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51. The best comic I've read in recent years was, believe it or not,

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 10:58 AM

Oct 2015

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GI Joe: Cobra, from IDW.

Mike Costa intended to tell a much more sophisticated, complex, adult sort of story and to use the most absurd characters in GI Joe to do it. Sounds like a project doomed to failure but my god, it was fantastic. It would honestly make a great movie, or pair of movies.

It's a very dense, tense sort of spy drama with lots of twists and turns and he actually makes Cobra seem terrifying and believable. It's halfway between a religious cult and something like Blackwater.

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Comic Books/Manga /Anime [View all] yuiyoshida Oct 2015 OP

The comic book was invented in America edhopper Oct 2015 #1

proper props reddread Oct 2015 #3

maybe in mainstream super heroes edhopper Oct 2015 #9

I wouldnt know. reddread Oct 2015 #11

That's edhopper Oct 2015 #23

Steranko was so far ahead of his time hifiguy Oct 2015 #16

I am a real Gulacy buff reddread Oct 2015 #27

For me Gulacy's work was hifiguy Oct 2015 #32

Steranko's Shield covers were so groovy. GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #46

Surely you did not forget the blues, yes? GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #40

you have a point. edhopper Oct 2015 #42

D.C. Silver is my thang. WinkyDink Oct 2015 #2

I am a huge fan of yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #4

Piratebay? GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #41

I have heard of it..I think yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #78

Loved comics and cartoons all my life hifiguy Oct 2015 #5

fantastic yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #6

I don't find anything appealing about the entire genre at all. Throd Oct 2015 #7

please do poll! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #12

Some of it is just straight up trash... Throd Oct 2015 #15

Thanks :) yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #29

Valid observation, fairly stated. I'm not an avid fan myself but Lover Boy has gotten me to look Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #56

I loved the Jim Terry Manga of the 80's ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2015 #8

For some strange reason that reminds me of SAMURAI JACK yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #10

Other MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #13

ah... yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #14

GAZE INTO THE FIST OF DREDD! nt Codeine Oct 2015 #17

I used to love to read Judge Dread... yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #84

Many of my oldest friends MurrayDelph Oct 2015 #18

That's very cool. edhopper Oct 2015 #34

Other: read whatever you enjoy. NaturalHigh Oct 2015 #19

I really don't like most manga and anime. Codeine Oct 2015 #20

The thing about anime from Japan is the yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #25

Censorship sucks. Kid or adult, read what you love to read. Warpy Oct 2015 #21

Japan in the last few years has made yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #82

Anime to manga ga daisuki desu yo. Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #22

honto ni! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #24

Other. johnp3907 Oct 2015 #26

ah sou! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #28

I love it! johnp3907 Oct 2015 #36

Golden age Marvel and DC for me Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #30

Is it me or did SPIDERMAN yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #33

Steve does good work Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #37

Leialoha is really something reddread Oct 2015 #38

Steve was himself a GREAT inker. hifiguy Oct 2015 #65

Then there's P. Craig Russell's Der Ring des Nibelungen. longship Oct 2015 #31

I think P. Craig Russel also did Codeine Oct 2015 #87

This message was self-deleted by its author longship Oct 2015 #89

He worked with Michael T Gilbert on some Elric books reddread Oct 2015 #93

Loved silver age Marvel and a HUUUUge fan of American animated cartoons & comic strips Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2015 #35

The aesthetic of anime/manga does not appeal to me Orrex Oct 2015 #39

Oh hell. You picked the worst decade to get into comics. GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #48

Well... Orrex Oct 2015 #50

Speed Racer was the shit back then! GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #100

I don't remember Gigantor by name, but... Orrex Oct 2015 #106

Oh brudda, the mid-1990s. hifiguy Oct 2015 #67

LIEFELD!!!!!!!! GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #101

He's a truly incompetent and horrendously gawdawful artist hifiguy Oct 2015 #103

When I did read (and semi-collect) comics up through the 90s kentauros Oct 2015 #43

By the way some of the characters in the photo are from the following yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #60

I know, firsthand, that some of that dismissive attitude kentauros Oct 2015 #64

Great post, thank you! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #66

You're welcome :) kentauros Oct 2015 #96

"Reid Fleming: World's Toughest Milkman" GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #102

"Gimme 78 cents or I'll piss on your flowers!" kentauros Oct 2015 #105

One of my all-time favorite comics EVER. hifiguy Oct 2015 #108

Oh, I wish I'd known they made those figures kentauros Oct 2015 #109

"To save them in plastic bags and hide them hifiguy Oct 2015 #110

I've been told (secondhand) that Evan Dorkin kentauros Oct 2015 #111

Also Fairy Tail, D-Grayman, and One Piece LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #70

I love Rama 1/2 yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #72

Zettai LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #77

A note of warning... yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #81

Thanks for the warning LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #83

Its funny, the guy I mentioned yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #85

I can't help but imagining that person going up to Kouban and referring to the police officers as: LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #86

So learning Japanese from some types of cartoons hifiguy Oct 2015 #92

yes... yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #94

Those and Mai the Psychic Girl were my introduction hifiguy Oct 2015 #80

I recognize about 90% of those characters & their respective manga/anime. GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #44

I like all of them. Xyzse Oct 2015 #45

I picked up a stack of discount Wuxia comics in th 90's GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #49

Yes, it usually is. Xyzse Oct 2015 #54

I never was impressed with that comic books as a kid. ileus Oct 2015 #47

The best comic I've read in recent years was, believe it or not, Marr Oct 2015 #51

Mah crunchyroll sub is my lifeline JackInGreen Oct 2015 #52

Other: Adults who obsess over cartoons are creepy. Lyric Oct 2015 #53

Well edhopper Oct 2015 #58

You mean Otaku? yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #61

Your hobbies suck too. nt Codeine Oct 2015 #88

"Creepy" compared to what??? hunter Oct 2015 #91

What if the cartoons got nekkid ladies in 'em? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #97

Like this? kentauros Oct 2015 #98

I voted that adults who read comics are childish but I consider that a virtue. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #55

Comics are just another medium, like any other. Marr Oct 2015 #57

I prefer childlike over childish yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #62

C.S. Lewis LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #79

Thank you for that. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #90

Awesome yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #99

I've enjoyed all three for my entire life... Rhythm Oct 2015 #59

cool beans!! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #63

They're great for both parent and kid. karadax Oct 2015 #68

Yeah, comics are a great way to learn to read yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #74

I absolutely love comics, manga, western animation, and anime LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #69

me too, and I miss not having time enough yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #71

I think they are all garbage olddots Oct 2015 #73

Ten Anime Series You Should See Before You Die yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #75

It's absolutely "okay" for adults to like comic books, manga and anime Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #76

I never felt my IQ dropped while reading yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #95

Damn! Look at that linework. Beautiful. GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #104

For your consideration: The creepiest comic ever! hunter Oct 2015 #107

It's still RUNNING??? hifiguy Oct 2015 #112