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GuD 10-30-2013 11:50 PM

Never was a big fan of super hero comics but anything by Neil Gaiman is god-tier, Love and Rockets is awesome and REALLY well-drawn, The Black Hole, of course American Splendor and anything involving Crumb or Pekar, and right now I'm reading the Walking Dead. Hate to be a hipster about it but I was reading the Walking Dead BEFORE I even knew there was a TV show and there's no comparison. Both are ****ing ace though so that just goes to show how great the comic is. I especially like the attention to detail in the art, it's very consistent considering how many different artists have worked on it over the years.

The Batlord 10-31-2013 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by WhateverDude (Post 1379203)
Never was a big fan of super hero comics but anything by Neil Gaiman is god-tier, Love and Rockets is awesome and REALLY well-drawn, The Black Hole, of course American Splendor and anything involving Crumb or Pekar, and right now I'm read the Walking Dead. Hate to be a hipster about it but I was reading the Walking Dead BEFORE I even knew there was a TV show and there's no comparison. Both are ****ing ace though so that just goes to show how great the comic is. I especially like the attention to detail in the art, it's very consistent considering how many different artists have worked on it over the years.

I started reading Walking Dead for an hour or so, but I lost interest. The character drama was just uncompelling and boring.

GuD 10-31-2013 06:01 PM

I think it's pretty realistic. Considering how tacky and cliched a lot of horror media stuff can be (especially with zombies) I was and continue to be impressed by Kirkman's writing. Obviously it's highly unlikely but if a zombie apocalypse did occur, I don't think events would play out too differently from the way they do in his comics. I'm not saying this is how you feel but I think a lot of people who read it are expecting more of an exciting action-packed blockbuster thriller kinda deal and it's not. It's about the characters and the choices they are forced to make and how they cope with their new way of life in a pretty ****ed up world. To some people that's just not as interesting as a comic full of zombie kick-assery.

The Batlord 11-01-2013 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by WhateverDude (Post 1379514)
I think it's pretty realistic. Considering how tacky and cliched a lot of horror media stuff can be (especially with zombies) I was and continue to be impressed by Kirkman's writing. Obviously it's highly unlikely but if a zombie apocalypse did occur, I don't think events would play out too differently from the way they do in his comics. I'm not saying this is how you feel but I think a lot of people who read it are expecting more of an exciting action-packed blockbuster thriller kinda deal and it's not. It's about the characters and the choices they are forced to make and how they cope with their new way of life in a pretty ****ed up world. To some people that's just not as interesting as a comic full of zombie kick-assery.

I wasn't expecting a zombie-o-rama. I just wasn't drawn in by the character drama.

The Batlord 05-13-2014 09:54 AM

Picked up these bad boys recently. I'm also plotting on a copy of Arkham Asylum, but they jacked up the price to $50, so it'll have to wait.


http://clzimages.com/comic/large/87/...alloweenTP.jpg


Already on my second read. First time I plowed through it in one go, but now I'm reading it a chapter at a time.

Spoiler for osdfg:
The panel where the Joker is stealing the family's Christmas, and then you see that he'd taken an axe to the front door to get in was one of the best things I've ever seen.



http://pds7.egloos.com/pds/200806/27...4211a8342e.jpg


I actually just finished reading this a second time, but I never actually owned it. Actually getting the urge to read it again.

bulbasaur 05-14-2014 06:54 AM

http://i.imgur.com/kQJ48Gi.jpg

8-)

bob. 05-15-2014 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1449681)

http://pds7.egloos.com/pds/200806/27...4211a8342e.jpg


I actually just finished reading this a second time, but I never actually owned it. Actually getting the urge to read it again.

funny....i'm in the exact same boat :)

i ordered it and it should be here in a week or so

just started reading Saga

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...onaStaples.jpg

so far so good....

djchameleon 05-15-2014 12:21 PM

I have a few issues of that(Saga). I haven't started it up yet though. Looking forward to it.

bob. 05-15-2014 12:39 PM

i think you'll dig it...its basically a romeo and juliet story but with half human half tvs and crazy spider women....:)

of and a bad ass cat

The Batlord 05-16-2014 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by bob. (Post 1450292)
i think you'll dig it...its basically a romeo and juliet story but with half human half tvs and crazy spider women....:)

of and a bad ass cat

The hell is "tvs"? Urban Dictionary is no help.


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