― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 7 October 2004 01:55 (nineteen years ago) link
Preacher's good if you like snappy dialogue, sick jokes, lots of violence, and somewhat dubious politics.
― Wooden (Wooden), Thursday, 7 October 2004 01:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gold Teeth II (kenan), Thursday, 7 October 2004 01:58 (nineteen years ago) link
and for emoboys, The Sands by Tom Hart.
Chris Ware's storytelling needs to catch up to his visual inventiveness, artistic talent, structural genius etc etc.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 7 October 2004 01:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gold Teeth II (kenan), Thursday, 7 October 2004 02:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Wooden (Wooden), Thursday, 7 October 2004 02:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gold Teeth II (kenan), Thursday, 7 October 2004 02:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gold Teeth II (kenan), Thursday, 7 October 2004 02:07 (nineteen years ago) link
This was the first comic book I remember ever being referred to as a "graphic novel". It's his power bands....they gave him cancer, just so ya know.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 7 October 2004 02:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― zappi (joni), Thursday, 7 October 2004 02:29 (nineteen years ago) link
Garth Ennis writes, John Constantine gets cancer in an insultingly ordinary way. Classic.
― Gold Teeth II (kenan), Thursday, 7 October 2004 02:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 7 October 2004 02:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 7 October 2004 02:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 October 2004 03:18 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 7 October 2004 03:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Wooden lies!
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Thursday, 7 October 2004 03:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:12 (nineteen years ago) link
I can see how you could get this idea if you've only read a few of them, but really the entire series is one grand, and very satisfying, story arc. Probably about 60% of the issues contribute to it. It's good election year reading, too. There need to be more political comics!
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gold Teeth II (kenan), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:26 (nineteen years ago) link
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― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gold Teeth II (kenan), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:40 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, yeah. It's just me, I know. I don't go to comics to see people being sensitive. Combine that with a lot of the genuinely whiny crap that has been selling at the comic store lately, and I guess I'm just not able to appreciate "Blankets" for what it is. It might be Stevie Ray Vaughn, but white-boy blues gets on my nerves in general, you know?
― Gold Teeth II (kenan), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:42 (nineteen years ago) link
With the exception of Chris Ware, who is the exception the proves the rule. Besides, he's less whiny than just flat out fucking depressing.
― Gold Teeth II (kenan), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:45 (nineteen years ago) link
okay, these are actually trade paperbacks, but oh well.
― Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Core of Sphagnum (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 October 2004 06:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 7 October 2004 06:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 7 October 2004 06:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 7 October 2004 06:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 7 October 2004 07:10 (nineteen years ago) link
my picks (mostly seconded from above) would be, Watchmen, Sin City, Dark Knight Returns (but not the second one), Top10 (all 12 issues are collected in 2 volumes), Batman Year One, Arkham Asylum, Elektra Assassin, Plastic Forks (probably impossible to find now) and any of the Concrete collected issues.
new Dave Gibbons hardback, The Originals, out this month btw, looks great but is about Mods. http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13693
― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 7 October 2004 07:38 (nineteen years ago) link
No offense, but that's nonsense. Hellblazer's had a dozen writers over 200 issues, some of whom (Paul Jenkins, I'm looking at you) only served to tie up loose ends from three or four writers ignoring and rewriting each others work. And there's at least one (self-contained) Sandman collection where it's clear that Neil Gaiman doesn't really have a grand concpetion of where he's going.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 7 October 2004 08:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 7 October 2004 08:37 (nineteen years ago) link
actually, yes, Hellblazer wasn't a good example as it does seem to have self-contained 4 or 5 issue storylines. but, given that there are 200 issues available now, which one do you pick? i'd much rather buy something that contained all 12 issues of something that was planned as 12 issues, that had a beginning, a middle and an end, than something that was just a snippet of a much bigger thing. that was my point, stated badly 8)
― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 7 October 2004 08:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 7 October 2004 09:05 (nineteen years ago) link
My other recommendation is for him to ask what his hipster ex-roommate reads, then avoid that, but then I hate emocomics.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 7 October 2004 09:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Wooden (Wooden), Thursday, 7 October 2004 12:23 (nineteen years ago) link
i would recomend "lone wolf and cub" as well but thats a lot of paper to buy. so better stick with "the legend of kamui" by sanpei shirato which is drawn in similar style but is moer concise and dramatic. and has girls.
― :|, Thursday, 7 October 2004 12:43 (nineteen years ago) link
plenty of good titles listed.
Grendel, Black White & Red is another
― kephm, Thursday, 7 October 2004 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link
^ Looking at the subject matter, I'm trying to decide whether this was a comedy response. Are they reasonable things to buy as presents?
― djh, Thursday, 5 November 2020 12:25 (three years ago) link
it was a joke - they're fine for teen boys to read if they discover 'em themselves, but not to come from a parent or authority figure! both are about teenage insecurity, including burgeoning sexuality.
― @oneposter (✔️) (sic), Thursday, 5 November 2020 12:48 (three years ago) link
"Son, here's everything you need to know about visiting prostitutes..."
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 5 November 2020 13:42 (three years ago) link
With recent(ish) comic books, I'd say Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki and Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell are excellent reads for a teenager:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22752445-supermutant-magic-academy
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40864790-pumpkinheads
― Tuomas, Thursday, 5 November 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
And speaking of Hicks, here Nameless City trilogy is one of the best fantasy comics of this millennium. It's kid-friendly, but an extremely enjoyable and beautiful read for adults too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/books/review/the-nameless-city-by-faith-erin-hicks.html
― Tuomas, Thursday, 5 November 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
Sorry, the post above was cut short, Pumpkinheads is written by Rainbow Rowell and drawn by Faith Erin Hicks, and the Nameless City is by Hicks alone.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 5 November 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
Seconded on those Tamaki and Rowell books. Gotta catch up with Nameless City, only read the first volume which I liked
― Nhex, Thursday, 5 November 2020 16:12 (three years ago) link
Sikoryak's Masterpiece Comics I feel is the platonic ideal of a gift you can get anyone.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 5 November 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
... no, lol (as much as I like his work)
― Nhex, Thursday, 5 November 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link
Tamaki and Hicks are good recs for YA readers, yes
― @oneposter (✔️) (sic), Thursday, 5 November 2020 19:26 (three years ago) link
xp Whu... why not?
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 5 November 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link
Anyone read Haugomat's Through A Life? (It came up as a recommendation if you like McNaught).
― djh, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
Any more suggestions?
― djh, Thursday, 19 November 2020 22:37 (three years ago) link
Quite a few! Be patient with me.
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 November 2020 03:13 (three years ago) link
Ha! Thanks!
― djh, Friday, 20 November 2020 09:02 (three years ago) link
A few things I've finished recently that I would recommend:
Alt-Life by Joseph Falzon and Thomas Cadene (Europe Comics - Sci-Fi)http://www.europecomics.com/alt-lifespecial/
Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels (Lion Forge - Sci-Fi)http://www.ezracdaniels.com/#/upgradesoul/
Clockwork Apple by Osamu Tezuka (Platinum Manga - Manga) NB: this is decidedly minor by Tezuka standards but worth the readhttp://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/clockwork-apple/
Pulp by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image - Crime Noir)https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5343-1644-7
The Kill Lock by Livio Ramondelli (IDW - Sci-Fi)https://www.idwpublishing.com/product-category/the-kill-lock/
Bread and Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York by Samuel Delany and Mia Wolff (Fantagraphics - Romance)https://threeimaginarygirls.com/bread-wine-fantagraphics-reissues-timeless-romantic-masterpiece/
Starving Anonymous by Yuu Kurasishi and Kazu Inabe (Kodansha - Horror) NB: This is a seven book manga series and pretty deeply disturbing stuff. Great fun!https://kodanshacomics.com/series/starving-anonymous/https://mangakakalot.com/read-om4bi158504913701
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 November 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
Thanks forksclovetofu!
― djh, Saturday, 21 November 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
yah, thx!
― brimstead, Saturday, 21 November 2020 23:03 (three years ago) link
Anyone read Matthew Dooley's Flake?
― djh, Saturday, 28 November 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
Or Jean-Marc Rochette's Altitude?
― djh, Saturday, 28 November 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
Grr. Ordered the above two books only to find they already had them.
Anything new?
― djh, Monday, 7 December 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
Not in response to any particular requests on this thread, but has anyone else been checking out the TKO Studios stuff? I've read a few of them and some are better than others but they all look really cool on the bookshelf. The two that stand out the most to me are Goodnight Paradise (a noir story set among the unhoused community in Venice Beach) and Redfork (supernatural horror set in a West Virginia town ravaged by opioid epidemic and problems with the local coal mine).
https://tkopresents.com/products/goodnight-paradise
https://tkopresents.com/collections/titles/products/redfork
I missed the entirely to Wave II and own, but have not yet read, Wave III's werewolf noir Lonesome Days and Savage Nights.
The Fearsome Doctor Fang from Wave I was not a hit with me at all. SARA, by Garth Ennis, is pretty well-acclaimed from what I understand, and I thought it was okay but a little bland.
― peace, man, Monday, 7 December 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
I have the Planetary Omnibus coming my way for Xmas, which I am expecting to enjoy.
Some recent GN purchases -
Seth - Wimbledon GreenTom Gauld - MooncopInio Asano - Nijigahara HolographWarren Ellis - Injection
All good, especially Wimbledon Green and Injection
― Maresn3st, Monday, 7 December 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
I also bought the first few volumes of Bill Willingham's 'Fables' for my nephew's secret Santa and it looks pretty interesting.
― Maresn3st, Monday, 7 December 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
Oh, one more, Jodorowsky and Moebius' 'The Incal' perhaps not a 14-year-old read, well maybe a trippy but edifying 14-year-old read, I'd have definitely been into it at that age, I think. The artwork alone is amazing.
― Maresn3st, Monday, 7 December 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
Fables is a good pick for teens who would vibe on it, because there are so. many. volumes
― huge rant (sic), Monday, 7 December 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
For some out-there stuff that's still PG rated, I liked V1 of Prism Stalker. Setting and story is A+ but the art is B-/C+ -- sloane leong is not great at drawing action poses.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 7 December 2020 23:18 (three years ago) link
I think Trondheim’s INFINITY 8 is among the best comics of the year. All 24 issues available in English.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link
8 volumes? A shame they're all in hardcover but it looks interesting. Has that changing art crew like Dungeon.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
Doesn't seem PG rated with the nudity, same goes for Dungeon, looks deceptively child friendly and my copy of Dungeon Monsters: Heartbreaker says "perfect for kids" on the back cover and has two rape scenes; obviously whoever wrote that read different volumes.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
oh yeah they (and dungeon) aren't for kids. didn't note that was your line. i thought crowded by image was okay and might be teen appropriate?https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/crowded-vol-1-tp
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
Assuming this thread is still serving DJH's 14 year old.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
i'm serving gear from 16 years ago
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
x-post. Thanks Robert. This thread has been so useful for buying presents for a close friends kids ... but doesn't have to be *all about me*.
― djh, Friday, 11 December 2020 19:50 (three years ago) link