Graphic novels and all that

[noileum]

Finally got round to reading Y the last man in the last couple of weeks

Not sure why I had slept on that, I somehow had convinced myself it was a western?

Anyway, it was real good, and worth a read

[steenz]

i used to like manga...?  anyone else or am i the only manga fag here?

Manga is dope. I like to read Naruto

[Jackie Joyner Kersee]

just reread kevin smith's run on the green arrow



the dialogue is especially good for a super hero comic and it introduces on of my favorite villains, onomatopoeia.

[Locbrew]

This is a really good read:

[burritobell666]

Speaking of Garth Ennis, found the first book of Preacher at half price books. Hooked, and need to find the rest now.

[malibu hamish]

brave new world. nuff said

[Mouth]

Finally decided to read the comics of my favourite film. Interesting to see where the two converge and where they are completely different.

[degobra]

found a "hey, wait" by jason for 5 bucks a few weeks ago.
anythhing by tom gauld and Joseph Lambert is good all around.

[Jackie Joyner Kersee]

This is a really good read:

[Beer Keg Peg Leg]

dug all my old hellboy/bprd tpbs out of the garrage, everything about them is so awesome.

[Lenny the Fatface]

Not enough issues of Saga for it to be in graphic novel form, but who cares. Only 4 issues deep so its still very easy to catch up on.

[sexonthebeach]

wow a bunch of gay indie novels kinda what I expected. Here is the real shit. Way better than that atrocity called the avengers.

[Beer Keg Peg Leg]

i've been searching everywhere for a hellboy the storm and the fury link. any one got a hook up or a site that is likely to have it?

[Jackie Joyner Kersee]

i've been searching everywhere for a hellboy the storm and the fury link. any one got a hook up or a site that is likely to have it?

here ya go

http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2650671/00475077518/

http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2689056/002850465108/

http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2708898/003800620144/

http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2429949/004275697662/

[Beer Keg Peg Leg]

thanks man!

[Jackie Joyner Kersee]

no problem.



lone wolf and cub is really great too, ive never finished it though





check out the movie series if theres any interest in samurais oir japanese films

[Microforrest]

This was really good, I finished it in a couple of hours. It's really great if you like old kung fu films too.

[Lenny the Fatface]

wow a bunch of gay indie novels kinda what I expected. Here is the real shit. Way better than that atrocity called the avengers.

Wut? Gay is where its at dawg!

[nice weather]

Does anyone by chance know where to find The Forever War online?


or the german version of Charles Burn's "The Hive" (Die Kolonie), that due to an art show by Burns in Germany got published 4 months prior to the english original?



Also bought Ile Bourbon 1730 the other day. Gives a pretty insightful view of the last years of pirates in the indian ocean.

[smellsdead]

bumping this because im trying to remember this graphic novel i grabbed from my old local library. its a dude with glasses his babe of a wife and their kid, and they run a business "clearing" houses of spirits. the one i read the main dude took rip from a pipe and it shot him into the spirit world so that he could talk to the dead

it was dope

[Lenny the Fatface]

Not enough issues of Saga for it to be in graphic novel form, but who cares. Only 4 issues deep so its still very easy to catch up on.

2020 Lenny the Fatface is very happy that 2012 Lenny the Fatface bought early issues of Saga $$$$$$$$

[funeral_tuxedo]

I just loaned my friend my copy of Kaz's Sidetrack City. Such a perfect book.
http://www.amazon.com/Sidetrack-City-Other-Tales-Kaz/dp/1560971983

[Theme For A Jackal]

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Not enough issues of Saga for it to be in graphic novel form, but who cares. Only 4 issues deep so its still very easy to catch up on.

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2020 Lenny the Fatface is very happy that 2012 Lenny the Fatface bought early issues of Saga $$$$$$$$

Yeah I've got the first 25 issues or so mint and some of them go for a pretty penny

[Lenny the Fatface]

Also if you haven’t started, I recommend Hickman’s current run of X-men. Start with House of X/Powers of X then read the comics. Basically the mutants have gone full blown black nationalist and said “fuck it we’ll live amongst ourselves”. The author is referencing a lot of deep X-men lore, it’s a truly dope read.

[theSketchLord]

Just finished When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs again.
Probably my favorite graphic novel of all time.

My dad once described it as "your grandparents dealing with a nuclear war".
It's as beautiful as it is terrifying as it is sad.

[darkthrone]

Grew up reading Marvel, Wolverine Enemy of the State is great, I'd recommend that one,  anything Mark Millar writes is usually good.
I don't read too much of that any more though, I'm re-reading all the McFarlane era Hulk stuff. I like Ann Nocenti and John Romita Jr's run on Daredevil in the 80's, bit more to it all than just the superhero stuff, addresses more real world issues.

Lone Wolf and Cub is great, you feel like you're learning something while reading it. All the Junji Ito Uzumaki and Tomie Stuff is great and beautifully drawn. Taiyo Matsumoto is great too, I don't get too down that whole Manga rabbit hole, but I know what I like, Tekkonkincrete is a great read.
Been into Southern Bastards lately. I like Alexis Zirits art too, so Space Riders and Tarantula are pretty fun.

Yes all the Charles Burnes stuff rules, Mignola and Hellboy is great stuff. So much good stuff out there.
All time favorite is 1968 era Silver Surfer though I think. John Buscema drawing him is amazing.

[imposter]

I'm more of a cat in the hat type of guy

[my pregnant head]

Big fan of small press comics..

Anyone know if a board company has ever done any work with any major underground comic artists?
I'd love to see a deck with graphics by Seth, Clowes, Tomine or even Crumb.

Always struck me that there are certain parallels between comic art and board graphics: both dismissed as being for kids/disposable. I think if you pitched it from that angle some of the publishers/artists might actually be interested in collaborating and licensing their art for some boards...

[darkthrone]

Clowes did a Santa Cruz Corey O Brien in the 90's.
Crumb would be a good one.
Terror of Planet X, an East Coast Brand does work with Alexis Zirit and others.

Big fan of small press comics..

Anyone know if a board company has ever done any work with any major underground comic artists?
I'd love to see a deck with graphics by Seth, Clowes, Tomine or even Crumb.

Always struck me that there are certain parallels between comic art and board graphics: both dismissed as being for kids/disposable. I think if you pitched it from that angle some of the publishers/artists might actually be interested in collaborating and licensing their art for some boards...

[funeral_tuxedo]

Big fan of small press comics..

Anyone know if a board company has ever done any work with any major underground comic artists?
I'd love to see a deck with graphics by Seth, Clowes, Tomine or even Crumb.

Always struck me that there are certain parallels between comic art and board graphics: both dismissed as being for kids/disposable. I think if you pitched it from that angle some of the publishers/artists might actually be interested in collaborating and licensing their art for some boards...

I'm surprised a legitimate board company hasn't tried to get Charles Burns to do all their graphics. He's got one of the most beautiful and unique visual styles ever. Even the top Fantagraphics/indy comix artists make so little from their books that they rely heavily on illustration or other gigs to pay the rent.