tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post6421761164254463828..comments2023-10-30T03:26:18.531-07:00Comments on Second Printing!!: On Needing Fresh Air…Devon Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08223057696498728357noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-7989058971705437382008-11-18T20:01:00.000-08:002008-11-18T20:01:00.000-08:00Everyone here has said what I'd already recommend:...Everyone here has said what I'd already recommend: Goon, Scalped, Hellblazer, Scott Pilgrim, Casanova, Umbrella Academy, Ex Machina...can't go wrong with any of them.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030557639473109093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-54017554318361285602008-11-16T12:49:00.000-08:002008-11-16T12:49:00.000-08:00Linda Medley's Castle Waiting. It's the sweet-natu...Linda Medley's <I>Castle Waiting.</I> It's the sweet-natured flipside to <I>Fables:</I> Instead of Fables entering the human world, it's set in a fairytale world full of characters with a much deeper humanity than you usually see.<BR/><BR/>It's not full of sturm und drang -- the last couple of issues have been about bowling, for Christ's sake -- but it's a rich, engrossing comic just the same. And Fantagraphic's beautiful hardcover is a really economical way to read a massive amount of the series -- it reprints 20-odd issues for $30, I think.Rob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07331286524477806963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-38177518687548452722008-11-16T06:06:00.000-08:002008-11-16T06:06:00.000-08:00The Goon. I blew through the first three trades y...The Goon. I blew through the first three trades yesterday. It is awesome.Benhatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566748348707733724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-87703928753211475772008-11-15T23:20:00.000-08:002008-11-15T23:20:00.000-08:00The only thing I could mention is Hellblazer, but ...The only thing I could mention is Hellblazer, but that's obvious, so I won't.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514373017165495226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-24079542170193835172008-11-15T04:53:00.000-08:002008-11-15T04:53:00.000-08:00Screw you guys - I don't need to stop loving Mile...Screw you guys - I don't need to stop loving Miley Cyrus. "Breakout" is pop at it's most quintessential. <BR/><BR/>However, as far as adult comics go the stuff I am reading now and can recommend is Fables, Air, The Greatest Hits, and, while it is obviously on it's last leg, 100 Bullets.<BR/><BR/>I will say you can't go wrong with Mage. Some day Matt Wagner will finish the trilogy and I will be able to do my "Mage is finished dance." It involves lots of popping and locking.<BR/><BR/>FInally, while a lot of it doesn't classify as "adult comics" I love most of the stuff that Oni has put out over the years from the old "Oni DOuble Feature" through "Love Fights," the Courtney Crumin comics, "Polly and the Pirates," "Side Scrollers," and you already know my love for Scott Pilgrim.Benhatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566748348707733724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-15838832541347564092008-11-14T10:42:00.000-08:002008-11-14T10:42:00.000-08:00Ongoing-Welcome to Hoxford Ongoing/Trades avail.-W...Ongoing<BR/><BR/>-<B>Welcome to Hoxford</B> <BR/><BR/>Ongoing/Trades avail.<BR/><BR/>-<B>Wormwood Gentleman Corpse</B> <BR/>-<B>Scott Pilgrim</B><BR/>-<B>Invincible</B><BR/>-<B>Umbrella Academy</B><BR/>-<B>DMZ</B> (Start with the first trade though)<BR/>-<B>Star Wars: Knights of the Republic</B> (Start with the first trade)<BR/><BR/>Not ongoing/trades avail.<BR/><BR/>-<B>The Escapists </B> It was a miniseries that came out awhile ago but Brian K. Vaughans' writing on it is top notch. <BR/>-<B>Sleeper</B><BR/>-<B>Fell</B><BR/>-<B>Clive Barker's the Great & Secret Show</B> <BR/>-<B>Girls</B> <BR/><BR/><BR/>Stuff I am assuming you've read but maybe not..<BR/><BR/>-Transmetropolitan<BR/>-Fables<BR/>-Y: The Last Man<BR/>-Fray<BR/>-Empire<BR/><BR/>I second Criminal & Young Liars as well.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656971247395848847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-1805776195657702492008-11-14T10:39:00.000-08:002008-11-14T10:39:00.000-08:00To clarify, I can always emigrate from Canada and ...To clarify, I can always emigrate from Canada and become a citizen elsewhere, and Ben can stop loving Miley Cyrus and start loving Hannah Montana, but our hearts will remain true to the source, you are correct.<BR/><BR/>As for what you should be reading, try something from Jonathan Hickman's repertoire: the Nightly News in trade now and Pax Romana or Transhuman or Red Mass For Mars are all stellar book (wait for trade on each of those because they're frustratingly erratic mini-series). Try also Rex Libris from Slave Labor, the Damned from Oni press, or Atomic Robo from Red 5.<BR/><BR/>I'll also vouch for thacher's pics, Ex Machina and Golly, the others I haven't read.KENT!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00182281723355828663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760242555416345702.post-73682110943255802342008-11-14T06:58:00.000-08:002008-11-14T06:58:00.000-08:00If you liked Scalped, then Criminal, definitely. R...If you liked Scalped, then Criminal, definitely. Really well done dark noir fiction, and every arc/trade is its own story (set in a shared universe), so they can be picked up in any order. <BR/><BR/>Casanova is another good one, very twisty, out-there, SF spy story with all kinds of sex robots, cloned heads, giant robots and slick assassins. Matt Fraction with Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba. <BR/><BR/>Ex Machina is also really good, although it's been drug down by lateness. Not as good as Vaughn's Runaways, but it takes the superhero story and mixes it with politics and real world history from 9/11 on. <BR/><BR/>Other quick favorites are Young Liars, Air, Hack/Slash, and Golly. Locke & Key was also really good. The hardcover should be pretty easy to track down.Thacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357823475692995321noreply@blogger.com