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Frank Cho is buddies with the owner of the comic shop I go to, and they always have his sketchbooks up for sale. Seems like the same damn art in each one, but he is one helluva artist. I liked Liberty Meadows.
 
You can always tell a Cho female... They do have a certain "look". However, he is now so copied that fantasy illustration is full of 'em.
I recently obtained the full run of Rocketeer comics and the one (so far as I know) graphic novel. Dave Stevens was a really great comic artist, sadly left us way too soon.
 
I didn't know Dave Stevens died, he was a great artist. Frank Cho's art does have a certain look, but check out his art books. He takes it to another level on painted pieces, they don't look like his stock cheesecake.
 
Yep, Ive collected "Thor" since I was a kid..Havet bought many books for a while though..I have Thor going back to Journey into Mystery in the 60's..Use to read some of the "X" titles,Avengers,Hulk some DC,Darkhorse and others...
I have a friend who had the entire run of X-men until the early 2000's when he sold them..I was missing like two early books but he had #1,#3,#4 and so on...He bought a new car when he sold them..
 
Nothing better than a good comic book and nothing worse than a bad one.
 
I am a comic strip addict. Started out like CJ, then I discovered the FarSide, Mr. Boffo, Charlie, Guindon. I currently read 100+ comics on the internut on a daily basis when I am at home.

Today's Bondie had Dagwood using one of the good kitchen knives for a screw driver!

Between knives and comics, I'm hopeless:p.

Ric
 
I have a pretty good stack of Heavy Metal magazines. I have both of the Maus comic books. I have a few comic odds and ends here and there- one I can think of is the X-Men Asgardian Wars book. I have two hardcover books for the Wasteland series by Johnston and Mitten.

I follow a number of other daily/weekly/monthly comics online.

The "paper" comics:

Brevity, Brewster Rockit, Monty, Strange Brew,

Endtown: A great, post-apocalyptic comic starring people mutated into anthropomorphic animals fighting for their lives against genetically pure humans. *

Dilbert

The webcomics:

Cyanide & Happiness

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Least I Could Do

Looking For Group: Funny roll playing game comic. *

xkcd

Gutters: A comic about comics. This keeps me up to date with the comics industry.

Schlock Mercenary: A space opera comic *

oglaf.com/: A semi-perverted comic in a fantasy setting-NSFW! *

Hijinks Ensue: Geek comic

Twice Blessed: Another RPG comic *

Lovecraft is Missing: A Lovecraftian comic *

Unspeakable Vault (Of Doom): Another Lovecraftian comic that is cartoony and funny *

* These comics I have read from the beginning.
 
There used to be a comic called Strange Breed. The artist (Steve Langille) had one about Noah's Ark that I thought was pretty funny. So I e mailed him and let him know that I appreciated his twisted sense of humor. We exchanged several e mails and we figured out that he worked about 3 miles from where I worked. We met for lunch and he gave me an autographed copy of the Noah comic.

What a nice guy.

Ric
 
i have read comics for just about as long as i can read.. i sold 90% of my collection, for waaaay too cheap, when i moved out of my moms..
i still dable in it and pick up a few titles, here and there.. primarilly The Walking Dead, DMZ, 28 days later, Conan and Northlanders..
 
Just finished reading a publishers proof I picked up at a used bookstore of the Will Eisner autobiography, A Spirited Life. A very interesting look at the man behind some of comic's most innovative creations. Lots of neat stories, told in a fluid interesting manner. It seems like every famous cartoonist/comic book artist/writer had either worked for Will, or studied under him at SVA. Also, I don't know how true this is, but it seems that Eisner was a champion for artists, in as much as keeping the rights to their work and getting their art returned to them, which was unheard of back when Eisner broke into comics.
 
I read the Walking Dead and Punisher Max series. I like the non-super hero aspect of the Punisher max series.
 
I had dreams of being a Comic Book artist myself when I was younger. I started in the early 80's, when I was 9 or 10. I walked into a book store with my Mom, and saw a Conan magazine. That was it..I loved two things from that day on...Comics and Swords. Which is why I guess I collect knives maybe?
I still pick up the occasional comic from a Flea Market or something..but nothing really. They always end up with my daughters coloring in them anyway.
I sold my collection about 6 years ago at a major loss..oh well. I thought of them as investments. They aren't really.
Still fun though.
The last series I bought and read was "Just a Pilgrim" , I am drawing a blank on the British artists name though.
Marvel and DC movies are still a big deal for me, seeing my childhood hero's come to life is pretty cool.
My girl and me saw the AVENGERS tonight. IT was an overload of AWESOME, if your a geek into comics, or you like INSANE action...this is Your movie!
 
I read a lot of the Mick Mignola Hellboy comics, my favorite character is Lobster Johnson.

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I had a subscription to Mad magazine when I was a kid. When I got older, my dad gave me about 25 Mads from the 50s, which I still own. I've never liked any hero comics...they are so boring I've never been able to read through an entire story.
 
The Walking Dead comics are terrific--same characters but completely different storylines than the television show.
 
I learned to read English with Krazy Kat.

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Poor Krazy! "Love your enemies" gone all the way wrong.

I rotted my mind with Mad comic books.

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They lost something when they went to magazine format.

I learned about history with Barefoot Gen.

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Keiji Nakazawa planned to continue his story to 1960s Tokyo, but he had to give it up in 2009 due to failing eyesight.

Now I'm learning to read Spanish with Paracuellos. It's set in a 1950s orphanage run by Franco-era relics — Oliver Twist meets the Falange.

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There's only one "cool dude" around here —
AND THAT'S ME!
On your feet!
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djjonny, can you email me and tell me what happened with the series? I think I left after about issue 50, maybe 70?
 
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