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Gerard is like Morrison but better from what I've read, ha. At least for my tastes. Although I haven't read Invisibles yet and only the first volume of Doom Patrol which is definitely my favourite Morrison work so far. Most of the Grant Morrison stuff I've read starts out very well and has some really great moments but kind of loses me as it goes on. I don't think the Quietly artwork helps.

Like I said there's still a lot of Morrison's stuff I need to read but so far I like Umbrella and Gerard's Doom Patrol a lot more than anything I've read by Grant. I've watched a number of interviews with him because Gerard was in them though and I find him a very interesting, intelligent and likeable person though, ha.

 

Finally finished Nailbiter and I have mixed feelings. While I loved it im a little disappointed with the ending, especially the final scenes.

 

At B&N they have buy two D.C. graphic novels get the 3rd one free

 

Is it DC or Rebirth? I went up to the counter with old books a few weeks ago and they gave me a hard time.

 

Oh sweet. It's all DC.

 

Ordered the first three Fables hardcovers. Can't wait to fill out that collection.

 

It's probably been mentioned here, but there's a big Kindle sale on marvel graphic novels. I bought a bunch of Star Wars ones for like $2 each

 

Forgot this was a thing. Besides the Batman 66 Meets Wonder Woman 77, this is the most I've wanted to read a Batman story in a while. Tongue-in-cheek noir Elmer Fudd is simply delightful.

 

Always hate when I'm reading a book and it has 'classic issues' at the end. Or how I see it: 'we canceled this book'

Last two Marvel books I've read. Moon Knight and Mockingbird.

 

I'm pretty sure the latest Moon Knight trade isn't the last one of this latest series. And I've seen Marvel put classic issues in trades for series that weren't canceled at the time.

I think it's just a matter of deciding where to break for trades when a series has a shorter arc. Marvel does often err toward smaller trades where I think they should've held off and combined, but some of their slimmer trades make sense to me. Plus, for someone who doesn't collect lots of classic stuff, it can be cool having some older story thrown in. Like, the Brian Wood X-Men vol. 1 having the first appearance of Jubilee is cool.

 

Diving into Valiant has continued to be a delight, I've liked nearly everything I've read so far. Probably going to take a bit of a break to finally get around to Saga volume....whatever the latest one is because I kind of forgot that I never read it.

 

That's an interesting approach, I guess. I'm not a huge fan of it, but I can understand. I wish with books like Mockingbird they would have just done the whole run in one book.

I've never been a big fan of how small Marvel trades are. The paper feels cheaper and they still charge more than DC, who might include two more issues.

 

I've been wanting to give Valiant a shot, but all I've read is Faith (which I've loved). Starting vol. 3 today.

 

Valiant is an excellent universe. So much talent and some really fantastic characters.

 

I've only seen Faith as part of the Harbinger book but she is definitely a highlight and even early on it's easy to see why she's such a popular character. Definitely excited to eventually see what they do with her own series.

 

This is a good podcast episode on Marvel and their current situation/how to fix it.

 

Anybody else know about this?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/148478748X/?tag=absolutepunk-20

 

B&N also has "Buy 3 for $30" on Graphic Novels. a lot of them are DC, which makes it confusing with the "buy 2 get 1 free" but there are some other companies in there too.

For now I went with:

* Batman: The New 52 Volumes 1-3 collection for $25 after membership and coupon discount
* The Vision Volumes 1 & 2 and Batman: Year One for the "3 for $30" deal

deal lasts through 6/12 and i get paid again on Friday so I may pick up Omega Men, Long Halloween and Hush, although I worry that that's too much Batman.

 

no such thing. I read all of Morrison's run in a weekend and it was the best.

I've been reading a lot of Wonder Woman. So many damn origin stories. lol. It's been great though. Perez run is pretty awesome. I'm not usually on board with classic/80's stuff, but this is so well written, its great. It's crazy how good the writing has been for most of the runs I've read. Rucka, Perez, Azzarello, Thompson, and De Liz all had such great entries.

 

I was seriously tempted to pick up all ten volumes of Batman The New 52 but thought I'd stick with the first 3 for now haha.

Are all ten volumes of Batman The New 52 a continuous story or storylines, or does it separate out into main different stories every few volumes? From what little I've looked into it it seems like volumes 1-3 are one main story and then 4 starts something new. Ten volumes of one main story seems like a hell of a lot (but what do I know being new to graphic novels)

 

The first two are self contained. The third brings together all of the Bat family books. 4 & 5 are kinda origin books. 6 is whatever. Seven ties together what happened in 3/4. 8/9 is basically the conclusion of the run/fallout from Endgame. Book ten is just a nice bow on the whole thing.

 

Interesting. Thank you. If I enjoy 1-3 I will definitely pick up the rest, but good to have an outline a bit of what to expect so I'm not confused by what happening (or not happening)

 

Good interview. As someone who doesn't actively follow Gerard Way, I feel like he looks so different now, lol. Cool guy.

 

I will definitely be reading this

 

That's awesome that there's going to be some Young Animal shared universe stuff.