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Happy 2023, everyone!   What are your new year's comic book reading resolutions? I've been meaning to get around to get into the IDW Transformers series for a while, and I think I'm finally going to bite the bullet this year. I want to see those big robots smash and crash into each other.
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Jan 1, 2023 16:54
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JordanKai posted:Happy 2023, everyone! IDW's Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye series (and its sequel, Transformers: Lost Light), both written by James Roberts, are the best Transformers fiction ever, as far as I'm concerned. The art is excellent throughout, and the stories have a little bit of everything -- sci-fi adventure with moments of real drama, comic relief, horror, and even romance.
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Jan 1, 2023 17:04
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I’ve resolved to play more video games, so I’m probably gonna have less time for comic books.
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Jan 1, 2023 17:08
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I bought the Akira box set last year and it’s just been shelf porn. I need to read it this year. I also want to get back to more regular reading of the marvel reading order. It would be cool to reach the 80s at some point. Also I bought or was gifted a lot of comics over the past month. I will get some photos because there’s some cool stuff. And randomly: if you’re in Canada check out Chapters, where for some reason one of the Fantagraphics editions of Snow White by Romano Scarpa is in the children’s section and listed for like 6$. My local store has like 20+ copies. I love me that Disney Masters series.
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Jan 1, 2023 17:10
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Gripweed posted:I’ve resolved to play more video games, so I’m probably gonna have less time for comic books. I really wanna upgrade my PC and play a ton of games I have missed, but my comic book reading club eats up all my time! Gonna read so many DC events this year... I'm also a nerd and read an X-Men Annual this morning.
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Jan 1, 2023 17:51
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Oh yeah, I got the Vampi omnibus ages ago and it’s just been sitting on my shelf. I guess that’s my comics resolution; finally read Vampi.
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Jan 1, 2023 17:53
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Had to pause for a bit to hammer through a couple novels by the end of the year, but I’m rereading Klaus at the moment (even if it’s a little late) and then I want to finally do Morrison’s GL now that it’s all done
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Jan 1, 2023 17:55
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Opopanax posted:Had to pause for a bit to hammer through a couple novels by the end of the year, I read one novel last year at about this time. Maybe I'll read another novel this year.
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Jan 1, 2023 18:02
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This year I vow to borrow more trades/ogns from the library. Also finally read Taylor's Nightwing run because it should (eventually) be available in softcover. Maybe.
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Jan 1, 2023 18:08
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Madkal posted:This year I vow to borrow more trades/ogns from the library. Also finally read Taylor's Nightwing run because it should (eventually) be available in softcover. Maybe. If your library offers free Hoopla subscriptions to download comics, e-books, audiobooks, movies, and music, you are in for such a thrill. A lot will depend on how many borrows they allow per month -- my local system allows four, but my parents' Hoopla account through the Miami-Dade Public Library System allows a whopping 20. But Hoopla should have a staggering selection of collected editions and some single issues from all the major publishers. And yes -- Taylor's Nightwing is on there, and it is one of those comics that lives up to all the hype.
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Jan 1, 2023 19:08
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Use Hoopla and Libby, but always consume media for free
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Jan 1, 2023 19:42
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I hope all my favorite indie artists make a stupid amount of money this year. The project I’m looking forward to the most is Dandy Don Simpson’s unofficial 30 year follow up to the Image Comics 1963 series, titled WHENELSE? and which he’s currently sharing for free on his Facebook page. Watching the project come together from a single pin-up to a 70 page giant that still feels as relevant and topical as ever was something magical. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2506361662830094&type=3&flite=scwspnss ruddiger fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Jan 1, 2023 |
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Jan 1, 2023 19:54
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ruddiger posted:I hope all my favorite indie artists make a stupid amount of money this year. This is awesome! I loved 1963
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Jan 1, 2023 20:16
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Hard to believe that after almost 30 years there's finally a new issue of Miracleman.
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Jan 1, 2023 20:32
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Jordan7hm posted:I bought the Akira box set last year and it’s just been shelf porn. I need to read it this year. I also want to get back to more regular reading of the marvel reading order. It would be cool to reach the 80s at some point. The Akira box set is really nice. Even so, I will always be jealous of some European countries (I think Germany and Italy) that got fully coloured box sets. I guess Kodansha either couldn't or didn't want to get the rights to the EC coloured pages. It's a shame, but the beautiful artwork still speaks for itself even without colours.
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Jan 2, 2023 17:37
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I got back into collecting physical comics again this year after being digital only for years. I've got the Marvel and DC apps, but picking up a bunch of indies at random and liking them all has got me into hunting runs and issues I like, have some kind of meaning to me (40 years of comics and some get sentimental) or hell, I like the covers and want to frame them in my office. I'm collecting for pure fun. I think my favorite book at the moment is Love Everlasting. King's pretty good at relationship stories imo, and he can't just "Cat" "Bat" over and over here. Great art too. I've also really really enjoyed the new IDW Star Trek series that's essentially a DS9 sequel. Rereading the Darwyn Cooke Parker books right now too. Just good poo poo everywhere lately. I've got stacks of stuff I picked up after Thanksgiving I haven't made it through yet. (Taking a chance on Gun Honey because I love noir, but God those covers are horny as hell)
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Jan 2, 2023 23:44
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So from my impression Marvel Unlimited is available in Canada but not Marvel Unlimited +, is that correct
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Jan 3, 2023 20:17
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El Gallinero Gros posted:So from my impression Marvel Unlimited is available in Canada but not Marvel Unlimited +, is that correct US only
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Jan 3, 2023 20:28
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Is there an alternative to Comixology, then?
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Jan 3, 2023 20:37
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Is there an alternative to Comixology, then? In what way? Marvel Unlimited + is just Unlimited and you get some discounts and merch, the catalog is still fully available. Same with DC Infinite
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Jan 3, 2023 20:41
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So I'm confused, does that mean I can get MU basic but not +?
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Jan 3, 2023 20:43
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El Gallinero Gros posted:So I'm confused, does that mean I can get MU basic but not +? Yeah exactly. You can get MU and DC Infinite in Canada.
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Jan 3, 2023 20:46
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Opopanax posted:Yeah exactly. You can get MU and DC Infinite in Canada. Oh good. I'd heard...less than stellar things about comixology post-acquisition, and my quick test drive confirmed that. Gonna read me some Roger Stern Spider Man, yessir!
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Jan 3, 2023 20:49
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Oh good. I'd heard...less than stellar things about comixology post-acquisition, and my quick test drive confirmed that. Yeah it's bad. We also don't get Comixology Unlimited but I'm not sure that even exists anymore
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Jan 3, 2023 21:14
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https://twitter.com/MattLaslo/status/1610346549888057346
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Jan 3, 2023 22:27
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Gonna run for office so I can get sworn in on one of the election issues of transmet
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Jan 3, 2023 22:32
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I want to see someone take the oath on the Spider-Man/Obama crossover comic.
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Jan 4, 2023 00:42
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Opopanax posted:Yeah it's bad. We also don't get Comixology Unlimited but I'm not sure that even exists anymore It does, surprisingly! Pays for itself in discounts for me.
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Jan 4, 2023 00:53
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Update on our comic nerd representation. https://twitter.com/jptstewart/status/1610409318305923072 That is one crisp looking SM #1.
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Jan 4, 2023 01:47
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Oh it is the new epic congressperson
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Jan 4, 2023 01:51
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Garcia seems pretty cool. Gay, Latino, son of immigrants, very progressive policies, seems to genuinely care about people, and a comic book nerd.
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Jan 4, 2023 15:39
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He's also in King of Fighters.
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Jan 4, 2023 23:25
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I read the first issue of Kamen Rider Zero-One. I don't know why it exists. It's not a retelling or adaptation of the series, I guess it's supposed to be canon, some extra stuff that happened like 10 episodes into the show? But at the same time, they assume most of the people reading it have never seen the show so the entire first issue is dedicated to incredibly clunkily delivering a ton of exposition. It also introduces a new villain. But, like, Aruto's already fighting Metsuboujinrai.net! And presumably this all takes place before Thouser shows up so he has another villain waiting in the wings. To put a new villain here is so loving weird. Especially one whose main thing apparently is wanting to kill Kamen Riders, when Zero-One is one of the series where the Kamen Rider status is the least significant, or heroic. Half the Kamen Riders in the show are villains! And the big stakes-raising moment is that the new bad guy highjacks Zea. But if you've seen the show, you know another villain does that later. So it's not impressive. And if you haven't seen the show, you were informed about Zea like four panels previously. So it doesn't really have a lot of punch. Also, a small thing, but Izu seems to have a different pose and facial expression every panel.
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Jan 5, 2023 03:24
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Oh gently caress, that actually released?! Does that make it the first Rider license from... Titan? to show up on shelves? I know they also announced they were going into manga publishing and figured that would land first.
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Jan 5, 2023 03:32
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Also, I gotta say, Henshins lose a lot of impact in printed form. Here is the first time Aruto transforms in the comic  Compare that to a transformation from the show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rop1GZwQCLs
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Jan 5, 2023 03:35
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secretly best girl posted:Oh gently caress, that actually released?! Does that make it the first Rider license from... Titan? to show up on shelves? I know they also announced they were going into manga publishing and figured that would land first. The first volume of the Kuuga manga came out last month
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Jan 5, 2023 03:36
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I guess nobody local ordered it. Huh. Guess I'll put a Rightstuf alert on it now.
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Jan 5, 2023 03:40
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I love the rider looks but freaking hate their giant henshin bucklers and overdone module things
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FilthyImp posted:I love the rider looks but freaking hate their giant henshin bucklers and overdone module things no theyre cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltEQVjRWB-E
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Driving myself into raving madness trying to find a copy of Nemesis the Warlock Book 2, Sláine: Grail War and the last four Corto Maltese books I don’t have. I started getting into comics fairly recently and have been mostly reading 2000ad stuff (though I did get the three Aliens Early Years and the Predator Early Years collections which are incredibly good, also have the AvP one on the way which was stupid expensive) and it’s astonishing how loving hard it is to find any of the stuff I really like. I’ve been reduced to ordering 80s printings on ebay because most stuff by Pat Mills and my other faves (Pratt, Oesterheld) are inexplicably completely out of print This is kind of a frustrating hobby, I love these books so much but they’re absurdly difficult to find and prohibitively expensive Any other Sláine fans here? I’ve gotten the first twelve books except the 8th one, Grail War, and it’s astonishingly good, way better than any comparable Conan comics. Between that, Third World War, Charley’s War, and Nemesis it feels like Pat Mills is more influential than most people really acknowledge - Warhammer 40k just straight copied almost all of its fundamentals regarding the imperium from Termight in Nemesis Frog Act fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Jan 5, 2023 |
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