Man, so does this mean we have at least eight people down for this club? If so then I think this might be the most active club on this forum.

Oh, and unrelated, but I just read one of those IGN (or whatever) articles where some guy is going on about some show/movie/game he wants made, and he was talking about a Batman Beyond movie. Aside from that obviously great idea, he made one of, if not the most brilliant, casting ideas I've ever heard: Clint Eastwood as Bruce Wayne. I'd see that movie just for that no matter how bad the reviews. This has also got me to thinking. It may be the single greatest injustice this world has ever seen that Clint Eastwood has never played Batman before. I don't care how old he was, he still would have kicked ass in the '89 Batman.

soo what are we reading .

Im totally ready to nerd out with my curd out...

I'll give it till the morning since it's such a close race.

Anybody else gonna vote on this? If not I'm picking the tie-breaker tomorrow.

I would rather read any of the books than Fatale. Just throwing that out there.

Alright, I'm putting this to rest. Per Janz's whiny request we'll do 100 Bullets. I'm setting a provisional date of one week to read issue #1, but if that's too short a time we can deal with that. I'd just like to keep this going as swiftly as possible to keep momentum going, but don't be afraid to speak up if you can't swing the time limit. I'm already guessing we might have to extend it.

After the week (or week-and-a-half or two weeks) is up, we'll all vote on whether to keep the series going or try a new one. After that I guess we'll hold votes on a month-by-month basis, unless enough people get tired of it, just so we're not constantly doing polls.

At some point I'd also like to introduce the idea of a second series to be done at the same time as the first, so we can hopefully include people who don't feel like reading something like 100 Bullets. You wouldn't be expected to read both series though, unless you wanted to. Preferably I'd like a second series to be more of a superhero thing, so we'd always have a mix of Vertigo-style and cape-and-spandex.

To anyone who needs a link to issue #1 of 100 Bullets: I'm assuming that I can't just post the link on the actual forum, but if anyone needs it I can PM it to you.

why because it was my suggestion?

lol, no. The description I read just didn't sound appealing and all the others did.

Have you Nerds started reading it yet?

I'm a busy nerd. I still need to go get it.

Just download it Janszy. Bats sent me the the links needed.

Yeah, I gots you, dawg.

I've got tomorrow free, I'll try and find it tonight.

I fully intend to give issue #1 another go to let it sink in more, but I'm kind of unimpressed. The concept is certainly interesting though, and first issues aren't always where a comic truly shines, so I'm not passing final judgement yet. I have two main problems. First, the slang. It's far from the worst slang I've seen in a comic/movie/TV show/book, but nerdy white guys writing slang for gang members is almost always cringe-inducing. It works well enough that it's only a bit distracting, but seeing words like "homes" and "cheddar" get thrown around with such alarming frequency is still kind of goofy.

My big issue though is the pacing. Again, I know it's a first issue, and they're probably still working out the kinks, and they have to tell a story while introducing the concept at the same time, but the drama still feels rushed. It seems like scenes just kind of come one after the other, without much momentum getting built up along the way.



The artwork is pretty excellent though. I find that a more simplistic color pallet, combined with only as much detail as necessary, can actually be more immersive than excess detail. I guess the simpler textures make the images feel somehow more solid and engaging. The contrast of muted blues and purples, set off by oranges and browns, all bordered with pitch black that give the feeling of encrouching darkness, also add a nice creepy surrealism to the book too.

I'm definitely curious to see how the series evolves, even if I'm not blown away right off the bat.

I like that you are willing to continue.The premis is what drew me in off the bat years ago.

I've heard too many good thing about this series to write it off because of a meh first issue. 'Sides, I get the feeling that how the story comes together in issue two is going to be more engaging.

send me a link please

sorry have been having major life changes and not on here a lot lately....are we reading the deluxe volumes (19 issues) or the collected editions?

Check your pms.

Oh, and I was thinking. I've discovered over the last few months that finding links to non-corrupted files can be a bitch, and for older series often you can only find giant rar/zip files that many people might not want to download. I've never used a filesharing service, but would it be feasible (and free) to set up an account so I could upload stuff for everyone else? I've learned some fast and dirty tricks to fix corrupted files, and regularly download giant, multi-gig collections, so it might be a lot easier to share my own stuff. Thoughts?

Google Drive, or Mediafire work well for file sharing, I use them all the time. Google drive for work related stuff, and Mediafire for non.

I actually have Google Drive since it came with my Chromebook. I didn't know I could use it for sharing files though. How do I actually go about doing that?

Upload one to your account, then share the link. It's pretty simple. Keep in mind that copywrite laws apply though, and they keep a close eye on those things. Mediafire is isn't as picky about it.

Yeah, I've never seen a download link from Google Drive, so I'll take the hint. A decent portion of the stuff I get is from Mediafire though, so I imagine it must be safer.

Check your PMs again if you haven't already.

Yeah I got them all....thanks man :)

You ever need anything else, I got can probably find you just about anything nowadays.

Well then, 100 Bullets issue #1.

Who's ready to discuss?

I already started, buttmunch.

Today I took a little stroll to my nearest comic book store and finally managed to find this title there. I got a collection of the first six issues so I'll definitely be reading all of that regardless of what happens with this club. For now, though, I breezed through the first issue over some massaman curry at a nearby Thai restaurant.

Like Batlord mentioned, it's pretty hard to judge a series based on one issue, but so far it seems pretty good. I like the concept of the hundred bullets. I was also pleasantly surprised to see that it's set in Chicago right around the time I lived there. I dug those references (including the real gang they mentioned). The art is above average for a comic though certainly not mind-blowing. The heroine seems plucky, tortured and pretty sexy, so I'm a fan of her. I guess we'll see what happens. I'm curious what this mystery guy with the guns and bullets is all about.

I'm curious if he's legitimately some law enforcement/government guy, or if he's supposed to be some avatar/metaphor for Satan, or God, or whatever.

It does seem pretty faustian. I'm also curious what the hell that guy was talking about right before the guy with the bullets got on the train. "Sixty tray all day"? What the fuck does that mean?

It's too pointed not to mean something. I'm guessing it'll somehow make sense later on. His getting off right when the other dude got on definitely implies a link.

personally i really liked this first issue and will dive headstrong into he series (thank you Batlord :) )

so while agree with both of you on the guy on the train with the briefcase.....i get the feeling that he is simply an agent (or angel) of revenge....the real question (for me at least) is why her?

while i agree with you about the language....i kind of got use to it and ended up even having a bit of fun with it

i actually just went back to look at that page with the "sixty tray. All day." comment....i can't decided if this is to her or the man with the briefcase....and whether it's a warning or a proclamation....either way i think it will be addressed

anyways....the art is top notch and personally i like the writing and the intrigue and so far the two "main" characters have really peaked my interest

and i agree that the conversation in the garage was just a bit to quick to be ignored

so i was really hoping Fatale would be picked....i'm just a sucker for time warping noir with Lovecraftian characters (and i've been meaning to read these books for over a year)....but i have to admit that this really struck some interest and i'm on board 100% to the end :)

Well, whether or not he's going to play any part other than the guy who gives her the gun/bullets, his "deal" is too morally charged for him to simply be that. With the whole theme of the destructive nature of violence, this is going to be more about how her using the bullets will affect her than it is going to be about just revenge. And that choice seems to imply Satan or God, or at least that he is a symbolic representation of that whole archetype. I'm sure there's going to be some terrible, existential price to be paid by somebody when this whole thing plays out.

I didn't want to look into it too much and ruin anything, but just from the barest of Google searches it sounds like that phrase might be gang-related in real life. No idea what it actually means though.

Damn you, Janz! :finger:

i did the same search and other than references to this comic found a couple of "gangsta" twitter posts....so yeah

and i'm not saying that that character isn't pivotal....quite the opposite....i think these books will center around him....i'm just saying that she was given a gun and 100 untraceable bullets and all of the information about what was done to her....and that that is just the beginning

I feel awful because I'd spoil the soup if I responded as I've read 100 bullets a few times.It's not till the upper issues that I fell off the reading wagon. It wasn't the story either just got busy.
Im glad you guys are into it.

Well that's what you get for picking a series that you've already read before. Now you get to sit back and watch while the rest of us spend more time talking about a series than reading it. :finger:

And as of yesterday it's been a week. Some people still haven't checked in, so should we extend the deadline, or just keep plowing on and let the slackers catch up? I'd really like to keep this moving along, but I don't want to leave behind people who really do want to participate.

Give them till hump day.

so is everyone in for completing this series?

I don't know about the whole series, at least for the club, since it's a hundred issues long and there are a lot of other series to read. I'd definitely be down to complete this arc though, and possibly go on farther. I think it's something like five or six issues, which sounds like a decent amount of time to spend on one thing. And nothing says we can't move on to something else while the people still interested carry on and keep discussing it in this thread. But I guess it all depends on other people's opinions. I might be running the thread, but I won't dictate how it operates. If everyone wants to keep going for ten twenty or whatever issues then it's fine by me.

Well, I just bought a collection of issues 1-6 so I'm down for that. I'm also in favor of keeping it moving along. One issue every week to week and half seems super slow. I usually read one of these collections in an evening. If we could at least do more than an issue at a time it might be good.