F For Fake Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 On 11/24/2021 at 1:19 AM, ttfitz said: Sorry to hear this about B&G, I was really looking forward to this. Hey, you may dig it, so don't let me dissuade you from trying it out. The big news is that Kevin Maguire is apparently coming onboard for art duties, so that's at least something to look forward to. I think my biggest gripe is that it feels very...Dan Jurgensy, you know? Middle of the road, kinda dull, and what really grates is the ongoing concept that we are looking at the comments posted by "fans" watching Booster's live stream. It definitely smells of "middle aged guy tries to capture the zeitgeist." You mileage may vary. I'm still buying it simply because it exists, gotta support my boys. But I'm hoping it gets better. ttfitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 I haven’t read Blue and Gold yet, but I have been impressed by Ryan Sook’s artwork previously. Maguire’s great as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 (edited) 264 to 281 Constantine City of Demons 1 to 5 Average, slightly confusing scene transitions and pacing at times. Not Sean Murphy's best art, either. Constantine: Futures End one-shot Good story in which he faces off against Dr Fate. and John Constantine Hellblazer (2019) 1 to 12 Anyone who claims that 'all modern comics are rubbish' should read this masterpiece and shut up. One of the best comic series I've ever read, with a writer who gets the character to perfection, and great artwork. A classic status horror comic. Edited November 26, 2021 by Ken Aldred Scrooge, Raze, ttfitz and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 #540-571 Baltimore: Red Kingdom #1-5 Imaginary Fiends #1-6 Dexter Down Under #1-5 Dreaming Eagles #1-6 Transhuman #1-4 Six Gun Gorilla #1-6 ttfitz and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Scrooge Posted December 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) November Count: Comics: 10 Hey kids! Comics! # 1 - 5 The butcher of Paris # 1 - 5 European Albums: 12 @ 2 each = 24 Arctica - 1 - 10 Yoko Tsuno - 16 & 18 Manga: 34 @ 5 each = 170 20th Century Boys - 5 - 6 Aposimz - 7 Asadora! - 4 Beastars - 12 - 14 Blood on the Tracks - 6 Delicious in Dungeon - 9 Demon Slayer - 22 - 23 Dungeon Toilet - 1 Fairy Tails - 100 Years Quest - 7 - 8 Flying Witch - 2 - 3 Happiness - 1 - 2 Legend of Dororo & Hyakkimaru - 2 - 3 No Gun's Life - 10 One-Punch Man - 23 Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Stone - 4 - 5 Platinum End - 1 - 2 To your eternity - 15 We never learn - 12 - 18 Collections: 1 @ 5 Sensor by Junji Ito That's a total of 209 for November. January - 219 February - 243 March - 268 April - 114 May - 177 Summer - 437 September - 127 October - 211 November - 209 ------------------ Total - 2,005 Best Read: Hard to pick as nothing really stood out unfortunately. I'll go with We never learn. Two reasons for the choice: 1) the series is near the end and 2) the balance of funny and story development. We never learn has always been my replacement for Nisekoi False Love. I like Nisekoi more than We never lear but they are close substitutes in terms of trying to be funny without forcing it and failing. It may seem odd that the series ending is a reason for my liking the series this month but it is an aspect of Manga that is attractive. There is resolution and a limited extended run (à la Vertigo of old). Here the manga is ending with a set of 5 volumes, each one presenting an alternate ending where the main character ends with one each of the main girls in the story. It's not a bad way to wrap up the series. Mission: Emptying my TBR pile from the library: I made great strides in November and early December and foresee to have 0'ed out Manga pile by ~ 12/20 I can start fresh 2022 with a fresh mix of reading material. It's as much trying to stay away from manga as it is trying to read the books I have at home and successfully not grabbing books off the shelf at the library when I visit with the kids, a temptation I find hard to resist. Mission Failure: Well, good news, my library finally has a sub to Hoopla. Bad news ... this might be the new way I don't read what I have at home ... but it gives me access to some OOP manga, U.S. comics I passed on and the entire BPRD & Hellboy universe, etc. I sense danger to the mission. Quick takes: Platinum End read quite a lot like Death Note so far ... Happiness by the author of Blood on the Tracks is not any cheerful ... Dungeon Toilet was okay for one volume but the writing is not that funny and that limits the series ... Hey Kids! Comics! could have been much better than what it ended. Confusing structure of the storyline and reveals a lot of rancor, sometimes unneccesarily ... Demon Slayer is completed. This lasted the right length ... The butcher of Paris fell flat in the end. I am not sure the writer knew what she wanted the mini to be about: documentary or fiction inspired by real events ... Arctica was okay, it reads better across multiple albums that it did the first few ... Edited December 10, 2021 by Scrooge Norrin_Radd, Ken Aldred, ttfitz and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) #572-607 Batman Earth One Vol 1-3 The Fix #1-12 Mister Miracle #1-12 (Tom King) Edited December 11, 2021 by paperheart Ken Aldred and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srezvan Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I'm up to 568 this year. My reading definitely slowed down as work and side projects took up more time. Plus I've been reading an omni, which slows me down. But I don't count the omni until I'm all done. Finished these 3 TPBs while I was on the road. Maestro: War and Pax was an entertaining read and a nice continuation from the previous series (Symphony in Gamma Key). Marvels Eye of the Camera was a fantastic continuation of the original Marvels series and provided a great ending to the series. Shi no Kage (from Blackbox Comics) was a bit tough to track down, but it's a fun samurai story with lots of action. Raze, Ken Aldred, ADAMANTIUM and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttfitz Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Previous update - 973. Let's catch up..... David Lapham's Young Liars #13-18 Had hoped this would all make sense by the end. It didn't. Still a good read. Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #1-6 Peter Hogan's work on Tom Strong is not as good as Alan Moore, but I enjoyed this one more than the mini-series I read before. Black Hammer Reborn #1-5 Getting into this more than some of the mini-series in the Black Hammer universe that I have read recently. Interested to see where this might go. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1-6 Read this years ago when it came out, and thought I would reread before tackling Volume 2. As I remembered, a great deal of fun, figuring out where all the characters large and small came from. Okay, so it looks like I am sitting on a year-to-date total of ... 996. I do believe I will make 1000 by the end of the year. Woohoo! Ken Aldred, Scrooge and Raze 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttfitz Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 On 12/10/2021 at 4:06 PM, Scrooge said: Total - 2,005 Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttfitz Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 On 12/11/2021 at 5:37 PM, srezvan said: Marvels Eye of the Camera was a fantastic continuation of the original Marvels series and provided a great ending to the series. Agreed (although they produced another issue later, and there is one going now ). Read this myself in November and really enjoyed it. That Busiek fellow may have a future in this business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srezvan Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 12/11/2021 at 4:56 PM, ttfitz said: Agreed (although they produced another issue later, and there is one going now ). Read this myself in November and really enjoyed it. That Busiek fellow may have a future in this business. there's another one? I just looked it up on MCS. Looks like an ongoing series. I added it to my watch list and I'll likely check out the first TPB. Thanks for the tip. I loved Marvels Epilogue - the X-Men and Sentinels in NY was a great recreation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttfitz Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 12/11/2021 at 7:12 PM, srezvan said: there's another one? I just looked it up on MCS. Looks like an ongoing series. I added it to my watch list and I'll likely check out the first TPB. Thanks for the tip. I loved Marvels Epilogue - the X-Men and Sentinels in NY was a great recreation. Yep, latest issue came out a couple weeks ago. I've been buying, but haven't read any yet. Agreed on Epilogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RayJr Posted December 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2021 Being deployed I wasn’t able to continue reading and posting to this awesome thread. Hopefully my return in April will get me back in the swing for 2022’s 1000 book reads. My wife has been picking up my pills since July so I know I have a stack to keep me busy to catch up on. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone Scrooge, Ken Aldred, ttfitz and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ttfitz Posted December 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2021 996 at last count, let's finish up the year: Gun Honey #4 I really enjoyed this series, and am going to take a look at some of the other Hard Cases minis I skipped over before. Black Hammer Reborn #6 Like most of the best Black Hammer books, this series has felt like familiar territory but also a new look. Recommended so far. Friday #1 An interesting premise, making a series available online, for whatever you are willing to pay (http://panelsyndicate.com/comics/friday). Ed Brubaker is a favorite of mine, but I had missed this due to the online only (originally) nature of it. Picked up this "Local Comic Shop Exclusive" to give a look, and think I will look at the online versions of 2-3. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol 2 #1-6 Not quite as good as the original series, but still a worthwhile read. Okay, I'm thinking this is likely my last update for the year, too much else going on to have time to pull out additional books to read. But if I have done the math correctly, this gets me to a year end total of... 1005!!! Wooohooo! See you next year! Norrin_Radd, srezvan, Scrooge and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayJr Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 On 12/22/2021 at 7:32 AM, ttfitz said: 996 at last count, let's finish up the year: Gun Honey #4 I really enjoyed this series, and am going to take a look at some of the other Hard Cases minis I skipped over before. Black Hammer Reborn #6 Like most of the best Black Hammer books, this series has felt like familiar territory but also a new look. Recommended so far. Friday #1 An interesting premise, making a series available online, for whatever you are willing to pay (http://panelsyndicate.com/comics/friday). Ed Brubaker is a favorite of mine, but I had missed this due to the online only (originally) nature of it. Picked up this "Local Comic Shop Exclusive" to give a look, and think I will look at the online versions of 2-3. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol 2 #1-6 Not quite as good as the original series, but still a worthwhile read. Okay, I'm thinking this is likely my last update for the year, too much else going on to have time to pull out additional books to read. But if I have done the math correctly, this gets me to a year end total of... 1005!!! Wooohooo! See you next year! Congrats my friend. That is awesome ttfitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raze Posted December 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2021 283-309 Batman annual 5, 2021, 106-117 plus Fear State Alpha and Omega Batman was a fun read! I like what Tynion did with Batman in his run. Catwoman 27-37 I picked up the series because I absolutely love Joelle Jones! She left around issue 23, but Ram V is doing a great job with the story! Catwoman and Batman both action packed and I really enjoyed them! paperheart, Scrooge, ttfitz and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kccoig14 Posted January 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2022 Well, It seems i slowed down after i reached 1,000 comics but overall it was a pretty good year for comic reading. I was averaging about 3-5 comics a day but after reaching the goal i went down to probably 2-4 a day. Here's what ive been reading the past few months... 8/29/21 - 12/31/21 MARVEL -Fantastic Four (1998) #575-588 -FF (2011) #1-9 -Free Comic Book Day: Spiderman/ Venom (2020) -Thanos Quest #1 -Dark Ages #1-3 -Captain America #638-640 -Punisher: The Trial of The Punisher#1-2 -FCBD 2021 Spider-Man/ Venom -Marvel Action Origins #3 -Annihilation: Conquest #3 -Kang the Conqueror #2 -Fantastic Four: Life Story #4 -Extreme Carnage: Omega #1 -Thor #17-19 -Amazing Fantasy (2021) #1 -Amazing Spider-Man #60 -Amazing Spider-Man Annual(2021) -Darkhold: Iron Man #1 -Eternals: Thanos Rises -Another Bad Night Halloween Special 2008 -Giant Size Dracula #3 -Aliens #7-8 -Venom Vol. 5 #1-3 -Symbiote Spider-Man: Crossroads #3-5 -Hulk #1 -Spider-Woman #11 -X-Men #4 -Halloween Comic Book Extravaganza: Daredevil Road to Devil's Reign -The Defenders (vol.6) #2-4 -Darkhold: Spiderman #1 -Timeless #1 DC -Batman: Fear State Alpha -Batman #112-118 -Batman/Catwoman #7-9 -Joker #7-10 -Green Arrow (1988) #1-2 -Detective Comics #1043-1044 -Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham #1-4 -Batman: Reptilian #4-6 -Superman and The Authority #1 -Strange Adventures #12 -Batman: The Imposter #1-3 -DC Halloween Special #1 (2008) -DC Halloween Special #2 (2009) -Are You Afraid of Darkseid? -Batman: Long Halloween Special -Human Target #1-3 -Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #4-6 -Soul Plumber #1 -Batman & Robin -Hellblazer #41-48, 51, 84 -Wonder Woman: Historia #1 -Joker Annual #1 -Justice League #66 -Sandman #1-12 -Dark Knights of Steel #1-2 -Joker's Asylum: Joker, Penguin, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, -Batman: Dark Knight Gallery #1 (Does this still count? ) -Batman/ The Spirit #1 -Catwoman: Lonely City #1-2 -Batman Adventures Holiday Special #1 -Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1 INDIE/VINTAGE -Psi-Judge Anderson: Engrams #1 -Spawn #321-324 -King Spawn #2-5 -Magic #6-9 -Hillbilly: The Lizard of Rusty Creek Cave -A Man Named Hawken #1 -Predator: Hell Come Awalkin' #1-2 -Predator: 1718 -The Me You Love in the Dark #1 -Stray Dogs #1 -The Thing: The Northman Nightmare -Starship Troopers: Insect Touch #1-3 -Army of Darkness: 1979 #1 -Predator: Bad Blood #1-2 -Aliens vs. Predator 30th Anniversary Edition (7) -Elric: The Dreaming City #2 -Aliens vs. Predator: War #0-4 -Aliens vs. Predator: Three World War #1-6 -Predator: Xenogenesis #1 -Aliens vs. Predator: Eternal #1-4 -Predator: Primal #1-2 -Archie vs Predator #1-4 -Archie vs. Predator 2 #1-2 -Aliens: Alchemy #1-3 -Magic The Gathering: Chandra #1-4 -Sea of Sorrows #1 -Magic the Gathering (2011) #1-4 -The Golem Walls Among Us #2 -Echolands #2-4 -Geiger #5 - Magic the Gathering: Spell Thief #1-4 -Magic the Gathering: Path of Vengeance #1-4 -Magic the Gathering: Theros #1-4 - Tracy Monthly (1949) #13-14 -Dune: Blood of the Sardaukar #1 -Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog #1 -Gunslinger Spawn #1-3 -Out of the Shadows (1953) #8 -Adventure into Darkness (1953) #9 -Beware (1954) #10 -Lady Baltimore #5 -Hellboy: The Silver Lantern Club #1-3 -Hellboy: Bones of Giants #1-2 -Orphan and the Five Beasts #3 -Two Moons #6-7 -Money Shot #1-5 -Black Stars Above #1-5 -What's the Furthest Place From Here #1 -The Autumnal #1-3 -The Electric Black: The Dark Caravan #1 -Friday #1 -Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body -Provenance of Secrets -Magic: Master of Metal -Magic Webcomics Plainswalkers: The Hunter and the Veil, Flight of the White Cat, Fuel for the Fire, The Seekers Fall, -Sir Edward Grey: Atherton #1 -Animal Castle #1 -TMNT: Best Of Casey Jones, Leonardo -Joe Palooka (1945) #1-4 -Green Hornet (1943) #13 -Four Color (1945) #83 Gene Autry - Black Diamond Western 9 -The Witcher: House of Glass #1-5 -The Witcher: Fox Children #1-5 -Godzilla: Half Century War #1 -Gore Shriek #1-4 -Maw #1-4 -The Witcher: Killing Monsters -The Witcher: Curse of Crows #1-2 TPBs/GRAPHIC NOVELS -Elric: The Ruby Throne (2) -Elric: Stormbringer (2) -Elric: The White Wolf (2) -Essex County vol. 1: Tales From the Farm -Essex County Vol. 2: Ghost Stories -Essex County Vol. 3: The Country Nurse -Batman: The World -Reckless: Destroy All Monsters -Dark Horse Book of Monsters -Dark Horse Book of Hauntings -Dark Horse Book of The Dead -Witchfinder Omnibus Vol. 2 (City of the Dead, The Gates of Heaven, The Reign of Darkness, The Great Blizzard) 16 -The Complete Jack Kirby Vol. 1 -Monsters -Bram Stoker's Death Ship: Dracula's Voyage to England (4) -Batman: Noel -Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 (Detective Comics #113-115, Batman #36-37, World's Finest Comics #23-24) 7 TOTAL: 3492021 TOTAL: 1372 Looking forward to what 2022 will bring in the way of comics. hope everyone has a happy and safe new year! 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Ken Aldred Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 As usual, nowhere near the target. Happy New Year to everyone. ttfitz and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgcsketcherz Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Happy New Year to everyone! This year I only fell short 999. Raze and kccoig14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry JSA Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 First post of 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
