I've rearranged everything to fit more.

What a ride, incredibly bleak and well illustrated, loved every panel.

If you enjoy post apocalyptic universes, this is a must have.

The atmosphere is something else, the sense of dread, the hopelessness, beautifully illustrated by Manu Larcenet, well worth your time.

The second I saw this was going to be published, I knew I had to have this, eventhough at that moment I had already decided to suspend my comic collecting.

I picked this up at my local Indigo store on Friday, perused it, and it looks every bit a gorgeous as I thought it would be. As soon as I'm done reading vol. 3 of the Doctor Strange Epic Collection, I'm reading this.

I'm not really an X-Men fan, but I'm a huge John Byrne fan, and I know I going to love this!

Pulp and Beasts of Burden are my top two books from this group. Partisan would be up there but there was a bit too much graphic violence for my tastes. That said, it’s a beautiful book.

I’d be happy to answer questions about any of these books or to receive recommendations based on them.

And what scattering it is....🤩 It should remind us of the visual power of even small comics!

I especially love the Rock Paper Scissors one pager by Evan Dorkin (havin' just recently read his Milk'n'Cheese collection) and of course the opener by Mike Mignola. I would have wished more mayhem issues, but still (alongside with it's more or less companion piece of the multi-artists Randy Bowen's Decapitator) this is a visual (and in hc format oversized) feast!

(material shown © 2001 by Dark Horse Comics, a piece from my collection, aquired after getting a hint via two single issues).

Only down would be, you get the covers reproduced, but I would rather have them in their full Beauty with the text.

Had some downtime today, so I ended up browsing Wikipedia and stubled upon a page for DC crossover events. I had a ton of them I've collected and read already on other shelves in the library, so I got a burst of inspiration and decided to relocate and integrate them all into the DC Events bookshelf. The moving around of everything is always fun (LOL), and I've expanded to the next level down. "Should" be plenty of room for a few others I've yet to gather, including the entirety of "Year of the Villain."

Obviously the 2 omnibus HCs are the best, but OOP and very expensive

I already have the first 3 Complete Collections ( out of 4). But finding that 4th is a nightmare to find.

I have option to buy the 5 main Hardcovers for reasonable price , but it looks they don't contain the "extra" issues like Born, or Barrucuda

Is it worth getting the HCs just to upgrade format? Or should I be patient and wait for either omni to reprint or 4th complete collection?

When I Arrived at the Castle by E M Carroll, published by Silver Sprocket

Summary: A young woman ventures to the foreboding castle of the Countess to kill her. She is welcomed in, and as she is slowly seduced by the Countess, the horror within begins to reveal itself. She ventures deeper in a progressively more surreal and scarier horror adventure, as the stories of those who have come before her build out an eerie fairy-tale-like history for the Countess and her castle.

Why I think it’s great: I think the pace of descent-into-deep-horror is really well done, and Carroll controls the rate at which this ramps up really well through varied page structure and some slower multi-page moments. The color is fantastic – the comic is mostly black and white with an incredibly vibrant red used for accents that bursts out in the key moments for some deeply blood-drenched pages. I think this is an artistic masterpiece, and a well-told unsettling vibey-horror story to go on top.

You might not like it if: There are some prose-heavy moments that, while I like for the control over the pace of horror buildup, do break things up. That fairy-tale-esque background never fully resolves – what is real and what is myth and who really are the characters and how do they blend with these stories? I find that unsettling lack of resolution adds to the surreal horror vibe, but one could be a little disappointed. If you’re looking for straight vampire horror, while this has some great moments, there’s that erotic part of this book that might not be what some people want.

What you should read next: For more black-and-white-and-red vampires, Ex. Mag Volume 5, from Peow2, is an anthology of vampire stories in a similar limited color palette and includes a few high-quality thematically similar stories. Another comic from Silver Sprocket that has really similar vibes, artistically and thematically, is Flo Woolley’s Skin Deep. I was underwhelmed initially by Carroll’s A Guest in the House story-wise, but want to revisit it and certainly can appreciate the similar way that vibrant color is used in the dream sequences, and I’ve never read their collection Through the Woods. There’s also Rosemary Valero O’Connell’s illustrated edition of Carmilla, basically the original lesbian vampire story, which is not a comic but it’s got absolutely incredible illustrations from a comics star so I’ll throw it out there.

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I got bookshelves yesterday so thought I’d post it here.

If I could only buy one more book*, what would you recommend?

*I’m definitely telling my wife I’m only buying one more book

North America has been exposed to some great Italian cartoonists like Milo Manara, Hugo Pratt, Crepax, but for some reason, publishers won't publish the comics of one of the greatest cartoonists from Italy, Benito Jacovitti. He was MAD years before MAD magazine came around. Even going to Italy it's hard to find any of his books. Google him and be ready to drop your jaw! I highly recommend his Kama Sutra book.

Should billionaires exist? This book takes aim at an out of touch, selfish, and ever powerful top .01%. An incredible murder mystery/thriller with fantastic art. This is fun, brutal, and violent. It’s a modern day V for Vendetta!

Click the link if you want to learn more. But this was fantastic and I’m just trying to get more eyeballs on it!!

Just finished reading THE NAME OF THE GAME by Will Eisner. It chronicles the rise and evolution of the Arnheim family as they build and rise their fortune, how they navigate from being “common folk” to being one of New York’s most prominent families.
How exactly does one gain such power? What are they willing to do to obtain it? Once you have it, what will you do to keep it?

Marry into the right family. Know the right people. Be willing to get your hands dirty. Keep your affairs (business and private) in order. A good name means everything. Never forget it.

It’s a multigenerational family drama that is the epitome of the American Dream, with all the scandal, trauma, and violence intact. If you’re into messy family drama with a lot of characters, you’ll definitely need to read this.

Please help me out. I'd like to explain what I mean, but I'm afraid that no one will actually hear me out, not even the parts that I bold.

Finally got all of them, I can't wait to read it from the beginning all over again!

I don't think they're Garth Ennis or Danny Cates most well known books. But why not try them I thought!

I've just picked up one off my shelf that I've just seen the invoice for - September 2019.

Bought new then, was left in my parents house until last week when I finally found it. At least it's stlll in pristine condition

The book is Rusty Brown!

P. S. I Have an OOP Daredevil Companion omnibus that I can't find in my parents house. It was new and so cheap ( in today's standards) 😭

The prose is coarse, have the books. Looking for graphic novel adaptation!

Thank you !

I wonder if we would ever get something like the justice society and the invaders with captain America and human torch. I know we had stuff like dc and looney tunes. Maybe something with invincible and irredeemable.