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Post by KiramidHead on Nov 14, 2018 19:00:25 GMT -5
I've been reading through the Hellboy Omnibus volumes. They're very fun pulp horror/fantasy.
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Post by KiramidHead on Nov 14, 2018 19:40:47 GMT -5
I've been reading through the Hellboy Omnibus volumes. They're very fun pulp horror/fantasy. You can't go wrong with Mignola artwork, but I'm not so keen when he lets other artists illustrate his stories. ...... I've not minded the guest artists so far. I'm in the middle of Omnibus 3, and Duncan Fegredo is doing a great job. Gary Gianni's one off issue was good, too.
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Post by andys on Nov 16, 2018 17:56:55 GMT -5
Just finished the second issue of Murder Falcon, from Image. It's about a down on his luck guitarist who's given a new purpose in life when a being from another dimension tracks him down and drafts him into using his music to battle monsters that are infesting the world. This creature is named Murder Falcon - he's a big guy with a cybernetic arm and the head of a falcon. Imagine Riot's mascot except a bird instead of a seal: The way it works is that Murder Falcon draws strength from heavy metal music, so he needs our hero to shred every time he goes into battle. Basically, it's a lot of excuses to do cool metal references and have monsters beat each other up. It's silly but somehow works, especially if you're a metalhead. My only misgiving about it is that such a musical concept really cries out for a good movie adaptation so that the full impact of seeing Murder Falcon ride a mastodon into battle while Painkiller is screaming in the background can be felt.
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Post by garbanzo on Aug 17, 2019 15:59:21 GMT -5
Here are some graphic novels that I think are worth checking out. A great sword and sorcery tale first published in Epic Illustrated. An excellent blend of sci-fi and fantasy from Kurt Busiek. A great series first serialized in Eerie magazine. Time travel, robots, vampires, and plenty of other things to enjoy. Three volumes.
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Post by mindboggled on Sept 24, 2019 0:31:36 GMT -5
I've been trying to find good comic storylines to read lately; I caught up with tomb of dracula (GREAT 70s series) but am looking for more Check out Grimjack, might be hard to get, but you won't regret it!
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Post by darklordbob on Oct 5, 2019 2:39:43 GMT -5
I've been digging the hell out of Al Ewing's Immortal Hulk run over at Marvel. Making the Hulk into a proper superhero horror comic with boatloads of body horror was a great move.
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Post by Char-Vell on Oct 5, 2019 7:59:03 GMT -5
I've been digging the hell out of Al Ewing's Immortal Hulk run over at Marvel. Making the Hulk into a proper superhero horror comic with boatloads of body horror was a great move. That's been a great series, I don't know how much longer they can maintain, but it's been a hell of a ride so far. It's the first Hulk comic I've followed since the old Rampaging Hulk magazine. I highly recommend it to anyone.
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Post by andys on Oct 5, 2019 9:20:59 GMT -5
Just finished the second issue of Murder Falcon, from Image. Ha, to follow-up on this belatedly, I think Murder Falcon kind of floundered toward the end. It's a sincere but very mopey sort of comic - metal is not mopey and sad, dude - and then it expands on its premise with an "all music is magic!!!" twist, which is supposed to be uplifting but just comes across as really twee. And it would still work better as a movie
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Post by boot on Oct 5, 2019 17:18:47 GMT -5
The Queen Sonja series is FANTASTIC! I found it much better than the new Marvel Conan stuff. Highly recommended. They're collected in trade paperbacks. Volume 1: Queen Sonja
Volume 2: The Red Queen
Volume 3: Coming of Age
Volume 4: Son of Set
Volume 5: Ascendancy
Volume 6: Heavy Sits The CrownThis is an epic tale of the Hyborian Age. I loved every page.
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Post by kemp on Oct 6, 2019 7:46:10 GMT -5
I read some of the Queen Sonja comics. Readable, but the art by Mel Rubi is truly amazing. I have no idea how he is ably to make Red look so dangerous, regal and sultry at the same time, definitely appreciated.
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Post by KiramidHead on Sept 27, 2020 17:16:17 GMT -5
I've been reading the first trade of the DC series Demon Knights. So far it has a very cool sword and sorcery feel to it.
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Post by boot on Sept 27, 2020 20:30:33 GMT -5
I picked up Jack Kirby's The Eternals, from 1970's Marvel. I remember this time as a kid. The original Project Blue Book was on TV. There was hysteria over Roswell and the Bermuda Triangle. Books like The Late, Great Planet Earth and Chariot of the Gods were bestsellers. And Spielberg came out with Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The Eternals fits with that zeitgeist. Part Indiana Jones, part 70's UFO craze, part superhero. I really dig it. You, know? I've really grown to dig comics.
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Post by terryallenuk on Sept 28, 2020 13:06:17 GMT -5
The current Daredevil run is very good
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Post by johnnypt on Sept 28, 2020 17:23:22 GMT -5
I picked up Jack Kirby's The Eternals, from 1970's Marvel. I remember this time as a kid. The original Project Blue Book was on TV. There was hysteria over Roswell and the Bermuda Triangle. Books like The Late, Great Planet Earth and Chariot of the Gods were bestsellers. And Spielberg came out with Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The Eternals fits with that zeitgeist. Part Indiana Jones, part 70's UFO craze, part superhero. I really dig it. You, know? I've really grown to dig comics. I'm not sure how well they're going to capture that zeitgeist in the movie. The appearance of the Celestials on GotG was dead on perfect, but from what's come out about the film, they're going to working off the much later incarnation/evolution of the concept. Kirby's 70s work at both DC and Marvel is very unique. The Eternals are almost what he wanted to do with the Third World stuff earlier in the decade.
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Post by boot on Sept 29, 2020 15:48:13 GMT -5
I picked up Jack Kirby's The Eternals, from 1970's Marvel. I remember this time as a kid. The original Project Blue Book was on TV. There was hysteria over Roswell and the Bermuda Triangle. Books like The Late, Great Planet Earth and Chariot of the Gods were bestsellers. And Spielberg came out with Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The Eternals fits with that zeitgeist. Part Indiana Jones, part 70's UFO craze, part superhero. I really dig it. You, know? I've really grown to dig comics. I'm not sure how well they're going to capture that zeitgeist in the movie. The appearance of the Celestials on GotG was dead on perfect, but from what's come out about the film, they're going to working off the much later incarnation/evolution of the concept. Kirby's 70s work at both DC and Marvel is very unique. The Eternals are almost what he wanted to do with the Third World stuff earlier in the decade. What movie?
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