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19-04-2005, 08:43 AM | #34 | ||
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Oh I wasn't talking about collecting manga I was just talking about leeching money off my parents for everything.
But am I the only one who reads Uncle Scrooge? |
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19-04-2005, 10:18 PM | #36 | ||
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As for me... Oh boy. I love comics. (Yes, even "childish" superhero stuff) All kinds, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, horror, romance, intrigue, comedy, and more. Manga tends to annoy me, I don't really like the style. I know that's a sin these days, but tough. There are a few exceptions, like Akira, Lone Wolf and Cub, and Blade of the Immortal. Also, I'd like to read Barefoot Gen. Some of the super-hero or "mainstream" (pretty much DC and Marvel) stuff in this last isn't EVERYTHING ever written about that character or title, but particular storylines. It would take awhile to name all my favourite, though. However, off the top of my head, in no particular order, here are some: The Sandman Starman Spider-Man Batman Superman (Yes, I like the "unrealistic" Superman. Isn't that the point?) Doom Patrol Deadpool Captain Marvel (Especially The Death of Captain Marvel) The Power of Shazam! Thunderbolts Daredevil Preacher The Avengers The Defenders What If? Justice League of America Justice Society of America X-Men Alias (Nothing to do with the show) Squadron Supreme/Supreme Power The Crow Tomb of Dracula Cerebus The Flash Batman and The Outsiders (and just the Outsiders by themselves) From Hell Watchmen Kingdom Come Hellboy The Amazing Screw-On Head Sam and Max (Yes, the same characters from Sam and Max Hit the Road) V for Vendetta Enemy Ace: War In Heaven and War Idyll Impulse The Flash Green Arrow Green Lantern The New Teen Titans The Demon Etrigan Young Justice Astro City Hellblazer Lucifer Swamp Thing Sandman Mystery Theatre Wildcats Version 3.0 Stormwatch The Authority Transmetropolitan Hitman Fallen Angel Incredible Hulk Sin City Tintin Asterix The Metabarons The Technopriests Epic Illustrated Grimjack American Flagg! Starslayer The Warlord The Badger Nexus Elementals Ghost Rider (I prefer Johnny Blaze's stories, Fifth Horseman, but Dan Ketch is cool too) Invincible League of Extraordinary Gentleman Tom Strong Top 10 Promethea Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (The original and current Mirage series) Usagi Yojimbo The Spirit and Will Eisner's graphic novels The Golem's Mighty Swing Strangers in Paradise Conan Lots more, but that's all I can think of right now! As you can tell, I have a certain taste for comic books. I just like the style of storytelling. By the way, the usual use of these days is "graphic novel" is simply a fancy way of saying "a single comic story or collection of stories too long for the traditional magazine format". But as Will Eisner defined the term, a graphic novel is one, over 400 page (This length is more of a measuring stick than a hard definition) story. Technically, trade paperback, or TPB is what collections/smaller stories should be refered to. I use it when talking to fellow comic fans, but when talking to other people about it, I use graphic novel, since that term is more widely understood. Illustrated novels are what traditional text novels with a few drawings are called, actually. |
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20-04-2005, 02:12 AM | #37 | ||
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I find, alot of the times, Manga storylines are severly lacking... and yea, the style does get quite irritating.
Just saw Sin City, a pretty good rendition of the comic. I wonder what Watchmen would be like in motion. |
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20-04-2005, 02:22 AM | #38 | ||
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There's a couple hundred of them. Carl Barks did start them but after he died fans continued them and are just as good. But it is nice to know that other people read them, as they are one of the few comics that I read, and my favourite. |
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20-04-2005, 03:32 PM | #39 | ||
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it's odd that i haven't seen "Fables" or "100 Bullets" mentioned yet, i know i didn't mention them because i only mentioned the ones i knew the author too....
but Fables is a great story about the fables population like the 3 little pigs and snow white, living in the real world amongst the normal people, yet they are also fighting a war that envolped their own world. a GREAT read And 100 bullets is classy, sexy and violent. What would you do if you could get revenge on the person who ruined your life? if you were given a gun and 100 untraceable bullets would you take the chance? k: And finally any Batman fans like myself may want to look into "Gotham Central", the tales of the police men and women of the Gotham City Police Department as they try to do their job agains the whackos of the city in the shadow of the bat himself. |
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Also, I've met Brian Azzarello, writer of 100 Bullets, at a convention. Comic cons are pretty cool events. Pretty much all they are is big sales and the chance to meet your favourite creators and hear them speak. I really went there for George Perez, one of my favourite artists. He had some pretty funny stories. I know when most people think of conventions, they think of unshowered, costumed freaks standing in a room smelling bad together, but that's pretty much anime cons, where people come as giant rabbit people and try to get people to participate in their "live action hentai". Not to knock anime fans at all, but if you've been to a con, you'd probably agree with me. Anyway... http://www.georgeperez.com/ I think some of you will like his art. It's been called a little... 80s, but it's attractive, clean and powerful. Seriously, I couldn't name all of my favourite comics. It's my number one prime interest and hobby. Although I'd like to make it clear that... I like Aquaman. LOL Yes, I know that in the SuperFriends cartoon, he pretty much existed to get kidnapped, but his more recent comic, by Peter David, was a very fine read. Okay, I've gone on long enough. If you'd let me, I could go on for hours and hours! But I think this is enough. |
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