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  What did you read today?

  On several message boards I visit this is one of THE most frequented topics and I'd like to install it here, too. :)
  Fell free to post what you read recently.
  
  For me it was today:
  
  GUNSMITH CATS - REVISED EDITION Vol. 3
  Sonoda
  9/10
  I love that comic. It's full of action, brilliant characters, has a lot of erotic and a love for the detail.
  
  OLD BOY Vol. 4
  Tsuchiya, Minegishi
  8/10
  Compared to the WTF?! ending of the movie this final volume is a little disappointing but still better than your average manga.
  
  EXAXXION Vol. 5-7
  Sonoda
  7/10
  Kenichi Sonoda definitely has a Lolicon. *g*
  While this comic is quite entertaining it doesn't hold up to GSC.
  
  BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL Vol. 17-19
  Samura
  9/10
  It's a little decompressed (at this speed it will finish with like volume 200) but the art is wonderful and the story highly entertaining.
  
  HOMUNCULUS Vol. 4-5
  Yamamoto
  8/10
  This manga defines the term "disturbing". It's good nonetheless.

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  sweetafton 

  I read Persepolis today. I read Persepolis 2 last week. It didn't seem to matter that they weren't read in the order they were published. Both were pretty eye-opening, powerful.
  
  Haven't collected the books from the box yet, so I am at least two or three months behind in the titles I read. But I think I would read just about anything with the word HOMUNCULUS in it, let alone the title. cool

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    NYC Strong 

    Hey! I'm reading Persepolis also! Do you know the is a Persepolis movie coming out in a few months. lts animated in Black and White. Sony Pictures is putting it out.

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    Ivan_Isaacs 

    Persepolis is very, very good. I also recommend "Chicken with Plums" and "Embroideries" , also by Marjane Satrapi.
    
    And "Homunculus" may or may not be what you expect from it. ;)
    
    From today's list:
    
    HALL OF FAME VOL. 12: FLOYD GOTTFREDSON
    Gottfredson et al
    10/10
    Finally Egmont got around to dedicate one of their nice hardcover books to the best Disney penciller EVER (IMO).
    A strange yet entertaining mix is in this volume - Mickey against Nazis and an adventure with an African person that makes "Tintin in Africa" pretty tame compared to this and would the CRA probably give a heart attack! *g*
    
    WORLD WAR HULK #3
    Pak, Romita Jr.
    9/10
    Still rocks. Hulks kicks butt and Romita delivers the eyepopping pictures to this epic. Really one of the best artists these days.
    
    THE IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #11
    Kirkman, Hester
    10/10
    Boy will I miss this brilliant series. It has everything one can crave for - action, fun, beatiful artwork and interesting characters. Damn you all for buying crappy comics when you could've bought "Ant-Man" instead! :(
    
    CLOCKWORK GIRL #0
    O'Reilly, Hanna, Bond
    8/10
    The artwork is just wonderful and the short story pretty nice. I'm looking forward to the regular #1 and I recommend it to everybody that likes the "Flight" anthology. :)

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  deactivated member 

  Today I read:
  
  Thor V.3 #02: 5: Meh. Getting into this character and not really digging it so far.
  
  Batman Detective Comics #something (latest one): 8: I love me some Batman and I like his mood in this
  
  Countdown #39:8: I'm sticking with this series no matter what and sometimes I regret that. Right now I'm enjoying Piper and Trickster and really liked the last page.
  
  Lately I've completed the Fables series and the Walking Dead both 9/10 if not higher for me.
  

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    NYC Strong 

    I should also mention I'm reading All Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder. It's written by Frank Miller and is another take on the very dark Batman. I'm on issue 5 and Superman and Wonder Woman made out. Weird, but interesting stuff.

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  Ivan_Isaacs 

  INVINCIBLE, ULTIMATE COLLECTION Vol. 3
  Kirkman, Ottley, Howard
  10/10
  
  THIS is how superhero books should be - an intriguing story, no editorial interference, no crappy retcons, just highly entertaining comic books with great, great art.

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    NYC Strong 

    Right now I'm really into Kirkman's Walking Dead, so I wouldn't mind reading some more of his stuff.

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  Loweyes 

  I just finished Astro City - the tarnished angel. I've read the four I can get my hands on in Denmark (Astro City - life in the big city, Astro City - confessions, Astro City - the family album and Astro City - the tarnished angel). This might sound like a stupid question, but are there others?
  
  I really liked them - I've only recently begun reading superhero stuff (Batman, Marvel 1602 etc), and I enjoy it immensely!

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    SuperBen 

    I have a stack of comic novels to get into. Right now I am reading Batman: Dead White by John Shirley.

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    abelrising 

    I really like Astro City, too, but I can only find those four books. I'd love to know if there are others too.

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  jberns89 

  I just finished reading "Tech Jacket. [vol. 1], Lost & found" by Robert Kirkman. It was interesting but nothing great.
  
  I also just re-read Creature Tech by Doug TenNapel and I have to say that it is really a fantastic graphic novel. He has become one of my favorite writers and illustrators and this is one of his best. If you have not read it you should.

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  sweetafton 

  I've read The Boys, the fourth volume of Flight, Embroideries, and The Fun Home recently. I recommend the first three. Garth Ennis is sick, and I love him for it. The artwork in Flight is sublime, and Marjane Satrapi's Embroideries is like an afternoon that shouldn't end so quickly. You're on your own with Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir, which was just too everything for me. My review says it all.
  
  After that, I'm dusting off a classic, The Watchmen, which I haven't read in years.

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    Ivan_Isaacs 

    IMO Ennis got worse once he completed "Preacher". Now most of his comic read all the same. So I was quite surprised that "Boys" was at least entertaining. Did you read "The Pro" (one of his few REALLY brilliant comics post-Preacher). That thing was awesome beyond believe. :)
    "Flight" are just some of the greatest comics ever created. I love every single volume.
    Glad you like Embroideries, too.

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    sweetafton 

    I read The Pro a few years ago... hilarious. You might be onto something with the idea that Preacher is Ennis's opus, but he's not all dried up yet. Still waiting for Satrapi's book about her uncle to come in, Chicken with Plums. If I remember, you'd recommended that to me, too.

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    johndavec 

    I re-read Watchmen a couple of weeks ago. I've read it countless times but there is always something new there to find. This time I just sat back and enjoyed how the pirate story and main narrative intertwined. The first time I read it I found the Black Freighter part a real chore. I remember I either skipped over it or I went back and read it separately. I really missed out.
    
    

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  johndavec 

  I just finished reading Fell: Feral City by Warren Ellis. Police detective with mysterious past working the worst beat possible. The art is by Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night) and his style fits the story perfectly. This book reminds me of Desolation Jones also by Ellis. I'd recommend both.

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    NamelessOne31 

    Fell is one of the few modern comics i have picked up that has almost caught me. I think it is forced at times, but there is enough about it that enchants me that I want to read more. I just hope to see a new issue on the shelf at some point.

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  NamelessOne31 

  Mouse Guard 1152
  Gargoyles #4

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  deactivated member 

  I'm reading the No Man's Land complete arc in Batman. Great run about the fall of Gotham.

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    LouanneJacobs 

    I read Y- The Last Man (Vol. 1) I liked it so much I ordered the next few in the series. I am also on the last of the new Minx series by DC.

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  SuperBen 

  I'm reading Batman: Inferno by Alex Irvine.

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    SuperBen 

    Batman: Fear Itself by Michael Reaves.

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  DOC-209 

  Return to Wonderland #1
  Fear Agent: The Last Goodbye # 3
  GI Joe #27
  Terminator 2: Infinity #2
  Transformers Spotlight: Optimus Prime
  Bad Planet #3 (in 3D)
  Wrath of the Titans #1

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  jberns89 

  I am about to start the second volume in Robert Kirkmans "The Walking Dead" series. It is just plain awesome and I can not reccomend it enough to anyone who likes a good Zombie movie.
  
  I am also reading Elephantmen: Wounded Animals by Richard Starkings and It is also quite good so far.

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    Smirking Revenge 

    I really love The Walking Dead. I didnt pick it up until a couple of weeks ago when I suddenly I had a resurgence in comic interest. Devoured the first two in no time and am waiting for 3,4 to arrive (I have 5-7, but of course need to read them in order). Also really digging Y: The Last Man I know it just recently ended, but I have only just begun and dont want it to end.

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  sweetafton 

  Not today, but yesterday I read Yoshihiro Tatsumi's The Push Man and Other Stories. LOVED how much he conveyed in a simple stroke and with so few words.

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  RoterPanda 

  Today? I read the only monthly for the week, Killing Girl, and Eduardo Risso's Tales of Terror. I also started Borderline v.2, by Risso and Trillo, and I will probably finish that tonight. Trillo also wrote the stories in Tales of Terror, but I guess the publisher is pushing the better known name.

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  Chris P 

  I just read Annihilation Volume 2. I'm really loving Marvel's big cosmic storyline from last year so far. Part of me is sad I didn't read it as it was coming out, but I'm glad I have it now in TPB format. I've honestly never been a huge Marvel reader, but some of their cosmic characters have been my favorite. I would easily say that Thanos is my favorite Marvel Universe character of all time, and I have to admit I'm probably one of 4 people on the face of the planet that owns nearly all of the original 60 issue run of Quasar =P This story looks like it's going to topple Thanos Quest and Infinity Gauntlet as my #1 favorite Marvel story line.

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  SuperBen 

  Shazam, the Monster Society of Evil-Jeff Smith
  Superman/Shazam First Thunder-Judd Winnick

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    SuperBen 

    Let me see if I can get this right the second time around...
    
    The Trials of Shazam by Judd Winnick
    Futurama-o-rama-Matt Groening

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  Sofia Q 

  I just started SHOOTING WAR by Anthony Lappe & Dan Goldman. So far, so good. If you've read the DMZ series by Brian Wood & Riccardo Burchielli, you'd probablyl like this graphic novel as well.

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  Summer 

  the latest one I read and really liked was "Box Offic Poison" Before that I read the entire main Sandman collection. I'm kind of new to graphic novels so I've been reading whatever I come across.

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    Sofia Q 

    Summer, what is BOX OFFICE POISON about? I'm intrigued by the title. :)

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    Summer 

    It's about a guy who works at a book store who wants to become a writer and is in that stage between college and adulthood. He has a friend who wants to write comic books, a girlfriend who writes for a magazine, one roommate does comic books, and the other is a teacher. (everyone in the book pretty much is a writer.) It's acutally really funny. I think I connected with it because I work in a library and some of the questions he gets about books are the ones I get. It's a pretty thick graphic novel but I think it's worth the read. I may have mixed some of the characters up but don't let that stop you. :)

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    Sofia Q 

    Thanks! That definitely sounds like something I could get into, thick or not, LOL! I'm a writer, and I'm presently working on a graphic novel, so I'll probably relate to it, too. ;)

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    Summer 

    oh, good. I was worried that my description might have turned you off of it. Let me know what you think. :)

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  readingroomkatie 

  Perspolis is awesome! I didn't know they were coming out with a movie, though. That's cool. Any idea when? I recently read 1602 by Neil Gaiman which was awesome, some cute Nancy Drew ones, Eben and Stella by Steve Niles, and I'm going to pick up and start reading Watchmen.

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    readingroomkatie 

    had to go back to my shelf and get the titles of the rest:
    Civil War, marvel comics
    Shortcomings
    Serenity
    Dark Hunger
    Dark Days
    300
    Emily the Strange
    The nightmare factory
    Tales of the Vampires

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    sweetafton 

    Persepolis opens in New York and Los Angeles on Christmas. You can view the trailer at: http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/persepolis/
    
    I just started Shortcomings. I really like Tomine's artwork.

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  kethry 

  Spiderman loves Mary Jane Vol. 4
  Its a great ensemble story about kids in high school.

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  sweetafton 

  I just read issue #59 of Y: The Last Man. Someone please tell me that there are more issues and that this is not the end of it! I have fallen way behind in my comic book reading lately, which means I have no idea what issues are most current. If that's the end of it, I am so annoyed.
  
  Read Goodbye, Chunky Rice earlier today. Love the title and Thompson's quirky-ness, but this is not my favorite of his books.
  
  Started Adrian Tomine's Shortcomings, which clearly can be read in one sitting, but I like to savor his stuff.

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  esmeralda 

  I'm in the middle of The Book of Magic by Neil Gaiman.

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    esmeralda 

    Finished Love and Rockets: Heartbreak Soup

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  Brian F 

  I just read 100 Bullets Vol. 11: Once Upon a Crime. I have enjoyed this series from the beginning.
  
  
  
  

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  Smirking Revenge 

  I finally got around to reading The Walking Dead by Kirkman (Volumes 1-3 thus far) and am completely digging it. I am a firm believer that zombies make anything better, but the great thing about the series is that it isn't about the zombies, they are only a happy bonus. I cannot wait to pick up the rest.

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  ckirby 

  Today:
  Daredevil 50-55: Yep. I'm THAT far behind, but I'm loving Bendis' masterful take on a character so few have written effectively.
  
  Absolute DC: The New Frontier: Never read the series when it was originally published, so I'm savoring this lush volume before I watch the new animated movie.

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    LouanneJacobs 

    I started Shooting War today and finished Sidekicks and Escapists. Did anyone else stay up late this weekend to watch "The History of American Comic Books" on The History Channel?

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  Sofia Q 

  I just finished AMERICAN BORN CHINESE by Gene Luen Yang, and I loved it. It's both a graphic novel and young adult fiction and consists of three interrelated stories.

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  Jill S 

  I just read the first 6 of Brian K Vaughn's Runaways. It was awesome and I will be continuing that story. I also started Y: The last man and I am sad and happy to know the series has an ending but I heard there is a movie in development.
  
  I also caught up on Buffy Season 8 and expecting the much hyped volume 12 in the mail.

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    esmeralda 

    I just read runaways too. It's funny, because I tend to stay away from anything involving superheroes, but this one was good. Also reading Buffy,although I only read the first two Angels and wasn't thrilled even though I loved the show.

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  Chris P 

  Technically it was yesterday, but I read the 4th volume of DMZ last night. My god, that series only gets more amazing as it goes. Friendly Fire's story is one that I can very well imagine happening in this day and age, which makes me very sad. The story is told in a very "harsh realities of war time" way, and in a way worries me more about where the world is at today, but I think more people should be reading books like this and raising their analytical awareness of the good and bad possibilities of the world today. One of the most interesting bits was that the foreward was written by an army soldier. His most telling comment was where he said, "When DMZ happens, I just hop I get to choose sides." Note he says "when", not "if". I really hope it doesn't come to that.

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    Sofia Q 

    DMZ rocks! I'm new to comics and graphic novels, and with my eclectic tastes and limited time, I can count on one hand how many series I make an effort to stay current. DMZ is one of them!

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  Erin GM 

  Finally read Vol. 1 of Preacher. Love it!

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  katrin c 

  superman: emperor joker...wow!

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  Viola 

  Indentity crisis!!! I cried.... big crier though....

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  SuperBen 

  The Man Who Laughs
  Batman: War Crimes
  Batman: False Face

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    SuperBen 

    Batman: Death and the City-Paul Dini
    Batman: Lovers and Madmen

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    michael 

    I cant wait for the collection I'm reading
    
    Batman RIP - 676-677 so far (the buzz is someones gonna die ..... I think its alfred hahahah but I hope not)
    Final Crisis
    Secret Invasion
    
    

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  KD 

  I just finished reading Black Hole. It's a rather bizarre graphic novel. I can't decide if I liked it or not.
  
  I just bought Absolute Sandman, vol 1. I'm excited--I've heard so many good things about it.

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    beautifulcheese 

    I had the same feeling about Black Hole. It left me w/ mixed feeling. I think I liked the idea of it but not the execution.
    
    I just read the Wanted series as it has been on my list of ones to read but never got around to.

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  SuperBen 

  Batman: Resurrection of Ra's al ghul
  Batman: Gotham Knight

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    SuperBen 

    I'm half way through Batman and Philosophy by White/Arp/Irwin. Interesting insights.

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  Sharifa F 

  I just read Pride of Baghdad.
  Still working on Y: The Last Man

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  sutirted 

  Just read the first 3 issues of Mark Millar's Kick-Ass. It is so good.

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  Sharifa F 

  I just finished Pride of Baghdad and Stardust. I also finally finished Y: The Last Man. Fantastic.

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  Michael L 

  Sandman Mystery Theater by Guy Davis and Matt Wagner -The Turantula

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  katrin c 

  Batman: Year One

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  SuperBen 

  The Dark Knight (Novelization) by Dennis O'Neil.

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    SuperBen 

    The Further Adventures of Batman, edited by Martin Greenberg.

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  bibliobeque 

  Recently finished FABLES VOL. 10: THE GOOD PRINCE, which I really enjoyed. I love that series, and it's nice to see a Fables story with some resolution at the end.
  
  I also got hold of Kurt Busiek's SECRET IDENTITY, an interesting take on Superman. I don't usually read Superman stories, but I picked this one up on the strength of the writer's name (loved ASTRO CITY!) and wasn't disappointed.

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  SuperBen 

  I think I am gonna try readin Alan Moore's Watchmen. See what all the hubbub is about.

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