Comics!

[Vilden]

I was (and am) also a big fan of Don Rosa's Donald Duck comics, which have a grand sense of adventure not unlike what you'd find in a Tintin story. They're often steeped in history too, and based on extensive research.

I like Don Rosa and I agree on what you wrote, but I still think Carl Barks is THE Donald Duck artist/writer. I think his art is much cleaner and more striking. The stories also feels more "classic" and fitting. Sometimes Don Rosa can feel like he wants to make adult comics with the Disney gang.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

@Vilden and @Vegard Pompey Lol, you two are like twin sisters. Do you guys call each other every morning to coordinate your outfits?

Gonna crack this bad-boy open today ....

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Dunno why you gotta mock us for having preferential overlap. And honestly if anyone on this site is my "sister", it's no country.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

"preferential overlap in everything" you mean? Like that one time where you guys echoed the same exact post via "twin Peaks-GoT"? Literally word for word the same post.

I'm just messing with you anyway. You should know by now that nothing i say should be taken to the butt.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

@Vilden @CASSETTEISGOD let me see those collections!

Spoiler: my stuff

...two long boxes and a crate filled with my singles. I even have a shit load of books from he 60's and 70's that were passed down to me.

 

[CiG]

My collection is tiny man.

You have so much stuff I want.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

My collection is tiny man.

You have so much stuff I want.

First pic. The six books on the right. I promise you will thank me.

 

[Vilden]

Nice! Lots of cool hardcovers and stuff. I almost only have TPB or single issue-versions. I'm too cheap.

Pics incoming when I'm home again from this trip!

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

I've been collecting those hardcovers for about 10 years now, and some of them are still shrink-wrapped as you guys can see. Which means i either have them in singles(which i never sell) or had them in TPB's. Marvel Omnibuses are the best.

 

[CiG]

Currently in the mail and on its way to me.

 

[Vilden]

@CASSETTEISGOD , @TechnicalBarbarity :Some pictures of my collection.

First my albums. Really bad pictures because the lightning there is bad. If you wonder about anything specific I can take a detail shot on it.


A picture with lots of boxes filled with single issues. About 2/3s of my singles are in those I think:


Not featured in those pictures are around 300 swedish Donald Duck-pocket books and maybe 1/3 of my singles which are all stowed away in some closet.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

@CASSETTEISGOD , @TechnicalBarbarity :Some pictures of my collection.

First my albums. Really bad pictures because the lightning there is bad. If you wonder about anything specific I can take a detail shot on it.
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A picture with lots of boxes filled with single issues. About 2/3s of my singles are in those I think:
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Not featured in those pictures are around 300 swedish Donald Duck-pocket books and maybe 1/3 of my singles which are all stowed away in some closet.

Niiiice. That's a proper fuckin' collection you have there man.
What are those thin ones on the 2nd to bottom shelves on the left?

 

[Vilden]

What are those thin ones on the 2nd to bottom shelves on the left?

That's euro comics only.

It's (mostly) swedish editions of Belgian/French-style comics. Stuff like Tintin, Blueberry, Spirou, Lucky Luke, Valerian and Laureline, Bouncer, etc. I think quite a few of those never been translated to english.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

That's euro comics only.

It's (mostly) swedish editions of Belgian/French-style comics. Stuff like Tintin, Blueberry, Spirou, Lucky Luke, Valerian and Laureline, Bouncer, etc. I think quite a few of those never been translated to english.

yeah i dont think ive heard of any of those outside of Tintin.

I see plenty of DC stuff up there, but nothing from marvel. Not a fan of their stuff?

And dude, i cant say this enough ... but you should definitely check out Concrete.

 

[Vilden]

I don't mind marvel as such, it's more that I'm not really a superhero fan. Why I've got a bunch of DC stuff is mostly because I like Batman and then branched out from there, but tbh I don't like alot of non-Batman DC either. When "The New 52" started I thought I would really get into it and followed most of the bigger titles and had probably several hundred of those comics. I sold most of them off not that long ago because they were mostly going nowhere and did nothing.

I DO like All Star Superman though. Awsome books!

BTW, I've got a few Marvel albums, a few Civil War and some of Frank Millers stuff, but that's about it I guess.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Get ready for a [bitter]sweet treat in ICE CREAM MAN this January

Never read anything from any of the people involved but this looks like it might be worth checking out.

 

[Krow]

Will never be as good as the film Ice Cream Man.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Someone on another board said it was a missed opportunity that it wasn't based on the Clint Howard movie. I would totally buy that.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

BTW, I've got a few Marvel albums, a few Civil War and some of Frank Millers stuff, but that's about it I guess.

I hope some of that Frank Miller stuff is his Dardevil run!

And yeah, i know they marketed the New 52 as some type of revamp, but there's no way trying to follow it wouldn't have given anyone who wasn't pretty versed in the DC universe a giant headache. I even stayed away from most of that stuff.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

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