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bairfanx posted:Carey writes a series of mystery/horror novels about an exorcist, named Felix Castor. I like them, but I haven't heard the opinions of anyone else on them really. I love the poo poo out of those books, but I'm not sure if it's because they are good or if I have a boner for Mike Carey. Like, it's standard "new" fantasy fluff, but it's god damned good fluff.
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Got the first Unwritten trade, thanks guys, my Mike Carey obsession just grew again. God drat that man is amazing. Edit: N.H. comic store had 50% off so I also got the first Scalped trade because of this thread. You guys have pretty great taste. (And finally picked up the last Doom Patrol and Hellblazer: Family Man. How many issues of Delano's run are left uncollected? And the gap in that trade, is that the stuff from Rare Cuts? I have almost all the Hellblazer books but I'm missing that one.) Bitchin Kitchen fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Aug 25, 2010 |
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bobkatt013 posted:His run is collected up to 32 and his run ended at 40 so there needs to be one more trade. This storyline is all about his twin brother . The missing ones are Grant Morrison and Neil Gaiman's that are collected in Rare Cuts and Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days. He also wrote the original graphic novel Pandemonium Thanks for the info! I absolutely love Hellblazer, I think it's my favorite regular comic. Recently read Midnight Days from the library and completely forgot about that story. Looks like I have a few more things now to save up for.
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Asterios posted:I actually was just complaining about the same thing to a friend - I wanted to buy some hellblazer trades, had no idea where to start, and just didn't buy anything. I super, super hate to hear that, it's my favorite comic. My advice is to just do it by writer. Delano starts with Original Sin, it's the first run. Ennis starts with Dangerous Habits. Ellis, Haunted. Azzarello, Hard Time. Carey, Red Sepulcher. Mina, Empathy is the Enemy. Diggle, Joyride. Milligan, Scab. Bitchin Kitchen fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Oct 19, 2010 |
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Oct 19, 2010 19:02
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Kuule hain nussivan posted:If someone is interested in getting the trades, do yourself a favour and skip Mina's run unless you absolutely want to own everything. It is horrible and drat near put me off of Hellblazer. Haha, yeah, that too. Sorry, I was trying to be thorough. It is definitely the weakest run. I like the art a lot, though.
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Oct 19, 2010 19:40
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Kuule hain nussivan posted:Surely it can't be worse than Mina's? Haven't gotten around to reading all of it yet, but isn't it the one that starts with the story about the spirit of an old London river? I kind of liked Diggle's a lot. It felt a little rushed by the end but the build up I thought was all awesome and it brought Camuncoli in on art for the first time. Really, if it wasn't for how hurried that last story arc felt I thought it was pretty drat good. I guess the problem with the book is that so many runs are, at least in my opinion, amazing, that anything that's just average seems pretty crappy in comparison.
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Oct 19, 2010 20:57
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Just got the second trade for the Unwritten. I'm only an issue in, but man oh man, as an English major, I love this book so much.
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Dec 12, 2010 22:18
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I've noticed my library only has volumes two and three of Essex County. Would it be confusing not reading one? And to keep it Vertigoy: are they ever going to put out a trade of the Jenkins run? Is there some issue that made that gap or what? I'd like to read those stories, darn it. Sean Philips is the man.
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Sep 19, 2011 18:29
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Whenever I hook a new friend on Hellblazer I give them the entire Ennis run, then go back to Delano, and then chronologically. Sometimes it's nice to see a side character evolve, like poor Map. Carey is the best. Old school love for Books of Magic, everyone should read it.
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Sep 25, 2011 05:38
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Multiple reading helps the Azzarello run a lot. I never used to like it but now the first three arcs are some of my favorite ever. The amazing Frusin art on Good Intentions and Freezes Over helps. Hard Time I really love because I have a thing for a comic book set in prison. To this day, though, Highwater still doesn't make complete sense to me, though.
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Sep 25, 2011 18:34
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Did the new Unwritten trade come out yet? Vol. 4? I'm a trade waiter and it's been killing me.
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Oct 20, 2011 01:36
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Is that art by Dean Ormston? Stupid trade waiting, I love that dude.
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Jan 3, 2012 17:19
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If Hellblazer didn't exist I wouldn't have gotten a single person to read a comic book. It's my favorite comic ever. When only a couple of runs suck you know you've got a great character.
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Feb 7, 2012 14:19
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Has Tim Hunter been in anything since Life During Wartime? As much as I enjoyed that series for what it was, I want a proper Books of Magic back.
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Feb 19, 2012 19:06
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Tim Hunter is an awesome guy that I think takes a writer with a really solid idea to make it work. I haven't read all of the older Books of Magic series but I read all my library had and it took the idea of Boy Wizard and really ran with it. Last series (Life During Wartime) Tim was grown up and running around in a different reality with an Alt John and Zatana. Crazy idea, don't think it was that well received. I liked it enough to buy the whole thing.
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Apr 1, 2012 17:34
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This really is the saddest day. Hellblazer and John have been my constant companions and my constant go to title since I first got into comics 12 years ago. I don't know what to say. I guess I should just finish up buying the Milligan trades and then, I don't know, cry or something. That DCU title doesn't fill me with confidence, I'd love to be wrong, but drat. drat.
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Nov 8, 2012 18:51
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I've been sad all day and wanted to maybe talk about some of our favorite moments? - John's birthday party were Swamp Thing makes some pot for them to smoke. - That time John helped his friend Brendan Finn no matter the consequences. - The issue where John uses all the ghosts from the river (or was it a hopsital?) to stop the demons chasing him. I've got a lot more but I was thinking it might be time for a little re-reading first.
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Nov 8, 2012 22:47
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I just came to say that while I trade wait and it'll take a while to annoy me, I would have liked to have kept Fables (of all books) out of my Unwritten. (I guess having Bigby written by Mike Carey will at least mean that he'll be super awesome for a bit.)
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Jan 31, 2013 20:33
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Jedit posted:Given that the characters in Fables are all fictional, fitting them into The Unwritten shouldn't be a problem. Carey can feed them all to Mister Bun. Yeah but if they were going to go the "take a group of characters from Vertigo" route I would have rather seen Tim or John or literally anyone that wasn't tired old big bad wolf. But still, if there's any writer in the world I can put my trust in, it's Carey. (Just imagine Tim Hunter and Tom Taylor having a glasses stare off, though.)
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Feb 1, 2013 13:38
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I hadn't actually thought about that bit yet. Mostly because I haven't looked at the cast as their archetypes in a long time. That'll actually be a pretty interesting notion to play with again.
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Feb 1, 2013 14:13
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Is The Wake drawn by the dude that drew Punk Rock Jesus because I just finished that book and that art rocked.
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Jun 30, 2013 02:11
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So I just read Joe the Barbarian and that was crazy, too. I enjoyed it's whole deal. Crowd shots, man. Love them. I will probably check out the Wake now. Does it have anything to do with some dude's dad though? Scott Snyder and all.
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Jul 1, 2013 16:21
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Yeah I live right next to Salem so I'll check out the New England book and I love me some Lee Bemerjo so that one has me super excited.
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