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zoux posted:Just search Greg Land sucks, there's tons out there on why he's terrible. Maybe use parenthesis to search the whole phrase. Otherwise you may find some of his... reference material.
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 https://www.comixology.com/Grant-Morrison-Sale/page/8498?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC9kZXNrdG9wL2xhcmdlQ2Fyb3VzZWw Doom Patrol, Invisibles, The Filth, Flex Mentallo, We3, Seaguy, Joe The Barbarian, Swamp Thing, Kid Eternity, The Authority, Aztek, JLA, The Flash, DC One Million, Seven Soldiers, All-Star Superman, Final Crisis, Batman (all of it  ), Action Comics.Whew.
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Oct 20, 2015 05:15
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They're bound to run out of great sales at some point. I'm glad I already own most of this stuff or I'd be pretty hosed. Nice to see The Return of Bruce Wayne finally on sale!
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Oct 20, 2015 05:24
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Okay. I knew I said I was done. But nope. I can't resist Morrison.
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Oct 20, 2015 05:34
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Hot take: buy We3. Then give your pets plenty of treats 
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Oct 20, 2015 05:43
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Teenage Fansub posted:
Goddamn it.
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Oct 20, 2015 05:45
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Hot take: buy We3. Then give your pets plenty of treats We3 goes well with Beast of Burden which is now on comixology
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Oct 20, 2015 05:45
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Wow these recolors of Morrison's JLA are messing with my head. I need to find my singles and compare. Also Morrison's JLA is awesome. You should buy it.
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Oct 20, 2015 05:48
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Anyone have takes on The Filth and Seaguy? (I have medium patience for Morrison, at least as I've experienced his work so far. WE3 is one of my favorite comics, and I thought All-Star Superman was pretty much a blast, too. Seem to recall liking Arkham Asylum as well, though that was a while back and I imagine McKean art was important for that. I thought his New X-Men and Batman runs were pretty good--you know, *interesting*, at least, even if some of the storytelling choices seemed goofy. Haven't read The Invisibles/Doom Patrol/Flex Mentallo/Animal Man, but they seem like long runs to commit to when I've been "eh" on some of his most acclaimed work--especially since I think I'd be less interested in mystical/meta stuff than just in new, cool ideas executed in an interesting way.) edit: Thanks, all! Decisions, decisions. Sounds like Seaguy'll be a safe pick. I'm not certain I'll like The Filth either, but I might get it anyway--I want to give Morrison at his weirdest a *shot*, and that seems like a way to do so at a lower-risk price and time investment. Will look into the other recs as well--Seven Soldiers was one I hadn't heard of before, looks potentially pretty cool. It's amazing how divisive these all are -- there are Morrison fans who think Seven Soldiers and The Filth are his best, and others who say they're his worst. onefish fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Oct 20, 2015 |
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Oct 20, 2015 06:41
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onefish posted:(I have medium patience for Morrison, at least as I've experienced his work so far. WE3 is one of my favorite comics, and I thought All-Star Superman was pretty much a blast, too. I thought his New X-Men and Batman runs were pretty good--you know, *interesting*, at least, even if some of the storytelling choices seemed goofy. Haven't read The Invisibles/Doom Patrol/Flex Mentallo/Animal Man, but they seem like long runs to commit to when I've been "eh" on some of his most acclaimed work--especially since I think I'd be less interested in mystical/meta stuff than just in new, cool ideas executed in an interesting way.) You'd like Seaguy and Joe the Barbarian, I think. e: Maybe Action Comics too. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Oct 20, 2015 |
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Oct 20, 2015 07:06
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onefish posted:Anyone have takes on The Filth and Seaguy? I'm not sure you'd like The Filth. Maybe give Seven Soldiers a try? If you do, go with the trades, to avoid having to deal with the reading order.
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Oct 20, 2015 07:45
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And I JUST finished buying all the stuff I wanted from the other Vertigo sale. But this looks too good to pass up. A few questions: - If I buy those 4 volumes of JLA, will that collect his entire celebrated run, or are there tie ins and other stuff to worry about? - Those 2 Flash volumes: worth getting if I haven't read any other pre-52 Flash? - If you remove Batman Inc. (which I hated in the New 52), I count 8 Batman collections: 3 Batman and Robin, 5 others. All worth getting, or should I pick and choose? Thanks.
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Oct 20, 2015 12:45
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Dunbar posted:- If you remove Batman Inc. (which I hated in the New 52), I count 8 Batman collections: 3 Batman and Robin, 5 others. All worth getting, or should I pick and choose?
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Oct 20, 2015 12:58
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onefish posted:Anyone have takes on The Filth and Seaguy? The Filth is my facorite comic of his. it's the counterculture weirdness of The Invisibles condensed to 13 issues and with an extreme misanthropic streak.
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Oct 20, 2015 14:46
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Hot take: buy We3. Then give your pets plenty of treats My cat has cancer, so he's already getting all the attention I can give him. I think now would be a bad time to re-read We3.
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Oct 20, 2015 15:11
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Well drat. At least I'll fill the gaps from the big Batman sale now.
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Oct 20, 2015 17:31
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If you have medium or low tolerance of Morrison then Doom Patrol is still a good pick. It's good. The Filth, while I really enjoyed it as a response to Invisibles, may come across as up its own rear end if you read it straightforward (unlike Invisibles which climbs up its rear end halfway through and never escapes until the very very end).
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Oct 20, 2015 17:43
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Those six trades are all of Morrison's Doom Patrol right? If I know literally nothing about DP besides its pantheonic status, am I gonna be lost?
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Oct 20, 2015 17:49
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Dunbar posted:And I JUST finished buying all the stuff I wanted from the other Vertigo sale. But this looks too good to pass up. A few questions: Get Earth 2 and DC One Million with JLA. They're part of the run. What did you hate about Batman Inc? If you'd rather not read it as one giant interconnected thing, Batman and Robin Vol 1 and 2 are fun and fairly isolated from the larger narrative. 3 starts going back and forth with Return of Bruce Wayne, which is by far the most confusing and complicated comic, and ties all of the previous run in. You may enjoy the first series of Batman Inc a lot more, if your problems were the tone, Robin and the artist. The first series was a lot of globetrotting adventures with guest characters while Batman's setting up his international army. It's quite different from the N52 one apart from establishing it's villains. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Oct 20, 2015 |
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Oct 20, 2015 18:07
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Teenage Fansub posted:Get Earth 2 and DC One Million with JLA. They're part of the run. Oh, DC One Million is part of this? I didn't realize. What do I need if I want to read that event? Looks like there's approximately one million (ha!) tie-ins.
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Oct 20, 2015 18:57
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zoux posted:Those six trades are all of Morrison's Doom Patrol right? If I know literally nothing about DP besides its pantheonic status, am I gonna be lost? Yes, no. There are a few bits that were relevant when they were published but outside of that it's self-contained.
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Oct 20, 2015 18:58
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Uthor posted:Oh, DC One Million is part of this? I didn't realize. I only read the Morrison written 1-4 and JLA issue the first time. I have the Omnibus with everything on the shelf to get through once I re-read JLA
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Oct 20, 2015 19:08
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zoux posted:Those six trades are all of Morrison's Doom Patrol right? If I know literally nothing about DP besides its pantheonic status, am I gonna be lost? Saying this as a guy who read it without knowing anything at the time of reading it. Not really. A couple of things are referenced here or there that are not need to know.
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Oct 20, 2015 21:44
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Teenage Fansub posted:Get Earth 2 and DC One Million with JLA. They're part of the run. To the degree I hated it (that was probably a bad choice of words), it was because I just couldn't understand it. Most of comics lore/continuity is still new to me so if those two New 52 volumes were really parts 9 and 10 of a long run, combined with the typical Morrison intentional obfuscation, it's no surprise I couldn't follow it. I spent an hour or so looking up stuff on wiki and it sounds like if I buy all the Morrison Batman stuff currently on sale and start reading from Batman and Son, I'll have a better shot of liking it. Of course that also makes it sound like I should try to read Final Crisis, and to understand that I should read Countdown to Final Crisis and 52, which takes you back to Infinite Crisis... this is why I shouldn't look up comic continuity. Unrelated question, is it normal for comics you've bought to show up on the website but not the app? The stuff I bought off the Vertigo sale is showing up fine on the website but I can't load it in the app. Tried reloading/restarting the app to no avail.
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Oct 20, 2015 22:31
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Dunbar posted:OK. Just the Earth 2 collection and the 4 issues of One Million on sale currently? NO do not read Countdown to Final Crisis that had nothing to do with Final Crisis. JUst read the Batman. Something happens in Final Crisis that is important in the Batman run, but you will get it all by just reading Batman.
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Oct 20, 2015 22:43
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Dunbar posted:Unrelated question, is it normal for comics you've bought to show up on the website but not the app? Not really. I was annoyed that the Marvel books I bought took like 3 minutes to show up last time. If you're on Android, try clearing your cache or hitting the back button until the app closes or pulling up the app switcher and swiping it away from there. Maybe log out and log in. Try to force it to update the database. Not sure if any of that applies to iDevices, sorry.
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Oct 20, 2015 22:44
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I betcha Grant Morrison himself didn't read Countdown to Final Crisis.
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Oct 20, 2015 22:49
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Endless Mike posted:My cat has cancer, so he's already getting all the attention I can give him. I think now would be a bad time to re-read We3. You should probably give The Filth a miss as well. Also! Is DOOM FORCE in the collected Doom Patrol trades, or does it have to be bought separately? vegetables fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Oct 21, 2015 |
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Oct 21, 2015 13:07
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vegetables posted:You should probably give The Filth a miss as well. It was in my physical trade so I assume it's in the digital one.
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Oct 21, 2015 22:07
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Another big rear end Humble Bundle is up. https://www.humblebundle.com/books "Udderly Gigantic" Top Cow collection IXth Generation #1-5 IXth Generation Hidden Files #1 Witchblade Vol 1-8 Artifacts Vol 1-6 Apollo IX #1 Artemis IX #1 Athena IX #1 Poseidon IX #1 Aphrodite IX Rebirth Vol 1-2 Aphrodite IX Hidden Files #1 Aphrodite IX/Cyber Force #1 Cyber Force Rebirth Vol 1-2 BTA Freshmen Vol 1-2 Down Vol 1 Tales of Honor Vol 1 Genius Vol 1 The Tithe Vol 1 The Darkness Origins Vol 1-4 Postal Vol 1 Midnight Nation Vol 1 Rising Stars Compendium Berserker Vol 1 Pay $15 or more Switch #1 Sunstone Vol 1-3 IXth Generation: Issue 6
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Oct 21, 2015 22:39
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That's one I'll be skipping.
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Oct 21, 2015 22:49
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Honestly, Sunstone's probably worth the 15bux on it's own, if you're down with a bit of raunch with your romance.
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Oct 21, 2015 22:52
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We3 individual issues total $2.97. Anyone know what's different/included in the trade paperback? Dammit, I think I've read this series three times already. Time I finally buy it.
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Oct 22, 2015 13:03
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The hardcover, at least, has some added pages, but nothing essential.
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Oct 23, 2015 01:45
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Looking back at the Grant Morrison sale, how was his Action Comics run?
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Oct 23, 2015 21:54
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I didn't find his Superman stuff terribly engaging, and I'm a pretty big morrison fan.
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Oct 23, 2015 22:05
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It's pretty good till the last half when it flies up its rear end so hard it's like that scene with Mogo from injustice. So it becomes a regular Morrison comic.
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Oct 23, 2015 22:09
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Got it, looks like I'll skip it.
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Oct 23, 2015 22:18
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I gotta provide a dissenting opinion here. I thought it was beautiful. It does get tricky after a very simple start, but I thought that all wrapped in a really interesting way. Really nice backup stories too. At least read the stand-alone-ish #0, 9 and 13. #0 is about a kid who steals Superman's cape, #9 is about an alternate world's Superman and serves as a bit of a prequel to Multiversity and #13 is a halloween spooky special with some Krypto stuff that might make you cry.
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i'm generally a very big Morrison fan but his Action Comics run was a total swing-and-a-miss for me. felt like he had exhausted everything he has to say about that character.
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