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IvanMC 08-10-2013 05:34 PM

The Case of Charlie Ward, by the wondrous Lovecraft! Beyond amazing!

bob. 08-11-2013 04:11 PM

http://img2-3.timeinc.net/ew/i/2013/...OOTH-COVER.jpg
final book to an amazing series

http://cdn.topshelfcomix.com/catalog...over_sm_lg.jpg
by the same guy who did Sweet Tooth....it was suggested and was only 3 bucks for kindle so i figured i'd check it out

Janszoon 08-11-2013 04:14 PM

I'm intrigued, bob. What are those about?

bob. 08-11-2013 05:22 PM

Sweet Tooth is a 40 comic or 5 graphic novel series that is set in a kind of post sickness apocalypse and is centered around hybrid children....as in half animal and half man.....the main character is Gus aka Sweet tooth (he loves candy bars) a hybrid deer who holds the answers to the sickness that is killing off mankind.....just an interesting take on dystopian post apocalypse with great good guys and vicious bad guys

this series really resurrected my interest in graphic novels....an amazingly entertaining story with great characters....my personal favorite being Bobby (ironically) half human half groundhog
http://www.vertigocomics.com/sites/d...bobbycolor.jpg


the other one i literally just stared reading....again it was suggested and it's by the same author/artist.....so far it seems to me to be a straight op revenge type of deal.....with very original art work
http://thecomicbookshop.files.wordpr...ostdogs_03.jpg

also just wanted to comment that as far as novels go....i'm in the middle of the "His Dark Materials" series but when i'm done i already bought and am salivating over John Dies At The End due to your and Pete discussion

haven't seen the movie yet and figure i'll wait a bit :)

Janszoon 08-11-2013 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bob. (Post 1355971)
Sweet Tooth is a 40 comic or 5 graphic novel series that is set in a kind of post sickness apocalypse and is centered around hybrid children....as in half animal and half man.....the main character is Gus aka Sweet tooth (he loves candy bars) a hybrid deer who holds the answers to the sickness that is killing off mankind.....just an interesting take on dystopian post apocalypse with great good guys and vicious bad guys

this series really resurrected my interest in graphic novels....an amazingly entertaining story with great characters....my personal favorite being Bobby (ironically) half human half groundhog

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the other one i literally just stared reading....again it was suggested and it's by the same author/artist.....so far it seems to me to be a straight op revenge type of deal.....with very original art work

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also just wanted to comment that as far as novels go....i'm in the middle of the "His Dark Materials" series but when i'm done i already bought and am salivating over John Dies At The End due to your and Pete discussion

haven't seen the movie yet and figure i'll wait a bit :)

Those comics sound really interesting, especially Sweet Tooth. I may have to check that out. Like you, my interest in graphic novels has kind of waned in the past few years, but I do like them.

You'll have to let me know what you think of John Dies at the End. I'm about a third of the way through it so far and enjoying it, I do hope the third act of the book is better than the third act of the move though. That's not really to knock the movie either, I loved it and would highly recommend it, especially if you liked Bubba Ho-Tep. It's just I felt like it kind of flew off the rails in the end.

ThePhanastasio 08-14-2013 01:21 AM

Just read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. As far as recent Pulitzer winners go, Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is the superior book...but this one isn't too shabby.

Also finally got my grandmother to read Neil Gaiman. She was all, "Why didn't you tell me his books were this good?!" and I was all, "I did?"

djchameleon 08-14-2013 04:16 AM

I'm all over graphic novels lately. I will definitely check out those that you posted Bob.

The Batlord 08-14-2013 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio (Post 1356985)
Also finally got my grandmother to read Neil Gaiman. She was all, "Why didn't you tell me his books were this good?!" and I was all, "I did?"

Try to get her to read Sandman too.

LoathsomePete 08-14-2013 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio (Post 1356985)
Just read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. As far as recent Pulitzer winners go, Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is the superior book...but this one isn't too shabby.

Also finally got my grandmother to read Neil Gaiman. She was all, "Why didn't you tell me his books were this good?!" and I was all, "I did?"

Which book did she read? If she hasn't read Good Omens you should get her to read that, it's hilarious.

bob. 08-15-2013 11:50 AM

^my question also :)


dj i highly recommend Sweet Tooth...the other is ok....but a bit slow


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