Comics

I searched for something similar but nothing came up.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who reads comics on the forum so I thought it would be good to have somewhere where we could talk about them, make recommendations and highlight any that are particularly bad
Anyone else agree?

As a starter you might like to check this one out: http://bookshop.europa.eu/eubookshop/publicationDetails.action?pubuid=10795271&offset=0

Why? Because it’s totally free! It might be EU propaganda but the art work I’ve seen looks good. If that’s not enough then the Taxpayers’ Alliance say it’s a cross between Tintin and Thunderbirds and a total waste of money. Coming from them it sounds like a recommendation.

It was all about 2000AD when I was a kid, wish I still had my collection.

I'm not a mainstream comics fan in as much as I don't go for the typical superhero works or the current hack and slash horror nonsense that seems fashionable at the moment.

Current recent favourite reads are:

Local: Brian Wood - Loosely threaded social tales.
DMZ: Brian Wood - Inter modern civil war stories in New York as a DMZ
Y: The Last Man: Brian K Vaughn - Tale of the last man on earth.
Strangehaven: Gary Spencer Millidge - Seminal Devon wierdness.

Currently working through Air by G Willow Wilson which is vaguely superheroesque in as much the main character effectively has a superpower but a la Misfits is too much of a mess to use it "to the betterment of mankind".

A special mention goes to Groo, which has been a longstanding work of brilliance.

I only really enjoy a comic if the artwork is decent and a little unusual. Hence my favourites being:
Ashley Wood's Popbot and the zombies vs robots series.
And most stuff that Mike Mignola has drawn

Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman.

Hellblazer.

Tried and failed to do a multi quote but thanks for the recommendations.

The Seldom Killer - the superhero thing leaves me a little bit cold too. I really liked DMZ and Y:the last man so I'll check out you other recommendations.

Cernan - know what you mean. Sometimes the art work makes up for a rather poor story sometimes. I don't know if it falls into the decent category (certainly isn't unusual) but I've always been drawn to la ligne claire, possibly due to staerting on Tintin as a child. That's why I'm enjoying a lot of the stuff Cinebook put out like Blake and Mortimer and Yoko Tsuno. A bit young but still fun.

Andy.W - love Hellblazer too.

I don't know many comics, but my favourites are still the obvious Belgian and French classics: Astérix, Tintin, and Franquin--Spirou et Fantasio (but only Franquin) and Gaston. Again bleedingly obvious, Carl Barks' Donald Duck. My favourite comic of all time is Astérix Légionnaire.

There are probably many comics that have better stories, but I've never got into them as a perceived literary genre, mainly being interested in them for Barks', Uderzo's, Hergé's, and Franquin's excellent drawings, which I've never seen equalled.

I haz some late 80s classics I might be tempted to offload if anyone's interested... Moore, Sienkewicz, Miller, blah, blah... All bagged up... PM me if yer interested...

Yup, Stray Toasters is exceptional.

My favourite comic of all time is Astérix Légionnaire.

Fuckin' A - I've started buying them in French to try to re-learn the lingo.

Best Roman Legionnaire names in the series - Sendervictorius and Appianglorius.

all works from thomas ott, charles burns, daniel clowes

I was an artist for a comic that won 'Best Independent Superhero Comic’ from the readers of Wizard Magazine. I miss drawing.

I think I bought that issue when I was a kid ;p

Just read volume 3 of The Waking Dead - very dark, very good. Love that art style. Must go back and finish Joe Sacco's Palestine - got a bit darked out after reading most of that and watching Persepolis on the same day. Also revisiting ABC Warriors & NEMESIS!!

Used to love

http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/sputnik/53/drquinch.jpg

Action comics #1 (the Superman debut) sold yesterday for $1,000,000.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/its-a-birdits-a-planeits-the-first-million-dollar-comic-book-84981062.html
You said we're in a recession?

I have a full set of Thundercats comics, but regrettably, not the Cat's Lair plans or the Map of Third Earth, which were serialised pull-outs that you taped together. Long gone.

And of course I have a full set of Calvin & Hobbes books. OBVS!

Two of my best pals now work on 2000AD, on the design side. Tales of comic con nerds moaning about minor logo tweaks tickle me.

everything i learnt that's worth knowing came from a kid and his tiger.

Just read volume 3 of The Waking Dead - very dark, very good. Love that art style. Must go back and finish Joe Sacco's Palestine - got a bit darked out after reading most of that and watching Persepolis on the same day. Also revisiting ABC Warriors & NEMESIS!!

If you think Palestine is dark, you may want to consider not reading Safe Area Gorazde. I reckon in the current socio political climate it would make an excellent addition to the national curriculum. I would also add Maus to that as well. Of all the books that I've read on the subject of the Second World War, nothing else has conveyed it to me with quite as much impact.

Oh my. You lot are in for it in a comics thread....

Just finished Posy Simmons take on Hardy's "far from the madding crown", called Tamara Drewe.
It's an interesting story and the illustraions are an unusual collabaration of pencil and ink. She does something really unusual with the way she uses text as well, worth a read.

I've also been re-reading some of "Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid On Earth", which is frustrating thanks his layout design, but stunning and ultimately very rewarding when you figure out in the last third exactly what is going on.

I'm always a fan of Jason,

Jeffery Lewis,

and Jeffery Brown, the last being a long time favorite.

I'm curantly working on a biography of Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) in a one page format for school, which should be done by the end of the week. I'll scan it in if anyone has any interest in him or the band.

Oh! And I was thinking of re-inking and putting out another run of I Love You More Than Whiskey if anyone is interested. Wouldn't be till the summer though.

I'm curantly working on a biography of Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) in a one page format for school, which should be done by the end of the week. I'll scan it in if anyone has any interest in him or the band.

Oh dear god yes.

If you think Palestine is dark, you may want to consider not reading Safe Area Gorazde. I reckon in the current socio political climate it would make an excellent addition to the national curriculum. I would also add Maus to that as well. Of all the books that I've read on the subject of the Second World War, nothing else has conveyed it to me with quite as much impact.

If you like dark political comics Sacco is good, but I have to give full props to Seth Tobocmann's War In The Neighborhood for portraying the NYC squat scene of the 80's and 90's in a way that inspires you to actually do something, not just telling you about what's happening in a part of the world you will probably never go to.