Comic Books
Related: About this forumWhat's everyone reading these days?
Usually, I don't read much in regards to the "caped hero's" type comics anymore, but I did pick up the trades for "Marvels" and "Kindom Come" two great reads (and the art is wonderful).
Two interesting reads I picked up recently were, "Satilite Sam" and "Planetoid".
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)I know that much.
I was just going to post something like this.
My current favorites:
Thor (Thor is my superhero fixation. Working on getting the 1st series)
Hawkeye (I'm a Matt Fraction fan and his writing on this is great and very non-superhero-y)
Walking Dead
Lazarus
Infinity series with Marvel--Don't know if I will go all in on the next segment of that but it's entertaining
East of West
Satellite Sam (Again, Fraction)
Codeine
(25,586 posts)I need to cut my pulls down.
Justice League.
Justice League of America.
Aquaman
The Flash
Wonder Woman
World's Finest
Batgirl
Batman
Catwoman
Detective
Supergirl
Superman
Superman Unchained
Batman/Superman
Superman/Wonder Woman (added to pulls but haven't picked up yet)
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Larfleeze
All Star Western
Animal Man
Swamp Thing
Astro City
Hawkeye
Daredevil
Star Wars
Saga (highly fucking recommended)
Manhattan Project
The Massive
Sex Criminals
Conan
And that's after I culled a dozen or more titles from my list several months back and watched another bunch get cancelled.
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)More of a Marvel guy, myself.
I forgot to mention Sex Criminals (A: Fraction, again. B: I'm an Image Comics slut, I admit it). That has a lot of potential and is awesome at this point.
Also have Pretty Deadly on the top of my "to read" pile and that has been hyped pretty hard for the last few months.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)That said, my favorite supers book right now is Daredevil, so quality still wins out. I was reading Fraction's Defenders monthly, but sadly that only managed a dozen issues before the hammer fell.
Broken_Hero
(59,305 posts)stopped my monthly titles in September and I'm going to go back to graphic novels. I'm a monthly subscriber yet they would mess up my comics on a weekly basis, and I got sick of dealing with it so I'm back to graphic novels. I do plan on getting the Alan Moore Swamp Thing hardbacks for Xmas(at least that is what I"m hoping the wife gets me).
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Thankfully my shop doesn't do it a lot, but because I let my books stack up for a bit before reading I can miss an issue or two and by the time I realize what happened the title is sold out.
Broken_Hero
(59,305 posts)and I've to fill holes via Amazon, and I just got tired so back to graphics for me(never should've left).
white_wolf
(6,238 posts)Green Arrow
Batman
Nighwing
Detective Comics
Ghosted
Young Avengers
Damian Wayne
I know it's really heave DC, but Young Avengers is actually my favorite comic on that list. Nothing can compare to my love of Billy and Teddy. They need their own duo series and it needs to be called "Billy and Teddy's Excellent Adventures."
Codeine
(25,586 posts)The old creative teams had (often mindbogglingly) shitty stories and decent art, while the new team has great storytelling from Lemire and crappy art from Sorrentino.
btrflykng9
(287 posts)and just bought Anya's Ghost. Can't wait to get into them both, probably will be the main agenda during the snow storm...
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)HELLBOY & BPRD The movies were kinda meh, but the books are top shelf and created by the fertile mind of Mike Magnolia.
The GOON Great, creative artwork & I love the writing. Flawless is what this is.
BLACK DYNAMITE Not horror, but Black Dynamite is a cool soul brother fighting for what's right. Ya dig?
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Batwoman
Harley Quinn
Rat Queens
Saga
Rachel Rising
Ten Grand
Constantine (it has just started to get back to being like the old Hellblazer)
Deadpool (of course!)
The Wicked and The Divine
Lazarus
Sex Criminals (must read, even for folks who don't like comics)
Moon Knight
Death of Wolverine
(The New) Sandman
Vampirella
Wonder Woman
Thor
Loki
Miracleman (it's being reprinted finally!)
probably forgot a few
Codeine
(25,586 posts)I'd leave a lot of the Marvel stuff off but we look to have similar tastes.
Sentath
(2,243 posts)Marvel:
A-Force (of course)
Planet Hulk (the one with the tribal Captain America)
Doctor Strange (I Missed #1 )
Prose:
Caped
Curveball Year One: Death of a Hero (Curveball Omnibus Book 1) - Both books, liked it. right amount of grit (And compiling this I see that there are single issues I can grab
Goon Squad 1-9 - Obviously I like it, I've been buying them slowly as they come out between his other projects. Brit flavoured low powered sanctioned heroics.
The Villain's Sidekick (The HandCannon Files Book 1) & The Devil's Right Hand: HandCannon: Origins (The HandCannon Files) Ex-Henchman cleaning up his act.
Firedrake Vol 1 & Tales of the Emergence - on a single line 'cause it's single author, same world. Medium power scale and comic book style government sanctioning.
Just Cause: Revised & Expanded Edition - 4 Color heroics with a little realism around the edges? Series start and I've liked what I've read.
The Good Fight - Free & Good
The Good Fight 2: Villains - A really nice compilation supporting a good cause
Wearing the Cape (Wearing the Cape Series Book 1) - Superheroism with a Catholic Woman protagonist. Good enough I'm buying it on paper.
Cape High Series - Gad that one's goopy, purely a coping mechanism during a crisis. Xtian Relationship Highschool Romance Drama with a powereds skin. Still, skillfully enough written that I can't say it was bad. Just syrupy.
Tried and Rejected:
Zephyr: Phase One - Found it a bit gritty for my taste
Miss Marathon: Earth's First Superhero - Juvenile acceptance of consequence free violence amongst military chain of command. 0 stars
Good Intentions: A Supervillain Story - Yeaaaaah .. his intentions weren't that good
Super: Origins - I apparently like the author, but this is like a militarized Charlies Angels with a little relationship abuse (isolation, control issues, suspicion) thrown in.
Yeah, OK it isn't hero but good enough to mention:
The Shambling Guide to New York City (The Shambling Guides) - I have liked the greater part of her writing and this one is a gem
Please pardon the Amazon links, but that is the only place I can find some of these.