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Did you have a good new year? Read some good comics? Bought too much in a Comixology sale and haven't even looked at most of them?!?! Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Whatever presents still unopened? It's 2015. We're promised new Nonplayer and Orc Stain. Can either live up to their delays? (Orc Stain probably will). There will be a poo poo load of variants, events, editorial mandates and far too much Star Wars stuff. More good Image books than should be possible (everyone needs to buy 8house). Every TV show and film will be based on a comic book. Valiant's relaunch will probably go mostly unnoticed. People will be less angry? Either way. Post.
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Jan 1, 2015 13:54
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My 17 year old niece was reading Hawkeye on her tablet through Comixology during the family Christmas get together. So at least I know she has some good taste.
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Jan 1, 2015 14:14
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Got a bunch of neat stuff. Got Defalco's Comics Creators on Spider-Man, another trade of Simonson's Thor run, Avengers: Endless Wartime and Batman Arkham City & Arkham Origins. I'm looking forward to the Agents of SHIELD comic (not had a chance to lay hands on it myself, but everything I've heard is good). Curious to see what the deal is with Convergence & Secret Wars.
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Jan 1, 2015 17:01
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The only comics stuff I got for Christmas was the Dr. Doom Funk Pop toy, which is awesome. That is my holiday haul. And, uh, I bought all 3 issues so far of The Fade Out for myself, if that counts! What is 8house and why should I buy it?
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Jan 1, 2015 17:07
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muscles like this? posted:My 17 year old niece was reading Hawkeye on her tablet through Comixology during the family Christmas get together. So at least I know she has some good taste. This is really, really cool. None of my relatives really have any interest in comics, except for my dad, but he doesn't buy much new stuff. I really need to get Ellis' Moon Knight for him some time.
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Jan 1, 2015 18:20
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I got the Death and Return of Superman Omnibus. Man is that weird. I forgot all about Lex Luthor Junior, his shapeshifting Supergirl girlfriend, the whole underworld thing... My brother has always been big into comics, other family, not so much
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Jan 1, 2015 18:31
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I got the box set with the first two Fantagraphics reprints of Don Rosa's duck comics. I'm hesitant to open it because it almost feels like spoilers for some of the unreleased Carl Barks books. 
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Jan 1, 2015 18:48
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I bought myself the Gillen/McKelvie Young Avengers omni after Christmas because it owns. I've spent too much money in Steam/Comixology/WiiU eShop sales (the eShop spending was partly to get money back before the Nintendo Network Premium deal ended).
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Jan 1, 2015 19:05
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A Tin Of Beans posted:The only comics stuff I got for Christmas was the Dr. Doom Funk Pop toy, which is awesome. That is my holiday haul. And, uh, I bought all 3 issues so far of The Fade Out for myself, if that counts! 8House is an upcoming number of connected fantasy/sci-fi series from Image. It's basically Brandon Graham and Emma Rios and bunch of other crazy good writers/artists getting to do a sprawling sci fi universe and whatever they want. It'll be like Prophet but with even more crazier and talented people getting to plot things out more. If you've read Prophet and Pretty Deadly you kind of know what to expect, if you haven't you should read those books too cos they are pretty great.
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Jan 1, 2015 20:24
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Thanks to Comixology's Image sale, I'm now reading Sex Criminals, Skullkickers, and Manhattan Projects (which I haven't cracked into yet, but come on, it's Hickman, I already know it's good). Adding those titles to East of West, Rat Queens and Saga means that Image is probably my favourite publisher right now (I've also read Lazarus this year, but even Rucka couldn't make Future Dystopia #6742 hold my interest).
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Jan 1, 2015 21:04
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I got the first volume of Monster for Christmas. I'm also reading The Jungle, so, y'know, happy reading for the summer (winter in you guys case I guess) break.
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Jan 1, 2015 21:56
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I didn't get any comic stuff for Christmas because my family are all dumb or something. Picked up the Original Sin OSHC for a crazy good deal, all the Cooke DC variants and some random other stuff. I also got promoted to head of buying for our stores and am now doing the entire comic order process solo. Got a nice raise too so that's a good way to start 2015.
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Jan 1, 2015 21:59
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Rhyno posted:I didn't get any comic stuff for Christmas because my family are all dumb or something. "Lurdiak, I never know what to get you for Christmas" "Video games and comics" "Oh you! Here's a gift card for Denny's."
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Jan 1, 2015 22:01
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I got mostly cool little geek things like a pair of Thor and Loki keychains(and a kickass chair), but also 45$...which was promptly thrown away accidentally by someone else, and not noticed until the next day.
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Jan 1, 2015 22:06
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My family has basically learned not to get me any comics for Christmas, as it's very rare that I don't just end up getting them for myself if it's something I'd like. I think the only time a non-comics fan got me a comic as a gift was my ex at Christmas last year, and she completely blew me away by picking out Set to Sea by Drew Weing. I would've never known this comic existed and it fit my taste/aesthetic perfectly. I did snag a messenger bag I would never have bought for myself (because of the price), and a TMNT Christmas sweater, though, so I'm happy.
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Jan 1, 2015 22:22
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I got the second Hickman Fantastic Four omnibus which I loved and made me realise that Mr Fantastic may be my favourite superhero, I also got the first volume of Rat Queens after seeing loads of recommendations for it and that was pretty cool too.
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Jan 1, 2015 22:24
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I got a Millennium Falcon bottle opener. That's the only nerd thing I got.
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Jan 1, 2015 23:32
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CzarChasm posted:I got the Death and Return of Superman Omnibus. Man is that weird. I forgot all about Lex Luthor Junior, his shapeshifting Supergirl girlfriend, the whole underworld thing... That is not Lex Jr. That is just a clone after his real body died of cancer. I got myself the Batman 66 blu ray set. It is amazing.
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Jan 2, 2015 00:12
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I got my kids lots of Legos. I've been building a bat helicopter, a spider bike, a shield flying car, a jedi interceptor, and soon a nova spaceship and something else. I've also built a pony farm, and a traditional farm and soon some Brave stuff.
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Jan 2, 2015 00:23
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bobkatt013 posted:That is not Lex Jr. That is just a clone after his real body died of cancer. Yeah but he masquerades as Lex's son.
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Jan 2, 2015 00:27
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Doesn't that count as rape with Supergirl, considering he's faking who he is?
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Jan 2, 2015 00:41
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I got a Striker Eureka T-shirt, I gave my girlfriend a Mass Effect hoodie, and I bought myself Seven Soldiers of Victory. One of my aunts gave me a novelisation of an old Doctor Who story. In braille.
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Jan 2, 2015 00:42
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WickedHate posted:Doesn't that count as rape with Supergirl, considering he's faking who he is? If he was having sex with her, sure. I don't know if that was implied since I never read anything other than Death during that era.
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Jan 2, 2015 01:50
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My girlfriend got me some Batman decoration to put up on her tree. She also got me a copy of Habibi which I have wanted to add to my collection for a while.
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Jan 2, 2015 01:59
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I got some money, and with it I got myself a Winter Soldier hoodie. It's too big, but that's ok. Still, I walked into my LCBS and my guy there was asking me 'Did you read World War Hulks? Remember how the metal arm hulked up too? Yeah, that hoodie.' I also got myself Megahex on a friend's recommendation, but I haven't started it yet.
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Jan 2, 2015 02:30
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I decided to get myself a Lego Milano for xmas since it looks like it's out of production now. That was honestly about the only gift I got this year.
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Jan 2, 2015 02:40
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In addition to some sweet goon-gifted trades, I got Godzilla: Half Century War, a Lego Bamtman/Riddler/Flash set, and the recent Batman Animated Mr. freeze and Two-Face action figures, so I was a pretty happy nerd this year.Rhyno posted:I didn't get any comic stuff for Christmas because my family are all dumb or something. Does this spell the end of stupid customer horror stories?
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Jan 2, 2015 02:52
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Sanschel posted:Does this spell the end of stupid customer horror stories? God I hope so.
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Jan 2, 2015 02:58
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This holiday I got the amazing anniversary collection of Moomin comic strips. This book is six pounds worth of amazing panel composition and some really cute stories. I also got the new Blacksad, which I have been slowly savoring over the past couple of days. All in all, two great comics for the new year.
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Jan 2, 2015 05:37
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Dr. Hurt posted:This holiday I got the amazing anniversary collection of Moomin comic strips. This book is six pounds worth of amazing panel composition and some really cute stories. I also got the new Blacksad, which I have been slowly savoring over the past couple of days. All in all, two great comics for the new year. Once I make it through my Little Nemo, I'm snagging that gigantic Moomin collection.
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Jan 2, 2015 06:16
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It is really worth it. Fortunately it's not as big as the Little Nemo book. Although it's huge, its not too unwieldy which is nice. I have nothing but positive things to say about the quality of the Moomin strips.
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Jan 2, 2015 06:25
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Dr. Hurt posted:This holiday I got the amazing anniversary collection of Moomin comic strips. This book is six pounds worth of amazing panel composition and some really cute stories. I also got the new Blacksad, which I have been slowly savoring over the past couple of days. All in all, two great comics for the new year. I also got Blacksad, and wow, what a book. I had heard it was great, but I stayed away because I'm not a fan of talking animal comics, but the book is so beautiful and expressive that it all works.
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Jan 2, 2015 06:32
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I finally got myself the first one and it is gorgeous, but I'm not gonna keep reading Blacksad, I think. It's got all the noir trope problems that irritate feminist me, plus a smidge of furry erotica.
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Jan 2, 2015 07:07
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Dr. Hurt posted:This holiday I got the amazing anniversary collection of Moomin comic strips.
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Jan 2, 2015 10:54
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I got Blacksad vol. 2 for xmas and will probably get vol. 3, but I did notice the weird gendering in there, specifically the fact that all the males are heavily animalised, particularly in the face, while all the women have big, pouty human lips and features.
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Jan 2, 2015 13:54
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I got volumes 25-28 of Usagi Yojimbo which makes my collection complete as of now (1-28, space, art of, the Sakai project, Yokai). I am only slightly annoyed by my copy of 1 being a different size, my copy of seven being hardback and the new saga books which are probably nicer than my tpbs.
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Jan 2, 2015 15:00
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Geeky gifts included the first Hickman FF omnibus, which was nice of my folks, along with Redshirts, which I had never heard of but sounds right up my alley. There were also some fairly large bottles of Glenfiddich and anCnoc 12-year Scotch Whisky waiting for me under the tree , along with some Batman and "Pow!" socks mixed in. I got one of my brothers the two hardcover Snowpiercer volumes (I didn't actually know if he had already seen the movie yet, but he had and loved it), and my other bro a bunch of recent Image singles, like Wytches, W+D, Annihilators, and the first Manhattan Projects trade. Comics for everybody!Rhyno posted:I also got promoted to head of buying for our stores and am now doing the entire comic order process solo. Got a nice raise too so that's a good way to start 2015. redbackground fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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Jan 2, 2015 15:46
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Oh I forgot to mention that my boyfriend got me a TARDIS cookie jar (and hid concert tickets inside it)
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Jan 2, 2015 15:58
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Vincent posted:I got the first volume of Monster for Christmas. I'm also reading The Jungle, so, y'know, happy reading for the summer (winter in you guys case I guess) break. Monster is dope.
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Jan 2, 2015 16:28
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Oh yeah, Rhyno, I forgot to say, congrats on the promotion. Sounds like you worked hard for it.irlZaphod posted:Oh I forgot to mention that my boyfriend got me a TARDIS cookie jar (and hid concert tickets inside it) I woulda probably eaten the tickets by mistake.
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Jan 2, 2015 17:48
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