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Sakurazuka posted:Decided to try Saga as my first foray into western comics since my Scott Pilgrim obsession from a few years ago. It's nothing like Scott Pilgrim, well except for the fact that I love them both.
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Mar 26, 2015 20:14
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Sakurazuka posted:Decided to try Saga as my first foray into western comics since my Scott Pilgrim obsession from a few years ago. Good choice!
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Mar 26, 2015 20:19
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Nate RFB posted:Complete coincidence with regards to this thread but I just finished this myself. I'd be lying if I said everything worked but overall top to bottom it was a very good read. Great page turner that despite its length was easy to start and finish in a matter of days. Zero_Tactility fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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Mar 26, 2015 20:58
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Sakurazuka posted:Decided to try Saga as my first foray into western comics since my Scott Pilgrim obsession from a few years ago. I can't even imagine that.... I have the massive omnibus volume of Scud sitting next to me. Not too bad so far....
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Mar 27, 2015 01:11
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It's been mentioned before, but I felt like adding some pictures:   Johnathan Hickman's East of West is a classic story of revenge set in a world where the Wild West was never won. History went astray and now cyborg cowboys and Indian techno-shamans prowl the mystic badlands on robot horses and flying cars. The Apocalypse is nigh, but Death is preoccupied with personal matters. Betrayed and (almost) murdered by the other Horsemen, he carves a bloody path across the continent in search of that which was taken from him and them that did the taking.
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Mar 28, 2015 01:07
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Avulsion posted:It's been mentioned before, but I felt like adding some pictures: I already gave a shout out to East of West, but gently caress it's an awesome book.
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Mar 28, 2015 04:33
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Read the first volume of Y: The Last Man, and the whole "let's just go back to my lab and we'll solve this in a jiffy!" bit followed immediately by "oh no my entire lab is aflame!" seemed a bit hamfisted, but let's see where it goes from here. I do find it interesting that every single male of every specifically mammalian species dropped dead at the same instant. Makes me think of the doomsday scenario of a Gamma Ray Burst, but only affecting male mammals for some reason.
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Everyone should read Prophet! Prophet is loving awesome  It starts as adventures of Space Conan - Prophet who travels the post-human Earth. He kills, fucks and survives his way through the crazy and dangerous world.   But it turns out that he is on a mission to ressurect the xenophobic Earth Empire, which consists of his clone brothers and abusive telepathic "Mothers".   The return of Earth Empire prompts the return of Old Man Prophet, the original one from the bad 90s comics. He is modelled on Big Boss from MGS, so you know he cool as gently caress. He brings his old gang back, which consists of a sad murderbot, a jolly robot, an alcoholic tree and a smug assassin lizard.   Then a lot of amazing sci-fi stuff happens, some of it barely connected but you shouldn't care. There are 4 book volumes with the final one called EARTH WAR coming out this summer (in single issues first). Also avaliable digitally (you want it from the issue 21).
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Mar 31, 2015 11:18
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Okay, fully on board with YTLM now. For a couple volumes I'd been thinking "what about the rodents and such that don't live very long to begin with?" and they actually answered it. Some of the contrivance to induce dangerous situations have been kinda crap but volume 4 has been a five star ride in its entirety so far, the torture bit subverted my expectations quite a bit. Don't think I like this amulet tomfoolery that's been following the story though
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Captain Invictus posted:Read the first volume of Y: The Last Man, and the whole "let's just go back to my lab and we'll solve this in a jiffy!" bit followed immediately by "oh no my entire lab is aflame!" seemed a bit hamfisted, but let's see where it goes from here. I do find it interesting that every single male of every specifically mammalian species dropped dead at the same instant. Makes me think of the doomsday scenario of a Gamma Ray Burst, but only affecting male mammals for some reason. I thought this was the American comics thread, not the harem romcom thread? 
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Reading the bickering in this thread feels like stepping into a comic shop in like 2003 when everyone was terrified teenagers reading Naruto on the floors of Barnes and Nobles all over America would destroy the universe. What the hell, I was under the impression that all the people who thought if they touched a Western comic they'd expand like Tetsuo and explode were all killed by the psychic backlash of Tokyopop collapsing?
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Apr 8, 2015 21:18
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It seems like there's way more arguing about which are the Best Comics and who Totally Sucks than over east v west styles. Which is extra dumb because this isn't supposed to be any kind of definitive list of any fuckin thing. It's for suggestions for some good poo poo to read if you like sequential art based story telling.
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Apr 8, 2015 21:26
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Then again, this thread's mirror image in BSS has a ton of people posting about stuff they wouldn't have normally checked out and this one has almost no one doing so. Which seems like a shame to me. a kitten fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Apr 8, 2015 |
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Apr 8, 2015 21:35
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Saga #27 knocked it out of the park again. It's a great book.
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Apr 8, 2015 21:37
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SalTheBard posted:Saga #27 knocked it out of the park again. It's a great book. Thanks for letting me know it's out! Gonna try to swing by and grab it and the new Rat Queens after work.
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Apr 8, 2015 21:46
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a kitten posted:Thanks for letting me know it's out! Gonna try to swing by and grab it and the new Rat Queens after work. Rat Queens was fuckin' aces, too. I was a bit wary after Upchurch got (justifiably) canned, but Šejić's style is working for me.
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Lightning Lord posted:Reading the bickering in this thread feels like stepping into a comic shop in like 2003 when everyone was terrified teenagers reading Naruto on the floors of Barnes and Nobles all over America would destroy the universe. What the hell, I was under the impression that all the people who thought if they touched a Western comic they'd expand like Tetsuo and explode were all killed by the psychic backlash of Tokyopop collapsing? I'm sad that future didn't pan out. It would have been a better one 
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Apr 9, 2015 18:40
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Considering half the drat forums still poo poo themselves if someone makes a mention of a Cartoon Created By Japanese People, I'm gonna say that problem isn't limited to here. Also this thread is lousy with the goddamn Transformers and that probably doesn't help
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Apr 9, 2015 18:44
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Saga volumes 3 & 4 arrived today. Very excited. Already done with 3. It's good.
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Apr 16, 2015 01:12
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Felt like jumping into comics again because I watched Daredevil and reading Daredevil is fun, and I guess the marvel universe is exploding so might as well catch up on that too. Also wanted to read the new Star Wars comics because I found this hilarious. Also picked up The Wicked and the Divine which was interesting. Don't really have a full opinion yet based off the first volume, but I'm a sucker for gods among the normal populace and reincarnation, and this has a pretty different twist on that by giving the gods a lifetime of only 2 years, so that gives things a different dynamic.
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:Saga volumes 3 & 4 arrived today. Very excited. Already done with 3. And it literally just gets better. Once you finish Volume 4 you will only be 3 issues behind, are you planning on reading it in trades or are you considering going month to month?
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SalTheBard posted:And it literally just gets better. Once you finish Volume 4 you will only be 3 issues behind, are you planning on reading it in trades or are you considering going month to month? I'll likely keep up volume by volume. It's great, and I'd love to be as caught up as possible, but I'm going to buy the volumes anyways so that a) they look nice on my shelf and b) I can loan them out to friends. I can't bring myself to pay twice.
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DoubleDonut posted:Considering half the drat forums still poo poo themselves if someone makes a mention of a Cartoon Created By Japanese People, I'm gonna say that problem isn't limited to here. the new transformers stuff is okay. not great but hardly the downfall of civilization
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Finally got around to reading the first volume of Saga, it was pretty good. I found myself trying to read the pages right to left occasionally though.
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Saga #28 came out today and as par for the course was pretty awesome. Some twists that I didn't see coming, but I really like where the story is going. East of West #19 was really awesome. I'm a huge fan of where story is going. SalTheBard fucked around with this message at 22:37 on May 13, 2015 |
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May 13, 2015 20:53
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I'm a few weeks late on this, but Saga #29 was great. I really hate to sound like a broken record but it's a really good book. Issue 30 is going to be the end of this "cycle" of books and this cycle has been by far the strongest of all of them.
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Saga Chapter 29 gently caress gently caress gently caress fffuck fuuuuuuuck!! I really like this comic a lot.
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Jun 23, 2015 21:24
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You guys should read Rat Queens
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I thought i had done a big post all about Rat Queens, but apparently i never actually got around to it.
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I would like to bump this thread with a hearty recommendation for Rat Queens which loving owns, and Saga which is the only American comic book I have ever purchased in dead tree format, it's loving amazing holy poo poo.
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The biggest thing I love about Image trade paperbacks is they are only 9.99 so it's super easy to justify buying therm. This summer had been incredible for Marvel. All the Secret Wars related books have legit been awesome.
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Saga and Y the Last Man are both very good, and are among the elite, in that they have a place on my bookshelf and are loaned out to friends.
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Saga actually sucks
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dangerdoom volvo posted:Saga actually sucks Look at this guy being all wrong and poo poo
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dangerdoom volvo posted:Saga actually sucks Bad Seafood fucked around with this message at 09:57 on Aug 19, 2015 |
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Aug 19, 2015 06:53
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Saga is probably the best comic of the past decade and a half, and though it's not been a good decade and a half for comics overall(Marvel's been doing good the past few years) Saga is just drat hard to beat. I keep wanting to get the first couple of volumes for friends.
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Aug 19, 2015 09:47
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The best at sucking maybe. ... ..... (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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I think Saga had a good start, but I'm losing interest in it. It's probably a comic that's better to read collected than a month at a time.
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