Help, I can't find a serious comic that I can get into.
Help, I can't find a serious comic that I can get into.
I mean, I've tried, but I just can't. DSoes anyonbe have any suggestions? And no, I don't mean any of the werewolf comics, I already read those, and am quite into them.
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If you like anthromorphic art, and marvelesque superheros... you might like...
www.extinctioners.com
It's about a planet colonized by humanity with bio-engineered "humanimals" whom unknowningly were sent to this faraway planet to prepare it for human coloization. The populous have come to forget about who the humans were, and regard them as devine beings called "The Maker". Certain humanimals known as "hybrids" have gained superpowers, and plan to use them to stop the human invasion. I love this because they are anthromorphic animals for a good reason! Not just because the artist thought it would be cool to have anthros as main characters. Alas... the humans have captured many hybrids and have enslaved them to fight against the humanimal home planet. The Extinctioners have a tougher fight than they bargained for.
I have all of them accept the elusive issues #8 and #9. The artist Shawnte Howard is currently looking for a new publisher that will reprint all of his previous issues in a second edition version. You can pick up issues from Shawntee's website, Shanda Fantasy Arts (the publisher), and various other online comic retailers. Just because one place is out of stock doesn't mean others aren't.
I've never been more addicted to a comic that I have to this one. The stories are rivited with action, suspense, mysteries, and tons of deep background stories on the characters. Heck, it's even complete with a couple of love triangles to complicate things.
www.extinctioners.com
It's about a planet colonized by humanity with bio-engineered "humanimals" whom unknowningly were sent to this faraway planet to prepare it for human coloization. The populous have come to forget about who the humans were, and regard them as devine beings called "The Maker". Certain humanimals known as "hybrids" have gained superpowers, and plan to use them to stop the human invasion. I love this because they are anthromorphic animals for a good reason! Not just because the artist thought it would be cool to have anthros as main characters. Alas... the humans have captured many hybrids and have enslaved them to fight against the humanimal home planet. The Extinctioners have a tougher fight than they bargained for.
I have all of them accept the elusive issues #8 and #9. The artist Shawnte Howard is currently looking for a new publisher that will reprint all of his previous issues in a second edition version. You can pick up issues from Shawntee's website, Shanda Fantasy Arts (the publisher), and various other online comic retailers. Just because one place is out of stock doesn't mean others aren't.
I've never been more addicted to a comic that I have to this one. The stories are rivited with action, suspense, mysteries, and tons of deep background stories on the characters. Heck, it's even complete with a couple of love triangles to complicate things.
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I recommend The Punisher. That guy's badass, and is a more realistic superhero in that rather than be Sci-Fi/Fantasy, he's unrealistic action. Sometimes one of Marvel's other heroes will pop up, too. He's kinda like Marvel's belated answer to Batman, in that he has no superpowers and is intelligent. And crazy.
Good example of his cleverness (SPOILERS!): In one issue of the Welcome Back, Frank miniseries, he's in a truck being chased by a bunch of thugs. I'm not sure how this happened, because it isn't exactly set up, but whatever. Anyway, he stops in front of a building, busts out of the back of it and sprays almost everyone with a flamethrower! Holy s***! He retreats inside the building, and gets into the elevator. The gang chasing after him follows the elevator car up the stair until finally they get to the floor it opens on, quickly open fire on the inside, only to realize a second too late that inside the car the Punisher is gone, leaving the flamethrower tank to blow up all of their asses.
Good stuff.
Another recommendation: The old black and white Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The show that was later based on it really has very little relation to the comic, other than a few characters, who really weren't all that similar to the originals, anyway. The series is pretty violent, having started with the Ninja Turtles killing a bunch of street thugs in an alley. It's also pretty batshit insane. The writers clearly wasted no time inserting the most random ideas they could think of into it - hell, it started with one, after all.
I haven't read very many, I'll admit, but what I did was pretty entertaining. Give it a shot.
Good example of his cleverness (SPOILERS!): In one issue of the Welcome Back, Frank miniseries, he's in a truck being chased by a bunch of thugs. I'm not sure how this happened, because it isn't exactly set up, but whatever. Anyway, he stops in front of a building, busts out of the back of it and sprays almost everyone with a flamethrower! Holy s***! He retreats inside the building, and gets into the elevator. The gang chasing after him follows the elevator car up the stair until finally they get to the floor it opens on, quickly open fire on the inside, only to realize a second too late that inside the car the Punisher is gone, leaving the flamethrower tank to blow up all of their asses.
Good stuff.
Another recommendation: The old black and white Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The show that was later based on it really has very little relation to the comic, other than a few characters, who really weren't all that similar to the originals, anyway. The series is pretty violent, having started with the Ninja Turtles killing a bunch of street thugs in an alley. It's also pretty batshit insane. The writers clearly wasted no time inserting the most random ideas they could think of into it - hell, it started with one, after all.
I haven't read very many, I'll admit, but what I did was pretty entertaining. Give it a shot.
"We used to laugh at Grandpa when he'd head off and go fishing. But we wouldn't be laughing that evening when he'd come back with some w**** he picked up in town."
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Ah, I see...
Well, you can read the first few Ninja Turtles issues here, up to #6. It doesn't sound like much, but it's actually about nine rather than six, since there's a couple one-shots and a prequel comic in there (though the prequel isn't directly related). What I find kind of funny is that Splinter is almost automatically revealed to be a nutty little maniac in the first issue. I mead, holy hell, dude.
Also, since you mentioned anthology form (trade paperbacks, right?), I still recommend The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank. And V for Vendetta.
Well, you can read the first few Ninja Turtles issues here, up to #6. It doesn't sound like much, but it's actually about nine rather than six, since there's a couple one-shots and a prequel comic in there (though the prequel isn't directly related). What I find kind of funny is that Splinter is almost automatically revealed to be a nutty little maniac in the first issue. I mead, holy hell, dude.
Also, since you mentioned anthology form (trade paperbacks, right?), I still recommend The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank. And V for Vendetta.
"We used to laugh at Grandpa when he'd head off and go fishing. But we wouldn't be laughing that evening when he'd come back with some w**** he picked up in town."
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It was a good scene, and it was interesting to see V in a different mask. Really, though, I liked the movie Prothero more, and was glad that he got a good amount of screen time. It wasn't much, but it was a respectable amount for a mostly minor character. He seemed to have more personality than the book's Prothero. Prothero being driven insane was a lot more interesting than his movie treatment, though.
Actually, I can't really decide. They're both good. The book on the whole was better than the movie, though. Except for Act 3, which I felt was much better handled in the movie. The book has the most depressing happy ending I've ever read, not to mention anticlimactic...
Actually, I can't really decide. They're both good. The book on the whole was better than the movie, though. Except for Act 3, which I felt was much better handled in the movie. The book has the most depressing happy ending I've ever read, not to mention anticlimactic...
"We used to laugh at Grandpa when he'd head off and go fishing. But we wouldn't be laughing that evening when he'd come back with some w**** he picked up in town."
-Jack Handey
-Jack Handey