Now, I'm not much of a comic book reader OR a manga reader myself, but I do pick some up from time to time. And recently, I received in the mail a few books I bought on ebay, some comic books, and manga.
On the manga side, I purchased the full 6-book set of Scott Pilgrim. I loved the movie, I loved the game, and I'm JUST now getting around to reading the manga that started it all. Just finished the second book, and I really like it. It's interesting to see the differences between the movie and the books, and seeing what's funnier in either. (I think the whole "You suck, surprising no one!" line is WAAAAY funnier in the books).
On the comic book side, I finally broke down, and purchased a comic book event I've always been curious about, but never actually read myself: Amalgam Comics. If you don't know what that is, the quick version is that in the 90's, DC and Marvel had a crossover event, in which the heroes of both universes had to fight each other, to save their respective universes. But to prevent the destruction of one of the universes, they were merged together to create the Amalgam universe. This merged the history, events, and characters of both companies together, giving us things like this:
I haven't finished them all yet, but I'm enjoying most of them. X-Patrol (Doom Patrol + X-Force) is my favorite so far (I found Beastling, the combination of Beast Boy and The Beast, hilarious), and there's some really fun combos in this event.
So, my fellow nerds, what's the last piece of sequential art you've read?
On the manga side, I purchased the full 6-book set of Scott Pilgrim. I loved the movie, I loved the game, and I'm JUST now getting around to reading the manga that started it all. Just finished the second book, and I really like it. It's interesting to see the differences between the movie and the books, and seeing what's funnier in either. (I think the whole "You suck, surprising no one!" line is WAAAAY funnier in the books).
On the comic book side, I finally broke down, and purchased a comic book event I've always been curious about, but never actually read myself: Amalgam Comics. If you don't know what that is, the quick version is that in the 90's, DC and Marvel had a crossover event, in which the heroes of both universes had to fight each other, to save their respective universes. But to prevent the destruction of one of the universes, they were merged together to create the Amalgam universe. This merged the history, events, and characters of both companies together, giving us things like this:
I haven't finished them all yet, but I'm enjoying most of them. X-Patrol (Doom Patrol + X-Force) is my favorite so far (I found Beastling, the combination of Beast Boy and The Beast, hilarious), and there's some really fun combos in this event.
So, my fellow nerds, what's the last piece of sequential art you've read?
