Going to start another quickly inactive Talossan organization because I doubt few of you collect comic books, but we're a real nation and should do what other nations do, so, I hereby establish the Talossan Pannapictagraphist Society. (The Cjovani Comics Library is well over 6000 volumes, with more coming in all the time.)
Adequate place to go on our conversation on comics & graphic novels ?
Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on July 21, 2023, 06:36:30 AMAdequate place to go on our conversation on comics & graphic novels ?
Yep!
Do you know of the One-Stripe Album called « Phallaina » from Marietta Ren ?
Brand new graphic novel experience.. there's a version in english
https://www.francetvlab.fr/en/posts/phallaina-a-new-kind-of-graphic-novel
On ios and android
Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on July 21, 2023, 12:08:41 PMDo you know of the One-Stripe Album called « Phallaina » from Marietta Ren ?
Brand new graphic novel experience.. there's a version in english
https://www.francetvlab.fr/en/posts/phallaina-a-new-kind-of-graphic-novel
On ios and android
I was unfamiliar with it...downloaded it, currently reading it. Absolutely fantastic!!! Is this the only thing like this?
Unfortunately I've never found anything as good as this..
I did a bit of googling yesterday, these are interesting :
https://www.matthuynh.com/theboat
http://www.mediaentity.net/mobile/en/ (only the 4 first chapters are for free)
Do you recommend any online graphic stories ?
To be honest, I've not really looked into web comics that much. (I know, I'm really behind the times. It would certainly save me space...instead of having boxes of print comics stacked everywhere!) The most reading of comics I've done online have just been old public domain comics that people have scanned and uploaded to various websites.
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The comics shelves of my local library.. wish I had more spare time !
Has the following album now been published in english ?
For me one of the best mainstream album those latter years
https://www.tcj.com/a-picture-isnt-always-worth-a-thousand-words/
Which album would you advise ?
One day we will be more than 2 in the club, and we'll organise the Talossan Comics Tournament ;-)
Interesting subject but boring story
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Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on August 03, 2023, 01:19:14 AMHas the following album now been published in english ?
For me one of the best mainstream album those latter years
https://www.tcj.com/a-picture-isnt-always-worth-a-thousand-words/
Which album would you advise ?
One day we will be more than 2 in the club, and we'll organise the Talossan Comics Tournament ;-)
As far as I can tell, it has not yet been published in English. Looks interesting, tho.
The American comics industry still seems to be largely dominated by the Big Two (Marvel and DC), and that's pretty much all you can find at our local comics stores. Indie books and imports are hard to find unless I go to one of the bigger stores, say, in Pittsburgh. (Well...manga is pretty popular everywhere.) So, most of the stuff I have access to is superhero comics. (Occasionally I'll find some offbeat stuff in the bargain bins.)
Recommending stuff is hard, because I'm not sure what all you like. If you like superheroes, I've been enjoying Dan Jurgens' run on Action Comics lately (Superman), which came out a few years ago. I'm not sure if they've been reprinted in trade paperback (or album) format yet. (I mainly collect single issues.) I've recently begun a re-read of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which I think is great (I have the whole series.) I also really like Nemesis the Warlock...it's a British comic that came out in the eighties that I've recently discovered. The whole series has been reprinted in three volumes.
We actually have another member of the Society, Vitxalmour Conductour, who probably has over 10,000 comics by now. But he seldom gets on Witt.
The only comic I have that might be mildly valuable is the issue of Superman when he returns from the dead and the plastic sleeve is autographed by the artist. I also have the first ever appearance in marvel comics of The Punisher but it is in horrible condition.
Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on August 03, 2023, 08:18:20 PMThe only comic I have that might be mildly valuable is the issue of Superman when he returns from the dead and the plastic sleeve is autographed by the artist. I also have the first ever appearance in marvel comics of The Punisher but it is in horrible condition.
Amazing Spider-Man #129? Yeah, it ain't worth anything. I'll gladly take it off your hands. 😆
Superman has died and resurrected in so many issues, I'll need more to go on. Issue number, title, and who signed it?
I'm a truck driver and I won't be home until next weekend. I will see if I can find it
I believe the issue Tric'hard is talking about may possibly be Superman #500. This run of Superman (from his death to resurrection) was fairly popular at the time, so they printed a whole bunch of every issue...I'm still finding them in dollar bins. However, #500 is a major key, and having it signed would make it slightly more valuable than an unsigned copy.
Quote from: Iason Taiwos on September 02, 2023, 03:31:08 PMI believe the issue Tric'hard is talking about may possibly be Superman #500. This run of Superman (from his death to resurrection) was fairly popular at the time, so they printed a whole bunch of every issue...I'm still finding them in dollar bins. However, #500 is a major key, and having it signed would make it slightly more valuable than an unsigned copy.
So probably worth $1.23
https://comicbookplus.com/
This is a great source for extremely hard to find (public domain) comics.