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Cornwind Evil posted:Recently read Warren Ellis' Crecy, thought it was quite good. Anyone else know any comic stories that examine war/historical war in a relatively informative but not too heavy way? Too heavy, for an example, is From Hell (and yes I know it's not exactly pure 'history'), which is great but REALLY dense. I'll take war comics/historical comics in general as long as they're good. The Cartoon History of the Universe by Larry Gonick is incredible. Five volumes cover all of history. It covers big events but also some individual stories, and you really get the feel of how events are interconnected despite occurring in different places. Also, Don Rosa's Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck stories can actually contain a lot of real history. The new Fantagraphics collections have commentaries by Rosa that go into more detail about the historical events depicted.
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just another posted:I just watched Edge of Tomorrow and Oblivion, and I'm in the mood for something sci-fi. Preferably something harder and less space opera-y. 2001 Nights is good, if you can find it.
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Gogor is an all-ages fantasy with humans and anthropomorphic animals. Low is underwater post-apocalyptic SF with intelligent animals.
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fadam posted:What's the best place to start with the Carl Banks Donald Duck stuff? Is there a reason why Fantagraphics only has Vol 5+ for sale here: They're been printing Barks's work out of order and haven't done the first four volumes' worth yet. You can find the publication order here. I think people usually consider the early 1950s as the start of his really good period, and the volume Only a Poor Old Man (1952-54) has some famous stories. As for Don Rosa, Fantagraphics has printed his entire Scrooge/Donald run in ten volumes.
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Gameko posted:Are there any recommendations for He-Man comics? There's a 1200-page omnibus of all the comics that came packed in with the figures. They can follow their own mythology and aren't too connected with the cartoon: ISBN 9781616558772
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Stabby McDamage posted:Hello, thread. I started looking at comics seriously for the first time recently. There are a few I've found and like a lot, but when I browse to find new titles, it's like a 0.1% hit rate for stuff I actually end up liking. A few more that haven't been mentioned yet, all of which are complete and collected: Low Sex Criminals Punisher Max by Garth Ennis (various art teams but one writer) Swamp Thing by Alan Moore (fairly consistent art team) Black Hammer The Cartoon History of the Universe Silver Surfer by Slott/Allred Akira Nausicaä Lone Wolf and Cub (28 volumes!) Assassination Classroom
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Starman by James Robinson, Tony Harris, and Peter Snejbjerg (a lot of it is out of print, but a new Omnibus is coming soon. It's my favorite comic series of all time.) I wish they'd do oversized hardcovers or Absolutes instead of the paperback collecting 50+ issues they're releasing. I need to re-read Starman at some point though. One more that I forgot on my list above is James Roberts's run on Transformers More than Meets the Eye and Lost Light. It crosses over with other books sometimes but is mainly self-contained.
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Uthor posted:Edit: I misremembered. They're regular sized hardcovers. I didn't get those because I was waiting for what I thought would be the inevitable oversized versions. At least I have the original issues. And I wish they'd do oversized releases of Roberts's Transformers run. There are oversized Transformers collections but they include multiple series even though they aren't really connected; I just want the Robert stuff.
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Serephina posted:Hello BSS, hello thread! James Roberts's run on Transformers More than Meets the Eye/Lost Light has a very detailed plot and setting with clear progression of the story. There's also Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing, which is divided into three distinct phases, shows the growth of the protagonist, and has a definitive ending. You might also look at Moore's original 12-issue Top Ten series. And then there's Watchmen and his run on Miracleman, of course. Don Rosa's Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck tells how Scrooge earned his money, starting with him as a boy and going to his familiar older self. Assassination Classroom is about a group of students whose teacher is a weird monster who says the world will end if they don't kill him by the end of the school year. The series covers the year as the students' assassination skills grow but so does their respect for their teacher, all while the governments of the world plot to eliminate the teacher. Action Jacktion fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Sep 13, 2021 |
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Organic Priced Books, Midtown Comics, MyComicShop, Things from Another World, and Dreamland Comics ship internationally.
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Monstress is written and illustrated by two Asian women. Most of the characters are female, and the protagonist and others are queer.
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