(Part 2) Top products from r/comics

I like well-drawn comics, but that doesn't mean they have to be intricate and detailed - just that they match the content very well. For example, I think John Campbell (Pictures for Sad Children) is great because he can get the emotion of scenes across really well with his simple drawings. (Though I equally love artists like David Hellman.)

I like funny comics as well as serious comics. I dislike comics that aren't even remotely funny (but are trying to be). I dislike comics that could have been funny, but they ruined themselves by either going on too long (Ctrl Alt Delete) or by explaining their punchline ((Ctrl Alt Delete) again).

I love comics that are consistently good, or at least only foul occasionally.

I dislike comics that are nothing but essays with pictures added. (I'm looking at you, 50% of Subnormality.) I think the comic form is a unique medium in itself and should not be treated in such a manner.

I like comics that are self-contained to a certain extent, in that either each comic is a unique situation (SMBC) or they only have particular story arcs (Dr. McNinja) and don't just go on forever with no resolution (Megatokyo). This is why, when I go to comics stores, I buy comic books (like Blankets) rather than serials (like X-Men). (There are exceptions to this rule, when a comic book is finished and the entire collection is sold as one, like Watchmen or Marvel 1602.)

I'm sure there's more, these are just my thoughts for now.

It's a little unruly, but having it omnibus form is for reading it straight through. It's a long run, something like 13 trades all together.

I gave up "X-Books" about 15 years ago, but a friend made me read part of that run... and it sucked me right back in. It had the same excitement, for me, as when I first read those characters so many years ago. Marvelous bit of storytelling, amazing dialogue, and some truly profound and touching moments.

I cannot recommend this series highly enough.

Some classics, in chronological order:

• Dark Phoenix Saga
  
• Days of Future Past
  
• Mutant Massacre
  
• Fall of the Mutants
  
• Inferno,
  
• X-Tinction Agenda
  
• X-Cutioners Song
  
• Fatal Attractions
  
• Phalanx Covenant
  
• Age of Apocalypse (and the preceding Legion Quest storyline),
  
• Onslaught
  
• Operation: Zero Tolerance.
  
  Many of those stories were depicted in the animated series, were written around the same time or just after (more than ten years ago).
  
  In 2001, Grant Morrison started writing New X-Men. A few years after that Joss Whedon started writing Astonishing X-Men (Links are to collected editions). These are my two favorite recent X-Stories. Morrison really takes things in a different direction and did a great job accounting for how the presence of mutants would change culture. Whedon's run is fun cause it brings his brand of humor and understanding of heroes to an already established universe (and one that obviously inspired Buffy).
  
  If you have other questions about what to read, drop me a line.

Yeah, the experiment was neat, but our brain is good at adapting to a lot more impressive stuff. For further reading The Brain That Changes Itself is great.

thanks, xxx. I have some here on Reddit. I deleted quite a few of them a couple months ago. I think you can find a bunch here on Imgur. Of course, if you want them nicely bound for your elegant coffee table or shithouse, you can find the Eisner nominated collections on amazon.

Link, for the curious. Enjoy, maybe?

Sandman is one of the greats, although bits drift close to 'superhero' the vast majority if far, far from it. Lots of mythology, cosmic ideas, big questions, life & death, nature-of-man type stuff.

On the more personal side Blankets is an absolutely amazing coming-of-age/first love story.

And of course there's always Maus. Won a Pulitzer and oh boy did it deserve it.

Modern Batman is currently in the middle of a long, long running story. It started when Grant Morrison came on board for Batman and son.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Batman-Son-DC-Comics-Paperback/dp/1401212417/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256924511&sr=8-1

At the moment Bruce Wayne is lost in time and Dick Grayson (the first Robin) is being Batman in an Amazing 12 part book called "Batman & Robin" Its trying to mix the style of the goofy tv series with the darker elements of todays Batman and is working quite well. It should be fairy easy to follow if you just wanna jump right in but you may want to wiki the characters and the status quo.

On a side note, over at marvel, Captain America is currently lost in time and his sidekick, Bucky, is being Cap. The comic book industry is always so original.

Yeah, I would guess that that one is your most popular comic, as well.

Also, I had no idea that you had a new book out. I'll have to pick it up.

Link if anyone else is interested.

Well Whaddya know :)

Yes and the same was done with weaponry as it advanced. Automatics became banned, ammunition has gone through many regulations, and citizens could not own functioning or current “military” equipment. The gatling rifle is a prime example. The book on the invention and impact it had is pretty good.

https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Gatlings-Terrible-Marvel-Misunderstood/dp/0143115642/

When it was produced it was made privately and sold privately to individual, and debates at the time focused on whether or not it was protected by the second amendment. Eventually laws against the ‘rate of fire’ guns that exceeded a certain rate were put into place and still hold today. Automatic guns cannot be owned by everyday citizens and modifications are illegal. But saying that we shouldnt make it or create it because it didnt exist back then doesnt make sense.

Just because a weapon is more efficient or new does not mean that it should not exist or be sold as the comic implies. We already have massive amounts of regulations and subsequent laws to account for increases in technology while still protecting the fundamental rights of individuals. Another example is tank ownership, people can buy tanks but only if they are before a certain time period and only after the military/government decommissioned them to remove the weaponry because of laws to fit the changing tech.

The “it didn’t exist back then” argument would mean that most things today would not receive protections under the bill of rights.

If you enjoy it, check out Priest's other early novels. Genius mindfucks all. Specifically:

Inverted World

The Affirmation

The Glamour

"Dream" is part of the book "The World of Quino"

In Wikipedia: Quino

An interview: Quino, On The Funny Side Of Freedom

Website: http://www.quino.com.ar/eng-index.html

Many computer scientists (and software engineers) use the scientific method. This book is a good starting point.

Just finished reading Black Glove, RIP, Final Crisis, Battle for the Cowl and Return of Bruce Wayne. These are from Return of Bruce Wayne. I dunno how big of a fan I was because of all the multi-verse stuff going on. I definitely think Joseph Loeb's books are better (Long Halloween, Dark Victory) but here is a link to amazon for Return of Bruce Wayne

If you find this to be an interesting idea, you should read There's a Hair in My Dirt: A Worm's Story, by Gary Larson.

That's Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado), an Argentine cartoonist. You can find most of his books in Amazon, though mostly in Spanish (you might find about 30% "mute" cartoons in them, the rest contains dialogue). Here seems to be a compilation in English, although I don't know how good the translations are.

It's really more than one arc to get the whole story. It starts with Batman & Son, then The Black Glove, then Batman RIP and Final Crisis. The aftermath is The Return of Bruce Wayne and The first volumes of Batman & Robin and now Batman Inc..

It's part of Common Grounds by Troy Hickman. Amazon link.

Non-mobile: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1933305738/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1427070944&sr=8-1&keywords=the+boys+graphic+novel&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=51Wqb7mtJ6L&ref=plSrch#

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The Boys by Garth Ennis

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1933305738/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1427070944&sr=8-1&keywords=the+boys+graphic+novel&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=51Wqb7mtJ6L&ref=plSrch#

Relevant reading material

Bea and Mr Jones.

I Kill Giants. Trust me.

While its not this comic...if you are looking for a graphic novel that is similar to this in terms of dealing with a very sad topic, read I Kill Giants. You will thank me. Its probably one of the best sad comics ever written.

http://www.amazon.com/I-Kill-Giants-Joe-Kelly/dp/1607060922/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371649699&sr=8-1&keywords=i+kill+giants

Shots fired:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guns-Germs-Steel-history-everybody/dp/0099302780

A little Google Fu turned up some of the images on Amazon from books done by the same production house, MADA Design. Specifically, this Superman Book (click Look Inside!)has one of the images featured in Mr. Snyder's photos.

I'd venture a guess the guys in question are two of the editors or Art Directors there.

Annoying that there's no source?

Is this it?

http://www.amazon.com/Common-Grounds-2nd-Printing-v/dp/1582408416