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Hello BSS, hello thread! After being recommended Invincible elsewhere and getting 100 episodes it before being utterly disgusted at my (imo) wasted time, here is my hopefully not-too-generic request: Completed graphic novel where the plot/development clearly has direction, if not hashed out beforehand. Clear beginning, middle, end. Capes are fine I guess, but Extended Universe stuff (ie Avengers) unwanted. Superman Red Son, Sandman by Neil Gaiman, Locke & Key, Transmetropolitan are examples in descending order of things I loved and felt had direction. Hopefully that's not too vague? Can narrow it down if I'm being dumb. Thanks in advance!
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Thank you for the recommendations everyone! We're in lockdown again locally but I'm putting holds on what few things the local library will have when we reopen. Backlogs are a good problem to have.
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Sep 14, 2021 11:37
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El Grillo posted:Sorry if this isn't the place to ask... I've never bought a graphic novel or comic before (think I've only even read Watchmen and V, to be honest) but I want to read Sandman before watching the series. Is this the edition I should buy? https://www.bookdepository.com/Sandman-Neil-Gaiman/9781401299323?ref=grid-view&qid=1661267880038&sr=1-16 If you're just looking to poke your head in, might I suggest the library? I feel like an rear end in a top hat suggesting it, but unless you're already a fan the idea of shelling out for a comic (and a decently long one, at that) seems ill advised. I know I've been burned by it. Even if the first Sandman volume is booked out just grab a random episode as it won't spoil anything and will tell you about the vibe of the series. Maybe I'm just channeling my broke-Uni-student-living-in-free-spaces vibes, tho.
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Aug 23, 2022 17:41
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The Voice of Labor posted:it isn't like going to the watchmen and being like, where's the squid yo? The squid was fine, if a bit out of left field, and removing it for the movie was a solid improvement. I just view it as Alan Moore running off-leash for a bit. Sandman was retroactively acknowledged to be good only halfway through it's run, it'll be interesting to hear if the tv adaptation holds its own once things pick up.
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Aug 24, 2022 04:13
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It doesn't have to be a psychic squid. It could have been any mundane megalomaniac project, which is what it got changed to. The entire setting was built around "Earth, but one actual superhero", then Moore does his special thing where he sounds like a person off their meds and suddenly psychics and empaths become real at the 99th percentile of the page count. So yea, they tweaked it so that all the comedian stuff still happened (but mostly offscreen, due to time constraints) and the big conspiracy reveal happens anyways, but no squid. edit: I suppose the worst thing you could say about it was that it lessens the impact/self-determination of Manhatten's final choice, but that's pretty dang minor compared to trying to get audiences to swallow a 200-ton cephalopod. double edit:vvvv But it worked! That's the wonderful thing about writing fiction, you can decide who's right and how things work. In the comic, the entire world unifies over an alien, while in the movie the entire world unifies over the betrayal of it's local superman. They bought it hook line and sinker either way; six one way half a doz another. Serephina fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Aug 24, 2022 |
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Aug 24, 2022 04:40
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It's western, but Transmetropolitan is mostly slice of future-city life stuff interspaced with plot.
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Dec 12, 2022 22:47
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Chin Strap posted:The trans alien stuff? I re-read it recently and that arc seemed fine. It's probably some throwaway line somewhere using a slur.
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TorpedoFish posted:I like dogs and want to read dumb superhero comics that have dogs. The more dog centric the better. Cats and other animals are acceptable, but I strongly prefer a canine focus. We3 comic, it's a short standalone. Highly acclaimed & recommended. edit:vv Or just someone who didn't read the previous pages very well, it's already been recommended I see. Serephina fucked around with this message at 10:01 on Aug 23, 2023 |
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