Topic: Comic Book/Comic Movies Thread

[OCK]

You don't get that smell in Forbidden Planet. You get stale sweat and crusty underwear. Its cleaner now, but man, it used to be a s*** hole. I'm tempted to go in tomorrow and take photos to show you. 

As for 'Monster' I'm not sure... I made an attempt to find EP1 but it wasn't easy. Animation looked decent.

[Mike]

You don't get that smell in Forbidden Planet. You get stale sweat and crusty underwear. Its cleaner now, but man, it used to be a s*** hole. I'm tempted to go in tomorrow and take photos to show you. 

As for 'Monster' I'm not sure... I made an attempt to find EP1 but it wasn't easy. Animation looked decent.

US netflix motherfucker.

[OCK]

Hang on, I'll just waste some money to watch some Manga Minge.

[Mike]

I thought you had it.

[OCK]

I had lovefilm for a few months but cancelled when I realised it was pretty s**** for games. Netflix does look tempting (even if I do have to change DNS to get the good - American - catalogue).

[LesPaul]

I waste all my money in Forbidden Planet in Dublin. No smell I sometimes get an impression of elitism from some of the staff but generally they're helpful enough. I don't really buy that many comics (mainly, yes you guessed it, Star Wars ones from time to time) but looking at two walls full of comics is awesome.

[dinotheprehistoricgeordie]

I waste all my money in Forbidden Planet in Dublin. No smell I sometimes get an impression of elitism from some of the staff but generally they're helpful enough. I don't really buy that many comics (mainly, yes you guessed it, Star Wars ones from time to time) but looking at two walls full of comics is awesome.

Did you ever get the 'Knights of the Old Republic' comics?

[Si]

Picked up three Batman graphic novels the other day as i've only read Year One and The Dark Knight Returns and wanted to get a bit more involved.

The Killing Joke which was absolutely amazing, perfect storytelling. Love the dialogue between Bats and Joker.

The other two Hush and The Long Halloween were both very good reads but need to go back and read them again in a few weeks as The Killing Joke was so perfectly formed that they felt a little overlong in comparison.

[LesPaul]

I waste all my money in Forbidden Planet in Dublin. No smell I sometimes get an impression of elitism from some of the staff but generally they're helpful enough. I don't really buy that many comics (mainly, yes you guessed it, Star Wars ones from time to time) but looking at two walls full of comics is awesome.

Did you ever get the 'Knights of the Old Republic' comics?

Nah I missed out on them (I was a bit young at the time. I can only get them in Dublin and going there regularly wasn't an option at the time). Been meaning to get the omnibus at some point. They were well liked afaik.

[dinotheprehistoricgeordie]

Five issues into Animal Man, Batman and The Flash.

Animal Man is outstanding, it's really dark though. Can't believe it's been released by DC, think it would be a Vertigo title at least. Some of the art is mind boggling and really, really creepy, but the story is excellent. A great piece of work so far by Jeff Lemire

Batman written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Spawn artist guy has also been really good. There's been a really interesting twist in the last few issues.

The Flash is the weakest title of the three. Great art but a really 'meh' story. Not sure if I'll continue with it.

[OCK]

Flash has always been 'weak'. 

[PCW1983]

Bought Animal Man and I Vampire from the DC New 52 brand. Both were recommended to me at the Traveling Man, both have been really good. Deffo going to buy the rest of the currently released comics for both these series.

The bloke who suggested them also said the new batman and swamp thing comics are awesome as well as Scott Snyder is doing the stories. So I promptly went to ebay and bought all the batman issues out so far, I then saw the new Flash comics and bought them as well. Never spent so much on comics in my life (£35) 

Im currently reading the New 52 Batman Detective Comics and enjoying them, good story lines and i love the darkness of the comic itself.

Glad to hear it, makes me feel a bit better about spending my cash. Reading any of the other new DC comics?

Yes and no, ive been buying Action with the intention of reading just havent got around to it yet. 

[Beren]

[Mike]

Beren, no love for the old Spawn show?

[Beren]

Oh man, I'd forgotten all about it. Haha, I've just spent the last 8 minutes watching the first episode Haven't seen this in so, so long...

Spawn is great, although I thought often patchily/erratically used.

Reminds me. I need to re-read Lucifer.

[Mike]

The other thread knocked some dust of long forgotten stuff. Spawn was crazy as hell.

[Beren]

The other thread knocked some dust of long forgotten stuff. Spawn was crazy as hell.

Mm, underrated. Makes me feel all warm inside.

[Mike]

f*** I could watch that.

[Beren]

f*** sake, man. Can never buy collated volumes. I just want one 75-issue thick-ass book.

[Mike]

Holy s*** this is still pretty good.

[Clay]

Where's the best place to order comics online?

Recently dipped my toes into the Comic world ordering Complete Maus, Watchmen and Walking Dead #1.... seem pretty pricey though, Walking Dead was £5+ for what I'm assuming is one issue.

[LesPaul]

http://www.tfaw.com/ are recommended by Dark Horse but I don't know if they ship outside the US. I just use Forbidden Planet in Dublin. Is there no comic book stores near you? In store I pay €4.75 for my Star Wars comics.

[PCW1983]

Where's the best place to order comics online?

Recently dipped my toes into the Comic world ordering Complete Maus, Watchmen and Walking Dead #1.... seem pretty pricey though, Walking Dead was £5+ for what I'm assuming is one issue.

Ive used Ebay a couple of times and its been fine.

[AfroP]

Where's the best place to order comics online?

Recently dipped my toes into the Comic world ordering Complete Maus, Watchmen and Walking Dead #1.... seem pretty pricey though, Walking Dead was £5+ for what I'm assuming is one issue.

if you can get into newcastle traveling man and forbidden planet are on the same street a few stores apart.
Traveling man was always where I got my comics from as it seem to get things quicker that forbidden planet and the majority of they're stuff came off the shelf bagged but it never did at FP

[Mike]

Where's the best place to order comics online?

Recently dipped my toes into the Comic world ordering Complete Maus, Watchmen and Walking Dead #1.... seem pretty pricey though, Walking Dead was £5+ for what I'm assuming is one issue.

Why are you buying individual issues of Walking Dead? Get the collections, man.