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Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

kiminewt posted:

Thanks everyone. I've already read the Fraction Hawkeye and Superior Foes.

I'm gonna try Daredevil (starting with #16 I guess? No need to read before it?), Spider-Woman and *sigh* Nightwing. If I don't like Nightwing I'm never gonna even look at a DC comic again!

Yeah, Born Again has back story for poo poo that happens in Daredevil (that's the start of Bendis run, right?) but it's all explained in dialogue so you'll be able to figure it out. Born Again is really good comics however, so I wouldn't sleep on it if you're willing to go farther back.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2023 07:56

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 13:05

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Dawgstar posted:

It still might be the best Daredevil story ever. If you called it your favorite comic ever I wouldn't fight you on it.

Yeah, it's really good. I think, in terms of long form story telling I like Bendis Daredevil more than Miller Daredevil, but a single arc it's gotta be Born Again.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2023 20:49

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Opopanax posted:

Probably the stuff about Spider, who is just Ellis' self insert, sleeping with his much younger assistant, which is something Ellis has done more than once

He would also refer to these women as his "Filthy Assistant," which Spider did too. IIRC.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2023 20:15

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I think at twelve, you don't have to worry too much about graphic content (violent or sexual) assuming the parents are cool with it. He's almost certainly looking at porn on the internet or will be in a year or two. It's just whether or not he'd like the surrounding story. Like I think he would be bored with Watchmen because it doesn't really work if you haven't read a bunch of comics before hand, and it's also really tied in to the 1980s which he probably knows nothing about. Sandman I think is timeless so I'll second everyone who recommended it. I think Ultimate Spider-Man is also a great suggestion, because they're great comics, but I don't understand the idea that kids really want to see kid super heroes, when I was 12 my favorite character was Spider-Man and at the time he was married with a pregnant wife.

Ask his mom who his favorite super hero is and we can probably give you much better suggestions

# ¿ Jul 16, 2023 09:01

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Yeah Morrison's WE3 is really good, but will likely make you cry.

There's an early arc or two of the first Kamala Ms. Marvel book where Lockjaw is hanging out with her.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2023 22:27

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TorpedoFish posted:

Thank you for all the suggestions. I am new to comics so this is all very helpful!

Also I finished the Lockjaw mini-series today and that was just *delightful*, Lockjaw is the best boy (other dogs can also be the best boy).

You might like Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, because it's a giant T-Rex that basically acts as a mischievous dog.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2023 06:23

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Serephina posted:

We3 comic, it's a short standalone. Highly acclaimed & recommended.

You're an rear end in a top hat.

# ¿ Aug 23, 2023 04:53

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Pride of Baghdad is another really great book about animals that will make you sad if you like animals. Lions escaping the Baghdad zoo during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Edit: We3 is an amazing comic, but absolutely the worst recommendation for someone looking for a dumb superhero book featuring a dog. It's like recommending Sophie's Choice or Rosemary's Baby when someone asks for a light hearted comedy about parenthood. That's why I called the op an rear end in a top hat.

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# ¿ Aug 23, 2023 21:01

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Roth posted:

What are the current Marvel/DC runs worth checking out? Looking to get back in.

Disclaimer: I am going to end up reading Teen Titans no matter what because I have no self respect.

Edit - Any cool new indie books that have started up since 2021 would be appreciated too.

I actually think Fall of X is a decent hoping on point for X-Men because it's just blowing up the Krakoan stuff. So there's gonna be references to stuff you haven't read, but they are a quick google or asking in the X-Men thread about them.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2023 22:39

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Sandman has a lot of stories about stories, which I figure kids into acting might be all about, but might be a little mature for them. Really just Neil Gaiman in general, they made a comic based on his Stardust novel and that should definitely be more age appropriate and should just be one or two graphic novels instead of 10 if you want to give them a complete set.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2023 03:09

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Uthor posted:

Yeah, Sandman is a good idea. I gave my old TPBs to his cousin! (when she was a little older)

I don't know Stardust, but I'll look into it.

It's a fairly basic fairy tale (did not mean to make that pun but after I typed it I couldn't delete it).

# ¿ Dec 2, 2023 03:24

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The Voice of Labor posted:

the movie is not so good iir. the book is, the charles vess illustrations are very nice. but unless I'm missing something it's not a book about film making or theater

It's not, it just seems to me like it's a story about stories, which kids into acting and movies would appreciate, and seemed more age appropriate for a pre-teen than Sandman. But age appropriate is also highly subjective and I trust the OP to know the young person they are buying a gift for better than any of us, so wanted two options.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2023 05:13

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Stagger_Lee posted:

Sandman kicks off with an off-screen rape and has an early issue completely devoted to horrific ultraviolence. It's a great candidate for an early teen to come to on their own, as those don't really characterize the run at all, but worth being aware of.

Yeah, I always forget to put that warning label when recommending it for younger people. It does very much depend on the individual child in question, and I tend to remember stories like The Sound of Her Wings and Hope in Hell more than 24 Hours.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2023 19:46

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96 spacejam posted:

I really love The Department of Truth, the first few anyways. Black Monday Murders as well. I'm not so much looking for another graphic novel rec, but a traditional novel rec if that's okay.

Richard Stark's Parker novels. There's not a ton of continuity to them so you can just get whichever one seems interesting or available cheaply without worrying about not having read the previous ones.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2023 10:11

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Bad Machinery is pretty good. It's about kids a little bit older than that, but I think kids generally like reading about kids a little bit older.

If you think she might be lgbtq+ (sometimes you can tell early) Claremont's X-Men is a good way for her to figure it out early, but I'd probably wait until she was double digits in age at least.

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 13:05

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Woebin posted:

This might be too broad a request, but my girlfriend asked for comics written by women the other day. When pressed a bit for more specific desires, she added that they should have characters with some depth and that characters other than men should have agency. I'll editorialize the request a little and say that non-binary authors are also welcome.

I rattled off a couple of things that turned up in my memory - Lumberjanes, the current run of She-hulk, Rainbow Rowell's run on Runaways - but my memory is pretty bad at the best of times and I tend to read in my corner of the comics world. I'd appreciate any suggestions the thread can give based on this limited information, both for her and myself.

If it helps, some things about her: she's a queer and PoC immigrant (and this is core to her identity and interests) in her mid thirties, she's always making art in various forms (podcasting, drawing, making zines and music, writing) and she's very politically engaged. She reads a lot of theory around feminism and race, and thinks a lot about ways to build family and community beyond the norms and traditions in place. She speaks English and French and has Malagasy roots that I think she'd love to see reflected in media.

To be honest, I vaguely worry that if she just picked up and read the stuff I read she might dismiss it, as she's frankly a lot more literary than I am.

Because the other suggestions are non cape poo poo, I'm going to suggest some cape poo poo. G Willow Willson's run of Ms. Marvel. Gail Simone on Red Sonya, Gail Simone again on Bird's of Prey, Anne Nocenti's Daredevil, Kelly Sue Deconnick on Captain Marvel, and for a non cape book Kelly Sue Deconnick on Bitch Planet.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 05:44

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