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Post by shaxper on Jan 1, 2018 12:50:59 GMT -5
Hey The Captain and shaxper, you both have daughters who are somewhat into comics, and this book is well-suited for that target audience if you think it might interest them -M Thanks for this! We'll give it a try. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 12:20:48 GMT -5
Read Spinning by Tillie Walden, another book discovered in the best of 2017 lists form the AV Club and others.  It's a coming of age and coming out memoir during her years involved in competitive skating. While I am neither a young girl nor gay, there were parts I could relate to (the pain of moving and leaving behind comfortable relationships, the difficulties of being the new kid, the weirdness of trying to fit in when you feel you don't and trying to forge new friendships or at least new companions so you don't feel quite so lost and alone in your new environment, etc.) and the story itself was engrossing and well told. There is a simplicity ot Walden's style that lets the emotional impact of the art carry the day and a sparseness to the coloring that is a design to works to great effect. .jpg)  The book is divided into chapters, and each chapter has a title based on a skating maneuver (The Axle, the Lutz, etc.) with a description of the move/jump on the chapter heading page, and that move serves as a thematic center for the chapter. It is really an interesting and insightful structure fo rthe story as a whole. Walden also uses page design to great effect to drive home the thematic and emotional core of what is happening. When things get hectic and stressful, she uses crowded pages with lots of panels to show things closing in on her younger self...  and other times, she uses big almost empty pages to signify the loneliness and isolation she was feeling...  her craftsmanship in storytelling and design is just exquisite. This isn't a book for adventure junkies, super-hero fanatics, and the fanboy craft, but it a masterful use of the medium of comics to tell a deeply personal and moving story. -M |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 3, 2018 22:22:00 GMT -5
I LOVED Nameless city and the Stoneheart (I got it on Amazon at a decent price). My only complaint is that there's going to be a 3rd volume, so the story doesn't finish until next year. My 17 YO daughter and mostly non-comic reading wife did, too.. it's just a darn good story.
Also, Hicks said recently on her site she's taking over writing chores on the ongoing Avatar, the Last Airbender comics, which I imagine should be a good fit!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 12, 2018 23:48:36 GMT -5
Read Saga today.. which even though it seems like forever since the last trade, apparently puts me current (the back of the trade says the next issue is in February. It's definitely losing some steam, but it seems like they might finally move some things along next trade. I feel like they've been randomly introducting weird characters to try to get stuff to catch marketing wise (Like Lying Cat) over forwarding the story... but there's still enough good stuff in there to keep one reading.
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Post by urrutiap on Jan 14, 2018 11:58:03 GMT -5
Dunno if I mentioned before or not but I'm reading
Regression # 1, 2 and 3
Small trade paperback volume 1 of Walking Dead
Manifest Destiny
Letter 44. All of it
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Post by hondobrode on Jan 18, 2018 12:47:05 GMT -5
Eagerly looking forward to the return of JSA, Legion of Super-Heroes, and Shazam.
All three of these were mentioned yesterday at one of the news sites as coming back soon.
I'll snap up all three of these titles.
Can't wait
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Post by hondobrode on Jan 18, 2018 13:16:44 GMT -5
Dunno if I mentioned before or not but I'm reading Regression # 1, 2 and 3 Small trade paperback volume 1 of Walking Dead Manifest Destiny Letter 44. All of it I just finished Letter 44 and liked it. Waiting to see how you like it as well. |
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Post by String on Jan 19, 2018 13:51:27 GMT -5
Eagerly looking forward to the return of JSA, Legion of Super-Heroes, and Shazam. All three of these were mentioned yesterday at one of the news sites as coming back soon. I'll snap up all three of these titles. Can't wait Shazam too? I saw some mention the other day about JSA and LSH return but not about Shazam though. Either way, about time. Bring it on DC! |
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Post by berkley on Jan 24, 2018 1:36:55 GMT -5
Cinema Purgatorio #12 & 13.
The pattern continues, with Moore's title feature, Gillen's Modded, and Ennis's Code Pru all excellent reads, and the other two barely skimmable.
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Post by Dizzy D on Jan 27, 2018 5:47:11 GMT -5
Wicked and the Divine volume 6: 6 trades in and still surprising developments. I think it's wrapping up soon though seeing developments in this issue.
Kill or Be Killed volume 3: So far not my favourite Brubaker/Phillips work. As in it's still very very good, but I'm not loving it as much as their other works.
Aquaman Volume 4: Mostly buying this for Sejic, but Abnett is also great when he's inspired.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 27, 2018 11:47:01 GMT -5
Kill or Be Killed volume 3: So far not my favourite Brubaker/Phillips work. As in it's still very very good, but I'm not loving it as much as their other works. It's definitely not rocking my world like The Fade Out or Criminal did. But it's still worth a read. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 28, 2018 7:54:16 GMT -5
I binge read A-force from Marvel in MU and was pleasantly surprised. It's essentially a female Avengers team but really well done. It seemed to be patterned after the style of the current Batgirl series and was a mix between women camaraderie and good old fashioned action. I won't lie, the women are easy on the eyes, too.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 3:37:36 GMT -5
Currently reading Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City by Julia Wertz.  I am only 50 pages in, but so far it has been a fascinating exploration of the daily life of the city and the effects of the tides of time on neighborhoods, including a lot of side by side illustrations of the same neighborhoods at different times highlighting the changes the neighborhoods have gone through and narratives about obscure bits of social history of the city. for example.. the Apollo...  or this look at the behind the curtains details of the 1964 World's Fair...  Some of the material previously appeared in the New Yorker and/or in Harper's magazine, and Hachette published the book (one of the big 7 publishers who has a graphic novel imprint rather than a comics publisher). It's a big oversized volume so the art has room to really stand out. Nice package and a fascinating read that has me eager to dive into the rest of it. -M |
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Post by berkley on Feb 5, 2018 11:45:52 GMT -5
Read Spinning by Tillie Walden, another book discovered in the best of 2017 lists form the AV Club and others. It's a coming of age and coming out memoir during her years involved in competitive skating. While I am neither a young girl nor gay, there were parts I could relate to (the pain of moving and leaving behind comfortable relationships, the difficulties of being the new kid, the weirdness of trying to fit in when you feel you don't and trying to forge new friendships or at least new companions so you don't feel quite so lost and alone in your new environment, etc.) and the story itself was engrossing and well told. There is a simplicity ot Walden's style that lets the emotional impact of the art carry the day and a sparseness to the coloring that is a design to works to great effect. The book is divided into chapters, and each chapter has a title based on a skating maneuver (The Axle, the Lutz, etc.) with a description of the move/jump on the chapter heading page, and that move serves as a thematic center for the chapter. It is really an interesting and insightful structure fo rthe story as a whole. Walden also uses page design to great effect to drive home the thematic and emotional core of what is happening. When things get hectic and stressful, she uses crowded pages with lots of panels to show things closing in on her younger self... and other times, she uses big almost empty pages to signify the loneliness and isolation she was feeling... her craftsmanship in storytelling and design is just exquisite. This isn't a book for adventure junkies, super-hero fanatics, and the fanboy craft, but it a masterful use of the medium of comics to tell a deeply personal and moving story. -M I have Walden's A City Inside on my list of things to look for but have never seen a copy on the shelves around here. |
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Post by brutalis on Feb 5, 2018 13:12:33 GMT -5
I binge read A-force from Marvel in MU and was pleasantly surprised. It's essentially a female Avengers team but really well done. It seemed to be patterned after the style of the current Batgirl series and was a mix between women camaraderie and good old fashioned action. I won't lie, the women are easy on the eyes, too. Makes you wonder why do we need a new Wasp to replace Jan in current MCU? Why couldn't they have named her Stinger instead and used that costume/persona instead? Way far cooler code-name and powers and she is a PURPLE costumed Hero to boot! Name swiping so totally bogus  |
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