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Mikoyan

Mikoyan

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Any other comic-freaks here!?
Im talkin real comics, not Donald Duck or Uncle Scrooge

My favorite comics:
Nemesis the Warlock
ABC Warriors
Sláine
Peter Bagge's Hate! and neat Stuff
Love and Rockets by Jaime Hernandez
Marshall Law
Judge Dredd
Eightball
Ernie
Gary Larson's The Far Side

Swedish Comics:
Mats Jonsson
Arne Anka av Charlie Christensen
David Liljemark
Gunnar Lundkvists Olle Ångest och Klas Katt
Tjocke Bo och Åke Jävel av Lars Sjunneson
Rocky av Martin Kellerman
 
Hey I read some Hate! once and it was pretty cool. I didn't understand some though, I guess comic book references? I dunno... I also saw something called the book of Jim? It was by a guy named Jim, forgot the last name, but it was interesting. Cerebus has nice artwork. :goodjob: But I don't really keep up with it... I would keep up with Cerebus, but I just end up spending my money on something else.
 
Hehehe, that artwork's too funny. I forgot about Stinky, he's a dirtball! I knew the real life Stinky.
 
I like manga....
I like Sandman....
I like Corto Maltese....
I like Frank Miller's works....
I like Don Rosa's works....
I like Carl Bark's works....
I like Far Side....
I like Calvin&Hobbes....
I like a lot of stuff....
 
Well, I used to own a comic shop a dozen years ago, and yes, I was into it. ;)
 
SANDMAN!!! I read some of them! They's good. I bought some of Neil Gaiman's "non comic" books and they alright too. Angels and Visitations has some really good stuff in there...

AOA, so what kind of money did ya make with your comic shop? Or is that the reason you USED to own one?
 
It was fun, but didn't make a lot of money.

Comics took a big hit in the mid 90s when Marvel went bankrupt, but they are slowly returning.

If you like Judge Dredd (A fav of mine) try to get the stuff from 2000AD, his original Brit mag from the 1970s.
Great stuff. ;)
 
Marvel went Bankrupt??? Geez... :eek: Never even heard of that. So how did that happen? Were they sued?
 
Originally posted by Alcibiaties of Athenae
It was fun, but didn't make a lot of money.

Comics took a big hit in the mid 90s when Marvel went bankrupt, but they are slowly returning.

If you like Judge Dredd (A fav of mine) try to get the stuff from 2000AD, his original Brit mag from the 1970s.
Great stuff. ;)
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I know, 2000ad rocks! All Marvel comics except Marshall Law sucked bigtime anyway, as i said, 2000ad and Fantagraphics is my kind of stuff!:D
 
Originally posted by floppa21
Marvel went Bankrupt??? Geez... :eek: Never even heard of that. So how did that happen? Were they sued?
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In the mid 90s, a number of comic artists wanted greater control of their creations, and Marvel was unwilling to do this, so with Todd McFarlane (the same guy that paid millions for McGwire's HR ball) in the lead(he was drawing "Spider-man", and was considered Marvel's top talent), they formed "Image" comics.

Marvel lost almost all it's top artists to Image, and to lure talent started raising the cover price of comics in order to pay artists top dollar, and releasing "specials" (Double sized books, Foil covers, Hologram covers) in all it's line of books, reguardless of whether it was an aniverasy or not, so you had books like FF costing $4:50 instaed of $1:50, with lower quality art to boot, but never giving up creative control.

They also tried to flood the market with more and more new titles, and eventually buried themselves under all this crap.

Since that time, they were bought by a billionare dude, and they have started to slowly re-release their line.

Marvel may suck now, and did in the 90s, but from 1961-through the 80s they were top dog, with the coolist characters, best stories, and best creative people.

If you ever get the chance, read Fantastic Four 1-101, they are unbeleavably good, as were most of Stan Lee's books in the 1960s.
 
Originally posted by Mikoyan
That's the job of my dreams, man! I will probably own a comicbook and video store with my uncle in a couple of years...
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Cool!
"Very well. I must hurry back to my comic book store, where I dispense the insults rather than absorb them."
:lol::lol::lol:
"We are hardly nerds, would a nerd wear such an irreverent sweatshirt?"
C:/DOS
C:/DOS/RUN
RUN/DOS/RUN
 
Originally posted by Alcibiaties of Athenae
In the mid 90s, a number of comic artists wanted greater control of their creations, and Marvel was unwilling to do this, so with Todd McFarlane (the same guy that paid millions for McGwire's HR ball) in the lead(he was drawing "Spider-man", and was considered Marvel's top talent), they formed "Image" comics.
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I remember this, around his time is when I stopped keepin track and buying comics...

[/QUOTE]Since that time, they were bought by a billionare dude, and they have started to slowly re-release their line.[/QUOTE]

McFarlane should have bought Marvel... ;)

[/QUOTE]Marvel may suck now, and did in the 90s, but from 1961-through the 80s they were top dog, with the coolist characters, best stories, and best creative people.[/QUOTE]

True dat, I enjoyed readin the older stuff, but I liked the old Batman stuff also by DC...

[/QUOTE]If you ever get the chance, read Fantastic Four 1-101, they are unbeleavably good, as were most of Stan Lee's books in the 1960s. [/QUOTE]
 
Originally posted by Mikoyan
It seems like i'm the only one in this discussion that enjoys Marshall Law so far! Marshall Law is awsome! I love the satire and all the comical stereotypes!:D
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Wrong, comrade!!!

I too am a fan of the zipper mouthed-anti hero!

I also like,
The 60's and 70's classic "chick" comics!
All those awesome spanish and SA artists!
some titles:

Creepy
Nightmare
Vampirella (not the crap 90's versions)
Devilina
Cheech Wizard (best offensive comic ever)
Cobalt 90
Deadbone
Cave Woman
Freak Bros
Body Doubles
Silbuster
Love and Rockets

and dats jest a few....:lol:
 
Originally posted by Mikoyan
Wow... The only comic i recognised in that list was Love & Rockets, one of my faves. But they must be great since you read em'!:goodjob:
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Thanks!

If you get a chance, seek out Cheech Wizard, (by Vaughn Bode)

I know you'll appreciate the anarchy of this comic!!!

:goodjob: :D
 
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