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Nuala Reece
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#1 - 2013-11-13 19:36:29 UTC
So, I walked back into my local comic shop last month - for the first time in maybe 10 or more years - drawn by the release of Neil Gaiman's Sandman: Overture; got to chatting with the owner and remembered how much I used to enjoy discovering new stories there all the time. I decided it was about time to restart my old interest (under the flimsy pretext of taking my son to buy Adventure Time comics Smile) but, with a 10+ year absence, I'm a bit unsure what's out there these days, what's worth reading etc. I thought I'd ask the Eve community for a bit of a pointer to get me started again.

I was a bit of a fan of the DC Vertigo line back then - Sandman, Hellblazer, Preacher etc, as well as some of the shorter runs like Enigma, and Seekers into the Mystery. Not so much into the super hero stuff, though I have been known to dip into the occasional Batman story. And just about anything by Alan Moore ofc.

Any suggestions for a new library would be welcome. Cheers Smile
Zimmy Zeta
Perkone
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-11-13 20:26:59 UTC
I absolutely love Ben Templesmith, Fell is one of the best Comics I have ever read (still waiting for it to continue), also "30 days of Night" and "Criminal Macabre" were pretty popular and great works by the same artist.

I'd like to apologize for the poor quality of the post above and sincerely hope you didn't waste your time reading it. Yes, I do feel bad about it.
Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-11-13 20:28:05 UTC
Batman is not a super hero.

Life is short and dinner time is chancy

Eat dessert first!
Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#4 - 2013-11-13 21:02:03 UTC
Always been a fan of Judge Dredd. The Aliens comic books ranges from truly epic to truly awful, I heartily recommend Genocide, Labyrinth, Aliens - Book One and Aliens - Book Two. Aliens vs. Predator is just awesome.

Agent of Chaos, Sower of Discord.

Don't talk to me unless you are IQ verified and certified with three references from non-family members. Please have your certificate of authenticity on hand.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#5 - 2013-11-13 21:41:35 UTC
Caleidascope wrote:
Batman is not a super hero.


Who even said he was ? You read some words in the OP the rest of us can't see ?

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#6 - 2013-11-14 03:08:38 UTC
Poison Elves - pure epic dark comedy fantasy

RASL - by the creator of BONE Dan Smith - this comic will be enjoyed by OOPErs as it revolves around Teslas experiments with energy and transdimensional travel.

Saga - space opera

Cerberus - the earlier books by far

BONE

What Alpheias said above +10

I always like The Demon series but it never really had popular appeal. Maybe it had to do with the devil and hell Ugh

Any Lobo book is entertaining.

Early early Wolverine story lines.
Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#7 - 2013-11-14 06:58:25 UTC
There are only two issues of this comic and out of the two and I think you can find them fairly cheap on Amazon, or if you live close to a comic book store.

Shrapnel: Aristeia Rising
Shrapnel: Hubris

Agent of Chaos, Sower of Discord.

Don't talk to me unless you are IQ verified and certified with three references from non-family members. Please have your certificate of authenticity on hand.
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2013-11-14 07:03:37 UTC
Judge Dredd. Cool

"I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." - Kenneth O'Hara

"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate
Samoth Egnoled
Caldari Provisions
#9 - 2013-11-14 07:24:32 UTC
Robotech
Sandslinger
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2013-11-14 08:10:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Sandslinger
As mentioned

Bone - Looks like a childrens series but it's absolutly delightful
Besides that gonna list some stuff that most might not know about.


Elfquest - Original series is a nice read with a pretty epic story arch.
We3 (one off book)
Age Of Bronze (Based of Homer's Oddysey ongoing series)
Northmen (Dramatized from viking era, best viking series ever tbh and pretty accurate series is finished each comic is a one off in it's own sense)

Larry Gonick (author). His world history series is absolutly astounding read, albeit slightly outdated in some facts considering it's age and the advance of modern archaeology etc, still a very very accurate and thouroughly researched read.
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#11 - 2013-11-14 12:11:29 UTC
I will say that DC ****** up The Demon back in the 90's by not giving it a vertigo series Evil Of every title DC had prior to the Vertigo line the content of The Demon was perfect for that line Ugh
Nuala Reece
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#12 - 2013-11-15 12:49:29 UTC
Cheers, all - this should give me a good few ideas to start with. I used to enjoy Dredd too, and still hoping Moore and Gibson might one day get together for a Halo Jones sequel. I'd have to hide 2000AD's from the boy though, he's still a little young for that but old enough to go for it if he saw it :)

Caleidascope wrote:
Batman is not a super hero.


I know this, of course, though I appreciate the effort you took to point it out. Since Batman falls into the broad category of 'costumed crime fighters', along with many super heroes, I went with the simpler phrase to be more clear about the things I don't really enjoy Blink