Did anyone else enjoy X-Factor as much as l did??
Such a full story and such a nice way to introduce each member and so many interaction with other X-Men!
I have so much to say…I will write about it.
I’m so happy that Leah Williams brought back X-Factor in such a great way, full packed story, full characterization, full & clear goal to the team, I loved it!
David Baldeon’s art is amazing from all perspectives!
Thanks guys for giving us X-Factor fans such a great issue #1
Die issue 12 was as good as every other issue l have read up to now.
Kieron Gillen just amazes me with each twist and turn he uses to reveal the world of Die.
I’m merged into each issue every time l read one!
Stephanie Hans AMAZING art helps to do that as well, gosh she does beautiful covers and interior art.
EXCELLENT
Issue two of WYND was so good l could feel the jittery excitement that comes before a great adventure, James Tynion IV is writing such a cool comic!
Michael Dialynas art is and always will be a favourite of mine, yet again his giving his best work with this comic book as well
EXCELLENT!
buying loads of comics is like being a kid in candy store
I know most of your prefer the prints over the digital version of comics, but come on if you get a chance to read a comic book does it really matter in what format it is?
I don’t, I do love prints and all the deluxe editions, they are amazing but for me lately its all about reading comics and especially in a good price.
Thankfully comiXology is making a lot of offers from very big discounts to free comics.
From the previous week up to today this is what I have purchased.
First up from the House of Ideas I got eleven FREE comics, I’m a huge Marvel fan boy. This is the second time Marvel has made this offer and I’m so glad that they have. It gives me the opportunity to pick up collected editions which I never would and if I like them I can purchase the following volumes, which I have already done.
Then the following two comics I bought with a code, buy one and get one for free
I had gotten Jason Aaron’s Avengers vol 1 for free and the following three volumes with a discount so I was eager to get the next volume too. So with the offer I mentioned before I bought volume 5 and I got Daredevil vol 3 from Chip Zdarsky for free, so cool.
Last but not least I was so glad that issue 10 of Marauders had come out. Yes I’m a big X-Men fan and from all the current X-titles I enjoy Marauders the most!
That was enough of Marvel, next I browsed through another type of comics lets say the European style form Humanoids.
Humanoids has published some of the best comics and this time for 1,09€ you had the chance to buy volumes and volumes of great comics.
These are the ones that I picked up.
First The Black INCAL, a classic by Jodorowsky and Moebius.
This comic book is a huge influence for many comic book artists and very popular in Greece. I had read only the first two books, now I have the chance to read all six! If you have already read them do it again for you who haven’t I strongly suggest you do.
Next I choose some comic books that I had never heard of before, but for two of them I knew very well the writers
Being Greek and in love with ancient Greek mythology I noticed first the title, than the art on the cover and that lead me to check the preview. The art was stunning so I had to check who wrote it…Geoff Johns, immediately both volumes went into my cart.
I had a similar reaction with the next comic first I saw the art on the cover and then the interior art in the preview which was equally good and what sent them to the cart was the name of the writer, Kurt Busiek! I L O V E Busiek’s comics, if you do not know who he is shame on you google him and read his comics.
And finally the next two comics although the creative teams are completely unknown to me I bought them simply for the art, its amazingly stunning. The art is the type I would see as a kid and would blow me away and influence me so much that I would try to learn how to draw from it.
I know its a lot of comics and I gave myself many treats but now I will have a full month of comics to read!
I hope you understand why I’m sharing all this with you…I believe one of the things that connects us as comic book fans has to do with what comics we buy not where and how but what. We talk about it with the excitement of a child in a candy store.
Well I have a lot to read and I will tell you though which ones are good, see ya around.
When I read the announcment that there will be a new Avengers title I wasn’t that thrilled, in my opinion there should only be one team and one title.
This new team would be called the Savage Avengers and feature Wolverine, Elektra, Punisher, Venom, Doctor Voodoo and suprisingly Conan!
Conan? How? Why?
What is he doing in Earth-616?
I definently have to catch up with my marvel history i’ve missed out on
Im very fond of his group, for each and every one of these characters I have a soft spot and I really like that they brought them all together.
But they are not truly Avenger material, yes they are savage but not Avengers
All of them are dark, brutal and lethal. They deal with the dark parts of the Marvel Universe in a violent way, they are anti heroes.
Obviously I was curious on how this new lineup will became an Avengers team and how well will these characters blend and interact with each other.
But what got me to pick up this comic book was the creative team of Gerry Duggan and Mike Deodato Jr.
I’m HUGE fan of Deodota’s art from way back in the ’90s and recently whenever I read a comic from Duggan I just loved it and I wanted to read more of it., l was confident that the two of them they make a good story
They did, from the very first pages I start reading the Savage Avengers: City of Sickles I was captivated, the art was stunning and as each character was introduced into the story they seemed true to how I knew them.
Each character showed the aspect wich made me fond of them, I enjoyed each and every interaction from fighting scenes to conversations.
The story was well thought out and although you thought it was a simple case of beating the evil it had an interesting twist at the end.
This new team of anti heroes are bound to each other from now on, Gerry Duggan found a very smart way to do this and I’m so glad he did and
And the art oh my so amazing!!!.
I do understand the title now it’s a smart one, Savage because they are savage and they came together as a team in the Savage land and they are Avengers because they have something to avenge.
They might have connections to our all favourite superhero team of mighty Avengers but they are not. This is a team that just want to avenge for what they went through in a savage way.
Read it you will enjoy it !
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