Since doomsie's back... THE OFFICIAL COMICBOOK/GEEK THREAD

[TPD]

the book was way better too.

there's a lot of good non-superhero stuff out there.

check out "y: the last man" if you liked sandman and stuff.
anything by vertigo is great, actually.

[rynne]

Fellows and fellowettes: I am requesting suggestions for good one-shot/self-contained TPBs.  Time and money constraints aren't very conducive to picking up series of TPBs right now (if it did, I'd be starting up on Swamp Thing or Irredeemable).

Picked up today:
Top Ten: The Forty-Niners
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth


*edit* Related: has anyone read Ellis' Supergod? From what I've seem it looks like a really interesting concept.

[doom]

Hey Rynne! Good to see you on here!

Off the top of my head:

Welcome to Hoxford by Ben Templesmith is a great single TPB to check out.

Also, an obvious suggestion but basically you can jump into any Deadpool TPB and not be lost by back story and enjoy it, leave it at that or keep going depending on budget/interest.

[doom]

Me too

I'd spend more time in this thread if a) it weren't all super-hero-centric and b) I actually stayed current with any comics.  I never really got into the Darkhorse continuation of Buffy OR Firefly, Sandman is a done deal, Vasquez never followed up with JtHM (not that I'm sure I'd read it now, though I probably would pick up further issues of I Feel Sick if they were to come into existence), and beyond that, I mostly find myself reading graphic novels that have been around forever, e.g. Watchmen and The Crow.  Would still like to get my hands on a copy of V for Vendetta, though I worry that it may tarnish my love of the movie.

Theres some  comics that arent  Super Hero based that are amazing.

Morning Glories for one (if you like Lost type stuff (i.e. weird mysteries, etc.))
Anything Ben Templesmith has his hands on.
Y The Last Man
Walking Dead
House of Mystery
Stuff of Legends
100 Bullets
The Dark Tower (comic)

V for Vendetta the comic is great on its own, as is the movie. Comparing the two might be a bad idea though.
I love Sandman, have you heard of Lucifer? Its an offshoot story from Sandman that you'd enjoy, if you liked Sandman.

so your answer for A) is that bring up non superhero comics and well talk about that too!

[Naylzie]

Awesomesauce!  I'll have to see what I can turn up at the local places that have comic books.  Newbury isn't as varied in selection as I'd like.  For a place called "Newbury Comics" they devote a hell of a lot more floorspace to music and... uh?  Sundry strangeness is the best catch-all I can really come up with.  If anyone is unfamiliar, it's like an unholy alliance of a music store, Spencer's, and a small-time comic shop.  I think I might still know of a couple of other places that might have them though.  And failing all of that, there IS always the internet.

I think I'll start off looking for Y The Last Man and Lucifer if both are in the same vein as Sandman, but I'll keep an eye out for what I can find.  Thanks for the recommendations!

[doom]

no problem!

Both are great, and decently long stories to get immersed in.

[individualzero]

I wonder what the rest of the DC universe is like in the Batman Beyond era? Did they write anything about that or is the BM:Beyond series more ... Gotham and just Gotham? If that makes sense.

[TPD]

there's a new superman beyond book coming out.
and maybe a jla one too in the near future.

there was a great episode with the future justice league of the future.
real cool shit.
they've even featured it in the comics:
http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/43367-6421-50727-1-batman-beyond_super.jpg



rynne:
as far as graphic novels/collected arcs that involve only one book:
this was all kinds of awesome

http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-13-Architecture-Brian-Azzarello/dp/1401215521

[doom]

just started a superhero dnd. 

[doom]

Teaser Poster!

[Stariki]

Two goats wandering around in Hollywood. One finds some movie film in a garbage can and eats it.
"How was it ?" says the other goat. "Not bad"says the first goat, "not as good as the book !"

[doom]

are you referring to comic vs. this movie to be?

i have plenty of concerns for this story, more so than either of nolan's other batman movies.
the depiction of bane, and his story with our caped crusader is a strange area for nolan to leave off his trilogy,
especially if he follows suit with the comic.

[doom]

Shown during the previews for Deathly Hallows pt. II,

The Dark Knight Rises Teaser Trailer.
this is the best quality i could find.

but man that last 3 seconds with Bane charging towards Batman! 
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/181448/20110716/the-dark-knight-rises-trailer-dark-knight-batman-3-new-batman-movie-christian-bale-batman-christophe.htm


also just got a big Vader tattoo,
ill probably take a picture of it tomorrow sometime.

[doom]

The Amazing Spiderman Trailer just dropped!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upwf8RsyNqQ


so did a clip from Walking Dead, Season 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNmwf_cI8q0

and here's a better quality one for The Dark Knight Rises:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apMXFloDH6M

[Nadia]

I wonder what the rest of the DC universe is like in the Batman Beyond era? Did they write anything about that or is the BM:Beyond series more ... Gotham and just Gotham? If that makes sense.

Even though I know you shortened "Batman" to "BM," I still can only read those letters as "bowel movement." Immature? Maybe.

I just read Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth. The illustrations were super fantastic, but I didn't decide that I really liked the story line until I completely finished the book and read the script in the back and the notes from the author. Also, perhaps I am just easily confused, but I wasn't sure exactly what was happening in the story until right at the end.