Comics!

[CiG]

What's everybody been reading lately?

I've been reading Chuck Dixon's 1987/88 miniseries The Winterworld (hence the current avi) though I haven't picked up a physical copy, just reading them digitally for now. I really love the style:





Essentially it's a post-apocalyptic/survivalist story about a new ice age which has covered the planet and the main character is a wanderer with a pet attack-badger, haha. So good.

 

[Burkhard]

 

[TageRyche]

Besides my regular new stuff (a list that has been decreasing as of late), I've started picking up back issues of a few series. The one that I'm most interested in getting a full run of right now is the DC Comics series All-Star Squadron. And in a bit of lucky coincidence, one of the artists who worked on the latter part of the run is going to be at a comic convention in my area in mid-October.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

https://www.amazon.com/Sons-El-Topo...9a3f2c7bbac5ad76ad4adf4ef835be&language=en_US

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

https://www.amazon.com/Sons-El-Topo...9a3f2c7bbac5ad76ad4adf4ef835be&language=en_US

Never heard of Alejandro Jodorowsky or the artist, but i just looked through a few panels and that looks pretty fuckin' cool

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Jodo is a legend. Acquired taste, especially his films, but there's no one else quite like him. Check out Bouncer: https://www.amazon.com/Bouncer-Alej...1544749754&sr=1-1&keywords=bouncer+jodorowsky

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

The Spider-Man titles I've read seem like little kids' books

some of Spiderman is actually horribly innapropriate for children, btw

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Darth Vader Dark Lord of the Sith is pretty kickass

Also waiting for the Ryan Ottley Spiderman to come out in trade form

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Darth Vader Dark Lord of the Sith is pretty kickass

Also waiting for the Ryan Ottley Spiderman to come out in trade form

i think the first one came out a few days ago.

edit: yeah looks like it did. It's sold out on amazon but i found it on ebay ...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Amazing-Sp...h=item2ce0cca8ee:g:8s4AAOSw-GNcCZ-x:rk:2:pf:0

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

why does Marvel keep making Spiderman have brand-new #1 issues
it's stupid
number 800 was followed by yet another #1, what the fuck?
why the fuck does anyone think anyone wants this?

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Lol! No fucking clue. It's really dumb

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

not just spider-man though
they're doing it with some of the other titles too

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

since i'm too lazy to learn a second language
kinda waiting for an English translation of this
kollektivet "hundre kilo" - Google Search

 

[Burkhard]

since i'm too lazy to learn a second language
kinda waiting for an English translation of this
kollektivet "hundre kilo" - Google Search

That's my favourite Norwegian comic series! From my own experience I'd say that Norwegian is easier than English.
However, you find some samples in English here, as e.g. these:

And there's also a facebook-page with some more strips:
https://de-de.facebook.com/chezcuckoo/

I wonder why they used "Chez cuckoo" as the English title of this series, because "Kollektivet" actually means "shared flat".

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

if you're learning a second language
English is the hardest one in the world
if you're a toddler learning your "mother tongue" English isn't really so hard

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

That's my favourite Norwegian comic series! From my own experience I'd say that Norwegian is easier than English.
However, you find some samples in English here, as e.g. these:

And there's also a facebook-page with some more strips:
https://de-de.facebook.com/chezcuckoo/

I wonder why they used "Chez cuckoo" as the English title of this series, because "Kollektivet" actually means "shared flat".

thanx
i read all the english-translated strips and laughed my ass off

 

[Burkhard]

if you're learning a second language
English is the hardest one in the world

You are joking, aren't you? If not: How can you tell that English is the hardest language in the world, if you haven't learned a second language yet? The most difficult thing about English is probably that you can never be sure how to pronounce a word correctly, unless you have heard it.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

isn't English actually one of the easiest languages to learn?

 

[CiG]

I heard it was the hardest, but that's a pretty difficult thing to determine. My friend learned Finnish and talked endlessly about how hard that was for her, I tried learning Mandarin at one point but gave up.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

isn't English actually one of the easiest languages to learn?

it's one of the easiest if it's your first language, it's one of the hardest if you are learning it as a second language