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UncleMonkey posted:The choose your own adventure issue of Unwritten is really awesome. One of the most unique things I've seen tried in comics, and it's executed really well. Oh I know. I was like, "Aw gently caress." when I opened it up and saw it was gonna be like that, but they really pulled it off well. Great issue.
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I've been waiting for/buying The Unwritten in trade but this new issue sounds like it's worth not waiting for. Would I understand what's going on if I just get it or do I need to read the issues between the second trade and it?
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Edge & Christian posted:It might not be that sinister, the category is basically "best prose short story" and the Sandman issue snuck in. It's true they don't have a comic category, but not wanting to put comics in an awards category doesn't make them "hate" comics. "Prose Short Story" and "Comic Issue" are apples and oranges, and in this case the awards are Apple-centric. Doesn't mean there is a desire to wipe Florida off the map. Agreed but also: not only are comics different from novels but format-wise, the idea that the short story is the equivalent of the 20-30 page comic is rather superficial- the comic in question is part of a long running series after all. It's be easy enough to put your From Hells and your Land of Black Golds in the novel category, but where do Human Diastrophism and Jaka's story go, novellas? Not to mention the short story is something of a dying form commercially, and while we know the 3.99 floppy ain't looking too good either, the judges of the fantasy award might be forgiven for seeing an already marginal category dominated, in years to come, by an industry which as standard publishes in what they'd decided was short story length.
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Sep 19, 2010 23:54
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Len posted:I've been waiting for/buying The Unwritten in trade but this new issue sounds like it's worth not waiting for. Would I understand what's going on if I just get it or do I need to read the issues between the second trade and it?
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Sep 20, 2010 15:25
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So I finally caught up to Joe the Barbarian #7 and god drat it's such a cliff hanger. But there's something I don't understand, So is Lord Death the Iron Knight?
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Volume posted:So I finally caught up to Joe the Barbarian #7 and god drat it's such a cliff hanger. But there's something I don't understand, So is Lord Death the Iron Knight? Yes.
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Sep 30, 2010 17:15
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Apparently Transmetropolitan may be back in 2011! http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/09/27/the-return-of-transmetropolitan-for-2011-ish/
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Manwithastick posted:Apparently Transmetropolitan may be back in 2011! Spider and the Transmet world would benefit from some different takes.
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Oct 1, 2010 06:35
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Jinkies! Editors being laid off at Vertigo, which is going to hurt new acquisition of original content. Sad news.
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Oct 1, 2010 22:45
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d00gZ posted:Yes. Oh man that makes it so much cooler seeing how it reflects back to his real life.
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Oct 2, 2010 01:29
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Shageletic posted:Jinkies! Editors being laid off at Vertigo, which is going to hurt new acquisition of original content. Sad news. Man, that sucks.
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Oct 2, 2010 02:48
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Joan Hilty was the editor for Blue Beetle. That loving sucks.
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Do you think that this restructuring is going to cause some Vertigo titles to be canceled? I really hope that nothing happens to Hellblazer.
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bobkatt013 posted:Do you think that this restructuring is going to cause some Vertigo titles to be canceled? I really hope that nothing happens to Hellblazer. I'm pretty sure that Hellblazer's sales would have to be loving abysmal to have anything happen to it.
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Did they sink a lot of money into the Vertigo Crime book line? I remember there was a lot of buzz for it initially, but then it petered out after the first lukewarm reviews came out. My local comic book store had to cut the price in half just to get rid of them.
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SkellingTon Loc posted:Did they sink a lot of money into the Vertigo Crime book line? I remember there was a lot of buzz for it initially, but then it petered out after the first lukewarm reviews came out. That's a good question. They recently started re-releasing all of them in softcover format which indicates either they did well or they're trying to reignite interest at a lower price. I really was excited for the line but as more and more books came out with more supernatural influence than actual crime, I lost interest. I would hope the restructuring of Vertigo was in the cards when they started announcing cancellations this Summer but who knows. If not, I'm not sure what they still have that can be canceled. RevKrule fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Oct 2, 2010 |
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Oct 2, 2010 14:20
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RevKrule posted:That's a good question. They recently started re-releasing all of them in softcover format which indicates either they did well or they're trying to reignite interest at a lower price. That's nothing new, Vertigo follows the same publishing plan as DC with their hardcovers. Hardcover edition first, softcover to follow some months later. They are also still releasing new books in the line as hardcovers first.
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Goddamn, how good is Sweet Tooth, huh? And American Vampire continues to get better and better. #7 is no exception, and it answers the question I've had since last month-- (i.e., Where's Pearl?) iZombie was really great this month as well. It's clearly meant to serve as a jumping on point for new readers; but at the same time it was really entertaining. Plus, it introduced a new character that's a talking chimp possessed by the oversoul of Scott's grandfather. Three for three so far on Vertigo books this month; and I've still got Unwritten, Hellblazer, Northlanders and the conclusion of Joe the Barbarian to look forward to.
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Shageletic posted:Jinkies! Editors being laid off at Vertigo, which is going to hurt new acquisition of original content. Sad news. They laid off the person who discovered Wilson and Vaughan. They laid off the person responsible for The Unwritten. That's terrible 
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Well just got done reading the first American Vampire trade and let me just say Snyder's after-word is just beautiful. Best afterword I have read for anything thus far. He also in the final paragraph gave away what the next to plot lines are going to be. We already know about the 1930's Las Vegas, and the next one will be 1940's World War II centric
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JackDarko posted:Well just got done reading the first American Vampire trade and let me just say Snyder's after-word is just beautiful. Best afterword I have read for anything thus far. He also in the final paragraph gave away what the next to plot lines are going to be. We already know about the 1930's Las Vegas, and the next one will be 1940's World War II centric I love American Vampire in singles, and am really tempted to double dip and get the hardcover.
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Sigma posted:I love American Vampire in singles, and am really tempted to double dip and get the hardcover.
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UncleMonkey posted:I've been collecting it in singles as well, but I'm sure at some point I'll also pick up the HC. I don't mind double-dipping for series that I really like. It's nice to both have the original singles, as well as have a nice HC you can put up on your shelf. Take solace in the fact that its a really nice hardcover, I was surprised to find that it had really thick glossy paper, that is usually reserved for Deluxe editions. Edit: Looking at the back matter the first issues of AMVamp got treated to some gorgeous variant covers. Snyder's and King's script styles are also pretty interestimg. JackDarko fucked around with this message at 09:01 on Oct 12, 2010 |
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Oct 10, 2010 21:42
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Shame DMZ is ending at issue 72 Wood made the call though so it has been a good run.
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UncleMonkey posted:I've been collecting it in singles as well, but I'm sure at some point I'll also pick up the HC. I don't mind double-dipping for series that I really like. It's nice to both have the original singles, as well as have a nice HC you can put up on your shelf. Also it's nice to be able to loan your friends the collected editions rather than singles, for when you want to get them interested in a series. That's slightly less true of the nicer hardcovers, though, making for an interesting dilemma in this case.
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I finished up The Invisibles yesterday, drat that was a wild read.
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wildlele posted:Shame DMZ is ending at issue 72 I'm glad to see this because this hopefully means he definitely has an ending planned.
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^burtle posted:I finished up The Invisibles yesterday, drat that was a wild read. In a similar vein, I finished up Doom Patrol last night. Without question the most wonderful thing I've ever read.
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I'm deep into the 4th trade of Lucifer and this is some stellar stuff, drat. My hopes for The Unwritten have gone up way higher than they already were now.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I'm glad to see this because this hopefully means he definitely has an ending planned. Did DMZ stay good up to this point? I only read the first 10 issues, but am curious to pick it up as the next series I read through in trades.
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Not really. For me it kind of floundered and lost my interest around the elections arc in late 30's early 40's. There was kind of a small time jump and it didn't really do a very good job or re-rooting you with the characters.
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nosophoros posted:I'm deep into the 4th trade of Lucifer and this is some stellar stuff, drat. My hopes for The Unwritten have gone up way higher than they already were now. This week's issue was off the chain some amazing revelations, and a great new arc direction. One of my favorite things about Carey is pacing, guy doesn't miss a beat.
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Asnorban posted:Did DMZ stay good up to this point? I only read the first 10 issues, but am curious to pick it up as the next series I read through in trades. Sorta. I mean I freely admit that i do still read it because I've read all 50 issues or whatever.
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JackDarko posted:This week's issue was off the chain some amazing revelations, and a great new arc direction. One of my favorite things about Carey is pacing, guy doesn't miss a beat.  moments. The Unwritten is always the first book I read of its release week as soon as I get home.
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JackDarko posted:This week's issue was off the chain some amazing revelations, and a great new arc direction. One of my favorite things about Carey is pacing, guy doesn't miss a beat. I actually felt like this was one of the weaker issues I'd read, but I think that's just because of how much I loved the choose your own adventure issue.
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UncleMonkey posted:Yeah, there were some major "Holy poo poo!" The Unwritten is always the last book I read for that week, because I want to close feeling amazed at comics.
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Was Taters posted:The Unwritten is always the last book I read for that week, because I want to close feeling amazed at comics.
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UncleMonkey posted:That's a really good way of thinking. I wish I had the level of self-control to do that. It's what I've been doing with King City. Sometimes I forget that I bought the Unwritten and then see it after reading my other comics, at the bottom of the pile. It's always worth the wait.
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Gassire posted:Not really. For me it kind of floundered and lost my interest around the elections arc in late 30's early 40's. There was kind of a small time jump and it didn't really do a very good job or re-rooting you with the characters. That's exactly where I stopped reading. There was an entire year of the comic where each issue was just a one-shot character examination, and half of them I didn't find interesting at all. The plot just stood at a stand still and it became more about the ideas than anything, whereas in the beginning of the book I liked that it was about both. After Blood in the Game, despite it returning to the main plotline I just lost interest and stopped reading it.
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teekun posted:That's exactly where I stopped reading. There was an entire year of the comic where each issue was just a one-shot character examination, and half of them I didn't find interesting at all. The plot just stood at a stand still and it became more about the ideas than anything, whereas in the beginning of the book I liked that it was about both. After Blood in the Game, despite it returning to the main plotline I just lost interest and stopped reading it. Guess I won't bother. Though the thread did now sell me on grabbing the Unwritten trades when I am done with my current series.
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