjoyed it as a .cbr file. Who the heck can spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on all those issues in order to see every bit of the story..? Young twenty somethings and childless people, I guess.
Why are you buying issues? No wonder you are paying too much! There are these things called trade paperbacks. You get the whole series in one shot for a fraction of the price without ads!
There is this other thing called dcbservice.com where you can pre-order the comics two months in advance and get an insane discount.
If you really want digital format though, just pirate everything. All the legal digital options are DRM all up ins.
I have an MDC subscription but the viewer is crap. I don't want to pirate artwork that I'm enjoying but the pirated cbr files are just a superior product in terms of presentation and usability, forget about DRM.
Want to know something worse? The Gotham Central trades are missing some of the issues. I'm not sure if the hardcovers have those missing issues or not.
Want to know something worse? The Gotham Central trades are missing some of the issues. I'm not sure if the hardcovers have those missing issues or not.
I am pretty sure the hardcovers do have all the issues. The trades are missing issues 11, 16-18, 26, 27, and 32.
Want to know something worse? The Gotham Central trades are missing some of the issues. I'm not sure if the hardcovers have those missing issues or not.
I am pretty sure the hardcovers do have all the issues. The trades are missing issues 11, 16-18, 26, 27, and 32.
So my question is, is it worth having to buy the hardbacks just for those missing issues?
So my question is, is it worth having to buy the hardbacks just for those missing issues?
I would say yes as I rather enjoyed all of the missing issue, minus maybe 16-18, but I am not sure I am a good person to answer this as I had pretty deep affection for the DC Universe when I read this.
Edit: Woot, ignore us. I looks like they did actually get a proper paperback release out. Just make sure it is labeled as book 1-4 and not volume 1-5.
So my question is, is it worth having to buy the hardbacks just for those missing issues?
I would say yes as I rather enjoyed all of the missing issue, minus maybe 16-18, but I am not sure I am a good person to answer this as I had pretty deep affection for the DC Universe when I read this.
Edit: Woot, ignore us. I looks like they did actually get a proper paperback release out. Just make sure it is labeled as book 1-4 and not volume 1-5.
Are you talking about the old individual trades or the newer "ultimate" trades that each collect two arcs in them?
Yeah that stuff really annoys me. I may just pirate it just to read it and perhaps eventually get the rest in hardback.
Also I just read issue 1 of Saga. Yeah. You all need to read this. I've never really bought comic in issue format and always waited for TPBs, but I will definitely be buying them when each issue comes out.
I love the art and recall see Fiona Staples in Womanthology. I m really digging the universe they have created so far with the races and animals. It's a cool mix of fantasy ans Sci-fi.
Are you talking about the old individual trades or the newer "ultimate" trades that each collect two arcs in them?
I am pretty sure the individual trades. I did not know about "ultimate" trades until just now.
Edit: Also, what comics are collected into these "ultimate" trades?
The "ultimate" trades as I called them, are new softcover versions of the larger hardcovers and usually contain two volumes each:
Gotham Central Book One: In the Line of Duty HC (1-10) Gotham Central Book Two: Jokers and Madmen HC (11-22) Gotham Central Book Three: On the Freak Beat HC (23-31) Gotham Central Book Four: Corrigan HC (32-40)
So, to answer my own question, if you have the HC's or the new softcover versions of them, there are NO gaps and you get the entire series.
As long as you have all four of these, or their softcover equivalents, you're good to go.
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Lots of rabbit and rat violence and horrible things happening to animals. And the dog, he just wants to be good and be loved! It's awful!
Also, it helped thinking that these are merely drawings of animals getting bruatlized, as opposed to watching something like Milo & Otis where, while it is presented as a heart warming story, I cant even begin to fathom the amount of cats and dogs they went through to shoot that.
As for comics I'm rotating between:
Gunnerkrigg Court Vol. 1
Friends With Boys
Atomic Robo (currently on Vol. 2 Dogs of War)
I thoroughly enjoyed "Civil War" and "Invasion" but I enjoyed it as a .cbr file. Who the heck can spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on all those issues in order to see every bit of the story..? Young twenty somethings and childless people, I guess.
There is this other thing called dcbservice.com where you can pre-order the comics two months in advance and get an insane discount.
If you really want digital format though, just pirate everything. All the legal digital options are DRM all up ins.
I picked up Gotham Central TPBs 3 & 4 for $10/each, Princess Knight vol. 1 for $7, and Locke & Key TPBs 2-3 for $10/each. Can't beat that.
It sucks because I have Gotham Central vol. 1 in hardback. Now they won't coordinate. T_T
#firstworldcomicgeekproblems
Also, I saw a poster for Saga at the comic store and asked about it. I saw the name Brian K. Vaughn and saw how good the art is.
Since it recently came out, I may just buy the issues on Comixology or just wait for trades.
*LYING!!!!!!*
Edit: Woot, ignore us. I looks like they did actually get a proper paperback release out. Just make sure it is labeled as book 1-4 and not volume 1-5.
Edit: Also, what comics are collected into these "ultimate" trades?
Also I just read issue 1 of Saga. Yeah. You all need to read this. I've never really bought comic in issue format and always waited for TPBs, but I will definitely be buying them when each issue comes out.
I love the art and recall see Fiona Staples in Womanthology. I m really digging the universe they have created so far with the races and animals. It's a cool mix of fantasy ans Sci-fi.
Gotham Central Book One: In the Line of Duty HC (1-10)
Gotham Central Book Two: Jokers and Madmen HC (11-22)
Gotham Central Book Three: On the Freak Beat HC (23-31)
Gotham Central Book Four: Corrigan HC (32-40)
So, to answer my own question, if you have the HC's or the new softcover versions of them, there are NO gaps and you get the entire series.
As long as you have all four of these, or their softcover equivalents, you're good to go.