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  1. May 27, '11, 8:59 PM #1
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    Stuff only you know about.

    Anything you guys are huge fans of that you never hear anyone mention? I work with a lot of guys that consider themselves comic geeks, but whenever I mention Jack Katz's The First Kingdom, Don Lawrence's The Trigan Empire, or Gary Spencer Millidge's Strangehaven, I get crickets. I'm not talking about stuff like Hal Foster or Winsor McCay that have sort of been lost to the ages with younger people, but stuff you never hear anyone talk about because for whatever reason it just never got well known. I guess I'm asking you to try to surprise me with your best kept comic secret.
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  2. May 27, '11, 9:16 PM #2
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    I've read issues of The First Kingdom and Strangehaven, but never got deep enough into them. Strangehaven got quite a bit of indy buzz in it's collected incarnation, and I've always meant to return to it in trades.

    I just finished reading...


    I'm in the middle of reading...

    (Jeff Lemire is doing quite a bit of work for DC these days)

    I'm continuing to read...


    I recommend...


    I'm shocked that more people aren't talking about...



    One of my favourite quirky titles that no one ever seems to talk about much (even in indy circles)...
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  3. May 28, '11, 3:57 AM #3
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    Hmmmm....

    I think you've described durned near everything I like.

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    two recent ones that I've been following. Rocketo really has a Flash Gordon sort of vibe to it.
    And Anchor's tagline- "God's Own Legbreaker" sold me.
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  5. May 28, '11, 11:43 AM #5
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    Anytime I ever mention Y the Last Man I get weird looks. It is however one of my all time favorite stories. It would make a great movie trilogy or animated series (for adults anyway).

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    I honestly thought Rob Shrab was more popular, but this thread I posted a couple of days ago got nothin' but cricket noises:
    Any Rob Schrab or WFMU fans? - Mego Talk


    Michael Deforge (who's getting more and more notice):
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    I'm a HUGE Eddie Campbell Fan, but aside from "From Hell" I don't know anyone who's read his stuff.


    It's kinda hard for me to know what's going on in terms of popularity though. I either go to The Comic Journal and don't know 90% of what they're talking about or come here where usually the stuff is a little more superheroy then I'm usually into. Almost none of my "flesh and blood" friends read comics.
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    I think Troublemakers by Valiant/Acclaim was one of the best books that Fabian Nicieza ever wrote. By the time it came out I think Valiant was just about on it's last legs. From the old black and white days I would have to say that "The Adventures of Luther Arkwright" was a book that I would go into Manhattan to look for every few months...could only find it at the Forbidden Planet up in the 50's.

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    Could never find it at the downtown location. Also, I loved RedFox which was one of the first books Neil Gaiman wrote.

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    Too Much Coffee Man! i picked up on this quirky title way late in the game. Reminds me of a cross between Bloom County and The Tick. The indy comics of the mid 80's had some sick stuff, like GRIPS from white wolf? and pre-homogonized TMNT. those were the good old days of indys! I liked some of the marvel direct titles like Marshall Law (which was sort of a Dredd ripoff) and the Honeymooners comics were great too. now I just wait for TPB's which are now called "Graphic Novels".... Remember ACTUAL graphic novels? one shot stories that were too big for a regular book?

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    Good call! I've only read the first issue, but have been meaning to get the trade for ages. I really need to get on that.
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    THE MIDDLEMAN

    Not only a great comic, it was a pretty terrific TV series, although it died an early death on the ABC Family channel. Should be more popular than it is, it references just about every comic & sci-fi theme you can imagine. Collected in a series of trade pbs.

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    Clever, well written, always interesting& funny. Lawyers acting on behalf of monsters, how can you not love it? Online comic & trades, occasional floppy comic.

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