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[Kent]

Wolverine - Origin (6 Issue Series)

Due to the X-Men movies most people know at least something about Wolverine. In the comics his ultimate origin was always a mystery, until this series of six issues came out a few years back, finally sheading light on the matter.



It's a great read, with beautiful art.
The story takes it's time unfolding, so if you're expecting action at every turn, this probably isn't the thing for you. Very somber in tone.

Edited by Kent, 19 December 2005 - 01:41 AM.

[Almak]

Personally I'm not into comics. I had many never finished starts with it (Sin City being one). However there are exceptions. One so far to be entirely specific. That exception is titled Blame.
I love how the brutally detailed art of Tsutomu Nihei makes this bizarre world of surrealism come alive.

[monkeyman]

Wolverine - Origin (6 Issue Series)

Due to the X-Men movies most people know at least something about Wolverine. In the comics his ultimate origin was always a mystery, until this series of six issues came out a few years back, finally sheading light on the matter.



It's a great read, with beautiful art. 
The story takes it's time unfolding, so if you're expecting action at every turn, this probably isn't the thing for you. Very somber in tone.

Read thatm it is a brilliant read. And Rose appears in a WOlverine standalone comic later on when Wolvie is on the brink of death. It was a cool reference.

[Kent]

Due to the zombie movie topic I'm bumping this, and without further ado I recommend:

The Walking Dead

Kentucky police officer Rick Grimes, gets shot, and falls into a coma. A good deal later he wakes up in Harrison Memorial Hospital only to find that the world has been overrun by zombies while he's been out. Soon he find out his home town has been evacuated, all of the citizens moved to Atlanta, where they can be protected by the military, and Rick packs his bags with guns and ammo, and heads there to meet up with his son and wife.



The plan of protecting people by moving them into large cities... not so good.

The rest of the comic book follows Rick as he meets up with more survivors and they try their best to make a new life for themselves in this very different world. It's an ongoing story... currently on issue 30, and with no end in sight... which is a good thing. At first they make camp a short bit out of Atlanta, in hope that a rescue team might arrive... but soon they realise chances for this are slim... and they head off, looking for a new place to live...

It's a fantastic read, and really makes me hope someone'll make a tv-series out of it.

Here's another couple of pages that might whet the appetite a bit:

Edited by Kent, 28 August 2006 - 03:17 PM.

[André]

I used to read Calvin and Hobbes as a child. I don't really know any American comics apart from that one.

[monkeyman]

@Kent: That looks very damn cool. It'd be sweet to see an animation based on it, the start reminds me a bit of 28 days later (waking up from a coma to a zombie ridden world [though technically in 28dl they weren't zombies]).

Do you actually collect the comics or download from a torrent site?I'd be interested in the downloads if you get them that way (PM)

[Kent]

@Kent: That looks very damn cool. It'd be sweet to see an animation based on it, the start reminds me a bit of 28 days later (waking up from a coma to a zombie ridden world [though technically in 28dl they weren't zombies]).

It's cool as hell, and contains loads of homages to different zombie movies... the 28 Days Later reference apparently not being an intentional one (in the letters pages for the comic the writer comments on this saying maybe it was something he subconsciously picked up on). What makes it extra good though, is that it's a continuing story, so it can cover some ground other zombie stories might not have... for instance, what happens to zombies during winter time?

[mikeawmids]

I'm guessing they dont hang their stockings up by the fire and leave mince pies out for Santa?

[Dark Helmet]

€:\Another zombie comic...
Klick Me

Does anyone read Eden?

Nice manga IMHO although it's sometimes a bit hard to follow the story.

Edited by Dark Helmet, 29 August 2006 - 05:47 AM.

[DarkGhost]

Wretch recently introduced me to 'Snikt!'. A manga-ish comic coloured (i think) and published by Marvel. Tsutomu Nihei did all the original ink work.



It's short, and doesn't have that great-a story- but the art is fucking amazing. Tsutomu Nihei really has his own style and I can see why he has a bit of a cult following in Japan.

Edited by DarkGhost, 29 August 2006 - 06:21 AM.

[specialagentorange]

I dont know the name of this particular comic but I will explain it and then someone here might help me out by pointing it out to me. Also, Each comic book had more than one story but I can only really remember one of the stories. So here goes...

This guy is sitting in a dinner, talking to some other guy, about his experience while living under the roof of some old woman. (I dont remember what all lead up to this point I am about to make but this is basically the climax of the story and if you have ever read it you will know this) This guy eventually goes up into the attic and there is some half eaten cat up there. The ass end of this cat has been completely stripped to the bone so he stomps on it to put it out of its misery. The old woman tells the man that she eats animals to keep her alive and she has found a way to keep them alive for months even after she has completely eaten half of them. And in the end it turns out that she has begun to eat the man for stomping on the cat she was eating. It doesnt actually SAY shes eating him, but after he gets up to leave from the diner when hes done talking to the other guy, you catch a glimpse of his arm and its just bone.

Thats it. Thats the story. Its much more interesting but that is just the premise of it.


OH! I think I remember another one!

Alright. So this dentist has this patient he wants to fuck but she is married. So when her husband comes in he gets this crazy plan to put a microphone in one of his teeth. After thats all said and done, the womans husband returns home and starts hearing all these crazy ass noises while hes trying to sleep as a result of the microphone in his tooth replaying alot of scratching noises or some shit. Eventually, with his lack of sleep and the insanity brought on by these noises hes hearing, he begins to rip apart the house trying to find the noise and eventually bashes his head in on the mantle above the fireplace. After hes dead the dentist begins to do what? FUCK HIS WIFE! What a crafty bastard.

Edited by specialagentorange, 29 August 2006 - 06:35 AM.

[Dark Helmet]

Wretch recently introduced me to 'Snikt!'. A manga-ish comic coloured (i think) and published by Marvel. Tsutomu Nihei did all the original ink work.



It's short, and doesn't have that great-a story- but the art is fucking amazing. Tsutomu Nihei really has his own style and I can see why he has a bit of a cult following in Japan.

Looks exactly like a colored version of Blame! ^^
Probably the same artist...

[DarkGhost]

It is.

[Kent]

I'm guessing they dont hang their stockings up by the fire and leave mince pies out for Santa?

LOL. Naw, actually... due to the fact that blood doesn't pump through their bodies and shit, they freeze a lot easier. So when winter comes in the comics, the survivors find they're all of a sudden a hell of a lot safer (most zombies pretty much being frozen solid). Only having to bother with zombies that for one or another reason are somewhere a bit warmer (like inside). On the other hand, when springtime comes around again, the ammount of zombies coming their way is all the more impressive.

€:\Another zombie comic...
Klick Me

Does anyone read Eden?

Nice manga IMHO although it's sometimes a bit hard to follow the story.

Wanna say something about it? I mean... it has zombies... then what?

[Metal Hobo]

I don't remember making or posting in this thread.

[Dark Helmet]

Wanna say something about it? I mean... it has zombies... then what?

AFAIR it had something to do with a guy who was slowly turning into a zombie but was still human + he couldn't die.
Long ago I read that comic.
http://www.sexymuffi...n...view&id=141

[stanky]

Two of my favorites at the moment:

Punisher MAX

I know I sure as hell shouldn't have to explain the Punisher, so I won't. This is just the on-going tale of him trying to wipe out every piece of mob scum he can find, and I have to say, the comic is not for the faint of heart. It doesn't pull any punches and the writing/story is great so far.

For example, in the first episode, Punisher comes to an old mafia don's 100th birthday party, shoots him right in head, and then mows down every single male party-goer with an M60 as they run outside to kill him. Brains and arms and legs were everywhere.



Desolation Jones

Another jewel from the comic lord who is Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Fell, Black Gas, etc.). Basically, the gist of the story is that Michael Jones of MI6 was experimented on in the Desolation tests and as a result of this, has slightly changed and "mutated", if you will. He doesn't have a third arm or anything, but his eyes are very sensitive to sunlight, he's pale, physically withered and covered with scars and such, and he doesn't really register pain anymore. That's kind of a plus, but still, he's pretty fucked up.

Anyway, after the tests, he's moved to Los Angeles where a lot of ex-spooks (spies and such) are condemned to and they're not allowed to leave. Jones has since become a sort of private investigator and at the beginning of the story arc, he's contracted by an old, rich man to find something very dear to him.

The art is amazing and very detailed and since it's Ellis as the writer, the story is absolutely top-notch. Just as an example, one of the best pages in the first issue:

[Kent]

Punisher MAX

I thought all MAX titles were cancelled... ... or is it exclusive for the Punisher now? :hmm:

[stanky]

I thought all MAX titles were cancelled... ... or is it exclusive for the Punisher now? :hmm:

Not sure, but the series is still going, so I guess it is reserved for Punisher now. It's on the 6th story arc now I think, going on the 7th.

[Kent]

I thought all MAX titles were cancelled... ... or is it exclusive for the Punisher now? :hmm:

Not sure, but the series is still going, so I guess it is reserved for Punisher now. It's on the 6th story arc now I think, going on the 7th.

Yeah... well, I guess Punisher really needs to be MAX. It's just that Supreme Power just recently changed into a "Marvel Knights" book (which is still mature content, but not anywhere near MAX), and I was under the impression that the reason for the change was that MAX was getting scrapped.

That reminds me... I should probably write something up for Supreme Power. Later though... tired as hell...