Comics/Graphic Novels

The Batlord · 05-24-2018, 10:20 AM

DMZ

Read the first five issues and this bitch is kind of a monster. There hasn't been much of any backstory yet so all I've got is bare bones: in the near(ish) future, America is in the midst of a new civil war between the United States of America and the secessionist Free States of America and New York has become a battleground with the FSA army sitting on the Jersey side of the Hudson and the USA on the New York side, with the island of Manhattan a bombed out no man's land in-between which has descended into lawless barbarism after an indeterminate number of years with little to no contact or aid from the outside world. We don't know anything else about this world: the year, other areas of conflict, state of each nation, who's winning, what their governments are like, nothing no nada. Just that it sucks ass to be in Manhattan.

We view this world through the eyes of Matty Roth, a sheltered kid going into a journalism internship with absolutely no idea that he is to be immediately put on a helicopter with another reporter as the very first news crew to enter Manhattan since the fighting began. **** happens and he becomes stranded in the DMZ alone to fulfill his mission to tell the stories of the civilian survivors still on the island.

Some issues are more episodic, giving us small but fascinating glimpses into the hellish, alien, but very human world that has risen from the chaos, where each block is its own world, while others are more extended arcs that deal with conflicts involving the two armies breathing down Manhattan's neck, ready to rain indiscriminate hellfire down on whatever they deem as even a potential threat, civilians be damned.

DMZ is basically the story of Stalingrad transplanted to America to give the (Murican) reader a visceral idea of how much they might not want war to be a thing. No punches are pulled and everyone ends up with at least a light shit stain in their drawers. The US is... the US, the DMZ survivors can be as helpful as they can be murderous (even on the same block), and even Matt has his moments of severely ****ing up. It's a series that could very easily become nihilistic if it weren't grounded in finding the small slivers of humanity underneath the filth of war, showing that though humankind are capable of horrors beyond imagining, two snipers on opposite sides of hell can still write love notes to each other that they read with their rifle scopes. Yeah, that happened. It was awesome. Like this comic. ****ing read it already.

Oriphiel · 05-24-2018, 12:54 PM

Sounds groovy. Might have to check it out.

DwnWthVwls · 05-24-2018, 01:21 PM

Sounds pretty cool. Review this one:

The Batlord · 05-24-2018, 02:23 PM

Feel free to tell me the name. I'm always down for... recs.

DwnWthVwls · 05-24-2018, 06:38 PM

Sunstone... it sounded cool when I first heard about it, but after looking at some of the panels it looks corny af.

You might like Sex Criminals though:

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Suzie, a librarian, and Jon, an actor, meet at a party and, after sleeping together, they discover that they share the ability to freeze time when they orgasm. As their relationship develops and their sexual histories are explored, they decide to rob the bank where Jon works in order to save Suzie's endangered library.

The Batlord · 06-01-2018, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Sounds pretty cool. Review this one:

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Sunstone... it sounded cool when I first heard about it, but after looking at some of the panels it looks corny af.

You might like Sex Criminals though:

Actually gave this a shot and yeah it's corny af and melodramatic. I love corny as **** and melodramatic so I'm now about halfway through the 4th TPB. The amount of times normal conversations turn into innuendo is definitely forced but other than that I have no real complaints. The characters are highly likeable, the art is appealing and can be both inviting and sexy even at the same time, and man do some of those outfits look cool as ****. **** your tattoos, DWV, but fetish gear can be awesome.

There's also more than enough boobs and sex obvs. If you want to see a bunch of bondage then you'll get your fill, though it stops just short of being straight up porn. Softcore is definitely achieved though. Too bad I know next to nothing about dom/sub relationships or I'd have a better idea whether or not Sunstone was at all realistic, but it certainly feels better than what I hear from 50 Shades of Grey and the subject is at least treated with some respect and openmindedness.

Would recommend to anyone who likes a good joke with their wank.

DwnWthVwls · 06-01-2018, 02:20 PM

Haha.. You bastard, now I kinda wanna read it again.

The Batlord · 06-01-2018, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Haha.. You bastard, now I kinda wanna read it again.

I thought you didn't read it in the first place?

DwnWthVwls · 06-01-2018, 02:34 PM

I'm again interested in reading it.

The Batlord · 06-01-2018, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

I'm again interested in reading it.

You should, it's fun. And I could look at the redhead's hair all day.

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