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SavingLala · 08-18-2009, 04:16 PM

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After the helicopter crash Bruce washes back onto shore. His adventures in Final Crisis happen after that and he's captured and put into the torture device thing. Jump back out of Final Crisis into the Batman books, Last Rites or something like that is what Bruce is seeing in the torture device and his escape. Jump back to the end of Final Crisis and you see Bruce's confrontation with Darkseid after his escape from the machine.

Getting back to my trades, it's not the Last Rites arc that shows the torture scenes it's "The Butler Did It" and "What the Butler Saw". Sorry. Regardless you get the whole fate of Batman thing in RIP and Final Crisis.

SavingLala · 08-23-2009, 09:09 AM

I just finished Maxwell Strangewell by the Fillbach Brothers. It was a well done if somewhat cliche sci-fi story with a spiritual bend. I love the artwork and the pacing of the book. There are a lot of characters and story beats they cram into the near 400 pages, and while it was a lot to keep up with my first time reading I did always want to turn the page and see what was happening next. If you're into alien invasions and saving the world I'd say its worth checking out.

SavingLala · 08-27-2009, 09:17 PM

Read the 5th trade of The Goon. Just getting better and better. Reading the introduction from Mike Allred was awesome too, I'm becoming a huge Allred fan. Madman is ridiculously awesome. And Goon is almost there.

SavingLala · 09-03-2009, 09:17 AM

Grant Morrison's New X-Men. The first collection. X-Men are simultaneously lame and cool all at once. No matter who writes them, I'm overwhelmed by both the depth and absurdity of the characters and situations in the X corner of the Marvel U.

Bebop Rock · 09-03-2009, 09:57 AM

lamlamalmala I love Scott.

SavingLala · 09-03-2009, 03:35 PM

He's certainly more badass in New X-Men than he ever was when I was growing up.

SavingLala · 09-07-2009, 09:31 AM

I reread Silver Surfer: Requiem which is IMO one of the greatest super hero stories ever told. It gets incredibly emotional about twice an issue for the duration of the 4 issue mini.

I also finished Bat-Manga which included the slavaged and translated Japanese Batman stories of the 60's. It's not only cool to see the manga style so early on, but to see how the Japanese people interpreted the Batman mythos. He has guns in these books, and he is also known to kill. There is also a good bit of driving around in the Batmobile. Just panels of cars driving around. When I mentioned this to Bebop he stated, "Japanese people love cars." The book also comes with these full color pictures of all the kitchzy memorabilia of bat-planes and bat-soft dart rifles; bat-boats and bat-masks. The book was really cool.

Bebop Rock · 09-07-2009, 11:31 AM

I finished Batman Black and White today. It's an anthology of Batman stories told by the best artist and writers in the comic book business. I loved the short stories but the real draw (pun intended) to this book is the art. They have every thing from Alex Toth to Alex Ross, Brian Bolland, Frank Miller, Bruce Timm, Katsuhiro Otomo, Bill Sienkiewicz, Matt Wagner, Joe Kubert, Neal Adams and Moedius to name a few. It's an amazing collection for Batman fans, comic art fans or fans of black and white art.

SavingLala · 09-07-2009, 07:26 PM

Black in White is one of my favorite Batman books. Just a bunch of short cool stories that are fucking gorgeous.

SavingLala · 09-11-2009, 03:53 PM

Fletcher Hanks - I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!

This collection was fantastic. Fletcher Hanks wrote and drew these crazy B/C list characters back in the 30's. Vengance is harsh, the language is absurd, and every idea is freaking crazy. It's like old Fourth World books times 3. It's a little dated, I suppose, but anyone thats a fan of classic comics, or just absurdity is sure to love this stuff.

Bebop Rock · 09-12-2009, 01:55 PM

I'm reading through the Frank Miller Daredevil omnibus. It's been good so far but I can't wait to see how Matt Murdock gets his revenge on the Kingpin, I have a feeling it's going to be epic.

SavingLala · 09-12-2009, 02:14 PM

Every match between Daredevil and Kingpin is fucking epic.

SavingLala · 09-13-2009, 05:29 PM

I just finished Promethea. That is a crazy ambitious comic series. While some issues were a little slow, and some arc switches a little jarring, I can't help but look back over this series in total awe. Every issue was extremely different from the rest and yet they all make an incredibly cohesive body of work. Not to mention the offshoot comments on the concept of art through art, and I'm always a sucker for that stuff. I think this may have usurped Swamp Thing as my new favorite Moore story. Not to mention J.H. Williams being in the upper echelon of comic artists. Great stuff.

SavingLala · 09-20-2009, 09:39 PM

I just got back from Windy City Con and therefore have gotten lots of new books and plane rides gave me lots of time to read. Here's what I read on my trip.

Doctor Strange: The Oath

I'd noticed Marcos Martin's art in the Brand New Day Spiderman stuff. I enjoy his art a lot, he doesn't use a whole lot of lines, but conveys a whole ton of action and emotion. I'd looked up some other things he did and I noticed this and Batgirl: Year One. The only other Dr. Strange stuff I've read are the original Lee/Ditko comics in Showcase, but he's quickly turning into one of my favorite Marvel characters. This story is fast paced and fun. It reminds people of Strange's origins while showing why he's bad ass.

Clumsy

Jeffrey Brown uses rough pen sketches to make a visual diary recounting a year of his life. Well, not the entirety of his life. Just those parts detailing his relationship with a girl named Theresa. Incredibly honest in its depiction of the highs and lows of young love. I really enjoyed this, finished the entirety of the 200+ page book in one sitting. I'm a pretty big sucker for these romance stories.

Awesome 2: Awesomer

The second Indie Spinner Rack anthology, this had tons of great short comics. I was surprised to see work by big names like Chris Schweizer, Jeff Lemiere, and Fred van Lente. But it also showed me a lot of new guys like I expected and some of them are really impressive. Proceeds from the first Awesome helped fund Chuck Forsman's education in comics, and that was money well spent. He has several one page comics in the anthology and every one of them is hilarious. Ulises Farinas comic was great and reminded me of C.F.'s work. Sarah Glidden's piece was incredibly sad. And I'd be remiss not to mention Andy Jewett's piece which strangely enough, accurately recreates the feeling of losing that last life in ones favorite video game.

Atomika: God Is Red

God made man, then man made god. Atomika is sort of a russian Dr. Manhattan, a naked science god, capable of any and everything. I enjoyed how quickly Atomika made himself a complete dictator of the world, completely sure of himself and his worthiness for being worshipped. This trade chronicles his attempts at destroying the old gods and establishing his order over the entire planet. Sal Abinnati's art is crazy, most of the book is composed of these huge spreads. It makes everything seem so much more extreme, violent, and oppressive. The art makes the tone of this book, and its a harsh world that Atomika creates.

Awesome weekend of comics! Awesomer!

MutatedZombieSkunk · 09-27-2009, 12:52 PM

Ok, I know a couple of you guys are Green Lantern fans. He's my favorite DC character and I'm a DC fanboy at heart. Is blackest night sick or what?

I don't know if anyone else has been keeping up on it, but I think it's a great take on cataclysmic events for the DCU besides the infinite/final crises. Even the Sinestro Corps/Superman Prime arc lead all up to this.

It's also cool that they brought Black Hand back, actually killed him off and made him what he is, leading a zombified black lantern corps of all of our favorite killed off heroes. Dead Aquaman rules.

MightyPirate · 09-27-2009, 09:23 PM

I just heard that Kevin Smith just released his take on Batman. While I'm not the biggest fan of his comics so far (Green Arrow being my favorite) I'm certainly interested in it. If only to see how Batman turns from the hardened detective into a whiny Christian cry baby.

Saruus · 09-28-2009, 01:00 AM

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I just heard that Kevin Smith just released his take on Batman. While I'm not the biggest fan of his comics so far (Green Arrow being my favorite) I'm certainly interested in it. If only to see how Batman turns from the hardened detective into a whiny Christian cry baby.

MutatedZombieSkunk · 09-28-2009, 02:11 AM

Kevin Smith should go jump off a bridge.

SavingLala · 09-28-2009, 06:54 AM

People said Batman Cacophony (the Kevin Smith mini) was ok, but Joker didn't sound like Joker so much as he sounded like Jay.

Blackest Night sounds like its doing everything right. Can't wait to finally read it in trade when everything is said and done.

Saruus · 09-28-2009, 07:43 AM

I really enjoyed Kevin Smith's run on Daredevil, but that was the first Daredevil arc I've read so that's probably why.

SavingLala · 10-01-2009, 01:53 PM

Daredevil almost always has great writers.

I just read Mouse Guard Fall 1152 and it was fantastic. The basic premise is mice build these towns where they all congregate. The Mouse Guard are the brave adventurers that plan out routes to other villages, protect people shipping food, etc. It has a Redwallish flavor without being magical type fantasy at all. Every page is drawn out on these huge panels that make everything look gorgeous. People should pick this up if for no other reason than to see the battle between two mice and a swarm of crabs.

SavingLala · 10-19-2009, 10:26 AM

Strangers in Paradise was fantastic. Love triangles and mafia lead prostitution rings make for great stories. The art is awesome and at 2100 pages you get a lot of story.

Gabagool is a fun webcomic about 20 somethings losers who decide to stop selling drugs to middle school kids and become (non lethal) bounty hunters. It was pretty funny.

Bebop Rock · 10-19-2009, 01:27 PM

I haven't read much since I spilled Sunkist on my complete Zot collection. It crushed my comic soul but hopefully I'll get it back soon. I have Superman New Krypon vol 2 and a Fantastic Four trade on there way.

MutatedZombieSkunk · 03-31-2010, 04:25 AM

Finally caught up on Kirman's Walking Dead series and read issue 70 earlier today. So good.

I'm starting in on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher series. I heard it rules.

Bebop Rock · 03-31-2010, 10:13 AM

I read Walking Dead in the big hardcovers so I'm not sure which issue I'm on but I've finished all of the ones currently released. Preacher is a comic I want to read some day too but I really haven't been doing to much reading recently.

Them damn audio books got me lazy.

Patrick · 03-31-2010, 11:22 AM

My friend lent me the first 3 volumes of Fables, and I lent her Scott Pilgrim. After I finish Fables I'm going to borrow all of the Sandman.

MightyPirate · 03-31-2010, 03:08 PM

Guh the latest Fables blows. It's a crossover, and it just...I hope that's not all that Fables has left in it. Great series, but skip the last one (most current one as of now). It focuses more on another series than Fables itself, I just want to exclude it from the Fables canon.

Only comics other than Fables I've been reading are rereads of my collection. I'm reading Transmetropolitan again because I'm lending it out to a friend. I just want it fresh in my memory in case something happens

I gotta catch back up on The Walking Dead, I think I'm on issue 62? It's the kind of story I like to read in chunks, I think if I read it on time I'd get bored. Not a whole lot happens in one issue so some months would be an upset.

Saruus · 04-04-2010, 11:05 PM

I just read the first volume of Umbrella Academy and I really liked it. It was the first comic I've read since August. I hate being poor.

Saruus · 07-18-2010, 09:47 AM

I just caught up on all the main Marvel stuff that's happened since Dark Reign. I have to read X-Men Second Coming's issues now, along with the stuff that's happened since Siege ended. All the Dark Reign stuff was pretty cool, Norman Osborn is nuts. I'm excited to see what happens after.

Bebop Rock · 07-28-2010, 08:25 AM

I've heard Siege was a really good read.