[MaileenasDad]

I dug "Swamp Thing" too, my brother and I watched it one sun or sat afternoon right after it hit VHS.

Yes it's dated, but well it is after all from the hallowed pages of House of Secrets #92
(July 1971)

and

Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #1 (November 1972

[elokuu]

Yay, I love comics and graphic novels, but tend to read the more "indie" stuff & have pretty much missed out on Marvel, DC etc. Although I was a huge fan of the Sandman series in my teens...anything by Neil Gaiman basically.

Favourites include Max Andersson's pitch-black surreal humour in comics like Pixy and Death&Candy, published by Fantagraphics Books (I think) and Robert Crumb of course...Stylistically, I love Anke Feuchtenberger, absolutely beautiful drawing.

I also really like reportage/autobiographical comics, like Joe Sacco's Palestine and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis series. The Persepolis animated film was good also!

Oh yeah, and I like to read old Flash Gordon and Superman comics for the camp factor...

[Ndnsoldierboy]

still into the old X-Men story lines from 80's and 90's...and Punisher titles.

[crazywolf]

Originally Posted by jwashee

what are these books all about? ive heard of them before and curiuous??

Hey niji,

This storyline first started out as a TV series called Firefly. It has a medium size cult following. The series did not last one season, mostly because of, I guess, some hate between the FOX network and Joss Whedon, the creator and writer. It was a kind of space opera meets western type of show, and the shows were high adventure mixed in with some intrigue and good comedy. It was a mix that could not go wrong but the network killed it after only airing 11 episodes.

The thing I really liked about the show was its realism. I mean, in just about every space opera like Star Trek or Star Wars, for some reason they feel like sound effects are a big part of space battles. In reality, in space there is no air to carry sound, so how would you hear an explosion or for that matter a laser beam? Firefly had a lot of space shots like that, and the only thing you can hear on those scenes is the soundtrack. It was really cool, and upset a lot of people when it was killed. Joss was undeterred, at first he wanted to do the show on another network, but FOX owned a lot of rights to "Firefly" so another TV show was out of the question. But the dedicated fan base convinced Joss to make a movie called "Serenity". Now the only thing comming from Joss are these graphic novels for Serenity and also Buffy the Vampire Slayer et al. Buffy and Angel are Joss's two other creations, both of which were killed at the same time as Firefly. Joss is also an active writer for movies and was one of the co-writers for Titan AE.

[MaileenasDad]

Anyone remember "What If # 50" the What if Hulk killed Wolverine issue?

Good stuff fanboys/girls!

I have the vol. 2 shiny card stock cover one.

Good story, I believe there is a What if
Wolverine Killed Hulk in What if Issue 31 Vol. 1


Later Niji's

[neling4]

Originally Posted by MaileenasDad

Anyone remember "What If # 50" the What if Hulk killed Wolverine issue?

Good stuff fanboys/girls!

I have the vol. 2 shiny card stock cover one.

Good story, I believe there is a What if
Wolverine Killed Hulk in What if Issue 31 Vol. 1


Later Niji's

I remember it. I have it in my collection somewhere. It's not unpacked yet.

I found a Beast Boy action figure at Wal-Mart yesterday! As soon as I get all my books in place, Garfield Logan will guard my Teen Titans, as Nightcrawler and Wolverine guard my X-Men. I'm going to find a place for Doctor Victor Von Doom as well.

[Ndnsoldierboy]

I remember when the What If... Conan Killed Thor?
What If...And Punisher Killed Daredevil?

The Watcher was always cool...seeing all the different realities, and alternate universes.


another good story line was the Spidey and the Sinister Six.

[MaileenasDad]

Did any of you ever collect any Image,Extreme Studio,Homage old skool stuff?


My favs were:

StormWatch
The Maxx
Brigade
Bloodstrike
Wet Works first run


although I was a fan of Maxx, i never baught any



and for the record:

I much prefer holding on to my books too the scanned digital copies from the net etc


it's just my preference, the whole comic book experience man...

[neling4]

Originally Posted by MaileenasDad

Did any of you ever collect any Image,Extreme Studio,Homage old skool stuff?


My favs were:

StormWatch
The Maxx
Brigade
Bloodstrike
Wet Works first run


although I was a fan of Maxx, i never baught any

No. Not me. I think I've heard of some of them. Are they Indie?

Originally Posted by MaileenasDad

and for the record:

I much prefer holding on to my books too the scanned digital copies from the net etc


it's just my preference, the whole comic book experience man...

Definitely! You can hold them and hug them and kiss them and wrinkle them up if you love them too much (like I do to all my favorite Nighty books) and they smell nice too...like paper!

You can't do that very well with a computer. It kinda smudges your screen if you kiss it too much.

[MaileenasDad]

no, they are from the splinter faction who broke from Marvel & DC in the early 90's.

The likes of Jim Lefield, Jae Lee, among others. WildCats is another title of Image as is Young Blood. Cyber Force... etc


check em out, just google Image Comics and Extreme Studios. I cAN'T remember all the old skool folks who started those companies, but some of thier books are still going strong, in one shape or another

[neling4]

I have one W.I.L.D. Cats book: The Image and Marvel crossover The WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: Modern Age,with art by Adam Hughes.

[Ndnsoldierboy]

[Ndnsoldierboy]

[MaileenasDad]

I got like a handful of those from a flea market when I was like in middle school, dig it! they are long gone now sadly. But they were quite avant garde` I think.

Hell they spawned the game franchise, rocky as it has been.



Yay a blast from the past, right on ISB!

[MaileenasDad]

I guess the film "Priest" was based off a graphic novel. Hmmmm musta been a kick azz read. I love comic books man Remember make mine "Knights of the Dinner Table"

[kindy]

Now there is a book that was not authorized by the comic code. And it was so good, thought provoking and twisted. There is a reason why they didnt want kids readin this stuff. I know you said not just Marvel, but there was a point in time where I read the Avengers pretty consistently. This goes back as far as the first disbanding of the Avengers in the late 1970s. My favorites there were Thor and Iron Man. I see that they've brought this comic back starting in March of this year, but I haven't had a chance to check it out yet.

[MaileenasDad]

which comic

[trouble]

Just thought I'd share ...
http://www.cracked.com/blog/man-comi..._ibsrc=fanpage

[neling4]

Originally Posted by trouble

Just thought I'd share ...
http://www.cracked.com/blog/man-comi..._ibsrc=fanpage

Not my style.

[neling4]

Originally Posted by MaileenasDad

I guess the film "Priest" was based off a graphic novel. Hmmmm musta been a kick azz read. I love comic books man Remember make mine "Knights of the Dinner Table"

Knights of the Dinner Table? Who what where and when?

NM, I found it:

http://www.kenzerco.com/Operiodicals...pslideshow.php