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Old 10-09-2009, 6:07 PM   #31
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I've read the Buffy the Vampire Slayer ones and a few other TV related ones .
Are there any really funny/humourous and quite easy going ones out there that anybody could recommended? I'd be interested in reading a few more if there were
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Absolutely love the 2000ad stuff. Had all the comics up to around prog 600 (remember getting the first one with the space spinner, happy days) but had to sell them many years ago to have my car fixed .

Got a few graphic novels (my Cursed Earth books are signed by Brian Bolland ) and just recently added the new Ro-Busters, Thargs Future Shocks and one of my all time favourite strips, The VCs graphic novels.
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The Kabuki series from David Mack is really good, especially the first book "Circle of Blood"

The series is about an assassin who struggles with her identity, in near-future Japan.

Really good reads.

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The graphinc novel version of "The Crow" by J. O'Barrand is fantastic.

DC's Kingdom Come are among my favourites too. The artwork is stunning.
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I've read the Buffy the Vampire Slayer ones and a few other TV related ones .
Are there any really funny/humourous and quite easy going ones out there that anybody could recommended? I'd be interested in reading a few more if there were
I think it was mentioned a few pages back in this thread, but Bone by Jeff Smith might be worth a go. It balances humour and adventure in quite a Buffy-esque way, although the subject matter is very different!

It's got a storyline that becomes increasingly epic whilst not loosing track of its characters, and Jeff Smith's artistic style is top notch. It's available in a nice chunky paperpack that collects the whole series, and is well worth reading, IMhO.
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I think it was mentioned a few pages back in this thread, but Bone by Jeff Smith might be worth a go. It balances humour and adventure in quite a Buffy-esque way, although the subject matter is very different!

It's got a storyline that becomes increasingly epic whilst not loosing track of its characters, and Jeff Smith's artistic style is top notch. It's available in a nice chunky paperpack that collects the whole series, and is well worth reading, IMhO.
Thanks very much for that. I've heard of Bone but don't know much about it. I shall go and investigate
I do also love when they're available in a 'catch up' volume version
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Currently reading my way through Preacher. Very good. Angles, Demons, Vampires, a Preacher and John Wayne. Most excellent if a little wierd!
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Thanks very much for that. I've heard of Bone but don't know much about it. I shall go and investigate
I do also love when they're available in a 'catch up' volume version
The complete volume is available as a massive 1300 page tome for a very good price (£25):

Bone: One volume collection: Vol 1 (Bone Series): Amazon.co.uk: Jeff Smith: Books

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Other faves:
Transmetropolitan
The Walking Dead (relentlessly grim, but oh-so satisfying)
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Sin City
Batman: Year One, Long Halloween, The Killing Joke, Knightfall, Joker, TDKR, Hush
Y: The Last Man
Just read the first collection of Y: The Last Man and was mightily impressed - am looking forward to reading more. On the other hand, I've also just completed volume 9 of The Walking Dead and found i was starting to get a little bored with it. Will still give volume 10 a go though!

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I'm currently reading the wolverine origin comics on my iphone.

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A big thumbs up for the stupid, stupid rat creatures!
Such a classic. His poems to Thorn, Phoney Bones schemes, the cow race.....I got my school to buy the graphic novel for the library as I am based there and get on well with the librarians.
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Preacher is amazing, def read it!
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Does anyone know which Judge Dredd book would be a good place to start with in the storyline?
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Just read the first collection of Y: The Last Man and was mightily impressed - am looking forward to reading more. On the other hand, I've also just completed volume 9 of The Walking Dead and found i was starting to get a little bored with it. Will still give volume 10 a go though!





A big thumbs up for the stupid, stupid rat creatures!
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I've also managed to get the library where i work to buy the giant all in one volume. Just need to finish what i'm reading now so i can give it a go
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I've also managed to get the library where i work to buy the giant all in one volume. Just need to finish what i'm reading now so i can give it a go
Good work! You have done your local community a valuable service by bringing a copy of Bone into their library. Hope you enjoy it.
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I'm currently reading the wolverine origin comics on my iphone.

Origins is a very good story that I have read so far (just the first two GN) and I will be picking up the next few when I get paid as they are on my wish list at Amazon. Steve Dillons work is amazing as usual...

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Does anyone know which Judge Dredd book would be a good place to start with in the storyline?
It would be best I think to start at Vol one, but otherwise, book 4 starts with a huge Judge Child Quest story, and a prelude to the excellent Block Wars and Apoloypse war in Vol 5.

Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files v. 4: Amazon.co.uk: John Wagner, Alan Grant, Kelvin Gosnell, Mike McMahon, Brian Bolland, Ron Smith, Ian Gibson, Steve Dillon, Brett Ewins: Books

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I've also managed to get the library where i work to buy the giant all in one volume. Just need to finish what i'm reading now so i can give it a go
I got the Library at my school to buy it so I could read it at lunchtimes rather than bring all my originals in (or dig them out of the cupboard under the stairs) to read.
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Nearly bought Preacher, Wolverine Origins and Sandman Vol 1 the other day but bottled it when I realised I was about to spend 50 odd quid on comics. I have never read any Graphic Novels before.......I am keen but something always stops me taking the plunge.
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Nearly bought Preacher, Wolverine Origins and Sandman Vol 1 the other day but bottled it when I realised I was about to spend 50 odd quid on comics. I have never read any Graphic Novels before.......I am keen but something always stops me taking the plunge.
I would certainly recommend Preacher and Sandman - they're very different comics but both excellent in their own way. Go on lad, it's 2010, take that plunge!
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Never got into Preacher but Sandman was an absolute delight to read.
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Nearly bought Preacher, Wolverine Origins and Sandman Vol 1 the other day but bottled it when I realised I was about to spend 50 odd quid on comics. I have never read any Graphic Novels before.......I am keen but something always stops me taking the plunge.
just do it.i have read a few recently after a discussion about batman in this thread.Batman - Superhero?

anyway i got a few recommendations and have enjoyed it so far.

batman the dark night returns
batman year one
watchmen
sin city the hard goodbye
v for vendetta

i have just started the league of extraordinary gentlemen and have a couple of sin city on order.

ps. special thanks to ICCZ for creating my interest.
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I found Batman Year One one of the most boring Batman Storylines I ever read. I thought it was going to be another Dark Knight Returns but it was very ordinary in comparison. If you've never read a comicbook before I wouldn't recommend it as a first or near first choice. Try Killing Joke, Death in the Family and of Course DKR.

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is great as well, as is almost anything that Alan Moore has done.
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I found Batman Year One one of the most boring Batman Storylines I ever read. I thought it was going to be another Dark Knight Returns but it was very ordinary in comparison. If you've never read a comicbook before I wouldn't recommend it as a first or near first choice. Try Killing Joke, Death in the Family and of Course DKR.

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is great as well, as is almost anything that Alan Moore has done.
to be honest the biggest problem i had was getting the image of adam west out of my head and dealing with my own preconceptions of what comics were about.

agree about alan moore......so far.
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to be honest the biggest problem i had was getting the image of adam west out of my head and dealing with my own preconceptions of what comics were about.
I've never been a fan of the Batman Comics to be honest, love the 60's TV Show, the 1960's and 1980's Cartoons as well as the Burton films. I mostly read Marvel comics. DC were a bit old fashioned.
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Nearly bought Preacher, Wolverine Origins and Sandman Vol 1 the other day but bottled it when I realised I was about to spend 50 odd quid on comics. I have never read any Graphic Novels before.......I am keen but something always stops me taking the plunge.
Hillskill, that is an excellent list to start with and you really will not be disappointed with any of those books. Preacher is very in your face and full of penis and knob jokes mixed in with interpretations of the Heaven and Hell themes and very adult in nature with proper swearing

Sandman is like some of the original fairy tales, very dark and beautifully written by Gaiman. The first volume sets the rest of the tales within and following stories and just wait until you meet the Corintian.....

Wolverine Origins is exactly the film you would love to see. Dont get me wrong, Hugh Jackman is playing an excellent character, but this seems more adult in theme, somewhere between the film version and something like Preacher (probably because Preacher is also drawn by Steve Dillon) again, highly recommended.

And £50? This lot comes to £25 on Amazon...

Wolverine: Origins - Born in Blood: V.1 Wolverine Marvel Quality Paper: Amazon.co.uk: Steve Dillon, Daniel Way: Books

The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes (The Sandman): Amazon.co.uk: Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, etc., Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III: Books

Preacher Gone to Texas (Preacher (DC Comics)): Amazon.co.uk: Joe R. Lansdale, Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, DC Comics: Books
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Hillskill, that is an excellent list to start with and you really will not be disappointed with any of those books. Preacher is very in your face and full of penis and knob jokes mixed in with interpretations of the Heaven and Hell themes and very adult in nature with proper swearing

Sandman is like some of the original fairy tales, very dark and beautifully written by Gaiman. The first volume sets the rest of the tales within and following stories and just wait until you meet the Corintian.....

Wolverine Origins is exactly the film you would love to see. Dont get me wrong, Hugh Jackman is playing an excellent character, but this seems more adult in theme, somewhere between the film version and something like Preacher (probably because Preacher is also drawn by Steve Dillon) again, highly recommended.

And £50? This lot comes to £25 on Amazon...

Wolverine: Origins - Born in Blood: V.1 Wolverine Marvel Quality Paper: Amazon.co.uk: Steve Dillon, Daniel Way: Books

The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes (The Sandman): Amazon.co.uk: Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, etc., Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III: Books

Preacher Gone to Texas (Preacher (DC Comics)): Amazon.co.uk: Joe R. Lansdale, Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, DC Comics: Books

Thanks so much for those links. I was actually impulse buying in Waterstones at the time which is never sensible as I suspected they would be cheaper online. That said I might take a walk to Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Ave tomorrow and pick one up (weather permitting ). If I was looking for a slow burning long running story which should I be going for ? I gather The Sandman and Preacher are short stories.
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Sandman has story arcs of 8 episodes then the odd one or two, a couple of single episodes, a larger arc of 8 or so again wrapped up all in an on going story of the Kindly Ones (or is it the Endless? Looks like I may have to re-read them all again) of Dream, Death, Desire, Destiny etc.

Preacher has one story arc, but with many single episode stories or arcs of multiple issues.

As for Forbidden Planet, if you visit there, I have probably walked past you once or twice especially if you are a gamer and have been in Orcs Nest as well
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It's The Endless there were 5 of them, I think.
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This site got some info about The Endless:

An introduction to the Endless| OddBall.net
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Thanks mate, just had a quick look and I am going to have to read them all again! Even the issue I have about a Midsummer Nights Dream with the reversed pages.
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I'm going to dig mine out as well.
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