Does anybody even read these anymore?
―(forksclovetofu) (eight months ago)
???
I've been getting back into reading them recently (just found a better rotation of reading different things) but this might be the slimmest Rolling Comics thread. Is the business doing worse than even the last two years?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 5 November 2022 23:36 (one year ago) link
I've been reading, I just rarely post. Currently making my way through Hellblazer from 0 onwards. Mostly enjoying, only a few real dud issues. Nice to see something UK based. Some really creepy/grotesque demons to gawp at.
― salsa shark, Sunday, 6 November 2022 15:54 (one year ago) link
ILComics was to be fair always one of the smallest communities on here.
Also when it was at its most active it was a lot about following Big Two titles month to month - I never did this but yeah I think less ppl are doing so now.
Anyway, recent reads I've enjoyed: Chainsaw Man (still only up to vol.4), Orochi (by the guy who did The Drifting Classroom - mysterious woman in a sort of crypt keeper role witnessing the brutality of postwar Japan), Falconspeake (short vampire hunter thing, just a lot of fun) and Newburn (ex-cop private investigator working as a detective for all sections of organised crime in NYC).
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 6 November 2022 16:42 (one year ago) link
what's Hellblazer 0? i think i have the first 200 as floppies somewhere, probably the thing i have most of (or maybe swamp thing)
― koogs, Sunday, 6 November 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
the DC Infinite app has added a few runs of MAD magazine now
― mh, Sunday, 6 November 2022 22:21 (one year ago) link
I was curious about Hellblazer #0 too: a 2018 Halloween freebie reprint of #27 (1990, Gaiman & McKean), but with the cover of Warren Ellis’ first issue (#134, 1999) by Tim Bradstreet, instead of Dave McKean’s cover
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Sunday, 6 November 2022 23:17 (one year ago) link
i still read a ton, but more manga these daysalso all my library reads tend to be forgotten already by the time i get to themcurrent Marvel/DC is basically OK but nothing to shout about
Chainsaw Man is great! i read all the trades and started reading them contemporaneously on Shonen Jump, who post the last three chapters for free
In fact I liked Chainsaw Man so much I went out and got the first volume of the author's previous series, Fire Punch, which good god was fucking terrible edgelord shit
― Nhex, Monday, 7 November 2022 02:36 (one year ago) link
Yeah, it's really fucking funny as well is the thing. Obviously it jives with our zeitgeist - overworked gen z'ers in a cruel capitalist society. I love how the protagonist is such a loveable goofball - those early volumes where he says stuff "maybe one day, if I work really hard, I will be able to touch a boob"...that could very well feel icky in many other manga but here he's such an innocent kid that it just feels endearing. I also really love Power, whose behaviour is a very accurate depiction of cat.
He did a one shot story for the Shonen Jump app as well that from what I've heard is a lot more self-conciously artsy.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 7 November 2022 10:49 (one year ago) link
Goodbye Eri was awesome, hunt it down. He's done a lot of one-shots that have been recently/are being collected into trades for English publication r/n
I want to pick up more of Fujimoto's work but yeah FP really burned me (har-har) and I'm gonna wait a while. Or maybe just start paying for SJ, $2 a month is incredibly cheap
― Nhex, Monday, 7 November 2022 13:23 (one year ago) link
Sorry all I mean hellblazer 1, the Jamie Delano ones from the 80s, it has been a tiring week
― salsa shark, Monday, 7 November 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
I'm just waiting to get the Tim Hensley version of Maggie, one of my favorite books.
― gjoon1, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 01:04 (one year ago) link
I wish I knew Maggie to appresh the Detention better! there's some wild-ass hensleying in it for sure tho
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 05:09 (one year ago) link
RIP Kevin O'Neill. Need to read more of his non League stuff.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 10:14 (one year ago) link
Shame to hear, RIP.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 13:18 (one year ago) link
RIP Carlos Pacheco.
― Vernon Locke, Friday, 11 November 2022 21:57 (one year ago) link
O'Neill's "Nemesis the Warlock" was some mind warping strange comics to my teenage mind. That artwork kinda freaked some people out. I seemed to recall there being some issues with a US printer as the employees thought it was was obscene at one point in the 80s.
I'd say that series, Marshall Law and a graphic novel that he did with Pat Mills for DC called Metalzolic are worth searching out.
― earlnash, Friday, 11 November 2022 23:25 (one year ago) link
I never read Nemesis because it looked so creepy. I still find it creepy! But will give it a shot.
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 12 November 2022 16:23 (one year ago) link
I’ve always felt like there’s a very “my brain does not want to look at that” quality to O’Neill’s art, which is probably why he’s so great!
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 12 November 2022 16:26 (one year ago) link
Not a printer - the CCA.
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Saturday, 12 November 2022 17:37 (one year ago) link
I need to get on Orochi soon
Kerascoet's Beauty is getting a paperback reprint this month
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 12 November 2022 20:39 (one year ago) link
For the single-digits number of people still following the big two:
Any thoughts on DC Universe Infinite Ultra, other than that name being a mouthful? They're claiming the yearly price is "introductory" and going to go up to an unspecified number at the end of the month. I'm not sure if I care about getting new comics sooner, but I'm wondering how expanded the Black Label/Vertigo selection is
― mh, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
Might be appealing for a one-off year’s payment based on what’s in the vertigo library.
Weirdly I am finally rediscovering the joys of paper collected editions. I’ve had Jason Aaron’s Avengers run on my iPad for years and never wanted to read it; but now I’m whizzing through it after taking the trades out of my local library
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link
i flip through the current books but it's impossible to care tbh
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 20:27 (one year ago) link
I got the Dorian Gray adaptation by Corominas today and it's pretty stunning, I haven't seen much else like it. I don't think it has ever been in english but I guess a familiarity with the source material will helphttps://www.danielmaghen-editions.com/catalogue/dorian-gray/
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 26 November 2022 18:41 (one year ago) link
Kentaro Miura - Giganto Maxia
Kaiju desert adventure with nice creature and setting designs. The main characters (an increasingly young looking girl who pisses on a wrestler to keep him energized) are insanely powerful so it feels like the opposite of the struggle in Berserk.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 3 December 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
I found it a little slight and it seemed just open ended enough in case he managed to finish Berserk so who knows if there was grander plans.
I didn't think Japan (written by Buronsen) was especially good but I hadn't heard of King Of Wolves until today, has anyone read it?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 3 December 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
Reading the first Nemesis The Warlock omnibus in honour of Kevin O'Neill. I love that the humans are the bad guys but not in an essentialist way - there are humans who join the good side but crucially they are not promoted to main character status for it. Also surely this is one of the main influences on Warhammer 40k?
The art is uniformly excellent, wild stuff - by O'Neill but also Bryan Talbot and Jesus Redondo, whom I'd never heard of but who def holds his own.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 5 December 2022 11:27 (one year ago) link
I know I'm late to this, but I've just noticed how much Martínez looks like his face has been drawn by Ken Reid in this picture
https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1606364688756899844/UAUvB9Wa?format=jpg&name=medium
― soref, Friday, 23 December 2022 19:46 (one year ago) link
really should be speech bubble next to him saying "ERK!!"
― soref, Friday, 23 December 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
i am doing my yearly reread of Berserk in honor of the final miura volume being released. astonishing how quick he got so good and how incredibly complex and dark the story is.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 December 2022 21:24 (one year ago) link
exporting the ILB what did you read this year tradition because hell why not:
* - I really loved this
Grandville: L'integral, Bryan TalbotGil Jourdan - Premieres Aventures, M. TillieuxHyperthick #1-3, Steve Aylett*Crisis Zone, Simon Hanselmann*Warlock, Jim Starlin et alPopeye Vol.1: 1986-1989, Bobby LondonMickey Mouse: Race To Death Valley, Floyd GottfredsonThe Caterer, Steve Aylett*Red Flowers, Yoshiharu TsugeDancing Plague, Gareth Brookes*Black Panther, Vol.1, Christopher Priest, Mark Teixeira et alLupin III: Greatest Heists, Monkey PunchMiles Morales, Vol.1, Saladin Ahmed, Javier Garron et alSobek, James StokoeMisty, Vol.2-3, Malcolm Shaw et alMickey Mouse: The Man From Alcatraz, Romano Scarppa*Chartwell Manor, Glenn HeadThe Swamp, Yoshiharu TsugeBeta Ray Bill: Argent Star, Daniel Warren JohnsonGuardians Of The Galaxy, Vol.1, Al Ewing, Juann Cabal et al*Hellboy Vol.6, Mike Mignola, Scott Hampton et alPoussey: L'integrale, Peyo*The Thief Inoue Akizazu, Osamu TezukaApollo's Song, Osamu Tezuka*Red Seas, Vol.1, Ian Edginton, Steve Yeowell* The Good Asian, Vol.1&2, Pornsak Pichetshote, Alexandre Tefekghi et alThe Birth Of Kitaro, Shigeru Mizuki* Paralell Lives, Oliver SchrauwenConcrete Surfer, Pat Mills, Christine EllinghamThe Man Without Talent, Yoshiharu TsugeJudge Dredd: Complete Case Files Vol.1, Matt Wagner et alTMNT Adventures, Vol.2, Dean Clarrain, Ryan Brown et alSeven Soldiers Of Victory Vol.1-4, Grant Morrison et al*Chainsaw Man, Vol.1-6, Tatsuki FujimotoGood Night, Hem, JasonUmma's Table, Yeon-Sik HongJinty: Land Of No Tears/The Human Zoo, Pat Mills et alCaptain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, Dan Abnett, Tom Mandrake et alFalconspeare, Johnson-CadwellOrochi Vol.1-2, Kazuo Umezzo*I Want You, Lisa HanawaltKeeping Two, Jordan Crane*The Best Of 2000AD, variousSomething Is Killing The Children, James Tynion IV et al*Newburn, Vol.1, Chip Zdarsky, Jason PhillipsStages Of Rot, Linnea SterteReckless: Follow Me Down, Ed Brubaker, Sean PhillipsAbsolute Sandman, Vol.1, Neil Gaiman et al*Nemesis The Warlock, Vol.1, Pat Mills, Kevin O'Neill et al
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 28 December 2022 13:41 (one year ago) link
> *Nemesis The Warlock, Vol.1, Pat Mills, Kevin O'Neill et al
oh, i should've picked this up from home at christmas.
― koogs, Wednesday, 28 December 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
and then sold it on amazon to some sucker
"1 Used from £190.00"
― koogs, Wednesday, 28 December 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link
points of overlap
*Crisis Zone, Simon HanselmannMickey Mouse: Race To Death Valley, Floyd GottfredsonSobek, James Stokoe*Chartwell Manor, Glenn HeadApollo's Song, Osamu Tezuka* Paralell Lives, Oliver Schrauwen*I Want You, Lisa Hanawalt*Newburn, Vol.1, Chip Zdarsky, Jason Phillips
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 December 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
Something I should say more often: nice drawings, shame about the faces
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 31 December 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
Here are the TCJ Best of 2022 lists:
The Best Comics of 2002
My reaction is similar every year to the point where it's a ritual: I look forward eagerly to the lists; once I read them am horrified by the bulk of them*; find comfort in the lists of Jog, Tucker, Cynthia Rose**, Ristau, Nicholson***, one or two others; revert back to my default state of ruing the State of Modern Comics (TM) (or should that just be modern comics criticism).
*Giving the side-eye this year to any list featuring Jordan Crane. Great editor, good cartoonist, but some of the most bathetic scenarios known to mankind (which is saying a lot in indie comics).
**Had no idea there was a new version of Objectif Pub (a gorgeous 1980s compilation of ads drawn by cartoonists, mostly of the ligne claire/Atom Style a la Chaland, Benoit, Clerc etc.) - one of my most treasured, ah, objects.
***Even the good lists suffer from a fill-in-the-blanks predictability: here's RJ Casey with a New Yorker cartoon, here's the 2000AD entry for Jog; here's Tucker with the edgy DC genre entry.
Ah, I'm just being crabby.
― gjoon1, Sunday, 1 January 2023 13:14 (one year ago) link
Rolling Comic Books 2023
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 23 February 2023 21:30 (one year ago) link