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BaseballPCHiker posted:that are funny like The Goon How much Goon have you read? Because that series hasn't been "funny" in a long time. Well, black humor at times, I guess. Or if you think super depressing things are funny. If you liked Y, check out BKV's other work. Saga is the Big Thing right now (definitely pick it up if you like sci-fi, fantasy, and intense family drama). He recently started Paper Girls, which is a bit of a throw back to 80's teen movies and is pretty good outside of the nostalgia factor (the nostalgia factor is actually a minus for me, but I'm really digging this series). If sci-fi detective stories are more your thing, you can go to Panel Syndicate and pick up Private Eye for pay-what-you-wish (even $0). Grab a few issues and see if you like it, then throw some $$$ their way or pick up the nice hardcover that Image recently released. http://panelsyndicate.com/comics/tpeye When you say "funny adventure", my first thought it Atomic Robo. Sarcastic robot has science adventures. The issues have recently been put up online as a webcomic, if you want a taste. http://www.atomic-robo.com/ I'm sure other will have better suggestions on the humor front. Uthor fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Jan 25, 2016 |
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Uthor posted:How much Goon have you read? Because that series hasn't been "funny" in a long time. Well, black humor at times, I guess. Or if you think super depressing things are funny. It's been a long time since I've read them and I haven't read much past the first 3-4 trade paperbacks. I guess it takes a dark turn? I'll definitely check out Saga and Private Eye, thanks for the recommendation. Any good "funny" books out there anymore? I wish another Tales Designed to Thrizzle would come out.
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datingvolcanoes posted:I've been using the winter to slowly creep my way back to catching up. I just finished on the Marvel side, I have a giant stack of indie books I'm going through, and now, after safely viewing the weird poo poo DC's been through from a safe distance, I'm curious to see read any good/interesting runs from the last two years or so.
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BaseballPCHiker posted:Any good "funny" books out there anymore? I wish another Tales Designed to Thrizzle would come out. Someone help a brother out! I mentioned Atomic Robo in an edit to my first post. I don't read that many humor comics, so don't have super specific recommendations. Sex Criminals is generally funny, especially if you like genitalia based puns. I think Chip's (artist on SexCrims) Howard the Duck series is generally well regarded. I recommend Kate Beaton's work to anyone that asks (http://www.harkavagrant.com/). Rat Queens is a goofy D&D based fantasy comic if you like your humor skewing crude.
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BaseballPCHiker posted:Any good "funny" books out there anymore? Prez. Teenage Fansub posted:Prez #1 SynthOrange posted:The future is horrifying in Prez #2 Uthor posted:At least it's good to know that Congress hasn't changed one bit. bobkatt013 posted:I needed to add the rest of the page
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I'm not finding anything quite like it, but are there any other Big Superhero Universe comics I could read, not Marvel or DC? Either that or a Marvel series that can be read standalone and doesn't require crossreading every other series, really. The last thing I read that scratched that itch was Invincible and it was everything I wanted. Hell I might just go read it again.
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Hugoon Chavez posted:I'm not finding anything quite like it, but are there any other Big Superhero Universe comics I could read, not Marvel or DC? Either that or a Marvel series that can be read standalone and doesn't require crossreading every other series, really.
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Tried Valiant stuff?
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Teenage Fansub posted:Tried Valiant stuff? Yeah, that's basically exactly Valiant. There are, however, a ton of comics by the Big Two you can read without caring about crossovers. It broadly just involves turning off the bit of your brain that needs to know every detail. Squirrel Girl, Hellcat, Silk, Captain Marvel (so far), Spider-Woman, Wolverine, Daredevil... none of which have any major problems with you only reading that series.
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Valiant looks pretty interesting, thanks!
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Valiant does have a bunch of crossovers, thought they tend to be at most between just two books. All their major events are standalones.
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I just recently dove into Valiant and they're trouncing the big two in terms of quality by a county mile. The Valiant thread is friendly and consists of reports from the field of "yup, still awesome."
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Hugoon Chavez posted:The last thing I read that scratched that itch was Invincible and it was everything I wanted. Hell I might just go read it again. If you enjoyed Invincible, you might like Dynamo 5 by Jay Faerber and Mahmud Asrar.
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Wheat Loaf posted:If you enjoyed Invincible, you might like Dynamo 5 by Jay Faerber and Mahmud Asrar. Dynamo 5 is good stuff.
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Wheat Loaf posted:If you enjoyed Invincible, you might like Dynamo 5 by Jay Faerber and Mahmud Asrar. I see that's a 25 issue run, did it get a chance to wrap up or was it yanked?
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BaseballPCHiker posted:I dug up a box of some of my old comics and had a blast reading them over the weekend. Titles like The Goon, Y The Last Man, and American Splendor (probably my favorite). I've been out of the loop so long I wouldn't even know which titles are worth my hard earned money anymore. I typically don't like superhero comics, although I really liked The Watchman, and some of the Batman titles like The Last Halloween friends have loaned me. Any other books out right now like that are funny like The Goon or American Splendor or non-superhero adventure stories like Y The Last Man? To my own embarrassment I mostly read cape books, but Sex Criminals and Bitch Planet are pretty amazing on the non superhero front.
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zoux posted:I see that's a 25 issue run, did it get a chance to wrap up or was it yanked? There's 26 issues, including the 0 issue, the Annual and the Holiday Special and then there's a five issue mini that picks up after the series. It was not yanked, it was ended by the creators but they left the door open to do more down the line. It takes place in the same universe as Faerber's Noble Causes which is not as good but still a fun but different kind of read. The Dynamo 5 are all illegitimate kids of Captain Dynamo, a Superman analogue of sorts who was all into the spoils that come along with being a famous superhero. Each of them have one of the superpowers their father had. After he dies his widow tracks them down and forms them into a team to try and replace him. It's a fun book. X-O fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Jan 26, 2016 |
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Hugoon Chavez posted:I'm not finding anything quite like it, but are there any other Big Superhero Universe comics I could read, not Marvel or DC? Either that or a Marvel series that can be read standalone and doesn't require crossreading every other series, really. Fraction's Hawkeye didn't crossover with anything, same with his Iron Fist. Spurrier's X-Men Legacy acknowledged events that happened but you can probably read all of it without knowing much about anything else. Ms. Marvel is the same way. Honestly I think a good rule of thumb is to not worry too much about crossovers. If you're reading back issues either skip the relevant issues or look at Wikipedia or ask here for the relevant information you're missing. Edit: Oh, I just realized, read Ultimate Spider-Man, you can read nothing but that and have literally hundreds of issues without having to worry about crossovers. Air Skwirl fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Jan 26, 2016 |
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I like how Al Ewing's Loki: Agent of Asgard crossed over with a bunch of stuff, but since it was a story about stories and about characters changing to suit their roles in those stories, it worked perfectly on a meta level. It, along with Kieron Gillen's Journey Into Mystery before it, are really good (mostly) stand alone series.
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Hugoon Chavez posted:I'm not finding anything quite like it, but are there any other Big Superhero Universe comics I could read, not Marvel or DC? Either that or a Marvel series that can be read standalone and doesn't require crossreading every other series, really. I'm a huge fan of Mike Allred's Madman continuity. There are three Madman TPBs from Image Comics reprinting all his '90s and early '00s work from Tundra, Kitchen Sink, and Dark Horse, then a Madman and the Atomics TPB reprinting Atomics #1-15 (often starring Madman with a bunch of new superheroes he inspired and helped out), and then three Madman Atomic Comics TPBs. The writing has a childlike (not childish) sense of wonder to it -- very "Aw shucks, gee whiz," which pairs well with Allred's retro pop art/Silver Age-style artwork and his wife Laura's coloring. But the comics come across as totally sincere, well-intentioned, fun, heartfelt, sweet, occasionally funny, occasionally gross, and sometimes very deep and philosophical.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I'm a huge fan of Mike Allred's Madman continuity. There are three Madman TPBs from Image Comics reprinting all his '90s and early '00s work from Tundra, Kitchen Sink, and Dark Horse, then a Madman and the Atomics TPB reprinting Atomics #1-15 (often starring Madman with a bunch of new superheroes he inspired and helped out), and then three Madman Atomic Comics TPBs. The writing has a childlike (not childish) sense of wonder to it -- very "Aw shucks, gee whiz," which pairs well with Allred's retro pop art/Silver Age-style artwork and his wife Laura's coloring. But the comics come across as totally sincere, well-intentioned, fun, heartfelt, sweet, occasionally funny, occasionally gross, and sometimes very deep and philosophical. There is also Red Rocket 7 which ties into Madman and its really good. Its rock and roll and science fiction, with some Allred insanity. Another great Madman comic is the crossover when he meets Superman. Some other great standalone series are Hellboy and BPRD. You can read each one by itself and while they have references to the other titles, but they never really crossover.
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X-O posted:There's 26 issues, including the 0 issue, the Annual and the Holiday Special and then there's a five issue mini that picks up after the series. It was not yanked, it was ended by the creators but they left the door open to do more down the line. It takes place in the same universe as Faerber's Noble Causes which is not as good but still a fun but different kind of read. Faerber was working on a second miniseries with Julio Brilha (who pencilled the first miniseries) a few years ago, but nothing ever came of it. I think it was a question of the first one not doing as well as they'd hoped.
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I love Brandon Graham, Prophet and Multiple Warheads are my favorites. I'm subscribed to 8House, Island, Prophet Earth War, and The Goddamned (love the concept). I haven't payed attention to comic stuff in a long time, so is there some new series I should be reading that's Graham-like? I'm going to be very bummed when Prophet is done, it's one of my favorite things.
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You should read King City. http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=244463 You would probably like Manhattan Projects and/or East of West. FYI, 8House is going to stop and is getting replaced by the individual titles without the 8House name. I'm a little confused by the whole thing as I haven't found a good explanation of what books one will need to get to continue the stories. I think Mirror is another story related to 8House starting next month. https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/mirror-1
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Uthor posted:You should read King City. I have no idea why I have not read King City, but I just ordered it on Amazon, so I'll fix that. I've read the first Manhattan Project series but I heard the The Sun Beyond The Stars isn't very good so skipped it. Maybe I'll check it out, I did enjoy the first quite a bit. Apparently I bought the first 4 TPs of East of West, probably during an Image sale on Comixology. I'm going to spend the afternoon reading it. Thanks for the info on 8House, I'll have to pay attention. Hopefully there'll be some type of explanation in the comic itself so I know what to buy. I'm really looking forward to Arclight 3.
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I'm enjoying comic series that explore the themes of gods such as Thor, Loki: AoA, The Wicked + The Divine and Hercules. Any other good god series out there? Preferably non-Marvel as that's got me filled for now.
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Sun Beyond the Stars is good. The problem is that it's coming out incredibly slowly. Pick it up when it's collected.
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Ibblebibble posted:I'm enjoying comic series that explore the themes of gods such as Thor, Loki: AoA, The Wicked + The Divine and Hercules. Any other good god series out there? Preferably non-Marvel as that's got me filled for now. Joe Casey and Tom Scioli's Godland kind of explores the themes of gods coming from a science perspective. It's mainly an homage to early Fantastic Four comics, especially with the Kirby-esque artwork. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B8dland
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Ibblebibble posted:I'm enjoying comic series that explore the themes of gods such as Thor, Loki: AoA, The Wicked + The Divine and Hercules. Any other good god series out there? Preferably non-Marvel as that's got me filled for now. Walt Simonson's Ragnarok
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Ibblebibble posted:I'm enjoying comic series that explore the themes of gods such as Thor, Loki: AoA, The Wicked + The Divine and Hercules. Any other good god series out there? Preferably non-Marvel as that's got me filled for now. Goddamned my friend.
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Ibblebibble posted:I'm enjoying comic series that explore the themes of gods such as Thor, Loki: AoA, The Wicked + The Divine and Hercules. Any other good god series out there? Preferably non-Marvel as that's got me filled for now. Oh, duh, The Sandman and/or Lucifer. Maybe Preacher??? If you like Wick+Div and Loki: AoA, have you read Kieron Gillen's Journey into Mystery run? http://www.amazon.com/Journey-into-Mystery-Kieron-Gillen/dp/0785185577/ref=sr_1_2 http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Into-Mystery-Kieron-Gillen/dp/0785185747/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2 Uthor fucked around with this message at 21:14 on Jan 27, 2016 |
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Maybe you guys can help me with this, a long time ago I got a graphic novel out of the liabrary, it was very thick like 1000 pages and about half a page in size. It tells the story of a family going to a beach home for the weekend and one character is an adopted teenager who has a frog face otherwise everyone looks normal. The art style is very simple with just clean lines in black and white. There is a scene where the frog kid masturbates that is very sad. What is this book I want to re-read it as it has stuck with me for 10 years. I know I saw it on some best of lists that year too. Help! even though I know BSS traffics in more mainstream affairs.
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Uthor posted:Oh, duh, The Sandman and/or Lucifer. Uthor posted:Joe Casey and Tom Scioli's Godland kind of explores the themes of gods coming from a science perspective. It's mainly an homage to early Fantastic Four comics, especially with the Kirby-esque artwork. Was considering looking into Journey due to me feeling like I was missing some stuff in AoA. I've already read Sandman, no worries there at least. This looks bitching. Thanks for the suggestions!
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trashbuilder posted:Maybe you guys can help me with this, a long time ago I got a graphic novel out of the liabrary, it was very thick like 1000 pages and about half a page in size. It tells the story of a family going to a beach home for the weekend and one character is an adopted teenager who has a frog face otherwise everyone looks normal. The art style is very simple with just clean lines in black and white. There is a scene where the frog kid masturbates that is very sad. What is this book I want to re-read it as it has stuck with me for 10 years. I know I saw it on some best of lists that year too. By half a page you mean sized kinda like Manga or more like a weird shape akin to Heck or Maakies? Edit: was it Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose? Edit2: apparently not. Zachack fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Jan 27, 2016 |
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trashbuilder posted:Maybe you guys can help me with this, a long time ago I got a graphic novel out of the liabrary, it was very thick like 1000 pages and about half a page in size. It tells the story of a family going to a beach home for the weekend and one character is an adopted teenager who has a frog face otherwise everyone looks normal. The art style is very simple with just clean lines in black and white. There is a scene where the frog kid masturbates that is very sad. What is this book I want to re-read it as it has stuck with me for 10 years. I know I saw it on some best of lists that year too. I googled for a little longer and found it. It's called Bottomless Belly Button. Highly recommend for a real sad introspective story. and it came out 8 years ago not 10 http://www.amazon.ca/Bottomless-Belly-Button-Dash-Shaw/dp/1560979151
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Zachack posted:
This both pleases and confuses me. Like... what do people imagine Tarot actually features?
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Gaz-L posted:This both pleases and confuses me. Like... what do people imagine Tarot actually features?
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Haunted vaginas
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redbackground posted:all the boobs True. Endless Mike posted:Haunted vaginas Less than you'd think. (Also, I and Chris Sims keep pointing this out, but that's not even the silliest thing IN THAT ISSUE.)
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