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Since Gaming is a very expensive(and cheap hobby to this site) I have been able to free up a dollar here and there to buy an occasional comic.
Got hooked on the Walkind Dead by reading on wikipedia one day about zombies and have been in the hunt since for good trades.

Anyway I just picked up Wanted and the next on my list is Watchmen.

Any CAgers got any ideas for any other good trades for me to read?
 
Read the Daredevil stuff from Brian Michael Bendis -- great gritty take on a hero that had lost touch with his base until Bendis took it over. It's expensive for the whole thing, but it's soooo worth it.

http://www.amazon.com/Daredevil-Bri...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226098503&sr=1-1


Also along the same lines, and what probably inspired a lot of the more recent grittiness and realism of comics; arguably the best comic book ever, right up there with Watchmen: The Dark Knight books by Frank Miller.

http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Knight-Returns-Frank-Miller/dp/1563893428

And as a matter of fact, (almost) anything written by Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis, or Alan Moore are all worth reading. Here's a short list:

Swamp Thing - only written by Moore
Sin City (any of the trades are good)
Daredevil - Miller or Bendis stuff
Batman: Year One
Miracleman - Moore
 
Dr Strange: The Oath, by Vaughn is really good.

Battle Pope by Robert Kirkman (author of Walking Dead) is hard to find but awesome

Joker by Anzerello is pretty damn good

Batman Hush is really good

100 bullets by Anzerello is pretty fantastic

Preacher by Ennis is a classic and rightfully so

The Killing Joke, CLASSIC

(I am not sure if there's tradeback) Irredeemable Ant-Man by Kirkman is fantastic
 
[quote name='aojeda']Read the Daredevil stuff from Brian Michael Bendis -- great gritty take on a hero that had lost touch with his base until Bendis took it over. It's expensive for the whole thing, but it's soooo worth it.

http://www.amazon.com/Daredevil-Bri...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226098503&sr=1-1


Also along the same lines, and what probably inspired a lot of the more recent grittiness and realism of comics; arguably the best comic book ever, right up there with Watchmen: The Dark Knight books by Frank Miller.

http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Knight-Returns-Frank-Miller/dp/1563893428

And as a matter of fact, (almost) anything written by Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis, or Alan Moore are all worth reading. Here's a short list:

Swamp Thing - only written by Moore
Sin City (any of the trades are good)
Daredevil - Miller or Bendis stuff
Batman: Year One
Miracleman - Moore[/quote]

I'll see your mainstream big three and raise it to six!

Frank Miller - Batman: Year One, The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Back, and his run on Daredevil, Sin City

Alan Moore - DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore (AWESOME collection of his classic DC work), Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, Tom Strong, his list goes on and on...

Brian Michael Bendis - His Daredevil run is fantastic, Ultimate Spiderman, House of M

Brian K Vaughan - Runaways (a personal favorite), Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina

Jeph Loeb - My favorite Batman writer. Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Dark Victory, Batman: Haunted Knight, Batman: Hush, Superman: For All Seasons, Superman & Batman series, Daredevil: Yellow

Neil Gaiman - Sandman, Marvel 1602


And an extra special bonus #7...
Ed Brubaker - Captain America (includes Death of Captain America)
 
Just got into comics recently (well if 18 months is recent).

Biggest reccomendations:

Walking Dead / Invincible - Robert Kirkman (Battle Pope was ok it just didnt grab me)

Fables - Bill Willingham

Preacher / Welcome Back Frank/ - Garth Ennis

Runaways / Y The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughn

The Goon - Eric Powell

Nextwave Agents of HATE/ Fell / Planetary - Warren Ellis

American Virgin - Steven T. Seagle
 
Jonah Hex is supposed to be pretty good. I could never find the early TPBs though.

Just about all the Dark Horse Star Wars comics are in TPBs. The earliest Tales of the Jedi ones are pretty good prologue material to the KOTOR games. Gives you a ton of backstory that pays off once you go to Korriban.
 
[quote name='aojeda']Read the Daredevil stuff from Brian Michael Bendis -- great gritty take on a hero that had lost touch with his base until Bendis took it over. It's expensive for the whole thing, but it's soooo worth it.

http://www.amazon.com/Daredevil-Bri...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226098503&sr=1-1


Also along the same lines, and what probably inspired a lot of the more recent grittiness and realism of comics; arguably the best comic book ever, right up there with Watchmen: The Dark Knight books by Frank Miller.

http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Knight-Returns-Frank-Miller/dp/1563893428

And as a matter of fact, (almost) anything written by Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis, or Alan Moore are all worth reading. Here's a short list:

Swamp Thing - only written by Moore
Sin City (any of the trades are good)
Daredevil - Miller or Bendis stuff
Batman: Year One
Miracleman - Moore[/quote]

I second Bendis' Daredevil run, it was nothing short of fantastic and even bests Miller's work (excluding Born Again).
 
I'll throw some in that haven't been brought up...

WE3 - Grant Morrisson, pets turn to weapons of mass destruction and try and find way back home with amazing art by Frank Quitley.
Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps (but really, anything during the Geoff Johns run is worth reading)
The Flash - Ditto as what was said about Green Lantern
Madman - Mike Allred, fantastic art and great characters
Popgun vol. 1-2 - A HUGE collection of different short stories and styles from abunch of artists and clocks in at over 400 pages.
Umbrella Academy - Winner of an Eisner Award and by Gerard Way, regardless of how you feel about him being the front man for My Chemical Romance, he writes a mean book)
All Star Superman - Grant Morrisson, the best Superman story you'll ever read.
Red Rocket 7 - Mike Allred, if you like music or have an interest in it alongside pop art, then this is where to go.
X-Force/X-Statix - Peter Milligan, unlike any other X title, now and forever.
 
thanks for the suggestions everyone. I think I am going to go off into the batman trades after I get watchmen.

Is marvel zombies any good?
 
[quote name='DarkKenpachi']thanks for the suggestions everyone. I think I am going to go off into the batman trades after I get watchmen.

Is marvel zombies any good?[/quote]
I Liked it alot. The first story is probably the best, but you'll be hooked on getting more. Though if you're a HUGE Marvel fanboy or something, you may not take a liking to seeing your favorite heroes turn to cannibalistic eaters of flesh.

But it was dark and fun enough for me to enjoy.
 
[quote name='DarkKenpachi']thanks for the suggestions everyone. I think I am going to go off into the batman trades after I get watchmen.

Is marvel zombies any good?[/quote]

its a good read and well worth it... also should note it was written by the same person who writes walking dead, invincible, battle pope, and astounding wolfman
 
anything brian wood is involved in is usually a great time.

channel zero is great. its about media supression and one person fighting back. one issue, so its not going to drain your wallet.

DEMO is a big book of one issue stories. it deals with people coming of age and realizing themselves as illustrated through superpowers.

DMZ is awesome. it centers around a war photographer in downtown NYC during the 2nd Civil war. 5 trades out so far, but the series is ongoing.

The Couriers has i think 3 books and deals with a duo who are couriers and urban mercenaries.

Fight For Tomorrow is martial arts centered. i havent gotten all the way through yet, so the plot is not together enough for me to throw out a one sentence synopsis. also is compiled in one trade.

these are all projects with brian wood that ive read or am currently reading. and i would reccomend any of them in a heartbeat
 
[quote name='bardockkun']I'm not goth enough to read it...[/quote]
goth? ha it has nothing to do with being goth lol
 
[quote name='pacemakerguy']goth? ha it has nothing to do with being goth lol[/quote]

Yeah, it's got more to do with being a twelve year old.

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.
 
[quote name='pacemakerguy']goth? ha it has nothing to do with being goth lol[/quote]
Kinda how I like to think of it. No offense to you, but I just hate the over romanticizing of vampires. Like I prefer them as something to be terrified of, not to fantasize over so not my cup of tea as far as what I've seen and read about it.

Also the fact it's so big with the high school Hot Topic crowd kinda scares me away...
 
For some reason, when I read this title, I thought the OP meant "the trades" like Broadcasting & Cable (for those in the TV industry).
 
Lol, I just went to Buy.com to pick up some stuff mentioned here and they have a recommendation area just like most other big store websites. Only problem is all the stuff they recommended is hentai and other variations of comic book porn. WTF?
 
[quote name='crunchb3rry']Lol, I just went to Buy.com to pick up some stuff mentioned here and they have a recommendation area just like most other big store websites. Only problem is all the stuff they recommended is hentai and other variations of comic book porn. WTF?[/quote]

that is fuckin weird, whatd you look up to get porn back as a response?
 
What is the comic series that has batman and superman when they are middle aged? And if you have read it is it any good?
 
[quote name='cdubb1605']that is fuckin weird, whatd you look up to get porn back as a response?[/quote]

Watchmen and the Walking Dead hardcovers.

I got Watchmen from Amazon, but it's been a pain in the ass to try and find Walking Dead Book 1 for a decent price (ie: under $65). I tried ordering from Westfield Comics and they took money from my PayPal account without even checking to see if the book was in stock. A day after the charge I get an e-mail saying I got it put into store credit but could ask for a refund. I better get the refund licketysplit or I'm filing a PayPal dispute.

Ebay didn't have any for sale except an open auction for a signed copy that is sure to wind up netting $100+. I wound up finding a copy on a UK book site, so hopefully that one shows up and I don't get another lameass e-mail saying "oops, our bad" because they couldn't keep their stock status up to date.
 
[quote name='Lice']What is the comic series that has batman and superman when they are middle aged? And if you have read it is it any good?[/quote]

Not sure on this, but do you mean this series? They're not exactly middle-aged, but they are well established in the world. If that's the one you mean, it's pretty good. At least the first 25 issues are, which were written by Jeph Loeb.
 
[quote name='bardockkun']I Liked it alot. The first story is probably the best, but you'll be hooked on getting more. Though if you're a HUGE Marvel fanboy or something, you may not take a liking to seeing your favorite heroes turn to cannibalistic eaters of flesh.

But it was dark and fun enough for me to enjoy.[/quote]

But might want to take a look at the Marvel Zombies/Army of Darkness paperback. Just recently found it and it not only reveals the details how the infected got into that universe, but also gives it a Evil Dead sense of humor. Also shows a couple characters that haven't been shown in a while(Dazzler, a zombified-Howard the Duck).
 
I'll third Bendis' Daredevil run. His series Powers is great too. He did a few crime books too: Jinx, Goldfish, and Torso which are also very worthwhile.

Plenty of people have said Y: The Last Man, but it can't be repeated enough: great series.

For Batman besides Dark Knight Returns, read Long Halloween and Dark Victory.

I also really liked J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars.
 
If you're a fan of the shows, The Simpsons and Futurama comics are actually quite good.
The Simpsons comics are broken up into 3 ongoing series: Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson, and an annual Treehouse of Horror comic. Futurama Comics is still chugging along, but it's only released quarterly nowadays.
Some of the comics even act as "sequels" to older episodes and bring back classic characters!
One of my favorite examples of this is a Simpsons comic that saw Homer re-team with Hank Scorpio!

Both series have several TP's available and are definitely worth checking out if you're a fan.
 
fuck, another copy of Walking Dead Book 1 falsely listed as in stock. I gave up. Cancelled the order, am returning Book 2 & 3 once they arrive from Buy.com, and bought the whole fucking TPB set on eBay. Eat shit, Image Comics.
 
[quote name='crunchb3rry']fuck, another copy of Walking Dead Book 1 falsely listed as in stock. I gave up. Cancelled the order, am returning Book 2 & 3 once they arrive from Buy.com, and bought the whole fucking TPB set on eBay. Eat shit, Image Comics.[/quote]

on the plus side, if you like them at all this is the perfect jumping on point with issue 54 coming out soon
you could theoretically just start picking up single issues til the ninth trade comes out..... trying to find a silver lining in what sounds like a horrid experience
 
I'm sure I'll like them. Zombies always = win. I might just stick with the TPBs though. I got burned out on finding, handling, and storing single issues a long time ago. But at least this series is self-contained. Not like the old days of having an X-Men story arch where you've got to find a shitty X-Factor issue to continue the plot. ;)
 
[quote name='BigSpoonyBard']Not sure on this, but do you mean this series? They're not exactly middle-aged, but they are well established in the world. If that's the one you mean, it's pretty good. At least the first 25 issues are, which were written by Jeph Loeb.[/quote]

Thanks for the info spoony. I was actually thinking of the series Alex ross was doing alot of covers for. Where supermans sitting in the armchair in the living room etc.

Is that tied to a series or where they just paintings?
 
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