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Christian wrote:

Dan wrote:

I’ll be picking up book 2 and then I guess I need to face up and read the Invisibles (or Doom Patrol).
(Can I avoid the massive tomes and get Deluxe editions for those?)

Jesus, you’ve never read either?!!

I’d go chronologically and start with DP, you can see him evolve as a writer as time goes by.

I think for some reason, he really annoyed my younger self, maybe he seemed over hyped or that Arkham Asylum was very pretty but not that good. For some reason I picked up Seven Solders, after being disappointed with We3 and Marvel Boy and really enjoyed it and have been meaning to give his older works another go.

Its been interesting reading Moores Swamp thing at the same time as Animal Man. Big influence there perhaps?

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It looks like amazon has a kindle masterworks sale on – 5 quid/dollars a pop.

I’ve no idea if there’s anything I really want, I did wonder about chris Claremont’s side hustles in Spiderwoman or something like that.

Suggestions, and please don’t say Dazzler?

I’ve completed book one of Grant Morrison’s Animal Man, and its a fascinating book. At the time of publishing it must have been a complete shock, taking some old characters no one loved and treating them like they existed in something like the real world, whilst bringing awareness of being a fictional world just below the surface.
With a feel of 2000AD for grown ups, it probably would have been more suited to Crisis, rather than what Crisis got, with themes of vegetarian and post-colonialism.

I’ll be picking up book 2 and then I guess I need to face up and read the Invisibles (or Doom Patrol).
(Can I avoid the massive tomes and get Deluxe editions for those?)

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want a HC? what about this classic?
SPIDER-MAN – FEARFUL SYMMETRY: KRAVEN'S LAST HUNT. VFN- CONDITION.

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Worth trying ukgndeals code with SciFier, maybe get 5% off?

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Sean Robinson wrote:

Monstress Book 3: Deluxe Hardcover – August 5th 2025

Got a great pre-order price.
Either a Black Friday week special, or a mistake.

I had a good look but couldn’t see a great price – where were you looking?

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Bad Sisters series one was ace. Word on the street is that series 2 is nae so good.
I loved Shrinking, and obviously Slow Horses is a must watch. So is Ted Lasso.

I loved Lessons in Chemistry, Spirited but I think those are more personal.
The Afterparty was light and fun.
I need to see if Dick Turpin and Time Bandits were any good, but I have a feeling they were not
Severance I keep meaning to commit to.

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Much more excited about thunderbolts and their fake Caps than the real one right now.

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I completed Six Fingers and The One Hand last night and, it didn’t quite work. I could see what they wanted to do, and the point they wanted to make but I am a meme that is shrugging. It started well, got the right sort of mood and then it was all daddy issues and shouting. Too much Lost, not enough Blade Runner

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I started digging in to the BBC iPLayer, frustrasted about the content shown, since the BBC has the most amazing archives of tele-plays, drama and comedy.

Digging in under the surface there are multiple Denis Potter works, Alan Bleasdale’s The Blackstuff and Boys from the Blackstuff, Tutti Fruiti, Alan Bennet’s Talking Heads – there might be more, though I’, disappointed there’s no obscure 80s alt-com work, maybe they aren’t that funny?

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Fraction Zadarsky Humble bundle

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/zdarsky-fraction-image-comics-books

Martin Smith wrote:

I picked up the first trade last year (or ’22 – what even is time any more) when Zavvi had a quick flurry of remaindered trades and I really enjoyed it. Not been able to get the remaining ones yet. Hopefully people jumping on the omnibus will sell them off and lower the going rate.

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Martin Smith wrote:

Strikforce Morituri omnibus

hmm tricky one. I have the three trades that where really hard to track down.
I think I might wait and bet on a deep discount after it goes on sale.
(it was always interesting, but I don’t know if it was good)

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I picked up the first trade of Local Man, and enjoyed it enough to line up book 2 ready for when I’m done with book 1.

I guess I should give Revival another go?

Whilst I’m here, any word on Sandman Mystery Theatre huge collection Vol 2?

Rumour sites (well, a UK rumour site) has it that there is a Robinson Harris Starman comic/OHC in the works.

I’m 50% excited and 50% leave yr legacy alone Robinson, as I think everything he has done in the last…10+ years save Scarlet Witch has been badly written.

Do you folk use best book price? It doesn’t have speedyhen or BooksETC but it does have many others, though its kinda noisy and full of Amazon and ebay things.

Example: https://www.best-book-price.co.uk/p/books/defenders-epic-collection/1302955314.html

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Great news, I think I’ll be picking that up

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Martin Smith wrote:

Vikram wrote:

And what’s with the flickering images throughout the series

Dan wrote:

I’m sure when Sue appeared as the tea lady she was all blury swirly for a few seconds,

I can’t say I’ve noticed either of these. I just checked that bit of the Devil’s Chord on iPlayer and she seemed normal enough.

It was just my version! Spooky

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There is a War of the Realms omnibus, I sold mine when I bought the two Thor omnis and didn’t get that much for, so maybe see if you can snag a cheapo copy?

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Vikram wrote:

And what’s with the flickering images throughout the series? I assume that’s building up to something. I do hope we’re not the only ones to have noticed those, and it’s not just my TV being possessed!

Yes yes. I’m sure when Sue appeared as the tea lady she was all blury swirly for a few seconds, but I couldn’t find it on YouTube etc, so put it down to transmission or receiver issues.

But maybe…

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I photographed a few pages of Maxwell the Magic Cat for another forum, and I thought one or two of the folk here might be interested…

If these are too big and I need to put them elsewhere and link them in, let me know
(if you want a few more pages, also let me know)

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Martin Smith wrote:

I actually snagged a reasonably priced copy of the OHC off eBay a few weeks back, though I’m still waiting for it to turn up.

Nice work. I need to up my ebay game.

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Who is That Fuckin Guy?

Should I aughta know?

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Marvel Unlimited and never look back?

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I’m gonna maybe spoil my secret shopping place but https://onlineshop.oxfam.org.uk/fatale-deluxe-edition-volume-1/product/HD_301970108

 

I get first dibs on Kill or get Killed HCs right?

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Dave wrote:

That’s ridiculous.

The price or the concept?

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As to X-Force, hopefully, eventually, there will be an OHC4 to finish the run. Ditto for Wolverine.

When I had met him at NYCC, Percy hoped that they’d eventually print both X-Force and Wolverine together in Omnibus format, intertwining the stories from one title to another. In his eyes they were one series. I don’t quite see it that way, but they definitely compliment each other, and for my money, Wolverine has never been better than it has been under his pen.

Also, if you’ve never seen or heard him speak, Percy embodies Logan almost literally. It’s uncanny.

Percy wrote X lives/death of Wolverine right?

Never forgetting or forgiving that 🦈 jump moment.

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Are you reading The Six Fingers too? They work together nicely.

I wasn’t till you told me about it!

That’s good stuff. Thanks.

It’s a clever approach between these two books. Must have required quite a bit of coordination between the two writers.

Naaa, they are both C.B. Cebulski

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I read Forgotten Lives last week. Not expecting much, but hoping it might be fun, or at least the Lance Parkin story would be interesting.

And I really enjoyed it. I have to admit, i couldn’t help but read many of the doctors as Pertwees, but that might be a me problem. Some of the stories were slight, but some were fascinating. All were fun and were heads above most Dr Who short story collections.

Gauntlet of Absolution was a fine fine read and Parkin’s Past Lives was of course very good

I’m looking forward to reading vols 2 and 3, though a fear it could be a struggle lining up each doctor from the previous story.

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For me, it was not that he messaged a 17 year old, this is not the problem. It was the totes creepy things things he wrote to her. What I read screamed of coercive and grooming language. From someone from a background of helping a teenager out from abuse and control, it was disturbingly immediately bad – teeth grindingly so. Its exactly the language that you would use to probe your chances of coercive control.

This is from a man who used language and storytelling for a living.

And his defence was, quite frankly, shite. This is from a man who used language and storytelling for a living.

I’m sad he killed himself.
He had a lot of hard work to do and I’m disappointed he chose not to take that path.

I don’t blame the folk who read those messages, who no doubt have seen many similar and went: FFS, male comic creators, can you just not?
I don’t know who to blame, but I think those who are absolving this creep of responsibility are wrong, no matter how good his podcast was.

 

 

 

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Martin Smith wrote:

I’ve not read many suicide notes but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one with such “I am not the one who is owned” vibes. Suicide is a messy and complicated thing but however and whyever it happens it’s clear it does damage to those around the person who does it and it seems Piskor has weaponised that against the people he (allegedly) wronged and… it’s hard to feel sympathetic to that. His note reads very similarly to posts on forums or social media from people flouncing off after being called out on their own bullshit.

I can agree with this. I went and looked at the few comic creators mentioned (in the note) on twitter that I hold is some regard. (Imperfect, maybe have fucked up), to see if i was going to be disappointed.

At least on twitter, their posts seemed to be reasonable and unsurprising, whilst shenanigans maybe went on elsewhere, the public parts seemed to be more “please male comic creators stop doing this”, not “unlife yrself”.

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Thanks, I’ve not read the spoilers, but that enough to get Men put on my up next list!

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The Jamie Delano Hellblazer one is 1584 pages?

The Garth Ennis one is 1328 pages, and it’s massive.

Hope the quality is good, and stays that way for a long time.

Now I’m changing my mind. Perhaps digital is the way

Looks like Scalped and Hellblazer are coming out as omnis, or at least the first volumes are, at the end of the year.

I have Scalped in OHB and I’m happier with those that Omnis generally but Hellblazer in Omnis might be good. I wonder how many volumes and if they have re-readability

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Is Kate Pride that tall?

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I watched the Watchmen (haha) this last few weeks, and… I liked it. Actually, I really enjoyed it. It wasn’t perfect but there is a lot of worse TV out there. My partner, who has little idea who Alan Moore is other than who wrote the really big expensive books on my shelves, and who cannot remember a thing from the Watchman film she saw a year ago, seemed to really enjoy it also.

I enjoyed a comic book TV series wanting to be about things. To provide layers. To be weird but tell a story. It was more coherent than Twin Peaks the return for sures :)

Its a shame that Clint Mansell didn’t do the music to be honest, thematically speaking, but Trent was a good second choice.

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Dave wrote:

Christian wrote:

Yeah, I’m totally in. I love it when Gillen does superhero revisionism. Peter Canon was also him an Wijngaard, and that was great.

Yeah, that was maybe his best book.

Peter Cannon is so under appreciated. Its fascinating in several different dimensions.

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Tom King’s Rorschach at a great digital price –

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09KMGKVG7/ref=docs-os-doi_0

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Todd wrote:

If you would like to read a long, barely coherent rant from Howard Chaykin, here you go: CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?

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I hope my message didn’t bring bad vibes. Thankyou for sorting our the errors.

I hope yr mental health is on the up.

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