BAMF! SNIKT! GLORF! The Comics Thread. - The Bear and Badger

Blue Swirl

Black label: sold!

Facewon

Minotaur goes ham on SF books confirmed. Including a dozen or so ULG, good stuff.

Dinostar77

Tempy wrote:

Gosh! Comics is a billion times better in London, FP is just a generic geek chain these days.

Never heard of gosh! Will visit next time I'm in that area

Facewon

Three quarters through vol 4 of black science.

Its great still.

Have third and final vol of 7 to Eternity to go next.

Tempted by Saga next. Looks good, will read up.

There's another 2-3 titles I have my eye on too.

Facewon

Think I asked on twitter, can't remember here, where do you lot go for news/reviews/musings on comics?

Strikes me as a gamer adjacent pass time, and there was a comicgate, so I assume I have to dredge through a bunch of edgelord shit to find quality?

Scout

Saga is pretty great. I'd recommend Black Hammer if you haven't read any of that.

Facewon

Yeah, have since looked at a few best of lists. Looks fab.

Frosty

Polygon cover some comic stuff but I'm not sure what it's like. The few times I go on there is just been marvel stuff though. Apparently the new xmen run Hickman is doing is good.

East of West I have been enjoying a fair bit. It's a science fiction Western set in a dystopian version of the United States whose fate revolves around the four horseman.

I've also been enjoying Low which probably deserves a look based on its covers alone. It's another post apocalyptic end of the world type story where humanity has to live in cities under the sea. The art is really nice

Facewon

Cheers. Good to know I'm on to right tracks, because I added both of those to lists. Low especially because remender wrote both of the above I'm reading and they're strong. (and he clearly only works with boss artists, because of low is great, that's 3 for 3 in my book.)

Frosty

I haven't actually read black science so I'll add it to my list.

To make this a full Remender love in I've been meaning to pick up Death or Glory vol 1 for a whole now. I read the first issue when it came out last year and it seemed promising. There's only the five issues as it took a break for remender to show run deadly class.

Bengal is in art for it and he's always good.

Tempy

I have every issue of Low in floppy form because I never stopped my pick up list, despite barely reading past the 3rd issue.

Gremill

Low is very good indeed. Saga is superb. Good to hear Black Science is still good - I've only read the first 2 TPBs, I must pick the others up.

Other recommendations from me would be Southern Bastards - a big old slice of small town Americana full of racist gang-bangers, violence and American Football. Also, Injection by Warren Ellis is good and weird.

As for comic coverage, I don't read much off it online but when I do I often go to the AV Club which has often had some good stuff.

Scout

Has anyone read Oblivion Song? It's Robert Kirkman's new one. I've read every issue but I just can't seem to get on with it. Nice art thought.

Oh and another shout out for Death and Glory. Cool series and beautiful art. I need to check out Black Science.

Cos

Gremill wrote:

Low is very good indeed. Saga is superb. Good to hear Black Science is still good - I've only read the first 2 TPBs, I must pick the others up. Other recommendations from me would be Southern Bastards - a big old slice of small town Americana full of racist gang-bangers, violence and American Football. Also, Injection by Warren Ellis is good and weird. As for comic coverage, I don't read much off it online but when I do I often go to the AV Club which has often had some good stuff.

I read the first tpb of Southern Bastards but never any more. I can't even remember if I liked it so will have to read again and look into getting the next volume.

Facewon

Facewon wrote:

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Have third and final vol of 7 to Eternity to go next.
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Not final. Doh. I'm up to date though. Finished vol3. Cracking read.

Blue Swirl

Anyone watched the Swampthing series on Amazon? The New 52 run of 'thing was phenomenal. DC have had better luck with TV than film, from what I hear...

Kara_Jane_Adams

Blue Swirl wrote:

Anyone watched the Swampthing series on Amazon? The New 52 run of 'thing was phenomenal. DC have had better luck with TV than film, from what I hear...

It’s good, then it ends and it’s not coming back.

Blue Swirl

Ah, fuck. Firefly syndrome.

Kara_Jane_Adams

A little bit more like Drive, it was cancelled pretty much as the first episode dropped.

Blue Swirl

Shiiit.

In related news, I can recommend Joker. A great counter point to the origin-less Heath Ledger incarnation. Let the Internet flame wars begin!

Facewon

First chapter of saga is a very solid start

Scout

Facewon wrote:

First chapter of saga is a very solid start

Oh man, it's great. It's on a break at the moment and I miss it.

Cos

Got the last few volumes to catch up on so it'll give me a chance to get up to date. Think I'm up to 5 or 6 but it's been consistently excellent so far.

Cos

I picked up Alan Moore's Swamp Thing and From Hell recently. FH is incredibly dense, almost intimidatingly so. Will have to start that when I've got more time to dive in. Swamp Thing is good so far though.

More recommendations noted from the thread. First volume of Low was great, lovely artwork particularly. Black Science next on the purchase list I think.

Tempy

From Hell is incredible and probably not at all what you’re expecting. Eddie Campbell’s art is the perfect match for it.

Gremill

Saga is fantastic.

If love to be able to afford the entire Moore Swamp Thing run, it's superb.

cockbeard

Gremill wrote:

Saga is fantastic. If love to be able to afford the entire Moore Swamp Thing run, it's superb.

Can get you e-copies, that's how I read it

As for recommendations, I still love "Y - The Last Man", not too long, not as long as say Preacher or Swamp Thing, but really good fun. Doesn't crossover with any other universes either so can be read with disregard to order or prior knowledge

If you're enjoying Swamp Thing then Constantine has to be soon, or recently, whichever is good

Blue Swirl

From Hell gets two thumbs up from me. That's the film and the comic/graphic novel*. Very different to each other.

*Delete as appropriate.

Gremill

cockbeard wrote:

Gremill wrote:

Saga is fantastic. If love to be able to afford the entire Moore Swamp Thing run, it's superb.

Can get you e-copies, that's how I read it

As for recommendations, I still love "Y - The Last Man", not too long, not as long as say Preacher or Swamp Thing, but really good fun. Doesn't crossover with any other universes either so can be read with disregard to order or prior knowledge

If you're enjoying Swamp Thing then Constantine has to be soon, or recently, whichever is good

Have to have dat paper when it comes to comics.

Brooks

From Hell is basically Moore's masterthing imo.

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