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Who reads comics?

BigBadMickBigBadMick
edited August 2009 in Chit chat
At the minute I am reading:

Transmetropolitan
The Boys
Dangergirl
The League of Extraordinary Gentleman 1900 Volume 1

Hoping to get onto Sandman when I finish Transmetropolitan.

Anybody else read comics?
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  • ZX BeccyZX Beccy
    edited July 2009
    in a sort of comic rut at the moment... keep gettin CD's of scans of old runs from the comic book guy...

    I guess the only ones I'm really following are online -

    Sabrina online and Rehabilitating Mr Wiggles.....

    Thats pretty much it....
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited July 2009
    BigBadMick wrote: »
    Dangergirl

    The PSone version of this is cack :D

    Like a poor mans Syphon Filter.

    Last comic I read was either Aliens Hive, or Akira, probably back in about 1994.

    Excluding the Viz I suppose, I have an annual from chrimbo which my ma sent me from blighty which I am yet to get round to reading.
    Every night is curry night!
  • milemile
    edited July 2009
    not anymore, i'd feel like a tit buying one from smiths.
  • ÆlitaÆlita
    edited July 2009
    I bought a copy of Viz recently for old times sake. That's about it.
    I stole it off a space ship.
  • DanforthDanforth
    edited July 2009
    I wait for the paperback collections rather than buy yer actual comics, but yeah there's a few. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is generally good, I've just caught up with all of Preacher... oh, and Transformers! Not the old comics either, the current run from IDW that started in 2006. Good fun :)
  • chevchev
    edited July 2009
    I've been catching up on Frank Miller. I tend to buy the trade paperbacks though. I'm contemplating buying the collected Buffy Season 8.
    zx.itch.io
  • zxbrunozxbruno
    edited July 2009
    Am I the only one who still likes Disney's comics? I'm talking about Carl Barks and Don Rosa's work.
  • CUCHULAINNCUCHULAINN
    edited July 2009
    BigBadMick wrote: »
    Anybody else read comics?

    I still collect Marvel comics from the 70's & 80's. Still trying to finish my collection of The Thing's "Marvel-Two-In-One".

    Also, trying to get from ebay, the classic Defenders and Avengers war.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited July 2009
    zxbruno wrote: »
    Am I the only one who still likes Disney's comics? I'm talking about Carl Barks and Don Rosa's work.

    I grew up on those...
  • zx1zx1
    edited July 2009
    I haven't read a comic since abou 1990. I wish i'd kept my collection of Victors and Beanos though. They might have been worth something.
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited July 2009
    Secret Wars! I had all 30 (or was it 31?) of them, and the Secret Wars II 9 comic mini-sequel (which was pretty crap tbh), and I gave them all to my little cousin on the condition he kept them in good nick.

    Within 2 weeks the little bugger had scribbled all over them and ripped them to pieces, I think he may still have some scars on him 22 years later just to show how angry I was :evil:
    Every night is curry night!
  • ToboTobo
    edited July 2009
    League of extraordinary Gents is very good isn't it.

    Kevin O'Neil's artwork always reminds me of broken glass. He did fantastic stuff for 2000AD during the Torquemada / Nemesis years.

    Scott McCloud does some good stuff too.

    I sound a right nerd, but I have wife & kids: honest.


    T
  • andrew_rollingsandrew_rollings
    edited July 2009
    Tobo wrote: »
    League of extraordinary Gents is very good isn't it.

    Kevin O'Neil's artwork always reminds me of broken glass. He did fantastic stuff for 2000AD during the Torquemada / Nemesis years.

    Scott McCloud does some good stuff too.

    I sound a right nerd, but I have wife & kids: honest.


    T

    Marshall Law was great also...

    I also enjoyed the Marvel Zombies comics... At least up until Marvel Zombies 2, where
    Spoiler:
    (almost).

    Andrew
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited July 2009
    I'm all for Usagi Yojimbo ... that's about it really.
  • BigBadMickBigBadMick
    edited July 2009
    I recommend Y: The Last Man.

    Read the whole series last year. Some pretty good storylines.
  • ToboTobo
    edited July 2009
    By far my fave artist is Ian Gibson (Robo Hunter / Balad of Halo Jones / also done some Star Wars stuff).

    Bought one of his signed prints last year and swapped a couple of emails: nice feller too.

    In contrast to Kevin O'Neil's broken glass style, Ian Gibson's lines are almost musical.

    http://www.ian-gibson.com/

    Saying far too much now.

    T
  • PilsenerPilsener
    edited July 2009
    zxbruno wrote: »
    Am I the only one who still likes Disney's comics? I'm talking about Carl Barks and Don Rosa's work.

    They are great.
    I have gone back to my roots and now I'm buying the "Donald Duck & Co" magazine (as it's called here in Norway) every week.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited July 2009
    apart from the obvious kiddy comics...when i was a kid (dandy, whizzer and chips etc, beano...and those smaller soldier ones) i used to read 2000ad and some strange cavemen one ive forgottent he name of :( - ugh!? ugh! rings a bell...or someat beginning with G? lol
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited July 2009
    I keep going into my local Forbidden PLanet hoping that the VC's gets re-released but alas no.

    Quite partial to the reprints of Dan Dare, did anyone else have the Eagle when it came back in the 80's?
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited July 2009
    mel the bell wrote: »
    apart from the obvious kiddy comics...when i was a kid (dandy, whizzer and chips etc, beano...and those smaller soldier ones) i used to read 2000ad and some strange cavemen one ive forgottent he name of :( - ugh!? ugh! rings a bell...or someat beginning with G? lol

    BC comics?

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  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited July 2009
    just finished the strontium dog collection Kreeler conspiracy. Now reading V for Vendetta, and got a couple more Hellblazer gn's next.
  • zx1zx1
    edited July 2009
    Does anyone remember those war comics you used to get for about a pound? I can't remember the names of any on them though but i remember the back page used to have a big picture of a dagger on it (was it called Commando?) You used to find them in news stands in the newsagents. My dad collected these and had about 100 in his collection.
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited July 2009
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    BC comics?

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    nah, its a full colour, properly comicised caveman (i can picture it in my head now but cant see the title :( ) i bought loads of those from the local comic shop
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • Battle BunnyBattle Bunny
    edited July 2009
    zx1 wrote: »
    Does anyone remember those war comics you used to get for about a pound?

    I used to have loads of Commando Comics and Battle Picture Library and War Picture Library comic books when I was a kid. This Pocket Library Publications page shows a selection of titles. I have no-o-o ide-e-ea whatever happened to mine.

    Being almost unemployed now, I've had to cut right back on my comics buying, so I just read a handful of titles, mostly ones I've read for many years. The post-Bruce Wayne Batman, and Batman & Robin, have possibilities; then there's Justice Society; and I'm looking forward to the new Doom Patrol series.

    I've read Doom Patrol since before they even had their own title, when they were just a backup in My Greatest Adventure. They've been through numerous incarnations since then, even though they all got killed 40 years ago. Plus the new series has a Metal Men backup story, another of my long-time favourites.

    I'm also sticking with Incredible Hercules. I first picked up on this title when it tied in with World War Hulk a while ago, and stuck with it as it doesn't take the genre too seriously. I'm also getting the revived Incredible Hulk #600+, but that's just because there's a She-Hulk backup and she doesn't have her own title at present. Then there's the fantasy romance adventure manga Oh My Goddess!, currently on volume #32.

    And that's pretty much it. Oh, and I just happen to be selling on eBay at present some of my (mostly) more violent comics which I'd probably be disinclined to read again; eg. Bomb Queen, Fear Agent, Midnighter. There's some Buffy there as well (seller: xju94h76).
  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited July 2009
    i get all my g/ns for free from the library.

    you have to take them back though.
  • ToboTobo
    edited July 2009
    They do great big thick collection of Commando titles now: loads of places sell 'em.

    Starblazer used to be a favourite of mine back in the early 80s.

    Until recently, I kept a miniature copy of the Dandy comic that Golden Grahams gave away years ago in my wallet. See here - http://www.tobyspage.com/dandy.html

    I also have all (and the only) 15 issues of the comic Scream (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream!) that were published back in the 80s.

    They're all collecting dust in the garage at the bottom of me garden. I really must take time to finish scanning 'em one day.


    Toby
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited July 2009
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    BC comics?

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    IVE FOUND IT (just had a sudden brain splurge and remembered)

    its GROO
    http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_05_13.html#013448
    now to find the comics online :P

    edit

    found em :P

    Naughty Link removed!
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • ToboTobo
    edited July 2009
    Groo was funny.

    Anyone remember a strip, I think by the Astrix people, called Iznogoud, or isnogood ...or something. That had really nice artwork in it.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited July 2009
    mel the bell wrote: »
    IVE FOUND IT (just had a sudden brain splurge and remembered)

    its GROO
    http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_05_13.html#013448
    now to find the comics online :P

    edit

    found em :P

    Groo the Wanderer is not a caveman!
    You're the caveman for even thinking that!!
    :razz:
    :grin:
  • VanTammenVanTammen
    edited July 2009
    Tobo wrote: »
    Groo was funny.

    Anyone remember a strip, I think by the Astrix people, called Iznogoud, or isnogood ...or something. That had really nice artwork in it.

    Iznogoud was not from the guys who wrote Asterix, but I think it was also made in belgium or france

    found this link

    http://www.iznogoudworld.com/
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