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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 18, 2009 10:20:27 GMT
Year Two is decent enough, Alan Davis art on part 1, Todd McFarlane on the rest. He's inked by Alfredo Alcala so the Toddism's are at a minimum but he does Part 4 and it's all Todd. Some pretty ropey storytelling emerges in the last part.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on May 18, 2009 10:47:37 GMT
I never really got the love for Year One myself. I imagine it is more a trailblazing product of its time.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 18, 2009 18:44:53 GMT
Part of what made Year One so good for me, was how different from every other Batman monthly comic we'd had up to that point. Much overlooked is the colouring job from Richmond Lewis on the book. Adds immensely to the atmosphere.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 26, 2009 17:06:47 GMT
Alright as outlined here Graham has been given a £20 amazon voucher to spend and was considering spending it on All Hail Megatron Volume 1. As good friends we have stepped in and tried to convince him not to. So let's use this thread to recommend some better books and graphic novels for him to spend his free money on. Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on May 26, 2009 17:52:29 GMT
For great art, stirrring heroics and dense, fun and witty storytelling of the highest order I recommend Thor Visonaries: Walter Simonson vol 1.
-Ralph
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Post by Gav on May 26, 2009 18:02:16 GMT
I can recommend Ex Machina and Fables. Both are fantastic books.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2009 18:40:15 GMT
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Post by blueshift on May 26, 2009 19:03:29 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 26, 2009 20:19:32 GMT
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Post by grahamthomson on May 27, 2009 8:29:24 GMT
My thanks for all your recommendations!
What will I choose?
That, for the moment, shall remain a mystery!
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Post by Cullen on May 29, 2009 15:16:00 GMT
In related news I got Dark Knight Returns for my birthday and will be reading it very soon.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 29, 2009 15:18:15 GMT
Wooo !
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 29, 2009 15:20:48 GMT
Well done!
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 4, 2009 21:25:12 GMT
Marvel Masters: Art of John Byrne The Fantastic Four contribution omes from the triple sized FF 236 which is a great story featuring two of the FF's long serving villains so is worth it's space. Following this I sat down to reread Byrne's FF run in Visionaries. It ticks all the FF boxes, does the cosmic stuff, does Doctor Doom and looks great. And yet.... It just feels like it's missing something. Now it might be I've been reading (and enjoying) too much grim and grittystuff recently and that's coloured my view.... And it's true I'm not the world's biggest FF fan. But .... I've also recently read The DC Universe stories of Alan Moore prompted by Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow popping up in Comics Greatest Moments. It's a fab volume, some good stuff in there especially the short back up features where Moore does more & challenges perceptions in a few pages than most people do in an entire issue. (One about beings moving at a slower rate than the rest of us reminded me of a 2000AD story about a man living his life backwards, possibly by the same author) Worth a look. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 6, 2009 11:47:26 GMT
New stuff is up. I can see the new additions, just not the older stuff. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 7, 2009 8:57:27 GMT
Wolverine/Gambit Premiere HC?!
Madness!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 7, 2009 9:47:52 GMT
I hate Gambit.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 7, 2009 14:21:32 GMT
don't we all ?
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 7, 2009 18:28:22 GMT
I hear he has some fans.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 8, 2009 19:30:57 GMT
poor deluded people
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 8, 2009 19:54:49 GMT
Yes they are.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 11, 2009 15:40:50 GMT
I've also recently read The DC Universe stories of Alan Moore prompted by Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow popping up in Comics Greatest Moments. It's a fab volume, some good stuff in there especially the short back up features where Moore does more & challenges perceptions in a few pages than most people do in an entire issue. (One about beings moving at a slower rate than the rest of us reminded me of a 2000AD story about a man living his life backwards, possibly by the same author) Worth a look. It's been collected ! See www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Future-Shocks-Alan-Moore/dp/190426588X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244734742&sr=8-1 and buy yourself a copy ! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 12, 2009 21:12:38 GMT
Essential X-Men v9 in the post ! Woo !
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 13, 2009 9:32:32 GMT
It's here ! Falls just frustratingly short of where my Extinction Agenda trade starts. Next volume should be a doozy: 5 issues of UXM, then Days of Future Present (four annuals) (say 2 standard issues each makes 11 issues) then Extinction Agenda (3 UXM + 6 others) (20 issues) leaving just enough space to fit in all the Jim Lee in space issues.
I have mixed memories of this volume though - lets see how it pans out ....
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 13, 2009 17:39:15 GMT
I was pleased to see Essential Thor Volume 4 is finally in release today in FPG. Unfortunately, there appears to have been yet another price increase - £15. I shall patiently wait for Amazon to get it in. It looks brilliant.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 13, 2009 21:46:32 GMT
24/06 they reckon
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 14, 2009 9:59:39 GMT
Great, suits my budget.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 15, 2009 21:16:44 GMT
It's here ! Falls just frustratingly short of where my Extinction Agenda trade starts. Next volume should be a doozy: 5 issues of UXM, then Days of Future Present (four annuals) (say 2 standard issues each makes 11 issues) then Extinction Agenda (3 UXM + 6 others) (20 issues) leaving just enough space to fit in all the Jim Lee in space issues. I have mixed memories of this volume though - lets see how it pans out .... Black and white Jim Lee art. Very tempting... Andy |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 15, 2009 21:24:14 GMT
There's some in this volume.
(takes quick peak)
Yeah not too bad at all. But if anything it looses something from the colour (unlike, say, Byrne)
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 15, 2009 21:29:54 GMT
Byrne is an artist for me whose work always looks better in black and white.
Another is Alan Davis, I recently snagged Gotham Knights #25 which has his and Mike Barr's eight page black and white tale "One Night in McSurleys". Bloody amazing looking. It's in Batman Black and White volume 3 I think.
Andy
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