Vertigo: The Little Imprint That Could

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Unwritten is consistently the most 'Wow!' book in my pull every month. I'm always learning something literary from it, as well as loving the overall story. There was a moment when I thought it was going to turn into nothing but a horror story, but it directed away from that. It seems to not HAVE a particular genre to it.

In other Vertigo thoughts, I cannot loving WAIT for I, Zombie.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2010 18:01

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 23:29

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Amemit posted:

Greek Street seems like it could be good. I just can't get into a book where the main character has sex with his mother and then kills her in the first issue. Couldn't you choose a more sympathetic protagonist? It doesn't help that a lot of the book is really predictable if you know anything about the original Greek stories. I did read the first 5 issues, but gave up after that.

I had the same problem, only I checked out after the first issue.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2010 18:51

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Unwritten #12 was just brilliant. The first issue where they stepped away from Tommy to show the greater picture (#5) almost put me off the book, especially coming hard on the heels of #4's murderfest. But I came back and kept trucking and now it's those type of issues I think I look forward to most, where the writer explores the concept of the story.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2010 09:54

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I went to the Vertigo presentation here at ECCC, they made it clear what sort of book I,Zombie was from the start. Cute :3:

I like the art, and I think I'm gonna dig the story, too.

# ¿ May 6, 2010 07:12

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Fatkraken posted:

Any more recommendations for something similar? I have Sandman and Preacher, Hellblazer has always been tempting but there's so MUCH of it, Swamp Thing is one I've been meaning to read but it's a bit of an arse to find collected, Animal Man has been well spoken of

Dunno if it's similar, but I really enjoyed Enigma recently. It's just 1 trade collected.

# ¿ May 17, 2010 16:09

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I figured as long as he wasn't Ares'd, and he was still making noise, he probably was. Although not, maybe, for long.

# ¿ May 21, 2010 21:12

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I, Zombie is really fun so far. I think the coloring is amazing. I love both the zombie girl detective and the ghost character.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2010 22:48

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I feel so vindicated. Unwritten is fabulous. Although I have to admit the horror-movie issue almost shook me off the ride.

# ¿ Jun 7, 2010 20:42

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i, Zombie is cute. I wouldn't say it's deep and must-read, but it has a sort of early Buffy flavor that makes it a fun, light timewaster. And the art's just amazing, of course.

# ¿ Aug 6, 2010 06:23

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Wah.

Unwritten just made me gasp aloud.

# ¿ Aug 12, 2010 01:52

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I like iZombie a lot, but the story is starting with a slow burn and I think that's a mistake.

# ¿ Aug 17, 2010 21:34

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It works for me because I've read that sort of novel my whole life.

I enjoyed Unwritten this week, less for the story aspects, because it only moved the story forward a quarter inch, but for pushing the boundaries of the medium.

# ¿ Sep 17, 2010 05:00

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UncleMonkey posted:

Yeah, there were some major "Holy poo poo!" moments. The Unwritten is always the first book I read of its release week as soon as I get home.

The Unwritten is always the last book I read for that week, because I want to close feeling amazed at comics.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2010 19:28

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The last two issues of Unwritten have really not worked for me. Fell asleep reading this month's, twice. Granted I'm a little tired due to finals in night school but still.

Hopefully it will pick up now that Tommy's falling into the texts.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2010 06:14

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Every so often I look at Gus, the character, and wonder about Jeff Lemire's son, Gus.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2010 17:05

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You all noticed in the most recent issue that they teased the return of Mr Bun, right? Not sure if I am :yoshi:

or not about that - man that was an ANGRY RABBIT.

# ¿ Mar 31, 2011 19:00

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The Action Man posted:

Fables ended for me at issue 50 when Snow and Bigby got married, and I had to read about 3 pages of Willingham using Bigby as a proxy to tell me how badass Israel was.

I opted out even earlier because I was tired of hearing about Snow and Bigby in general.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2011 20:28

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bairfanx posted:

Agreed. For anyone that likes Carey's Hellblazer, the Felix Castor series is worth your time.

If you're looking for prose books to compare it to, Dresden Files is close, but the Castor books are better.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2011 03:58

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blue.eyed.ash posted:

Keep in mind as you read the first Lucifer trade that Mike Carey's best work is unwritten at that point in time.

Punster.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2011 09:51

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Unwritten's latest Mr Bun (Pauly!) issue was really good but if you tried to use it as a jumping-on point into the series you'd be fuckered.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2011 23:30

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Oh my God, guys, look at this. Unwritten to double-ship monthly starting in November.

quote:

So after The Unwritten #31 with a main narrative story, readers will get The Unwritten #31.5 focusing on a back-story. Then #32 will return to the main narrative, with #32.5 following with a back-story.

Guest artists will help out on the first ".5" issue, as well as the following back-stories as needed � although no artists have yet been named.

quote:

Newsarama: Extra issues shipped between regular issues? Was this a case of you having so many ideas about the back-story that you couldn't cram it all into the main story?

Peter Gross: Yeah, something like that. We kept talking about little back-stories we'd like to do. And we've always liked doing our one-off issues. They've always been really popular with everyone. And we have a bunch of other back-story things we want to do, but every time we talk about getting them in there, we realize it would slow the main storyline down.

I was frustrated with it, and I started bringing it up with our editor. And I said, "Wouldn't it be great if we could do a few issues of these stories somehow staggered so it wouldn't slow down the main story's pace?" And they said, "Let's do it!"

Mike Carey: The other fact that fed into this was that we'd already been discussing with Karen [Berger] the possibility of doing a mini-series. A freestanding mini-series along with the regular monthly book. We got as far as doing quite a bit of planning for that.

Then suddenly it hit us that if we were going to have those extra issues, we could do something a lot more ambitious with them.

I like these guys. I like the way they think, the way they plan, the way they push the edges of the medium just a little bit. Can't wait.

# ¿ Jul 23, 2011 10:49

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SUBLIME! posted:

going 'well, gently caress.'

So, yeah, Vertigo loving rules and I've reread every series a billion times save for Y: The Last Man because it's my absolute favorite and awfully heartbreaking. What should I go to next?

Unwritten.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2011 14:58

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bobkatt013 posted:

Original Sins is awesome

This is where I just started at. It was awesome. So grimey.

# ¿ Sep 25, 2011 04:44

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Unwritten was as usual, superb. I hope you're all reading this or at least trade waiting.

Also, that Unexpected book from Vertigo had some excellent seeds in it.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2011 22:09

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StumblyWumbly posted:

Pretty sure it is first issue only. Vertigo's done that before.

Yeah this is there 'first taste's cheap' strategy and it has worked on me SO MANY TIMES :mad:

.

Also yeah, it IS really good.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2011 01:28

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Quantum of Phallus posted:

I just borrowed the latest Scalped trade from my friend, best series Vertigo's running at the moment, hands down.

This is false, it is Unwritten by miles.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2011 15:38

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^burtle posted:

You guys are surprised that DC is adapting a rape filled story? :V

Oh shush. Also Dragon Tat has more rapes than all of ID Crisis and every female DC character origin story put together. :V

# ¿ Dec 25, 2011 22:15

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Man, Unwritten went even darker this week. Yikes

# ¿ Jan 29, 2012 08:11

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IShallRiseAgain posted:

Out of curiosity, I looked up about it, and apparently it was something that was already decided on before he was brought on-board the comic. Unless, I'm missing something.

I had actually heard that, too.

# ¿ Jan 31, 2012 00:24

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bobkatt013 posted:

His first story was the prision one. He also had people making porn with dogs and had a gay Bruce Wayne.

Nothing wrong with gay Bruce Waynes! Just speaking for myself, of course. Dog porn, though, that's gross.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2012 19:29

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ParliamentOfDogs posted:

Finished Joe the Barbarian and it was okay. Morrison's writing was kind of uneven and it felt kind of rushed in places, but Sean Murphy was knocking poo poo out of the park all day/everyday, I mean goddamn. That book is so pretty. It could have been scripted by anyone and it would have been worth my time because of the art.

The story wasn't all bad, I thought it said some things about grief pretty eloquently through the Queen Bree character, but I just think it got to the end before anything got into a rhythm or you ever actually knew who any of the people were. I'll just say again, Sean Murphy is dynamite.

His art is AWESOME. Just don't read anything he says.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2012 07:08

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FoneBone posted:

What did he say, exactly?

He's had a couple of essays on his Deviantart journal so :rolleyes:

that you actually end up blushing on his behalf. One when he attended ECCC and had to be dragged out to be social and then confessed his chivalrous love for the lady who draws the Cinderella covers, and a more recent one where he talked about writers and their niches. If he'd drawn them as wordless comics, it would have gone much better.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2012 19:51

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Office Sheep posted:

When I read this I imagine Didio Jim Lee and them speaking in unison.

We were just talking about how JH Williams is wasted on Batwoman in the Batman thread. That's great.

Edit: Will this be on the DC imprint?

It was announced in the Vertigo panel, so I imagine on Vertigo.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2012 03:48

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Jedit posted:

Promethea is Alan Moore.

I assumed it was a comparison to Moore.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2012 00:36

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Jedit posted:

^^^ OK, I get it. The sentence was ambiguous.

I might give you a nod for We3, which is basically The Incredible Journey crossed with Robocop, but what's traditional about a story where a young boy hallucinates while on the verge of a diabetic coma?

Actually, the Joe the Barb story was utterly familiar to me, not as a 1:1 comparison to any particular story, but similar to a lot of YA fiction I read growing up. I enjoyed it but it didn't make me light up with its originality.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2012 01:52

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Benny the Snake posted:

Hotdamn

That looks fun!

# ¿ Oct 13, 2012 05:48

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Did they say it would be PG? Because the Watchmen stuff is labelled according to its content, so Hellblazer could be.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2012 23:50

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Renzuko posted:

Holy crap, I just finished the first collected version of saga and I am 100% hooked, now I technically have 3 series ongoing, fables, I'm waiting on the last volume of sandman's new edition's, and saga.

Any suggestion's on something new I can pick up while I'm waiting for more of my current series?

Well, since you're asking in the Vertigo thread, I might suggest the first 40ish issues of Unwritten, by Mike Carey and um, Peter Gross I think. There should be about 4 collected editions for that.

Are you looking for ongoing monthlies to buy or collections?

# ¿ Nov 9, 2012 21:59

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I'd follow Karen Berger anywhere. I think she's probably the most important woman in comics, and she's definitely been the push behind a chunk of my favorite reads.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2012 22:52

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 23:29

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Barry Convex posted:

What was the last Vertigo launch from a creator not doing WFH at DC? Dominique Laveau? Already cancelled, and I imagine that Saucer Country isn't long for this world, at least at Vertigo, now that Cornell isn't doing any WFH books there.

Punk Rock Jesus?

# ¿ Dec 3, 2012 23:23

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