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[TageRyche]

@TageRyche
The limited series "Rising Stars" written by J M S was actually pretty awesome

Yep, I loved it. I've met JMS and even got a hell of a compliment from him in the letters page of another comic series he wrote called Sidekick.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

Yep, I loved it. I've met JMS and even got a hell of a compliment from him in the letters page of another comic series he wrote called Sidekick.

J M S is actually a good superhero writer

Everyone élse just sucks at writing superheroes

When people refer to Chris Claremont as the greatest writer of superhero comics, it's always people referring to Claremont's run on the X-men comic (frequently by people who have actually forgotten that Claremont has written non-x-men superhero comics) but as good as Claremont's writing actually was in the X-men comic, a huge amount of what made Claremont's run seem so completely totally awesome was the fact that everyone else totally sucked at writing X-men comics (cyclops' family tree, Jean grey's clone, Jean grey coming back from the dead more times than anyone else in superhero comics, the x-men doing cross-overs with non-mutant super-powered people)

also
The reason I loved the watchmen movie so fucking much was because of all the differences between the movie and the comic
What I saw here was
Alan Moore made mistakes and Zack Snyder fixed them
(Example, in the comic it appears as if Dan has his dick inside Laurie at the moment Rorschach dies, which was already freaking me the fuck out way the fuck before anyone at all ever said the phrase "watchmen movie", but then in the movie, Dan actually watches Rorschach die and his response to it was beautifully filmed)

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

@TageRyche if you want to see just how bad the non-Claremont writers fucked up the x-men comic click here

https://doctordisaster-tumblr-com.c...8429710/cyclops-the-worst-leader-an-interview

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

@TageRyche if you want to see just how bad the non-Claremont writers fucked up the x-men comic click here

https://doctordisaster.tumblr.com/post/12328429710/cyclops-the-worst-leader-an-interview

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

@TageRyche

i just found this hilarious joke-page
https://absorbascon.blogspot.com/2017/06/100-faces-of-jean-loring.html?m=1
WARNING
this joke-page is based on the idea that you've read DC's Identity Crisis
so if you haven't read Identity Crisis yet, the joke really just won't work

 

[TageRyche]

I just finished the science fiction hardcover graphic novel Sapiens Imperium and I found it to be superb. Not only did it have me hooked from start to finish, it made me eager for the writer and artist to produce another volume in the story as soon as humanly possible. You can check out what I had to say about it via my Goodreads.com review link.

 

[TageRyche]

A couple of friends of mine from my local comic shop went to Fan Expo Boston this weekend. I wasn't able to go but they thought of me and got me a copy of New Mutants #1 and had it signed by show guest (and the book's co-creator/artist) Bob McLeod.

 

[Bloopy]

 

[CiG]

Any fans of TMNT: The Last Ronin? It's finally being adapted as a live-action movie.
Probably my favourite piece of TMNT material ever.



Time for a re-read soon, hopefully the movie is just as violent. It's being adapted by the screenwriter of Boy Kills World, which looks cool based on its trailer:

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Been moving a bunch if shit around and found these OG Terminator books stashed in the corner of one of my closets ...

Plus a few signed books...

 

[TageRyche]

Don't forget that Free Comic Book Day is on Saturday!

 

[TageRyche]

I give out comics along with candy on Halloween so I pre-order a bunch of books for Free Comic Book Day so I have all sorts to give out to the various age groups that come to my door.

Here's a look at the haul.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

..yeah i do the same, especially with the mini halloween comicfest books. But we havent gotten many trick-or-treaters in the last few years so i still have a few stacks layin around

 

[TageRyche]

..yeah i do the same, especially with the mini halloween comicfest books. But we havent gotten many trick-or-treaters in the last few years so i still have a few stacks layin around

Yeah, I have stuff left over too, but it means I get to reduce what I order from one year to the next. Which is helpful.

 

[Einherjar86]

Just finished Garth Ennis's Caliban, really enjoyed it. Anyone know of any similar sci-fi horror set in deep space/on a ship? I realize it's a niche subgenre but it's probably one of my favorite vibes and I find it's not that common.

 

[CiG]

Becky Cloonan’s Southern Cross is probably the closest recommendation I could give. Everything about this one rules, especially the character development. Don't want to give too much away though as it's a mystery, but a big rec from me.


Grant Morrison’s Nameless also touches on some of those elements you mentioned, although it's more generally a philosophical/cosmic horror work, but it does take place in space a lot.


Then you have some of the Aliens comics that you'd probably appreciate, in particular Aliens: Dead Orbit. The art style alone makes it a must read imho.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Southern Cross is awesome. Have the whole run in floppies. Great rec. Try The Nameless by Grant Morrison. Im having a bit of a brainfart right now as far as sci-fi horror in deep space goes go but i'll get back to this if i remember any.

Gideon Falls(while not in space) is a pretty solid horror series. Another very good one ive read in recent years was These Savage Shores, but again not in outer space.

@Einherjar86 not what you're asking for but have you ever red Pax Romana or The Nightly News? Give those a shot, i think you might dig 'em

 

[Einherjar86]

Awesome, thanks for all the recs guys.

I'm not sure I know exactly what I'm asking for beyond "sci-fi horror set on a spaceship." Caliban scratched the itch pretty well, really enjoyed the story. I only wish the setup was a bit longer; I'd have loved to get more of the characters simply living on a spaceship way out in the big nothing, and the quiet horrors that accompany that isolation, before the major action started. But the action was great, so I'm not complaining. In terms beyond comics, movies like Alien and Event Horizon get somewhat at what I'm into. For B movies, Creature and Dead Space (1991), although I much prefer the Scott and P.T. Anderson films.

I read some of the Alien series comics when I was younger, loved them and would love to revisit them.

I don't spend too much time with comics but recently just found myself hungry for something in the graphic medium that fell somewhat in this camp, which is why I asked. I'm open to series or graphic novels that take various approaches, so any and all recs are welcome. I'll try to work my way through the titles you both mentioned, probably start with Southern Cross.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

any similar sci-fi horror set in deep space/on a ship? I realize it's a niche subgenre I find it's not that common.

sci-fi horror set in deep space on a ship is actually really common if you're looking at novels that don't have pictures

IMO it seems kinda weird and really sad that these novels aren't being made into graphic novels the way that Marvel Comics made Laurel K Hamilton's Anita Blake and Stephen King's Gunslinger into comics

 

[Einherjar86]

sci-fi horror set in deep space on a ship is actually really common if you're looking at novels that don't have pictures

I'm interested in pictures. That's why I posted in the Comics thread.