Recommend me comics..

[hector]

I need something to read.

So, what would each of you recommend me? I'm talking about series you absolutely love, think are classics or whatever and think everyone should read.

Please?

[Elliot Kane]

I think you read pretty much everything I do, Hec, and certainly the good stuff.

Bout the only thing you might not already get is Necromancer from Image, which is rather good. Won't transform your world, mind, but I like it

[SilvaShado]

Have you read 100 Bullets? Will recommends it - strong characters, strong story, and fairly decent artwork. Also violent.

Will also recommends Sin City. He hasn't read it yet, but has heard great things about it.

I really enjoy Y The Last Man as well as Fables. Both have very good characters and story. Yes there are some weak spots in both. Fables wasn't as enjoyable the last long storyarc, but the last two issues were a two-part story that I really liked.

Conan has been great. The artwork is wonky sometimes, but the stories are great. Especially when they do flashbacks to his childhood.

I haven't read it, but I hope to get R.A. Salvatore's Homeland and Exiles comic book adaptations. I've picked it up in the store and the artwork looks wonderful. If they did a good adaptation, the story will be very strong.

[hector]

Will is a tough guy. I like that.

Yes, I've read both Sin City and 100 Bullets, still collecting the later. Never really warmed up to either Fables or Y, tho. Conan was written by Busiek isn't it? I might check some of that.

E, what else can you say about Necromancer? writer, artist, etc.

[Elliot Kane]

It's one of those modern-world mage stories, basically. A young woman with a perfect life is larking about pretending to try to summon up a demon with her friends, and they succeed because she has an innate talent for magecraft. It's not the nice fluffy side of things, though.

What's a nice girl to do when she's a natural born Necromancer?

That's pretty much the premise.

Art & writing are both good, but they're by nobody I ever heard of before - or can remember right now. I can look them up if you're that interested, though...

[ptsteelers]

The New Fallen Angel by Peter David
(IDW) great read !!!!!!
and only at issue 4, and issue 3 was a great starting point IF you can't find issues 1 and 2 .... and If you arn't reading it already.

[Elliot Kane]

Yeah, FA is great

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Just remembered - check out The Book Of Lost Souls, too. It's the best thing JMS has done since Midnight Nation, IMO. By a long way. Colleen Doran is doing the art, which is another great reason to read it.

[Duncan]

Probably worth reading Bryan Talbot's Luther Arkwright for some formal schooling; it's a bit serious, but very Moorcockian, and the layouts are homaged by anyone with a brain these days.

Presently, I am very much enjoying Desolation Jones; think that's a wagon you might want to get hitched to. (Just trying to think of things you probably aren't presently reading, here.)

[ptsteelers]

I hated Book of Lost Souls.
JMS said it is written for women, to try and get them more involved with comics.
Glad you liked it though Kane

Desolation is fantastic, if you like a hard edge book ... only bi-monthly though ... that sucks.

Try his book Fell ... for $1.99 you can't beat it.

[Elliot Kane]

JMS said it was written for WOMEN? Really? He's either joking or has no idea how to write for women, I know that much...

[Gray Lensman]

Yeah, I was rather surprised at that little detail myself. It doesn't read like a girl-oriented book in the slightest.

JMS explains how Book of Lost Souls came about in his Newsarama column.

"The journey that led to The Book of Lost Souls started in Joe Quesada’s office, when he mentioned that there was a gap in the readership and the layout of Marvel’s titles. There wasn’t much that was aimed at female readers, and most of the titles were oriented toward superheroes. He wanted something a bit more lyrical, a tad romantic, more fantasy than action or SF. Beyond that, it was up to me."

So I would say that not only does JMS not have a clue about how to write for women, neither does Joe Quesada. But then, what else is new? ;D

[Elliot Kane]

They both need to go read Meridian. And try to understand the point of it. It's the only US comic I've ever seen that was genuinely aimed at women.

[ptsteelers]

I don't know Kane, I liked Meridian ... not saying it still was not female biased or ... hell nevermind.

I tried BoLS, but just didn't do it for me. It did (to me) read differently.

It is sorta like that vampire series that this girl at my book store had me try ... can't think of the name of it now ... AARRGGHHH ... real popular. She is a detective in a world were vampires are out in the open ... BLAKE something ... or was that the writer ?
anyway ... It read ... like it was for chicks

Yea, thats it ... Aninta Blake .. I think

Hell, I'm sick man ... going to take somemore Nyquil.

[Elliot Kane]

Meridian was absolutely written for women - but I liked it anyway, I must admit

BoLS is not written for women, whatever the intent might be.

And yeah - it's Anita Blake

[hector]

Desolation Jones and Fell seems like a sure thing, as I'm having an Ellis kick after reading Stormwatch.

Fallen Angel seems to have..lost soemthing in the relaunch. Dropped after issue three.

And now I have to try Book of Lost Souls, just to who I agree with.

[jesse]

If you're not already reading Dead Girl, I recommend that.

Also, Godland. I feel obliged to pimp it 'cause it's a smaller company book, but I love it. It's retro Jack kirby type art with a modern sensibility plot-wise. The villain designs are the best in comics and the dialogue is top notch. No comic, Nextwave be damned, has better dialogue than this. Here's some snippets:

"Yikes...Practically drained my weapons clip...! Wonder what his E! True Hollywood Story is?"

"Peace is for hippies! Haven't you heard? Violence is the new black!"

"Saving Crashman, of all people! A pre-fab superhero, at best!"

"Out of my way, "Maxim"... You do know you named yourself after a moronic men's lifestyle magazine, don't you?"

"And this time, give me the straight story."
"Then I shall... If, for no other reason, to curtail your boorish whining...!"
"Harsh..."

"C'mon Basil... It's got a beat and you can dance to it!"

"Nickelhead-You've actually sunk to a new low! By the way... I've got an itch- On my soul!"

"Fair enough... Although whoever thought of those rat people had to be ganked on some kind of stimulant-"

Anyway, yeah I love it. Everyone seemed to be recommending known quantities, so i went the other direction.

[hector]

Joe Casey's writing and the pseudo Kirby swipe style made me want to tear my eyes out when I read Godland online, sorry.

Dead Girl I am buying, though.

Well, status report: Couldn't find anything about Necromancer, and Book of Lost Souls did indeed seemed aimed at women, but was kinda interesting.

What about some older runs and comics?

[janggut]

www.paulmorris.co.uk/beano/strips/dennisthemenace.htm

i love this one.

[brett]

Hey, I've got a letter in the latest Godland, so buy it for that. While Godland is good, the worst thing about it is that the best story so far wasn't even in the main title, but was a 4 pager in the Image Holiday Special, and didn't even have the main character in it. Which is a plus 'cause we got Basil Cronus instead, and that is why I was inspired to write in!

Have you read any of the Clone Wars comics? Really good quality (for Star Wars comics, which have tended to be a bit shite), and the ones set after RotS have been even better. At least check out Purge, with a killer Adam Hughes' Vader de-hand-itating Jedi cover.

[hector]

I wouldn't know where to start there, Brett.

Where does 'Purge' appear? A regular series, a mini?