I wantedto know what everyone reads besides Archie. For me I enjoy reading these comics
👓-Saga- I have about 75% of them. I also have 2 graphic novel of it. I have even rented the books I don't have of the series.
🌟-Invincible- I saw one of the series at the library & loved it so much. I keep renting more books from the library. I have about 8 issues of Invincible.
⚽-Morning Glories-is another I found at the library & it was so good. I had keep reading all the other Morning Glories Graphic Novels. Hunter reminds me of Archie & Ike is so much like Reggie. I have a few issues.
Books that I suggest everyone read there
Blankets-It's a huge book & It's a beautiful story.
Friends With Boys-which a Faith Erin Hicks books, her art is beautiful. I love the way she draws male characters. And another book of hers is Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong, I rented it from the library & loved it so much I had to buy it.
Bad Houses is a great book, it was another library find that I loved so much I bought it.
For comics, I've only ever read Archie.
for other books, any books about baseball history or rock and roll history are usually what I read
Far, far too many to list here, even if I'm only considering the ones currently being published (but stuff that is currently being reprinted in hardcover and trade paperbacks does make up a significant percentage of that). I usually list what comics I get every week over on the "What comics are you reading?" thread.
Really liking Jonesy, Jem and the Holograms, Lumberjanes, Princeless (even though the Make Yourself series isn't great), Harrow County :smitten:, Rachel Rising. I'm really getting into horror comics (I guess they are more mystery) which surprises me because I don't like horror movies or gritty things at all.
Also really liked the EMET comics for women such as Finding Molly and The Wendy Project. I just wish they came out more often.
Black Magick. Paper Girls. Plutona. A lot of these are on hiatus right now which saves my wallet.
Bee and Puppycat. Grumpy Cat. Chi's Sweet Home :smitten: Hero Cats (occasioonally) and Action Lab Dog of Wonder
Die Kitty Die. Super Suckers.
Fresh Romance another women's comic. I love the historical romance story in this one called Ruined. Very Jane Austen.
Lots of manga that people here are probably not interested in. Some manga from the Web Toon app.
I tried to only mention my favs that I have to read as soon as I get them.
I have been reading Sunstone & Jem & The Holograms & Lumberjanes . I have a few Unbeatable Squirrel Girl & Black Canary & Deadly Class issues. I gave up on Harley Quinn & Zodaic Starforce Those 2 weren't good anymore. I have 3 issues of New Romancer. I don't have the issues but I really like Giant Days. I only have 1 issue of Paper Girls but the graphic novel is one the wait list at the library for me. It's cool that one of girls is named Erin that's my real name. I'm really looking foward to getting Nameless City from the Library, it's on my wait list. It's from Faith Erin Hicks.
I sometimes read Uncle Scrooge/ Donald Duck comics and Peanuts comics.
Doesn't Derek Charm do those comics? I can't wait to see his work on those 2 Jughead issues.
Quote from: BettyReggie on May 01, 2016, 11:07:25 PM
Doesn't Derek Charm do those comics? I can't wait to see his work on those 2 Jughead issues.
I think so. Yeah.
Anything not related to MARVEL or DC. Too much Superhero trash out there. :buck2:
Get a life guys. Being outside when the sun shines is nice. Ever hear of a 'girl' or a 'date'? ;D
Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 02, 2016, 01:29:02 AM
Anything not related to MARVEL or DC. Too much Superhero trash out there. :buck2:
Get a life guys. Being outside when the sun shines is nice. Ever hear of a 'girl' or a 'date'? ;D
- You can write unreadable trash in any genre and conversely there is good writing in every genre as well — :-\ you do realize that what you're saying is exactly what nearly everyone says about Archie comics?
- I personally find nothing pleasant or nice about being outside when the sun shines. :(
And you think smiting someone for having an opinion you don't like is good? :knuppel2:
Thanks for making my point (and my day). :)
Quote from: BettyReggie on May 01, 2016, 10:57:11 PM
I have been reading Sunstone & Jem & The Holograms & Lumberjanes . I have a few Unbeatable Squirrel Girl & Black Canary & Deadly Class issues. I gave up on Harley Quinn & Zodaic Starforce Those 2 weren't good anymore. I have 3 issues of New Romancer. I don't have the issues but I really like Giant Days. I only have 1 issue of Paper Girls but the graphic novel is one the wait list at the library for me. It's cool that one of girls is named Erin that's my real name. I'm really looking foward to getting Nameless City from the Library, it's on my wait list. It's from Faith Erin Hicks.
Going to read nameless city soon. Read a preview of it I really liked.
Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 02, 2016, 07:24:29 AM
And you think smiting someone for having an opinion you don't like is good? :knuppel2:
Thanks for making my point (and my day). :)
For being generally dismissive of other's opinions and experiences sight-unseen, and not considering what "a life" or "nice" means to others, yes ...
if a knee-jerk smite is all you can muster then so be it — I really had thought better of you ...
Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 02, 2016, 01:29:02 AM
Anything not related to MARVEL or DC. Too much Superhero trash out there. :buck2:
Get a life guys. Being outside when the sun shines is nice. Ever hear of a 'girl' or a 'date'? ;D
Just one question. Why is it that you find it necessary to make
yourself feel better by hating on other people for what
they like?
Hate a publishing company if you must for what they publish, or a genre of fiction. If you don't like it, that's your choice. You should have stopped after your first 2 sentences, which is your legitimate opinion.
Hating on
people whose entertainment choices you disagree with? NOT COOL.
My advice? Get outside with the sun shining in a very public place and read your Archie comic books there. Then see how many people you impress with how much cooler you are than readers of other types of comic books.
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 02, 2016, 01:41:41 PM
Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 02, 2016, 01:29:02 AM
Anything not related to MARVEL or DC. Too much Superhero trash out there. :buck2:
Get a life guys. Being outside when the sun shines is nice. Ever hear of a 'girl' or a 'date'? ;D
Just one question. Why is it that you find it necessary to make yourself feel better by hating on other people for what they like?
Hate a publishing company if you must for what they publish, or a genre of fiction. If you don't like it, that's your choice. You should have stopped after your first 2 sentences, which is your legitimate opinion.
Hating on people whose entertainment choices you disagree with? NOT COOL.
My advice? Get outside with the sun shining in a very public place and read your Archie comic books there. Then see how many people you impress with how much cooler you are than readers of other types of comic books.
I have read Archie during a slow night at work and was made fun of a bit. :-[ But mostly my male co-workers wanted to see how slutty/not slutty Betty and Veronica were dressed.
I do wish there were less superhero comics or rather a greater proportion of other types of stories. I think Image and IDW are the big players in that (though I like the smaller pubs even better) and hopefully there will be even more choice in the future. If people find out I like comics they always assume I know all the Marvel lore and start talking to me about the movies of which I have seen none.
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want. :)
I love Tintin. Lifelong fan.
Quote from: irishmoxie on May 02, 2016, 09:15:51 PM
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 02, 2016, 01:41:41 PM
Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 02, 2016, 01:29:02 AM
Anything not related to MARVEL or DC. Too much Superhero trash out there. :buck2:
Get a life guys. Being outside when the sun shines is nice. Ever hear of a 'girl' or a 'date'? ;D
Just one question. Why is it that you find it necessary to make yourself feel better by hating on other people for what they like?
Hate a publishing company if you must for what they publish, or a genre of fiction. If you don't like it, that's your choice. You should have stopped after your first 2 sentences, which is your legitimate opinion.
Hating on people whose entertainment choices you disagree with? NOT COOL.
My advice? Get outside with the sun shining in a very public place and read your Archie comic books there. Then see how many people you impress with how much cooler you are than readers of other types of comic books.
I have read Archie during a slow night at work and was made fun of a bit. :-[ But mostly my male co-workers wanted to see how slutty/not slutty Betty and Veronica were dressed.
I do wish there were less superhero comics or rather a greater proportion of other types of stories. I think Image and IDW are the big players in that (though I like the smaller pubs even better) and hopefully there will be even more choice in the future. If people find out I like comics they always assume I know all the Marvel lore and start talking to me about the movies of which I have seen none.
I've read a ton of superhero comics over the years, but the percentage keeps going down. As soon as people learn you like comics, usually the next thing out their mouth is talking about the latest Batman or Marvel movie. My interest in those films began declining even earlier and more sharply than my interest in most of Marvel and DC's mainstream superhero titles. There are any number of those comics that it's easy for me to borrow issues just to see what's going on (if I had to pay for them, I wouldn't bother), but it's become a lot rarer for me to actually spend any money on them. There are maybe about a half-dozen at Marvel, maybe 2 at DC. But that's out of dozens of comics I read every month, from many different publishers and many different styles of art and genres of fiction.
I wish there were more "Archie-like" comics to pick from out there from all publishers, which is why it saddens me to see ACP itself publish fewer and fewer comics that are "Archie-like". I don't consider the New Riverdale comics "Archie-like" at all, while things like
Die Kitty Die and
Super Suckers are.
Quote from: Original Sin on May 03, 2016, 09:01:08 AM
I love Tintin. Lifelong fan.
Tintin is great, but I prefer Asterix ...
About 5 to 10 years back, I really started getting into these hardcover books collecting older, classic newspaper comic strips. They're mainly published by about 5 different companies, so I'll list the ones I've been getting by publisher. (A few of these have 2 different series of books, one for dailies, and one for Sundays - like The Phantom and Buck Rogers.)
Dark Horse Comics:
TARZAN by Hal Foster
ALLEY OOP by V. T. Hamlin
Fantagraphics Books:
NANCY by Ernie Bushmiller
POPEYE by E.C. Segar (6 volumes)
Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE by Floyd Gottfredson
Hermes Press:
THE PHANTOM by Lee Falk
BUCK ROGERS in the 25th Century
IDW/Library of American Comics:
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN by Stan Lee & John Romita (2 volumes)
ARCHIE by Bob Montana
BATMAN
SUPERMAN
WONDER WOMAN (1 volume)
LI'L ABNER by Al Capp
MISS FURY by Tarpe Mills (2 volumes)
POPEYE by Bobby London (2 volumes)
TARZAN by Russ Manning (4 volumes)
STAR TREK (2 volumes)
SECRET AGENT X-9 by Dashiell Hammett & Alex Raymond (1 volume)
X-9: SECRET AGENT CORRIGAN by Archie Goodwin & Al Williamson (6 volumes)
Walt Disney's SILLY SYMPHONIES
Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK by Al Taliaferro
Titan Books:
TARZAN by Burne Hogarth
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk & Phil Davis
FLASH GORDON (Sundays) by Alex Raymond
FLASH GORDON (Dailies) by Dan Barry
(various publishers):
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND by Winsor McKay
I love Peanuts, Garfield, Pearls Before Swine, Cathy, and Luann
Luann
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Pearls Before Swine
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Cathy
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Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 03, 2016, 09:42:02 PM
About 5 to 10 years back, I really started getting into these hardcover books collecting older, classic newspaper comic strips. They're mainly published by about 5 different companies, so I'll list the ones I've been getting by publisher. (A few of these have 2 different series of books, one for dailies, and one for Sundays - like The Phantom and Buck Rogers.)
Dark Horse Comics:
TARZAN by Hal Foster
ALLEY OOP by V. T. Hamlin
Fantagraphics Books:
NANCY by Ernie Bushmiller
POPEYE by E.C. Segar (6 volumes)
Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE by Floyd Gottfredson
Hermes Press:
THE PHANTOM by Lee Falk
BUCK ROGERS in the 25th Century
IDW/Library of American Comics:
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN by Stan Lee & John Romita (2 volumes)
ARCHIE by Bob Montana
BATMAN
SUPERMAN
WONDER WOMAN (1 volume)
LI'L ABNER by Al Capp
MISS FURY by Tarpe Mills (2 volumes)
POPEYE by Bobby London (2 volumes)
TARZAN by Russ Manning (4 volumes)
STAR TREK (2 volumes)
SECRET AGENT X-9 by Dashiell Hammett & Alex Raymond (1 volume)
X-9: SECRET AGENT CORRIGAN by Archie Goodwin & Al Williamson (6 volumes)
Walt Disney's SILLY SYMPHONIES
Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK by Al Taliaferro
Titan Books:
TARZAN by Burne Hogarth
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk & Phil Davis
FLASH GORDON (Sundays) by Alex Raymond
FLASH GORDON (Dailies) by Dan Barry
(various publishers):
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND by Winsor McKay
At around $40 a pop that's quite a collection. How are the Popeye books? What made you want to get all 6? Are they the same as the reprinting of the classic comic they are doing monthly now? I read it occasionally.
Quote from: irishmoxie on May 04, 2016, 09:40:20 PM
At around $40 a pop that's quite a collection. How are the Popeye books? What made you want to get all 6? Are they the same as the reprinting of the classic comic they are doing monthly now? I read it occasionally.
There are three different series of Popeye hardcovers. The first (chronologically, in the history of the strip) is the 6-volume collection of books from Fantagraphics. Those reprint the entirety of original creator E.C. Segar's work on Popeye. Popeye was originally a quite minor character, introduced into the ongoing THIMBLE THEATER strip (whose main characters were Castor Oyl and his sister Olive, and her boyfriend Ham Gravy). He proved to be so popular with readers that he eventually took over the strip and became its star. Segar died relatively young (age 43) in 1938.
Bud Sagendorf was a teenager when he was recruited by Segar as an assistant, and later he became primarily responsible for the Popeye comic books, beginning in the late 1940s through the 1960s, while someone else took over the newspaper strip (eventually Sagendorf did get his shot at the more prestigious newspaper strip). It's the Sagendorf original Popeye comic books that are reprinted in IDW's ongoing
Popeye Classic Comics (and those are later collected into hardcover volumes as well, published by IDW). I didn't even list those, although related, on my list (because they're not reprinted from the newspaper strips, but the comic books), but I highly recommend them. Comparing Segar's original Popeye strips with Sagendorf's comic books, you'll notice some differences. In between those two came the famous Fleischer Brothers Studio animated cartoon, which took some liberties with Segar's Popeye - and some of the animated cartoon elements were so popular and identified with the character that Sagendorf incorporated them into his comic book stories.
The final series of collected Popeye hardcovers are the much later strips by cartoonist Bobby London (these are collected in 2 volumes from IDW/LoAC in the horizontal format), done in the late 1980s. These update Popeye to make him topical (much like Archie, always keeping up with current trends) for the late 1980s - something that hadn't been done in the strip up to that time, and the results are quite funny, at least for anyone who can appreciate the topical references.
Quote from: Archiecomicxfan215 on May 04, 2016, 12:19:35 AM
I love Peanuts, Garfield, Pearls Before Swine, Cathy, and Luann
Luann
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This is an example of where if you're coming into the strip with no prior knowledge of it, you're missing what's actually going on with the interaction of the three characters in this situation. If you don't know the existing relationships between Tiff and Quill, Tiff and Luann, and Quill and Luann going into it, you just have to scratch you head and ask what exactly just happened there? At a guess I'd say Tiff and Luann are rivals, but whether Quill is more than just friends with either of them I can't tell.
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 03:36:48 AM
Quote from: Archiecomicxfan215 on May 04, 2016, 12:19:35 AM
I love Peanuts, Garfield, Pearls Before Swine, Cathy, and Luann
Luann
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This is an example of where if you're coming into the strip with no prior knowledge of it, you're missing what's actually going on with the interaction of the three characters in this situation. If you don't know the existing relationships between Tiff and Quill, Tiff and Luann, and Quill and Luann going into it, you just have to scratch you head and ask what exactly just happened there? At a guess I'd say Tiff and Luann are rivals, but whether Quill is more than just friends with either of them I can't tell.
Yes, Tiff and Luann don't like each other, they tried being friends once but it didnt work out. Quill ended up liking Luann a lot
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Quote from: Archiecomicxfan215 on May 05, 2016, 07:31:42 AM
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 03:36:48 AM
Quote from: Archiecomicxfan215 on May 04, 2016, 12:19:35 AM
I love Peanuts, Garfield, Pearls Before Swine, Cathy, and Luann
Luann
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This is an example of where if you're coming into the strip with no prior knowledge of it, you're missing what's actually going on with the interaction of the three characters in this situation. If you don't know the existing relationships between Tiff and Quill, Tiff and Luann, and Quill and Luann going into it, you just have to scratch you head and ask what exactly just happened there? At a guess I'd say Tiff and Luann are rivals, but whether Quill is more than just friends with either of them I can't tell.
Yes, Tiff and Luann don't like each other, they tried being friends once but it didnt work out. Quill ended up liking Luann a lot
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I seem to recall (vaguely) an earlier version of LUANN from years ago that looked quite different. Maybe it got a reboot somewhere along the way?
EDIT:
Ah, here it is. Not my imagination after all...
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Doesn't even really seem like the same strip. The new version seems like an improvement though. Then I found this:
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Not sure if that's the actual strip where it transitioned to the "New Look" (to borrow a phrase), or a flashback.
Then I found THESE strips. If he's throwing cosplaying into the mix, it makes me wonder if this didn't go from being a newspaper strip to a webcomic at some point?
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Same strip :). Apparently thats how Luann was drawn as a preteen/teenager in middle school/ early high school years
Currently Luann is a college student
I'm going look up Luann to see if I can get from the Library.
Quote from: Archiecomicxfan215 on May 05, 2016, 10:48:34 AM
Same strip :) . Apparently thats how Luann was drawn as a preteen/teenager in middle school/ early high school years
Currently Luann is a college student
It's not just that she's gotten older and so the story material has changed according to her interests as a college student. The entire style and type of humor seems different (but the old strip seems pretty dated compared to newer newspaper comic strips). I was interested to see that the same cartoonist, Greg Evans, is drawing it now (and owns it, according to his copyright notice - I see he incorporated himself) as when it first started, so he obviously make the decision himself to give his creation a complete makeover. Does it still appear in any newspapers, or is that a thing of the past now?
Here's a cartoon I found by accident on www.GoComics.com (http://www.gocomics.com/) (Great for the discovery of new comic strips -- if you were stuck in the hospital for a month, you might have time to familiarize yourself with all of them.)
This one's from a strip called SCENES FROM A MULTIVERSE.
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Here's another that's more typically my sense of humor from OFF THE MARK.
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Here's another goodie... SAVAGE CHICKENS.
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Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want. :)
And yet hundreds of thousands of people spend millions of dollars seeing Batman and Avengers movies. And let's not forget Star Wars. But if you READ it instead of see it on a theater screen (or stream it on your computer) then you're a LOSER. Oh yeah, clearly the moviegoer is the owner of superior genomes.
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 12:12:53 PM
Quote from: Archiecomicxfan215 on May 05, 2016, 10:48:34 AM
Same strip :) . Apparently thats how Luann was drawn as a preteen/teenager in middle school/ early high school years
Currently Luann is a college student
It's not just that she's gotten older and so the story material has changed according to her interests as a college student. The entire style and type of humor seems different (but the old strip seems pretty dated compared to newer newspaper comic strips). I was interested to see that the same cartoonist, Greg Evans, is drawing it now (and owns it, according to his copyright notice - I see he incorporated himself) as when it first started, so he obviously make the decision himself to give his creation a complete makeover. Does it still appear in any newspapers, or is that a thing of the past now?
It appears in the local paper in my city, the Staten Island Advance. Not sure if it appear in others
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want. :)
Interesting and ironic. I said something similar upthread and I got smited and savaged for it. >:(
I guess it proves and validates what I said earlier. ;D
Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 05, 2016, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want. :)
Interesting and ironic. I said something similar upthread and I got smited and savaged for it. >:(
I guess it proves and validates what I said earlier. ;D
Or it proves you haven't got the slightest idea of what you're talking about. Yes, you should celebrate the fact that you and people like you make others feel BAD about themselves.
Why not be proud about it? You feel
validated? You disgust me.
Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 05, 2016, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want. :)
Interesting and ironic. I said something similar upthread and I got smited and savaged for it. >:(
I guess it proves and validates what I said earlier. ;D
B-ko is that you?
The comic I enjoy is from Pixie Trix Comix(Gisele) and it is Menage' a 3.
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 12:42:40 PM
Here's a cartoon I found by accident on www.GoComics.com (http://www.gocomics.com/) (Great for the discovery of new comic strips -- if you were stuck in the hospital for a month, you might have time to familiarize yourself with all of them.)
This one's from a strip called SCENES FROM A MULTIVERSE.
(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fassets.amuniversal.com%2F7ea94050f49801335a37005056a9545d&hash=09ec5569840825d2d2a2f520b8c41b66dd11279f)
Here's another that's more typically my sense of humor from OFF THE MARK.
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Here's another goodie... SAVAGE CHICKENS.
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Why am I not getting the last one?
Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 05, 2016, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want. :)
Interesting and ironic. I said something similar upthread and I got smited and savaged for it. >:(
I guess it proves and validates what I said earlier. ;D
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 01:01:14 PM
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want. :)
And yet hundreds of thousands of people spend millions of dollars seeing Batman and Avengers movies. And let's not forget Star Wars. But if you READ it instead of see it on a theater screen (or stream it on your computer) then you're a LOSER. Oh yeah, clearly the moviegoer is the owner of superior genomes.
I dont know how I missed these posts earlier but let me explain I don't think reading superhero comics is anything to be ashamed of and I still do it sometimes. Fanboy is one of those words that has a way of ringing in your head you so I'm paranoid but like I said that's stupid. Superhero stories are awesome, the greatest mix of adventure, humor, drama, romance and sometimes social commentary, yeah, that's why they're clogging up the movie theaters now, and I like comics better than watching movies, reading and looking at art is better for your mind than zoning in front of some screen (not that I don't do that too). It was reading comics that made me try to learn to draw, I bet a lot of other fans would say that too, the only thing movies ever really made me accomplish is eating corn chips. :P Maybe comics cost money but you can always sell or donate them or borrow them from the library.
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Quote from: daren on June 26, 2016, 03:05:55 AM
Why am I not getting the last one?
Star Wars joke. Boba Fett gets eaten when he falls into the sarlacc pit (it's later revealed that he escaped at the last moment).
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Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want. :)
QuoteAnd yet hundreds of thousands of people spend millions of dollars seeing Batman and Avengers movies. And let's not forget Star Wars. But if you READ it instead of see it on a theater screen (or stream it on your computer) then you're a LOSER. Oh yeah, clearly the moviegoer is the owner of superior genomes.
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AMI dont know how I missed these posts earlier but let me explain I don't think reading superhero comics is anything to be ashamed of and I still do it sometimes. Fanboy is one of those words that has a way of ringing in your head you so I'm paranoid but like I said that's stupid. Superhero stories are awesome, the greatest mix of adventure, humor, drama, romance and sometimes social commentary, yeah, that's why they're clogging up the movie theaters now, and I like comics better than watching movies, reading and looking at art is better for your mind than zoning in front of some screen (not that I don't do that too). It was reading comics that made me try to learn to draw, I bet a lot of other fans would say that too, the only thing movies ever really made me accomplish is eating corn chips. :P Maybe comics cost money but you can always sell or donate them or borrow them from the library.
I don't need to explain that I was being sarcastic, do I? I HATE it when people have some kind of
attitude about feeling superior to others because of something as stupid as a person's choices of entertainment. It aggravates me even further when fans buy that kind of BS negatory attitude coming from others as if they "should" be ashamed about or something. If you enjoy something or believe in something, you gotta OWN it, and wear it like a second skin, not "change your colors" to blend into the background like some cowardly chameleon, or even worse, begin to believe in the crap they're selling you as having some basis in reality. Let your freak flag fly. Say it loud, you're fanboy and proud! If other people can't deal with it, screw them.
Thanks De, I try. :)
QuoteI don't need to explain that I was being sarcastic, do I?
Oh yeah that came through!
I just realized that I got "distracted" and never actually answered this thread. so current on-going series ...
• Lazarus — global politics and social & genetic engineering in a dystopian near future (also great story and characters)
• PS238 — story of an elementary school for the children of superheroes and other lids with "abilities" — and the kids (and their teachers) trying to cope; a great mix of serious and fun with more plot, continuity and characterization than anything from Marvel or DC, and likeable characters as well even a lot of the villains ... (also available as a web comic)
• Raven The Pirate Princess & Princeless — 2 series, 1 world, though you'd hardly know it most of the time ...
• Tomboy — Not for everyone ... psychotic bloody vengeance & gore in the manga magical girl tradition ...
• Invincible — superhero done right ...
• Paper Girls — time travel weirdness at its best ...
Probably more ... DC & Marvel also have some good stuff, but too much backstory/sidestory to recommend ...
And just FYI I wasn't expecting to like the first 2 ... with Lazarus I read an issue and dropped for months but when I went back and tried it again I was hooked ... some of them take an effort to get going ...
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 02:31:20 AM
Quote from: irishmoxie on May 04, 2016, 09:40:20 PM
At around $40 a pop that's quite a collection. How are the Popeye books? What made you want to get all 6? Are they the same as the reprinting of the classic comic they are doing monthly now? I read it occasionally.
There are three different series of Popeye hardcovers. The first (chronologically, in the history of the strip) is the 6-volume collection of books from Fantagraphics. Those reprint the entirety of original creator E.C. Segar's work on Popeye. Popeye was originally a quite minor character, introduced into the ongoing THIMBLE THEATER strip (whose main characters were Castor Oyl and his sister Olive, and her boyfriend Ham Gravy). He proved to be so popular with readers that he eventually took over the strip and became its star. Segar died relatively young (age 43) in 1938.
Bud Sagendorf was a teenager when he was recruited by Segar as an assistant, and later he became primarily responsible for the Popeye comic books, beginning in the late 1940s through the 1960s, while someone else took over the newspaper strip (eventually Sagendorf did get his shot at the more prestigious newspaper strip). It's the Sagendorf original Popeye comic books that are reprinted in IDW's ongoing Popeye Classic Comics (and those are later collected into hardcover volumes as well, published by IDW). I didn't even list those, although related, on my list (because they're not reprinted from the newspaper strips, but the comic books), but I highly recommend them. Comparing Segar's original Popeye strips with Sagendorf's comic books, you'll notice some differences. In between those two came the famous Fleischer Brothers Studio animated cartoon, which took some liberties with Segar's Popeye - and some of the animated cartoon elements were so popular and identified with the character that Sagendorf incorporated them into his comic book stories.
The final series of collected Popeye hardcovers are the much later strips by cartoonist Bobby London (these are collected in 2 volumes from IDW/LoAC in the horizontal format), done in the late 1980s. These update Popeye to make him topical (much like Archie, always keeping up with current trends) for the late 1980s - something that hadn't been done in the strip up to that time, and the results are quite funny, at least for anyone who can appreciate the topical references.
@irishmoxie- the E.C. Segar Popeye stuff is fantastic. Never read any until last year.
Also a fan of older Ernie Bushmiller Nancy, any Peanuts, classic Blondie, and I'd give a thumbs up to 70's Hagar The Horrible, and older Beetle Bailey and Hi And Lois comic strips.
As for comic books, that's another list entirely.