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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Mar 30, 2015 18:34:07 GMT -5
Having never read any of these series, I am looking for opinions on which one(s) are the best! If you had to recommend any of his DC stuff to someone, which would you choose and why.
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Post by fanboystranger on Mar 30, 2015 18:35:21 GMT -5
New Gods is the best, in my opinion, followed by Kamandi. All are worth reading, though.
You honestly have to see OMAC to believe it. It is just a crazy book. My greatest wish is that DC would release it as a "Mad Libs" style thing where you supply the captions and dialogue. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 30, 2015 18:55:51 GMT -5
Kamandi! Kamandi! Kamandi!
Just for fun, I've started taking some notes for a Kamandi story. I'm not sure if it will be a screenplay or a comic book script. Kamandi and some of his entourage have made their way to Spain where the Baboon Spandars are preparing to defend themselves from an attack by the Wolf People in France. Much to his surprise, Kamandi finds himself something of a cult icon among some of the baboon cadets because he is the subject of a cult movie made from footage shot by the coyote Louis B. Mogul in Kamandi #41 and #42.
Kamandi is one of the best comic books ever!
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 30, 2015 18:59:15 GMT -5
New Gods is the best, in my opinion, followed by Kamandi. All are worth reading, though.
You honestly have to see OMAC to believe it. It is just a crazy book. My greatest wish is that DC would release it as a "Mad Libs" style thing where you supply the captions and dialogue. O.M.A.C. is TOTES INSANE!!
One of my friends had the first issue when I was a kid and I still have very vivid memories of reading it and thinking it was the strangest thing I'd ever seen. That was probably 1976 or 1977 and I haven't seen it since but I don't think I will ever forget "Build-a Friend" and that kooky double-page spread on the Build-a-Friend facility.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 30, 2015 19:01:17 GMT -5
Something about the Kirby New Gods made you want more. you wanted to discover the History of the conflict and The story " The Pact" was awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2015 21:07:13 GMT -5
I like them all - but, I'm going to have to go with Mister Miracle because I find his character and costume are out of this world. Forever People and the New Gods are amazing - but the costume of Mister Miracle that's gave him the edge.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 30, 2015 21:58:34 GMT -5
Kamandi is one of my favorite books period so I'd say go with that.
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Post by berkley on Mar 30, 2015 22:11:35 GMT -5
I voted New Gods, from this list, but you really need to read all the Fourth World books to get the whole story. And personally I rate the Eternals just as highly, so I'd have a tie for first place.
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Post by Farrar on Mar 31, 2015 8:05:45 GMT -5
I don't have the issues any longer so I haven't seen the series for a while, but I voted for the Forever People. I have to admit it's largely because it's the series I read the most of among the choices listed. From the several issues I read back then it was a saga-type book, with stories flowing into stories, with a mostly young, engaging cast of characters. The main attraction for me was the art (of course), which was spectacular, imaginative, inventive--pure Kirby--and I'm one of those who like Colletta's inks.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Mar 31, 2015 9:56:40 GMT -5
I think I would have included the Eternals, as well as characters that he "merely" co-created. Just in the Fantastic Four alone you have the FF (or course), Inhumans, Silver Surfer, Galactus, Black Panther, Adam Warlock, and on and on. On your list, I have to go with New Gods.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 12:36:41 GMT -5
Limiting it to his 1970s DC creations that had ongoings (as opposed to things like the Green Team or Atlas in one-offs in First Issue Special)as the poll does skews how I would vote on this, but of the choices here, I would have to go with the Demon-I haven't read enough Kamandi and Omac to pick them and I tend to think of the Fourth World as a single creation so it's hard to separate out New Gods, Mr. Miracle, and the Forever People for me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 15:14:12 GMT -5
I tend to think of the Fourth World as a single creation so it's hard to separate out New Gods, Mr. Miracle, and the Forever People for me. -M I feel exactly the same way as you do MRP. I'm glad that you brought this up!  |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Mar 31, 2015 15:37:39 GMT -5
I understand there may be better Kirby creations, especially his Marvel work. I wanted to focus on his DC stuff however. I know that the titles do meld together to form his fourth world but in terms of overall story arc and artwork being solid from start to finish, I wanted to gauge the field as to which one is worth picking up. Trust me, I do want to read them all (and eventually, all his Marvel stuff too, especially the Eternals) but I find these runs generally affordable in the collecting world right now which is why I wanted some feedback before I started buying.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Mar 31, 2015 15:49:02 GMT -5
Oh, well if that's your goal, it changes things somewhat. I don't know if Mister Miracle-New Gods-Forever People-Jimmy Olsen can be considered that well separately. They kind of all mesh together, though not in a crossover kind of way, if that makes sense. I read them all at once in the Kirby Omnibuses, though that might be prohibitively expensive at this point. (I got them from the library)
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Post by Phil Maurice on Mar 31, 2015 16:24:46 GMT -5
I think I would have included the Eternals, as well as characters that he "merely" co-created. Just in the Fantastic Four alone you have the FF (or course), Inhumans, Silver Surfer, Galactus, Black Panther, Adam Warlock, and on and on. Minor quibble. Kirby came up with the Silver Surfer all on his own, adding the character into the art for FF #48 and subsequently explaining the concept to Stan. Obviously, Stan contributed tons to the character's mythos, but t'was not his creation. That's according to Stan himself.
I agree with you whole-heartedly about his co-creations, particularly the Black Panther. That was inspired.
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