What comic are you reading at the moment?

[cheebacheeba]

Started reading "Paper Girls".

By Brian K Vaughan, writer of...
One of my favourites - Y The Last Man
One I couldn't really get into but a lot seem to love - Ex Machina
One that I thought looked very interesting but not my style - Saga
One that I loved in every way - The original run of the "Runaways" title.

So I went into this with at least the expectation that I'd be seeing a bit of a labour of love. I hold BKV in a similar light to the Luna Bros...they all write things that I either like or can at least see WHY people like them.

I didn't realise the whole series was finished by the time I read issue #1, so I've been binge reading a little bit, I'm up to about issue #8 now.

It's set, or at least starts in 1988...as an 80's kid myself, I dig the throwback...and they handle the era, the "personality" of the era and their referencing with grace.

I don't have this happen much any more - but this comic grabbed me.
By the end of issue #1 I knew it was one I wanted to keep reading and see through.
Without spoiling anything I can say that it's a story of four young girls that deliver papers, who kind of team up on their late night runs...and then, weirdness happens.
A lot of weirdness.
Bullies. Aliens. Maybe NOT aliens. Sci fi mystery. A conspiracy. A bit of violence for good measure. Time travel, a displaced person, twists and turns and changes.

It's like...I want to say more, something to clear up what's going to just look like a jumble of words...but I really don't want to risk spoiling much of anything for those that would read it.

Grab a collected edition if you can. I don't see this one disappointing many people.

[knife_fight]

That sounds like a great book! I never read superhero comics, but Paper Girls sounds like the sort of thing I like.

It's kinda old now, but I enjoy Revival. Been making my way through that, and trying to track down every issue of Providence, which is hard if you want to stick to B&M stores.

I also try to get everything Eric Powell does. I loved The Goon, but now I follow Hillbilly.

Wytches is good, but I've only read the first volume. I need to get the 2nd one, eventually.

[Elvis_Christ]

Paper Girls is excellent.

Just got through with Ringside which I enjoyed a lot. The art was pretty average I thought but the story made up for it.

Ice Cream Man has been a pretty good horror anthology styled comic.

Binged out on Sex Criminals... pretty hooked on it.

Kill Or Be Killed is still going great. My favourite comic at the moment. Brubaker is a great writer.

Deathstroke vs Batman (Deathstroke #30) has started out pretty well.

[LuvablePsycho]

I never really read comics and I'm not a fan of anything having to do with superheroes (movies, shows or video games). Personally I think that stuff is kind of cheesy.

[ImmortalSlasher]

Started reading "Paper Girls".

By Brian K Vaughan, writer of...
One of my favourites - Y The Last Man
One I couldn't really get into but a lot seem to love - Ex Machina
One that I thought looked very interesting but not my style - Saga
One that I loved in every way - The original run of the "Runaways" title.

So I went into this with at least the expectation that I'd be seeing a bit of a labour of love. I hold BKV in a similar light to the Luna Bros...they all write things that I either like or can at least see WHY people like them.

I didn't realise the whole series was finished by the time I read issue #1, so I've been binge reading a little bit, I'm up to about issue #8 now.

It's set, or at least starts in 1988...as an 80's kid myself, I dig the throwback...and they handle the era, the "personality" of the era and their referencing with grace.

I don't have this happen much any more - but this comic grabbed me.
By the end of issue #1 I knew it was one I wanted to keep reading and see through.
Without spoiling anything I can say that it's a story of four young girls that deliver papers, who kind of team up on their late night runs...and then, weirdness happens.
A lot of weirdness.
Bullies. Aliens. Maybe NOT aliens. Sci fi mystery. A conspiracy. A bit of violence for good measure. Time travel, a displaced person, twists and turns and changes.

It's like...I want to say more, something to clear up what's going to just look like a jumble of words...but I really don't want to risk spoiling much of anything for those that would read it.

Grab a collected edition if you can. I don't see this one disappointing many people.

I'm behind and still haven't picked up Paper Girls. I guess I'm really behind if the series is over already. But I also haven't finished The Luna Brothers series called Girls. I plan on getting the big collected version. I do have the first issue of that one though.

[cheebacheeba]

I was wrong - it's actually not finished, still going.

Not that there's anything wrong with "late". I actually envy the fuck out of anyone that's had a whole series pass them by, to read it later on...no breaks. It's like getting to watch a whole show at once.

[ImmortalSlasher]

I was wrong - it's actually not finished, still going.

Not that there's anything wrong with "late". I actually envy the fuck out of anyone that's had a whole series pass them by, to read it later on...no breaks. It's like getting to watch a whole show at once.

Sometimes I like getting the whole collected edition and reading it all at once. But because I used to go to comic shops weekly or at times every Wednesday, I still like the monthly comic. Even more so if the covers are good as good covers usually go up in price too. There are tons of old horror magazine and comic covers I need to get. That Archie Vampironica just started and there are a few good covers for that one.

[Elvis_Christ]

Been hitting Detective Comics from #934 onwards... great stuff really digging it. Checking out a lot of the rebirth era stuff Deathstroke, Titans, Suicide Squad.

Issue #1 of She Could Fly was pretty good. Interested to see where it goes with it's themes of mental illness and paranoia.

[FryeDwight]

Some acquisitions from CREEPY CLASSICS:
MONSTER BASH #7, #8 and #9.
Also WEIRD April 1967 and TERROR TALES June 1974/October 1976.
Still as outrageous and demented as ever.

[Cleverbop]

There a lot of comics that go way further capes and trunks over trousers !

Hellblazer : film noir + horror and a "hero" that often loses and ends up killing his friends/lovers
Gotham Central : ordinary police in a crazy world with a supervillain from time to time
The empty man, Bruning Fields, Locke and Key : only ordinary powerless humans VS evil
The Unwritten : the son of a writer triggers supernatural events in places linked to famous novels.

An so on and so forth... I would not say that the horror genre is just about slasher movies ;) so comics are not only about Superman and Avengers.

(Did not even mention the hero deconstruction in Watchmen or the works of Eisner, Crumley etc.)

[FryeDwight]

More goodies from CREEPY CLASSICS!

MONSTER BASH #11, #12, #13
TERROR TALES 8/73
WEIRD 8/70 and 10/70
TALES FROM THE CRYPT 7/68-not the EC TFTC
WITCHES TALES 12/69 and 8/70

[FryeDwight]

STILL more goodie ordered from CREEPY CLASSICS

CREEPY #51
FAMOUS MONSTERS #130
MONSTER BASH #11, #12 and #13
TERROR TALES 8/73

[cheebacheeba]

Well I mean I've been keeping up with a fair few DC and Marvel titles, even though I just skim them.

I'm collecting and waiting for Bubba Ho-Tep to end so I can slay it all at once.

Same with Labyrinth - Coronation I'll say this sure has some beautiful covers...not even sure what the storyline is like yet, just that it's a "long ago" Jareth prequel of sorts. my love of the movie drove me to get this.

Speaking of amazing covers, I have to say the Sandman-Verse looks great. Not sure, again, about the content or if it'll have any staying power, but damn it's nice to look at. I've got all the titles on my pick list.

I'm glad to say I started reading something I'd dropped some time ago.
Nightwing.
Used to love the original run/s of the series set in Bludhaven.
I don't know. Somewhere along the line, new 52 maybe...it just stopped being interesting to me, and this whole "he's a spy now" arc was just horrible...
So basically all I saw of the character was across the Bat family titles.
Then the one thing happened that was needed to make the character interesting to me again.
He got shot in the head.
Now he can't remember his time as Nightwing, his associations with heroes/villains, and sadly, Alfred who is still trying to reach out to him.
He's now going by "Ric Grayson", the self destructive burnout barfly taxi driver, and at least at this point is not wanting to have anything to do with his "past life".
Though it seems muscle memory and reflex to fight is still all there ready to engage on on autopilot when of course, trouble finds him.
It's just...interesting for once...seeing the character with no ties to his former life, actually trying NOT to remember. I mean I'm sure it won't last, but it's a cool ride right now and good to see the character in this unfamiliar setting.
#50 is a good jumping on point for this new storyline.

[ImmortalSlasher]

Barnes and Noble have a buy 2 get 1 free on comic graphic novels. I'm going to see how much they discount them next week and might get some to read.

[cheebacheeba]

Just read the latest Batman annual.
Emotional.
Good story too.

[fudgetusk]

The Heckler.

It only ran for 6...episodes? is that the right word?

But it was so much quirky fun. Just as surreally satisfying as Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol at times.

[cheebacheeba]

The Heckler.

It only ran for 6...episodes? is that the right word?

But it was so much quirky fun. Just as surreally satisfying as Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol at times.

Never read it personally. The word you're looking for is likely "issue/s"

[FryeDwight]

THE COMPLETE CALVIN AND HOBBES-Bill Watterson. Mammoth sized volume (22.5 LBS!) that has the 10 year span. Always liked reading CAH in the paper, but it's been awhile since I've looked. Still cannot believe how FUNNY some of the strips were::big grin::

[cheebacheeba]

"Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" #1.
This one's a bit more "Peter" focussed, and wasn't a bad read. Some interesting stuff going on.
Some *very* interesting implications for those that read as far back as the "one more day" storyline. Classic deal with the devil shit going on here...and I'm hoping beyond hope that this potentially reverses certain things, but we'll see.

[Elvis_Christ]

Grant Morrison's run on Green Lantern has been killer so far.

[cheebacheeba]

Is that the current, very much back in space one?

[Elvis_Christ]

Is that the current, very much back in space one?

Yeah it's pretty crazy. Kinda reminds me of the older issues of Heavy Metal.

[Elvis_Christ]

Punisher Max and fuck it's good.

[cheebacheeba]

Punisher Max and fuck it's good.
Which series is that? Like started when?


Getting my Detective comics #1000 and the rest of my standing order today.
So this will (largely) mark the end of my comics collecting career.

I mean I'll get Detective #1001 after...and just let my standing order wind down until I'm done with the rest of the series on there
*Gibson's Alien 3
*Bubba & the cosmic Blood Suckers
*Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho Tep
*The Immortal Hulk (which btw is an amazing return to much earlier form for the character and vibe of the comic)
*Labyrinth: Coronation (last one today I think)

Then I'm done.
I only came back on board a couple years back to get the Action and Detective #1000 issues, and always had to maintain 4 titles at a time to have a standing order...so I am...done.

[cheebacheeba]

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[Elvis_Christ]

Which series is that? Like started when?


Just getting thru the Garth Ennis stuff from the beginning.

[FryeDwight]

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: THE WEDDING

Graphic novel of the events leading up to Peter Parker tying the knot with Mary Jane Watson

[ImmortalSlasher]

In a few weeks.

https://bottleneckgallery.com/collections/homepage/products/vampires-everywhere-destroy-all-vampires-prop-replica-comic-book-set

[cheebacheeba]

So I read the latest walking dead...things didn't look good for Rick in the end of the last issue, and then...the first 5-6 pages of this issue?
Well holy hell.

I'd also like to strongly recommend if anyone can still get their hands on a copy of (most retailers are limiting it to one per customer)
Batman: Last Knight on Earth.
If you're into alternative takes and Elseworlds kind of stuff...it's a really good read, and an imaginative sample of this kind of "spin" comic.

[FryeDwight]

From MONSTER BASH this past weekend,

CREEPY # 38

VAMPIRELLA #21

PSYCHO #15. Remember this from Sixth grade (Autumn 1973) and really liking it ("Special All Ghoul Horror Issue"). Has heald up pretty well and lots of good memories.

Also a lot of MONSTER BASH magazines.

[FryeDwight]

Going some first-second year FANGORIA magazines. Once they settled into the direction that worked, they really had some good issues. Under "Uncle Bob" Martin, there was just such a sense of FUN.

[FryeDwight]

BLAZING COMBAT-Edition of all four Warren Publishing magazines that died at the newsstand in the mid 60's as the stories presented war as an ugly and unhonorable undertaking. A couple of years before the Vietnam protests began, so being ahead of its time led to its being banned and not reaching sales that it should have. Great stories by Archie Goodwin and the awesome Warren Pub artwork, many who also did time with EC.

[FryeDwight]

THE (BEST) WORST OF EERIE PUBLICATIONS-Mike Howlett. Brief history/21 story collection from the audacious ludicrous and outrageously bloody magazines from the last 60's-mid 70's. Good wholesome family fare-of course, this depends on your Family.....::big grin::

[FryeDwight]

Got my MONSTER BASH collection all up to speed by getting those issues in the mail two days ago. Had also ordered two CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN back issue, but alas::sad::, someone else got them first!

[FryeDwight]

MAUS-Art Spiegelman. Superlative graphic novel of Art obtaining history from his Father, a Holocaust survivor, who managed to survive and reunite with Art's mother, by a combination of wits and just plain luck. At the same time, the Father is in poor physical health, extremely OCD and no doubt, severe depression,
Very well produced and touching.

[Maila Munster]

MAUS-Art Spiegelman. Superlative graphic novel of Art obtaining history from his Father, a Holocaust survivor, who managed to survive and reunite with Art's mother, by a combination of wits and just plain luck. At the same time, the Father is in poor physical health, extremely OCD and no doubt, severe depression,
Very well produced and touching.

Is that the one in which all characters are represented by different animals that metaphorically symbolize their nationalities?
Caught my eye, would love to read it. ::wink::

[cheebacheeba]

That's the one, yeah.
I believe they made a sequel comic too, though I never saw it.
Well done book.

[FryeDwight]

That's the one, yeah.
I believe they made a sequel comic too, though I never saw it.
Well done book.

There was a MAUS One and two , which continues the story.
My copy is one edition

[Dream Follies]

Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories

[FryeDwight]

MAD ABOUT THE SEVENTIES-MAD Magazine. Started reading MAD around Autumn of 1973 up to the early 80's enjoying its irreverence and great artwork. Lots of old memories in this compilation and even a mention of the "Finger" issue cover (with a picture) that offended many people, my Mom included::big grin::.

[DavyTendrils]

1. No Longer Human - Junji Ito's new Adaptation (INSANE)
2. Spiderweb Nightmare - B. D. Kepley (Unbelievable.... on my second reading and I just got my copy the other day)
3. Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein (waiting on my copy... can't wait to read this one!)

[FryeDwight]

Perusing my small collection of VAMPIRELLA issues.

[cheebacheeba]

DC Blacks "Batman - Three Jokers" Issue #2.
Yeah...this is a good read...

[FryeDwight]

Reading a stack of RETROFAN magazines which focuses on 60'-80's Pop culture with SO MUCH cool stuff covered...Rubik's cube, 8-Tracks, Stuckey's Restaurants, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, The Groovie Ghoulies, Ben Cooper Halloween Costumesoloring books, SHAFT etc etc.

Thanks to them, found out about The STAR TREK Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga NY, which the Mrs and I checked out. Pretty damn neat::smile::

[TaeKwonZombie]

The Filth, had this lying in my book collection for a while, very good art, and very cool subject matter.

[FryeDwight]

Have four footlockers of magazines and started on the first one...all FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND and now into CREEPY magazine...think MONSTER WORLD and EERIE are after CREEPY and that's one down.

[FryeDwight]

POGO'S DOUBLE SUNDAE-Walt Kelly. Irreverent comics, very much of the time.

[TaeKwonZombie]

Buddha by Osamu Tezuka

[Elvis_Christ]

Deadly Class #45

Excellent. Great to see this one back. Looking forward to the 90s pop culture references.

Friend Of The Devil

Another solid one from Brubaker. No one does crime stories better.

Walking Dead Deluxe #1 - #13

I only really read the first arc and a few key issues from the original versions so it's been great getting into this one. Looks great too.

Oblivion Song - Chapters 1 - 5 (TPBs)

Excellent meld of sci-fi and post apocalyptic themes. Started on the single issues awhile ago but put it aside but enjoyed binging it all in one go over a weekend.

Space Riders #1 - #4

Fucking killer! Vivid crazy psychedelic art/colours and completely over the top sci-fi trash. Remember when Heavy Metal magazine used to be good?

Nailbiter Returns #1 - #10

This did the self referential overblown action over substance sequel pretty well.

[16Bitnights]

Recently I tried Hellraiser comic but did not impress me that much, I do plan however to re-read "The thing" comic

[Cryptmaster75]

I recently purchased a E.C. Comics comic book reprint of The Vault of Horror issue #2 from 1991 and a Weird Fantasy comic issue #1 dated year 1992. Both I have enjoyed reading. Classic vintage pre-code Horror/Science Fiction comics from the golden age before the very restrictive Comics Code Authority was put into place.

[FryeDwight]

I recently purchased a E.C. Comics comic book reprint of The Vault of Horror issue #2 from 1991 and a Weird Fantasy comic issue #1 dated year 1992. Both I have enjoyed reading. Classic vintage pre-code Horror/Science Fiction comics from the golden age before the very restrictive Comics Code Authority was put into place.


I'm reading a bunch of them now...mostly HAUNT OF FEAR, TALES FROM THE CRYPT and VAULT OF HORROR . A few clunkers, but so many of them are great! Demented, funny and just plain gruesome...but so good!

[deaddread]

Akira - pretty fun and dark. On the 5th onimbus, like it a lot.

Outcast - Robert Kirman created this one. I'm not to big on this one. On volume 4.

Paper Girls - reading the first volume. Seems like a fun coming of age story that might get kinda dark

Ice Cream Man - horror anthology series, read the first volume. So far pretty enjoyable and the stories aren't predictable.

[cheebacheeba]

Paper girls is awesome...and not what you think.

[ImmortalSlasher]

Paper girls is awesome...and not what you think.

I was late getting this comic. The covers weren't that appealing. But it has a TV show or movie coming out and the #1 issue is now going up.

[FryeDwight]

While looking on the CREEPY CLASSICS website in March, saw some issues of SHOCK CINEMA. Took a chance and ordered them, then used birthday money to order whatever back issues that were available. Absolutely essential magazine...Sense of fun, reviews of the weird movies I like and best of all, interviews with performers that I would want to know about, like Fred Williamson, Candy Clark, Jim Kelly, Sybil Danning, Francine York, Malcolm McDowell, Bill McKinney, James Remar, Nancy Allen, PJ Soles, John Schuk, Michael Moriarty, Shirley Knight, Barbara Bouchet etc. and really only scratching the surface.

Check out the website. SHOCK CINEMAMAGAZINE to give yourself a feel...

[FryeDwight]

WITH THIS RING and NEVER WINK AT A WORRIED WOMAN-collections from the long running strip FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

[FryeDwight]

More EC Comics, mainly CRIME SUSPENSE STORIES and SHOCK SUSPENSE STORIES

[FryeDwight]

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: THE WEDDING

Softcover book detailing Peter Parker marrying Mary Jane Watson via Comic book reprint, reprint of the daily newspaper strip and a MAD type parody