01-09-2005 13:25									#1
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Anybody read them? I do, and I am a casual collector. It's been a while since I took a count but I quite sure I have over 250 not counting graphic novels.

I've really been getting into graphic novels, and out of the traditional superhero saves the day things.

I really dig Alan Moore (you'd be a fool not to) and of course Frank Miller, Grant Morrison's 'The Filth' was just plain psychedelic to read, Osamu Tezuka has this really cool manga called Buddha about Siddartha and ancient India, also Sam Kieth is a genius with the Maxx.

As for artists, I have recently fallen in love with Mike Mignolas art in Hellboy, and I was amazed to find out that Frank Miller is a self taught artist and drew all of the art for Sin City, Neal Adams is good, Juan Jose Ryp blew me away of Frank miller's Robocop not to sound like a total Miller fanboy but the series is and I picked it up originally because of the incredibly detailed art, this guy's stuff isn't extremely lifelike, but has an amazing intense cartoon quality in it which is paired gainst incredible gore and which. It creates a very striking contradiction.

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	01-09-2005 16:00									#2
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I used to read The Phantom as a kid. As an adult I'm no longer fond of comics. I find the halting style of reading them distracting. By halting, I mean I find it cumbersome reading the dialogue and other bits, then looking at the art work. I feel the same way when I watch a film with subtitles.

	01-09-2005 16:39									#3
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I'm reading V for Vendetta as we speak.

	01-09-2005 16:56									#4
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Not too many US titles, but since you mention Osamu Tezuka I can say definitely yes.

On the US side, I'm mostly fond of Roman Virge and Jhonen Vasquez type stuff (I'm particularly fond of Lenore: The Cute Little Dead Girl), with some Sandman thrown in.

On the Japanese side, I've been starting to build up. I used to buy mostly DVDs, but that's been slowing in favor of the manga. I mention several of the titles in the Anime Apolyton thread.

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	01-09-2005 18:25									#5
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planetary. it reads more like x-files than anything else. that and howard the duck.

	01-09-2005 18:43									#6
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Nope. Never liked a comic book. But I absolutely love webcomics, my current favorite is Schlock Mercenary. I read about a half dozen webcomics daily (or however often they update).

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	01-09-2005 18:50									#7
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I've got big boxes full of Spider-Man and X-Men and other assorted comics. For a while there back in the early 90's I was subscribing to every Spider-Man title. I've got a couple of key issues from then.

I might have a few worth some money too.

	02-09-2005 01:46									#8
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Ozzy, they are probably worth something, buy a price guide though before you go and try to sell them off.

Regarding webcomics, I don't read too many, but I was addicted to Mega Tokyo for a few days. All my friends like this one called Sluggy.

	02-09-2005 01:50									#9
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I used to read plenty of comics as a kid. Now I mostly only read newspaper strips and what I find in my sisters' bookshelves.

If you like Lenore, you might also like Gloom Cookie. Sandman is ace, of course.

	02-09-2005 01:52									#10
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I have like the first ten or so Swamp Things...

but I was never really into comics...

I bought some around the time Superman died, but lost interest.

	02-09-2005 01:56									#11
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Marvel for me.

Shoot, I still got the compendium of the "Infinity Gauntlet". I still read that from time to time.

It's bathroom reading material for me.

	02-09-2005 03:27									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Frankychan Marvel for me. Shoot, I still got the compendium of the "Infinity Gauntlet". I still read that from time to time. It's bathroom reading material for me.

Infinity Gauntlet

	02-09-2005 04:39									#13
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Used to collect mini-series a while back...

Sold most of them off but still have original Hellblazers and Sandmans from #1, complete series of Watchmen, Elektra (wasn't that movie just a total travesty!!?) and a few others.

Favourite series: Marshal Law (own everything ever printed!) by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill

quote: A lot of people say I'm a uniformed thug, no better than the scum I hunt down... a fascist cop... a glorified Nazi... a legalized vigilante, handing out his own highly suspect street "justice"... someone with a pathological hatred of superheroes, reveling at the chance to beat the hell out of them. That sounds fair. I can live with that. — Marshal Law

Marshal Law is the literal anti-hero, not just a flawed hero, but a hero-hater. Is there a coincidence that I hate traditional superhero comics with a passion?

Prize possession: Original 1st Ed Batman The Killing Joke signed by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland.

All individually sealed and backed. Mint condition, natch!

	02-09-2005 04:45									#14
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i've read alot of donald duck (carl barks is the best ever!) and the phantom and a couple of wild west comics but i forgot their names

	02-09-2005 08:55									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Frankychan Marvel for me. Shoot, I still got the compendium of the "Infinity Gauntlet". I still read that from time to time. It's bathroom reading material for me.

That's about all that Infinity Gautnlet is good for. I like it, but really only as far as something cool to read while taking a dump. My favorite part is where Thanos turns Wolverine's skeleton to rubber.

	02-09-2005 09:04									#16
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I used to read Mad religiously back in the 70's. Then I got into Heavy Metal when they were running The Airtight Garage. I stopped reading sometime after the Ranxerox story ended. HM had some of the strangest story lines. I also used to follow Art Spiegelman's RAW. That had some of the best comics I have ever read.

I also read the Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns. I was never really into the whole super hero thing, but Frank Miller made Batman exciting and interesting.

	02-09-2005 09:15									#17
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DC's Doom Patrol, especially the Grant Morrison issues. Weird, wild stuff.

Of a supernatural bent, Sandman and Hellblazer.

	02-09-2005 09:32									#18
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What does this have to do with Katrina?

	02-09-2005 09:35									#19
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quote: Originally posted by bipolarbear Ozzy, they are probably worth something, buy a price guide though before you go and try to sell them off.

Considering that would be around the time the Clone Saga kicked off, I highly doubt that he would get all that much for him. That stinker nearly killed the back issue market for Spidey.

	02-09-2005 12:09									#20
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I remember I had the "Infinity War" back in the day when the Magus (Adam Warlocks evil side) creates dopplegangers of every superhero on the planet. That storyline sucked compared to the Infinity Gauntlet...

...I think that THAT storyline was the best Marvel produced.

Especially when Thanos b*tchslaps every superhero (even my fav. Doctor Doom) then takes on the Cosmic Beings and tears them a new one.



Oh, I heard that there is a compendium of a series where Spiderman supposedly takes on his greatest supervillains all at one time...something like they all say "screw it" and decide to gangbang him.

(Sinister Six with the Hobgoblin is the best. )

	02-09-2005 16:45									#21
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Yes, I have a few thousand lurking around- I used to collect from an early, early age, so I have some Sixties D.C. and Marvel that are looking 'loved'.

I very much enjoy 'Planetary', loved the original 'Stormwatch' and 'Authority', enjoyed 'Rex Mundi' and 'Terra Obscura' and offbeat series such as the original 'Mr. X' series and Ted McKeever's 'Eddy Current'.

	02-09-2005 18:42									#22
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc Considering that would be around the time the Clone Saga kicked off, I highly doubt that he would get all that much for him. That stinker nearly killed the back issue market for Spidey.

Most of mine were pre-clone saga. I kinda lost interest after that. What a dumbass move on their part.

I love the Sinister Six though.

Anyone remember the time they had the "new fantastic four" with spider-man, ghost rider, wolverine & the hulk? That was a pretty cool series.

	06-09-2005 07:29									#23
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I just saw two movies based on famous comic books, Sin City (Frank Millers) and Immortel (ad vitam) (Enki Bilal). My first reaction to Sin City was that it looks great, its entertaining, but its seriously dumb ****, oozing with film noir clichés. But then I realized that it was a comic, so I forgave all the movie's sins. The other movie was good, a good introduction to Enki Bilal's work, but the integration of CG characters and universe with real actors didn't always work right.

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	06-09-2005 07:40									#24
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Ming is a BIG fan of comics, and I'm sure he'll be along shortly to say so.

I haven't read them for years. However, I did love them, especially obscure ones. Brain Boy was cool.

But Herbie Popnecker comics were the greatest. You can have your Man of Steel or your Dark Knight, I'll take little 3 x 3. Herbie would be getting yelled at by his dad for not mowing the grass, when a call would come in from the President. Herbie would go into his drawer full of lollipops, pull out one maked "flying" and go zooming off to his next adventure. More than one bad guy was apprehended after been bashed by a lollipop. "Burp." I remember once when the bad guys had Herbie tied to a tree in India and left to the mercies of a man-eating Bengal tiger. The tiger stopped in mid-pounce to exclaim, "Herbie! Herbie Popnecker! Gee, I never thought I'd meet a famous guy like you out here in the jungle! Can I have your autograph??"

	06-09-2005 09:09									#25
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quote: Originally posted by nostromo Enki Billal