The 2016 Reading Thread - June
Torchsong
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June! We're almost halfway through the year!
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
March Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3712/the-2016-reading-thread-march#latest
April Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3729/the-2016-reading-thread-april#latest
May Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3739/the-2016-reading-thread-may#latest
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
March Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3712/the-2016-reading-thread-march#latest
April Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3729/the-2016-reading-thread-april#latest
May Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3739/the-2016-reading-thread-may#latest
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February Winner: Blast Furnace: Recreational Thief! (Indie)
March Winner: Multiversity: Collected HC (DC)
April Winner: Nisekoi Vol. 14 (Viz)
May Winner: I Hate Fairyland Vol. 1 (Image)
June Books:
I Love Monster Girls Vol. 1 (Seven Seas)
Nichijou Vol. 2 (Vertical)
Green Arrow Vol. 5 : Black Arrow (DC) - Really enjoying that they're doing trade reprints of "my" version of Green Arrow. Hope this goes through the entire Grell run.:smile:
Sensation Comics:Wonder Woman TP Vol. 3 (DC)
Mystery Babylon Vol. 5 (Kickstarter)
Batman '66 HC Vol. 5
February Winner: Unity #14
March Winner: Sex Criminals #14
April Winner Ghostbusters Deviation
May Winner: Saga #36
June Books:
DC's Legends of Tomorrow #3
Joe Hills Thumbprint tpb
Hardbinger vol.4 tpb
The June reading list is here! The June reading list is here!
January Winner: Spidey #1 - The art is what sells me on this.
February Winner: Strange Fruit #1-2 - Has Mark Waid every written a stinker? (CGS Best Writer of 2015!)
March Winner: Spider-Man #1 - Miles Morales is back! YEAH!
April Winner: Peanut - This was a library book. Good story about a teen girl who switches schools and pretends she has a peanut allergy. I believe it was published several years ago.
May Winner: DC Universe: Rebirth #1 digital - DC is fun again!
June Winner: The Twilight Children TPB - I wasn't planning on reading so much Darwyn Cooke books this month, but this one was a fun little Twilight-Zone-y story. A little too adult for me to put it in my class room library which is what I was hoping for; nevertheless, the art was beautiful and the story was fun.
June List:
Single Issues/Digital:
The Amazing Spider-Man #12
The Amazing Spider-Man #1.5
Batman/The Spirit #1 (digital) - got this as part of the Darwyn Cooke sale just before he died. Damn he was a good artist.
Civil War II #0
Daredevil #7
Darth Vader #20
Doctor Strange #8
Extraordinary X-Men #10
Jonah Hex #33 & #50 (digital) - more Darwin Cooke sale stuff.
Stargate Atlantis #1
Scooby Apocalypse #1
Future Quest #1
Batman #52
Superman #52
Munchkin #15 and #17
Ragnarök #8
Birthright #15
Huck #1-3 (digital)
Micronauts #2
Collected HC/TPB/Digital
Fink TPB - I think Doug TenNapel (Earthworm Jim, Nnewts, Ghostapolis, Cardboard, etc.) is in my top five creators. Everything he's done is magic and a breath of fresh air after reading mainstream books. I think I've read almost all of his stuff.
The Twilight Children - I've read so many Darwyn Cooke books this month and while the stories have been hit or miss, the art has always been on. I think he's in my top 5 artists. This book was a great quick X-Files-y read.
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth - Vol. 13: "End of Days"
Wacky Racers #1 boy I think @nweathington summed it up neither wacky nor racing
Future Quest #1 - boy I liked this.
DK3 #3-4 - look I understand nobody's talking about it, but crap man I am enjoying this book.
Future Quest, on the other hand, was pretty much everything I hoped for. The first half of the book really felt like a classic episode of Jonny Quest, even down to the dialogue. This was everything Wacky Raceland wasn’t.
Then again I could just be looking for stuff that is not there.
Then again, this is comics.
Future Quest: A
Scooby Apocalypse: B-
Wacky Racelands: D
We need to get to turn it up to 11 you say.
Pre6end of June bump. It's been a hard month but I've not been blanked.
June List:
Scooby Doo Team Ups vol 2
Star Wars (Marvel) vol 1
Classic G.I. Joe vol 2
Punk Rock Jesus
DC Archives Golden Age Green Lantern vol 1