The Comic Books thread

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:29 pm

Any suggestions on awesome comic books? I really enjoy comics like Lobo, Judge Dredd and those Vampire Batman -thingies.

+ you could PM me if you know any good trackers to torrent some.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:44 pm

'hate' is a pretty good comic. so is shrimpy, paul & friends.

but that may not be exactly what you're looking for?

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:04 pm

The Best Of Both Worlds, Outsourced, Offensively Yellow, Failure, 600 And One, For The People, Spastic Frogs And Other Cautionary Tales For Young People, How To Not, I Make This Look Good, They Are Watching, Cake Of Dissent, Santos Approves, Have You Seen My Foot ?, Chasm, Tunnel, How To Serve Man, The Legend Of Rob, >, Itchy Scrote ?, KTHXBYE, Zombie Abe Vigoda Tells All, Rape And Pillage, Kabuki Kabuki Kabuki (Kabuki), Behind The Curtain, Diminutive Wooden Sparrow, Weaponised Epiphany, IT IS MAGICK, Dr. Snow, Braindance . . .

Others ?

Demurely,
KEVIN of Slome

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:21 pm

Some funky stuff:
Preacher and, well, pretty much everything that has "Garth Ennis" on the cover
Transmetropolitan and Ellis' various mini-series (especially Ruins)
The Filth
Druuna - An unintentionally hilarious erotic French comic. It's set on this gargantuan spaceship where the central computer has gone haywire and turned parts of the ship into a post-apocalyptic wasteland inhabited by all kinds of horrible monsters. Wackiness ensues.
Adventures of the Rifle Brigade and AotRB: Operation Bollock - Total

Hellblazer - Start out with the stuff by Ennis, Carey, and Azzarello.
Cerebus the Aardvark - Don't listen to Spazmo, Cerebus is as

as it gets
Alan Moore's stuff (Watchmen, From Hell, V for Vendetta.. all that jazz)
Flaming Carrot
Slaine and DR & Quinch from 2000AD - Can be somewhat hard to track down. You'll probably have to get the individual progs if you don't find a compilation torrent or something.
Oink - Heaven's Butcher
The Walking Dead - Pretty funky B/W zombie comic. Turns into a soap opera after a while.
Y - The Last Man
Hitman - Worth reading for Bueno Excellente alone.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:24 pm

All the stuff nico said is pretty darn dope. I'd probably read it in chronological order though, as Watchmen is probably better than V for Vendetta, though V is good.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:46 pm

I was always a fan of Deadpool & Cable. More specifically Deadpool.

Naked_Lunch · Post by **Naked_Lunch** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:59 pm

Another nod to da Cerebus. Aadvarks represent

Also, check out The Invisibles. Don't listen to Nico or Spazmo, it's good chit.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:10 pm

The Filth is probably a better primer.

Seven Soldiers? Y:The Last Man? I only read the first few of those but it seemed good enough. If you like Batman, year one and dark night returns of course!!!

box · Post by **box** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:25 am

Totally random selection of recent buys, all great:

Badlands

Skin Deep

Preacher

Concrete

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:29 am

I enjoyed the Wolverine comics from the 90s. They didn't get really good until after his adamantium was torn out Magneto, then turned to shit when Apocalypse gave it back. Something about those bone claws is fucking awesome.

Aside from that, I'm totally out of touch with the comic book world.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:30 am

cerberus is pretty neato, yeah.

where's a good place for torrents of comix?

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:07 am

Cerebus is the shit. As well as anything from Alan Moore or Frank Miller.

Haven't been able to stomach any Marvel comics since I was a pre-teen.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:57 am

Any of you buttholes ever read Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters? Was thinking of picking up the graphic novel but have never read any Green Arrow before and wasn't sure how they were. Also, what are some essential GNs I need to read? I've Read Miller's 300, Sin City and Batman books as well as Ghost in the Shell and a few assorted others but that is about it. Gracias.

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:13 am

Get Moore's run of Swamp Thing, rip some bong hits, and turn on some Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:23 am

Not a big comic fan. The Hellboy books are incredible though. Mignola is in a league of his own.

Naked_Lunch · Post by **Naked_Lunch** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:36 am

atoga wrote:cerberus is pretty neato, yeah.

where's a good place for torrents of comix?

I use demonoid and that has some good chit, ja. I'll try and hook you up with an invite

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:10 am

Demonoid hosts a torrent that has almost every issue of Heavy Metal magazine, going back to the early 80's, apparently. Huge file, but those comics rule.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:46 am

Thanks guys! I got a lot more replies than I expected. I'll chew through a couple of Preachers first and then continue with the rest.

Cheers!

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:07 am

The TANK GIRL comics were pretty good.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:13 am

By the way, do you guys know any place where I could find those Vampire Batman comics (torrent)? Batman: Red Rain, Bloodstorm, Crimson Mist etc. etc. I read one as a kid and I loved it... I was hoping if I could get my hands on 'em again.