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• Sredni Vashtar

  2017-01-26 00:41:27

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  OK.
  
  I have an indie comics thread that's also been host to quirkier big-name stuff like the Vertigo imprint, but a mainstream comics thread has been sorely lacking here.
  
• Yarrun XIX

  2017-01-26 00:41:33

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  Darkseid's a good villain
• Salix Babylonika

  2017-01-26 00:45:19

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  He has angular lasers
• Section42L

  2017-01-26 00:46:29 edited 2017-01-26 00:54:34

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  ^^^ I feel like I should've made this thread much earlier, but I didn't get around to it for whatever reason.
  
  On topic, I read a bunch of Bob Bolling's Little Archie recently, but I don't think anyone here has a reference point for that, so...
• Salix Babylonika

  2017-01-26 00:47:20

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  the Raven comic that is running right now is ace
• Mandelbrot

  2017-01-26 01:01:45

  fight. dream. horse. love.

  i read the first volume of Y: The Last Man and I legitimately have no clue why anyone thinks it's good, please help
• Salix Babylonika

  2017-01-26 01:02:50

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  do people think that? I've never heard anything positive about it but that might just be my personal experience
• MetaFour

  2017-01-26 01:05:12

  For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.

  I think I remember hearing good things about Y: The Last Man in the past, but decided it was Not For Me and never checked it out.
• Sredni Vashtar

  2017-01-26 01:05:34

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  I heard good things about its early volumes from when it was still running and I think it won awards at the time, but it's possible that it hasn't aged well in the last fifteen-odd years. I've also heard of some solid feminist criticism of it, but I have no context because I'm mainly just aware of the premise and that it's art is pretty good.
  
• Bee

  2017-01-26 01:07:07

  I read it.  It was...okay.  Not really standout as good or bad.

  
  

  Art was good though.
• Odradek

  2017-01-26 01:08:52

  My dreams exceed my real life

  I should get back to reading Kamandi

  
  Also there are trade paperbacks out for Dial H
• Section42L

  2017-01-26 01:10:45

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  Has Vertigo released much of note recently?
  
  I know I should really read The Twilight Children at some point.
• Yarrun XIX

  2017-01-26 01:43:52

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  MetaFour said:

  I think I remember hearing good things about Y: The Last Man in the past, but decided it was Not For Me and never checked it out.
• Yarrun XIX

  2017-01-26 02:08:41

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  Things I would recommend:
  
  Tom King's Vision: Mother of God, it was one of the best comic experiences I have ever had, why aren't you reading it right now?
  
  Section 8/Hard Traveling Heroez: A combination of fun romps through the DC universe, featuring the breakout stars of Hitman, the dysfunctional supehero team Section 8. It's irreverent, hilarious and has a surprisingly emotional core to it
  
  The Flinstones: The original cartoon was, in its own tame way, meant to be social commentary. The comic decided to double the hell down. Every comic is based around savaging some sort of social concept while giving some emotional depth to the Flinstones
• Section42L

  2017-01-26 02:17:00

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  The first I'll be reading soon, I hope.
  
  

  
  

  I'm mildly interested in Hitman, and think I would prefer that to Preacher.

  
  

  I'm glad that the new comic version of The Flintstones worked out, and will read that eventually, too.
• Yarrun XIX

  2017-01-26 02:25:17

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  I mean, Section 8 is a completely different...thing from Hitman. Hitman takes itself at least somewhat seriously. Section 8 just takes the piss out of every serious character it encounters
• Section42L

  2017-01-26 02:53:38 edited 2017-01-26 02:53:48

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  Interesting.
  
  I'll keep it in mind, then.
• Yarrun XIX

  2017-01-26 03:08:59 edited 2017-01-26 03:12:08

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  Except Superman
  
  The author is famously skeptical about the majority of superheros, with the one exception of Supes. This comes out in both Hitman and Section 8