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Post by hondobrode on Jul 24, 2016 23:33:22 GMT -5
I'm torn between two right now and they're both from Oni (surprise) The Bunker Vol. 1 On their way to bury a time capsule, five friends - Grady, Heidi, Natasha, Daniel, and Billy - uncover a metal bunker buried deep in the woods. Inside, they find letters addressed to each of them... from their future selves. Told they will destroy the world in the very near future, the friends find, over the next few days, growing further and further apart. Though they've been warned against making the wrong choices, how do they know what the right ones are? Can the future really be changed, or will an even darker fate engulf the world? Collects the first four issues of the ongoing series. Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov (The Devilers, I Vampire) and illustrated completely by Joe Infurnari (Jersey Gods, The Sixth Gun, Wasteland), this is high drama and sci-fi at their best. Another in that same vein with some politics thrown in by Charles Soule (All-New Inhumans, Dardevil, Swamp Thing) and Alberto Jiminez Albuquerque (Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword, The Auteur : Sister Bambi) Letter 44 On Inauguration Day, newly elected President Stephen Blades hoped to tackle the most critical issues facing the nation: war, the economy, and a failing health care system. But in a letter penned by the outgoing President, Blades learns the truth that redefines "critical": seven years ago, NASA discovered alien presence in the asteroid belt, and kept it a secret from the world. A stealth mission crewed by nine astronauts was sent to make contact, and they're getting close - assuming they survive the long journey to reach their destination. Today, President-elect Blades has become the most powerful man on the planet. This planet. Shout out to Saga as well. Really a great series by BKV and Fiona Staples
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jul 25, 2016 3:17:02 GMT -5
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Spider-Woman Saga I Hate Fairyland A-Force Power Man and Iron Fist
All for different reasons the MOST fun comics I read every month, they acheive some of that awe I felt as a kid.
Exodus The Life After Sixth Gun
Just 2 of the most engaging adult books, not so much "fun" per se, but damn good rides (and Exodus is insane like Manhattan Projects used to be).
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Post by Spike-X on Jul 28, 2016 1:14:23 GMT -5
Silver Surfer by Slott & Allred. Hell, pretty much anything by Mike Allred.
Chew
Injection (Ellis/Shalvey)
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Post by shishard on Aug 2, 2016 10:33:43 GMT -5
The DC Rebirth stuff has a spark to it for me. I missed heroes and was bored with the gloomy comics. When I was a kid it was stuff like Fall of the Mutants or the Evolutionary tale that ran through the annuals. Not an "oh my god super all titles event" but a small run event that was actually a good story that needed to be 2 or 3 issues long or really did tie into multiple titles. Today its the other way around many publishers want to make an event like that and it is not happening, making the story fit the mold instead of the other way around. With that said I believe the Rebirth is bringing back story first then event if needed. I am hopeful at least.
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Post by Warmonger on Aug 2, 2016 16:08:14 GMT -5
Can't say enough good things about Future Quest so far.
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Post by josephwyatt88 on Aug 2, 2016 16:08:53 GMT -5
Chew by John Layman is probably my favourite book being currently published. It's just full of boundless imagination and creativity, and Layman is a master of tempering the zany antics with a dramatic moment placed at the perfect point to strike you in the heart. Plus, Rob Guillory's easter-egg filled artwork is sublime.
Tom King's The Vision is one of the few Marvel/DC books that I'm still reading right now (I used the Secret Wars/All-New All-Different relaunch as an excuse for a cull, and nothing in DC's Rebirth has grabbed me, at all). I'm thoroughly enjoying the slow but relentless building of tension and dread, plus King's "Suburban life: perfect on the surface but with darkness bubbling underneath" approach to the story is clearly Raymond Carver-influenced and that's a good way to earn plus points for me.
I also find that Jeff Lemire and Warren Ellis are pretty reliable purveyors of "Spark" - Lemire's Marvel/DC work is very hit & miss but anything he does for independent companies is worth a read. He's currently writing a sci-fi book called Descender with some beautiful watercolour artwork from Dustin Nguyen, and his current Moon Knight work might not be in the same league as my old friend Doug Moench's classic but it's still one of the better runs the character's had in the last decade or so. Ellis is a strong contender for my favourite writer *ever* and I'm thoroughly enjoying Injection over at Image. He's also writing James Bond, which is fun but pretty forgettable, and Trees, which is fascinating but tortuously slow to read month-to-month, I'd recommend reading it in trades.
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