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Question: if I want to start collecting Hellboy comics, what's the best way to go about it? I don't really like keeping individual issues around so I'd prefer to get trades and collections wherever possible. Should I just stick to Wikipedia's trade paperback list or is there a more conclusive list elsewhere? Anything else I need to look out for?
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Dec 24, 2016 17:37
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Funkameleon posted:Yeah the Wikipedia list is good. I would buy the library editions if you don't mind the over sized format, each one is 2 normal TPBs in hardcover. After Vol. 4 is when the BPRD comic spins off. If you were more into the supernatural investigation part of Hellboy I would also pick up BPRD at that point. They just finished their second phase (out of three), and I thought it was consistently good to great the whole way through (146 issues so far) Awesome, thanks! I do like hardcovers, so I think I'll spring for the library editions. BPRD seems cool too, so I'll give that a look at some point to see if I like it. The artwork looks really good at the very least.
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Dec 24, 2016 18:29
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Speaking of World War 2: has anyone here read Garth Ennis' Dreaming Eagles? Is it worth picking up?
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Jan 25, 2017 23:03
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The Family Trade sounds right up my alley.
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Mar 3, 2017 12:52
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Roth posted:Red Neck and World Reader are definitely going on the pull list. Yeah World Reader rules. Definitely going to be picking that up from now on.
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Apr 22, 2017 10:19
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Scyther posted:Comixology sent me a promo code (I'm sure many of you got one as well), and I'm trying to figure out what $30 worth of indie comics to fill my cart with. I'm trying to go for trades on the cheaper end of the spectrum to try to get as much bang for my buck as possible and sample a good spread of series. So far in my cart I have Volume 1s of Saga, Rat Queens, Pretty Deadly, and Black Science. If you like Warren Ellis' Moon Knight you might enjoy The Goon from Dark Horse.
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Jun 27, 2017 21:23
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Teenage Fansub posted:How to promote indie comics. A hustler's never looking to not hustle.
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Aug 16, 2017 11:58
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Unlucky7 posted:Old post, but speaking of which... Yay!! 
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Aug 20, 2017 08:29
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Chinston Wurchill posted:Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino are doing a horror series called Gideon Falls with Image starting in March, which is something that scratches basically all of my itches at once. I'm all about this.
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Oct 3, 2017 20:21
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World Reader rules and Eleanor & The Egret is really good too.
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Oct 5, 2017 06:26
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I picked up the first issue of God Complex from Image on a whim and I really liked it! I think this might be one to look out for. The art is gorgeous: 
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Oct 12, 2017 21:30
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Zoro posted:I like the book too, but I kind of already sympathize with the Church of the Trinity, even if they're likely wackos, for trying to topple the Rulers. I mean, when you got a class of "elites" who control all information and literally refer to themselves with the names of greek gods, then, yeah, gonna side with the guys trying to topple them automatically. For sure.
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Oct 13, 2017 07:32
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Huck rules!
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Nov 16, 2017 09:28
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Roth posted:Does anybody know why the Hellboy omnibus' coming out next year are so cheap? Might be that they're printing it on cheap phonebook paper, like Marvel Epic Collections.
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Dec 1, 2017 09:30
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Teenage Fansub posted:Aftershock hardcover anthology 'SHOCK' with everyone on the Aftershock roster (not checking if that's true) plus lil' ol' Neil Gaiman. I was really disappointed by their decision to not release the Eleanor & The Egret trade as a hardcover, but this makes up for it! 
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Dec 12, 2017 16:13
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Ride The Gravitron posted:As some one who doesn't really like the big superhero comics that seem to saturate the market I'm really glad to have found Aftershock comics. I haven't dipped my toe into all their titles but I'm for sure going to give them a shot. World Reader and Eleanor and the Egret are both incredible. Highly recommended.
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Jan 21, 2018 09:10
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angel opportunity posted:I mentioned wanting to try The Incal several posts up. I read it a few weeks ago and mostly hated it. The art is good, but I feel Moebius is actually kind of overrated (I feel people are going to get mad at me for this.) His skill is there and great, but I don't really care for his sense of aesthetics if that makes sense. The plot, writing, dialogue, pacing–everything other than the art was absolutely awful. The Metabarons feels more like a fluke now than anything. I'm very put off from trying anything from Jodorowski again. Before the Incal is leagues better than The Incal. The art isn't quite as good, but it has a much more interesting story and actual character development to make up for that. Final Incal isn't half bad either.
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Sep 15, 2018 08:13
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Chinston Wurchill posted:Hoo boy, that end to Hellboy. Hopefully not forever, and at least the retro series will presumably continue! There's a final page in the digital version (might be in the floppy as well, I don't know!) in which MM says there will continue to be stories set (presumably) in the 1900s as well as stories set in the new world.
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Apr 17, 2019 21:56
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Chairman Capone posted:Dark Horse and Netflix signed a deal giving Netflix first-look rights for both TV and movie adaptations of all Dark Horse properties: I've got my fingers crossed for a Grendel series! JordanKai fucked around with this message at 19:41 on May 10, 2019 |
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May 10, 2019 19:38
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Skwirl posted:Okay, best independent Maxi-series? It would have to be Moonshadow for me, no doubt.
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Sep 7, 2019 14:43
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Artelier posted:Humble Bundle has a bunch of Hickman's works. For that price it's worth it for East of West alone, and the rest is good too!
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Apr 21, 2020 16:44
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Crazy Joe Wilson posted:Yeah the movies are definitely different beasts. I wasn't a big fan of the Del Toro films at first but they've grown on me, I really dig the way they handled Hellboy and Professor Bruttenholm. Sometimes I think Mike Mignola threw away too much potential in the comics when he offed some characters immediately, some of the best Hellboy stories feature Bruttenholm. The most recent one was just way too rushed and gruesome for my liking. Coming off of the del Toro films and seeing Bruttenholm die and Hellboy leave the B.P.R.D. at the end of the first major storyline was a huge shock to me as a teen. The comics are so much lonelier than the films and I never expected that.
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Oct 13, 2020 20:00
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Joe Slowboat posted:Also Scott A was, even before we knew he was a sex pest, a terrible writer for the Abe Sapien ongoing in terms of characterization and it killed my interest in the retooled Abe.  Yeah. At least he left the series afterwards. BPRD 1950s is pretty darn good without him. JordanKai fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Nov 8, 2020 |
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Nov 8, 2020 20:02
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I can't say I'm super familiar with Scout Comics, but I've read a handful of their series and some of them were really good! I particularly enjoyed Henchgirl and Electric Black. So yeah, The Recount doesn't look amazing but it shouldn't be dismissed out of hand based on the publisher alone.
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Nov 22, 2020 00:19
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Joe Slowboat posted:Yeah IMO the problem with late-stage BPRD was the execution. Also Hellboy coming back was honestly not the greatest move. If he'd shown up only at the last minute to wipe the Earth clean, that would have been one thing, but having him back on the stage didn't work for me. And I agree with them.  Bringing Hellboy back was a terrible move.
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Dec 17, 2020 11:27
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https://twitter.com/JoeMadx/status/1366777702817087494 C'mon Joe, you can't post something like this without context! 
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Mar 2, 2021 17:50
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Origins and Wynd are both pretty good. We Only Find Them when They're Dead is amazing of course, but I think most everyone already knows that.
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Mar 27, 2021 04:53
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Does anyone have any opinions on Image's Skyward? I know the hardcover came out recently and I'm thinking of picking it up--the premise is right up my alley--but I haven't heard any buzz surrounding it, so I have no idea if it's any good or not.
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May 18, 2021 17:44
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 Nocterra is much better than Undiscovered Country.
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Jul 27, 2021 09:56
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A bunch of notable comic book pros, chief among them Greg Pak, have tweeted in support of the Image workers union. Warms my heart. 
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Nov 2, 2021 01:32
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This week's Hellboy comic was really good. I stopped paying attention to the Mignolaverse for a while since I felt like it was really slipping when Scott Allie was co-writing it, but I'm getting a feeling things are back on track again. I guess I should go back and read all of the stuff I missed since Allie got the boot.
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