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

Minutemen... it was something different, not quite what I was expecting. To me it has been the weakest of the BW titles so far, which does not make it bad. IN other ways though it is a rather interesting look at the way the heroes are perceived, and how much of that is PR and the truth that lurks beneath is not quite the same.

The final issue though, that really turns things on its head and shows you how easy it is to be thrown by events and see things one way until the truth is given to you.

Overall an enjoyable read.

Next up: Before Watchmen Ozymandias and a look at Fury Max as Garth Ennis returns to Marvel
 
Locke and Key and Hellboy. Was reading Conan for Cloonan's art, mostly, but haven't picked up an issue since she left.
 
It gave me high hopes for The Cape, also written by Hill, but the stories couldn't be more different. The Cape has none of Locke and Key's intrigue, suspense or character development. The characters, in particular, are completely unlikeable. Did like the art style though.
 
just finished Absolute Sandman V1. Amazing read, definitely think Preludes and Nocturnes was the best. Ended a bit strangely. Looking forward to V2
 
Glad that you are enjoying it Crooksy. I always liked the end of the first arc, (Is it 'The Sound of her Wings'?)

I always loved the idea behind the story and some of the lines are so profound that they stuck with me even now.

I've been busy, just about cleared all the X-Men comics, so I'm up to date for the first time in years on that front.

Just read the two Before Watchmen series Dr Manhattan and Moloch, both by J. Michael Staczynski, with art by Adam Hughes and Eduardo Risso.

Moloch seems to be a sudden addition, is a pleasant read but is just that nothing exceptional.

Doctor Manhattan on the other hand, for me at least, has to be the best of these books so far, playing around with Quantum Mechanics, it is a mind-bending ride, that might not add anything to things overall, but it is so magnificent and thought provoking in its own right it does not really matter!
 
HoopyFrood said:
They definitely snuck in Moloch! Didn't even know about him until I picked it up. Didn't care for it. Definitely didn't think much of the art.
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My impression is that either because of the delays in the originally announced titles coming out - and because they were successful, DC decided to make the most out of it they could and started releasing the extra titles - Moloch, Dollar Bill - featuring lesser characters with less to work with, and they were rushed, not as much thought going into them.
 
I read mostly Manga these days. My favorites are Bleach and D Gray Man and I hope they start making the Anime again also.
 
Just started The Walking Dead and have quickly noticed how different it is from the TV Show.
 
Handsome John said:
Just started The Walking Dead and have quickly noticed how different it is from the TV Show.
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Only read Volume One but I thought it was just like the tv show, even the Chinese character (Glenn) looked just like the guy in the show. Just shows you how different opinions can be
 
I'm still making my way through the back log, and it is getting smaller!

I just thought it's worth commenting on Before Watchmen: Ozymandias and Rorschach.

For me the former of these is the best title in the series so far, not only is it an entertaining story by Len Wein, but the art by Jae Lee is absolutely beautiful.

The Rorschach on the other hand carries ar that is nearly as good (Lee Bermejo) but strangely the story by Brian Azzarello just seems to be missing something...

Also currently reading and really enjoying All New X-Men and Uncanny X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis, it's a long time since the X-Men felt this fresh and this entertaining.
 
Finished The Crow late last night. O'Barr certainly poured a great deal of heartache into it.
Being honest the style and direction isn't completely to my tastes but I'm glad I've read it, another classic added to the list.
Where to next? Absolute Sandman 2 or Batman Year One?
 
Within the last week I've read the first three collected volumes of Saga of the Swamp Thing. I decided to get them after remembering a few pages from a volume that was knocking around at home (belonging to a friend of my brother's, I think) back in the eighties, in which Swamp Thing visited Hell in the company of a rhyming demon. To my relief, it's lost nothing in the thirty-odd years since I last read it, and I can see why it was hailed as groundbreaking (I think it was the first comic to be issued without the US watchdog's seal of moral approval).

The collected books only start with Alan Moore's tenure as writer, and so miss out the Anton Arcane "backstory". That's a shame, as I'd like to know more about what happened, but I'm not going to bother with the time and expense of tracking down the pre-Moore episodes.
 
I'm reading a lot of web comics right now, but I'll just post my favorite ones.

Goblyn by Solomon Mars.
Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
Ava's Demon by Michelle Czajkowski
Paranatural by Zack Morrison
And many more.
 
Finished the Punk Rock Jesus trade. New it was a bad sign that I gave up on the individual issues. While Sean Murphy is probably my favorite artist going right now, the story just didn't strike a chord with me (and as a atheist from a punk rock background, I would have thought it would.)

Also finally read Eric Powell's Chinatown (featuring the Goon) after meeting him (Eric, not the Goon) at a comic convention last month and realizing I still had that book on my shelf, untouched. The man is sick with a brush.

Also finally read through the Metabarons and Technopriests collections I picked up in February. Found both to be much better than the Incal - no slight to Mobeus there, the stuff's just to psychedelic for me.

Looking forward to the Killjoys. Might even pick up the individual issues. I loved Gerard Way's Umbrella Academy series (what's proper for multiple series? Serieses? I doubt that) and pretty much pick up everything Becky Cloonan does.

By the way, the last in Cloonan's self-published series of mini-comics, Demeter goes on sale this month. Wolves, the first book, was beyond awesome. The Mire, book 2, wasn't quite to the same level -- I think the story may have been bigger than the page count -- but I have high hopes for Demeter.
 
Spent a couple of evenings recently re-reading Akira, and found it didn't hang together as well as when I last read it about ten years ago. The drawing is (almost) never less than excellent, but I found the plotting a bit thinly stretched for the second half. The first few issues were by far the best, I thought.
 
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