2012 what are you reading thread

Hrm. Consider my enthusiasm... dampened. I still think of Green Arrow as old man Ollie, but I gather he's something fairly different now. Some kind of Steve Jobs analog? Does that make Ted Kord Bill Gates? Or was there ever even a Ted Kord in this new DCU? Giant sigh.
Well, that Tom Fowler Hulk book is going to look great!

Worst Ann Nocenti Asides/Monologues/Dialogue

will shortly be re-reading Cerebus' Jaka's Story and Melmoth

a glimmer of hope that it will be allowed to avoid, if not disregard, nu-52 contintuity

oh well

This will be fully entrenched in the New 52, and we'll continue plot threads that Grant has been developing since he came onto the Batman books, but we'll also be introducing plenty of new material. So, it's a lot of fun.

If it was me and since you get to hit the big reset button, I'd bring back Ted Kord as Owlman and play off the Watchman angle a bit with him and leave the Blue Beetle as the kid.

is everybody as excited about the new DC logo as I am

what it look like

Peel slowly and C

hah, so many image search results for 'new dc logo' are for the last new dc logo

last new dc logo was fucking horrible, can't wait to see how they fucked it up now.

BEHOLD

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yes one is actually a Watchmen ref

that's one of the two i get

Problem, Alan?

/trollface

the other two I get are Green Lantern and the Flash, the three grey ones are uh... uh

Secret Avengers #20 was a really good single issue story featuring Black Widow by Warren Ellis and Alex Maleev. Ellis can be really good at packing in story into a single comic book and this one is no exception.

Yeah, I enthused about that one over in the Sandbox while ilx was down -- one of my favorite time travel stories ever. Was #21 the end of Ellis' run? I seem to remember reading that he was on for a six issue run, and next issue is a "Point One" jumping-on point.

That's the end, and the end of Ellis in comics for a while. I will totally buy that trade when it comes out - pure, classic thrillpower, one issue at a time.

Catwoman (whip), Batman (gunmetal grey and blue) and i guess the misty one is just general horror/mystery? My guess is that they affix these where they think they're appropriate as an explanation of the style of the comic?

bro forwarded this to me - MUST SHARE

digging dudes' s.clay wilson vibe... could see buying those.

Carny Tramp!

okay, i bought three issues. will report back.

Art of Ramon Fradon, YES PLEASE
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/02/07/the-art-of-ramona-fradon-announced-from-dynamite/

Already pre-ordered from Amazon. I love her stuff so much.

The Jerome Opena issues of Uncanny X-Force are unstoppable. The rest varies wildly, but... wow.

I've read that's a good title. Worth a punt? Is there a good starting point?

The first trade ("The Apocalypse Solution") is definitely worth a grab.

I just finished the first two trades of The Unwritten. It's a really interesting concept with some less than stellar art. I think I glossed over it when it started because the art was so poor.

The Unwritten is great, probably the best thing Vertigo has released in the Sandman/Books of Magic vein since, well, Books of Magic. And I can't see how'd anyone think Peter Gross's art is "poor"... He has a nice, clean and round line, good eye for composition, and the ability to change his style the way the story requires... Maybe the first story arc isn't best showcase for him, but there's some awesome art in the later issues: the Jüd Süss issue, the Leviathan arc, etc. Also, Carey's writing has managed to stay interesting so far. Just as one of the main mysteries in the story was solved and it looked like the story might get a bit stagnant, Carey flipped the perspective and did a really good period piece on 1940s superhero comic artists. It looks like the series is heading for the endgame now, though, I'd definitely recommend reading all of it.

the new finder omnibus

i'm not enjoying it as much as i'd like to, though

Nemesis The Warlock pretty much from the beginning though I skipped that Rock In Comics strip cos I'd read it.
So far up to book 4 where they're on the pseudo Victorian planet and Ro-jaws and Hammerstein have reappeared. I think these ABC warrior types just popped up again after a several year gap in their appearance in the comic.
This was foreshadowed by a different bodied Mekquake appearing in the previous book.

c.s. mcneil is more interesting when she's doing the 'aboriginal sci fi' line than when she's doing the 'here is a metaphor for the inner life of the artist' stuff, i think

"Radical Hollywood: The Untold Story Behind America's Favorite Movies." A bit dry, but an interesting explication of the role of leftist (commie) politics in the film industry and community, primarily from the 30s to 50s.

they made a comic book about that??

reading JLA: Rock of Ages.

Come back Kangarat Murder Society!

Just read the Morning Glories collection (issues 1-12). It's kind of a shameless Lost/Harry Potter hybrid, the art is generic, the characters aren't very interesting, and the scripting totally sub-BKV. But I'm sort of hooked on the story, nonethless. I just wish it was better.

Steve Ditko's Shade The Changing Man is kind of brilliant, I think, and probably better than any of the versions that come later.

Chuck puts his finger on a lot of why I run away screaming when cognoscenti of the comics blogosphere rhapsodize about whatever comic they currently love. I almost inevitably read it and find it "okay" at best, often showing its influences broadly on its rolled-up sleeves which are carefully ironed so that not even a stitch is out of place. It's just so goddamn dreary and uninspired most of the time. Shameless is right.

Oh yes, I'm in a bad mood today. Maybe I need to re-read KING CITY or something.

to see if the rhapsodic comics blogosphere cognoscenti were right to love it?

Nah, because I liked it.

Since Marvel is having a sale on their digital comics unlimited service, I took the plunge and the last couple of days I have been catching up on stuff I missed (X-FORCE/X-STATIX) or revisiting my youth (WHAT IF?). I've already got my money's worth and plan on digging deep on some of the 70s Cap and Avengers runs before long.

If anyone has must reads I might have missed I'm open to suggestions.

It's probably not a cool choice, but I get some chuckles on some Deadpool comics. It's pretty hit and miss, but he fights guys like this at times.

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The Man Who Grew His Beard by Olivier Schrauwen is what I've been obsessed with most lately. Can't quite put it down. The drawing assignment piece with the cat, the mouse and Mr. Peters is priceless.

I should totally give Deadpool a go. I skipped most of the 90s.

It's pretty hit and miss, but there is some definite fun in there.

Deadpool shrank The Rhino around and then carried him around his neck on a chain.

He fought Bullseye a while back and all I have to say is "meat coat".

The whole Cable & Deadpool series is a fun read too. Really one of the better Marvel runs I have read since getting back into comics.

I like fun comics. Garth Ennis did a Punisher story with Wolverine and had a steam roller, 'little people gangsters' and great artwork by Darin Robertson that is a scream. Maybe the best Wolverine crossover ever and that is saying something.

I'm wanting to read Dan Slott's She Hulk as I guess that is supposed to be a real fun comic.

Incredible Hercules is a pretty fun series too.

that unlimited service don't work on iPad i assume?

I don't know. Probably not. But at $42 or something I'm cool with it on my desktop.

Apparently it's Flash based, so I guess not.

2013 what are you reading thread