What comic books/graphic novels are you reading at the moment?

[dask]

I have just started reading Peter David's and Jae Lee's incredible adaption (The Gunslinger Born) of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

I agree. Some of the most stunning stuff I've seen in comic form in a long time.

As for what I'm reading now, it's one of the Nightwing R.I.P. tie-ins. Can't recall the number at the moment.

 

[Omphalos]

I think it is due out now, it's MARVEL doing the publishing so it should not be too hard to find. SFX reviewed it in the latest issue and gave it a big thumbs up!

It wasnt in my local comics store. Guess Ill have to find a better one!

 

[Nesacat]

Have been reading Yoshitaka Amano's take on The Magic Flute. It's called Mateki and is gorgeous. There's hardly any word and the story relies pretty much on the illustrations. The story line is also different from The Magic Flute as we know it. This one is more of a creation myth and is beautifully done.

 

[dask]

I'm hooked on the big four: Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and the Fantastic Four. Also, DC War Comics whenever they're available. A new Sgt. Rock mini series is due out any week. Stephen King's Dark Tower minies have been very impressive too.

 

[kenpat]

Strangehaven - Conspiracies the 3rd trade paperback.

 

[Omphalos]

Funny I should stumble upon this thread. I rarely read graphic novels, but this weekend I read issues 1-12 of The Walking Dead in a hardback omnibus, Nocturnes and Dreamscapes (I think that's the title), a Sandman omnibus, and I started From Hell.

 

[kole]

Alan Moore's masterpiece Tha Watchmen (after reading V for Vendetta).

 

[bucky]

Just started All Star Batman and Robin by Messrs Miller and Lee, not quite sure if i like it yet. Only read first chapter so far

 

[Stephen Aryan]

Currently re-reading my beat up old copy of Watchmen after seeing the new trailer for the film. Filled me with hope, and hearing Dave Gibbons talk about it made me even more positive.

After that I'm going back to Palestine by Joe Sacco.

Also heard about a new book from Top Shelf comics called Swallow Me Whole that sounds interesting, so I might hunt a copy of that.

Oh, and Bucky, get rid of All Star Batman and Robin, it only gets worse. A lot lot worse. Save your money.

 

[ezcom]

I'm just making my way through The Dark Knight Returns (Yup! I've never read it!!), also going through the Sandman series again - just love Preludes and Nocturnes.

Although, there are 3 more titles that have caught my eye, which i'm hoping to move onto - Couscous Express, The Couriers and The Boys!!

Has anyone read these? - Are they worth getting??

 

[Stephen Aryan]

I'm just making my way through The Dark Knight Returns (Yup! I've never read it!!), also going through the Sandman series again - just love Preludes and Nocturnes.

Although, there are 3 more titles that have caught my eye, which i'm hoping to move onto - Couscous Express, The Couriers and The Boys!!

Has anyone read these? - Are they worth getting??

I've read The Boys. It is Garth Ennis doing what he loves best, deconstructing superheroes. It's incredibly brutal, very adult, full of lots of violence to an almost cartoon level, sex, lots of humour, but it also has very rich characters and one that is physically based on Simon Pegg.

 

[Lucifal]

V for Vendetta. Ok, so it took me a long time to get around to it! But as I met Alan Moore at Newcon a few months ago I thought I'd better do some catching up.

 

[Shoegaze99]

I'm just about done wrapping up a re-read of Sandman, just in time for the 20th Anniversay of the first issue's publication.

I was lucky enough to write about my re-reading for Weird Tales magazine, so, starting today, they will be running a 10-part series on Sandman penned by yours truly, a sort of web supplement to their interview with Gaiman in the current issue. You can find my introduction to the daily series (it runs the next two weeks) here. Pretty sure the first writeup will be posted today.

It was a kind of a thrill to see last night that Neil Gaiman himself is linking to the Weird Tales content on his blog. Cool!

 

[Stephen Aryan]

I've just finished re-reading Watchmen in the run up to the film, finished Aztec the Ultimate Man the trade paperback collection by Mark Millar and Grant Morrison from the 1990s

Over Christmas I read 3 trades of the new Captain America series by Ed Brubaker, one of the best comics and the best writers in the business at the moment in my opinion. If you love espionage, WWII action and flashbacks mixed in with modern day warfare on terrorists and Nazis, themes of redemption, revenge, and a consistent story told over a couple of years, then check it out.

I am currently reading Zot! the collected works by comics authority and legend, Scott McLeod. After many years of reading how to make and create comics properly, its fascinating to go back and see his journey as an independent creator.

 

[Toby Frost]

Ah, I glimpsed Alan Moore at Newcon too, but was far too intimidated to say anything!

I read the first issue of Ennis' new Dan Dare a while ago, but I was not terribly fussed: it seemed too much of a "dark side by numbers" for me. However, I did recently read an excellent Dare story by Frank Hampson, Reign of the Robots. The robots all look like tin cans with pincers. It was brilliant.

 

[MattyB]

Spawn: The Complete Armageddon Collection, very nice.

 

[Encephylops]

Just finished The Mystery Play by Grant Morrison. Incredible watercolours throughout, compelling story, with just enough "what the hell is going on?" to appease my need to be confused (the ending required at least two read-throughs for me to get Morrison's "point").

All in all, an incredible read.

~Ence

 

[DeepThought]

Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis. Only eight more issues to go. Spider Jerusalem is Hunter S. Thompson.

 

[Dagny]

I'm catching up on Gaiman's Sandman, and reading Paradise Kiss, which is one of the cutest (without overload into cute puke) and most romantic (again, without that overload that makes you want to hurl) mangas I've ever read.

 

[DeepThought]

Berserk manga, Kentaro Miura. Excellent stuff.