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Post by Confessor on Oct 1, 2015 5:08:03 GMT -5
I started reading Alan Moore's From Hell last night. I've wanted to read this story for ages and I was bought the collected TPB by my girlfriend last Christmas. However, I wanted to wait until the right time to read it. I felt that I had to be in the right mood to fully appreciate it. So, last night, with the autumn nights drawing in and the first crisp bite of winter's chill in the air, I decided to dive in.
So far, I've only read the first two installments (or first two issues), but already I'm really liking it. It's quite dense, but exquisitely written, with lots of sub-themes to consider as you read. I'm also surprised by how effective Eddie Campbell's artwork is as you read through; it looks quite scribbly at first glance, but there's lots of detail in it too and it fits the mood of the story very well. I can't wait to read more of it!
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Post by Spike-X on Oct 1, 2015 5:14:41 GMT -5
From Hell is an absolutely brilliant work.
Make sure you checkout the appendices at the end.
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Post by Confessor on Oct 1, 2015 5:38:46 GMT -5
From Hell is an absolutely brilliant work. Make sure you checkout the appendices at the end. Will do, Spike-X.
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Post by berkley on Oct 1, 2015 12:02:06 GMT -5
I started reading Alan Moore's From Hell last night. I've wanted to read this story for ages and I was bought the collected TPB by my girlfriend last Christmas. However, I wanted to wait until the right time to read it. I felt that I had to be in the right mood to fully appreciate it. So, last night, with the autumn nights drawing in and the first crisp bite of winter's chill in the air, I decided to dive in. So far, I've only read the first two installments (or first two issues), but already I'm really liking it. It's quite dense, but exquisitely written, with lots of sub-themes to consider as you read. I'm also surprised by how effective Eddie Campbell's artwork is as you read through; it looks quite scribbly at first glance, but there's lots of detail in it too and it fits the mood of the story very well. I can't wait to read more of it! I think the Eddie Campbell artwork in From Hell might be the best match for Moore's writing of any of his collaborations.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 2, 2015 23:12:05 GMT -5
So....Heroes for Hire...I think this was the most inconsistent collection of comics ever. There's like 7 writers and 8 artists listed. Plots are started, then dropped. Sometimes the book ties into X-Men, but sometimes not. Sometimes Cage is a lovable spoof of Shaft... sometimes he's a crumugdeon... sometimes he Black Daredevil.
Some really fun stories mixed into the chaos, though... I can see why people liked the book, and the concept.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Oct 5, 2015 17:16:06 GMT -5
Read this I loved it. Really want to get the others featuring the Living Mummy. Also read this. Great art, the story was a little strange. Dr. Thirteen seems to try overly hard to disprove that Phantom Stranger is anything more than a cheap magician which is strange.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 6, 2015 20:48:53 GMT -5
I'm in the midst of a re-read of Preacher. Simply brilliant. And it's keeping my interest...which a lot of comics have been hard-pressed to do lately. Also read my copy of Nancy Is Happy: Complete Dailies 1943-1945. Honestly it's a TON better than I would have ever expected a gag strip of that sort to be. I'm not sure it's the "utterly brilliant" meta-comic that it's been made out to be in the last few years. But it really is very very entertaining.
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 6, 2015 22:54:51 GMT -5
I'm in the midst of a re-read of Preacher. Simply brilliant. And it's keeping my interest...which a lot of comics have been hard-pressed to do lately. Also read my copy of Nancy Is Happy: Complete Dailies 1943-1945. Honestly it's a TON better than I would have ever expected a gag strip of that sort to be. I'm not sure it's the "utterly brilliant" meta-comic that it's been made out to be in the last few years. But it really is very very entertaining. I have a couple of issues of Comics on Parade that are both dedicated to Nancy and they are hilarious! Love Nancy. Love Fritzi Ritz.
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Post by fanboystranger on Oct 7, 2015 12:58:52 GMT -5
I started reading Alan Moore's From Hell last night. I've wanted to read this story for ages and I was bought the collected TPB by my girlfriend last Christmas. However, I wanted to wait until the right time to read it. I felt that I had to be in the right mood to fully appreciate it. So, last night, with the autumn nights drawing in and the first crisp bite of winter's chill in the air, I decided to dive in. So far, I've only read the first two installments (or first two issues), but already I'm really liking it. It's quite dense, but exquisitely written, with lots of sub-themes to consider as you read. I'm also surprised by how effective Eddie Campbell's artwork is as you read through; it looks quite scribbly at first glance, but there's lots of detail in it too and it fits the mood of the story very well. I can't wait to read more of it! Having some memory trouble today, but I think it's either chapter three or chapter four that gives us the occult tour of London, which is an absolute masterpiece of storytelling and exposition. Just a tour-de-force of comics storytelling. If Moore ever finally gives up on comics (which is unlikely as he has more projects out this year than he's had in a long time), he'd make one hell of a tour guide. Eddie's art is an acquired taste, but once you've gotten the taste, it never lets go. Eddie's actually my favorite creator in comics-- I actually love his writing even more than his art. Every few years, Eddie approaches Alan about finishing Big Numbers, but Alan says he's done with it. (Too many bad memories.) Anyone who has seen Eddie's adapatations of Alan's spoken word albums knows that he'd be perfect to finish Big Numbers.
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Post by MDG on Oct 7, 2015 14:41:03 GMT -5
I'm in the midst of a re-read of Preacher. Simply brilliant. And it's keeping my interest...which a lot of comics have been hard-pressed to do lately. Also read my copy of Nancy Is Happy: Complete Dailies 1943-1945. Honestly it's a TON better than I would have ever expected a gag strip of that sort to be. I'm not sure it's the "utterly brilliant" meta-comic that it's been made out to be in the last few years. But it really is very very entertaining. I have a couple of issues of Comics on Parade that are both dedicated to Nancy and they are hilarious! Love Nancy. Love Fritzi Ritz. I haven't looked into buying these because I have all of the Nancy collectionws that Kitchen Sink put out in the 80s/90s, but I loves me some Ernie Bushmiller. Oddly, in some ways he reminds me of Steve Ditko in his single-minded effort to get across the nut of the gag (although without the expression of emotion that's key to Ditko).
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 7, 2015 15:05:49 GMT -5
Here's my idea for a naughty Nancy gag: Nancy and Sluggo are hanging around the house when Fritzi Ritz's boyfriend comes by. He wants to get rid of Nancy and Sluggo for a while so he gives them $5 to go to the movies and get some soda and hot dogs. WOW! A WHOLE FIVE DOLLARS! says Sluggo. As they're walking along the sidewalk, Nancy wonders: SAY! WHY DID THAT GUY GIVE US SO MUCH MONEY? I WONDER WHAT THEY'RE DOING? So they go back to the house and look in the window. They're eyes are wide and their mouths are open. Then they are walking along the sidewalk again and Sluggo says: I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD GIVE THAT GUY HIS FIVE DOLLARS BACK!
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 9, 2015 0:12:28 GMT -5
My Detective Comics #324 came in the mail today! Yay!
Otherwise respectable citizens are robbing banks and stealing armored cars and are later found wandering in the street in Gotham City with no memory of their criminal exploits! Batman and Robin believe these citizens and start investigating them to find some common element. Turns out they all had their photos taken by a guy with glasses and a weird moustache and he was using a bizarre camera.
Turns out he is a scientist who has a brick house in a remote valley outside of Gotham and he has developed a robot brain! The brain is housed in a gigantic metal head - 15 or 20 feet high - placed on top of the brick house. The weird camera is not really a camera - it records brain waves! And with your brain waves, he can use the robot brain to take over your mind and compel you to commit crimes and deliver the booty to the robot brain (they throw it in the mouth of the robot head) and then you forget all about it.
The bad guy's name is Ernst Larue. That is awesome, for some reason, but I can't figure out why. I wonder if he knows Carl LaFong.
Batman and Robin get a lead when a security guard sees the wanted poster with the dude with the camera on it and he remembers seeing the dude outside a shop that sells rare coins. They stake out the place and follow an employee who acts suspiciously and he leads them to the robot brain! They enter the brain and spend a few pages evading death traps. Robin saves the day by figuring out the apparatus and using it to record Ernst Larue's brain waves and then compelling Larue to set them free from the robot brain.
Three cheers for Jack Schiff Batman!
I haven't read the Martian Manhunter story yet.
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Post by The Cheat on Oct 10, 2015 15:57:59 GMT -5
Iron Fist Epic. Interesting to see the origin, and some nice Byrne artwork on the fight scenes later on. Overall though I found it pretty dull. Guess I just don't find the character that interesting. Judge Anderson: Psi Files 4 - Never found Alan Grant a hugely engaging writer on 2000AD, not compared to Wagner anyway whose work I mostly adore. This was surprisingly enjoyable though. Some of the dystopian scenes in the Deadworld arc really struck a chord with me for some reason, beautifully depicted and really made me stop and take in the panels, which is rare for me. Also, always raises a smile from me whenever an Anderson plot requires it to be pointed out in dialogue how old she is, when the art has her drawn as being in her 20s Astro City: The Dark Age - Books 1-4 - Probably the weakest Astro City arc for me (of course I read most the others 10-15 years ago, so maybe not a fair comparison.) One of the things I enjoy the most about the title is the 'man on the street' gimmick, so this one felt a bit weird to me. The protagonists start as regular Joes, but before long they're infiltrating terrorist organisations, getting jobs with SHIELD, and eventually effectively turning into superheroes. It all seemed a bit... far fetched. Stupid thing to say about a superhero book, but there it is.
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Post by wickedmountain on Oct 11, 2015 1:38:19 GMT -5
My Detective Comics #324 came in the mail today! Yay! Otherwise respectable citizens are robbing banks and stealing armored cars and are later found wandering in the street in Gotham City with no memory of their criminal exploits! Batman and Robin believe these citizens and start investigating them to find some common element. Turns out they all had their photos taken by a guy with glasses and a weird moustache and he was using a bizarre camera. Turns out he is a scientist who has a brick house in a remote valley outside of Gotham and he has developed a robot brain! The brain is housed in a gigantic metal head - 15 or 20 feet high - placed on top of the brick house. The weird camera is not really a camera - it records brain waves! And with your brain waves, he can use the robot brain to take over your mind and compel you to commit crimes and deliver the booty to the robot brain (they throw it in the mouth of the robot head) and then you forget all about it. The bad guy's name is Ernst Larue. That is awesome, for some reason, but I can't figure out why. I wonder if he knows Carl LaFong. Batman and Robin get a lead when a security guard sees the wanted poster with the dude with the camera on it and he remembers seeing the dude outside a shop that sells rare coins. They stake out the place and follow an employee who acts suspiciously and he leads them to the robot brain! They enter the brain and spend a few pages evading death traps. Robin saves the day by figuring out the apparatus and using it to record Ernst Larue's brain waves and then compelling Larue to set them free from the robot brain. Three cheers for Jack Schiff Batman! I haven't read the Martian Manhunter story yet. That is awesome
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Post by Spike-X on Oct 11, 2015 4:42:43 GMT -5
Astro City: The Dark Age - Books 1-4 - Probably the weakest Astro City arc for me (of course I read most the others 10-15 years ago, so maybe not a fair comparison.) One of the things I enjoy the most about the title is the 'man on the street' gimmick, so this one felt a bit weird to me. The protagonists start as regular Joes, but before long they're infiltrating terrorist organisations, getting jobs with SHIELD, and eventually effectively turning into superheroes. It all seemed a bit... far fetched. Stupid thing to say about a superhero book, but there it is. It's not just you who didn't care for it. I found it over-long and simply not very enjoyable.
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