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I don't even know how you talk about classic Ellis sci-fi without mentioning Transmetropolitan. It's not as polished as some of his later stuff (Planetary), but it's also more than 5 or 6 loving issues.
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IShallRiseAgain posted:Planetary is also a good option. Planetary rules. You can pick up the omnibus for under fifty bucks. I never really read Transmetro as a sci-fi story, it just happened to be set in a crazy sci-fi future. Not Ellis but Prophet and Manhattan Projects are two of the best ongoing science fiction books going on right now. Also I just read the Walter Simonson Alien adaptation and it was awesome even though I have seen the movie a million times.
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Planetary is something I'm reading through slowly because I don't want to binge and be done with it.Mimir posted:I don't even know how you talk about classic Ellis sci-fi without mentioning Transmetropolitan. It's not as polished as some of his later stuff (Planetary), but it's also more than 5 or 6 loving issues. Is there any actual acknowledged link between Futurama and Transmetropolitan? They feel so similar in a lot of ways.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Is there any actual acknowledged link between Futurama and Transmetropolitan? They feel so similar in a lot of ways. I really don't see it.
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Lurdiak posted:I really don't see it. Futurama has things like career chips and suicide booths and eating sentient species. There's a Transmetropolitan story about how people waking up from cryosleep have trouble adapting to the crazy world. Nixonian presidents in both. That kind of thing. There are obvious differences in tone, and both use common sci-fi scenarios and tropes. I just get the impression that the Futurama writers room had a few copies of Transmet in it. Doctor Spaceman fucked around with this message at 09:24 on May 30, 2014 |
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Transmetropolitan is on sale, incidentally. https://www.comixology.com/Transmetropolitan-Sale/page/2055 Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 15:03 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 30, 2014 09:31
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I often like Ellis, but Orbital is like the worst thing I've ever read. It's terrible.
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Mimir posted:I don't even know how you talk about classic Ellis sci-fi without mentioning Transmetropolitan. It's not as polished as some of his later stuff (Planetary), but it's also more than 5 or 6 loving issues. 
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May 30, 2014 14:56
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redbackground posted:Never read it. You should fix that.
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Ellis also wrote a short series (four issues, maybe) called "Ignition City". You may have seen this panel: And Transmetropolitan is loving awesome, especially if you like Hunter S. Thompson.
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May 30, 2014 18:29
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prefect posted:Ellis also wrote a short series (four issues, maybe) called "Ignition City". You may have seen this panel: It also somehow predicted Mitt Romney before he became famous.
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bobkatt013 posted:It also somehow predicted Mitt Romney before he became famous. He predicted a generic rich businessman would run for president?????????
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CharlestheHammer posted:He predicted a generic rich businessman would run for president????????? No the Smiler looks a lot like Romney and they have the same policies.
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bobkatt013 posted:No the Smiler looks a lot like Romney and they have the same policies. CharlestheHammer posted:He predicted a generic rich businessman would run for president?????????
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bobkatt013 posted:No the Smiler looks a lot like Romney and they have the same policies. I think he was based on Tony Blair.
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Ha, I'd not realized just how short Ministry of Space is. So on to Planetary I guess. I was talking to a co-worker today about it, and he was of the opinion that I should read all of Ellis' other work first, since none of it is as good as Planetary (in his opinion). I've already got the first collection, so I'm going to do that next, but drat if that's not some serious praise.
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Capn Jobe posted:Ha, I'd not realized just how short Ministry of Space is. So on to Planetary I guess. If you were looking for more Planetary, you'd probably be a little disappointed in everything else he's done, but despite re- using some character archetypes, there's enough variety in the rest of his work to keep it interesting. As far as I know, Planetary and Transmetropolitan are his only long form works, most of his other stuff is 12 issues or less, so that adds to its reputation. I just want him to write something else like Crecy.
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I finished this week's all-new Invaders and Fantastic Four, and I think I like Jim Hammond/The Human Torch. Are there any good stories with him that I should read? I don't think I've really ever read anything with him in it before.
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It's not really his story but he has some good moments in Remender's Secret Avengers, which you should read anyways
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I haven't read it, but Ed Brubaker's The Marvels Project was about those original dudes, right? Wasn't that good?
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Fritzler posted:I finished this week's all-new Invaders and Fantastic Four, and I think I like Jim Hammond/The Human Torch. Are there any good stories with him that I should read? I don't think I've really ever read anything with him in it before. He was in West Coast Avengers during John Byrne's run, which gave us this kinda-sorta-impossible panel:  But he wasn't really the focus of much attention there.
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Hammond was the Torch in Marvels right? Read Marvels.
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Skwirl posted:If you were looking for more Planetary, you'd probably be a little disappointed in everything else he's done, but despite re- using some character archetypes, there's enough variety in the rest of his work to keep it interesting. It's not sci-fi, but Fell is great.
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Opopanax posted:It's not really his story but he has some good moments in Remender's Secret Avengers, which you should read anyways
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In the funny panels thread I saw some Power Girl panels that looked interesting. If I wanted to get the whole run Power Girl: Power Trip would be the collection to get right?
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MH Knights posted:In the funny panels thread I saw some Power Girl panels that looked interesting. If I wanted to get the whole run Power Girl: Power Trip would be the collection to get right?
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Bout to wrap up Thanos Imperative, is the Annihilators stuff worth reading?
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zoux posted:Bout to wrap up Thanos Imperative, is the Annihilators stuff worth reading? Barely. It's a pretty big step down, but it's not horrible either. It doesn't really go anywhere, either.
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Is that the series that had Rocket working a desk job in the backup stories? Cause those rocked.
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Uh is there something I'm supposed to read before the current GotG series, because everyone's back from the dead all of a sudden.
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zoux posted:Uh is there something I'm supposed to read before the current GotG series, because everyone's back from the dead all of a sudden.  ~That's Our Bendis!~ It isn't explained yet. Bendis has promised an explanation at some point in the future, but odds are it won't be a satisfying one.
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That's fine, bringing dudes back is always convoluted and/or bullshit, I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss something.
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My only experience with comic books were as a teenager in the early and mid 90s reading a buddy's X-Men collection. On a whim over last weekend I bought a month of Marvel Unlimited. After reading through some of this thread I saw that that Hawkeye (2012) comics were held in pretty high regard. I've read through the first six and am really enjoying both the art and story. To be specific, I like the retro(almost 1970s Bond like) covers and the use of shadows and interesting color. I don't know poo poo about comic books or art I just know this is a bit different than what I think of when I think comic. I also enjoy seeing that Hawkeye is almost a regular dude. He doesn't have any insane godlike powers and often gets pretty messed up trying to fight against unlikely odds. Does anyone have recommendations for either similarly unique art directions or more of the "everyday man rising to the occasion" type hero?
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Hekk posted:My only experience with comic books were as a teenager in the early and mid 90s reading a buddy's X-Men collection. On a whim over last weekend I bought a month of Marvel Unlimited. After reading through some of this thread I saw that that Hawkeye (2012) comics were held in pretty high regard. I've read through the first six and am really enjoying both the art and story. To be specific, I like the retro(almost 1970s Bond like) covers and the use of shadows and interesting color. I don't know poo poo about comic books or art I just know this is a bit different than what I think of when I think comic. Immortal Iron Fist by the same creative team (Hawkeye writer Matt Fraction co-writing with Ed Brubaker and Hawkeye artist David Aja), Superior Foes of Spider-Man, and Daredevil, starting with Mark Waid's 2010 run.
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Hekk posted:My only experience with comic books were as a teenager in the early and mid 90s reading a buddy's X-Men collection. On a whim over last weekend I bought a month of Marvel Unlimited. After reading through some of this thread I saw that that Hawkeye (2012) comics were held in pretty high regard. I've read through the first six and am really enjoying both the art and story. To be specific, I like the retro(almost 1970s Bond like) covers and the use of shadows and interesting color. I don't know poo poo about comic books or art I just know this is a bit different than what I think of when I think comic. He's got actual super powers, but Daredevil might fit, I don't know what all is on unlimited, but look up Frank Miller's run or Bendis/Maleev both have amazing art and great writing. The recent Mark Waid run is good too, artists change up some but they are all pretty good.
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Hekk posted:My only experience with comic books were as a teenager in the early and mid 90s reading a buddy's X-Men collection. On a whim over last weekend I bought a month of Marvel Unlimited. After reading through some of this thread I saw that that Hawkeye (2012) comics were held in pretty high regard. I've read through the first six and am really enjoying both the art and story. To be specific, I like the retro(almost 1970s Bond like) covers and the use of shadows and interesting color. I don't know poo poo about comic books or art I just know this is a bit different than what I think of when I think comic. If you like that art style, anything by Ed Brubaker/Sean Phillips duo. I don't know if Criminal is on Unlimited since it's part of Marvel's creator owned imprint, but it's a straight up crime book, no super heroes.
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Not quite Everyday Man Rising To The Occasion but Brubaker's Captain America is one of the best spy books I had read in a long time. I believe the omnibuses are still mostly in print and I'm sure a lot of the material is on unlimited.
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Thanks for all the recommendations guys. I am checking out Immortal Iron Fist, the Frank Miller Daredevil stuff, and I am intrigued by Capt America so as soon as I can sort through this I am going to start looking at some of Brubaker's stuff too.
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Hekk posted:Thanks for all the recommendations guys. I am checking out Immortal Iron Fist, the Frank Miller Daredevil stuff, and I am intrigued by Capt America so as soon as I can sort through this I am going to start looking at some of Brubaker's stuff too. Don't skip the Bendis/Maleev Daredevil run from the mid-aughts. I'm two months into a Marvel Unlimited subscription and it's the best thing I've read thus far. Speaking of which, I've been using this reading order guide from ComicBookHerald. I've read all the pre-Avengers Dissembled stuff, Dissembled, Secret War, and am currently reading House of M. Curious if anyone has thoughts on that guide, knows of a better one, or sees any gaps that I shouldn't miss. He recently added character/team reading guides which should fill in some non-event stuff that I wasn't too sure about, so that should help.
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You'll probably like Astro City too, or really any of Busiek's stuff. His wheelhouse is humanizing the whole superhero experience. Gotham Central, too
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