Comic Book Discussion Thread V.16

[Ocean Chief]

Ordered The Incal HC.

From instocktrades.com?

 

[soggyfist]

Trying to make it through Avengers: Operation Galactic Storm right now. Never read it when it came out but remembered it from my old Marvel cards. I'm starting to realize I just don't give a shit if the Kree and Shi'ar are going to war.

 

[prod2821]

Morrison speak is tough too, sometimes, interesting, but confusing

 

[Anung Un Rama]

From instocktrades.com?

No

From Amazon. Paid 2x as much as I would pay from instocktrades, but thats how I roll. It didn't give enough info, I couldn't tell if I was buying a new or used copy.
If I am amazed by The Incal (vol 1), I'll test out your site for vol 2.

 

[Ocean Chief]

Morrison speak is tough too, sometimes, interesting, but confusing

That's Morrison's storytelling in general. I'm not a big fan of him when he goes full Morrison though. Just gets too weird and esoteric for my tastes. But his JLA run and All-Star Superman are orgasmic. His run on Action Comics too was enjoyable.

 

[Ocean Chief]

No

From Amazon. Paid 2x as much as I would pay from instocktrades, but thats how I roll. It didn't give enough info, I couldn't tell if I was buying a new or used copy.
If I am amazed by The Incal (vol 1), I'll test out your site for vol 2.

Bro, IST is legit as fuck. All the books are brand new and they have god-tier packaging. I've ordered most of my books from there and the only reason I don't order ALL my books from there is because he doesn't keep OOP stuff in stock. Trust me. You want to use IST.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Bro, IST is legit as fuck. All the books are brand new and they have god-tier packaging. I've ordered most of my books from there and the only reason I don't order ALL my books from there is because he doesn't keep OOP stuff in stock. Trust me. You want to use IST.

I will order Fear Agent 2 from them. Your rep is on the line here.

edit: Order FA Vol 2. Not as big of savings as The Incal would have been, but we'll see how this goes....

 

[Doughbelly]

That sounds annoying as fuck. But I'm sure Bendis-speak is still worse.

I just realized what the problem is.

Here's a few pages from when Alan Moore was directly writing the scripts. The language is just foreign enough to make you realize that their post-apoc language has evolved. It's actually very clever that everyone uses common cultural touchstones, such as "The Surprise" to reference the apocalypse, as all languages do. Place names have changed, but they're still recognizable.

Here's what happened when Alan Moore just started providing the outlines instead of the dialogue. It's barely penetrable shit with intentionally misspelled words just to fuck with you, because these guys aren't nearly the writers that Alan Moore is.

 

[Ocean Chief]

I will order Fear Agent 2 from them. Your rep is on the line here.

Almost every book you saw on my shelves was ordered from there.

 

[thoughtsone]

I will order Fear Agent 2 from them. Your rep is on the line here.

edit: Order FA Vol 2. Not as big of savings as The Incal would have been, but we'll see how this goes....

They pretty legit on my Cthulhu omnibuses.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Almost every book you saw on my shelves was ordered from there.

I'm just messing with you, my only concern was if I was getting new or used.
Those prices are outstanding, this could be my go-to for physical copies.

 

[Ocean Chief]

I just realized what the problem is.

Here's a few pages from when Alan Moore was directly writing the scripts. The language is just foreign enough to make you realize that their post-apoc language has evolved. It's actually very clever that everyone uses common cultural touchstones, such as "The Surprise" to reference the apocalypse, as all languages do. Place names have changed, but they're still recognizable.

Here's what happened when Alan Moore just started providing the outlines instead of the dialogue. It's barely penetrable shit with intentionally misspelled words just to fuck with you, because these guys aren't nearly the writers that Alan Moore is.

No way in hell I could read that all the way through lol

 

[Ocean Chief]

I'm just messing with you, my only concern was if I was getting new or used.
Those prices are outstanding, this could be my go-to for physical copies.

Nah all the books are new. I would use this site exclusively if you could special order OOP books.

 

[Doughbelly]

No way in hell I could read that all the way through lol

Talking about this has made me realized that I'm going to stop reading this shit. It's become progressively more of a chore to read. Like I said, wasn't bad when Alan Moore was doing it, but these guys ain't no Alan Moore.

 

[xenomorph4prez]

Ordered The Incal HC.

Out of curiosity how much was Incal? I buy all my Humanoid stuff from a local bookstore that have a $15 punch card system. You get a punch when you spend $15 and when you finish the card you get $15 off your next purchase. All the Jodorowsky/Humanoid stuff I bought at cover price but they all run from $40 to $60 I think so I saved some $ like that.

Alot of the Humanoid stuff is marked up on Amazon right?

 

[xenomorph4prez]

I get my monthly comics from this bookstore now also and I get a 10% discount plus they bag and board your books for free. I'm gonna abuse the punch card system too with my weekly purchases.

 

[Coach_Jason]

I get my monthly comics from this bookstore now also and I get a 10% discount plus they bag and board your books for free. I'm gonna abuse the punch card system too with my weekly purchases.

I do this as well and if I happen to see a variant cover I like they have been able to get them for me.

 

[Handsomebwonderfull]

Is batman back from the dead again yet?

 

[MaveDeltzer]

Is batman back from the dead again yet?

Spoiler

Isn't he still in the chair?

 

[Anung Un Rama]

I get my monthly comics from this bookstore now also and I get a 10% discount plus they bag and board your books for free. I'm gonna abuse the punch card system too with my weekly purchases.

$103 from Amazin.
Ocean Chief's link has it for <$60