Comments on: What Are You Reading?

By: df2506

df2506 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:55:46 +0000

lol. Sorry. Forgot the rest of the comment. Not even sure what I was going to say now. Just gotta re-read Herc & the rest of the Alter Ego book.

By: df2506

df2506 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:54:52 +0000

Currently I’m reading the latest issue of Alter Ego. It was an impulse buy last week. I did not know much about Harvey Comics (had no idea they did horror comics), but now that I’m learning about them, wish I could read some of those horror books. lol.

My favorite comic series right now is the Increbible Hercules. Such a GREAT comic. Just well written, well drawn, really good characters, and just FUN. I have collected three issues of it so far. Need to re-read them. When is that next issue coming out anyway? lol.

Next week I want to read Ultimate Comics: Spiderman (really liking it so far) and Proof #24 (read a preview and liked it).

Not sure what else I will read now. Gotta re-read the Hercules books and

By: Kat Kan

Kat Kan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:25:23 +0000

I read High Moon this week (hi, David!) – I really like the whole weird Western type of story, which is why I also like Matt Maxwell’s books.

I also read the most recent Little Lulu collection from Dark Horse: Little Lulu: Bawlplayers and Other Stories. More fun stuff, and my 15-year-old son then grabbed it and read it, chuckling all the way through. He has been reading all the Little Lulu collections since Dark Horse started publishing them.

Brigid, I booktalked the Domo manga to 3rd-5th graders in my new lunch time book discussion group, and they all want to read it now! They said it looked like lots of fun.

I also read, and booktalked, Matthew Loux’s third Salt Water Taffy volume, The Truth About Dr. True.

By: Wraith

Wraith — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:20:02 +0000

FWIW, the intended identity of the Net Prophet (oh, Peter David, you and your punning, heh) was not exactly what I would call “a familiar Marvel character.” Unless we stretch the definition of “familiar.”

The Byrne FF really is, after close to three decades, still remarkably good. I think what helps it is the maturity. It wasn’t a children’s comic, certainly; I think older kids could certainly enjoy it, but a lot of elements are still strikingly grown-up and thoughtful at age 31.

Certainly compared with much of what’s published nowadays; while there is endless confusion over this here in America, sexual overtones and gratuitous violence don’t actually guarantee a genuinely “adult” work.