Just finished reading Avengers Unconquered #1 today (UK comic, reprints US ones). Next - Daredevil: The Devil, Inside and Out vol.1

Batman/Superman - #54

I very rarely read actual comics, I go more for graphic novel...but Batman with actual powers? Sounds like a plan to me, thanks.

Loved the Macbeth reference, too - hopefully they play that up a bit more.

Noted. Thanks for the thumbs up.


I read that series till #50, then got bored and stopped.

I am really digging this Supe/Bat vs Vampires/Werewolves series right now. A different take than the usual, and its pretty entertaining.

Me too. Think the creative team is doing a great job. Have issue 6 - the last - in my reading bag I carry with me when I go have coffee but haven't read it yet. Great story, great art, great splat if anyone else is interested.

Batman: Gotham After Midnight is really good too. Steve Niles and Kelly Jones are the creative team. Argento lurks between the lines in this one. :)

V For Vendetta.

That issue was really cool. An empowered Batman is too efficient to exist.

The Dark Tower: Treachery no. 4 The latest installment in a great Stephen King adaptation.

I've read my regular slew, but two I want to mention are:

X Factor 39...crazzay...as much as I'd love to let on anything that happened, I don't wanna. For anyone that's ever read the series, this one's pretty big. I can see why the writer actually wrote a brief appeal not to spoil this one.

Also, Dark Avengers #1.
The whole "Dark Reign" thing is shapiong up to be the only marvel "event" worth reading in a few years, civil war, planet hulk...both interesting but a bit of a let down, this event is going to change things, a lot.
Check out Dark Avengers 1, and if you're able "dark reign" #1 if it's still out...they'll pretty much let you know everything you need to.
Impressed.

Been trying to get into Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes, but honestly? It's not really grabbing me.

Latest Reco - A spinoff from the horror-ised "Grimm Brothers" series.
It's called "Return to Wonderland", and it's all kinds of awesome.

The Exterminators Volume 4 - 5.

The latest Amazing Spider-man, can't remember the number.

Just finished #55 and things are really taking off. Superman's powers are proving too much even for Batman who, driven to the rim of lunacy, comes close (as I see it) to killing Nightwing. Can't wait for next issue with Super Bat!

Going through all the volumes of The Goon. Great stuff.

New guy here, two cents, use only with a doctor's prescription, etc.

Just started reading PREACHER after more or less avoiding it for god knows how long. One volume ain't going to be enough, I can tell you that. Solid, uncompromising stuff.

CRIMINAL is good like that, only not featuring any of the theological satire that Ennis offers. But again, this book doesn't pull punches and is much more character studies than adrenalin, but marches folks right out to the edge before pushing them over.

BPRD, reading in trades, now that they're catching up to where I stopped reading the single issues. Guy Davis makes the best monsters, no denying that.

Though really I spend more time making comics than reading them. No, I can't draw, but I can write (or at least I act like I can...)

Black Hole by Charles Burns. Cronenberg meets a Sundance chennel coming of age flick in a surprisingly graceful fashion. Excellent and very Bizarro.

I got almost ALL of the Spawn comics in graphic novel form for xmas so ive been reading those....

Its a shame how butchered the movie was, if it was true to the source the spawn movie couldve kicked so much ass......

I think the problem was that there's too much material. I'd like to see the Animated series that was on HBO. That seemed like a much better format for the character.

It was very well done...never read the comics so I can't say if it was faithful per se, but I really enjoyed the series. Cool animation and a great story through all 3 seasons.

Edgar Allan Poe's Haunt of Horrors.

Reread Strange Embrace. Really cool, ooky stuff.

I didn't enjoy the animated series if its the one I have seen (Spawn voiced by Keith David?). Rather typical blood splatter junk that had none of spawns more challenging elements. I read the early issues of spawn and I enjoyed it more or less, he was an interesting experiment, though I think it would have worked better with a definite end in the plan. Though we can say that about all most every comic published I suppose.

Personally, I recently read through the "Wanted" TPB. Something of a piss of shit really. At times it was interesting, and there was some very snappy writing. For the most part it was a hypocritical piece of sillyness. I can appreciate the idea of indulging raw excess, but then you have characters you have gone further along that self-indulgent Id satisfaction road then almost any normal person would, attempting to pass moral judgment on other more psycho ... psychos. Not very compelling stuff.

Reposted from the new members lounge. If there's sufficient interest, I'll do a longer write up on my own western/horror comic which is running now.

Oh, and, "Hiya."

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Don't read a lot of monthly comics right now, mostly the collections and such. Some webcomics too. Split Lip by Sam Costello and my own western/horror comic Strangeways come to mind immediately.

Other stuff I read regularly.
Hellboy, though I'm not as fond of it as I once was.
The Goon, still strong, but I'm switching to trades as of this arc.
BPRD, Guy Davis is tops in my book, and the writing is sharp.
The Zombies That Ate the World, picked up the first issue as a taster and will wait out for the collection (or pick up the issues cheap). More Guy Davis goodness and a biting sense of humor to match.
Age of Bronze, not horror in the slightest, but a really great historical comic about the Trojan War by the unparalleled Eric Shanower.
Lone Wolf and Cub, only the best samurai manga ever.
Most any Grant Morrison-written comic. Again, not horror, often superhero action, but he does it well (mostly) and offers up plenty of thought-provoking ideas along with the plot. Didn't care for his recent big event comic, though.
Getting into the Creepy/Eerie archives and a lot more period horror in general.
Reading a lot of Alex Toth comics to learn what I can from his minimalist storytelling style and how he approaches a page. They're also damn good, by and large.

Just finished some Scott Pilgrim. Other than obnoxious hipster cliches a la Juno, this is pretty funny and cool. I look forward to seeing Michael Cera's take on the character.

The Batman Chronicles, Vol. 1

Chronological, full colour reprints of the very first Batman stories ever written. Incredibly cool - if you're a Bat-fan and haven't already picked this up, do so ASAP.

Showcase Presents Sgt. Rock Volume One. Not really a comic book but a book of comics, reprints of Sgt. Rock adventures from late 50s and early 60s issues of Our Army At War. Joe Kubert at his best, same with Robert Kanigher's scripts which seem to erupt from the foxholes of his imagination.

I am reading, well, a lot (dc++ ftw)
If you're into events, as far as they go I think Marvels "Dark Reign" related stuff is for the better part, very good.
Long story short for those that don't know?
Norman Osbourne (aka Green Goblin) basically being put in charge of the marvel universes "military" type stuff, and a large portion of the superhero community...with a lot of dodgy stuff going on.
"Dark Avengers" is a good title to pick up if you want to take a look at what's going on.

Another comic series I'm really enjoying right now, far more than ever, is Superman, and the related titles.
The rundown - "New Krypton" emerges, with a whole city of kryptonians.
General Zod is now in charge of the NK military, Superman "renounces" Earth to go spy on 'em.
Lots more going on than that, but yeah, it's been great.
Good starting point
*Action comics #870 onwards
*Superman - New Krypton Special
*Superman #684 onwards

Y the Last Man Volume One - Unmanned.

Loved that comic..kind've went to shit after 25 or so issues...

Just finished the trade of Maximum Carnage which I still love and started reading Superman: At Earth's End because I heard it was bad but it is far more ridiculous than I even imagined.

today was free comic book day so I went and scored a free comic grab bag. About 20 assorted comics for free that I need to get to.

They also had a sale on different comics so I picked up Fables 2. I'm stoked to get reading it.

It's a good series.

Cable
The current run is one of Marvels best comics in AGES, I've enjoyed it from the beginning...being (mainly) outside of marvels/xmens continuity, it's had some real room to move...it's almost like a lone wolf and cub story with time travel involved...seriously good stuff, and phenomenal art.
Can't recommend it highly enough, but I'd definately start at issue 1.

How many are there and are they in trade form? I could look it up but I'm too lazy. On a side note I've always been a fan of Cable but all I really know about him is that he is the son of Jean Grey and Scott Summers if I remember correctly.

i was at a garage sale last year and i bought all the comics they had left.
in the bunch there was about 50 Green Archer comics

from around #28 to #80 .. something like that ..

started having a look at them today.

Just read #14.
Not sure if there's a trade out yet.
Yeah cable is the son of Scott and some clone of Jean Grey who's usually been a bad guy (Madelyn Pryor...don't know too much about her), they sent him into the future when he got the legacy virus thing, and he grew up there or something along those lines.
But yeah, new series is just great.

Green Arrow, or is that another title?

Alright thanks for the info I'll be checking it out in the near future.

oops - probably green arrow ...

DC comic .. guy with a goatee ...

not one i read before ..

I have read the last series, and the current GA/Black Canary series.
Good stuff...I understand a little while ago, maybe the series before the one I read, he hung out with green lantern a lot?
Should be a fun read all the same, I quite like the character.

Some classic shit in that run. Neal Adams and Denny O'Neill completely revamped the Green Arrow character, and the series with him and Green Lantern in the early 70's had some really groundbreaking moments. Worth a look for sure if you can find 'em.