[BFG]

So I'm on board with Walking Dead (up to trade 11), and Fables (trade 10). I'm caught up on Green Lantern and Batman trades....at least ones I feel like owning right now (there's a bunch of older stuff I COULD buy).

So what should I be picking up / looking to read? I've been out of the loop a bit lately, and think the last "why not" purchase I made was "I Kill Giants" and "Parker: The Hunter".

As an FYI, I only pick up trades.

[Stu]

Jonah Hex. They can mostly be read in any order, because every issue is a standalone, though there is a character callled Tallullah Black who is recurring, so would be best to read in order, the first trade with her in it being Origins, which also collects some stories that give you Hex's backstory.

[OpTard]

captain america. in this order:

winter soldier vol. 1
winter soldier vol. 2
red menace vol. 1
red menace vol. 2
civil war
the death of captain america vol. 1
the death of captain america vol. 2
the death of captain america vol. 3
man with no face
road to reborn
reborn

[BFG]

I have Civil War...not sure about going back to read the stuff before then. I'm on the fence about Reborn...how good was it? Can I get by without reading the Death trades first? I know Jonah Hex is getting turned in to a film..other then that, but is there something good about it? I guess in both cases I'm left wondering "why" those were the suggestions made.

In either case, I couldn't find any of the books suggested (well I could have picked up Reborn..but the other Cap and Jonah books were mia) so instead I picked up the last Sin City books I needed, as well as an Astro City trade.

Also picked up "Market Day" by James Sturm. Looks interesting, but not sure if it'll be anything special.

[Stu]

Apr 11, 2010 18:49:53 GMT -5 BFG said:

I know Jonah Hex is getting turned in to a film..other then that, but is there something good about it?

They're just really good, badass western stories, with a surprising amount of variety and they don't have a lot of baggage to go with them. Just knowing that he's a scarred, ex-confederate soldier bounty hunter, who was sold to indians as a child is enough of a primer to read them. Technically set in the DCU, but long enough ago that anything you know about is pretty unnecessary.

[OpTard]

when i say civil war, i don't mean the main civil war book. i mean captain america: civil war. it's the captain america stories that took place during civil war.

and the reason i suggested it is because ed brubaker's captain america is simply the best super hero comic being published today (with geoff john's green lantern being a very close second). and no, you shouldn't just pick up reborn. you should start at the beginning, just like you did with walking dead and fables. and if your local store doesn't have it, there's this:

winter soldier vols. 1 and 2 in one book
red menace vol. 1
red menace vol. 2
captain america: civil war
death of captain america vol. 1
death of captain america vol. 2
death of captain america vol. 3
man with no face
road to reborn
reborn

now you have no excuses.

[BFG]

So I was in Chapters looking for a copy of Kick Ass, and ended up getting a bunch of stuff. Including Captain America: Reborn. And I read it...and well, Flash: Rebirth > Cap: Reborn.

I kind of feel bad about picking it up as an impulse (and paying store price from someplace other then my comic book shop) and not getting a bunch of Cap books at once. I think if I had, I might have enjoyed the book more, as I simply don't have an attachment to Steve Rogers. Maybe it's because I'm Canadian and the character has never been a big deal here (I remember hearing that the US media made a big splash over his death)...but for whatever reason the book and Steve coming back didn't come off as special.

On the plus side, Locke & Key was very good.

[OpTard]

next time i tell you to read something form the start and in order listen to me.

[OpTard]

actually, i'm kind of annoyed. would you have started walking dead from vol. 11? or fables? i made multiple posts about the importance of reading cap from the start, going as far as to listing them. if you didn't care much for it, i submit it was your own damn fault.

[Stu]

May I suggest the Denny O'Neill Question series, which this week completed it's reprinting in Trades?

[BFG]

There's a difference...Cap's an established character. I knew who he was, what he was, and what was going on with him before reading reborn. I didn't know that with Fables or Walking Dead. And unlike Sandman, I wasn't interested in the series, but a book. I read the first 3 trades of Sandman, then decided it wasn't something I needed to make a point of finishing. If I had of picked up Winter Solder and Red Menace and not enjoyed them, I'd have been bummed out and never read the book that interested me.

I guess at the end of the day, if I wasn't willing to pick up the other trades I should have left Reborn on the shelf. One of the things I've enjoyed about buying trades is not feeling a commitment to buy more books. From my experience, Reborn just doesn't work that way. So yeah, my not enjoying it is my own fault.

On the plus side, I have Absolute New Frontier waiting for me.

[Habs]

May 14, 2010 14:05:18 GMT -5 OpTard said:

actually, i'm kind of annoyed. would you have started walking dead from vol. 11? or fables? i made multiple posts about the importance of reading cap from the start, going as far as to listing them. if you didn't care much for it, i submit it was your own damn fault.

I'm listening to you Ziggy. Haven't started any Caps yet, but when I will (and I will) I,ll do it Ziggy style!

[salmonjunkie]

May 14, 2010 15:42:08 GMT -5 Habs said:

I'm listening to you Ziggy. Haven't started any Caps yet, but when I will (and I will) I,ll do it Ziggy style!

You'll read it with a cock in your mouth?

[Habs]

or up my ass, haven't decided yet