Dark Soldier wrote:

Well horror is the go to. Weird/odd stuff.

Have a look at the Alan Moore run of Swamp Thing. Heck, anything by Alan Moore really, particularly From Hell. The New 52 Swamp Thing may also tickle your horror bone.

Oo-er, etc.

Can anyone recommend some decent Captain America reads please, for a complete newbie? Preferably something on Comixology (for ease of access) and not 100 issues long.

Castaway in Dimension Z is a decentish Buck Rogers-type Captain America story from a year or two back. Other than that I'd only recommend some Ed Brubaker stuff like the Death of Captain America but that whole arc probably spans a lot of issues.

Thanks guys. Ended up reading through Civil War's first arc, which was pretty damn good if you discount the weak ending. Not sure which arc follows it up, mind.

Some of them are really well done.

Would never classify myself as a comic book know-all but I must back up the recommendation for Tarnsformers:More than Meets the Eye (less so for Robots in Disguise). Its a fantastic take on Transformers, mixing the best of Star Trek, Red Dwarf and the source material into something really worth a read. Very good art too from Alex Milne. 

Anyone looking to dip their toes into the IDW TF universe should probably skip the early stuff by Simon Furman, and definitely skip the stuff from Shane McCarthy and Mike Costa. Go straight to the Chaos Theory 2 parter (the first of James Roberts Stuff) and then move onto Last Stand of the Wreckers - a wonderful 5 parter that can be read on its on or as a stepping stone into the MTMTE world.

Also big up for most of the Preacher series. I thought it treaded water a bit toward the end but it ends well. Walking Dead also has some great moments but the most recent years are a bit meh.

Diluted Dante wrote:

I think they'll skip the origin story. I also think Garfield is done, that film is canned and something totally different will replace it. My guess? We actually get an adult Spider-Man.

All those things would indeed be the best case scenario. Fingers crossed. It's a bit of a shame for the third Garfield movie (the actor, not the cat ), I was quite enjoying the darker take on the character - smart, but not a genius, principled, but not a Boy Scout.

Blue Swirl wrote:

Is John Q. Public ready for multiple universe shenanigans?

Well, probably nor but its happening already anyway! Quicksilver in X-men and Avengers! World Implosion! Defoe more of a connundrem with Spidey as he if far more identifiable to the mainstream (totally identifiable actually) but I think Marvel realised he should be in Civil War at least, not sure what was going on if this came from the studios or if it was fan fuelled. Either way I like it. The Sony films can fuck right off. Iron Spidey pleeezzzzee!

Brooks wrote:

Arsene Schrauwen is like bizarro Wes Andersonish Tintin and it is immense fun.

I've just googled that, and it looks great - I shall track a copy down, thanks.

Meanwhile, talking of things sort of reminiscent of TinTin, I finally got round to reading the last in Charles Burns' X'ed Out trilogy - Sugar Skull.  I'd heard complaints in some quarters that the final reveal was too mundane - but without saying too much I think that's one of its strengths.  That all the bizarre imagery should ultimately relate back to something very real made it ultimately more satisfying.



Meanwhile, in news that's probably interesting only to me, my youngest daughter had expressed an interest in reading comics.  So rather than just handing her a copy of Filth, I thought I'd try and get her into a couple of things early on, that seemed suitable.  (She ideally wanted something featuring a girl, and based in the Marvel universe, because of the movies.  I ideally wanted said girl to be more than a contorted T&A delivery system.)  So, we settled on two ongoing series, both of which seem great so far.

First up is the new Ms Marvel - there seems to be muttering in some quarters that the new, asian muslim teen Ms Marvel is a gimmick - but if so she's a remarkably well written gimmick, and from the perspective of my nearly teen asian daughter with muslim grand-parents she's very welcome indeed.  In all other respects she's back to basics Marvel - normal teen who finds themselves with super powers and has to balance those alongside her everyday life.  



The other one we've opted for is perennial Marvel running joke Squirrel Girl's new starring comic - Unbeatable Squirrel Girl.  It's definitely geared towards a youngish audience (which is, after all, what we were looking for) but it's enjoyably silly none the less.  For me it's been nice to go back to reading comics from a child's perspective, and we're enjoying being able to read them together.

When she gets mid teens you can start her on the Guy Delisle collection.

Which reminds me, Spider-Gwen is a thing that is happening if she's interested in picking up singles

Chyna of wwe fame did a she-hulk porn vid. Its worse than it sounds.

Thanks for all the suggestions folks - I'll see if I can get a few sample copies of them all and see what she likes the look of.  (Bollockoff - Her sister's already started on the DeLisle stuff!)

Chief wrote:

I also picked up the new Harley Quinn Valentine's Day special. Can't wait to read it, she's easily my favourite comic character.

This may interest you, then (apologies if it's been posted before): The Hidden Story of Harley Quinn. I had no idea she started as a one-off character in the animated series as late as 1992. I thought she was a late seventies creation, early 80s at the latest.

And I fully agree with the article that her Suicide Squad (New 52) Vol. 1 costume was freakin' awful.

Yeah, that was the first one I read. Totally agree with the Suicide Squad costume thing mentioned by Blue Swirl, I'm reading Volume 1 at the moment and it's a good read but Quinn's costume is just weird. The character is still brilliant, mind.

Bought Harley Quinn: Night and Day and Injustice Year Two: Vol. 1 today.

Basically, if it has Harley Quinn in it, I'll read it at some point.