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Post by Jesse on Apr 30, 2015 11:54:28 GMT -5
April total: 110
Highlights: Finally got around to reading Flex Mentallo which was fantastic and I always enjoy when Frank Quitely and Grant Morrison work together. Batman The Man Who Laughs was also a great read and Doug Mahnke draws one of the creepiest Jokers ever.
Other highlights: Really enjoying the John T. Totleben artwork in Swamp Thing. The Walking Dead continues to be a really solid read.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 30, 2015 21:49:29 GMT -5
I don't feel like I got to many classics in April... mostly do to the vagaries of monthly shipping, I kinda had my March and April pulls both this month. Hopeufully I'll get to more this month.
I did finally get to the Rawhide Kid Masterworks I got a while back, which I really enjoyed... that was probably my favorite of the month.
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Post by antoine on May 1, 2015 7:00:05 GMT -5
Finally finished the Golden Age Dr. Fate Archives, a couple of outside the norm DC one-shots and minis (Superman: War of the Worlds, Legend of the Hawkman, and Clash), picked up on some series I had put down for a bit (Micronauts, Master of Kung Fu, Fear Agent) and sampled some new stuff ( Sixth Gin, Atomic Robo)plus some miscellaneous other stuff totaling well over 100 "comics" for the month. -M Sixth Gin sounds like a great title for a crime/noir series! |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 7:01:41 GMT -5
Finally finished the Golden Age Dr. Fate Archives, a couple of outside the norm DC one-shots and minis (Superman: War of the Worlds, Legend of the Hawkman, and Clash), picked up on some series I had put down for a bit (Micronauts, Master of Kung Fu, Fear Agent) and sampled some new stuff ( Sixth Gin, Atomic Robo)plus some miscellaneous other stuff totaling well over 100 "comics" for the month. -M Sixth Gin sounds like a great title for a crime/noir series! and the grand master of typos strikes again! -M |
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Post by antoine on May 1, 2015 7:05:25 GMT -5
Haven't read too much classic comics this month (actually, this year!) I'm at home with my daughter on paternity leave, and since we go out everyday I always stop at the library and borrow Franco-Belge stuff I've never read before.
It's though to decide what was best in April, I discovered some AMAZING stuff :
Aya de Yopougon, Lincoln #1-7, Manifest Destiny, Paying for It (Chester Brown), Chroniques de Jérusalem (Guy Delisle) and Rat Queens.
I'm gonna say that the best one was Chroniques de Jérusalem, just because I learned a lot of stuff while reading it.
Worst Read of the month Archie vs Predator and Mafia Story. Just read volume #1 of Mafia story, 48 pages and it took me 3 sittings.... I still have #2-7 next to me, borrowed at the library, not sure if I'll be able to read them.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 11:50:48 GMT -5
Read 59 comics in April, bringing my total this year to 68. First month I really read some comics. My favorite read for the month was Jeremiah vol. 1. I had been wanting to read this series since around 2008 when I first discovered it, but it was difficult to find in English. I love post apocalyptic nomad comics. My least favorite read for the month was probably Maintenance #1, which wasn't bad, just not something I'll bother keeping up with. As far as moderns go, Birthright is awesome.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 2, 2015 6:10:43 GMT -5
This months total was 108.
The Good:
Thor 182-185, 225-227,230, 264.
All of the Thors that I’ve been picking up are so enjoyable to me . Many of them with John Buscema artwork , which is always a win.
Action 414,417,428
Bronze age beauties by Swan. He is the all time definitive Superman artist in my opinion.
The Bad:
Guardians of the Galaxy (v.1) 54-56
Bad Art and a mishmash of uninspired stories. You can see why this book was canceled.
Avengers World 13
How many Avengers books can Marvel keep publishing before they kill the franchise? I bought these books on the cheep and it is still not worth it.
The Ugly:
Thanos vs. Hulk
Thanos was in one panel in the entire book. Shame on you Starlin.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2015 14:05:10 GMT -5
This months total was 108. The Good:Thor 182-185, 225-227,230, 264. All of the Thors that I’ve been picking up are so enjoyable to me . Many of them with John Buscema artwork , which is always a win. Action 414,417,428 Bronze age beauties by Swan. He is the all time definitive Superman artist in my opinion. The Bad:Guardians of the Galaxy (v.1) 54-56 Bad Art and a mishmash of uninspired stories. You can see why this book was canceled. Avengers World 13 How many Avengers books can Marvel keep publishing before they kill the franchise? I bought these books on the cheep and it is still not worth it. The Ugly:Thanos vs. Hulk Thanos was in one panel in the entire book. Shame on you Starlin. To be fair to Starlin, he was hired to do a story arc for the Savage Hulk and decided to feature Thanos in the story. Marvel, seeing the sales on the initial arc of Savage Hulk by Alan Davis decided not to use the arc in Savage Hulk and market it as a Thanos mini instead. As a Hulk arc, it makes sense Hulk dominates the story. The shame should be on Marvel, not on Starlin, who did what he was hired to do, produce a Hulk story arc. The fact Marvel then decided to market it as a Thanos story to play up the Thanos/Starlin connection is not on him. -M |
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Post by The Captain on May 4, 2015 9:20:39 GMT -5
Slow month in April, as I only read 69 books. I did manage to finish reading all the way through Marvel Two-In-One, and I restarted reading Captain America from #100 up, but overall, it was my lowest total of the year so far.
Much of that had to do with spring hitting. We have soccer practices and games with our daughters, and there was a lot of yard work that needed to be tackled at the start of the season. On top of that, I have been doing a major reorganization project on my comic book room in anticipation of receiving my new custom-built cabinet in the next couple of weeks, so time that I could have used reading was instead spent re-alphabetizing books into the collection that had previously been taken out and put into secondary storage due to space constraints that will be eliminated going forward.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 4, 2015 11:24:40 GMT -5
As best I can tell I read no comics in April. For the second month in a row.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on May 8, 2015 21:55:53 GMT -5
Well amongst everything else Ive just finished a binge read(well over a period of 6 weeks or so, does that still count as a binge ?) of Fantastic Four 554 - 599 (554-588, FF1 - 11) and IMHO this is the reason I read comics.
I've had my problems with the FF before, usually around Reed and Sue's poor parenting, but these change my mind on that subject, the use of the kids in the Foundation is "fantastic", and eventually becomes one of the more interesting facets of the book.
I know plenty here have problems with the likes of Millar and Hickman, but how you could read these and not be struck with the same sense of awe that comics gave you as a child is beyond me. Between these 2 authors they return the FF to its place as Marvels pre-eminent book of wonder.
They may be Marvels Challengers(the FF that is), but they end up taking the concept so much further, being the book where Jack and Stan pushed the envelope of what comics were, where Jack didnt so much expand our consciousness, as explode it. I think that despite valiant efforts here and there (Byrne comes immediately to mind) no one else was ever able to reach those standards, to stretch our reality, to take the latest concepts in science and give them to US. Reading through Fantastic Four 48 - 56 recently has been one giant mind- *#@%, and these new books are truly the first Ive read in this title, since the 80s that even approached that level, maybe the ONLY books Ive read in that time that gave me that chill were Planetary and Authority.
So to Mr Millar and Mr Hickman I say thanks, and to all of you fullas, if you havent read them yet, get to it, I'm off to get the end of the story.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 9, 2015 8:57:17 GMT -5
That's the only Hickman I've read that is even close to good, but even there (IMO) he utterly fails to stick the landing and have any sort of logical conclusion.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 10, 2015 8:34:55 GMT -5
Well amongst everything else Ive just finished a binge read(well over a period of 6 weeks or so, does that still count as a binge ?) of Fantastic Four 554 - 599 (554-588, FF1 - 11) and IMHO this is the reason I read comics. I've had my problems with the FF before, usually around Reed and Sue's poor parenting, but these change my mind on that subject, the use of the kids in the Foundation is "fantastic", and eventually becomes one of the more interesting facets of the book. I know plenty here have problems with the likes of Millar and Hickman, but how you could read these and not be struck with the same sense of awe that comics gave you as a child is beyond me. Between these 2 authors they return the FF to its place as Marvels pre-eminent book of wonder. They may be Marvels Challengers(the FF that is), but they end up taking the concept so much further, being the book where Jack and Stan pushed the envelope of what comics were, where Jack didnt so much expand our consciousness, as explode it. I think that despite valiant efforts here and there (Byrne comes immediately to mind) no one else was ever able to reach those standards, to stretch our reality, to take the latest concepts in science and give them to US. Reading through Fantastic Four 48 - 56 recently has been one giant mind- *#@%, and these new books are truly the first Ive read in this title, since the 80s that even approached that level, maybe the ONLY books Ive read in that time that gave me that chill were Planetary and Authority. So to Mr Millar and Mr Hickman I say thanks, and to all of you fullas, if you havent read them yet, get to it, I'm off to get the end of the story. Well put, pak. I enjoyed the Millar run and got that feeling that you describe. . I have the Hickman run but haven't got that feeling ,but it was solid from what I remember. |
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on May 10, 2015 16:50:57 GMT -5
Yeah it just struck me while reading how much I was digging them, and how few books Ive read lately have made me feel like that.
I read these as they came out, but reading it all in one hit is so much better. The storylines just struck me as being so Kirby, so out there and also so positive. The way Reed and sue would deal with all the kids, Val, Sue dealing with Namor etc, just all handled so well. I really liked the council of Reeds, I loved that Johnny was handled so maturely when he came back from the Negative Zone, the Inhumans/Kree arc, heck even the way Johnny asked for Spidey to replace him.
...and, All hail the Ben !!!
The dialogue for the extended FFamily kids is some of my favourite, all time, just love the interplay.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2015 23:34:19 GMT -5
After reading Like A Sniper Lining Up His Shot I cannot wait to buy my next Tardi book. This isn't the first one I've read, but it's the first crime genre one I've read and it's awesome.
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