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

Yeah i know about that anime plan to watch it after i catch up to the manga volumes.



Harebrain : Dante was typical shonen generic villain one of the few things i didnt like about the original anime. The manga has better bad guys,adds much more to the world,new characters.

Soundtrack has nothing to do with comparisons beteween manga and anime versions. Still FMA was quality anime despite the fillers.

Bringing in characters from Xing just added needless layers of complexity ?

Hehe thats what FMA manga or anime is hailed for. Its a dark,complex story for teenage/Shonen series.
 
Another manga i enjoyed was "Monster". Sadly my local library only has it up to Vol 9 so i never got to the end.
 
I've only just discovered the Bone graphic novels. I bought 1, 2 and 3 for very little indeed at a book sale and have been tracking down the rest. Am now short of Vol 4 and 9. I love them ... the Bones and that Red Dragon. All the characters are so very colourful and there always seems to be a surprise around the corner. I am enjoying them and am certainly glad for having bought them. :)
 
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BRAVE AND THE BOLD 31: Superb study of the psychology of violence as the Atom enters the "lightning storm" of the green-haired monster's brain with an "experimental compound" to stop nonstop synoptic activity from killing the most vile villain in all comicdom. The neat ending gets more vulgar as I think about it. But as with all effective endings it won't mean much if you don't read the whole story first --- so no cheating!

SUPERMAN/BATMAN 68: Part one of a deferential retelling of what looks like J.W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?" Joe Casey's well-paced script sucked me right in and Adrian Syaf's art and Vicente Cifuentes's inks locked me in place so I couldn't budge. High hopes for the rest of this sf-ish arc.
 
I've recently finished We3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Vertigo). Three modified animals escapefrom a lab and are hunted down by the military. The only problem is that the cat, dog and rabbit are are equipped with mechanical armour and heavy weaponry.

A touching and thoughtful story about the relationship between and exploitation by people of animals, extremely well drawn. It is also mind-bogglingly violent. The rabbit is fantastic.
 
My wife is slowly reading Asterios Polyp. I'm sort of reading The Walking Dead, which I found quite weak.
 
Tobytwo said:
I've recently finished We3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Vertigo). Three modified animals escapefrom a lab and are hunted down by the military. The only problem is that the cat, dog and rabbit are are equipped with mechanical armour and heavy weaponry.

A touching and thoughtful story about the relationship between and exploitation by people of animals, extremely well drawn. It is also mind-bogglingly violent. The rabbit is fantastic.
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Gonna have to check this one out!
 
Just bought Neil Gaiman's Sandman: The Dream Hunters ... I had the priginal with the artwork by Amano that was all dreamy and surreal. This one is the same story but Gaiman works with P. Craig Russell and it's now in traditional comic book form. It's very, very different.

Took me a couple of reads to get past thinking it was just wrong somehow. I kept seeing the fox all pale and with a sharp face whereas here she's in a vibrant red kimono and has a rounded face. But I have always liked Russell's work and it's starting to grow on me.
 
I'll have to keep my eyes open for that one, Nesa - sounds like it might be worth a read. Coincidentally, I was rereading the original last night. There's something about Amano's art that just keeps drawing me back.
 
I haven't the mental power at the moment to dedicate myself to a full book at the moment, so I'm picking up Watchmen during free moments. Do love this graphic novel very much.

And as the title mentions comics, I'll also say that I'm whizzing through my small book collections of Garfield strips. I just adore that lasagna eating, lazy, sniping cat.
 
Nesacat said:
Talysia ... the story is exactly the same but it's now in traditional comic book format. Gaiman says there that he wanted it that way. I guess it sort of completes things for the Sandman. I must say, I rather like the very different take artwise.

Here is a sample of some of the pages:

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Thanks for that, Nesa - the art is so much different than I'm used to, but it seems to fit. Definitely one to keep my eyes open for when I'm bookshopping.:)
 
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD No.32. Written by J. Michael Straczynski and drawn by Jesus Saiz. Maybe 'cause I'm currently reading a collection of Cthulhu Mythos I'm more sensitive to this sort of thing than usual but this team-up between Aquaman and the Demon sure has a Lovecraftian feel to it. From what Stephen King calls the "wrong geometry" that "tortured the eye and hurt the mind, and suggested other dimensions" to tentacled creatures glimpsed writhing from those dimensions "the way an iceberg only shows you ten percent of its mass," it's all here and strongly suggests Mr. Straczynski is a huge admirer of the Bard of Arkham. Very recommended.
 
Path of the Assassin by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. Only up to volume 5, so it will take quite a bit of time and investment to get to the end.

But it is simply amazing, it also got me interested in Japanes history and politics.

Best wishes,
Dirk
 
I finished Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham a while back, but forgot to post it here, for some reason. I'm currently rereading Kazuya Minekura's Saiyuki Reload, for old times' sake.:)
 
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL No.44: "Batman Versus The Undead," part one. Batman teams up with a reformed vampire to hunt down a mad scientist hell-bent on using voodoo to reanimate the dead. While not rated for "mature" readers this dark romp through the French Quarter of New Orleans has a couple of truly shocking scenes. Even the cover is unusually gruesome showing you what dreadlocks are really useful for. Written by Kevin Vanhook and drawn by Tom Mandrake who, if I recall correctly, brought us the SUPERMAN AND BATMAN VERSUS VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES mini-series from last year. Part two just came out this week. So far it's worth the time and the money.
 
Read over the last couple of nights...

The Kindly Ones - Sandman
Room and Boredom - House of Mystery

Taking on holiday (later today)...

Luna Park
Pride of Baghdad
 
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