King Pitcos Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) I preferred Ennis' first Punisher run. The Max one just tried too hard to be gritty for me, and too often fell prey to Ennis' worst tendency -- military borefests. Edited September 28, 2012 by King Pitcos Quote
spotlightmagnet1 Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 I said before that I read most of my comics by chance that they happen to be in the library but I've read most of what they have there now, so empty handed I went to the local independent comic shop with Quote
Paid Members John Matrix Posted October 5, 2012 Paid Members Posted October 5, 2012 Can anyone reccomend a good Street Fighter Graphic novel that would make a suitable Christmas gift? Is there anything recent out, or something comprehensive touching on all characters rather than one? Anything like that would be very helpful. Quote
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted October 5, 2012 Paid Members Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) I love those comics, and is there a more tragically funny character in Detective Soap? There's a detective in Preacher who is a pretty similar character except even more pathetic and tragic. Finished Alan Moore's Saga Of The Swamp Thing yesterday. It had a great ending, although I didn't care for all the alien stuff too much. Also read volume 3 of Hitman with Green Lantern in it. It's definitely Ennis's funniest work, especially when Green Lantern doesn't have any money for his round at the pub and someone says "No wonder he didn't get into the Justice Club". So on the agenda is: finish off Hitman, volume 3 of American Vampires and I believe a new Fables book is out now too. Edited October 5, 2012 by LaGoosh Quote
King Pitcos Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) I started reading Fables two or three years back, via pirated scans. But there were a couple of issues missing and then I lost my way with it around the point where the Jack spinoff started. I'd like to get back into it, and Ultimate Spiderman. The death of Demonoid has knocked my comic reading for six though. Edited October 5, 2012 by King Pitcos Quote
Merzbow Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 Can anyone reccomend a good Street Fighter Graphic novel that would make a suitable Christmas gift? Is there anything recent out, or something comprehensive touching on all characters rather than one? Anything like that would be very helpful. Anything by Udon comics would be best, if you're looking for something touching on all characters then find a copy of "Round 1" or "The Ultimate Edition Volume 1" which add all the side stories from the comics and it's huge. Quote
King Pitcos Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 Is there a definitive Street Fighter comic narrative, or are they all standalone alternate universe kind of things? Quote
Merzbow Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) Is there a definitive Street Fighter comic narrative, or are they all standalone alternate universe kind of things? All the Udon comics (but not the Mangas) are set in the same universe, everything they've made is linked together. The main storyline is in three parts, SF, SF2 and SF2 Turbo but all the single character Legends series' fit right in there with them. Edited October 5, 2012 by Merzbow Quote
Paid Members John Matrix Posted October 5, 2012 Paid Members Posted October 5, 2012 Can anyone reccomend a good Street Fighter Graphic novel that would make a suitable Christmas gift? Is there anything recent out, or something comprehensive touching on all characters rather than one? Anything like that would be very helpful. Anything by Udon comics would be best, if you're looking for something touching on all characters then find a copy of "Round 1" or "The Ultimate Edition Volume 1" which add all the side stories from the comics and it's huge. The Ultimate Edition looks perfect, if hard to come by. Thank you, will see what i can find. Quote
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted October 5, 2012 Paid Members Posted October 5, 2012 Out of interest, what is the Street Fighter series storyline? Because Mortal Kombat has this huge and ridiculous mythology that I can see warranting a comic book but I never knew there was anything more to Street Fighter than "a bunch of people from around the world kick the shit out of eachother". Quote
Merzbow Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) Out of interest, what is the Street Fighter series storyline? Because Mortal Kombat has this huge and ridiculous mythology that I can see warranting a comic book but I never knew there was anything more to Street Fighter than "a bunch of people from around the world kick the shit out of eachother". The main story is a typical tale of revenge, Akuma has killed Ryu's master and now Ryu wants to avenge his death while trying not to succumb to the "Dark Hadou" which is some dark, chaotic force that Akuma embraces but also threatens to take over Ryu but there's a ton of side stories like Ryu training a young and obnoxious Sakura. Chun-Li and Guile are trying to take down M. Bison who is the leader of Shadaloo, a criminal organization which deals in bio weapons and seems to like kidnapping teenage girls and turning them into assassins. It's not the deepest thing ever but it's fun and the artwork is bloody lovely. Edit: They seem to be uploading the comics for free http://www.streetfightercomics.com/archive Edited October 5, 2012 by Merzbow Quote
pryko Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 On that subject, are there any decent Mortal Kombat graphic novels knocking about? Quote
Paid Members BigJag Posted October 6, 2012 Paid Members Posted October 6, 2012 Does anyone know much about this Arrow series. Its due to start on Sky 1 HD on 22/10/12. It looks like a Green Arrow knockoff. Is it endorsed by DC? Quote
Merzbow Posted October 6, 2012 Posted October 6, 2012 Does anyone know much about this Arrow series. Its due to start on Sky 1 HD on 22/10/12. It looks like a Green Arrow knockoff. Is it endorsed by DC? It's an official DC show, other characters like Deadshot will be a part of it too. Quote
Paid Members BigJag Posted October 6, 2012 Paid Members Posted October 6, 2012 Cheers. Will check it out. Quote
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