Comix / Graphic Novels / Etc.

[Deke Dirt]

Blobby Boys

I think the guy who does this is partially brain damaged but it's pretty funny. Mentions Fag Cop a couple of times -- no idea.

[florian badger]

just ordered a full run of the Metabarons. Have around half the issues at home already but fuck it, I want to read it all asap.

[grievesleeve]

http://www.rhinopressbooks.com/zines/noel-freibert-the-hole

The first solo book from Noel Freibert since 2011's "Leon the Inappropriate Janitor". A sweet collection of adorable executions

[Deke Dirt]

Megahex by Simon Hanselmann

Humor, drama, high weirdness: very good. Werewolf Jones steals the show.

[Whet Bull]

The Megahex book looks really good.  I read the comic in Vice once in awhile.

My friend Leslie Stein published her second Eye of the Majestic Creature collection for Fantagraphics last year:

http://www.fantagraphics.com/images/stories/previews/eyema2-preview.pdf

I love her books.  She keeps getting better.  The Sister Carrie story is her best yet, I think.

I recently picked up the book Multiple Warheads by Brandon Graham, knowing nothing about him except that I liked the art in it:



Maybe hard to appreciate in that image but his drawings remind me a lot of Vaughn Bode and early Crumb (as well as manga).  His panels are very intricate and packed with stoned sci-fi gags. 

Recently read Hip-Hop Family Tree Vol. 1 by Ed Piskor, followed by Piskor / Pekar's history of the Beats, which is very, very nice.

Box Brown's bio, Andre the Giant: Life and Legend is a wonderful book:



And I read the two-volume graphic novel Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang with my eldest son.  It's a sort of magical-realist (forgive that hackeneyed term, but I'm feeling lazy) story of the Boxer Rebellion.  The material is a bit dark but kiddo handled it well and he was riveted throughout.  The book is as deep and as complicated as its subject matter deserves; no easy answers.  And the art is beautiful.



Kiddo likes the Bone books and I recently bought him some young-adult graphic novels such as Amulet, Ghostopolis, and Raina Telgemeier's Smile, Sisters, and Drama, all of which he has devoured.

Every time I pop into the comic books shop I ogle those Jodorowsky titles on Humanoid (of which I think Metabarons is one), and then decide against buying b/c they're so expensive and they seem forbiddingly dense in the manner of... well, Dune, for instance; I find that kind of sci-fi to be impenetrable.  I do want to read El Incal, though, which Humanoid is supposed to republish soon.

I took a peek at Frank Miller's Ronin recently.  I loved the series as a kid (thanks, former user:AA) but it seemed like a bit of a slog now, and it's too bloody to share with my son.  I never read The Watchmen and I wonder if it's too late at this point -- the concept of reading "good" superhero comics as an adult... I dunno; my brain recoils.

Spain's Cruisin' with the Hound looks really good.

[Whet Bull]

Also recently bought Paul Pope's Battling Boy collection for my son and found it to be surprisingly profound for a superhero comic. 

[erickelric]

You should read Watchmen.

[ripiancurtis]

My son is starting to get into comics through his excitement of all the Marvel movies. I've been encouraging it as it's fun to watch him nerd out on them the same way I do about records. I also bought him the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack on LP to hopefully plant the seed a little more (or turn him to the darkside).

But in going to the shops with him, I've been trying to find stuff for myself to connect a little with him on this stuff and I've been picking up these Haunted Horror comics that are represses of old 50's horror stories that are pretty cool.

Somebody also suggested The Goon to me so I picked up the first book of that last night - haven't read it yet.

[ZombieAppetizer]

I've been on a big Jim Starlin kick over the last few months. No one does "cosmic" storytelling better in my opinion. Highlights have been when he took over and transformed Warlock into a book with depth rather than just another generic 70's Marvel c-list character. His brief run on Silver Surfer vol. 3 is fantastic as is the entire series, I'm slowly picking up all 146 issues of that volume.
Since I first read it as a kid, my favorite storyline has been the Infinity Gauntlet. I am cautiously optimistic to see where this goes with the Marvel movies as they all seem to be building toward this. Unfortunately so many of the key characters are tied up in the Fox/Sony/Disney licensing clusterfuck that they will probably have to take great liberties with it.

[k.]

I got a bunch of those Jodorowsky books from my cousin who is an amazing artist/comic artist himself. I haven't been able to get into them, though I haven't really tried yet either. They just seem pretty dense and I'm pretty busy these days, and also, I was given them to help understand shit about Tarot and that kinda thing, which, to be completely frank seems kinda flaky to me. No disrespect intended to my cousin or anyone interested in that kinda stuff, I'm not. Though I do know it's important to many artists whose work I admire (Jodorowsky, Delany, my cousin etc...). Were we local to each other, I'd definitely lend 'em to ya. I doubt my cousin cares about them much right now, he's struggling with a health issue behind bars at the moment.

[I Am Not Marty Feldman]

Jodorowsky & Moebius's L'Incal is definitely worth the $50 tag.

[erickelric]

I've been on a big Jim Starlin kick over the last few months. No one does "cosmic" storytelling better in my opinion. Highlights have been when he took over and transformed Warlock into a book with depth rather than just another generic 70's Marvel c-list character. His brief run on Silver Surfer vol. 3 is fantastic as is the entire series, I'm slowly picking up all 146 issues of that volume.
Since I first read it as a kid, my favorite storyline has been the Infinity Gauntlet. I am cautiously optimistic to see where this goes with the Marvel movies as they all seem to be building toward this. Unfortunately so many of the key characters are tied up in the Fox/Sony/Disney licensing clusterfuck that they will probably have to take great liberties with it.

Have you read DREADSTAR? That's my shit. All Starlin, writing/art. Cosmic. Non-Marvel (was on Epic). Then a later long, quality run w/ Peter David as writer on First.

[k.]

Jodorowsky & Moebius's L'Incal is definitely worth the $50 tag.

That's one of the ones I got. So, I should definitely read it then?

[ZombieAppetizer]

I've been on a big Jim Starlin kick over the last few months. No one does "cosmic" storytelling better in my opinion. Highlights have been when he took over and transformed Warlock into a book with depth rather than just another generic 70's Marvel c-list character. His brief run on Silver Surfer vol. 3 is fantastic as is the entire series, I'm slowly picking up all 146 issues of that volume.
Since I first read it as a kid, my favorite storyline has been the Infinity Gauntlet. I am cautiously optimistic to see where this goes with the Marvel movies as they all seem to be building toward this. Unfortunately so many of the key characters are tied up in the Fox/Sony/Disney licensing clusterfuck that they will probably have to take great liberties with it.

Have you read DREADSTAR? That's my shit. All Starlin, writing/art. Cosmic. Non-Marvel (was on Epic). Then a later long, quality run w/ Peter David as writer on First.

I haven't but this looks really cool, thanks.

[erickelric]

Cool.

Huh, doubt this'll happen but you never know nowadays.

http://io9.com/insane-80s-scifi-fantasy-comic-dreadstar-is-also-getti-1561500267