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Post by cee on Jul 20, 2018 17:54:02 GMT -5
So far, we got new books from Jim Woodring, Dave Cooper and Prison Pit #6, which we didn't get for years now, so it's already a year for the books as far as I'm concerned (LOEG is a huge bonus as well, first issue being insanely great).
I'm getting increasingly interested in Aftershock books, and Relay is off to a most intriguing start.
Image remains the main provider of original mainstream books, and we have a Brubaker/Philips GN to look forward next fall. Barrier was really good, so was Gideon Falls, and I must admit I thought that Oblivion Song was good pulp so far. Oh, and we finally got new issues of Lazarus!
Heavy Metal magazine is finally finding the right pace, and I'm willing to make a leap of faith and suscribe.
At Dark Horse, Bourdain's series was quite good, and the hellboyverse continues to deliver.
Punisher: The Platoon was the best DC/Marvel book I read in a long time, so I'm looking forward the next volume coming out later this year. The new Thor bok has been the most beautifull take on the character ever IMHO, I love every single page. Snagglepuss Chronicles is also a good book, but I reserve judgment.
Lot's of great stuff happening in euro books as well, and Happy has been my favorite manga in ages...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2018 23:28:24 GMT -5
And Gideon Falls is one of the few Image books I have decided to buy monthly instead of in trades. Why have you decided to read it monthly? On creator own works, I'm always torn between buying monthly and risking forgetting important details along the way, or (deluxe) trade waiting until I have the full story to read in one go. Curious how others decide. With Image, if there is a series I am interested in I often buy the first issue to try. If I like it, but feel it will be better read in larger chunks, I trade wait the rest. If I like it and I want to know what happens next without waiting 6 months, I add it to my pull. If I don't like it, well, I put it aside and hope everyone else does and the first issue is in high demand and I can flip it later for credit somewhere. -M |
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Post by Dizzy D on Aug 10, 2018 12:30:31 GMT -5
Bit late to this party, but my opinions:
- Marvel: I'm enjoying X-Men Red and some of the smaller X-series (Multiple Man and New Mutants for instance.). Like half the cast in Exiles, but the pacing is off. Enjoyed Cates Dr. Strange, but strongly dislike Waid's version. Kinda disappointed with Black Panther's new direction, because I was really enjoying Coates world-building before. Loving X-Men: Grand Design (really hoping that Scioli Fantastic Four thing will pan out.)
- DC: Wildstorm and Deathstroke are my main series over here. Exit... Stage left was good. I'm still getting Michael Cray to support more Wildstorm titles, but honestly, I think it's terrible. Was enjoying Doom Patrol, but didn't like Milk Wars.
- Image: Mage: The Hero Denied is finally being published. Inking has been weird the last few issues though. Descender's wrapped up, but it's definitely not an end, just the middle of the story, eagerly awaiting Ascender. Gave Prism Stalker a chance, but lost interest pretty quick. Paradiso is a title I did like. Maestros is another one.
- Dark Horse: Waiting for a collection of Blackwood, the new Evan Dorkin thing. Empowered was fun as usual.
Overall my American pull list is getting pretty short.
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Post by Batflunkie on Aug 10, 2018 17:25:47 GMT -5
- DC: Wildstorm and Deathstroke are my main series over here. Exit... Stage left was good. I'm still getting Michael Cray to support more Wildstorm titles, but honestly, I think it's terrible. Was enjoying Doom Patrol, but didn't like Milk Wars. I wanted to like Wildstorm, but it's really generic and soulless feeling. Had to believe the same Warren Ellis behind Transmetropolitan and Moon Knight wrote this Cave Carson started out fairly interestingly, but I kind of stopped reading it a while ago. Young Animal really just wasn't living up to my expectations, Bug! was good though. More invested in the "New Age Of Heroes" line, but seems like it's slowly turning into "quantity over quality" - Image: Mage: The Hero Denied is finally being published. Inking has been weird the last few issues though. Descender's wrapped up, but it's definitely not an end, just the middle of the story, eagerly awaiting Ascender. Gave Prism Stalker a chance, but lost interest pretty quick. Paradiso is a title I did like. Maestros is another one. Same here on Prism Stalker. It seems like every Image title that I actually have a passing interest in either doesn't do well or is only a mini-series. Kind of leaves a sour taste in your mouth with the only titles that do catch on are cookie cutters of other Image books. It's funny for me to think of Image as the least diverse publisher in the industry as far as genre goes, but it's sadly true Top Cow does have a few interesting things going for it like Bone Head and the recent Cyberforce reboot, but that's about it |
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Post by Dizzy D on Aug 11, 2018 1:40:19 GMT -5
- DC: Wildstorm and Deathstroke are my main series over here. Exit... Stage left was good. I'm still getting Michael Cray to support more Wildstorm titles, but honestly, I think it's terrible. Was enjoying Doom Patrol, but didn't like Milk Wars. I wanted to like Wildstorm, but it's really generic and soulless feeling. Had to believe the same Warren Ellis behind Transmetropolitan and Moon Knight wrote this Cave Carson started out fairly interestingly, but I kind of stopped reading it a while ago. Young Animal really just wasn't living up to my expectations, Bug! was good though. More invested in the "New Age Of Heroes" line, but seems like it's slowly turning into "quantity over quality" - Image: Mage: The Hero Denied is finally being published. Inking has been weird the last few issues though. Descender's wrapped up, but it's definitely not an end, just the middle of the story, eagerly awaiting Ascender. Gave Prism Stalker a chance, but lost interest pretty quick. Paradiso is a title I did like. Maestros is another one. Same here on Prism Stalker. It seems like every Image title that I actually have a passing interest in either doesn't do well or is only a mini-series. Kind of leaves a sour taste in your mouth with the only titles that do catch on are cookie cutters of other Image books. It's funny for me to think of Image as the least diverse publisher in the industry as far as genre goes, but it's sadly true Top Cow does have a few interesting things going for it like Bone Head and the recent Cyberforce reboot, but that's about it
I completely realize that Wildstorm is a comic book made for me and me alone. It just checks all the boxes I like.
There is still a lot of Image titles I like right now and they are still far removed from least diverse (compared to Marvel and DC who are both basically SUPERHEROES and some other stuff). A lot of it is sci-fi or fantasy or horror, but there are still other titles around. For instance, I find it really funny that Top Cow seems to be going hard into Romance/Slice of Life comics (Swing, Sugar, Sunstone, Bloodstain) right now (well that and hard sci-fi). Seeing how they started out superhero/urban fantasy.
I still have to check out new Cyberforce, I remember actually quite liking the previous Cyberforce they released (got it through Humble Bundle), even with never reading Cyberforce ever before.
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