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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 21:09:03 GMT -5
So having won the Omega Men #3 and Kirby Hunger Dogs promo poster in a recnet Lonestar auction, I added a couple of more books to the order, including two of the Darwyn Cooke DC variant covers from a couple years back... Supergirl with Streaky and Comet  (with trade dress...)  and Batman and Robin 37...  both for under $2. Each will be going up in the art gallery once I finish the comic room. -M |
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Post by urrutiap on Nov 6, 2017 14:51:43 GMT -5
New comics I bought recently
Walking Dead 167
Regression # 1, 2nd printing
Power of the Dark Crystal # 8
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Post by bran on Nov 9, 2017 2:27:07 GMT -5
I hit a jack-pot last week with first 6 volumes of Mac Coy. If you are a western lover it's a real treat.
In many respects Gourmelen is Charlier 2.0, but also different. It's stunning just how deviant some of the characters are. Huge influence by Leone as well. If you need your Leone-fix every once in awhile - high recommendation on my behalf.
2 total blind purchases - Black Eyed Kids 1 and Grass Kings 1.
some Mac Coy for ya all...
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Post by urrutiap on Nov 9, 2017 14:29:08 GMT -5
Today in the mail I got the Volume 1 trade paperback of Action Comics Rebirth Path of Doom to catch up on
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 9, 2017 16:18:20 GMT -5
I hit a jack-pot last week with first 6 volumes of Mac Coy. If you are a western lover it's a real treat. In many respects Gourmelen is Charlier 2.0, but also different. It's stunning just how deviant some of the characters are. Huge influence by Leone as well. If you need your Leone-fix every once in awhile - high recommendation on my behalf. 2 total blind purchases - Black Eyed Kids 1 and Grass Kings 1. some Mac Coy for ya all... I was a huge fan of Alexis McCoy when I first saw the series in the Lucky Luke magazine in the '70s. Great art (almost photorealistic at times, despite all the tiny lines) and very engaging, humorous stories. It was pretty cool to see McCoy as a Confederate soldier at the beginning. It was rather uncommon in those days to have the good guy be anything but a Union soldier. |
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Post by bran on Nov 10, 2017 4:43:50 GMT -5
I was a huge fan of Alexis McCoy when I first saw the series in the Lucky Luke magazine in the '70s. Great art (almost photorealistic at times, despite all the tiny lines) and very engaging, humorous stories. It was pretty cool to see McCoy as a Confederate soldier at the beginning. It was rather uncommon in those days to have the good guy be anything but a Union soldier. Now I am reading it for the first time in chronological order - the transition from one episode to another is really well done. I like how little influence Mac Coy has on overall events, and the large cast of characters. He is fighting tooth and nails for whatever his objectives are, but in a grand scheme of things he is merely a peon. Another thing, and that plagues fiction (of any form) is that the antagonists are never too easy to defeat - yet at the same time they are not a result of writer's elaborate rationalizing - they have their own motives (and flaws). And they actually execute their plans, instead of twirling their eyebrows and mustashes in endless cycles (with just more menacing facial expression in every iteration). |
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Post by urrutiap on Nov 10, 2017 15:34:16 GMT -5
Also besides the Action Comics Rebirth trade paperback I got in the mail the other day, I did get some still new comics
Walking Dead 167
Regression # 1. I need to go back to the comic book shop sometime to get the other issues before someone else buys them up.
Power of the Dark Crystal # 8. I still need to get issues 6 and 7 but the comic shop that I went to they dont have any more copies of issue 6
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 10, 2017 18:24:09 GMT -5
I hit a jack-pot last week with first 6 volumes of Mac Coy. If you are a western lover it's a real treat. In many respects Gourmelen is Charlier 2.0, but also different. It's stunning just how deviant some of the characters are. Huge influence by Leone as well. If you need your Leone-fix every once in awhile - high recommendation on my behalf. 2 total blind purchases - Black Eyed Kids 1 and Grass Kings 1. some Mac Coy for ya all... Never heard of it, but there's lots of international stuff I don't know about. Looks very good ! |
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Post by bran on Nov 10, 2017 23:32:09 GMT -5
Never heard of it, but there's lots of international stuff I don't know about. Looks very good ! It does, and believe me it's even better in paper. And even better in new edition. Palasios detailed art shines on snow-white background/paper, of this reprinted edition. High quality paper, which was not used for the original edition/early reprints. Yes, you are not the only one. Awhile back I decided to learn French or Spanish to work around that problem. Opted for Spanish and it pays off big time. Nice thing about Spanish is that all but trivial French-Belgium comics are printed in Spain and you can read of course Spanish, Argentinian and Mexican books. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Nov 12, 2017 3:43:24 GMT -5
That does sound cool. Anything in English?
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Post by bran on Nov 12, 2017 11:19:43 GMT -5
That does sound cool. Anything in English? You have finally a proper English release of Mercenary, from this month actually. There were some before but the text was somewhat shortened and there were issues with colors. www.amazon.com/MERCENARY-Definitive-Editions-Vol-Sacred/dp/1681121247 That's a type of comic you read in 15 minutes but you can look at it for hours. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2017 12:46:03 GMT -5
Picked up Vol. 3 and 4 of Brandon Graham's Prophet at Half Price Books as part of their coupon sale...   THis series is just sheer eye candy, the art is just gonzo, but it's a damn good sci-fi series as well (if someone didn't tell you it was the descendant of a Rob Liefeld series, you would never know). Some sample art from the series...    -M |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 12:48:54 GMT -5
I'll be backing my first comic via kickstarter on Friday, Dirk Manning's Tales of Mr. Rhee Vol. 4  here's the full cover by Ben Templesmith...  I've not jumped on a kickstarter for any comic project before (I've come close but not pulled the trigger), but this one opens Friday and I've highly enjoyedd everything I've read form Dirk, so I will jump on this one. -M Today is the last day to back this. It ends at 5 PM eastern time today. 12 of 13 stretch goals have been reached and it is less than $1K away from being the top revenue generating kickstarter in Devil's Due/First Comics history. Pay for the kickstarter exclusive hardcover and get the following for free... Rhee sticker (1 stretch goal) triple signed bookplate by Dirk, Seth & Anthony (writer, artist & colorist) with a individual head sketch by Set DaMoose on each one (4 stretch goals) print of the cover signed by Ben Templesmith (2 stretch goals) bonus kickstarter exclusive comic featuring Mr. Rhee bonus kickstarter exclusive comic by Dirk, Victor Dandridge & Michael Watson featuringa cross-over of their creator-owned characters (2 comics in print =3 stretch goals) box of Mr. Rhee matches (1 stretch goal) swimsuit print of Rhee characters by K. Lynn Smith (artist of Plume, who currently holds the record for best kickstarter by Devil's Due) and if the last stretch goal is unlocked, a demon exorcism kit. Check out the kickstarter page-M |
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Post by urrutiap on Nov 13, 2017 14:55:31 GMT -5
In the mail today i got these
new Generation X # 4
Elektra # 3
Action Comics # 981
Action Comics # 990 regular issue
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 19:33:33 GMT -5
Wasn't going to be able to make it to my local shop on Saturday for LCS Day, but wanted to pick up my file before the holiday season, so made the trip out toda and picked up the following, (much of it stuff I missed while I was laid up recuperating from surgery)... Image + #3 all the Image news plus the new installment of Wytches by Jock & Snyder Half Past Danger 2 #2 7 3 Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil #1 (Black Hammer spin-off by Lemire) Mr. Miracle #4 Bug! The Adventures of Forager #5 Future Quest Presents #3 & 4 Kirby one-shot specials: Sandman Oversize Special Newsboy Legion Boy Commandos Special Manhunter Oversize Special Black Racer and Shilo Norman Oversize Special Kamandi Challenge Special (presenting the unpublished issues from the DC Implosion) Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #2 & 3 and this beauty, a treasury sized edition of Steve Niles 7 Bernie Wrightson's Macabre  -M |
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