The 2016 Reading Thread - March
Torchsong
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The "rules" are simple: Keep a post/log of everything you read and list it on here. At the end of each month pick a "winner" (ie. the book you enjoyed the most for that month) and post it in the next month's thread. Refer to the 2015 or 2014 versions creeping around here for a solid example. I tend to focus on trades, but if you want to log your single issues, go for it. Don't start a new post each time you want to add something - simply edit your existing post. I tend to bold the issues/books that really stood out each month.
New This Year: Just to mix things up...the list seems to focus on quantity, so let's add quality into the mix. If you read a book that really knocked your socks off - put a sentence or two out from it that clues the rest of us in that this might be a book worth checking out. You don't have to do it for every book, and it's probably a good idea just to keep it to a sentence or two, but I think this'll add some fun to it and maybe generate a discussion or three.
January Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3679/the-2016-reading-thread-january#latest
February Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3699/the-2016-reading-thread-february#latest
New This Year: Just to mix things up...the list seems to focus on quantity, so let's add quality into the mix. If you read a book that really knocked your socks off - put a sentence or two out from it that clues the rest of us in that this might be a book worth checking out. You don't have to do it for every book, and it's probably a good idea just to keep it to a sentence or two, but I think this'll add some fun to it and maybe generate a discussion or three.
January Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3679/the-2016-reading-thread-january#latest
February Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3699/the-2016-reading-thread-february#latest
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February Winner: Blast Furnace: Recreational Thief! (Indie)
March Books:
A Silent Voice vol. 5 (Kodansha) - Seriously, if you were a bully or were bullied, this series should be on your "To Read" list. Absolutely brilliant.
Multiversity: Collected Edition (DC) - Wow! I actually comprehended a Grant Morrison story without the use of chemicals! :) Seriously, though, I really enjoyed this book. I thought I might from reading the first issue so I decided to wait for the trade on it. Glad I did.
Injustice : Gods Among Us Year 3: Vol. 1 (DC) - For a series based off a video game, I'm continually impressed at how good this series is.
Tokyo:ESP Vol. 4 (Vertical) - the manga that does the X-Men better than the X-Men.
Doctor 13: Architecture and Mortality (DC) - Picked this up because Infectious Lass was in it and I'm a Drura fanboy. One of those fun books that makes you laugh out loud. In public. Also pre-dates Morrison's Multiversity (see above) by a few years and is arguably a nice prequel to it.
Lady Zorro/Lady Rawhide TPB (Dynamite) - A fun team up book written by a local here (Shannon Eric Denton).
Battlepug Vols. 1, 2, 3, and 4 (Dark Horse) - The always amazing Mike Norton. I knew this webcomic would look great in print, and it does.
Knightfall: Vol. 2 - KnightQuest (DC) - Always missed this section (because they never made a trade for it until recently). Hoping to get the third (and final) volume done in time for the Azrael trade to hit my doorstep.
Unico (Digital Manga) - full-color omnibus edition of Osamu Tezuka's classic tale. Really good, fun stuff in Tezuka's signature style, even if the ending is a bit abrupt.
Nemo Roses of Berlin- The least literary LEOG book. Watch the Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin movie) & Metropolis. It was OK.
Rick & Morty #6-10 Rick and Morty is about to become my favorite licensed book. It is replacing Big Trouble in Little China
Low #5-8 Low is great book; the art is incredible. Screw Rucka the Overrated (95% kidding); Remender is where it is at.
Powerman and iron fist #1
Copperhead #1-10
The Goddamned
My Hero Academia vol 1
Cable & Deadpool #13-19
Toriko vol 4
BPRD The Warning #1-5
February winner: New Teen Titans Omnibus vol 1
March Books:
Superman Chronicles vol 1
Age of TV Heroes (Twomorrows Book)
Black Widow #1
DC Archives Legion of Super Heroes vol 2
Captain Carrot and the Final Ark
February Winner: Unity #14
March books:
Saga #34
Paper Girls #5
Swamp Thing #1-3
Bloodshot Reborn #11
Ninjak #12 -13
Sex Criminals #14 - early contender for book of the month. Hilarious, laugh out loud issue.
Justice League #48
All New All Different Avengers #5-6
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #4
The Mighty Thor # 4-5
Doctor Strange #6
Invincible Conpendium vol.1 this volume collects the first 47 issues. I really enjoyed this book, preferred it to The Walking Dead and Outcast, two other Kirkman books I've read. Good superhero books.
Dead Drop tpb
Trees vol.1 tpb
Archer and Armstrong vol.4 tpb
Archer and Armstrong vol.5 tpb
Faith #1
Archer and Armstrong vol.6 tpb
February Winner: Strange Fruit #1-2 - Has Mark Waid every written a stinker? (Newly crowned CGS Best Writer of 2015!)
March Winner:
March List:
Single Issues/Digital:
Back to the Future #5
Birthright #14
I Hate Fairyland #5
Munchkin #14
Paper Girls #5
Saga #34
Snowfall #1
Star Wars #16
Darth Vader #16
Wicked + Divine #1-17 (digital)
Spider-Man 2099 #6-7
Spider-Gwen #5
Spidey #3
Spider-Man #1
Silver Surfer #2
Extraordinary X-Men #7
Doctor Strange #5
Plutona #1-4 (digital) - re-read issues 1 and 2 and bought 3 and 4. I thought this was a 4 issue mini. Bummed I have to wait for issue 5. Good stuff though.
Daredevil #4
The Amazing Spider-Man #7-8
The Walking Dead #148-150 (digital)
Collected HC/TPB/Digital
Indestructible Hulk Vol 3. S.M.A.S.H. Time (digital)
The Dumbest Idea Ever - This is from the writer of Amelia Rules!, Jimmy Gownley. It was a fun autobiography about how and why he got in to drawing and writing his own comics. He seems to be a big advocate for children's comics/graphic novels. This was a treat to read.
In Real Life - Another good read. This looks at the disparagement of the different economies of the world through video games. I was in to the book the whole time, but the sugar coated, feel good ending was a little too ex machina for me. Mostly enjoyable nonetheless.
Anya's Ghost - Neil Gaiman's pull quote is plastered on the cover for everyone to see: "A masterpiece!" Did we read the same thing? It was quite enjoyable. I was sucked in almost immediately and wanted to keep reading. But "masterpiece"? Mr. Gaiman, Sandman was a masterpiece. This was just a really, really good Young Adult graphic novel. Sheesh. You'd think a writer would know how to use better words.
New Avengers Vol. 3: Other Worlds - I read it out of order from the rest of Hickman's run, leading to Secret Wars. Maybe that was the problem? Ho hum.
Giant-Size Little Marvel: AVX HC - Fun, all-ages book. I'm a big fan of Skottie Young's art, and this takes advantage of all of the "little" Marvel characters he's done covers of. I know many may be turned off by his graffiti-like style, but this tone of this book was very crisp and clean. I've ordered a couple of his Little Marvel coloring books for this month. I look forward to them.
Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga vol. 2 - Started this some time ago and only read it every so often. Just finished it. On to volume 3!
Nnewts Book 2: The Rise of Herk
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth vol. 9: The Reign of the Black Flame
The Milkman Murders - Um... Nope.(Got this from the library)
Edit: his style is very Art Adams-inspired (or aped, however you want to call it). We probably won't ever get another monthly comic from Adams, so this is the next best thing.