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The All New Comics Thread 2017+ Edition

Started by Small Man Big Horse, October 13, 2017, 05:58:40 PM

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Custard

Aye SMBH, the last issue of Saga was a year ago this month. And Vaughan said it'd be at least a year break, so who knows? Hope it returns soon though

Been ploughing through The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanak, and much of it is still very clever, inventive and funny. Maybe the only web comic I've ever really enjoyed

Went through The Boys spin-off series, as there's a sale on on Comixology to promote the TV show.

Butcher's was very good, Hughie's surprisingly very funny, and Herogasm was grim but good fun. I miss The Boys :(

Artie Fufkin

Quote from: Shameless Custard on July 26, 2019, 11:13:42 AM

Went through The Boys spin-off series, as there's a sale on on Comixology to promote the TV show.

Butcher's was very good, Hughie's surprisingly very funny, and Herogasm was grim but good fun. I miss The Boys :(

Oooh. Thanks for this heads up.

Mister Six

Surprised you didn't read them at the time. They're (especially Hughie's) essential to the wider series arcs.

Did you notice that Hughie's family are basically the Broons, by the way?

madhair60

Read all of Chronicles of Wormwood this week, on an Ennis tip. I'd heard it was awful but I really enjoyed it overall, not sure what that says about me. Really OTT as you'd expect but fun and funny. Some standout pages for sure, and a refreshingly quick read.

BeardFaceMan

They're currently doing the entire series of The Boys, including the spin-offs, and a load of other Ennis goodness for 12 quid on humblebundle at the moment.

kidsick5000

Quote from: Shameless Custard on July 26, 2019, 11:13:42 AM

Been ploughing through The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanak, and much of it is still very clever, inventive and funny. Maybe the only web comic I've ever really enjoyed



Did any webcomics go the distance /evolve into greater things?

Mister Six

#606
Achewood, of course.

Holy fuck, Sluggy Freelance is still going! And it's completely incomprehensible, by the looks of things.

And so is Sinfest, which was always shit but has now gone full Glinner, by the looks of things. The site now has "a new forum for people who like the message of my comic. ... The new forum will be anti-pornography, anti-prostitution", which is by some distance the funniest thing the writer has produced, given the name of the comic and that it originally had little to recommend it beyond some nice, occasionally cheesecakey art. (Just jumped back to a random date to try to figure out when the change happened and came across this.)

samadriel

Holy shit, Ishida really has gone full Glinner, I never would have expected that. He just seemed like some tedious, occasionally mildly offensive dudebro at the start, but now? Wow. I wonder if there are certain personality defects that act as backdoors to sudden, explosive TERFism from out of nowhere.

Phil_A

Quote from: Mister Six on July 27, 2019, 01:09:53 PM
Achewood, of course.

Holy fuck, Sluggy Freelance is still going! And it's completely incomprehensible, by the looks of things.

And so is Sinfest, which was always shit but has now gone full Glinner, by the looks of things. The site now has "a new forum for people who like the message of my comic. ... The new forum will be anti-pornography, anti-prostitution", which is by some distance the funniest thing the writer has produced, given the name of the comic and that it originally had little to recommend it beyond some nice, occasionally cheesecakey art. (Just jumped back to a random date to try to figure out when the change happened and came across this.)

Even crazier - fucking Megatokyo is still going. When's the last time anyone even thought about that let alone read it?

Mister Six

Yowza. Is there still a webcomics "scene"? There seemed to be millions of them back in 2000, but I imagine they'd struggle to compete with YouTube and the like these days.

madhair60


Artie Fufkin

This morning, I bought the following from ComiXology :

Sandman vol 6 to 9
Sandman vol 10, which I discovered only afterwards wasn't in the actual sale, so I paid full price for it - grrrr !
Megg & Mogg In Amsterdam.
That's August's comic budget blown already.

Custard

The new Megg and Mogg, Bad Gateway is now on Comixology. 14 squid, though!

Think I better wait til it drops by at least a fiver

garbed_attic

Quote from: Shameless Custard on July 31, 2019, 05:19:33 PM
The new Megg and Mogg, Bad Gateway is now on Comixology. 14 squid, though!

It's read... but Hanselmann's style is so bloody readable that I just breeze through even big graphic novels like this one in an hour. Still, his art has become increasingly pretty so it does feel like something to return to.

I remember someone on here thinking that a photo I posted of Hanselmann in drag was me. I wish. We've both got overly strong chins though.


bgmnts

Halfway through volume 2 of The Boys, its obviously much better than the tele show and i'm quite enjoying it. Its even darker but comic books have that quality where even the darkest of plots and themes just dont carry the same weight as tv or film, maybe its the emotions of the actors that crank it up a notch. Still great though.

Custard

#615
The Boys is ace the whole way through too, and builds to a great conclusion.

For some reason the three spin-off mini-series are not contained in the digital omnibuses, hence why I've only just read them, but they are well worth checking out. They are scooped up in the trade volumes though, which is weird. If you're reading the trades, then you will be alright!

Paper Girls had a good ending, too. Gutted that's over

madhair60

Quote from: Shameless Custard on August 01, 2019, 07:58:58 AM
For some reason the three spin-off mini-series are not contained in the digital omnibuses

Bizarre because they are not optional.

Artie Fufkin

Quote from: madhair60 on August 01, 2019, 08:19:13 AM
Bizarre because they are not optional.
So, should they be read after finishing The Boys?

madhair60

Quote from: Artie Fufkin on August 01, 2019, 08:54:20 AM
So, should they be read after finishing The Boys?

Not really. They slot in the trade paperback order exactly where they need to.

Custard

It wasn't massively damaging to read them after, but yeah it would have been nice to read them in the intended order!

I thought it was weird in the book that Hughie kept mentioning "what happened at Herogasm", yet it wasn't shown! Thought they might come back to it at some point. Gah!

Artie Fufkin

Quote from: madhair60 on August 01, 2019, 09:38:33 AM
Not really. They slot in the trade paperback order exactly where they need to.
Yeah, I've got the digital omnibuses (omnibii?) that don't seem to include them.

Custard

Nab the spin-offs while they're on sale!

Volumes 5, 8, and 10

madhair60

Quote from: Artie Fufkin on August 01, 2019, 09:50:58 AM
Yeah, I've got the digital omnibuses (omnibii?) that don't seem to include them.

Insane decision tbh.


madhair60


Mister Six

This is the reading order for The Boys, including the miniseries...

Issues 1-30
Miniseries: Herogasm
Issues 31-47
Miniseries: Highland Laddie
Issues 48-59
Miniseries: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker
Issues 60-72

Not including them in the omnibus editions is mad.

Artie Fufkin


Artie Fufkin

Quote from: Mister Six on August 01, 2019, 01:44:16 PM
This is the reading order for The Boys, including the miniseries...

Issues 1-30
Miniseries: Herogasm
Issues 31-47
Miniseries: Highland Laddie
Issues 48-59
Miniseries: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker
Issues 60-72

Not including them in the omnibus editions is mad.

Thanks, Mr 6 !

Mister Six

No worries. If you buy the individual volumes, the miniseries are included in the correct order.

Artie Fufkin

Quote from: Mister Six on August 01, 2019, 02:38:53 PM
No worries. If you buy the individual volumes, the miniseries are included in the correct order.

I bought the digital omnibuses earlier this year ago. Been sitting in my 'to read' pile. Gonna make a start on them tonight / tomoz. I've already read the first 2 'physical' tpbs, a long time ago.