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I got my girlfriend started on comics with Y the Last Man. I figured after one issue, she would either like it or hate it. I was wrong. She loved it. She stayed up all night reading the first 56 issues and then was very annoyed to learn that the last four issues weren't out yet. Overall, she enjoyed it, though she was disappointed by the fate of her favorite character.
My wife volunteered to read Watchmen. I didn't have to recommend it or anything. She also likes Fables.
Read Marvel's Wizard of Oz at bedtime with my son, and it was a big hit with both of us.
The 2 Planetary absolutes were awesome (Ellis is hit and miss with me), glad they reprinted the first volume.
About to read the second Wasteland apocalyptic edition.
My wife volunteered to read Watchmen. I didn't have to recommend it or anything. She also likes Fables.
My girlfriend volunteered to read Watchmen, but she just couldn't get into the first issue. Although I was a big fan of Elementals, I still haven't gotten around to trying Fables. Now that I'm not buying single issues, I will start catching up trades like that.
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I fell out of reading Planetary but the first 25 or so issues were amazing. I think someone (on here even maybe) told me it ends not long after that so I should really bust that out.
Fables is awesome.
I fell out of reading Planetary but the first 25 or so issues were amazing. I think someone (on here even maybe) told me it ends not long after that so I should really bust that out.
Issue 27 is the final issue. Both #26 and #27 are great issues. Also, make sure that you read the Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth one-shot, it's surprisingly great. The Planetary/Authority one-shot is optional reading, and the Planetary/JLA one-shot is actually bad, but at least it's just an Elseworlds story.
Maybe I need to give it another chance.
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I tried to read Fables and just didn't enjoy it. I don't even remember the trade I picked up but there were aspects of it that still felt too cutesy to me. I enjoyed the first story which was kinda a "real Snow White" background story of revenge. The plot felt too transparent. You realize what is going on right away.
Maybe I need to give it another chance.
I gave it a couple of goes as well and it never took with me.
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I guess the pressure is going to be on fro Bryan Lee O'Malley to come up with some equally as great for his next project.
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It is one of Alan Moore's better works. Recommended.
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I also recently noticed that Starstruck, my favorite sci-fi comic, is being "remastered" and put back into print. Think Thomas Pynchon meets L. Frank Baum in space. Any other Starstruck fans here? Has anyone here checked out the new editions?
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Also am starting to gather up my AD2000 reading, am getting an itch for some Judge Dredd.
Got the first two issues of the new Wolverine run. First book was sort of flat, but the second book had some cool stuff going on. Logan's soul is in hell, where he's fighting pretty much everyone he's ever put there, so fans of dismemberment are in for a treat. Meanwhile his body is still on Earth, being controlled by who knows what, killing everyone who's important to him now. So imagine that when this is over, he's gonna be pissed.
Got the first issue of Matt Fraction's run on Thor (#615). Really dug this one. Sort of slow going on plot, but the writing was enjoyable. I really like what Fraction has done with Iron Man, another character that seems sort of difficult to write (like Thor), so I'm pretty excited to see what he does.
Finally, I got the first volume of Irredeemable. HOT DAMN. I'm one the last chapter and I almost don't want to finish it. I know that I'm going to want to rush out and get the next one when I do, and I really can't afford that right now.