Comic Books

I always think I might like to go to one of these things one time. And then I think... nah. Jim Lee is awesome though.

I went to one when I was 14. I'd be too scared of nerd power to go back now.

Hi tangy.

I think Jim Lee's popularity far outweighs his talent.

Frank Quitely, on the other hand...

Lee's stuff is iconic though...

That armageddon expo is schizophrenic

hey melbourne people,

i have a stack of clive barker comics and some horror movie books, fangoria and the like, which i want to sell to a secondhand store. anyone got any suggestions on the best place to sell to?

my first thought would be alternate worlds in windsor, but im a bit out of the loop as to whats what in that realm these days.

good place to start! thanks anon.

Are they vampire ones? A friend of mine is trying to write a book on vampires in fiction.

HE HATES STEPHANIE MEYER.

Are they vampire ones? A friend of mine is trying to write a book on vampires in fiction.

Don't forget the dude in Preacher. Best comic vampire ever. AND he beats on vampire ponces. Awesome.

nope, no vampires.

Ha. I'm reading Preacher.
Meanwhile, Twilight has been released as a 'graphic novel'.
How'd I end up in this thread? I'm sure somewhere someone talked about 20th Century Boys. Trying to find.

The lettering on the ''Twilight manga'' is stunningly incompetent:
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/2010/03/twilight-graphic-novel-review.html

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/03/18/twilight-manga-review/

http://ozandends.blogspot.com/2010/01/omg-are-they-serious-twilight-lettering.html

and ahem: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/03/27/how-to-fix-twilight-manga-lettering/

Good grief. You're right. I picked it up at work today, and not only did the book smell terrible (they make a coworker sneeze), but on the one page I'd opened to they'd completely obscured a face with a speech bubble. Completely obscured. Clever chaps.

urgh. death to serif fonts in comics

Free comic book day on May 1st.
Who's going where?

Daytime.

do australian stores participate?

Yep they do. Pulp Fiction Comics in Adelaide does, but I won't be in Adelaide on May 1st.

:(

may 1st. thanks for the tip. i will investigate free comic book day!

where are you going to be kcor? Kings in Sydney is doing giveaways and a back-stock sale, and Kinokuniya usually do an event of some kind - not being a floppy shop, i dunno if they get in the giveaways though.

^ man, Kings Comics has some AWESOME toys and collectibles. soon as i get paid i'm getting some Watchmen figurines. and yes i'm 28

Just because I thought this was funny 4 years ago when I first saw it doesn't mean I still think...oh wait, it still is funny

(http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld2.html)

I'll be in Melbourne. Somewhere will be doing something & I'll be there.

Los Bros Hernandez who is your favourite?

Jaime for sure, but the Palomar stuff is very literary and great

These Melbourne stores are participating in Free Comic Book Day (according to this site:

CLASSIC COMICS
4/50 BOURKE STREET
MELBOURNE

COMICS 'R' US
114 CHAPEL ST., P. O. BOX 1295
WINDSOR

)

Mario all the way, Brain Capers is the tits.

Nah, it used to be Beto for years, but as he's veered off into the mix of dream-logic and surreal shorts vs B-movie pulp novels he's doing now, and Xaime's just kept refining his aesthetic, I'd lean more to the younger Bro now. Though I couldn't get especially arsed about the Ti-girls, either. Hignite's book should be a valuable corrective, though.

Mario lol

jaime is so good. i haven't read anything by gilbert or mario yet.

I was waiting for someone to pull out Mario... CaptainHardy you should definitely give Gilbert a look in great writing, Fantagraphics have been going crazy with re-releases.

Make sure you check out Alternate Worlds rather than Comics 'R Us, kcor. It's up Chapel St a bit further towards Dandenong Rd.

Comics 'R Us are cunts.

comics 'r' us in the city seem OK.

i'm interested in reading some of gilbert's work when i've finished reading the locas books.

Alright. Will check out Alternate Worlds. Thanks, you lot.

There's a new one by a couple of Melbourne guys, Smoke N' Oakum.. it looks pretty rad.

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