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I've really been liking Love Everlasting a whole lot, but it's Tom King if that sours you on it. I enjoy some of his work, and I think this is among his better works so far imo. There's only 5 issues out currently I believe. 8 Billion Genies is something special. Only one issue left, and I don't want it to end. Do a Powerbomb and the Crimson Cage were great. They may or may not work for you depending on whether or not wrestling appeals or repels you. Crimson Cage is a retelling of MacBeth set in the early 80s local wrestling scene in New Orleans. I grew up there and went to those shows back then, and it was some fun nostalgia. That said Do A Powerbomb is probably the better of the two. It's more a story about wrestlers and their family and what happens after someone dies in the ring. Then a demon has a universe wide wrestling tournament and the winner gets someone back from the dead. Earth is the only world where wrestling isn't real blood combat. Whoops. I read the 1st issue of a book called Absolution that's basically a cyberpunk Running Man live streamed on a Twitch like service. It's published by AWA I believe and I've had trouble finding it in floppies so I'll likely get them on my Kindle. I'm enjoying Blood Stained Teeth, I've got the first two issues of All Against All on my desk but haven't gotten to those two. I liked what I saw but haven't dove in for real yet, but next in my to read pile is Starhenge by Liam Sharp. If you haven't read the Stray Dogs trade, I loved it. Content warning, it has animal harm in it. The gist of it is a Disneyesque (both creators worked on My Little Pony books prior according to their bios in the book) art style book about cute dogs who try to bring the new dog into their pack and let them know Master's rules. Oops he's a serial killer. The tonal clash works really well. It stuck with me like WE3 and Beasts of Burden did. But to reiterate, if seeing animal harm is a deal breaker for you, avoid this book. I normally hate T&A stuff, just because I think it's corny. Sunstone however is a fun and silly love story that develops over time. There are also some fairly graphic bdsm scenes in it so reader beware. Stjepan Šejić is such a great artist though, that his horny writing works. Most of his work is horny on main, but also really fun reads. I'm always up for recommendations on stuff I haven't heard about as well if anyone else has anything.
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Those all sound like my kind of thing. I'm adding those to my list for my next trip to the shop.
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I saw that Stray Dogs has a 2 issue follow up series subtitled Dog Days. Has anyone read it? I've got the 1st issue being delivered, but none of my local shops carry it. I want to warn my dogs how long they're going to get hugged after I read it. Love Everlasting's last two issues have started ever so slightly letting us glimpse behind the curtain, and I haven't enjoyed a Tom King written book this much in a while.
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Apr 18, 2023 15:43
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I got the final issue of 8 Billion Genies, and read them all in a row to the end. What a series. Charles Soule is a hell of a writer to be a lawyer. I also like when these types of series just kind of epilogue the end like Wicked & The Divine. Closure with room to fill in with your own thoughts. I see Kelly Thompson has a new series called Black Cloak. I've never read anything by her I didn't love, so I think that's my next pick up. I've got Liam Sharpe's Starhenge I want to run though next and then start up on All Against All. I've got the 1st 2 issues on my pile, and I keep hearing good things. Any opinions on BRZRKR? It looks cool, but was already pretty well going before I noticed it, and celebrity books are iffy at best imo, but I've heard generally good buzz. Not sure if it's a similar thing, but I absolutely loved Lazarus by Rucka and Lark.
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I've started Starhenge by Liam Sharpe, but just moved cross country and haven't finished it yet, but it is both fantasy and hard scifi. I don't want to spoil anything but far far future magic is the basic thread. It seems like it's a Hickman/Gillen style story of big huge spanning ideas and also a little dreamlike.
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I just remembered some books you may enjoy. There are adaptations of several of the early Forgotten Realms Drizzt Do'Urden novels. If you've never read any of the novels, it's a good way to try them out. They may even be on Kindle for free to borrow as long as you have a Kindle device.
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I may have asked this here previously, but is BRZRKR good? Based on nothing but the covers, I assumed it was in the vein of Rucka's Lazarus. I also have a local shop that is convenient for me to visit safely (immunotrainwreck) and I want to set up a box. The one book I pick up immediately is Love Everlasting, and I have the first 2 or 3 issues of All Against All that I haven't read yet. I also picked up the first 3 issues of that Kelly Thompson book. I like cyberpunk style scifi, not necessarily alien scifi cyberpunk. The afore mentioned Lazarus is a good example. Romance comics that aren't t&a and are about adults. Mr and Mrs X is one of my favorite series ever. I'm an early 80s kid, and no one will ever be as cool as Snake Eyes from GI Joe unless they are played by Harrison Ford. Ninjas and swords kick rear end. Not too dark of a theme. I've been trapped inside almost nonstop since the pandemic started. I prefer fun, but I'm not opposed to hyperviolence. I generally don't care for the standard manga art styles I see, but I'm not opposed. I try to have an open mind and try anything once. The Way of the Househusband on Netflix is terrific and my type of humor. Also a big Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell fan. (I'm old, my points of reference are generally 30 years old) I really liked Altered Carbon as books and the show. I just haven't been in a shop with much in it for years and have missed tons of stuff.
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Endless Mike posted:I haven't read Lazarus, so I can't compare, but I found BRZRKR mediocre, at best. Like it definitely feels like a movie pitch that got rejected so he just made a comic of it, and it definitely felt too long for the store they were telling. Art's pretty bad, too. Thanks for the heads up. I'm always tempted, but never buy it. I also used to play the pencil and paper Cyberpunk game in college and I loved the video game a ton. I didn't know about those, so thanks for that recommendation too.
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Good call on Strangers in Paradise. I've only read little bits. I didn't know about those Blade Runners, so I'll look out for them. I wrote a term paper on Blade Runner and Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep for a "Film as Literature" course I took in college. I actually just got back from the shop I visited the other day and it was a totally different and bad vibe. I was just treasure hunting and I picked up some Hellfire Variants. I asked if he carried any 80s Uncanny I could look for in a box somewhere that I might be missing. "Yeah but they're all over, which issue?" So I see something called Deep Cuts and the first issue seems to be about New Orleans jazz and I'm from the area and lived in the city for quite a few years pre and post Katrina. I'll find out tonight what it's about. Kinda hoping for a straight history of the music, or something like Criminal but set down here. I see a box of variants and virgins. I like to display various comics in my office in frames. The cheapest variant was $30. I could shop on Whatnot and get that stuff cheaper in live auctions. Luckily I tracked down a 2nd shop a bit further out but if I set up a box, I get variants for cover price, and the shop is minority owned instead of the Simpsons guy I talked with. He also was weird about me coming masked. Like he walked to the back and just left me wandering the store and my voice sounds like gravel with my disease and I can't speak loudly to get his attention. I'm told my voice has mutated into Roy Kent from Ted Lasso. Just a weird and unpleasant visit. The other guy said he had all the indie stuff I read and what he did t he'd ordered and hoped to see me soon. Comic shops are fun.
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Ok, now I recommend Deep Cuts highly. It was a very realistic snapshot of life in the early 20s in New Orleans before Storyville got shut down. It is about jazz, and how it came to be synonymous with New Orleans. There's even sheet music in the back for the songs. I've got to get the rest of the issues that are out now. Nothing supernatural or anything, just a great story and fantastic art. The writer has to be from here. The Anne Rice shows on AMC also show an accurate view of New Orleans and how music is part of the magic.
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I think I may already own a digital copy of Tokyo Ghosts. Maybe some Blacksad too. As well as Deep Cuts nailed New Orleans, the fact that it's an anthology instead is great. NOLA is almost always portrayed wildly incorrectly, so it really stands out when it's done right. Kelly Thompson nails it too. I'm definitely going to pick the rest I can find up, and see some other locations at what I assume is the same level of accuracy and detail. The Dave Chisolm stuff is added to my list now too. I'm not necessarily a deep jazz fan, but I listen to it a lot, especially when I'm working. I just moved back to Louisiana and seeing that book seemed like a good sign. Madkal posted:I know that there are more publishers outside of the big two and there are more indie publishers outside of Image and Dark Horse and Boom so any recommendations for titles from stuff like Avatar, Black Mask, Aftershock etc? I've liked some books from AWA. They're all clearly movie bait, but they don't drag on and are short enough to not pad it out more than it needs. Honestly, these days most of my books are under the Image umbrella. Most of my collection is still in storage at the moment, or I could look for better specifics for you. I think some of the Comixology exclusive books are good based on the few I've read. I know Zdarsky's Public Domain is being printed with 2 issues out now that I know of. Snyder has several books in that line and I'd bet at least some of those are getting printed as well. Lucifunk fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Jul 18, 2023 |
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Both. The deviation is between if they have cybernetic implants or not and branches from there.
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That must have been what caused the sinkhole near the Harrah's casino a few years back. Dat shady sumbitch trenchcoat in the tropics havin' rear end. The first time I was able to leave the house masked but to go anywhere but the doctors' my wife bought me the 1st appearance of Gambit and the GI Joe silent issue when I was turned around. Didn't get a chance to get them graded before moving, but I dug up some aughts books and found Ultimate Fallout 4 in a bag and board boxed since the month it came out. I'm going to be rich now for sure!
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Madkal posted:Definitely not a comic at all but Confederacy of Dunces is a very famous book about New Orleans and also worth checking out if you want to read something with local flavour about the city. Required reading in high school and college here. My wife and I both attended LSU and we each have copies from our courses, but different professors. They drat near put copies in hotel rooms next to the free bibles. I just thought of an interesting New Orleans book for y'all. And it's AWA for a non Image/Dark Horse as well. The Crimson Cage is a retelling of Macbeth, but in the world of New Orleans local wrestling in the 80s. I wouldn't put it above Do A Powerbomb, but it's a fresh take on all three aspects of the story. Lucifunk fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Jul 18, 2023 |
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Stay out of alleys, no matter how nice everything is around you, if anyone says for he'll bet you $20 if he can tell where you got them shoes at, you answer "on my feet, in New Orleans" and keep moving. The quarter is for tourists and the people who want their money or whatever they have on them. The Marigny is a good midway point that has the music and food, but for locals. If the R Bar is still there drop in and get a haircut from a barkeeper and a shot. The back cover to the toilet in The Saint used to be constantly gritty from people crushing pills on it all night. They sold corn dogs too. After Katrina you couldn't get weed for poo poo, but coke was everywhere. It was easier to get a keybump than a joint. I was seeing a woman who ran an art gallery there and through her I ran in the cooks and musicians and artists circles. Anthony Bourdain once told a group of them while I was present that his favorite thing to cook on a whim is eggs. Crack and put them in a bowl, whisk with a fork, pop in the microwave and flavor to taste. This culinary master told the real line cooks for Emeril, etc. that he liked microwaved scrambled eggs. Pure insanity with its own zip codes. It's how I found out I was bipolar when i went California sober with a doctor's help. It's a hosed up city, but if you like it, you'll love it. Or at least that was the deal, I've been away for several years. I also met John C Reilly once at One Eyed Jacks in the quarter. Almost all my friends were women, and I was there with 4 of them who decided to wear ninja outfits to the show that night with plastic katanas. He was infatuated with their whole deal. His head is as large as it is on TV or in movies, but his body is like 2 sizes smaller in proportion. Also pointed Denzel Washington to the toilet once. Lucifunk fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Jul 18, 2023 |
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I've been meaning to check those out, but had a stay in the hospital. Last year my wife bought me the Marvel Joe silent issue. I prefer the cowl look for CC, but both costumes are timeless designs.
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