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I just read The Alcoholic. Interesting little book. I highly recommend it.

^ I thoroughly enjoyed The Alcoholic by Jonathan Ames.

Here's some old news with Jonathan Ames. Like 3 years ago, almost. NSFW because of the Ring Girl. Just a warning. Nothing to major, just might upset some.
http://gawker.com/282440/jonathan-ames-beats-craig-davidson-makes-out-with-fiona-apple
Didn't know Ames boxed. Good stuff.

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Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul

Had some punches, but felt jumbled with the closing. When you have too many writers on something, it kind of hinders it. Like Spider-Man: The Other was a decent story, it was just bogged down with slight inconsistencies between the misc. writers. Characters actions/personas and the setting loses its vibe when too many artist "change" the landscape, you know?
The positive was surprisingly, for me, Robin, Tim Drake. Near the end, his actions made so much sense when it came to the Lazarus Pit. Won't give anything away, but he actually seemed reasonable. Got to know Damien a little better, and thought that was a plus.

^^^ I guess the boxing scene from Bored to Death came from that fight.

Just bought my very 1st trade today!
Catwoman When in Rome .... love the artwork!

I ordered this today:

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comicgeekelly wrote:^^^ I guess the boxing scene from Bored to Death came from that fight.

It is the only thing I've read by Ames. I'm definitely going to hunt more for his stuff in the coming year.

pink*lantern wrote:Just bought my very 1st trade today!
Catwoman When in Rome .... love the artwork!

Good one. Tim Sale's art is great. And, if you liked both writer (Jeph Loeb) and artist (Tim Sale) collaberation, then you should try Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Haunted Knights, and Batman: Dark Victory.

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4 out of 5. Some of Morrison's best writing on Batman that I've read so far, and really changes characters for the better. Damien is growing on me fast. What a fun little bastard...well, figurative bastard now. The Joker almost-metamorphisis was a nice touch, thinking Batman had stepped up the game, his insanity almost did too. Recommended.

BlueMaxx wrote:

comicgeekelly wrote:^^^ I guess the boxing scene from Bored to Death came from that fight.

It is the only thing I've read by Ames. I'm definitely going to hunt more for his stuff in the coming year.

Have you watched Bored to Death on HBO?

^ Huh-uh. Based off of Ames! Very cool. Getting a second season. Box-set, here I come! Wait...is it good?

sorry! The image disappeared after I posted. It's fixed now. I hope

just finished
Usagi Yojimbo vol 1
Persepolis
Pyongyang

Just read Incredible Hulk Visionaries by Peter David Vol. 3 & 4, some of the most fun I've ever had reading Hulk...Mr. Fix-It does his dirty work for the casino mobs...Gray Hulk vs. The Thing...Dr. Doom takes influence over Hulk...Hulk deals with the Demon Inferno...just a whole lot of goodness here

BlueMaxx wrote:^ Huh-uh. Based off of Ames! Very cool. Getting a second season. Box-set, here I come! Wait...is it good?

Very good. It's really funny. The shows main character, Jonathan Ames (he needs to come up with some new names), is an unlicensed private detective who gets into weekly shenanigans.

^ Oh, cool. I need to find that box-set when or if it is out.

Matt wrote:Persepolis

Persepolis is a movie now. I'd love to read and watch both.

Batman: The Black Hand. So, so good. Best Morrison Batman that I've read thus far. The Ten Little Indians plot was great. Then onto The Third Man and who could be The Black Glove, which confused me a bit at first but started to align, like Morrison likes to do with readers. Can't wait to read R.I.P. Heard it cops out, but I'm optomistic, knowing the "true" ending happens in Final Crisis.

Just finished two trades:

Marvel 1602 Hardcover by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert. I quite enjoyed this and I think it was a good choice to get as a hardcover. I don't think it was by any means Gaiman's best work (I just had a bit of a feeling at the end that it could have been better) but it certainly was fun to see the characters like this and I think it came through in the writing. Andy Kubert's art was perfect for the book. Scott McKowen's original covers were excellent. It was great reading Neil Gaiman's script for issue #1 (included as an extra) - it was actually a great read - quite different than a lot of other comics writers' scripts I've seen.

Freakangels Vol. 3 by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield. I love these trades - this is some terrific character work being done here. Most of all though Paul Duffield's art is superb. He just has the most amazing sense of using the light which is a bit hard to describe. It's definitely a real visual treat. It's a shame these books from Avatar are so expensive for what you get but I'll keep getting them because the work here is excellent. Warren Ellis is creating one of his most interesting worlds yet in this series of trades.

I just read The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye...it was awesome! Looking forward to reading the rest of this series. But the fact that a lot of you guys said don't get too attached to the characters makes me scared...

almost finished with the haunted knight it is awesome. i love loan and sale on batman together

Aussiemandias wrote:Just finished two trades:

Marvel 1602 Hardcover by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert. I quite enjoyed this and I think it was a good choice to get as a hardcover. I don't think it was by any means Gaiman's best work (I just had a bit of a feeling at the end that it could have been better) but it certainly was fun to see the characters like this and I think it came through in the writing. Andy Kubert's art was perfect for the book. Scott McKowen's original covers were excellent. It was great reading Neil Gaiman's script for issue #1 (included as an extra) - it was actually a great read - quite different than a lot of other comics writers' scripts I've seen.

Gaiman, like Morrison, I find, are at their weakest when in Marvel, but are still some of the better stuff to read in that universe.

I'm making my way through all of the Green Lantern trades I got for Christmas; Rebirth, No Fear, Revenge of the Green Lanterns, Wanted: Hal Jordan, and Secret Origin. I just finished Wanted: Hal Jordan today and I really enjoyed it. I think I'm gonna read the Sinestro Corps War trades before I get to Secret Origin.

I just bought Y:The Last Man book 6 since the library didn't have it and then I checked out at the library Y:The Last Man books 7, 9, & 10...will need to buy 8 and also Arkham Asylum.

I ordered Ex Machina Volume 8 from Amazon with a giftcard I got for Christmas. Can't wait to read it.

Today I got the second Brian Michael Bendis Daredevil omnibus. Personally, I think they are HORRIBLY overpriced. It was $100. I think it's so expensive because it's Bendis. The first Brubaker omnibus is only $75 and it has more issue. Whatever, I got it because it's one of my favorite runs ever.

I also got that Siege Prelude trade, and One Piece Volumes 24-28.

Despite the cyncism around RIP, like this gif is portraying, I enjoyed it. I felt it faded near the end with the fake-memories plot, but other than that, it was almost as good as The Black Glove, which I enjoyed the most.

Got the captain britain omnibus for christmas how my bro could afford that thing is a question I need to ask someday but it is brilliant

I'm reading Superman: Emperor Joker