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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 08:48 AM
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So, what's everyone reading?
I'm only following 3 books, right now...Planetary, 100 Bullets, and Sleeper...I've gotten kind of bored of most superhero comics, I'm afraid. These 3 books kick ass, though (especially Planetary and 100 Bullets).
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bloodyjack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 01:23 PM
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1. Let's see...
Edited on Sun Jan-23-05 01:33 PM by bloodyjack
Y: The Last Man, Ex-Machina, Stray Bullets (which does indeed kick ass) and The Losers.

Well, and I just noticed it's mostly Vertigo/Wildstorm stuff.

Having recently discovered that Frank Miller's going to be scripting Batman All-Stars, I'm looking forward to it, even if it looks like it's going to be more along the lines of DKSA than DKR; that is to say, lots of colorful superhero cameos. Though I suppose it'll still be fun reading.

Jim Lee's going to be handling the artwork, and while he's a perfectly competent penciller, I'm just not too crazy about his stuff.

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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 01:31 PM
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2. I've heard good things about Y: The Last Man.
I'll have to check that out next time I go to my local comic shop. I'll at least pick up one of the trades and see how I like it.

And I'll give Batman All-Stars a look, too, since Frank Miller can pretty much do no wrong (although I wasn't really wild about "Dark Knight Strikes Again"; that was mostly the artwork, though).
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bloodyjack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 02:41 PM
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4. See, I actually liked the art in DKSA
It was just the over-the-top story and the ham-fisted social commentary that put me off—and the horrible treatment of Robin too, which leads me to believe that Miller hates Robin.

I don't care much for Robin either, nor do I really think Batman should keep 'sidekicks' around, but his appearance (and subsequent death) seemed completely inappropriate, like a slap in the face to everyone that was expecting DKR redux.

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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 06:49 PM
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8. I picked it up this week but haven't read it
Was asking for suggestions at the shop and that was one of them.
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Ravenseye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 11:27 PM
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3. What am I not reading.
I need to go reduce my pull list. I buy way too many to mention. About 120 bucks a month.
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 10:32 AM
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5. Comic books are the bulk of my entertainment budget
I stopped renting movies to compensate, and got rid of internet access at home.

I currently read (in that I pick up new issues when they come out):

Ocean
Knights of The Dinner Table
Girl Genius
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Tales of the TMNT
PS 238
X-men
Uncanny X-men
Astonishing X-men
Wolverine
The various "The End" x-titles
Supreme Power
District X
The Ultimates
BPRD

And I usually pick up the following titles as they are digested into TPB:
Exiles
Usagi Yojimbo
The Authority
Planetary
Hellboy: Weird Tales


I will splurge sometimes and buy graphic novels. I've got "From Hell" and "Bone" on the wish list. I've caught up with titles like The Authority and Planetary through buying the TPB collections, and now pretty much wait for these to come out as collections before I buy them.

I am also guilty of reading TPBs for free at Barnes & Noble, especially the Star Wars titles and various Batman books (I do own the classic Miller Batman books thought).
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Lone_Wolf_Moderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 02:08 AM
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6. All the X-Men books, Most Batman books, Hellblazer, Green Arrow, G.I Joe,
Edited on Wed Mar-09-05 02:10 AM by Lone_Wolf_Moderate
Superman/Batman, Shanna the She-Devil, She-Hulk, New Avengers, Teen Titans, Green Lantern: Rebirth, Seven Soldiers, the list goes on...
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 11:08 AM
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7. Lots
Knights of the Dinner Table, Dork Tower, Conan, Waterloo Sunset, Fables, Lucifer, Vimanarama.

Superhero comics generally bore me, too.
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Dob Bole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 10:31 PM
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9. Green Lantern: Rebirth and some 90s Superman comics...
Right now I just got Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 01:37 PM
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10. Dark Knight Returns is a GREAT book.
One of my favourites. That and Alan Moore's "The Killing Joke" are, in my humble opinion, the two finest Batman stories ever.
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