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

[redlantern2051]

I've just bought Death Vigil and the Spire.

 

[redlantern2051]

It feels like I am forever reading Batman. I say this in a loving way.

 

[Overread]

Red - enjoy Death Vigil!

Myself picked up a new issue (2) of Monstress has a second issue out and is building on its great beginning; already got me hooked and I'm eager to read more!

I've also been going through the Pathfinder and Pathfinder City of Secrets series (got a while ago in a bundle deal). Really enjoying them and it also seems that DnD style gaming makes for a good background and structure for comic writing. Certainly they feel better paced than some other short-series that I've read which tend to jump around or speed through things too much (although I think some of that is series getting cut short and the last comic becomes a mad rush to get to the end).

 

[redlantern2051]

Red - enjoy Death Vigil!

Myself picked up a new issue (2) of Monstress has a second issue out and is building on its great beginning; already got me hooked and I'm eager to read more!

I've also been going through the Pathfinder and Pathfinder City of Secrets series (got a while ago in a bundle deal). Really enjoying them and it also seems that DnD style gaming makes for a good background and structure for comic writing. Certainly they feel better paced than some other short-series that I've read which tend to jump around or speed through things too much (although I think some of that is series getting cut short and the last comic becomes a mad rush to get to the end).

I've bought the pathfinder series digitally and am looking forward to reading that over the holidays! Everyone has mentioned how good death vigil is so I'm looking forward to it!

 

[Overread]

Pirates of Mars Pirates of Mars Vol. 1: Love and Revenge - Comics by comiXology: Web UK

This is a fun piratical romp through space with a clear inspiration from Firefly, Bebop and Starwars; yet despite the inspiration its got its own clear identity and characters and its own fun and exciting pace and style. Certainly if you've been a fan of any three (or all three) of the afore mentioned, or if you just like a good space adventure then I'd heartily recommend this series!

 

[Vladd67]

Just finished this one that someone lent me

A tale of Lovecraft style horrors with rituals to raise old gods etc. Not a bad little story.

 

[WaylanderToo]

Pirates of Mars Pirates of Mars Vol. 1: Love and Revenge - Comics by comiXology: Web UK

This is a fun piratical romp through space with a clear inspiration from Firefly, Bebop and Starwars; yet despite the inspiration its got its own clear identity and characters and its own fun and exciting pace and style. Certainly if you've been a fan of any three (or all three) of the afore mentioned, or if you just like a good space adventure then I'd heartily recommend this series!

Hmmm looks interesting - may have to give this a try

 

[WaylanderToo]

ploughing my way through Secret History at the moment and it is a bit of a curate's egg. There are some cracking bit but (to me at least) it all seems a little disjointed.

with disjointed in mind I've taken a break for a short time and have started Scarlet Traces - what happened after the Martians were defeated...

 

[Overread]

I've seen a few comics get a bit disjointed - I think its mostly when either:
1) They have a lot of backstory or characters they want to introduce all at once but don't have the luxury of a lot of room and so you get a lot of jumping around as they try to cover everything.

2) They suddenly find they've got 1 book to do a seasons worth of content (either they planned things poorly or they got their series cut short) and thus there is a rush to the finish.

Both cases its a shame as they are often the more detailed and deep stories; but when cut short they end up rather like the blurb on the back of a book; short and silly sounding.

 

[Overread]

Izuna - stuck a new post here with a little more Overread's comic reading adventures!
But honestly if you get a chance I STRONGLY recommend this one

 

[Anushka Mokosh]

As of late, I've been reading some Korean webcomics. Two of them really stand out to me and though one had hit a bit of a slump as of late (it has been enjoyable nonetheless), I think that the latest story arc is showing much improvement.
The one that still has me entirely hooked is Kubera and the one with a bit of a slump is Tower of God. I do recommend them both and they can be found for reading online on the official Naver English website. Kubera's official translation is quite behind the Korean release, but unofficial translation can be found too which are much closer to it. Official translation is catching up rapidly though. Tower of God is up to date with the Korean release. I recommend them both. They can both be read for free on that site and creators are supported thanks to advertisement revenues.

 

[Overread]

So I finally got round to finishing Uber!
It's an interesting way to tell a comic as it doesn't follow many fixed characters as a "lead" and instead has the comic following key points in the history of this world as they unfold. So you get a set of core characters you see over and over, mixed with a slew of new ones as well as once-off battle reports on key events or critical battles.

It keeps you in the loop with an ever changing war and really works well as even with this narrators view there are still a good few surprises in the story to appear including a big one near the end!

The ending is also not what I expected and is indeed a very bitter sweet style of ending. It leaves me hungry for more and hoping that the new Uber Invasion series this year comes out soon.



In other news the Dynamite Volume 3 of Red Sonja is set to launch tomorrow and they've decided to spark this with a big sale on Comixology of all things Red Sonja. So I'll likely use that as an excuse to fill a few more gaps in my collection

 

[WaylanderToo]

been enjoying Spin Angels (been described as John Woo meet the Pope... not sure I'd go with that, but it has been an enjoyable read thus far)

 

[JunkMonkey]

Les colères du mange-minutes by Jean Claud Forest.​

I've loved the Jane Fonda film for years but never read any of the original strips until now. This is the middle book of five. (It was the cheapest of them on eBay.fr that would post to the UK.) And it's great. Very weird. Very French. I'm on page 20 - my French is pretty rusty - and our heroes, Barbarella and her circus of freaks, have been led to a planet where time appears to have stopped. They have been led there by a blue humanoid in a fish tank using a giant carnivorous ear as a navigation aid.

As with most French comics of the period there is gratuitous nudity.

I'll have to buy the others.

 

[WaylanderToo]

I have to admit that I do like the European style comics - a la Heavy Metal... Found the following over the last few years and it all worked for me (art, story, humour everything)


Lanfeust (first of Troy and then several subsequent spin-offs, including in space and Trolls of Troy)

Lanfeust of Troy #1 - L'ivoire du Magohamoth (Issue)


the Forests of Opal

Ythaq

Aquablue

Not actually read this one but I'll be looking out for it as the cover art has me hooked already

Sillage or Wake (depending on language). Very good in bits, a few weak spots but overall streets ahead of the mainstream stuff

 

[Overread]

Waylander I see some great looking comics from France on Comixology that make me wish they'd translate more into English!

 

[WaylanderToo]

it's a vicious circle - they won't translate without the demand and without the demand they won't translate. It leaves fans in a pickle and is damned annoying

 

[Overread]

Aye and I suspect that when comics are translated there isn't enough of a fan-fare made to get the attraction of new fans to demand more translations.

 

[JunkMonkey]

One of the things I like about French comics is that quite often nothing much happens in them - well compared to the frantic fistfight and explosion driven plots that fill the pages of American comics. In one of the Vagabond des limbes series* I read recently, our hero spends most of the book unconscious while someone else uses his body in a failed attempt to steal his space ship. The plot is foiled when a bunch of little old men (who may have appeared in a previous book I haven't read) turn up, apparently from nowhere, shoot everything that moves with killer bees, and rescue him. The only real plot point that develops the ongoing arc of the books is that our hero's annoying sidekick companion turns out to be female and not male (as everyone supposed) - not that the hero notices.

But I shall be putting down the BD for a bit as I have just discovered the Digital Comic Museum has a shedload of Will Eisner's Spirit from the 1940s to drool over:

Digital Comic Museum Comic Viewer: The Spirit 001 - Spirit, The 001 (Quality [Vital] 1944 52p c2c) (Flattermann)/SPIRIT 001 000cvr.jpg




*31 books from 1975 - 2003

 

[Overread]

Aye there's a difference in story telling and in style; the American is very much on the "super hero" model that they've perfected and to be fair it does work; but it tends to mean it dominates their market. Heck its odd that on some comic forums jsut getting a discussion on anything that isn't Marvel or DC published is nearly impossible