Topic: Funnybooks (Read 170337 times)

Zaratustra · « **Reply #880 on:** August 11, 2010, 07:58:48 PM »

Assume newspaper comics exist indefinitely until opposite proof.

Bal · « **Reply #881 on:** August 11, 2010, 08:52:44 PM »

But how will I deal with mondays?

teg · « **Reply #882 on:** August 12, 2010, 06:33:52 PM »

Quote from: Classic on August 09, 2010, 01:54:27 PM

I should just never read comic boox, huh?

Do what I did: Read Zot! and Watchmen and pretend they were the only superhero comics ever written.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #883 on:** August 12, 2010, 06:36:30 PM »

Man, there are so many better superhero books than Zot!

Any man who denies himself the Grant Morrison Batman, or has never read Mike Allred's Madman, or Ex Machina or Concrete is only living half a life.

Should Concrete be considered a super hero book? It's about a guy who's in a rocky, alien body but he never fights monsters or does much other than try and go hiking.

Büge · « **Reply #884 on:** August 12, 2010, 07:17:11 PM »

Quote from: Constantmean on August 12, 2010, 06:36:30 PM

Ex Machina

WHEN IS ISSUE 50 COMING OOOOOUT

Lottel · « **Reply #885 on:** August 12, 2010, 07:37:39 PM »

I've been in Chicago all week.

All I've bought has been food and comic books.

:Iamokaywiththis:

Classic · « **Reply #886 on:** August 12, 2010, 11:16:38 PM »

Man. You should've told me. You could've said hi, and commented at how fat I look in person.

Quote from: Constantmean on August 12, 2010, 06:36:30 PM

Man, there are so many better superhero books than Zot!
BOOX!

But... but I'm already halfway through teg's plan.

Bal · « **Reply #887 on:** August 12, 2010, 11:36:07 PM »

All-Star Superman is love.

Thad · « **Reply #888 on:** August 13, 2010, 08:45:08 PM »

Quote from: Büge on August 10, 2010, 03:57:35 AM

I think /co/ summed up Mark Millar's writing succinctly:

All the villains team up (and the government uses them as replacements for the heroes) and/or everyone is an asshole.

Because Ultimates ended exactly the same way as Authority.

Quote from: teg on August 12, 2010, 06:33:52 PM

Do what I did: Read Zot! and Watchmen and pretend they were the only superhero comics ever written.

I don't know if this is actual snooty elitism or just ironic snooty elitism, but either way, it's annoying.

Büge · « **Reply #889 on:** August 14, 2010, 05:49:09 AM »

She's young. She'll learn.

teg · « **Reply #890 on:** August 15, 2010, 03:42:52 PM »

naw i am only joshuaing you

I actually do highly recommend those two because they're so enjoyable, but there are other good superhero books out there.
...Although I personally don't really delve into the genre much outside of the ocassional self-contained work because on top of not having a lot of interest, it's nigh-impenetrable.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #891 on:** August 15, 2010, 07:05:16 PM »

teg, you should read The Legion of Super-Heroes.

Healy · « **Reply #892 on:** August 15, 2010, 08:27:35 PM »

I just checked out All Star Superman volume 1 from the library and oh man, it is so good. Superman finds out he is dying from an extreme blast of solar radiation that makes him even more powerful, so the comic centers around him making the most of his time. He gives Lois Lane a serum that gives her his superpowers for a day, and other fun and great stuff happens. Can't wait to get volume two out.

Thad · « **Reply #893 on:** August 16, 2010, 09:34:57 PM »

Yeah, All-Star Superman might legitimately be the best Superman comic ever.

Has anyone mentioned Astro City as must-read superhero stuff yet? Because it is. You can read it in pretty much any order (except The Dark Age, which is numbered), but I'd recommend the first two volumes as the best options to start. The first one is a great overview and introduction; the second is a Batman and Robin homage and the strongest arc in the series.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #894 on:** August 17, 2010, 01:26:28 PM »

I just realized.

according to Geoff Johns life in the universe now began on Earth.

Next he'll make it so it began by Hal Jordan reciting the green lantern oath while ramming the white lantern with his penis.

Lottel · « **Reply #895 on:** August 17, 2010, 01:55:21 PM »

Yes. That's how he explains why Earth is SO DAMN IMPORTANT in DC. And why 3/5 of the population is THE STRONGEST EVER.
It's because Earth is best.

Best out of all.

I personally would have preferred Mogo being the planet to house the white lantern. A mobile planet given life would be perfect for that. And to get to the lantern? Nekron had to destroy Mogo, sending tiny living asteroids everywhere. Mogons or Mogettes or something. Better than "Not only did life begin on earth, but in Middle America! Right where the Green Lantern happened to live!"

Büge · « **Reply #896 on:** August 17, 2010, 04:00:40 PM »

Quote from: Lottel on August 17, 2010, 01:55:21 PM

"Not only did life begin on earth, but in Middle America! Right where the Green Lantern happened to live!"

Whoa whoa whoa. Are we talking DC here or the Book of Mormon?

Thad · « **Reply #897 on:** August 17, 2010, 04:50:28 PM »

You know, when I read the first issue of Golden Plates, I commented that the Book of Mormon had all the makings of a bad comic that you just couldn't put down.

Büge · « **Reply #898 on:** August 21, 2010, 11:47:53 AM »

BRIAN K. VAAAAAAAAAAAAUGHAN

[spoiler]THERE ARE OTHER ENDINGS THAN "LEAVE THE PROTAGONIST DEPRESSED, ALIENATED AND ALONE," Y'KNOW[/spoiler]

Büge · « **Reply #899 on:** August 27, 2010, 06:16:49 AM »

In other news, the spirit of Fredric Werthram lives on.

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