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Kurtofan posted:edit: I never heard of American Vampire and Scalped, how is that? They're great. Vamp is written by the current Batman guy, if you've been reading that. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 09:38 on Oct 13, 2015 |
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Teenage Fansub posted:They're great. That sounds very tempting. Is there an author to avoid in the hellblazer collection, I know Ennis is great, but what about Delano and Jenkins?
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Oct 13, 2015 09:56
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Good timing with the Vertigo sale, I had to throw out a bunch of trades and was looking to replace them with digital versions.
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Oct 13, 2015 10:01
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Kurtofan posted:That sounds very tempting. Delano is very good, Jenkins is possibly the most underrated of the lot and builds on a lot of Ennis' work with Ellie and the First of the Fallen. As for who to avoid, Mina for certain, Azzarello arguably.
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Oct 13, 2015 10:16
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There's also an Uber sale: $20 for everything that's been published to date. I really like the book, though the art is uneven, though the original "regular" artist has less than half of the issues currently out and won't be back.
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Oct 13, 2015 13:48
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So, how is Hinterkind? It seems interesting enough and the art looks pretty lovely but I haven't heard much of it.
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Oct 13, 2015 15:40
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Kurtofan posted:That sounds very tempting. all the Hellblazer collections on sale are great this sale couldn't come at a worse time for my wallet. pumped to reread The Losers, though.
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Oct 13, 2015 16:09
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:all the Hellblazer collections on sale are great No poo poo, I just spent a ton of money on that Image sale. I'm going to limit myself to just Ex Machina and American Vampire and hope theres another sale one day.
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Oct 13, 2015 16:12
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Ah holy poo poo, I'd really like to get Preacher, Y, Hellblazer (I guess? Not a huge Constantine fan but I understand these are meant to be awesome), 100 Bullets, Transmetropolitan, American Vampire, and Ex Machina. I've already read Y, Preacher and 100 Bullets, so of Hellblazer, Transmetropolitan and American Vampire, are any of those considered must-read or highly recommended over the others?
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Oct 13, 2015 16:51
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I could easily spend $200 on this sale, and I already spent way too much last week on image stuff.
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Oct 13, 2015 16:55
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Yeah, for budgeting reasons, if I'm only getting one or two Hellblazers, which volumes should I pick?
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Oct 13, 2015 17:08
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Dunbar posted:Ah holy poo poo, I'd really like to get Preacher, Y, Hellblazer (I guess? Not a huge Constantine fan but I understand these are meant to be awesome), 100 Bullets, Transmetropolitan, American Vampire, and Ex Machina. I don't get the question, it seems like you've read most of what you're interested in? I thought ex machina was so so.
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Oct 13, 2015 17:11
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hup posted:Yeah, for budgeting reasons, if I'm only getting one or two Hellblazers, which volumes should I pick? Ennis in order of release.
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Oct 13, 2015 17:12
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i'm actually gonna say volumes 1 and 5 are the truly essential ones (Original Sins and Dangerous Habits) although really 1-8 are all great. i don't like Jenkins' stuff quite as mich as Delano or Ennis, but it's still good.
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Oct 13, 2015 17:43
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Of the major series, I bought the ones I didn't own/haven't read--100 Bullets, Ex Machina, and DMZ. Figure I eventually want to read all of those, and they're all at less than $1/issue. I'll have to get more picky about other Comixology sales for the next little while, but I don't expect there will be a lot of stuff I'll wish I'd gotten instead of full classic Vertigo runs. edit: And yeah, I knew these were the least-recommended of the long Vertigo runs (which is why I'd already read the rest of them and not these), but I've heard enough good stuff and liked the first few issues of each enough that I think I won't regret the buy. ( ::fingers crossed:: ) Dunbar posted:I've already read Y, Preacher and 100 Bullets, so of Hellblazer, Transmetropolitan and American Vampire, are any of those considered must-read or highly recommended over the others? Hellblazer, Transmet, and American Vampire are all highly acclaimed, all different. Hellblazer is foundational pre-Vertigo "weird DC," Transmet is classic Vertigo near-future sci-fi, American Vampire is modern-Vertigo historical/contemporary horror. (Transmet's from the "Preacher" era, AV is closer to the "Y" era.) onefish fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Oct 14, 2015 |
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Oct 13, 2015 17:45
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Instead of spending $200, which of the series on sale are the best or most critically acclaimed? Aka, if you could binge just one of the series, which one would it be?
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Oct 13, 2015 18:08
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Rusty Kettle posted:Instead of spending $200, which of the series on sale are the best or most critically acclaimed? Aka, if you could binge just one of the series, which one would it be? Having not read Hellblazer, I'd say Preacher or Y the Last Man, though I like Transmet better than those. If you only want to spend $5, Daytripper.
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Oct 13, 2015 18:15
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Rusty Kettle posted:Instead of spending $200, which of the series on sale are the best or most critically acclaimed? Aka, if you could binge just one of the series, which one would it be? Honestly, for me, it'd be a toss up between Transmet and Preacher. I love Y-TLM, but I personally feel Transmet and Preacher are better. Asking me to choose between either of those would be impossible. Having said that, I never cared for Hellblazer at all. I recognize that it deserves all the acclaim it gets, but it's just not my cup of tea. EDIT: Teenage Fansub posted:They're all gonna be someone's favourite book, so pick what premise sounds the most interesting. You probably wont lose. This is the correct answer. Jedi fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Oct 13, 2015 |
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Oct 13, 2015 20:20
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They're all gonna be someone's favourite book, so pick what premise sounds the most interesting. You probably wont lose.
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Oct 13, 2015 20:44
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I think Scalped and Sweet Tooth hold up the best throughout their runs. Hellblazer through at least issue 100 is very solid. If anything I think it's easier to unrecommend in this case, to which I would say 100 bullets and Ex machina, with a caution on DMZ (never read, heard iffy things).
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Oct 13, 2015 21:08
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The main complaints I hear about DMZ are "UGH this isn't what MY New York is like!!" and "Brian Wood is an rear end in a top hat!"
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Oct 13, 2015 21:14
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Endless Mike posted:The main complaints I hear about DMZ are "UGH this isn't what MY New York is like!!" and "Brian Wood is an rear end in a top hat!" I would say it loses steam at a certain point and then sort of flounders for the rest of it.
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Oct 13, 2015 21:21
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[quote="Endless Mike" post="451393651". The main complaints I hear about DMZ are "UGH this isn't what MY New York is like!!" and "Brian Wood is an rear end in a top hat!" [/quote] I have never heard either of these, I have heard that it sort of peters out,
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Oct 13, 2015 21:50
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Endless Mike posted:The main complaints I hear about DMZ are "UGH this isn't what MY New York is like!!" and "Brian Wood is an rear end in a top hat!" My complaint about it is that the main character's personality (what little of it there is) is really wishy-washy, changing from arc to arc to serve the plot (instead of the plot being informed by his personality). ... And, "ugh, Brian Wood".
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Oct 13, 2015 21:58
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The only way this sale could have been more aggressive would have been to add trades for Sandman, Lucifer and The Invisibles. I'm trying hard to not check how much I've blown last week and today. Scalped was on my short list of things I really wanted to get digitally. I remember regretting passing on a sale a couple of years ago. With this and Astro City down, all that is left on that list is Planetary and Moore's Swamp Thing run. Zachack posted:I think Scalped and Sweet Tooth hold up the best throughout their runs. Hellblazer through at least issue 100 is very solid. I read the 4 or 5 first trades of DMZ and completely lost interest along the way. That was before I got the memo about Wood.
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Oct 13, 2015 22:28
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I didn't see it advertised but on a whim I browsed around and there's a few Viz Bundles on-sale right now including  ONE PUNCH MAN Volumes 1-5 for $19.99 (42% off). That's 5 out of the 8 released volumes and a drat good price too.
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Oct 14, 2015 03:15
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Viz has stuff on sale pretty regularly, usually pretty large sales too, but it's almost never advertised for some reason.
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Oct 14, 2015 03:19
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It's also geoblocked. I assume they have licensed the digital rights for their comics to other companies.
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Oct 14, 2015 03:41
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In typical nonsense fashion. I can't buy the English versions in Japan online, only the Japanese ones from Amazon or wherever. Of course I can use a VPN to purchase them. Pretty dumb because the Japanese rights holder isn't losing sales.
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Oct 14, 2015 04:32
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I'm saying this before I even click on the link, but if Ex Machina is for sale get Ex Machina. It's often overlooked and it's good comics.
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Oct 14, 2015 08:35
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Comixology really needs a option I can check that says "Don't let me buy any more books from this sale"
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Oct 14, 2015 15:22
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gently caress, now Marvel is doing a buy one, get one free sale. I'm assuming across their entire catalog, haven't had a chance to look. https://m.comixology.com/Marvel-BOGO/page/8510
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Oct 16, 2015 16:39
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Uthor posted:gently caress, now Marvel is doing a buy one, get one free sale. I'm assuming across their entire catalog, haven't had a chance to look. Goddamn. This is awesome because it's a great way to make buying digital trades a crap ton less annoying and to fill in gaps with secret wars and other stuff.
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Oct 16, 2015 16:46
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Uthor posted:gently caress, now Marvel is doing a buy one, get one free sale. I'm assuming across their entire catalog, haven't had a chance to look. Oh man I can spend so much money on this.
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Oct 16, 2015 16:49
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Wellll gently caress. My comic budget for the month is about to get wrecked.
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Oct 16, 2015 17:00
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Oh man I can spend so much money on this. Last time I priced out Hickman's Avengers books and came out with over $100. Decided I'll pay for a month of Marvel Unlimited in a year instead. That leaves me with 2-3 titles that I'm interested in at this point.
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Oct 16, 2015 17:12
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What the gently caress. Image, Vertigo, and Marvel sales. My wallet is so hosed.
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Oct 16, 2015 17:15
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THANKS FOR NOT DROPPING PRICES ON OLD BOOKS, MARVEL! Anyway, can I get a recommendation on good single issues to buy? I have an odd number of books in my cart and would like a single thing to round it out.
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Oct 16, 2015 17:23
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Uthor posted:Last time I priced out Hickman's Avengers books and came out with over $100. Decided I'll pay for a month of Marvel Unlimited in a year instead. That leaves me with 2-3 titles that I'm interested in at this point. I'm going to buy all Hickman's Fantastic Four... And avengers...
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Uthor posted:THANKS FOR NOT DROPPING PRICES ON OLD BOOKS, MARVEL! Hank Johnson Agent of Hydra.
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