The Comic Book Thread (spoilers)

[TheRaySays]

All Star Batman And Robin?

And I understand not liking Loeb, but I took it to mean he disliked the art.

All Star Batman And Robin at least looks pretty, but yeah, not FM's best work.

On the flip side, I like Tim Sale's art when it jibes with the text. I remember being specifically pissed about a scene in Long Halloween where a character describes a manner of death that seemed inconsistent with the art (2 in the back of the head vs. slit wrists in a bathtub seems to come to mind, it's been a looooong while since I read it). I wrongly perceived it as a clue and the end solution to the mystery ended up being WTF? It's been so long (since it first came out, actually) that I don't recall specifically WHY I hated it, but HOW vehemently.

[I Don't Mind]

I just finished reading Mark Millar's Wanted and what a piece of art this thing is. I mean it's art in the same way that Fight Club is a masterful piece of art. In fact, it resembles Fight Club quite a bit, but like said movie, it is just manly as all fucking hell. It even pokes fun at the over the top gimmicks of comic books sometimes. Johnny Two-Dicks. Johnny, fucking, Two-Dicks. Brilliant. So if anyone out there is looking to read something dark and brutal with some nice artwork, I'd strongly suggest Wanted. Very fun.

[Benji]

I'll go one step further, if it's Millar, it's almost definately worth reading.

[TGC]

I'll go one step further, if it's Millar, it's almost definately worth reading.

There is so much wrong with that statement.

[Benji]

I'll go one step further, if it's Millar, it's almost definately worth reading.

There is so much wrong with that statement.

There's more wrong with that one :@

[TGC]

Millar does well with new creations or recreating old ones ala The Ultimate Universe. His characterization of established characters however is usually pretty far off. I point to most everyone in Civil War as a perfect example of this.

[Benji]

Agreed on that point, but the stories themselves are still thorougly interesting, even if the characterisation is off, thus I'd say they're worth reading

[Your Mom]

1985 is pretty interesting and thats a Millar book with old characters.

[Boogey131]

I have yet to be able to connect with a Millar book...they all just seem to be ideas thrown together that could be really cool, but I never get inside any of his characters minds and so I feel nothing for the people involved. Even on his own books...perfect example being Kick-Ass. I've read 4 issues now and I'm not entirely sure what fans of it are seeing that I'm not. The book was already a hard one to get my head around before the introduction of an 8(?) year old samurai-welding vigilante.

I's that reason alone I haven't checked out 1985.

[MalaCloudy Black]

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc49/cr...99295351247.jpg

Is this from a Marvel comic?

[JairusCain]

I can't imagine that being from a Marvel book. I think it's from a web comic.

[MalaCloudy Black]

If so, it's quite a well-drawn one.

[JairusCain]

Theres thousands of web comics out there that are drawn as well, if not better than that. So it's not a stretch of any sort. Something about the art work actually looks more like a web comic to me anyway.

EDIT: On a different subject... I dunno how much of an order graphic novels follow, but can anyone tell me (or at least try to) the chronological order of

Dark Victory

Hush 1 & 2

The Cult

Dark Knight Returns

I'm planning to order them all and would like to (if possible) read them in order. Thanks.

Edited September 12, 2008 by JairusCain

[TGC]

It's from She-Hulk issue 3 or 4 I think, circa 2004ish. She-Hulk as written by Dan Slott and drawn by Juan Bobilla. That was one damn awesome series.

[MalaCloudy Black]

It's from She-Hulk issue 3 or 4 I think, circa 2004ish. She-Hulk as written by Dan Slott and drawn by Juan Bobilla. That was one damn awesome series.

That's awesome. I'll have to check it out.

[TGC]

There are like 5 or 6 trades out so far. The first four I highly reccomend, as it is all written by Slott.

[Benji]

And then I drag the conversation to Avengers: Initiative, which Slott also does

[TGC]

However Spider-Man Brand New Day, which involves Slott, I can't say anything on one way or the other. To date, everything Slott has ever written that I have read I have loved. She-Hulk, Thing, his dark Arkham Asylum mini for DC, Avengers Initiative, and GLA.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Secret Invasion~

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So.. the Skrulls' "He" is god? I wonder who this god is.

[Johnny Latino Heat]

However Spider-Man Brand New Day, which involves Slott, I can't say anything on one way or the other. To date, everything Slott has ever written that I have read I have loved. She-Hulk, Thing, his dark Arkham Asylum mini for DC, Avengers Initiative, and GLA.

Have you read Spider-Man & Human Torch? It was all kinds of awesome, it was funny and really fleshed out the friendship between Spidey and Torch, which culminates...

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...with Spidey revealing to the Torch he's Peter Parker and the F4 and the Parker family having dinner, then with a photo album of vacations and Christmases together.

Really awesome stuff, IMO.