Prophet 21 and forward

[SuperBird]

Bump for this awesome book. If you're not reading it... you're wrong!

[THB]

You are so right. So many great books flying underneath the radar right now.

[Taco]

I picked up #21 variant yesterday for cover price. I guess I'll hold on to it for a little. Should I start reading at #1 or #21?

[SuperBird]

21. The other issues are totally different.

[awakeintheashes]

I guess you could read 1-20 to see why many of the image books from the 90's were so terrible. That or revisit a hatred of Rob Liefeld.

 

This book is awesome though.

[SuperBird]

I am. I have no idea what's going on, but also can't stop reading it. Strangely compelling. Definitely a European/HEAVY METAL vibe.

 

I like the series enough to want a piece of OA. Here's the page I got:

 

 

That's a great page, Felix.

[Nexus]

Thanks!

 

Here are some pics from a signing Dalrymple did at Floating World in Portland where he also brought a ton of art to display/sell...quite impressive:

 

 

 

[SuperBird]

very cool- I love how he runs his art right to the edge of the page.

[SuperBird]

I totally blame Nexus for this.

 

 

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[krighton]

most misunderstood and underappreciated comic of the decade.

[F For Fake]

By far my favorite monthly title. Reminds me of my misspent adolescence, spending hours poring over old Heavy Metal magazines. Love love LOVE this book.

[SuperBird]

It's currently my favorite monthly book- so awesome, and love the different artist's take on it.

[Tuff Ghost]

I LOVED this book since the beginning! I think the numbers have been getting better since it was on a lot of top 10 end of the year lists.

 

Conan in space!

[SuperBird]

The 2 things I love about the writing:

 

1-the constant references to different species, technology and stuff, all just dropped without any context or explanation.

 

2- the way the Prophet closes are always, always eating- and everything is fair game when it comes to eating!

[Nexus]

Awesome, awesome DPS.

 

Got to meet Simon Roy at ECCC. Very nice guy. Even he admits he has no idea what this is all about, ! But is loving the challenge. Look forward to more craziness.

[Rlansdon]

Just finished the 1st trade. Wow! I don't know what I just read but definitely want to read some more.

[awakeintheashes]

Just finished the 1st trade. Wow! I don't know what I just read but definitely want to read some more.

 

I felt the same way. I'm in love with this book. More people should be checking it out.

[Lobo1969]

I've been tracking down issues #21-33 locally and I still need 3 more. Can't wait to dive into this run!

[SuperBird]

The overall plot is pretty simple; The evil Earth empire took over the universe, then Prophet and friends overthrew them. Millennia later, the earth empire is back with a virtual army of John Prophet clones that they are recalling from the far corners of the galaxy. The original John Prophet gets woken from stasis sleep, and is running around getting all his friends back together to stop them.

 

What might make it confusing is that none of that is really spelled out explicitly. Plus there's a ton of throwaway references to each world's technology and species just to add flavor.

[awakeintheashes]

Anybody know when the second tpb is due out? I can't find that info anywhere.