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I like Durham Red not becuase she gets her tits out but because I like the stories, draw it in black and white and give her the face of Hilda Ogden and I'd still like it.

What is it with Zenith ? to me its just tedious boring rubbish and Halo Jones yawnsville....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz . If you want old classics bring back Skizz or Sam "Get that welded" Slade - Robo Hunter...
 
nimrods son said:
What is it with Zenith ? to me its just tedious boring rubbish and Halo Jones yawnsville....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz . If you want old classics bring back Skizz or Sam "Get that welded" Slade - Robo Hunter...
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What is it with Zenith? Good question....I think Zenith has a lot more to do with the time when it came out and what was going on back then. God knows how it would read now. Not in the same way that V for Vendeta had a certain resonance, because V for Vendeta still has.....well, I liked it, anyway. Never was a fan of Halo Jones though.
 
Re: Re: a GOOD comic for christmass

Hook Innsmouth said:
And my recommendation for you would be either "Goodbye Chunky Rice" or "Blankets" both by Craig Thompson and both very very good.
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I'll have to go back to comic shops (I've only bought a few Leanors in the last 6 months :(
 
I have just read (after a recommendation from a friend), Osamu Tezuka's "Buddha Vol 1: Kapilavastu".

Never being one for comics before this, the simplistic style (which i now understand is his trademark) put me off for the first 2 pages or so. After that the story took over.

I understand there are 7 further volumes, chronicling the great mans life and times. These are available from various outlets in the UK.

I strongly advise you to read this work if you have any interest in Buddhism, or life in ancient India.

Has anyone got any other recommendations that cover religious / historical events in this way? I still think i'm some way off reading Spiderman and Superman etc:)
 
The Chinese historical novel The Romance of the 3 Kingdoms (basically the story of the aftermath of the collapse of the Han Dynasty; it occupies the same sort of niche in the Chinese psyche as King Arthur does for Brits) is available in a multi-volume comics adaptation. Be warned tho': the 3 Kingdoms Romance is a bloody long novel (my 2 volume hardback edition of the novel is twice as thick as LotR, and it's in a tiny tiny font, so gawd knows how many volumes the comic runs to. I gave up after 3: they're cheap, but the cost still mounts up.) I'll check the publisher and edit it in later.

I'm pretty sure the same publisher also does a comix version of the Buddhist parable Journey To The West, tho' I don't have any of the volumes in that series.
 
'Hellblazer' is the only comic i still read. Can't get over the fact Keanu Reaves is going to play John Constantine in the film. :mad:

The only person who should play him is Gary Oldman. A black magic practicing , chain smoking, hard drinking cynic - the prefect role. :)
 
Actually, I used to really like 'Hate' Magazine as well, and the 'Buddy Bradley' spin offs, especially the earlier ones.
 
A recomendation...

Of definate Fortean intrest this one...



Hellsing

by Kohta Hirano

Set in a alternitive present England where the church and royalty still have a large amount of control over the populis the Hellsing orginisation battle the undead for the queen and the glory of the Church...

It's got insane Vatican hitmen, beserker nuns...it's a delight from begining to end.

http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=12-871
 
and a little bit of advice if you check out the preview for the second TPB: the images havn't been 'fliped so it reads from right to left (just incase you don't know manga.)
 
Neil Gaimans "Lucifer", "Black Orchid" and "Sandman",,others including "HellBoy", "Physco" "Deadman" "Starman " and "Promethia"..i have about 200 Batman Graphic Novels, (only the darker ones), and a collection of 2000 ads' that surpases my bundles of Fortean Times.
 
I'd recomment to current fans Eric Powell's THE GOON


It's got a nice retro "EC/Berni Wrightston has an ilicet love with Will Eisner" vibe. It's funny and sometimes tragic, great monsters, great art...
 
"From Hell" would have been a superb animation film had they stuck to the original illustrations from the book. Rather than interpret them.

"The Invisibles" has that great line "The brighter the light, the darker the shadow."

Fat Freddy, Freewheelin Franklin and Phineas Freak.
AKA The Freak Brothers.
"Just can't get enough of that sh*t kickin' music"


The Dark Horse "Indiana Jones" series.

mooks out
 
Good comics

When I take a break from my intensive double barrelled studies, I like to pick up a good book or comic to read to let my mind run away into the realms of imagination. Having just read Plato's Republic and Don DeLillo's Underworld, I'm inclined to go for comics for the next few weeks, and want to know if anyone can recommend any good graphic novels or series?

I'm thinking on the lines of Kingdom Come, Batman:Year One, Sandman, JLA *latest series*, Marvels etc.. The kind that are your bogstandard heroes, but in slightly more 'adult' storylines... suggestions? :)
 
V for Vendetta's a very ggod graphic novel. It's about to be ruined by a hollywood film, so read it before then! :D
 
Oh, I left that off my list! I bought Watchmen and V for Vendetta at the same time many many moons ago, and didn't read either for a day because I couldn't make up my mind which to go for first! Alphabetical order won in the end ;)

It's strange that they're making a film of it though. I hope they don't Hollywoodise it and gloss over the nasty parts of the story.. In fact, I read an article on BBC last night about that sort of thing.. if you're interested..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/f ... 276545.stm
 
If you can get hold of a non-colour version of V For Vendetta, so much the better.

As for anything else, it depends if you want to read about people in tight costumes hitting other people in tight costumes, or not. If not, I recommend Jaime Hernandez:
http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/lr/lr.html

Or Joe Sacco's work on Palenstine and Yugoslavia:

http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/sacco/sacco.html

Or Keiji Nakazawa's 'Barefoot Gen' series (based on his childhood memories of surviving the bombing of Hiroshima).

Or, if you fancy something very painterly and poetic, try 'Fires' by Lorenzo Mattotti.
 
'Gotham Central' is usually quite solid. Ordinary cops up against the likes of Two-Face and The Joker, and The Bat only cameos (most of the time). Kind of 'Homicide' only set in Gotham and in comics rather than on TV. There's at least one collection out (of the first full story-arc).

Another good collection IMO is 'JSA: The Liberty Files'. It's an Elseworlds collection: 30s Batman, The Clock and The Owl team up to smash a Nazi plot to unleash an 'Ubermesch' (gee, who could that be?) against the Allies during WWII, then team up again (along with The Green Lantern, The Sandman, Mercury (The Flash), Hawk(man), The Huntress, (Captain) Atom and The (Red) Tornado) to thwart an apparent Soviet plot in post-war Germany. Features a rather effective version of The Joker, and a wonderfully creepy version of The Scarecrow as a Nazi agent with supernatural powers.
 
I love Sandman.

I wouldn't know where to start with Batman, or Constantine, or Watchmen. They've been going so long. But with Sandman, I handily started collecting them as soon as Preludes and Nocturnes came out in book form, and grabbed each and every one that came out subsequently.
 
JerryB said:
Or Keiji Nakazawa's 'Barefoot Gen' series (based on his childhood memories of surviving the bombing of Hiroshima).
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I can heartily recommend those (haven't got the third volume, though) along with both volumes of Art Spiegelman's 'Maus'. If you're at all interested in Batman, pick up 'The Dark Knight Returns' and 'The Killing Joke' (written by Alan Moore, no less). Oh, and personally, I can never get enough Dan Dare.
 
I wouldn't know where to start with Batman, or Constantine, or Watchmen. They've been going so long.
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The Watchmen only ran for 12 issues, so everything you need is in the one handy graphic novel.
You should check out Moore's Promethea to. It's totally mental, and never fails to be suprising in just hoe creative the writing and art team are.
 
It died an undeserved death at three issues, but if you can find them, Complex City is superheroes that will make you laugh so hard milk squirts out your nose.

Too bad you want "more adult" stuff, because my favorite superhero comic is PS238, concerning the public school for metahuman prodigies. There's two kids competing to be world-conquering villains and trying to recruit minions on the playground; a kid whose superpowered parents are convinced that he belongs in PS238 even though he's never displayed a superpower; a tough gym class; really difficult parents; field trips to secret bases on the moon; etc. (http://www.ps238.com)

Promethea's final issue came out and it was so non-linear I couldn't read it in my current state. The entire series is highly recommended for people who like both superheroes and ritual magic. Unfortunately, the trade paperback can't be expected for awhile, and that's probably the best way to read it.
 
For epic space opera, I'd recommend Collen Doran's A Distant Soil:

http://www.adistantsoil.com/

For a good slice of life weirdness, you can't beat Dan Clowes' Eightball:

http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/clowes/clowes.html

For whimsical Halloween-themed fantasy, I'd recommend Jill THompson's Scary Godmother:

http://www.comicbookpros.com/thompson/

The new comic by Leah Moore & John Reppion (a FT contributor) is quite alot of fun, Wild Girl:

http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16043

http://uk.geocities.com/[email protected]/index.html

Fables has creator Bill Willingham setting the world of fairy tales whose kingdom was overrun by dark forces, so now they live in a New York district trying to lead their lives.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1563899426/103-2305126-5659814

Steve "Howard the Duck" Gerber's latest comic is one of my absolute favorites. Hard Times is the story of a kid who survives after participating (sorta unwillingly) in a Columbine-style high school masacre. So he's sent up the river and he's in prison. He also, in times of stress, seems to manifest a spirit creature. It's great, humane storytelling.

http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/features/stevegerber/default.asp
 
The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman and others. Image have two trades of it bringing you up to issue 12, then the single issues have reached 15 I think. REALLY recommend it.

Also, Street Angel, published by Slave Labour, best damn comic since forever.

Oh, and not forgetting the 'other comic book event' aside from Identity Crisis and Countdown.... SEVEN SOLDIERS! Grant Morrison is doing several mini series all interlinked and all seperate at the same time, equalling in a staggering 32 issues in one whole year.

Also, Adam Strange is about to be collected as a trade I think. It's andy Diggle's run. Well excecuted with beautiful art, plus it's a pretty important book given later comic book 'events' this year!

This year is set to be a great year in comics.
 
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