2014 what are you reading thread

^ covers and reportage multi-page colour strips

kinda think infinity would have been a lot better if roz chast had been the continuity editor

Mazzuchelli?

I've been getting into some of the 2000 AD series trades, since so many are now not hard to find in the US. I'm reading the first Slaine TPB, Judge Dredd Mega City Masters 1 and the first Dredd Case File right now. I got the first Nemesis the Warlock and Strontium Dog Agency File in my stack to start next.

first nemesis volume is awesome, mills and o'neil at the top of their game

and halo jones is in the v top tier of alan moore comics

http://brokentractorparts.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/scan.jpg

Got to say that Zombo "Can I Eat You Please?" was a really, really fun read. I know Al posts around here and all I can say is thumbs up. I'm definitely going to rep. Zombo to my local shop, as knowing the guys that work there and how many zombie comics they sell there are people that would love it if they read it. I've got the second Zombo trade on order. There are bunches of really funny lines of dialog in the comic and Henry Flint's artwork is really sharp.

Foligatto. If it didn't look as great as it does I'd feel ripped off by 15 pounds for 64 pages.

I saw a huge stack, maybe 20 copies of Fashion Beast reduced in the comic shop. I woulda thought 80s Moore would have sold better.

It's not 80s Moore though, it's '10s Johnston

oh hi dere every volume of blueberry scanlated into english

better link

The translation was decent and the lettering so good in the Epic editions, I don't think I could bear to look at it with amateur translation and computer letters

Are rhose avail to buy in us anywhere?

the paperbacks have been out of print for two decades, obviously, because Marvel; a lot of the hardcovers are still available direct from the publisher

Read the first Rat Queens TPB on the plane today. EXCELLENT book. Great story for $10. Heavily recommended.

Anyone know any sites for good coverage of lesser known comics? It pisses me off to no end seeing endless coverage of the usual suspects. When I want to read about comics, I always want to discover new things.

Domingos has probably the most unusual taste of any comic fan or critic I've ever seen, I disagree with him on quite a bit, but he is immensely refreshing.

http://thecribsheet-isabelinho.blogspot.com/
http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/author/oubapo/

Joe McCulloch has written for a few sites but he writes weekly on Comics Journal and he digs up interesting things now and then.

http://www.tcj.com/author/jog/

This site has been really good for seeing new artists...

http://www.comicsandcola.com/

Forks, thanks for the Blueberry link, will check it out. I thought that the Epic/Moebius stuff had never been reprinted because of a dispute over ownership of the translations, but the may be to underestimate Marvel's haphazard approach to keeping stuff in print.

I have just got my first Ipad Air, and would welcome advice on good comics apps, etc.

Oh, and I mostly been reading a couple of those lovely Trigan Empire reprint volumes, by Butterworth and Lawrence.

The Trigan Empire reprints are one of my most favourite possessions. They really are beautiful.

some good links, robert, thanks

How do you guys rate the comics output of Jodorowsky? I've been curious about his stuff but the artists he works with never grab me-"BUT MOEBIUS!" you say? I really like a lot of his individual drawings but most of his comics I've seen are only intermittently as impressive.

The Incal is amazing

one of my favorite comics ever. don't really bother with the non-Moebius stuff but mostly cuz poor

Just bought Incal collection (are Before and Final totally different books? so many editions of his books it's confusing) and 3 of his films I haven't seen. I imagine his work is a total bitch to collect.

Isn't some of his graphic novels coming out for the first time? I better decide whether I like him soon because every reissue shoots up in price quickly.

the Incal's been collected and reprinted in weird ways so I'm not sure... I have the recent Humanoids hardcover reprint, a gorgeous thing

Just looked up a list of his output and most of his comics have been translated or will be soon. But none of his fiction novels, short stories or poetry has been translated, of which there is quite a lot. I'd like to see his vision when he doesn't rely on anyone else.

http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/04/27/gerry-conway-the-comixology-outrage/

re-reading my old issues of Frank Miller's Ronin. this is actually better than I remembered it, such a weird synthesis of Japanese and European comics

ie primarily Lone Wolf and Cub and Moebius

New Dungeon in English in November
Preorder
very stoked

!!!

Thanks for that link, two new Kerascoet books!

Just bought the Jodorowsky/Moebius Madwoman book. Like, the last reasonably priced copy on amazon, I can't believe comics still get rare and expensive like that so fast. Until recently I never had to worry about things becoming rare within months.

Humanoids print less than a thousand copies of some of those big hardcovers

Ronin also hangs in pretty well along side the whole 80s cyberpunk fiction too. Back in the 80s there was just boodles of those things except the last issue or so in quarter boxes as it was kind of a sales bust. I think in hindsight, it's one of the best things Frank Miller ever did.

"I thought that the Epic/Moebius stuff had never been reprinted because of a dispute over ownership of the translations, but the may be to underestimate Marvel's haphazard approach to keeping stuff in print."

I would have figured that was a straight licensing job, which Marvel used to do left and right back in the old days.

You add it up, Archie Goodwin did quite a few pretty cool things at Marvel back in those days as an editor. It's pretty sad that the company pretty much gave up on doing anything interesting like that anymore.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA NEW DUNGEON FINALLY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

aaaaaaaaaaa it's in november fuck that shit aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

new sfar tho!
http://www.uncivilizedbooks.com/comics/pascin.html

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making up for a ho hum reg season
--kidd-gilchrist-douglas-roberts- (Spottie)

Terry: Skip the first (IDW) book, where Caniff is still developing the premise and his art. Books two thru four are solid adventure yarns, the best of their kind but samey after a while. Towards the end of book four is where it starts to get really interesting, with the war taking over the story. The last two books, with Terry in the Air Force, are the essential stuff.
--sleepingsignal

I see that Kerascoet's Beauty is the full collection. I really hope it includes the cover art for the original books and the deluxe version. Editors who don't include all cover art in collected editions are pure evil.

I mean just get a load of the deluxe cover art...

http://www.bdfugue.com/beaute-coffret-beaute
http://www.kerascoet.fr/index.php?2013/11/25/332-les-trois-tomes-de-beaute-reunis-dans-un-coffret-avec-un-poster

I think in hindsight, it's one of the best things Frank Miller ever did.

I'd go as far as to say it IS the best thing he ever did, certainly my favorite.

Thanks for hipping me to the Kerascoet, had never heard of - preordering the NBM now

miss don't touch me is A+ stuff

I'll snag that too when NBM represses it (they say they are) - vol. 1 is in $$ ebay hell right now

Kerascoet's Beautiful Darkness came out a while ago and it is gorgeous.

More people should check out Cecil's Quest by Skala, as you can see I hipped McCulloch to it...
http://www.tcj.com/this-week-in-comics-8713-real-dolls/

Hi all. A friend of mine just launched a kickstarter surrounding the second issue of his self-published comic book Bright Spiral. I haven't read the first issue yet, but have been checking in occasionally on his tumblr (http://brightspiral.tumblr.com) and have always loved his art. I'll probably back this too so I'm just throwing this out at y'all in case it piques your interest.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1094383965/bright-spiral-issue-1-and-issue-2-printing

Just found out Al Feldstein died recently. I'm quite a fan of his art, in fact I think it's a shame he didn't produce more horror and crime stories throughout his life, there was something compelling about that stiff style, a cold stillness or something. There was a book dedicated to him not long ago.

http://imgur.com/a/EeNpT

^def one of the greatest comic strips ever