Comic Books/Graphic Novels

[GimpKid]

Amazing and hilarious take on Superman by the guy who wrote the new Chronicle movie.

[Jordan23]

Lobo

[Morose_Penguin]

Jim Steranko… His work at Marvel was amazing, one of my absolute favourite Captain America story-lines. And he revolutionised Nick Fury.

[derivative666]

What if male Avengers posed like female ones?

[Morose_Penguin]

Unfortunate but true :(. Male dominated industry, sigh…

[Chris]

Where's the cleavage?  I expect boobs, dammit!:)

[Megatron1505]

@Chris:

Where's the cleavage?  I expect boobs, dammit!:)

@Morose_Penguin:

Unfortunate but true :(. Male dominated industry, sigh…

You guys didn't hang out in High School did you?

[GimpKid]

Anyone check out the new Before Watchmen yet? I want to check it out even though the whole series is kinda a sacrilege. I was curious what you guys thought, though.

[Megatron1505]

I must admit that the idea intrigued me, but DC are shitting on so much stuff at the moment. They're hiring the writers that nearly killed Marvel 15 years ago.

[GimpKid]

Yeah, I don't read comics that often. I picked up a few when "the new 52" from DC came out. Some were okay. Most were bad.

I'll still probably check out Before Watchmen. Curiosity always gets the best of me.

[Bingo Baller]

I just read a load of the Fables graphic novels while on holiday, really enjoyed those stories.

[Megatron1505]

I tried to cheer myself up about the shitty state of my beloved DC by re-reading all the classics, now I am finished I feel all sad and empty when I look at what they're doing now 

[Morose_Penguin]

@GimpKid:

Anyone check out the new Before Watchmen yet? I want to check it out even though the whole series is kinda a sacrilege. I was curious what you guys thought, though.

I keep wanting to. I know it's a really cynical attempt to generate more cash, as a friend of mine said "Watchmen is perfect, it contains its own backstory".

On the other hand, I am slightly curious… £3.00 per comic is too much though, I may wait until it's all collected.

Or it gets cheap in digital form. I feel the holding back of the last two story arcs as a really, really cynical move though.

[natehate]

batman long halloween
akira (movie and books)
hate
bone
early punisher stuff
was really into deadpool at the start of the series but when the artist changed and the story took a shit i lost interest
sincity obviously
also really dug the oni double features when they first came out
batman year one was amazing too
been looking to buy the love and rockets collections and dive into that world

[Megatron1505]

If anyone has not read Kingdom Come, by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, stop what you are doing and go buy it, right now.

[natehate]

mega you ever been to toronto?
youd love the shop on queen street called silver snail
its pretty epic

[Megatron1505]

Never been man, I'm in the UK so it's a fair trek 

But if it sells comics, and is inhabited by individuals who believe that a man can fly, I would most certainly love it 

[natehate]

next time im in the city i'll go in and snap some pics for you to geek out on brother. they have a shit ton of stuff

[GimpKid]

I've also wanted to check out Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis for awhile too. I thought his novel, Crooked Little Vein, was pretty hilarious.

Looks like I can get it digitally (my preferred medium), so I may give it a shot.

[Megatron1505]

Thanks Nate, I do love a good geek out 

Who's everyone's favourite writers?

For me, I roll with Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Warren Ellis, and Mark Millar (Moore is my number 1).

Artists, I love Alex Ross, and for some reason I absolutely love the style of Frank Quitely.