odessasteps Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 CHEW 50 was great. Years of sub plots paying off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Is CHEW ending at issue 60? I stopped reading it because I wanted to wait until it was closer to its conclusion. I read the first volume of Sex Criminal. Very self-aware and self-referential; feels almost Buffy-esque in places. Fun though. Not sure where it's going yet. I mean, obviously some kind of battle with the sex police is going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 Yes. 2 more vol left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I think that's part of the reason why the arcs on CHEW get sewed up so well. While I'm sure there has been changes and updates, Layman appears to have his conclusion and plots in mind for most of the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 I will be curious to see the interviews Layman does after its over and learn how much was set from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 As you would expct, a bunch of cool stuff being announced at Image Expo today, including new stuff by Rucka, Aaron and Chynna Glugston Flores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MushroomJones Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 As you would expct, a bunch of cool stuff being announced at Image Expo today, including new stuff by Rucka, Aaron and Chynna Glugston Flores. Full list of things here: https://imagecomics.com/content/view/july-2015-image-expo-announcements-revealed Oh my poor pocket book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Jason Aaron and R.M. Guéra doing the bible sounds awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Brian K Vaughn doing Walking Dead? Yes, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin877 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Has anyone tried the new Spirit relaunch. I am a huge fan of Matt Wagner and hope he can do the franchise a solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin877 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 They won me over at Ringside and the Invincible : Reboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Ringside looks like it was basically made for this board to discuss. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 recently heard about a series called "the Protectors" from Malibu comics back in the early/mid 90s. it reimagines a bunch of public domain golden age heroes and brings them to the modern age. started downloading it. found out there were a number of one shots and spin off series that i can't find digitally (legally or otherwise). bought a lot of them off eBay. just started scanning them. man, this turned into a lot of work for just sorta wanting to read the team-up book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 They pushed that series REALLY hard, to the point of shoehorning the Ferret into their awful Street Fighter comic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Has anyone tried the new Spirit relaunch. I am a huge fan of Matt Wagner and hope he can do the franchise a solid. An interesting first issue, since theres hardly any Spirit in it. (Mystery) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 recently heard about a series called "the Protectors" from Malibu comics back in the early/mid 90s. it reimagines a bunch of public domain golden age heroes and brings them to the modern age. started downloading it. found out there were a number of one shots and spin off series that i can't find digitally (legally or otherwise). bought a lot of them off eBay. just started scanning them. man, this turned into a lot of work for just sorta wanting to read the team-up book I read and loved that series. Tracked down all 20 issues about 10 years ago. The last one was a bit harder to find than I expected. It was that series that really got me into all the PD Golden Age heroes. Have you read any of the spin off series? Man o War is decent,same with Ferret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 recently heard about a series called "the Protectors" from Malibu comics back in the early/mid 90s. it reimagines a bunch of public domain golden age heroes and brings them to the modern age. started downloading it. found out there were a number of one shots and spin off series that i can't find digitally (legally or otherwise). bought a lot of them off eBay. just started scanning them. man, this turned into a lot of work for just sorta wanting to read the team-up book I read and loved that series. Tracked down all 20 issues about 10 years ago. The last one was a bit harder to find than I expected. It was that series that really got me into all the PD Golden Age heroes. Have you read any of the spin off series? Man o War is decent,same with Ferret. i haven't started reading any of them yet, but i fully plan to. i found the whole Protectors series to download and about half of the Ferret (bought the other half) Bought the Gravestone series and the Arrow and Airman one-shots. haven't been able to track down Man of War yet, but still looking. as far as Golden Age heroes go, Marvel's "the Twelve" has been by favorite series. Dynamite's "Project SuperPowers" was also fantastic in scope, but since it is left open-ended it kinda bums me out now. Any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I'm getting into manga after a friend recommended BAKUMAN, and I gotta say, looking at the price of a digital copy of Shonen Jump compared to something that DC/Marvel puts out, it's just staggering. 99 cents for nearly 300 pages a week, with comics that run the entire gamut, it's no wonder manga has taken off, while US comics are floundering. That said, can anyone recommend some good, non-traditional manga? I don't wanna be that weird 40 year old reading Naruto. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Ignoring the title, "Sexy Voice & Robo" is great non-traditional manga. Viz released it all in one volume and the art style is a departure from regular manga. I'd also recommend anything by Osamua Tezuka, especially Blackjack and Adolf. He is the "God of Manga" in Japan for a reason. Dark Horse still has the complete run of Tezuka's Tetsuwon Atom under Astro Boy monicker in print I believe. Heck on that tip try Naoki Urasawa's Pluto, it takes a lesser storyfrom Tetsuwon Atom and expands upon it. Urasawa is a great choice for non-traditional manga, as his works aren't the norm. Monster is good, 20th Century Boys is brilliant and Master Keaton is just plain old fun. All of these should still be in print in the US. I'm being vague on purpose in description of story because I'd rather you try a volume of something and then determine if you want to continue. Also, Dark Horse is re-releasing Lone Wolf & Cub again. I will never not recommend Lone Wold & Cub James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Cross Game is a really fun, touching story about high school baseball and romance and growing up that's fairly short. I blew through the whole thing a couple years ago when I was in the hospital for a week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I am sad that Master Keaton isn't a manga about Buster Keaton. ETA: I should mention, if you haven't read BAKUMAN, you really, really should. It's about two 14 year-olds that decide to become manga creators. It really gets into the nature of realizing that your "dream job" often is just as terrible as a boring, normal, everyday job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 Steam Detectives - funny steampunk manga with a boy detective, a hot nurse sidekick and giant robots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WholeFnMachine Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I just read Southern Bastards Volume 1 & 2, so goddamn good. It took me through issues 1 - 8 & the only issue that's come out that wasn't in there is issue 9. I don't think I'm going to be able to trade wait it, might have to pick up issue 9 with the rest of my pull today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Dark Horse is not only rereleasing Lone Wolf and Cub, they're also a few volumes into the new series. And the thing you have to realize is that the vast majority of US comics readers find either black and white comics or especially anthologies to be a hard sell. Also that telling a story 8-10 pages at a time poses its own artistic challenges. It's not a perfect system but it works in that commercial environment. Then again, I'm also not sure by what metric the North American comics industry is floundering. In many ways it seems stronger than it's been since the speculator market went bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I just read Southern Bastards Volume 1 & 2, so goddamn good. It took me through issues 1 - 8 & the only issue that's come out that wasn't in there is issue 9. I don't think I'm going to be able to trade wait it, might have to pick up issue 9 with the rest of my pull today. I just read the first 8 issues this week. No clue why I didn't jump on this earlier. I loved Aaron's Scalped series.Having lived 20+ years in majorly tiny towns Aaron perfectly captures how it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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