Curt McGirt 12,774 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Speaking of horror anthologies, is there a trade paperback compilation of Taboo out there? Or Faust, for that matter? EDIT: I went on Amazon and you can grab the Taboo issues pretty easily; didn't check on Faust. Is there a particular affordable comics spot y'all go to to grab stuff online so I don't have to use Amazon? Link to post Share on other sites
bobholly138 398 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Maybe try Abebooks? I use Mycomicshop for online comics and Instocktrades for trades and hardcovers.But neither stocks Faust AFAIK. Pretty sure all of Faust was put out in trades around the time it finally ended a few years ago. If you are looking for single issues of Taboo I guess check Mycomicshop. Seems to be the online arm of Lonestar comics. Better prices,normally,than Mile High comics and a good selection. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 12,774 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I grabbed the first Taboo from Amazon. They have most of them for reasonable prices. Faust, I looked up the trades and it's $35 a pop for three issues, not sure if that's a regular thing but I can pass. I will look up those sites in the future though, thanx 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tromatagon 9,091 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I've been buying a lot of the Yoe Books/IDW horror hardcovers, but there's some sad news IDW lost a lot of money last year, and the latest horror book came out in paperback only. It's just on mummies which are the shittiest of monsters, so hopefully this isn't a trend. DID I MENTION MY HORROR COMICS PODCAST? Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 12,774 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Taboo is in along with the Pillman bio. I will continue my trend of bringing the most fucked up things to read in the break room at an elementary school ever, I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,977 Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 The new Black Hammer spin off is a great Starman tribute, with the main character even modeled after JDR. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 12,774 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Blew through Taboo 1 and immediately ordered 2 and 3, and 2 just got in. Yay~! This is gonna put a hurtin' on the old pocketbook because I know once I start "From Hell" I won't be able to stop. Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,977 Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 Cornette said on his pod he is going to be working, apparently with IDW, on some kind of comic book. Kickstarter to come. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 12,774 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Taboo 2 down. I've been expecting something really disturbing at some point and from the first it's been easily tolerable, at least from someone hardened as I. But then they hit with three in a row: "Life with the Vampire" which was a totally left-field gay vampire AIDS two-parter, some single page art from the notorious S. Clay Wilson who I know I've seen art from before (and boy howdy, seeing that in the break room of an elementary school made me feel dirty. At least I work after hours and have a trusty copy of Maximumrocknroll on top to fool any stray wanderers), and then Michael Zulli's brutal, scathing Catholic guilt story "Mercy". That was capital-F FUCKED. The art, as incredible as it is, put the brief tale into even greater and more awful relief. THEN "From Hell" started up. I think I'm in for a ride... EDIT: Just looked it up and Michael Zulli was the one who illustrated Ramsey Campbell's "Again" in issue 5. I think I just shit myself. If that doesn't fuck me up like a Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark illustration, I don't know what will. Oh, and issue 4: purchased 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 12,774 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Taboo 3 broke me with a Holocaust story. I really, really thought it was gonna be patty-cake despite what all I'd already read but they went there. It was like reading an abridged version of Schindler's List, only somehow... worse? Hats off, but... fuck. Take in mind, it wasn't exploitative at all (it was written by a person who had his brother hung by the Nazis simply because he opposed them, WHO WAS 18 YEARS OLD, FFS), it was just... I'll say it again. FUCK. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 12,774 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 So this whole time I've been burning through Taboo issues; I just knocked out 7 and the Especial is gonna be on its way. The 8 that goes for like $40 a pop is gonna be a problem (probably due to it being the Joe Coleman issue, which I would imagine going for more just because). Anyway, if anybody wants a cool run-down as to why I've been collecting these and wants to read a monster of a great interview with Steven Bissette, here's this: http://www.enjolrasworld.com/Richard Arndt/Taboo.htm You might need a magnifying glass though... Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,977 Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 I should see if I still have my issues. If I do, I'd be happy to let you have them for a much more reasonable number. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 12,774 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Appreciate it if you want to go to the trouble. I only need the last three now but I might snag doubles for friend's Xmas gifts. Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,977 Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 I don't know that I still have them. I sold like 40 or 50 boxes of books a few years ago. Not 100% sure what I do or do not have except for certain things I know i kept. Link to post Share on other sites
bobholly138 398 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 I am still missing a few issues of Taboo. But it is one that I know one day I will find cheap at a con. So much late 80s thru late 90s indy stuff hitting cons in cheap bins in this area. Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,977 Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 There is now a kickstarter to reprint the wonderfully wacky 80s time travel book Aztec Ace. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Hanger 985 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 IDW's Hasbroverse grinds toward its end, and Lost Light has just gotten super depressing. Last week gave us the ultimate answer to the ultimate question More Than Meets the Eye and Lost Light had been teasing at for seven years, and it's a brutal anticlimax (of the deliberate kind, not the "you suck at stories" kind). Whatever they do with these properties after Unicron eats the universe, I'm probably out. They might make awesome comics, but I can't see ever actually caring about the characters after this. Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Fowler 15,302 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Why didn't any of you guys tell me how fucking good the new Kick-Ass series is? Hit-Girl not so much. Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,977 Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 Attention @J.T. (and others) Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Fowler 15,302 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 So Robert Kirkman is doing a surprise comic this week, sending it to shops unordered, matching however many copies they ordered of Oblivion Song #1. Called Die!Die!Die! Link to post Share on other sites
Bustronaut 4,261 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I sure as hell hope Kirkman is paying the shipping costs of those extra comics. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
blitzkrieg 105 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Just curious, has anyone been keeping up with Valiant, and if so, how are things and has there been anything really notable? My following kinda fell off around the first Harbinger War/initial Unity arc/end of the first Archer & Armstrong series so probably like...2014. Jeez, kinda didn't realize it's been that long. Link to post Share on other sites
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Brian Fowler 15,302 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Irredeemable and Incorruptible are both on Comixology Unlimited, and God I'd forgotten how great they both were. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bobholly138 398 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I read both series about 2 years ago. Damn good reads. Link to post Share on other sites
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