comics and graphic novels? - Page 2

Green Magnesium · 01.09.2009, 07:36 PM

Has anyone checked out the Berlin series at all? I have yet to get around to it.

It's been around for quite some time. Two volumes (of a planned trilogy) are on the market.

me. · 01.09.2009, 09:48 PM

Rutu Modan - Exit Wounds

and here's an online graphic blog - which i've not read yet!.

http://modan.blogs.nytimes.com/

me. · 01.09.2009, 10:04 PM

and also - The Murder of the Terminal Patient..

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/magazine/...dan.html/?_r=1

Toilet & Bowels · 01.10.2009, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Phlegmscope

I'm bummed that I can't find any of the stuff mentioned here in the libraries.

a lot of comics get scanned and are available to download as .pdf, .cbr or .cbz files via file sharing or torrent programs

Phlegmscope · 01.10.2009, 12:29 PM

A lot of everything is available for download, but as for reading stuff, I sort of want to keep it separate from computer. I did have some comics on my old computer, which has been fucked long since.

This one was great, but it's not available in english:

EVOLghost · 01.10.2009, 01:26 PM

Last graphic novel I read was V for vendetta. I've been meaning to pick up the Superman novel where he fights doomsday.

Florya · 01.10.2009, 07:08 PM

I haven't read a comic for a very long time.
Used to enjoy Tim Vigil's 'Faust'

Dead-Air · 01.10.2009, 07:26 PM

It's weird, because I haven't really read any comics or graphic novels in years, however I'm currently being flooded with them to read or reread.

I checked out Volume 3 of the Dark Horse reprints of the early Conans from the library because the stories that Michael Moorcock plotted that have Elric in them are in that and I've never read them.

Meanwhile, The Science Fiction Message Board is having a Group Book Read of Alan Moore's classic Watchmen which I've already read, but don't own. I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive at the library.

Finally, out of the blue, a friend mails me a copy of Frank Miller's Ronin for some reason. Might have been a birthday or Christmas gift, but there was no note. I never did read it though, so it looks like I'll be doing three graphic novels in a row.

chairman of the bored · 01.10.2009, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Green Magnesium

BLACK HOLE

how is this? i read in excert in mcsweeney's quarterly...the comic one...and it was cool, but not enough so to make me pick it up

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.10.2009, 07:37 PM

I finished Watchmen this morning at about 3am. Borders is having a buy 2 G/N get 1 free thing, I think. So I'll be picking up some more. I'm thinking Batman:The Killing Joke and Batman: Long Halloween.

demonrail666 · 01.10.2009, 07:38 PM

What did you think of Watchmen?

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.10.2009, 07:39 PM

It was beyond excellent. I had never read a comic before and I just loved every bit of it. The style, the book/story excerpts for each chapter, the framing and color are astounding, but the writing might be the best part. Totally did not see the ending coming.

demonrail666 · 01.10.2009, 07:46 PM

I agree. Here's an interview you might like, where Alan Moore talks about it.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qKebCtCTbCA

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.10.2009, 07:55 PM

Wow, I never realized Alan Moore had written so many things. I might have to pick those up instead of the Long Halloween

Dead-Air · 01.10.2009, 08:07 PM

Alan Moore's Swamp Things were among the best regular comics I ever read (though so was his successor Rick Veitch's run!)

demonrail666 · 01.11.2009, 11:31 AM

Yeah, Swamp Thing is great. V For Vendetta has dated a bit now but is in lots of ways my favourite of his.

phoenix · 01.12.2009, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

I bought Watchmen two days ago and am absorbed in it, about halfway finished. It is the first cb/gn I have ever read, but I can tell it'll be far from the last.

It's funny how when they reach you, they REALLY reach you. A good graphic novel can engross me the same way a really good piece of lit can. Maybe this is due to my predisposition to the visual though? hmm/

phoenix · 01.12.2009, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Phlegmscope

A lot of everything is available for download, but as for reading stuff, I sort of want to keep it separate from computer. I did have some comics on my old computer, which has been fucked long since.

This one was great, but it's not available in english:

I dont think I could stand to read comics/GN on the computer... the fun of slouching down in a really comfy chair and walking around with the thing until you finish it.. is gone.

phoenix · 01.12.2009, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

Yeah, anything by Charles Burns is great. My favourite comic ever though is Love & Rockets.

yes

phoenix · 01.12.2009, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by floatingslowly

I'm too old for comic books. I only watch cartoons.

nyerr so start an anime/toon thread. gtfo. <3

01.09.2009, 07:36 PM	#21
Green Magnesium 100% Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A House Like a Lotus Posts: 809	Has anyone checked out the Berlin series at all? I have yet to get around to it. It's been around for quite some time. Two volumes (of a planned trilogy) are on the market.
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01.09.2009, 09:48 PM	#22
me. stalker Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 400	Rutu Modan - Exit Wounds and here's an online graphic blog - which i've not read yet!. http://modan.blogs.nytimes.com/
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01.09.2009, 10:04 PM	#23
me. stalker Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 400	and also - The Murder of the Terminal Patient.. http://www.nytimes.com/ref/magazine/...dan.html/?_r=1
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01.10.2009, 12:29 PM	#25
Phlegmscope expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 1,246	A lot of everything is available for download, but as for reading stuff, I sort of want to keep it separate from computer. I did have some comics on my old computer, which has been fucked long since. This one was great, but it's not available in english:
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01.10.2009, 01:26 PM	#26
EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	Last graphic novel I read was V for vendetta. I've been meaning to pick up the Superman novel where he fights doomsday.
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01.10.2009, 07:08 PM	#27
Florya expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: a little world, all of my own. Posts: 1,668	I haven't read a comic for a very long time. Used to enjoy Tim Vigil's 'Faust' __________________ it takes an old guy like bloodbeach'85 to get anything right - atari 2600 listening mirror @ Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/listening-mirror
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01.10.2009, 07:26 PM	#28
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	It's weird, because I haven't really read any comics or graphic novels in years, however I'm currently being flooded with them to read or reread. I checked out Volume 3 of the Dark Horse reprints of the early Conans from the library because the stories that Michael Moorcock plotted that have Elric in them are in that and I've never read them. Meanwhile, The Science Fiction Message Board is having a Group Book Read of Alan Moore's classic Watchmen which I've already read, but don't own. I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive at the library. Finally, out of the blue, a friend mails me a copy of Frank Miller's Ronin for some reason. Might have been a birthday or Christmas gift, but there was no note. I never did read it though, so it looks like I'll be doing three graphic novels in a row. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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01.10.2009, 07:37 PM	#30
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I finished Watchmen this morning at about 3am. Borders is having a buy 2 G/N get 1 free thing, I think. So I'll be picking up some more. I'm thinking Batman:The Killing Joke and Batman: Long Halloween. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.10.2009, 07:38 PM	#31
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	What did you think of Watchmen?
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01.10.2009, 07:39 PM	#32
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	It was beyond excellent. I had never read a comic before and I just loved every bit of it. The style, the book/story excerpts for each chapter, the framing and color are astounding, but the writing might be the best part. Totally did not see the ending coming. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.10.2009, 07:46 PM	#33
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	I agree. Here's an interview you might like, where Alan Moore talks about it. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qKebCtCTbCA
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01.10.2009, 07:55 PM	#34
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Wow, I never realized Alan Moore had written so many things. I might have to pick those up instead of the Long Halloween __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.10.2009, 08:07 PM	#35
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	Alan Moore's Swamp Things were among the best regular comics I ever read (though so was his successor Rick Veitch's run!) __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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01.11.2009, 11:31 AM	#36
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Yeah, Swamp Thing is great. V For Vendetta has dated a bit now but is in lots of ways my favourite of his.
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