Ken Aldred Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 10:26 PM, Raze said: Is tis as good as infidel? Haven’t read it, but that’s a recommendation for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 5:07 PM, Ken Aldred said: Haven’t read it, but that’s a recommendation for me. Im sure you know, but its the same writer and I think it was his first book Ken Aldred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ttfitz Posted June 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2023 On 5/4/2023 at 9:42 PM, ttfitz said: so the new total is... 275. Another month down, another update. Marvel Teamup 131-136 Amazing Spider-Man 240-248, Annual 15-17 Spectacular Spider-Man 80-85 Continuing on with the Spider-Man titles of the early 80s. Hobgoblin making his presence known, Black Cat and Spidey "in love", Liz and Harry expecting a baby, and the return of Mary Jane Watson. What's not to love? I'll tell you what, Spectacular Spider-Man #82, perhaps the worst Spider-Man tale I've ever read. Forget about Spider-Man battling Cloak and Dagger and contradicting everything from the battle in just the previous issue, but we also get Punisher escaping from prison to go after the Kingpin taking time along the way to shoot at jaywalkers and litterbugs. Blech. House of Slaughter 6-10 This storyline did very little for me, hoping the next one is better. Babylon 5 1-11 My daughter has started watching the most excellent program from the early 90s, and I have been rewatching along with her. After we finished the first season I thought I'd reread these books, too, since I remember them fitting in well - and filling some holes - with the series. Good stuff, sorry it didn't go longer, particularly given what was teased in the lettercol about future stories. Monstress 19-20 Pretty much the same comments as before, I'm enjoying things, but having trouble keeping track of all the various storylines, characters, secrets hidden and revealed, etc. Didn't read as much as I should have due to the huge size of my Science Fiction Book Club book this month, and I think I even read less than I had hoped to taking that into account. Looks like 42 this month, so total for the year... 317. I had hoped for closer to 500 at this point, so I need to step up my game. Raze, chromium, srezvan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttfitz Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 On 5/11/2023 at 6:27 PM, Ken Aldred said: Animal Man (1988 series) 1 to 26 2023 total = 174 Classic story from Grant Morrison. Starts with an inventive reimagining of the origin, dips a bit in the middle - environmental and which comes over quite preachy, and then ties up everything that’s gone before nicely with a great application of the ‘World as Simulation’ theory to the comics medium, something which is more mainstream, well-known and relevant now than it was in the early 90s. Highly recommended. I remember when this first came out, I wasn't interested in the character, so didn't pick it up, but by the time it was reaching the end of the run, people were speaking highly of it, so I went back and tried it, and yeah, amazing stuff. F For Fake and Ken Aldred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Sunny Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 On 1/2/2023 at 11:10 AM, jeffreyk said: Several years ago, I decided to stop reading print comics and graphic novels and went digital with the Marvel and DC Apps. It was a lot cheaper and the books looked very nice on my tablet. While I enjoy the Apps, I miss the holding of a book and seeing a true printed page. I just ordered a bunch of Marvel and DC Omnibus books and am looking forward to reading them. I dont know if I will read 500 individual comics in the omnibus' this year, but I am going to have a great time reading as much as time allows! Happy New Year everyone! i did similar and opted to put Marvel Unlimited on my iPad. On the one hand I enjoy the exaggerated colors and perfect detail and not having to worry about damaging something old, but on the other hand I find a need to pull out paper copies on occasion when I'm reading something I actually have in my collection. I must say I really enjoy being able to read a series starting at number 1, and it's interesting to realize which stories I still enjoy and which ones I thought I would enjoy, but really don't. An example for me was the Silver Surfer series. One of my favorite characters, but the series left me wanting to see less Silver Surfer not more. jeffreyk and Ken Aldred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbalroman Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 528-561. Amazing Spider-Man vol 1 #409 - 441 562. Amazing Spider-man vol 6 #26 563. Dark Ride #6 564. Detective Comics #1072 565. Little Monsters #13 566. Punisher vol 13 #12 567. Sandman Universe: Deadboy Detectives #6 568. The Walking Dead Deluxe #63 569. Whats the Furthest Place From Here? #13 570. X-Men vol 6 #22 Raze, Ken Aldred and ttfitz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srezvan Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 146 comics so far this year TMNT: The Last Ronin. I read this last year, but read it again this year. My 9 year old daughter saw the Last Ronin figure in my office, started to ask questions about the figure, then asked to read the TPB. Such a proud moment as a dad. Great story, even the second time around. Chu Vol 1 and 2. Very entertaining story from the writer/creator of Chew. Raze and Ken Aldred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chromium Posted June 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2023 123 comics read in May, for a total of 482 comics read in 2023 All Against All 4-5 Almighty 3 Batman & The Joker - The Deadly Duo 5 Batman Journey into Knight 10-12 Batman One bad Day - Clayface (3 comics) Billionaire Island Cult of Dogs 5 Blood Stained Teeth 10 Blood Tree 3 Blue Book 2 Brancusi vs United States (5 comics) BRZRKR 012 Bulls of Beacon Hill 3 Captain America Cold War 1 Captain America - Sentinel of Liberty 11 Captain America - Symbol of truth 11 Children of the Black Sun 4 Cold Front (12 comics) Damn them All 6 Daredevil 9 Daughters of Albion 1-2 DC Horror Sgt Rock vs Army of the dead 6 Dead Romans 1 Don't spit in the wind 1 Earthdivers 6 Eight Billion Genies 8 End after End 6 Exorcists Never die 1 Family Time 4 Fantastic Four 6 Final Gamble 1 GCPD the Blue Wall 5 Godfell 2 Grim 9 Guardians of the Galaxy 01 Hellboy in Love 04 Hellcat 1 Hey Kids Comics V3 1 Hulk 13 Hunt Kill Repeat 1 I am Iron Man 2 Indigo Children 1 (2comics) Immortal Sergeant 3 Invincible Iron Man 4 It's only Teenage Wasteland 4 James Bond 007, For King and Country 01 Joe Fixit 3-4 Lady Baltimore the Dream of Ikelos Lazarus Planet, Revenge of the gods 1 Local Man 1-2 Lovesick 6 Lurker 1-2 Monarch 2-3 Monica Rambeau Photon 4 Moon Knight 22 Mosely 3 My Bad V2 4-5 Nightwalkers 1 Once upon a time at the end of the world 5 Parker Girls 6 Phantom Road 2 Planet Hulk WorldBreaker 5 Planet of the Apes (2023) 1 Predator 02 Punisher 10 Red Goblin 2 Scarlet Witch 4 She-Hulk 11 Silver Surfer Ghost Light 3 Space Job 3 Star Trek Defiant 1-2 Star Trek 5-6 Star Wars - Darth Vader 32 Star Wars - Return Of The Jedi - Jabba's Palace 01 Star Wars 33 Swamp Thing Green Hell 1-2 Tales from Nottingham 1-2 The Ambassadors 1-2 The Approach 5 The Forged 1 The Human Target 12 The Joker the man who stopped laughing 6 The Nasty 1 The Neighbors 1 The Riddler Year One 3 The Sandman Universe Dead Boy Detectives 3 The Seasons have Teeth 1 The Walking Dead Deluxe 59-60 Travelling to Mars 5 Trojan 3 Where Monsters lie 3 X-O Manowar - Unconquered 01 Ken Aldred, Raze, ttfitz and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 #292-300 Alan Moore's Superman stories Black Panther #26-30 (Hudlin) Raze, Ken Aldred and ttfitz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbalroman Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 571. Amazing Spider-man vol 6 #27 572 Batman vol 3 #136 573. Daredevil vol 7 #12 574. Immortal X-Men #12 575. Nocterra #15 576. Saga #65 577. The Magic Order vol 4 #5 578. Saga #65 579. The Magic Order vol 4 #5 580. Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country: The Glass House #3 581. Walking Dead Deluxe #64 582. Walking Dead Deluxe #65 583. Void Rivals #1 584. Wolverine vol 7 #34 585. X-Men vol 6 #23 Raze, Ken Aldred and chromium 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Godland 1 to 37 2023 total = 234 Much prefer Joe Casey’s work with the brilliant Jose Ladronn on Cable to this. Starts out interesting, but then the constant attempts at very extreme, Kirby-style overblown, spaced-out dialogue eventually get very wearing and a chore to wade through. The art’s a good homage to Kirby, but the figure work and faces often seem a bit amateurish to me. Prefer Ladronn’s Kirby-inspired art. Raze and chromium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) #301-345 Freaks of the Heartland #1-6 Man-Thing (Strange Tales) #1-6 Werewolf by Night (Strange Tales) #1-6 Sharkey the Bounty Hunter #1-6 Criminal Macabre: Big Bleed Out #1-4 Hawkeye #1-5 & Young Avengers Presents #6 Stormwatch #37-47 Edited July 16, 2023 by paperheart Raze, Ken Aldred and chromium 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttfitz Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Update for June, previous total of 317. House of Slaughter 11-15 Liked this one a whole lot more than the previous arc. Marvel Team-Up 137-150 Amazing Spider-Man 249-270, Annual 18 Spectacular Spider-Man 86-110, Annual 4 Web of Spider-Man 1-9 Continuing with my run of Spidey titles, finishing off MTU and continuing along with it's replacement in the lineup, Web of Spider-Man. Some memorable issues along the way - Assistant Editor's Month! Debut of the Black Costume! The End of the Black Costume (sorta)! Mary Jane's big reveal! Secret Wars II crossover! The Death of Jean DeWolfe! Slowly approaching the end point of my Spider-Man reading, don't know what will follow - perhaps pick up some of the DC titles where I left off with the 70s? Or where I trailed off in the 90s? Hey, who knows? As they used to say, Stay Tuned! New total for the year - looks like 389. Well below where I wanted to be at this point. chromium, Ken Aldred and Raze 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 139-165 The Closet 1-3 Batman 608-619 Gotham Knights 50-55, 66 Detective Comics 846-850 ttfitz, chromium and Ken Aldred 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 63 comics read in June for a total of 545 comics read in 2023. Halfway the year and halfway the total. Alien (2023) 1 Avengers (2023) 1 City Boy 1 Daredevil & Echo 1 Dark Spaces - Good Deeds1 Deep Cuts 1-2 Fury 1 Silk 1 Green Arrow (2023) 1 Miss Truesdale and the fall of Hyperborea 1 Something Epic 1 Almighty 4 Batman & The Joker - The Deadly Duo 6+7 Billionaire Island Cult of Dogs 6 Black Tape 3-4 Blade Runner 2039 4 Blood Tree 4 Blue Book 3-4 Bulls of Beacon Hill 4-5 Captain America - Sentinel of Liberty 12 Captain America - Symbol of truth 12-13 Daredevil 10-11 Don't spit in the wind 2 End after End 7 Exorcists Never die 2 Fantastic Four 7 Final Gamble 2-3 Godfell 3 Grim 10 Guardians of the Galaxy (2023) 2 Hallows Eve 2 Harrower 3 Hellcat 2-3 Hey Kids Comics V3 2 Hulk 14 Hulk annual 2023 Hunt Kill Repeat 2-3 I am Iron Man 3 James Bond - 007, For King and Country 2 Ice Cream Man 35 Immortal Sergeant 4-5 Indigo Children 2-3 Invincible Iron Man 5-6 Joe Fixit 5 Junkyard Joe 6 Lovesick 7 Local Man 3-4 Miracleman The Silver Age 5 Monarch 4 cbalroman, Raze, Ken Aldred and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbalroman Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 586. Stringer - Graphic Novel 587 - 589. Strangers in Paradise vol 1 #1-3 590 - 602. Strangers in Paradise vol 2 #1-13 603 - 632. Stranger in Paradise vol 3 #1-30 Raze, Ken Aldred and ttfitz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 166-193 Sorry no pics this time. Hulk 294 Avengers 17, 213 Batman 243, 397-398, 423 Captain America King Size Annual 3 Strange Suspense Stories 7 Weird Wonder Tales 8 Detective Comics 429 Worlds Finest 156 What If...16 Justice League of America 43 Strange Adventures 88 Dandy Comics 6 Ghost Rider Road to Damnation 1-6 Ghost Rider Trail of Tears 1-6 ttfitz, Ken Aldred and cbalroman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srezvan Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 191 comics so far this year. I finally finished reading the Bone series. This is a book that people love. Having seen Bone cards and comics way back in Wizard magazine, it never caught my interest. Jeff was doing a book tour a couple of hours from me, so I picked up a few Bone TPBs off my shelf that I held on to from a bulk purchase, gave them a quick read, and I really enjoyed the story. So I picked up the omnibus from him at his event and got it autographed. It wasn't laugh out loud funny like I remember from the Tick. Wasn't fully cartoony. Wasn't fully human. It was some odd mix that worked somehow. Overall, I'd give it a 4.5/5. There are some heavy dream sequences, which I detest as a literary device. I read a few other random comics that were piling up. X-Factor: The Quick and the Dead was a random one-shot filler story. Nothing special. Man-Shark Mas is a Kickstarter from a creator I've supported before. The style reminds me of the Tick in many ways. It was a fun read. I'll pick up the trade possibly to continue reading the series. What If Boba Fett Fought Predator is from a local creator. A unique What If story. It was a fun read. Up Next: Finishing up Tales from the Rancor Pit with my son, then Conan by Jim Zub, then God of War. Ken Aldred and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Read in this order, basically saving the best for last… Legion of Super-Heroes 1984 series 1 to 12 After a certain classic storyline, the material here is okay, fairly readable but nothing special Legion of Super-Heroes 272 to 283 Very patchy, with Conway and Thomas phoning in some very average stories at best. Some of it’s okay, such as the origins of Blok and Wildfire, and it’s always interesting to see a story with the Legion visiting Superboy in the past, but there’s a fair amount of tedious rubbish as well. Grimbor the Chainsman, who surrounds the Earth with energy chains and holds the planet to ransom… nope. Legion of Super-Heroes 284 to 296, Legion Annual 1 Now then, this is more like it. Absolutely classic Copper Age storyline, peak storytelling by Levitz and Giffen. Well paced, keeps you engaged throughout, and reads with the same big scale, overblown grandiosity that you see a few years later in Crisis on Infinite Earths. The Annual is excellent. 2023 total = 272 Raze, srezvan and ttfitz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 7/14/2023 at 6:10 PM, cbalroman said: 586. Stringer - Graphic Novel 587 - 589. Strangers in Paradise vol 1 #1-3 590 - 602. Strangers in Paradise vol 2 #1-13 603 - 632. Stranger in Paradise vol 3 #1-30 Good choice. Still have to work through my Complete Terry Moore digital collection that I got from Humble Bundle last year. ttfitz and cbalroman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
