Invincible Appreciation Thread 5 5

[Erndog]

I'm still in the mid 30's, I should get on it over the christmas break I have.

 

 

But you weren't enjoying it very much, right?

 

 

I was, and I wasn't.

 

I enjoyed it, but not as much as I was lead to believe I would

[ChrisInBaltimore]

Yea I believe I pushed it hard. I'd put my money on it that you'll enjoy it a lot more as you get further into it. The way Kirkman builds it, I think it helps to have read the first few arcs. He really caries subplots a lot like Silver Age Marvel books did back in the day.

[ItsJustRyan]

I agree the 2nd compendium is better than the first.

 

The pay off is worth the time investment on the first though

[maloney414]

I agree the 2nd compendium is better than the first.

 

The pay off is worth the time investment on the first though

 

[ThoseBackPages]

Anissa <3

[ThoseBackPages]

[bryan_robson]

Nice page,

[ThoseBackPages]

Thanks!

 

i wouldnt mind owning the cover someday

[400yrs]

Bewbies!

[ItsJustRyan]

 

Finished last night. Now I have #103 - current coming in singles next week.

 

MY REVIEW OF THE SERIES (in a nutshell):

 

No spoilers (promise )

 

If you start out reading Invincible and get through the first 20 issues or so, you might walk away and think, "Nah, this isn't for me... just not enough going on and it's a little premature for my taste." I was kinda thinking the same thing. I start the series several months back and made it half way through the compendium one and realized that it hadn't really captivated me like other series had in the past.

 

Over the Christmas break I had a chance to pick up compendium one again (mid-book) and was determined to finish it. Before I knew it I had finished the first book, but toward the end I thought, "I need to order the compendium two so I won't be left hanging." Kirkman does a good job of layering multiple plot points. He'll start a story point (either as a major sub-plot or humorous interruption sub-plot - thinking the Squidds people and his broken English) and weave the plot along the main arc and this happens well over the course of the series to date.

 

By the end of the first compendium I was totally enamored with Invincible.

 

But, that was just the beginning...

 

The second compendium (as other Invincifans have foretold) was the real payoff. The confused teenage persona of Mark Grayson is faced with many tough decisions and things get serious quickly. Conquests was a terrific villain, along with Thragg, Angstrom Levy, PowerPlex, the Squidd, etc. The Viltrumite War against the Coalition of Planets was a winner and the Dinosaurus storyline was also good.

 

I should also mention the Ryan Ottley does a fantastic job with the art in the book.

 

All in all, for $90 you can buy 90% of the series and have a great time reading the first two compendiums. No regrets here and I know I'm headed back to #1 in the future to start the journey again.

 

 

 

[ThoseBackPages]

[ThoseBackPages]

This is where it all started

 

 

about 20 months ago now, i owned zero comic books. my roommate bought it for me after seeing it on my Amazon wish list.

 

the rest is history

[Citizenvain]

Is Ryan no longer repped by Splashpage? Can't find his art on the site anymore.

[Tuff Ghost]

I do see him here, but all the art is gone. His page did have a bunch of different category's maybe splashpage is just cleaning it up and re-posting it soon.

 

http://splashpageart.com/ArtistGalleryTitles.asp?ArtistId=72&Ti=Ryan_Ottley

[ItsJustRyan]

Back in business (again)

 

 

So, I'll be a monthly reader like everyone else soon

 

 

AND a special thanks to my bud, HarveySwick (aka Justin the Daredevil Rager), for the Crow TBP. Another one soon to be read. (Thumbs u

[ThoseBackPages]

NICE!

[HarveySwick]

 

Enjoy it!

[ItsJustRyan]

I'm caught up... Bummer

[ThoseBackPages]

Anissa <3

[ItsJustRyan]

Anissa <3

 

Is that her batting her eyes at Mark?

 

If so, she's changed for the better