Yes - even I steal fucking comic books...

[oak]

Hard Boiled - by Frank Miller
This book was written by Miller, but drawn by Geof Darrow. Published by Dark Horse in 1990, it was also a bit of a ground-breaker - this time in terms of violence. This book was one of the first popular books that really showed a lot of the violence at such a painful level of detail.

The plot is largely lifted (or inspired by) Philip Dick's Electric Ant, and kept very simple. Darrow's obscenely detailed artwork is a love it or hate it affair, and seeing this style of art outside the pages of Heavy Metal is always a bit odd. Also, I'm not sure whose idea it was - but all the blood is in black - which is an interesting effect and I wonder if they did that for a reason (to reduce the vulgarity of the constant violence?)

A lot of nerds theorize that this book (and several others) is Miller's way of actually mocking the industry and demonstrating that no one really understood the character development in books like the Watchmen and the Dark Knight Returns - they just loved the violence. There are always theories for why Miller doesn't bring the full package every time - but I think it is likely he just wants to have some fun periodically too - he just doesn't like to admit it in interviews.

This was also one of the many influences on the Wachowski brothers for the Matrix films - specifically that it made them realize that early/basic sci-fi concepts could be spun into new stories - both simple and epic.

About 50MB
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FSCAFBPE

[Douchebaggery]

If I'm not mistaken Geof Darrow did the story boards for the Matrix.

[fumblingwisdom]

Finished "The Girls" today, and it looks like even with all the shit that's gone on in the story so far; the really crazy shit is still to come.

I had an inkling reasonably early on about what's going to happen next, and I really hope I'm right. The appearance of the unique "spacecraft" couldn't have been coincidence, and led me to extrapolate some scary possibilities. It definitely looks like it's going that direction. I'd say more, but it'd involve major spoilers.

Let's just say the Earth may be fucked. Pun intended.

Good read.

[weaselc]

I have a pretty sizable collection from the 70's through the 90's, and I recently picked up the habit again around 4 years ago. However, I have no scanner and even if I did, I barely have enough time to read the series' I follow, much less scan them for you fuckburgers. I'll review anything I've read though. For example, I'll agree with Oaky's assessment that the new Punisher War Journal is indeed crap. The artwork is interesting though.

Indeed. Also, taking a razor to my old Transformers books is more than you fags are worth.

[weenus]

I can't stop reading 100 Bullets.

It started out kinda slow with the cholo shit but literally in the last three days I've read about 70 issues. The comic is wonderfully written with the sort of updated noir dialogue and the plot is intriguing. The characters are all pieces of shit but you still end up invested in them. I think some character's fates are somewhat shitty though, like Wiley's.

[oak]

Indeed. Also, taking a razor to my old Transformers books is more than you fags are worth.

I've never really considered scanning. It is a waste of time unless the book hasn't already been done - and I doubt I have anything that hasn't been done. Putting up mirrors and seeding via torrent and dc hubs is as much theft support as I'll ever do.

I think some character's fates are somewhat shitty though, like Wiley's.

Seriously.

[weenus]

Another thing about 100 Bullets that I like, is that you're not supposedly really like any characters aside from Dizzy and Loop. Most of the Minute Men are insidious motherfuckers. They make them less and less likable the closer it gets to the end.

[oak]

Another thing about 100 Bullets that I like, is that you're not supposedly really like any characters aside from Dizzy and Loop. Most of the Minute Men are insidious motherfuckers. They make them less and less likable the closer it gets to the end.

I like them all.

A lot.

[weenus]

What is the deal with Megan? Is she just attracted to power or does she have an angle?

[oak]

What is the deal with Megan? Is she just attracted to power or does she have an angle?

Both, IMO. Though mostly the latter. In terms of how she is "attracted to power" -- I think she is attracted to gaining power -- sucking the power off is coincidental to that first goal. I'd say she is just planning to kill off papa Medici at some point and figures that will be easier the closer she is. I was surprised she didn't do anything about what happened in issue 66 - that indicates that her level of control is awful high.

[fumblingwisdom]

Both, IMO. Though mostly the latter. In terms of how she is "attracted to power" -- I think she is attracted to gaining power -- sucking the power off is coincidental to that first goal. I'd say she is just planning to kill off papa Medici at some point and figures that will be easier the closer she is. I was surprised she didn't do anything about what happened in issue 66 - that indicates that her level of control is awful high.

Lono put the fear of Lono in her.

Besides, from later conversations it seemed to me like she got the plan.

[oak]

The Boys - #11 - By Garth Ennis

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G9KUTAD1

[oak]

The Sword - #1 - by the Luna Brothers
I think I got more positive feedback for The Girls than just about anything in this thread - it even got that harridan maddie hooked on this thread... Here is a new book from the same guys - we'll see if it measures up.

#1 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PGAE2J0A

#2 and #3 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M6PGBFVA

#4 - http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1642430&postcount=773

[fumblingwisdom]

Oak!

Can you find the complete run of Bone?

http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/03/16_kerre_bone/images/fonebone_large.jpg

[fumblingwisdom]

Oh, and I think I only got halfway through Tank Girl, also.

Mmmmm... Jet Girl...

[oak]

Oak!

Can you find the complete run of Bone?

Grafted links courtesy of viit3 at komics live.

http://rapidshare.com/files/11910873/Bone__Jeff_Smith_.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/11926923/Bone__Jeff_Smith_.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/11928236/Bone__Jeff_Smith_.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/11929907/Bone__Jeff_Smith_.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/11933376/Bone__Jeff_Smith_.part5.rar

You will have to download all five files, then the rar will pull them into one directory.

[oak]

Tank Girl - All the Dark Horse stuff I believe, no licensed stuff.
Grafts courtesy of Kotten, KlaatuB, and Evangelisti at Komics Live.

Tank Girl v1
http://rs40.rapidshare.com/files/8284251/Tank_Girl_v1_01-04__c_.rar

Tank Girl v2
http://rapidshare.com/files/25719656/Tank_Girl_v2.rar

Tank Girl - The Gifting
http://rapidshare.com/files/39012343/Tank_Girl_-_The_Gifting_01__2007___c2c___greengiant-DCP_.cbr

Tank Girl - The Odyssey
http://rapidshare.com/files/25714996/The_Odyssey.rar

Tank Girl - Apocalypse
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5JXBZY4M

Tank Girl Graphic Novel
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=98U9U2M3

Tank Girl - The Movie
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TP1HX40G

[fumblingwisdom]

Fuck that movie. Piece of shit, even Lori Petty couldn't save it.

Thanks for the hookup, though! Now I can finally finish them both!

[coolandy007]

I think I might have fapped to the chick in bone when I was 12. But that's besides the point. Any of you guys ever read "witchblade"? Is it any good?

[Dickens' Cider]

I think I might have fapped to the chick in bone when I was 12. But that's besides the point. Any of you guys ever read "witchblade"? Is it any good?

You fapped to a chicken bone?

[oak]

I think I might have fapped to the chick in bone when I was 12. But that's besides the point. Any of you guys ever read "witchblade"? Is it any good?

I read it for a while (the original ongoing series). Nothing I can point to specifically - but I didn't like it. The writing just seemed flat and pointless, and the art was decent until every god-damn woman in the whole top-cow universe ended up looking alike.

I also tried out The Darkness - and found it to be a bit more interesting - but still not worth continuing for me.

Here are the first 15 issues - give it a try and review it for the thread. Links for the grafted are all over the place, it is a popular series.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PI7BMR9Z

[fumblingwisdom]

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[Amorte]

Gawd... I hate Top Cow art.


And yes, Geoff Darrow did production designs for The Matrix.

[Amorte]

Ronin - by Frank Miller

Speaking of Ronin:

http://www.empiremovies.com/index.php?id=19226

Warner Bros. has acquired feature film rights to Frnak Miller's Ronin.

The story centers on a ronin -- a type of samurai soldier -- who is reincarnated in a dystopic near-future New York populated by squatters, factions and mutants. The ronin must try to destroy a demon with a mystic sword, which also is found in New York. Miller created "Ronin" (published by DC Comics) after his run on the Marvel Comics series "Daredevil" in the early 1980s. Sylvain White ("Stomp the Yard") wrote a treatment and is in negotiations to direct.

Miller's 300, adapted by Zack Snyder for Warner Bros., has earned more than $430 million at the worldwide box office.

[fumblingwisdom]

Now if someone would adapt Milk and Cheese, Flaming Carrot or Too Much Coffee Man, that would be cool.

[fumblingwisdom]

Tank Girl 2 zip - issues 1, 2 and 4 do not extract. Only 3 does.

[Amorte]

Now if someone would adapt Milk and Cheese, Flaming Carrot or Too Much Coffee Man, that would be cool.

Robert Rodruiguez has been talking about doing Mike Alred's MADMAN for years now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_(film)

[fumblingwisdom]

Robert Rodruiguez has been talking about doing Mike Alred's MADMAN for years now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_(film)

That could be very cool.

[oak]

Tank Girl 2 zip - issues 1, 2 and 4 do not extract. Only 3 does.

That link has now been replaced with an alternative for v2.

[fumblingwisdom]

That link has now been replaced with an alternative for v2.

Thanks.

[oak]

30 Days of Night - Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith
Since the movie is out, staring that jag-off Josh Hartlett (or whatever his name is) - I though I'd post the original comic. Just the core 3 issues are included, no prologue/epilogue or sequel stuff - even though some of it was decent - it is also pretty repetitive.

The most notable thing about 30 Days of Night is that it was the first thing that got any decent notoriety for Niles and Templesmith - other than that it is a well written but straight-forward vampire story. The series takes place in Barrow, Alaska, so far north that during the winter the sun does not rise for 30 days. It is worth reading and I personally love the art. The coolest bit about it (for me) is that it was the first notable book where Templesmith drew the entire thing -- he could have easily become a cover-only artist -- and has done some things after it that I really love (Fell - with Warren Ellis - which is in this thread... and I'll post Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse down the road, which is quite good and he is both writer/artist on it).

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XXRZ4EE9 - 30MB

As always, the software to read comic files (cbr/cbz) is in the first post of this thread.

[coolandy007]

You fapped to a chicken bone?

I was expecting something, but I have to tell you I did not see this one coming. Touche my friend.

[lawbster]

Anyone know if the Kevin Smith run on Green Arrow or Daredevil are worth reading? I was temporarily out of comic books at the time (mainly because I was getting my comparative literature degree and I was reading too much shakespeare while getting pumped for my career in fast food.)

[oak]

Anyone know if the Kevin Smith run on Green Arrow or Daredevil are worth reading? I was temporarily out of comic books at the time (mainly because I was getting my comparative literature degree and I was reading too much shakespeare while getting pumped for my career in fast food.)

I have read the daredevil run (Daredevil v2 1-8). Depends on your preferences on this one - it is kind of like his movies - Smith specializes in dialog - gobs of it. Sometimes the page is so filled up with bubbles you wonder if the artist actually covered up his work or if he put down dialog first to save time (as it would be a lot of time - some pages are more than 60% dialog boxes).

I've also read the first issue of the "Daredevil/Bullseye - Target" limited series - which never got written past the first issue. It had promise, but again, he makes everyone so over-dramatic and talkative... it was dark (which I like) but seemed bloated out of the gate.

I have not read the Green Arrow run (v2 1-15) or "Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do" limited series (which had a 3-year break in the middle of 6 issues).

[oak]

Oak, can you find me*cough* us the Five Fists of Science (http://www.amazon.com/Five-Fists-Science-Matt-Fraction/dp/1582406057)?

I'm checking about. At a glance, I can't find it - which means it probably hasn't been scanned yet.

I emailed over to see if it is in any DCP or OCP (the groups that do the razor blade cutting and scanning) queues and what the ETA is.

This board gets the best connections.

4 months later... and my little search query finally rang its bell for me...

[oak]

The Five Fists of Science - by Matt Fraction and Steven Sanders
Nikola Tesla and Mark Twain combine forces to try and bring about world peace through superior firepower. Twain and Tesla use scientific know-how, general trickery and media manipulation techniques to try to scare world leaders into following their noble path. In the company of several allies, the two are soon confronted by dark forces led by the dastardly Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie. The inventor and the financier are collaborating on a bizarre new skyscraper, on whose building site many construction workers have already died in mysterious accidents.

23 MB - both links go to the same file - just did two since this one took so long to find... The scan could be better, but finally someone did it - so not too much complaining from me.
http://www.mediafire.com/upload_complete.php?id=mgcxhyozwrb
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S67RIFIV

[Wic]

Ahh fuckin sweet dude! Much appreciated, even if it did take 4 months.

[JL]

Oak99 is a geek and a half. Cool dude but this thread pins you down to geekland forever.:D

[Dave Bishop]

Anyone know where I can get a download for Alan Moores run on Swamp Thing - not read it for years but thought it was brilliant!

[flappospammo]

i loved bernie wrightson's artwork on that comic from the 70's

[oak]

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[oak]

Anyone know where I can get a download for Alan Moores run on Swamp Thing - not read it for years but thought it was brilliant!

Grafted from Komics Live... not sure if you need to download all five files to unzip as one or if they'll unzip separately. Probably the former.

I've never read this - so I'm downloading as well.

http://rapidshare.com/files/49266298/Alan_Moore_s_Swamp_Thing_Run_Part_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/49267117/Alan_Moore_s_Swamp_Thing_Run_Part_2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/49264775/Alan_Moore_s_Swamp_Thing_Run_Part_3.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/49265578/Alan_Moore_s_Swamp_Thing_Run_Part_4.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/49267768/Alan_Moore_s_Swamp_Thing_Run_Part_5.zip

[Dave Bishop]

Grafted from Komics Live... not sure if you need to download all five files to unzip as one or if they'll unzip separately. Probably the former.

I've never read this - so I'm downloading as well.

Thanks, you're in for a treat! The first issue sets the bar really well - apparently they only gave it to him because the comic was due to be cancelled in 6 issues - to my knowledge it's still going strong today!

[Amorte]

Dark Horse comics convinced Wrightson to basically draw on a 4-issue series that is effectively a homage to his own work.


Anyone interested in the raw transcript from my interview with Wrightson?

[oak]

Anyone interested in the raw transcript from my interview with Wrightson?

Yup. Hook it up, yo...

[Amorte]

Ok... This was done just prior ro CITY OF OTHERS coming out.
It should be noted that we were talking while Berni was at a county fair.

Anyway, here ya go:


I just wanted to talk to a little bit about City of Others and what’s being hailed as your return to comics.

I just got kind of burned out on comics around the late Nineties, I guess, and started looking around for other things to do; just kind of took a vacation from it for a while.

I know you’ve been doing a lot of film work on things like Romero’s Land of the Dead.

Yeah, wherever I could find stuff; freelance stuff, book illustration… In fact, last year, I took six months working in animation. I was doing character designs for a TV cartoon called Biker Mice From Mars. I don’t even know if it’s on. It was fun, but experience usually runs second to income. [laughs]

Do you like doing that; changing hats from one arena to another?

I’m very fortunate that I’ve got the kind of flexibility where I can step out of one medium into another. I had the germ of an idea for what has become City of Others ten or fifteen years ago and never really did anything with it. A year ago, I met Steve Niles and hadn’t really been reading comics. I’d been completely out of the field and I met Steve at a convention just as a nice guy; we had the same interests and everything. I had no idea who he was. Since then, we’d started collaborating and I’ve come to read some of his work and realized, ‘My god, did I get lucky or what?’ The guy is phenomenal. I’m amazed at the amount of work he does. For me, City of Others is going to pretty much exclusive for however long it lasts.

Are there a set number of issues you guys are going to do?

We’re under contract with Dark Horse for five books, but that’s just in the contract. I think Steve and I have already decided that we’ve got enough material for fifteen books already. We have multiple story arcs that are leapfrogging one another and it keeps growing. Every time we get with the editor, we just keep putting more and more into it. It’s just a lot of fun. It’s great working with him. It’s a true collaboration in the sense that I have a lot of ideas concerning character, plot, storyline, and all of that non-artist kind of stuff and Steve is very open to that. We just sit there and throw ideas back and forth. We’re not going to bill ourselves as writer and artist on this. Obviously, I’m drawing it, but we’re going to call ourselves ‘co-creators.’ I think that the credits are just going to read ‘Steve Niles and Berni Wrightson.’ I’ll come to him with an idea and he immediately has another idea to go on top of that which sweetens the original idea and I’ll jump in with something else and we’ll just keep going back and forth. It’s an ongoing thing. It goes up until the point – and passed the point – of actually sitting down and working. We’re literally changing things at the last minute. It’s a very exciting way to work. We start out with a plot in very broad terms and that’s a lot of fun, but it’s even more fun when you get into the details and actually sit down with the paper; having to put something on the paper and watching it develop and grow. I’ll run to Steve with very sketchy pages and say, ‘Look! Look! This is where I’m going with this’ and that will change what he’s writing. So, we’re constantly revising and rewriting and going back and forth.

How has Dark Horse been about this?

Dark Horse has been great! We had a really short meeting with Mike Richardson and he was terrific. We didn’t even get a third of the way through our pitch and he immediately got it. He knew exactly what we were doing and the level of trust they’re showing is amazing. They just let us run with this and trust us to turn in something good at the end. Shanna Gore, our editor, is terrific. She trusts us implicitly and contributes too. She comes in with her own suggestions and we take everything to heart. We’re a team; a three-way creative team.

Both Steve and you have been quiet about plot particulars of City of Others. Is there anything you can tell me about the book’s direction and where you want to go with it?

No, actually. [laughs] The thing is… I’m practically bursting to tell people about what this is because it’s so wonderful, but… I can tell you that it’s not being inked. I’m doing the whole thing in pencil and they’re going to be coloring the pencils and it looks terrific. It’s got a look unlike anything else out there. I’m very excited about playing with that and developing it. I bring my wife all of the original pages to scan and send to Dark Horse and she somehow is able to scan this stuff, but she doesn’t want to look at the pages. She doesn’t want me to tell her anything about the story. She wants to wait until the comic book actually comes out and have the experience of reading this for the first time in the comic book. That’s kind of my take on it also. It’s going to be very, very well worth the wait and anything I or Steve would tell you in terms of storyline or characters would just take away from that. I like to go into these things knowing absolutely nothing and just let the story take me away. I don’t know; maybe that’s a very old fashioned approach. I imagine at some point down the like, this is going to leak and if it does, it’s out of my control. I’m just doing what I can to keep it a surprise for the readers. This is the horror comic that I want to read and I’m having a great time doing it.

Do you do a lot of genre stuff; films and books and that sort of thing?

I don’t really follow it that much. I don’t even think I’ve seen the Masters of Horror series.

I was going to ask you about that. Did you have anything - other than working on the source material – to do with that production?

No, that was about it. Mick Garris sent me a first draft of Steven Weber’s script that was based on ‘Jenifer’ and I read that and thought it was great. It seemed to stick pretty closely to the source material. They made some changes and updated it, but, beyond that, I had nothing to do with the production. Like I said, I haven’t even seen it. I just don’t seem to have enough time. If somebody invented a thirty-two hour day, maybe I’d have time to see more, but my time is so full with work and family and my own brand of goofing off which is basically just sitting in front of the TV for a few hours with a few beers.

You’ve had an illustrious career, is there anything out there you’re still aching to do?

Not really. And that was part of the thing that made doing City of Others exciting. When I went to Steve with this idea, it wasn’t like a pitch. It wasn’t even like coming in and saying, ‘This is something I want to do.’ It was more like, ‘I’ve been thinking about this character for a long time. Let me run it by you and see what you think.’ It literally happened at a restaurant over a couple of beers and a plate of nachos. We were just sitting there and kind of bullshitting and it surprised me that I was becoming as excited as I was. I just kind of realized in a backdoor way how much I wanted to do this. I think the best things happen that way; almost serendipitously. It came about so suddenly. It was like being under a falling meteor. This thing just hit me and that’s so much more exciting than waiting for something to happen as so often happens in the movie business or any entertainment business where you start talking about something two years before there’s ever a line on paper. This was like we got this thing rolling and immediately jumped into it.

Are you looking no further than City of Others or even passed that? Does this reignite your passion for comics again?

City of Others is a really, really full plate. It’s a full time job and I’m totally focused on it and I’m seeing the story in its entirely. I’m real excited about things that are going to happen maybe six issues down the line and thinking, ‘Oh, cool… I can’t wait until we get to that!’ I don’t really have much room left in my poor, old brain for anything else.

[oak]

The Walking Dead #43

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KF928ZBE

[weaselc]

Oak99 is a geek and a half. Cool dude but this thread pins you down to geekland forever.:D

oak is a hero to our people, and I will tangle with any man who says otherwise.

[oak]

Doktor Sleepless - by Warren Ellis
This is a new series that I'm liking a lot. Ellis has a habit of writing very short series lately, but hopefully this one will go for a while. This book is about some kind of genius who has become a counter/sub-culture hero. I can't even manage much of a description beyond that - it is kind of like Transmet meets the Invisibles. This one had me interested with the subtitle on each cover - "Future Science Jesus" -- "Tesla Boy Gangster" -- etc.

To me, this book feels like Ellis is taking one or two secondary elements in Transmetropolitan and exploring them in more detail as main plot drivers.

Published by Avatar Press - which has caught my attention lately. I'm going to upload this one regularly as it comes out, assuming it doesn't start to suck.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HS2LHCL0 - 52MB

[oak]

Chronicles of Wormwood - by Garth Ennis
I swear this is another case of an author taking a secondary element from an earlier book and exploring it in more detail - though in this case Ennis is pulling from Preacher (and the elements aren't really secondary - as male friendship and a fight with god/devil were pretty key to Preacher).

It tells the story of the son of the devil, who has decided he wants no part of his role in the apocalypse as the anti-christ. It tells the story of his time hanging with his best buds: black jesus, a talking rabbit, and a bartender with a cock for a nose. (Set in modern times.)

Good stuff. Ennis at his best. Also by Avatar Press, this is a six-issue series -- all issues are included -- so no cliff-hangers here. Yes... that is Joan of Arc he is ass-fucking below.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7IQ943BS - 102MB

As always... links to the software needed to read comic files is in the first post of this thread.

[Madelynne]

I cannot believe I am addicted to this thread along with you stuck-in-childhood punk kids. I really enjoy Ellis, but Ennis not as much (at least not when he is trying to be semi-serious). His (Ennis's) female characters annoy me, was I the only one that thought the woman from Preacher was being a self-righteous twat in terms of blaming Cassidy for everything? Jesse as well, but particularly her. Could just be my weakness for Irish men, though.

I need to unsubscribe to this thread so your 3AM posts stop showing up in my email box.

[weenus]

I only read the conclusion of Wormwood, but I liked it.

Madelynne: I think Ennis writes women how he experiences them. If I wrote women similar to my experiences, they would all be wounded, irrational, untrustworthy, and borderline psychotic, that doesn't mean that I think ALL women are like that, but thats just how influential women in my life have been, and how most women in fiction I have written have been portrayed. I'm sure Ennis has a similar feel about it.

I mean, as far as preacher is concerned, Cassidy did convince Tulip that Jesse was dead, and basically kept her strung out and incoherit for months. How was Cassidy NOT responsible? There is also a really touching moment in Preacher when Jesse and Tulip are reunited, and they hug and it goes to a full page picture of them in the snow and it says "I built all of my dreams around you." I think thats just how Ennis views the women around him, invested and submissive, even if they are self sufficient and capable like Tulip is.

[Horseflesh]

His (Ennis's) female characters annoy me

Haha Jesus, don't read The Boys.

[weenus]

Haha Jesus, don't read The Boys.

I don't know that this is really valid. There are two women who are really annoying or notably a 'don't read them' portion, and I think that has more to do with the megalomania of the Boy's universe superheroes than it has to do with Ennis writing his females. The 'good' hero Girl is put in an impossible position by people she has idolized and looked up to for years (the SUCK IT scene) and she reacts what I consider accurately based on things I have read about people being put into similar situations. I think her 'initiation' into the 7 is an interesting parallel to that of music groupies, interns, or even alter boys to a degree, and as far as I could really read into it, I'm still on the fence about whether or not she actually blew them.

The 'female', who is actually a member of the Boys, is quite possibly the most powerful and lethal member of the team, although, I feel that Ennis will eventually explain her backstory as her being a rape victim or something weak in the knees like that.

[Horseflesh]

I was also thinking of the chick in DC that Butcher fucks every time he sees. And the super who double teamed TechKnight and his sidekick. Or that Wonder Woman clone in the 7 who's a drunken cunt. And the one female we don't have time to learn any flaws about because she gets fucking squished into a wall. Hell, have there been ANY respectable women in this series yet?

I'm PRAYING The Female's backstory isn't going to be so simple as "She was raped and now she's coo-coo!" So far she's the character I'm most interested in learning about.

[weenus]

Ennis loves his "I let this guy fuck me doggy style because I can't stand to look at him" females, I guess there is a definite truth to that. Now that you mention it, with the CIA chick in the Boys, Joan of Arc in Wormwood, and I believe there was one in Preacher somewhere, I'm wondering if there isn't an Ennis title that doesn't feature a female who states "Fuck me, I'm such a fucking slut bag" while being fucked from behind.

[weenus]

Adding on to that statement, if Ennis and Ellis became one person, it would probably still be the same comic books, except with a guy getting fucked from behind instead of a girl.

[Madelynne]

Weenus: I have no problem with the way Ennis handles most of the female characters, for example the ass-fucking of Joan of Arc. Those are not characters, those are just fun little moments. I do not draw conclusions from them on Ennis's opinion of women (I think his portrayal of most female characters is an illustration of his sense of humor, not his opinion on women).

But with Tulip, here is how I see it: Cassidy told her he was dead because that is what he believed. Not saying his last words was questionable, but other than that I do not see the issue. Tulip asked for the drugs and wanted a place to crash to. Then she hated Cassidy for doing it because she refused to accept responsibility for her own failings. Screw her. And screw Jesse. If that self-righteous shit had lived for a couple hundred years, I bet he would have ended up sucking a cock for heroin and slapping someone around once or twice. Who is he to judge? Guess he was too busy using his completely ultra-powerful word of God to order pizza in less than 30 minutes.

Horse: I have no issue with The Boys at all. Great funny comic with a great sense of satire and character, and I like Ennis doing that kind of book better than when he tries to out-write his own intellect and be serious (like in Preacher). I do agree, if he goes simpleton on the background story with the Female, then I will be a bit miffed. And when I say "intellect" I do not mean he is stupid, I just mean he is a funny bastard, and that is what he is best at giving us.

I have no issue with his reappearing "quick fuck in the ass" character. That is just these writers showing a common male fantasy. Only weak women think that means misogyny by default, it just means men want a slut. Nothing wrong with that. We want to be one (some times) as well. I just take issue when he builds a "real" female character, and then fail to flesh her out particularly well or they turn weak at the end. In terms of writing a satisfying female character, Ellis can do it (Sparks in the Authority), Ennis cannot so far as I have seen (though I have only read what this thread has provided, so who knows).

[oak]

Great funny comic with a great sense of satire and character, and I like Ennis doing that kind of book better than when he tries to out-write his own intellect and be serious (like in Preacher). I do agree, if he goes simpleton on the background story with the Female, then I will be a bit miffed. And when I say "intellect" I do not mean he is stupid, I just mean he is a funny bastard, and that is what he is best at giving us.

I swear you are damn near quoting me... ennis is totally best when he is bringin' the funnies...

[lawbster]

oak is a hero to our people, and I will tangle with any man who says otherwise.

Anyone who suggests otherwise is lying to himself and everyone else.

[Horseflesh]

Horse: I have no issue with The Boys at all. Great funny comic with a great sense of satire and character, and I like Ennis doing that kind of book better than when he tries to out-write his own intellect and be serious (like in Preacher). I do agree, if he goes simpleton on the background story with the Female, then I will be a bit miffed. And when I say "intellect" I do not mean he is stupid, I just mean he is a funny bastard, and that is what he is best at giving us.

I have no issue with his reappearing "quick fuck in the ass" character. That is just these writers showing a common male fantasy. Only weak women think that means misogyny by default, it just means men want a slut. Nothing wrong with that. We want to be one (some times) as well. I just take issue when he builds a "real" female character, and then fail to flesh her out particularly well or they turn weak at the end. In terms of writing a satisfying female character, Ellis can do it (Sparks in the Authority), Ennis cannot so far as I have seen (though I have only read what this thread has provided, so who knows).

I dunno, I'm not sure if it's a "common male fantasy" (if some chick screamed that shit at me I'd hide) or him trying to really make his women despicable and punished. I honestly think he doesn't LIKE women very much, all of them have massive glaring flaws and if they don't they suffer like Tulip getting her head blown off and going through months of abuse from Cassidy, Wee Hughies girlfriend, the young wholesome lass who had to suck dick to join the 7. Sure a lot of the men get the same treatment but I can't think of ANY women in his stories that get out unscathed.

[weenus]

Women are definitely punished in Ennis books, hense why I read into it as his perception of them. At the end of the day, comic book writers (especially ones with reputations for story and characters like Ennis) have hard-ons for their adult literary approach to a 'kid' medium. They are all about subtext and prose.

[lawbster]

Women are definitely punished in Ennis books,

No way...the women in the Punisher never have anything bad happen to them. Including, but not limited to, having their tits cut off.

[Madelynne]

I dunno, I'm not sure if it's a "common male fantasy" (if some chick screamed that shit at me I'd hide) or him trying to really make his women despicable and punished.

Hide? Maybe it is not pervasive, but I assumed the need to treat (or be treated) like a gutter slut was quite common. No one wants it all the time, but I thought even the most vanilla people occasionally go down that road.

I honestly think he doesn't LIKE women very much, all of them have massive glaring flaws and if they don't they suffer like Tulip getting her head blown off and going through months of abuse from Cassidy, Wee Hughies girlfriend, the young wholesome lass who had to suck dick to join the 7. Sure a lot of the men get the same treatment but I can't think of ANY women in his stories that get out unscathed.

.1. In Preacher, everyone was punished (eye ripped out, everyone taken away from their love, dick shot off, friendships betrayed, family manipulated to death (the Saint), family killed off in horrible ways (Jesse), it goes on and on). The book was all about punishment, personal failure, and redemption. I do not think Tulip got it any worse than anyone else except in one way (and this one way pissed me completely off): the other two "good" characters got to recover and become something better. She (herself) did not get better, she just got Jesse. Cute ending, but only complete for Jesse. Cassidy got to start over completely!

.2. In the Boys, those moments could just as much be about Ennis illustrating how horrible the typical heroes are. He uses transient female characters to do that, whether the moron who sucks cock for the 7 or Hughie's girlfriend (who is not even a character, just a motivation, no different than the family in Gladiator or the brother in every other action movie ever made). Does not bother me, though if he falls flat with the only major female character, then that will stink.

The other thing about Ennis that gets old is his treatment of peculiar sex practices. The meat-packing guy, the de Sade character, the nazi dominant, the never-ended parade of non-functional gay men, Herr Starr's ridiculous need to get ass-fucked by a spiked dildo, etc. I do not draw any big conclusions on him personally from it, but it just gets boring after a while (except when he is funny, such as most of the cases in the Boys as opposed to Preacher).

Ennis might dislike women, but I do not see it. And keep in mind I see that quality almost everywhere I look, as I am a raging feminazi. Just too obvious. No one who hates women or gays has this much fun with them, they get serious and boring instead.

Anyone know if Ennis and/or Ellis are gay themselves?

[Madelynne]

No way...the women in the Punisher never have anything bad happen to them. Including, but not limited to, having their tits cut off.

That Punisher book is yucky. He is phoning it in for the 12-year old boy audience. Not enough humor or subtlety, he does not do gritty and serious for shit, it comes off as a caricature of an action movie.

Yes, I know that "12-year old boy" means all males.

[lawbster]

I think that in most cases, he feels like he is required to keep drawing new lines of taboo and deliberately crossing them in order to maintain his "edge", and therefore, his audience. Not that I'm complaining. It beats 70% of the other dreck out there, and a caricature of an action movie is fantastic where most action movies suck major balls. See generally, "Transformers".

[weenus]

No way...the women in the Punisher never have anything bad happen to them. Including, but not limited to, having their tits cut off.

Or how about the women who beats her sister to death infront of Frank Castle as he's handcuffed to a bed, then, while still covered in her sister's blood, she jumps ontop of Castle's dick, is fucking him, and then shoots herself in the head on top of him.

[lawbster]

Or how about the women who beats her sister to death infront of Frank Castle as he's handcuffed to a bed, then, while still covered in her sister's blood, she jumps ontop of Castle's dick, is fucking him, and then shoots herself in the head on top of him.

Also, this woman had her tits cut off. Hooray!

[oak]

Or how about the women who beats her sister to death infront of Frank Castle as he's handcuffed to a bed, then, while still covered in her sister's blood, she jumps ontop of Castle's dick, is fucking him, and then shoots herself in the head on top of him.

For maddie: in case you stopped reading the punisher. Read the widowmaker story arc... Ennis might not dislike/hate women, but he sure has some funny ideas of how they tick...

Course - after meeting you, I have a hunch you'll look at that scene and think, 'perfectly reasonable..."

:)



Not that I'm complaining. It beats 70% of the other dreck out there, and a caricature of an action movie is fantastic where most action movies suck major balls.

Truth on that one. Bad Ennis is still better than a lot.

[grcat]

It's no giant vagina but ....

[Douchebaggery]

that is fucking awesome

[weenus]

I was mildly surprised with how awesome every single joke on that gif is.

[weenus]

Oak, do you have Mark Millar's WANTED? I'd like to check it out since I heard the movie strays a bit from it.

edit: NVM, didn't see it the first time I looked at the OP, got it now, thanks Oak!

[weenus]

I will put a formal request in for Runaways, however.

[Mad Mikey]

Hey Oak,

Can you score this:

[oak]

Hey Oak,

Can you score this:

Crecy - by Warren Ellis
One shot book...

Crécy is a graphic novel written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Raulo Cáceres, depicting some of the events surrounding the historical Battle of Crécy. The graphic novel was published in 2007 by Avatar Press, under the Apparat imprint.

A highly trained but under equipped army invades another country due to that country's perceived threat to home security. The army conducts shock-and-awe raids designed to terrify the populace. This army is soon driven to ground, and vastly outnumbered. The English army has to stand and fight, in Crecy, France. On 26 August 1346, modern warfare changed forever. This is the story of England's greatest battle.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BKQCHSLV - 43MB

[oak]

I will put a formal request in for Runaways, however.

Never read/heard-of these. Give us a review/description when ya finish em, will ya...

Runaways v1 - #1-18 (complete) - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1Z0HFM6W - 124MB

Runaways v2 - #1-28 (current) - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z0D5GPD0 - 291MB

[weenus]

You're a saint, and don't let anyone tell you different. Review coming shortly.

[weenus]

Out of curiosity Oak, is there an IRC community or something for DCP?

[oak]

Out of curiosity Oak, is there an IRC community or something for DCP?

No idea on that, actually - but almost certainly - I just don't know about it (not an IRC user anymore unless I'm looking for something in particular, too much like crack for me). They do have a newsgroup (alt.binaries.comics.dcp) which is one of the first places to get anything, unless you have access to their private FTP server or its mirror (there may be more than one, not sure). I have (or will have, once it gets back up) access to the mirror FTP, which is a Nice Thing (tm).

In terms of overall scanning folks, the comicshack.no-ip.info dchub often has a bunch of interesting folks on it, as does the batcave hub - though I haven't been to the latter in a while. Komics-live.com is where all the newbies are getting gathered, distributed to, and converted to the borg -- and they are quickly becoming the go-to place on the WWW (as opposed to other internet-based methods) for comic addicts.

[oak]

I just got an erection when I realized that Maddie can be made to appear by topping this thread... She wants some nerd comic cack, I tell ya...

I'd do it, but she looks like a biter...

[Madelynne]

Suck it, sandy.

[ZZOTH]

if you want to see women treated poorly in comics....read anything drawn by Tim Vigil :buck:

[coolandy007]

It's no giant vagina but ....

Who drew this fucking picture, and how do I stop myself from fapping to the most fanfuckingtastic pouty lips ever fucking drawn?

[Dr. Death]

http://findingmyself.net/UserFiles/Image/muffin.jpg

[oak]

http://findingmyself.net/UserFiles/Image/muffin.jpg

I could totally use a muffin right now.

People like me are why commercials exist...

[Amorte]

if you want to see women treated poorly in comics....read anything drawn by Tim Vigil :buck:

Truth!
I mean, just FAUST alone...

Have you ever read EO?
Just brutal.

[ZZOTH]

Truth!
I mean, just FAUST alone...

Have you ever read EO?
Just brutal.

i have EO lol....that scene where he fucks her and her guts are coming out...pure vigil.

[Dr. Death]

Yeah, gee whiz guys, let's all read our comic books and play dungeons and dragons. Grow up, you fuckin' geeks. It's called pussy - maybe you should try it at least once in your life.

[weenus]

Yeah, gee whiz guys, let's all read our comic books and play dungeons and dragons. Grow up, you fuckin' geeks. It's called pussy - maybe you should try it at least once in your life.

I wonder why this dumb fuck got pinked.

[Seadog]

whats this thread all about? I have never read it and its too big now for me to read. cliff notes please.

thanks in advance

[Amorte]

It's called pussy - maybe you should try it at least once in your life.

...says the guy with the gay BJ avatar.

[Dr. Death]

Say's your mom when I cracked her over the skull with a frying pan for choking on my 12 inch, you stupid whore. News flash bitch - urinals don't talk, now open your fucking mouth while I relieve myself on your ugly fuckin' face. You're worthless. You know what you amount to? Here let get something to scrape the dog shit off my shoe and I can show you. As a matter of fact stick out your tongue, you can lick my ass while you're at it.

[weenus]

whats this thread all about? I have never read it and its too big now for me to read. cliff notes please.

thanks in advance

Just Oak uploading different comics and graphics novels, people downloading and reading them, discussion about said comics or graphics novels, and requests there after. The occasional tool comes in and tries to cause a stir here and there.

[oak]

Y - the Last Man - #59
Second to last issue, released today.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5FTNYPS1 -- 13MB

Post in the thread if you cunts want anything -- I almost forgot about this thread. Or alternatively: Flappo - could you go ahead and post granny porn for a page or two... I want to see some gray vag.

[Madelynne]

Y - the Last Man - #59
Second to last issue, released today.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5FTNYPS1 -- 13MB

Post in the thread if you cunts want anything -- I almost forgot about this thread. Or alternatively: Flappo - could you go ahead and post granny porn for a page or two... I want to see some gray vag.

Good episode this month.

But what is wrong with your chi?

[Outlaw]

the gray vag comment was like a beacon for you wasn't it.

[Madelynne]

the gray vag comment was like a beacon for you wasn't it.

I just shoved a cheeseburger in my twat.










Wipe the drool off the keyboard, freak.

[Outlaw]

Madelynne I'm willing to fuck you just for the story i could tell about dabbling in geriatrism.

[Madelynne]

Madelynne I'm willing to fuck just for the story i could tell about dabbling in geriatrism.

Fat cunt like you technically has sex when walking across the room, simply from the lower rolls waxing your pickle. Just apply some gray hair to your belly, and handle your dabbling in-house.




Ooooh. Cut.

I am just screwing around, you can take me in the poop-lofter so long as you wash first.

[Outlaw]

so long as you wash first.

deal breaker.

[Mad Mikey]

Hey Oak,

Can you get this?

What about any of the Garth Ennis "Nick Fury" stuff? It appears to be in the same vain as the Punisher, is it any good?

Lastly, do you have access to War Storys vols 1 & 2 from Ennis?

Thanks in advance.......you fackin beautiful genius!

I feel like a greedy fat kid in a candy store asking the punter for another free lolly! If you ever need some architectural work done - PM me.

[Mad Mikey]

Anyone else notice too many similarities between Y-Last Man and this sure to be shite Will Smith flick?

115098

I hope someone got a check......

[oak]

Hey Oak,

Can you get this?

Good request. I'm upping some of the other stuff you mentioned as well.

Punisher Born - by Garth Ennis
This one covers Frank's time in vietnam on his final tour. This is an excellent comic, and basically offers a different origin for the Punisher without actually changing his existing story. Told mostly from the story of a hanger-on in the crowd, sticking to Frank to stay alive.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1U96PGNI - 36MB

[weenus]

Anyone else notice too many similarities between Y-Last Man and this sure to be shite Will Smith flick?

115098

I hope someone got a check......

Well, its actually based on a novel that predates Y the last man by about, I dunno, 60 years or so. Google it.

[coolandy007]

Anyone else notice too many similarities between Y-Last Man and this sure to be shite Will Smith flick?

115098

I hope someone got a check......

Actually, no. Seeing as how the movie is based in a book written in 1954. So yeah.......

[coolandy007]

Hey Oak, how's about some "V FOR VENDETTA"?

[oak]

V for Vendetta - by Alan Moore
10 issue series set it a fucked up future of the UK, imagined by Alan Moore in the 80's and set in the 90's or so. My favorite part about this series is realizing just how oppressed many people felt in the UK in the 80's -- not dissimilar from how many people in the USA feel under GW.

Better than the movie.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z25CQGMC - 112MB

[coolandy007]

V for Vendetta - by Alan Moore
10 issue series set it a fucked up future of the UK, imagined by Alan Moore in the 80's and set in the 90's or so. My favorite part about this series is realizing just how oppressed many people felt in the UK in the 80's -- not dissimilar from how many people in the USA feel under GW.

Better than the movie.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z25CQGMC - 112MB

I highly recommend this to anyone that needs a little inspiration to get started or continue with activism. Except hippies. Fucking hippies think they are going to get shit accomplished by tying themselves to shit and playing guitar. Anyhow, good book and like Oak says, if you thought the movie was good, then this is the next logical step towards the fanfuckingtastic.

[ZZOTH]

pretty much any thing alan moore touches is gold. watchmen,v for vendetta, he even made rob liefeld's Supreme an interesting multi-dimensional character. talk about ice-skating uphill...

[Douchebaggery]

Liefeld is a fucking douche. did he ever study human anatomy?

[ZZOTH]

he like todd mcfarlane, and too many others (michael turner i'm looking in your direction) learned to draw from copying comic book art. NOT the way to learn. as for liefeld, you'd think he learned his anatomy from studying pablo picasso or dali's wonky abstract/surrealist takes on anatomy. fortunately for those two they had something awesome:talent.

[ZZOTH]

oh and you guys have GOT to read the forum posts where DC artist Rags Morales is TRASHING liefeld in public on the forum, and Rob is bitching back!!!

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?p=4226994

funny shit!!! get them pos reps ready lol

[oak]

oh and you guys have GOT to read the forum posts where DC artist Rags Morales is TRASHING liefeld in public on the forum, and Rob is bitching back!!!

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?p=4226994

funny shit!!! get them pos reps ready lol

I don't actually know who either of them are, but I'll rep you anyway... It is all about writers for me, the artists fade into the background except for a handful of exceptional ones... I'm happy if the art doesn't piss me off, I've given up on wanting to be impressed by the visuals. But seriously - what do I know about art - I like Michael Avon Oeming for god's sake.

That thread was bad, it could almost have happened on this board... Seemed like a couple of childish twats to me.

[Horseflesh]

Is Boys this Weds, oak my nigga?

[oak]

Is Boys this Weds, oak my nigga?

Nope - it is listed for release on the 21st.

[Horseflesh]

Goddamnit I swear they decided to release that fucking book every 5 weeks.

[weenus]

Liefeld is the toolbox artist who has done nothing but slaughter characters and singlehandedly make Topcow look like shit.

[ZZOTH]

rags morales can actually draw very well. liefeld is the joke of the industry. even mcfarlane is better than liefeld. and i agree with oak, better writing is what is more important in comics. gonna edit this and add art from both.... the cap stuff is liefeld *shudder* and the hawkman is by rags and inked by my pal and occasional inker of my stuff mike bair.

[weaselc]

oh and you guys have GOT to read the forum posts where DC artist Rags Morales is TRASHING liefeld in public on the forum, and Rob is bitching back!!!

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?p=4226994

funny shit!!! get them pos reps ready lol

404'd. No rep for you.

Anybutt, Liefeld is most certainly anatomically challenged and immature to the extreme, but it's become as fashionable to bash him in comic circles as it is to bash Dubya on a college campus. It's a fucking cliche at this point.

It's VERY rare to see superheroes drawn to normal human proportions. When they are drawn to standard proportions, it's usually in an attempt to make them appear more human for stylistic/storytelling reasons (see: Watchmen). As a general rule, shoulders are wider, heads are smaller, legs are longer, etc. It's all about making superhumans look, y'know, superhuman. Liefeld's first problem, as noted by zzoth, is that he started with the comic ideal as the base for human anatomy, then made that even more ridiculous. In general, I have no problem with that. I've seen a lot of places where weird art/anatomy really works well (Oeming, Frank Miller, and Eric Powell off the top of my head).

The real issue is Liefeld's second problem, which is not being able to shut the fuck up. Dude's got a job that most fanboys would kill for, if only they had an inkling of talent. Liefeld has an inkling of talent, got the job, and now he's a dick about it. But said fanboys, both jealous of his position and pissed at his attitude, call him out on his sub-par art rather than his third-grade mentality. Liefeld, on his side, recognizes that the best way to rile them up is to point out that he's got the job and they don't.

Whatever. It's the internet, and Liefeld is a talentless hack faggot.

[oak]

Based on those samples only, neither is worth commenting on in my opinion. Calling Rags better than Liefeld is like calling the average honda faster than a hyundai. That might be true, but who gives a fuck. Same old same old, but that is possibly (probably) just my bias against superhero comics.

I read Superman's Peace on Earth tonight, with Alex Ross at the wheel. Now that art actually helped the story (which was almost a good one, but fell totally flat for me at both the beginning and end). Also read the Mouse Guard, and liked the art in that (David Peterson) -- though the lettering (computer font?) was distracting and I suppose the art (and the concept) are pretty derivative. Still, enjoyable stuff with minimal dialog (which is not what I usually go in for).

[Douchebaggery]

I like Bill Sienkiewicz's style, also Jae Lee

[ZZOTH]

I like Bill Sienkiewicz's style, also Jae Lee

i've met Bill Sienkiewicz several times, and we both did paintings on a stage in front of a crowd for charity at a convention. he's super talented. and i just so happen to have his art as my laptops wallpaper the last 3 months or so.

[Outlaw]

The 'Nam?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Nam_1.jpg/397px-Nam_1.jpg

[oak]

100 Bullets #86
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=588SIWHR

[oak]

The 'Nam?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Nam_1.jpg/397px-Nam_1.jpg

Grafted from Komics-Live - enclosed in quote tags to avoid search engines (this hasn't been uploaded often). If anyone downloads them all, I'll e-like you if you package them as one zip and upload them to another mirror (like megaupload).

http://rapidshare.com/files/49282813/Nam__01-12.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/49285860/Nam__13-19.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/49288063/Nam__20-24.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/49290144/Nam__25-29.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/49292922/Nam__30-36.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/49295164/Nam__37-43.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/49298264/Nam__44-49.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/49301043/Nam__50-61.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/49355765/Nam__62-74.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/49360782/Nam__75-84.rar

[ZZOTH]

outlaw reads comics? what a dork...i'm so gonna rat him out to the main board. lol

[grcat]

Oak can you hook me up with Any badass Conan Artwork ......

[oak]

Oak can you hook me up with Any badass Conan Artwork ......

For what purpose? If you are looking for smallish stuff, then you might try just opening up the two conan posts -- note that you can get to individual pages by changing the file extension of the cbz or cbr file to either zip or rar (respectively)... then unzip and you'll have a folder - one jpeg per comic page. Then you can crop to your heart's content.

Conan posts are:

http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1452351&postcount=247
and:
http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1456568&postcount=305

If you are looking for something bigger or specific, let me know. There are lots of pinups, sketches, and unblemished (meaning no titles/credits) covers in the backs of comics - which is a good place for art I would guess.

[grcat]

Silly question... Megaupload .... how's that work.

[oak]

Silly question... Megaupload .... how's that work.

It is a free online file storage service.

Just click on one of the links - and in the upper right you'll see a place to enter a set of characters (to verify you aren't a bot). Enter them, click submit - and then you'll see a countdown timer in the middle towards the right -- once that goes to zero it will turn into a download link. Just click it and save the file to your hard drive.

Then you can read the comics by downloading one of the readers linked from the first post in this thread... or tear the file apart as I posted above.

PM me if this is greek to you or if you have trouble at any particular step.

[oak]

DMZ - by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli
I really could have sworn I uploaded this already - but either I'm losing stuff in this thread or I'm smoking da dope.

Anyway - DMZ is a story about a near-future where the military is completely bogged down in overseas conflicts... Wait, that is the present... anyway, in the future a bunch of anti-establishment Ron-Paul loving militias come together and basically start a new civil war. The fight comes to a standstill at Manhattan - now known as the DMZ. It revolves around a young reporter getting dumped into the DMZ trying to figure out how people survive -- and some of the issues are extremely good.

Issues 1-25 - (Current as of today) - Just shy of 300MB
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=45U8A2B0

Updates:
#26 -- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5B5WBZGS
#27 -- http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1644734&postcount=781

[Mad Mikey]

Lastly, do you have access to War Storys vols 1 & 2 from Ennis?

Thanks in advance.......you fackin beautiful genius!



Oaky,

any luck finding this stuff?

[weaselc]

DMZ - by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli

Looks good. Thanks for the up.

Also, I dunno if someone already mentioned it, but I went to the movies last weekend, and there was a trailer for the Wanted movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/), which apparently stars Anjelina Jolie, Common, and Morgan Freeman.

There's a scene where Morgan is teaching our protagonist how to "shoot around" things as part of a top-secret band of assasins. Looks like they took a few names and a few scenes, then re-wrote the entire story. I checked out the plot synopsis on IMDb:

Based upon Mark Miller's explosive graphic novel series and helmed by stunning visualist director Timur Bekmambetov -- creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history, the Night Watch series-- Wanted tells the tale of one apathetic nobody's transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, the world will be introduced to a hero for a new generation: Wesley Gibson. 25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut. Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie). After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits him into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his father's death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself. With wickedly brilliant tutors-- including the fraternity's enigmatic leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman)-- Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But slowly, he begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one can ever teach him: he alone controls his destiny.

So he's no longer a serial-killer/rapist, world's biggest conspiracy member, and interesting twist on classic morality play, but an uber-cool assassin superhero in a top secret, blah, blah, blah, let's trot this horse out again.

Gay.

[oak]

Something is wrong with my DMZ upload - pretty much the first 16 files can't be read by the most common display programs - I'm reuploading later today.

Also have the war stories and am upping those.

[grcat]

.

[oak]

DMZ has been fixed and reuploaded...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=45U8A2B0

Or see original post.

[oak]

War Stories - v1 and v2 - Garth Ennis and Various Artists
These are two 4-issue mini-series, though each issue is a standalone story. Garth Ennis writes all, but artists include Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, David Lloyd, Chris Weston, Gary Erskine, Cam Kennedy, and Carlos Ezquerra.

I've actually never read these before - but this looks like an excellent request from Mikester. I just finished the first one, which tells the story of a german tank crew towards the end of WWII, trying their hardest to just survive after a lot of war. Even though it was a one-shot, Ennis established a good feel for the main character, as well as his relationship with his crew, his tank, and the war itself.

Each book is a different war story - and Ennis is writing pretty seriously in these. I thought I only liked him tongue-in-cheek, but this stuff is quite good.

v1 and v2 in one pack (8 issues - about 165MB)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9E1R751G

[weenus]

DL link?

[oak]

DL link?

Updated above.

I must be hitting the crack too much lately.

[Outlaw]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Sawrebirth.jpg/385px-Sawrebirth.jpg

[oak]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Sawrebirth.jpg/385px-Sawrebirth.jpg

"Saw: Rebirth is a comic book one-shot published by IDW Publishing. It was written by R. Eric Lieb and Kris Oprisko with art by Renato Guedes. It is a prequel to Saw and delves into the origins of the tortured John Kramer and his sinister alter-ego, Jigsaw. It fleshes out Jigsaw's past and motivations, and clears up some "plot holes" from the first film such as how he knew all his victims and how a dying old man could concoct such elaborate traps."

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3V148COW - 9mb

[Outlaw]

thanks broham.

[Mad Mikey]

War Stories - v1 and v2 - Garth Ennis and Various Artists
These are two 4-issue mini-series, though each issue is a standalone story. Garth Ennis writes all, but artists include Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, David Lloyd, Chris Weston, Gary Erskine, Cam Kennedy, and Carlos Ezquerra.

I've actually never read these before - but this looks like an excellent request from Mikester. I just finished the first one, which tells the story of a german tank crew towards the end of WWII, trying their hardest to just survive after a lot of war. Even though it was a one-shot, Ennis established a good feel for the main character, as well as his relationship with his crew, his tank, and the war itself.

Each book is a different war story - and Ennis is writing pretty seriously in these. I thought I only liked him tongue-in-cheek, but this stuff is quite good.

v1 and v2 in one pack (8 issues - about 165MB)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9E1R751G

Just finished reading War Stories this morning......It is excellent. I am probably going to score the hard copy if I don't get it for Christmas.

Thanks again Oak, can't rep ya enough!

[oak]

Walking Dead - #44

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4A465AHZ

[oak]

The Boys #12

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7RGNK0QR

[Mokorisan]

OM Fucking G

My first time in the Board in this is what i see, This is Fucking heaven.

Christmas came early.........

[weenus]

The Boys #12

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7RGNK0QR

Didn't even see this hit on the KL forums. You're a saint, Oak.

[coolandy007]

OM Fucking G

My first time in the Board in this is what i see, This is Fucking heaven.

Christmas came early.........

They have internet in Colombia now? Oh how times have changed.

[oak]

Goon - Chinatown & the Mystery of Mr. Wicker
Not the origin of the Goon exactly, but definitely a formative event. How the guys who did the sodomy baby managed a touching moment is beyond me.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KGC7H85J - 74MB

Other Goon stuff can be found at:

http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1415136&postcount=127
and:
http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1422687&postcount=145

[tony28]

Is the goon any good? action scenes-wise what's it like, and it seems cartoony-sappy to me from the front cover illustration. Do you read any manga by any chance?

btw I liked dark knights... wasn't what I was expecting but it was still quite good, just a bit disappointed in the action scenes.

[oak]

Is the goon any good? action scenes-wise what's it like, and it seems cartoony-sappy to me from the front cover illustration. Do you read any manga by any chance?

btw I liked dark knights... wasn't what I was expecting but it was still quite good, just a bit disappointed in the action scenes.

I like it a lot. I'm not sure what to compare it to - and even answering the 'action scenes-wise' question doesn't really make sense. The Goon isn't the type of comic that is about action scenes... The Goon reads like an experiment in genres -- he is piling together zombies, robots, depression era tough guys, noir, comedy, gross-out humor, etc. It is a fun book - nothing particularly serious. Chinatown is actually a bit of a departure, as it doesn't have as much of the humor that the rest of them tend to have.

Download the Chinatown book or the Sodomy Baby single issue to get a feel for the style/tone (or both, which will give you a feel for the two extremes of the book) -- before you bother with the 400MB pile o stuff.

[AilaLynn]

I saw this was the comic thread. I figured I'd input a word or two here. I read "The Crow" by J. O'Barr recently; I must say it was a heartbreaking story, but I loved it. The retribution to be had in it was superb, the angst, and overall feel are unsurpassed. One of my favs. I absolutely love how he used songs from the cure and joy division in it.

btw, Oak99, is there any way you'd be able to find any of the old Frank Frazetta comics? The ones he did for Al Capp's Lil Abner and some of the other comics he did before the Lil Abner? thanks if you can. :D

[oak]

I saw this was the comic thread. I figured I'd input a word or two here. I read "The Crow" by J. O'Barr recently; I must say it was a heartbreaking story, but I loved it. The retribution to be had in it was superb, the angst, and overall feel are unsurpassed. One of my favs. I absolutely love how he used songs from the cure and joy division in it.

Welcome to the board, Lynn...

I really like that book as well - I'll upload it for everyone.

btw, Oak99, is there any way you'd be able to find any of the old Frank Frazetta comics? The ones he did for Al Capp's Lil Abner and some of the other comics he did before the Lil Abner? thanks if you can. :D

Interesting request. There isn't too much scanned of that era of work - though part of the problem is even figuring out an exact title/issue# list of what he did.

Here is an interesting book put out in '83 that collects some very early work:

The Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists 02: Frank Frazetta
Includes reprints of 5 Frazetta short stories from the late '40s or early '50s, including 3 from the Shining Knight, a short western (Botalye, Immortal Indian Warrior), and a short sci-fi story (Spores from Space).

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4M22T64A -- 13MB


Thun'da, King of the Congo
In 1952, Magazine Enterprises gave Frank his first entire book (as opposed to short stories). He was replaced by artist Bob Powell in the second issue - but issue 1 is still considered his best comic work by some critics (no idea who "some critics" refers to -- I'm pasting my knowledge in this one). This isn't a scan of the original, but a scan of the reprint in the late '80s I believe.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HD3BD717 -- 17.5MB

[AilaLynn]

Thank you so much for those, Oak. I look forward to any more Frazetta you may be able to come across. He is an aristic genius in his own category , that's for sure. I love how he injects realism into his fantasy artwork. Some of my favorites of his work is "Death Dealer" and "Silver Warrior". I watched the Frazetta documentary "Painting With Fire" las night, I was so mesmerized by it, I have utmost respect for the man.

[oak]

Thank you so much for those, Oak. I look forward to any more Frazetta you may be able to come across. He is an aristic genius in his own category , that's for sure. I love how he injects realism into his fantasy artwork. Some of my favorites of his work is "Death Dealer" and "Silver Warrior". I watched the Frazetta documentary "Painting With Fire" las night, I was so mesmerized by it, I have utmost respect for the man.

Last one I came across:

Shocking SuspenStories #13
Specifically, he did the story 'Squeeze Play' in this issue.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DGR0UUUA - 10.5MB


That's it for now - but let me know if you come across a specific title/issue# list and I might be able to find more. I was pulling search criteria from this page: http://lambiek.net/artists/f/frazetta.htm

[ZZOTH]

Last one I came across:

Shocking SuspenStories #13
Specifically, he did the story 'Squeeze Play' in this issue.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DGR0UUUA - 10.5MB


That's it for now - but let me know if you come across a specific title/issue# list and I might be able to find more. I was pulling search criteria from this page: http://lambiek.net/artists/f/frazetta.htm

since she's a noob and can't rep you, i'm gonna do it for her. thanks for the swag.

[Horseflesh]

I'm a big poof, please post new Buffy.

[oak]

I'm a big poof, please post new Buffy.

What's "new" mean? I looked it up, there is a pile of this stuff -- there must be a giant crowd of you fags... ;)

Do you just want the new Season 8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_Season_Eight) thinger from March, 07 onwards, or the v1 darkhorse book (or the many many graphic novels and/or spinoffs)?

[Horseflesh]

Do you just want the new Season 8

Yes prease!

[oak]

Yes prease!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 8
As I understand, this series is the first comic to go past the timeline established by the TV show (which I guess went 7 seasons?) It is currently up to issue 7 and began back in March of this year.

Horseflesh will need to give a more extensive review... I remember the Buffy craze, but for some reason I've never seen the TV show even once, so I don't get it (I didn't avoid its gayness in particular, but it must have been on a night when I don't watch the tube).

Issues 1 to 7 (ongoing series)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UCZRRRET - 115MB

Issues 8 and 9
http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1589556&postcount=696

Issue 10
http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1634762&postcount=764

Issue 11
http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1667804&postcount=812

[weenus]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 8
As I understand, this series is the first comic to go past the timeline established by the TV show (which I guess went 7 seasons?) It is currently up to issue 7 and began back in March of this year.

Horseflesh will need to give a more extensive review... I remember the Buffy craze, but for some reason I've never seen the TV show even once, so I don't get it (I didn't avoid its gayness in particular, but it must have been on a night when I don't watch the tube).

Issues 1 to 7 (ongoing series)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UCZRRRET - 115MB

Buffy was for girls and fags. I watched Angel because I enjoy dreamy vamp men... er... wait.

[Horseflesh]

Horseflesh will need to give a more extensive review... I remember the Buffy craze, but for some reason I've never seen the TV show even once, so I don't get it (I didn't avoid its gayness in particular, but it must have been on a night when I don't watch the tube).

Season 8 really sums it up. It's a comic book form of that TV show story being continued, but now that it's being drawn there are no more budget limitations.

I think Angel just started one up too, Season 6... if you see it, oak. :D

Thanks for the up!

[weenus]

I really enjoyed the first issue of Season 6, HF. If you followed the show at all, you're sure to be shocked by some character developments.

[Horseflesh]

I really enjoyed the first issue of Season 6, HF. If you followed the show at all, you're sure to be shocked by some character developments.
I saw the first couple of pages online somewhere, the dragon thing made me smile. :D

[fumblingwisdom]

Season 8 really sums it up. It's a comic book form of that TV show story being continued, but now that it's being drawn there are no more budget limitations.

I think Angel just started one up too, Season 6... if you see it, oak. :D

Thanks for the up!

Waaaaaaaaait, what?

Angel lived?

Gyp.

[Horseflesh]

Waaaaaaaaait, what?

Angel lived?

Gyp.
Not only did he live, he didn't slay that dragon.

[fumblingwisdom]

Not only did he live, he didn't slay that dragon.

Fuck you, Joss Whedon.


Fuck you.

[oak]

Fuck you, Joss Whedon.


Fuck you.

???

You guys are faggots, right?

Just checking.

[fumblingwisdom]

Goddammit, those were entertaining shows.

Nothing earth-shaking, innovative or intellectual; but definitely better than 90% of the shit that advertisers spoon-feed to the masses.


I have nothing to do with drooling Buffyheads, but I did enjoy them.

[ZZOTH]

buffy the vampire slayer? you're all gay.

[fumblingwisdom]

Want to suck my dick?

[ZZOTH]

Want to suck my dick?


only if i can swallow.

[fumblingwisdom]

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Now put on this Winifred costume.

[ZZOTH]

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Now put on this Winifred costume.


you better call me the next day.:bj:

[weenus]

Fuck that, put on an Illyria costume. Mmm, demi-goddess pussy.

[coolandy007]

The things I would have eaten out of Sarah Michelle Gellar's gina..............

[weenus]

Freddie Prinze Jr's cock?

[JeffTilDeath]

Anyone know where I can read Secret Wars, the old Marvel mini-series?

I was pretty into it when I was just a lad. Don't feel like dropping the cash on eBay just so I can walk down memory lane.

[oak]

Anyone know where I can read Secret Wars, the old Marvel mini-series?

I was pretty into it when I was just a lad. Don't feel like dropping the cash on eBay just so I can walk down memory lane.

I'll toss it in my queue and up it later today.

[oak]

Secret Wars v1
12-issue marvel series about a bunch of heroes and villains getting chucked onto another world where they are pushed into a fight for ultimate poooowwweeerrr... This was an obscenely popular series back in the day, and probably contributed to an increase in the number of special arcs, mini-series, and the like. There is a v2 of this as well, where the Beyonder comes to earth and wears a sky blue suit... jazzy.

This version was packaged by the DCP (digital comics preservation -- a group that does scanning) into one neat file of all 12 issues.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QYTVVTUP - 160MB

[oak]

The Crow - by James O'Barr
The series was begun by O'Barr to get over feelings about his girlfriend after she was killed by a drunk driver. Serious underground success, and looked at by movie studios almost immediately.

Love this book. It isn't anywhere near perfect in any one element, but there are pages that are just stellar. I actually like the movie too, which I'd describe kind of the same way -- it has a lot of crap in it, but the good scenes are exceptional.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=POQMYRV4 - 92MB

[oak]

First three Dexter books in audiobook format.

I posted these in the Dexter thread, but figured I'd put them here for more permanent theft storage.

Darkly Dreaming Dexter: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FNID37Q9

Dearly Devoted Dexter: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R4BW1I26

Dexter in the Dark (join and unzip with winrar):
Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O9FFY9VE
Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F5ZDIZ76

[lawbster]

Where are we in Y the Last Man? The last one I have is 57...is that accurate?

[oak]

Where are we in Y the Last Man? The last one I have is 57...is that accurate?

Up to 59, IIRC.

Go to the first post in the thread, hit the link to the main Y post -- links to updates are embedded in that post.

Damn lazy law students. :)

[coolandy007]

Oaky, ever heard of something called sandman or something of the likes? Any good?

[oak]

Oaky, ever heard of something called sandman or something of the likes? Any good?

Course. Sandman, by Neil Gaiman (a great fiction author in addition to comics).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(Vertigo)

I'll post up the first arc tonight or tomorrow, though it is likely someone will like it enough for the entire series (and several spin-offs) to be posted... it is quite good.

[oak]

Sandman - by Neil Gaiman
75 issues from 1988 until 1996, kept in print as a series of ten trade paperbacks. Widely beloved, and the only comic to win the World Fantasy Award. For now, here are the first eight issues that make up the first trade paperback: Preludes and Nocturnes.

The first TPB is about the main character "Dream" gaining freedom from decades of imprisonment from an occultist; and his efforts to reclaim his objects of power while still in a weakened state, confronting a dream junkie, the legions of Hell, and an all-powerful madman in the process.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XWL24I9D - 67.5MB

[fumblingwisdom]

Ahhh yes. Something that can give Transmetropolitan a run for its money.

[oak]

For the ciggers. This is a nice lightweight but ballsy piece of sound editing software (technically video editing and burning too). If you out-grow it and want to move up to pro-quality shit, pm me.

Blaze Media Pro v7.0 for PC
More info on the software can be found here:
http://www.blazemp.com/

Read text file inside the zip for basic instructions.

Here is the actual download:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=98IU24D3 - A nice light 17.5MB

[Madelynne]

Post something girls like. Preferably psycho girls.

Also, empty your PMs. I am coming south from NY this weekend. You are taking me drinking and fighting. I am going to kick your ass, sand-bagger.

[oak]

Post something girls like. Preferably psycho girls.

Also, empty your PMs. I am coming south from NY this weekend. You are taking me drinking and fighting. I am going to kick your ass, sand-bagger.

How the fuck do I know what psycho girls like? And I thought it was "women" -- didn't you correct me on that once...

I cleared some room for your mouthy ass, send me the details. Including your sexual preference -- I've got some dikes you'd like -- if you are even half the lesbo you seem to be...

[oak]

Persepolis - by Marjane Satrapi
This is an autobiographical comic that describes the author's life in Iran during the overthrow of the Shah -- and afterwards during the war. I'm posting this one because I thought of it after Maddie requested a chick comic -- but it is a great read for anyone. It is interesting to get such a specific view into this period of history... very good stuff.

It was made into an animated film earlier this year and was shown at Cannes, but I haven't been able to get a hold of a copy of the film yet. The comic has won a pile of awards, and the film won an award at Cannes -- and drew protests from Iran even before it was shown...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O73E34CD - 59MB

[ZZOTH]

How the fuck do I know what psycho girls like? And I thought it was "women" -- didn't you correct me on that once...

I cleared some room for your mouthy ass, send me the details. Including your sexual preference -- I've got some dikes you'd like -- if you are even half the lesbo you seem to be...


see if you can find any of David Mack's Kabuki stuff for her. chicks dig that.

[fumblingwisdom]

How the fuck do I know what psycho girls like? And I thought it was "women" -- didn't you correct me on that once...

I cleared some room for your mouthy ass, send me the details. Including your sexual preference -- I've got some dikes you'd like -- if you are even half the lesbo you seem to be...

Michael Manning.

[oak]

Some more faggotry for the faggotry fan.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season Eight - Issues 8 and 9.

Now current as of scans that have been done to date.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XI6UT0Y1 - 30MB

[Horseflesh]

Yaaaaay! Thanks, oak!

Say I was in the comic shop picking up Boys and Buffy from the past few months and was seeing some Marvel Zombie shit around the store. Was that any good?

[oak]

Yaaaaay! Thanks, oak!

Say I was in the comic shop picking up Boys and Buffy from the past few months and was seeing some Marvel Zombie shit around the store. Was that any good?

It definitely had some camp value - I'm not sure if I'd recommend it or not - The zombie craze in comics appears to have no end, but aside for the Walking Dead and Black Gas -- I wouldn't call much of it good -- but I read it all anyway due to lovin' me some zombies.

I'll put together some various zombie packs and let y'all judge.

[ZZOTH]

It definitely had some camp value - I'm not sure if I'd recommend it or not - The zombie craze in comics appears to have no end, but aside for the Walking Dead and Black Gas -- I wouldn't call much of it good -- but I read it all anyway due to lovin' me some zombies.

I'll put together some various zombie packs and let y'all judge.

include some bernie wrightson for the unenlightened on here, otherwise it's just not zombie goodness.

[oak]

The Boys #13 - by Garth Ennis

For newcomers, the rest of this series are in this thread. Check out the very first post for an index of all comics, as well as links to tools for reading these files.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UIRWG42H - 12.2MB

[Horseflesh]

Holy shit, Christmas came early! And so did I!

[coolandy007]

Sandman - by Neil Gaiman
75 issues from 1988 until 1996, kept in print as a series of ten trade paperbacks. Widely beloved, and the only comic to win the World Fantasy Award. For now, here are the first eight issues that make up the first trade paperback: Preludes and Nocturnes.

The first TPB is about the main character "Dream" gaining freedom from decades of imprisonment from an occultist; and his efforts to reclaim his objects of power while still in a weakened state, confronting a dream junkie, the legions of Hell, and an all-powerful madman in the process.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XWL24I9D - 67.5MB

Just finished "Sandman" and I'm quite pleased. I remember seeing a page from this a while back and it was so abstract that it just kept me staring for a while inside some Barne's and Nobles... Now that I've read some of the book, I'm delighted to see that the story is just as good. This is a very chaotic book as far as it's plot development and art, and things don't tend to make sense until you see the whole picture. It's kind of like a Tarantino film.

Oak, if you find the rest of the series I would say it will make a fine compliment to this thread.

[oak]

The Walking Dead #45
For newcomers, the rest of this series are in this thread. Check out the very first post for an index of all comics, as well as links to tools for reading these files.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YLWAP9PT

[Douchebaggery]

http://www.newsarama.com/virgincomics/Sadhu/01/SAD001_FRONTCOVEROUTSIDE.jpg

I saw a bit about this on tv a few days ago, has anyone read it?

[Z!Cat]

that looks killer, imo

[oak]

I saw a bit about this on tv a few days ago, has anyone read it?

I have not read it - but here are the first 8 issues (up to current).

Give 'er a read and review it for the thread, eh my douchey comrade...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5ZNVL89Z -117MB

Some pasted gibber about the book:

---
I was once a "Sadhu" - what, in the East, they call mystics. I was sitting on the threshold of moksha - spiritual liberation or enlightenment. But I'm not one anymore. Because I lusted after something else, something just as primal and ubiquitous. It's called revenge.

The Sadhu is about one man's choice between his spiritual oath and his human instinct. When James Jensen, a down on his luck Englishman, is recruited into her majesty Queen Victoria's army and posted with his family in India in the summer of 1858, he begins a journey that will take him from being a simple soldier to a spiritual warrior. But faced with tragedy and his own impending execution at the hands of his evil commanding officer, James flees his military unit only to find himself lost deep in the jungle and at the mercy of a seeming band of Indian killers. But when their leader, Dadathakur, orders a reprieve and eventually allows James to join them on their attacks of the local Indian landowners that side with the British, James embarks on a dark path of violence in an effort to avenge the atrocities committed to his family.
---

[fumblingwisdom]

The Walking Dead #45
For newcomers, the rest of this series are in this thread. Check out the very first post for an index of all comics, as well as links to tools for reading these files.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YLWAP9PT

1-37 has expired.

[Dave Bishop]

anyone got any Vampirella? - think Morisson and Millar wrote a special a while ago that I would love to read.

Also it appears some git has borrowed and not given back my copy of Red Son - anyone got that>

[lawbster]

Girls was tits. I liked it very much. And the ending didn't really bother me as much as it did Oaky.

[oak]

Sandman - Book 2 - by Neil Gaiman
I'm going to keep posting these by TPB release. Here are issues #9-16 - which were collected under the name, "The Doll's House".

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JMLC8X3S - 67MB

[oak]

1-37 has expired.

That's what I get for using grafted links. I uploaded it to my megaupload folder - original post is updated. http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1406731&postcount=88

[coolandy007]

Here's a good one for you oak. I remember seeing this comic about a magical world and the main charcaters where a giant robot/suit of armor, a little girl with ginormous leather gloves and some old pai-mei looking old man. The drawings where very vivid and it had a hint of anime to it, but it was an American artist.

10 reps to whoever can give me a title.

[oak]

Here's a pair of single updates:

Angel After the Fall - Issue #1 (couple weeks old)
For Horseflesh's obsession. Though I admit I am downloading the Buffy tv show to see if I can figure out what the hubbub is about.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EDSKHUS0

And to counteract the faggotry... :-)

DMZ - #26
The initial 25 are already in this thread -- this is a very good series.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5B5WBZGS

[oak]

Two more Sandman trade paperbacks...

Sandman - TPB #3 - Dream Country
Collects The Sandman #17-20.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LV8C24R9 - 32MB

Sandman - TPB #4 - Season of Mists
Collects The Sandman #21-28.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PIR452RO - 60MB

[oak]

anyone got any Vampirella? - think Morisson and Millar wrote a special a while ago that I would love to read.

Also it appears some git has borrowed and not given back my copy of Red Son - anyone got that>

Vampirella - Millar and Morrison Collection (sort of)
To my knowledge the Morrison and Millar special has not been directly scanned - but all the original books that it collects have been. I stuck them together (Vampirella Monthly 1 to 6, Vampirella 25th Anniversary, and Vampirella Strikes #6). Note the similarity between Vampirella Strikes #6 and 30 Days of Night... Interesting.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XJZSEX0K - 63MB


Here is Superman Red Son as well. Excellent book, my favorite of the Elseworlds stuff (though I've only read a few).

Superman: Red Son - by Mark Millar
Superman: Red Son is based on the premise of what would happen if Superman had been raised in the USSR. Excellent book, won awards and what'not... and mixes some normal DC stuff with real-life folks (Stalin, JFK, etc). I'm not a fan of too many superhero stories, but this one is different and very well done.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2IDGYPJU - 52MB

[oak]

The post mentioning the Girls reminded me of the Luna Brothers latest series.

Issue #1 is already in the thread, but here are #2 and #3...

The Sword - by the Luna Brothers - #2 and 3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M6PGBFVA

#1 is at http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1536045&postcount=513

[Dave Bishop]

Vampirella - Millar and Morrison Collection (sort of)
To my knowledge the Morrison and Millar special has not been directly scanned - but all the original books that it collects have been. I stuck them together (Vampirella Monthly 1 to 6, Vampirella 25th Anniversary, and Vampirella Strikes #6). Note the similarity between Vampirella Strikes #6 and 30 Days of Night... Interesting.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XJZSEX0K - 63MB


Here is Superman Red Son as well. Excellent book, my favorite of the Elseworlds stuff (though I've only read a few).

Superman: Red Son - by Mark Millar
Superman: Red Son is based on the premise of what would happen if Superman had been raised in the USSR. Excellent book, won awards and what'not... and mixes some normal DC stuff with real-life folks (Stalin, JFK, etc). I'm not a fan of too many superhero stories, but this one is different and very well done.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2IDGYPJU - 52MB

Thanks so much for these :)

[weenus]

Don't DL Buffy, DL Angel.

Also, who do you think will die in the current Walking Dead arc? I'm calling BS on Michone being dead.

[oak]

Ok - here are the rest of the Sandman trade paperbacks...

Book 5: A Game of You (collecting The Sandman #32-37, 1991-1992)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D123NFAK


Book 6: Fables and Reflections (collecting The Sandman #29-31, 38-40, 50, Sandman Special #1 and Vertigo Preview #1, 1991, 1992, 1993)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9GXLTU8C


Book 7: Brief Lives (collecting The Sandman #41-49, 1992-1993)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3LYNBHB0


Book 8: Worlds' End (collecting The Sandman #51-56, 1993)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C8CD4TZQ


Book 9: The Kindly Ones (collecting The Sandman #57-69 and Vertigo Jam #1, 1994-1995)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MGMRX2C5


Book 10: The Wake (collecting The Sandman #70-75, 1995-1996)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A7WEIDXW

[Douchebaggery]

Here's a good one for you oak. I remember seeing this comic about a magical world and the main charcaters where a giant robot/suit of armor, a little girl with ginormous leather gloves and some old pai-mei looking old man. The drawings where very vivid and it had a hint of anime to it, but it was an American artist.

10 reps to whoever can give me a title.


I think you are referring to "Battle Chasers", by Joe Madureira(sp)

[oak]

I think you are referring to "Battle Chasers", by Joe Madureira(sp)

Impressive. That has to get a bunch of nerd points from whoever is out there keeping track... I had no luck figuring that out.

Here is a cover showing the main characters...

[coolandy007]

Right on the fucking money you Douche. I saw this while I was in middleschool and almost creamed my pants. Expect a review after the RS is posted.

[oak]

Pride of Baghdad - by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon
Something new... The story of four lions that escape into a war-zone in Baghdad after the Americans came in during 2003. Stand-alone book... one of the best of 2006.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DB60OZZ1 - 56MB

[Horseflesh]

Don't DL Buffy, DL Angel.

I must agree. Angel is alot like Buffy just without the whiny teenage bullshit. Although I think the first couple of seasons of each is kinda weak. Angel season 5 was really great.

[Mad Mikey]

How is the latest Punisher arc coming along? Is it almost ready to post?

[oak]

How is the latest Punisher arc coming along? Is it almost ready to post?

The latest punisher arc is fucking great... the return of barracuda yo...

Believe it has two more issues left - 50 to 54 (52 is the most recent). I can keep this one updated by issue if anyone wants -- just started in the habit of uploading by arc.

[Shaymizz]

The ending of 52 just made my jaw drop. :(

[Dave Bishop]

anyone got the steve niles adaptation of I Am Legend?

[flappospammo]

i prefer the charlton heston version myself

planet of the apes too

i just hope they don't attempt a remake of soylent green..

[Dave Bishop]

anyone else think its weird they have a black guy playing the lead in the adaptation of a predominately racist text?

[flappospammo]

he's not really black , is he ?

he's more of a jewfuck tool than anything else

what do you want to be when you grow up ?

anything apart from will smith

[tony28]

The Crow was great, it was a bit bizarre that it was fragmented with poems though. Suitable, but after it ended there were about 20 extra pages of random pictures? What was with that? I wonder if the lyrics to The Cure were in the Original Edition or something. Great read though, and nothing like the movie. From what I remember the movie strays really far from the comic, and doesn't do it any justice at all.

[Wic]

The second and fourth archives of Rising Stars has been "temporarily disabled" for like two weeks - any chance someone can upload some new ones? I've been wanting to read it again.

[fumblingwisdom]

Walking Dead - #44

No link?

Thank you in advance, Oak.

[ZZOTH]

The Crow was great, it was a bit bizarre that it was fragmented with poems though. Suitable, but after it ended there were about 20 extra pages of random pictures? What was with that? I wonder if the lyrics to The Cure were in the Original Edition or something. Great read though, and nothing like the movie. From what I remember the movie strays really far from the comic, and doesn't do it any justice at all.


jim o'barr (creator/artist/writer of the crow) is a pal of mine. he included the extra pages of art in the back of the trade paperback just because he wanted to give the fans some extras for their cash. the movie had to make a lot of alterations to make it more marketable in order to make some cash back. plus brandon lee and o'barr didn't have enough hollywood clout to make a lot of demands. the "feel" and "essence" of the movie captured the comic pretty well. o'barr was happy with it, as was brandon. they both (especially brandon, had a great deal in making the script head back towards the comic, the script had gotten WAY off for a long time.

jim told me he's working on a director's cut of the comic, re-drawing some pages, fixing some stuff here and there. from what he told me it's going to be pretty damned cool. but it may take awhile to come out....

[tony28]

Thanks for the reply zzot. Also Oak, I noticed that The Sandman novels weren't cataloged. Just a heads up :snaggle:

[weenus]

Umm, Oak, any idea what happened to KL?

[Mad Mikey]

The ending of 52 just made my jaw drop. :(

If you post a fuckin spoiler I'll neg rep you until I die!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the Punisher....can't wait for the new movie!

[ZZOTH]

If you post a fuckin spoiler I'll neg rep you until I die!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the Punisher....can't wait for the new movie!


aunt may takes up the mantle of the punisher in the sequel.

[Shaymizz]

**spoiler alert**
aunt may finishes the punisher's first job and kills spiderman

[oak]

anyone got the steve niles adaptation of I Am Legend?

Here ya go:

I am Legend - by Steve Niles
This is a pretty faithful adaptation to the book... Very text heavy as a result.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UFOD81II - 122 MB


anyone else think its weird they have a black guy playing the lead in the adaptation of a predominately racist text?

At first a little, but not much. Never really thought the text was nearly as racist as it gets accused of - at least relative of books of its time. A lot of the possible racist references I thought were in there to make a deliberate point.

No link?

Thank you in advance, Oak.

Walking Dead 44 updated here:

http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1570913&postcount=645

Thanks for the reply zzot. Also Oak, I noticed that The Sandman novels weren't cataloged. Just a heads up :snaggle:

What does that mean exactly? I don't have the files anymore (I have them all in print so I didn't look at them closely).

Umm, Oak, any idea what happened to KL?

I know the full story and actual forward-looking plan, but it isn't for talking. But it is pretty much the same thing that happens to every board that focuses on pirated material -- and the end-game is a private site with a smaller set of users. Like me. Woot.

[oak]

X-Men (and various other X stuff) - Messiah Complex - Parts 1 to 9 + to extra thingers.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EYO7QE4X

Never read it - so the requester owes a detailed description and pic post.

Edits:

#10 - http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1634522&postcount=754
#11 - http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1634645&postcount=762
#12 - http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1642799&postcount=775
#13 - http://forums.joerogan.net/showpost.php?p=1662175&postcount=807

[coolandy007]

Any updates on battlechasers?

[Slovakum]

eBGIQ7ZuuiU

[fumblingwisdom]

Mods? Cleanup?

[mattevil]

The latest punisher arc is fucking great... the return of barracuda yo...

Believe it has two more issues left - 50 to 54 (52 is the most recent). I can keep this one updated by issue if anyone wants -- just started in the habit of uploading by arc.
now that komics live is out of marvel issues can you post it?

[DeadlyHobo]

Earlier today, I finished reading Watchmen for the first time. Started late last night. Thank you, oak99 for advertising this thing here, so that I could stumble upon it. This thing is mind-blowingly brilliant, and that's not the weed talking. Packed extremely compact with human wisdom and vivid experience. I am VERY interested in seeing how the movie turns out, now.

[Hagbard5757]

OK - here is my current favorite of all time (which changes regularly - but hasn't for a while) - and the source of my avatar for the curious.

Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis
This series is about Spider Jerusalem - an author normally forced to work for newspapers to feed his various addictions. Spider is likely a homage to gonzo journalism and Hunter Thompson - and not-so-subtly preaches the importance of the press not sucking ass - particularly when the post-cyberpunkish world is run by corrupt leaders that make GWBush look like an amat... well, pretty much like GWBush, but with more technology at their disposal... ;)

This book is ahead of its time in terms of envisioning the change that the internet would yield, and things analogous to youtube, rampant reality tv, podcasting/internet radio, aggregate/stripped-down newsfeeds - they all pop up.

If you download just one thing in this thread, this is it, bitches. As always, comic reader software is linked from the first post in this thread - PM me or respond to this thread if you need help.

A Sample for the noncommittal: Issues 1-3 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X7BKU5YD) - 42MB

Part 1 of Full Run: Issues 1-30 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CDTFAH6W) - 302MB

Part 2 of Full Run: Issues 31-60 + Specials (Christmas Special 2, Edgy Winter, Filth of the City, and I Hate it Here) (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z1SELHFL) - 282MB

I think I love you. I had this whole run and it dissappeared somewhere during multiple moves. I know it has been stated multiple times during this thread but Transmetropolitan is the stuff dreams are made of.

Thanks for your work on this thread.

[Kiel Randor]

PS: You mentioned Wolverine in "lovingly prepaired batches" some time ago...

Psst, Oak, little poke...

[DeadlyHobo]

I now have the craving for more Watchmen. What's the next best thing?