Recommend me some current comic books - Page 2

tesla69 · 09.06.2008, 11:18 AM

The only current comic I'm buying is Jonah Hex. Its a hardboiled western.

I'd buy Peter Bagge's Hate if he'd put it out more than once a year.

I'm a sucker for trippy 1970's stuff like Jack Kirby's New Gods and anything by Steve Ditko. I half heartedly collect Silver Age DC supernatural shit like Phantom Stranger and Spectre.

Eli Renfro · 09.06.2008, 11:22 AM

Casanova by Matt Fraction, really mind-blowing stuff. If you can track them down, I highly recommend getting the individual issues instead of the trade, in the back of every issue he writes 5 or 6 pages, explaining some of the more obscure references in the issue, what was going on in his head when he was writing it, what song you're supposed to be listening to while reading it, etc. Really adds to the experience.

Fables continues to be excellent, and Jack of Fables is just as good IMO (although I know some people can't stand the character Jack so they can't get into it).

Omega the Unknown miniseries by regular book author Jonathan Lethem, if you can deal with stuff that's rather idiosyncratic, was really cool.

For regular superhero books, I'd say Grant Morrison's All Star Superman is the best thing going, and check out Immortal Iron Fist.

Everyneurotic · 09.07.2008, 10:35 PM

thanks for the recommendations everyone.

maybe i'll go to the geek store tomorrow and see what they have in stock.

k-krack · 09.08.2008, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

thanks for the recommendations everyone.

maybe i'll go to the geek store tomorrow and see what they have in stock.

Man, lemme know what you get!
Like I said, I highly recommend a lot of what's going on in the Marvel Universe, Venom: Dark Origins is only two issues in, The Secret Invasion series RULES, and some of the tie-ins are super rad, X-Men Secret Invasion just started, same with Amazing Spiderman SI...
and... like I also said earlier, ASM: New Ways to Die!!!

Everyneurotic · 09.08.2008, 08:57 PM

uhhh couldn't go to the geekstore so i had to settle for the newstand for now, i got morrison's superman, astonishing x-men and messiah complex x-men.

all three are good.

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i read about grant morrison on wikipedia, i so want to read his run in doom patrol.

09.06.2008, 11:18 AM	#21
tesla69 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 4,055	The only current comic I'm buying is Jonah Hex. Its a hardboiled western. I'd buy Peter Bagge's Hate if he'd put it out more than once a year. I'm a sucker for trippy 1970's stuff like Jack Kirby's New Gods and anything by Steve Ditko. I half heartedly collect Silver Age DC supernatural shit like Phantom Stranger and Spectre.
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09.06.2008, 11:22 AM	#22
Eli Renfro little trouble girl Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Diamond Sea Posts: 34	Casanova by Matt Fraction, really mind-blowing stuff. If you can track them down, I highly recommend getting the individual issues instead of the trade, in the back of every issue he writes 5 or 6 pages, explaining some of the more obscure references in the issue, what was going on in his head when he was writing it, what song you're supposed to be listening to while reading it, etc. Really adds to the experience. Fables continues to be excellent, and Jack of Fables is just as good IMO (although I know some people can't stand the character Jack so they can't get into it). Omega the Unknown miniseries by regular book author Jonathan Lethem, if you can deal with stuff that's rather idiosyncratic, was really cool. For regular superhero books, I'd say Grant Morrison's All Star Superman is the best thing going, and check out Immortal Iron Fist.
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09.07.2008, 10:35 PM	#23
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	thanks for the recommendations everyone. maybe i'll go to the geek store tomorrow and see what they have in stock. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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09.08.2008, 08:57 PM	#25
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	uhhh couldn't go to the geekstore so i had to settle for the newstand for now, i got morrison's superman, astonishing x-men and messiah complex x-men. all three are good. ----- i read about grant morrison on wikipedia, i so want to read his run in doom patrol. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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