Put down those fucking baby superhero comics and pick up a real grown up one like Al Columbia...

>>129116122Baby superhero comics.

Haven't read much faggy alt comix in a while, last non-anthology shit I read was probably Judas.Been considering getting into Love and Rockets but there's just so fucking much of it.

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I remember that when I was deep in my indie comics obsession I went to a PDX style convention in my city and excitedly visited Sammy Harkham's stand. He was kind of morose but got really hyped talking about how he obtained exclusive rights to do a bunch of Al Columbia screenprints from his studio and would split profits with Al. They were like 11x14 prints of a Pim and Francie illustration. But I choose a cooler piece by him instead which I'm still in love with. I don't really know if you care OP, but I figure you're one of the few people who might understand the whole post.

I always thought Cuphead completely ripped off Pim & Francie but with less substance and personality

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>>129116332I do care that’s awesome. I have a copy of his short run mini from a couple years ago Amnesia and the same hardcovers mentioned in this thread

>>129116354Retard. They're both based on the same era of cartoons.

>>129116067Columbia's art is very good but I just don't care about his work itself.

I really wish the American indie scene was better and not just pretentious wank or reskinned superheroes.

>>129116400It can still be a ripoff (and it is)

>>129116067it came today>inb4 manga

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>>129116067This is no way to go about it.I'm planning on reading some more Alec.>>129116289Love and Rockets is great. Some of the arcs from either brother are god-tier.

Been working through this for over a year now. It’s amazing I just want to savor it.

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>>129116643What's it about?

>>129116513>not just pretentious wank or reskinned superheroes.I think I understand what you mean and it's probably the same sentiment that basically slowly turned me off of Indie stuff. More egregious though is the fact that so many indie artists market everything they have as hyper extremely limited runs until they break through with a publisher. It makes it nearly impossible to support the artists properly because then you end up buying everything for triple the cost second hand. Which is I think we end up with "pretentious wank or reskinned supes" because the only people who can afford to make indie comics are usually the hyper passionate ones who really *can't* afford to make these comics and don't really want to do slice of life type stuff you can make in manga. There's already so little of a market for comics in America and indies are basically all fighting for scraps and then you add in Image which is basically a soft imitator of the Big 2 and you realize... it's all fucked if you want American indies.

>>129116289>Love and Rockets but there's just so fucking much of it.this is such a huge problem with alt stuff. dudes who take the same handful of characters and make like 20 different titles about them loosely connected to each other

>>129116701Yeah, I'm not really interested in 20+ years of stories in the same universe/using the same characters. If you can't move on, as a creator, then as a fan I can't respect you.

>DUDE, BLOOD AND GOREAre you twelve

>>129116737Totally. I know that a publisher loves to keep reupping artist on things that sell well, but at some point its partially on the artist

>>129116737It’s not like Gilbert doesn’t do other stuff

>>12911673720+ years of comics isn't really THAT much though. A lot of them aren't continuously published and the amount of content is no where near a manga running for a similar time.

Recently really enjoyed Monsters but most of my friends didn't.It's kinda advertised as a "hulk story they didn't let him do so after decades he finally released it as something new" but it's far from an action story that would imply.Still I thought it was great, then again I don't mind reading pages worth of cursive diary writing.

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Get out of my way, fucking casuals.

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>>129116958>20+ years of comics isn't really THAT much thoughIt is for a single universe/set of characters. Not like I read manga that runs for 20+ years either, those are usually shonenshit.

>>129116685>More egregious though is the fact that so many indie artists market everything they have as hyper extremely limited runsYeah how EGREGIOUS of them. They should print millions of copies, I'm sure they can afford it. What fools.

>>129116737you watch Marvel movies

>>129116067>tfw somehow found decent scans of Amnesia with all it's pagesThat and The Trumpets They Play are Columbia's magnum opuses.

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>>129116996Get better friends

>Post about indie comics ''Aw sweet''>looks at.....oh nevermind.Goddamn it Holla Forums

>>129116737>>129116777

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>>129116289>>129116701>>129116737It's really not that much.While not yet finished, a satisfying run for the Locas series is just the 6 trades (pic) at about 250 pages each. The last story on the last book is a great stopping point.For Palomar, all you need is the first 3 trades.>>129117057That's a good one.

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I love whenever someone says a comic book or manga or whatever is too long and you can tell they've never read one real book in their entire lives

>>129117203Jaime > Beto

getting my shit filtered by Latter Days. How did it go so wrong so fast?

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Wrinkles was really good.Also his other work La Casa or The House. However ya spell it

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>>129117294I love both.Beto is more dark, but I think Jaime is more fun. I prefer the nuance of Jaime's art as well.

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>Read indie comic>Not a superhero comic or pretentious>Getting really into it>No new issues or books in 18 yearsWay too many cases of indie guys not knowing when to end. I'm not saying you need a big ending that ties loose ends, but at least have the decency to say "I'm stopping here. This is where the story ends" instead of stringing people along. supposedly new material for Concrete comes out soon. but Chadwick is already 65, if he doesn't end will the next one come out when he's 81?

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>>129117667Jesus Christ you dorks are entitled

>my comic book is better than your comic book

>>129117256I'd rather read something that's relatively short but packed with content, like From Hell or Fell. Just because something is long doesn't make it good or complex.

>>129117788What was the last novel you read

>>129117343Been thinking of getting all the remasters once I pay off all my current LCS orders. I'm a bit OCD about collections, so is volume 1 worth it? I heard it has next to nothing in common with the rest of the series.

>>129117847Volume 1 is great

>>129117806Star Wars Heir to the Empire and it was shit. Before that I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and it was fantastic.

>>129117883>Star WarsHaha ok man

>>129117692Truth is, I'm fine with it, but its a what makes so many good indie stories a hard sell to people because ultimately a lot have the same problem of never really ending as Big two comics.

>>129117897Like I said, it was shit. I only got it because a guy I knew recommended it.

>>129117935>What is Southern BastardsThankfully the story they were building up did have a pay off, kind of. A lot of loose ends were still left dangling. And thanks to some random accusing Latour of being creepy we're never going to get a continuation

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>>129117988Latour got canceled?

>>129117057Don't we usually do a storytime of this around this time of year?

>>129117999Yes, Australian Satan.From what little I know he allegedly grabbed and kisses a woman after she denied him several times. Then he kept approaching a different woman multiple times after she said no. This second one was "in her very early twenties" while Latour was about 40ish.You'd think he committed murder with how off the radar he's been for the last 2-3 years.

>>129116513Please kill yourself Every fucking thread

>>129117692Ah yes, wanting a story to finish and be completed is entitled

>>129117847That's bullshit spread by people who have never read the comic, Church and State literally won't make sense without reading the first volume.

>>129118157Issue settled, staring with #1 even if it's a rough start like most long lasting series.

>>129117519>Beto is more dark, but I think Jaime is more funI always thought it was the other way around, especially with the actress stories.

>>129118087Not from what I recall. It's been storytimed a few times, but that hardly means it's a tradition. Serenity, Night of the Were Ed and the various SoP staples are the only traditional things I can think of.inb4>nombrilsThat tradition died almost a decade ago ;_;

>>129118122If you're not the one making it and you haven't already paid for it, then yeah it sure is

>>129116067>What grown up comics have you been reading, Holla Forums?

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>>129118157Cerebus has the same problem in this regard as does L&R. Everyone raves about how great they are and then when a new reader picks them up, they're confronted with a fairly mediocre comics. Because that's what they both are at the beginning- fairly mediocre comics.

>>129118207>Softboi internet webcomic artists can't handle actually cool funny comicsWhat else is new

>>129118213They're both way different at the start too, but foundational. L&R is like a scifi adventure comic. When I first picked it up I was flabbergasted by that. Cerebus is more in line with what it becomes than people give it credit for, but yeah is much different. But you need to read both to really appreciate the characters I think.

>>129118207>keep on wanting to fuckPreach it brother. Captcha: SHADY

>>129116067I read Joe Daley's Highbone Theatre. Nothing happens for like 600 pages. Joe needs to plot his shit when he's not fucking Hugh.

>>129118241enlightened take

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>>129118237>But you need to read both to really appreciate the characters I think.I have never been motivated to read past- or even all the way through L&R v1. It's not so much that it's Action adventure, I love that shit, it't that it's not really very engaging.

>>129118272Frank Cho is just a modern R. Crumb. Both men are coomers to the core with a siccness for the thiccness.

>>129118282Totally agree. I feel an autistic need to read it all and I always read an issue or two and put it down

>>129118110Kek that just sounds like someone who's socially retarded which is most artist types.

>>129118314Back in my day kissing a woman against her wishes would get you a slap on the face or her bf/husband kicking your ass.How I yearn for a return to such simple times.

>>129118272>you will never draw this beautifully like Crumb does>you will never marry the kind of woman you love to draw like Crumb didWhy even live?

>>129116067Who's trying to copy Junji Ito ?

>>129117067Feels like you didn't read the rest of my post, because if you had you'd know that I don't think it's entirely intentional or worth condemning the artists over. But don't pretend there isn't a slight market incentive to create demand from scarcity

>>129118455Not that user, but your original post makes you sound like a huge pussy loser. Read more capeshit

>>129117362Paco Roca is great. >>129118213I guess I can tell when a series is going to be good. I was captivated by how different Love and Rockets was, and it wasn't in my first 50 forays into indie comics. Jaime did take a little while to get good (around Las Mujeres Perdidas), but Gilbert's Palomar started strong. It's not for everyone, but when it gets going, it's some of the best comics have to offer. >>129118282It's more slice of life and drama than anything else.>>129118306Raed the trades.

>>129117362people should be able to have a mercy kill clause for shit like dementia and alzheimers.

>>129116067Junji Ito?

>>129118596>Raed the trades.No shit

>>129116067where could a simple man like myself get such a comic for a low low price? Free even?

>>129118497>Read more capeshitno fag. the point is i don't want to read comics any more neither should you

>>129118700Then why are you here crying about it

>>129118396>>129118618What, is that the only name in horror you know?They're nothing alike.

>>129117362Aladino was superb.

>>129116521>>129116354You're a complete brainlet

>>129118832It's ok to love something that ripped something off. I just wish they would acknowledge it or put some reference/apology in the game and show

>>129116127Al went a little crazy (or crazier than before) so it's doubtful that any of these are getting a reprint. Shame.>>129117343I've read Cerebus multiple times and have never read the text pieces in Latter Days. I'm not reading your diatribe on religion, Dave.>>129118207This retard doesn't understand what the undergrounds were rebelling against.

>>129117085No.

>>129118875What happened to Al? I hope he's doing okay.

>>129117256There's a big difference between 800 pages of literature and 5000 pages of silly little comics.

What the hell happened to Al Columbia, last I heard of him he had apparently tried to kill some old lady and was on the run from the law?

>>129118596I think I liked Jaime's early art better. It was more detailed without lacking that charm that always accompanied his craft.

>>129118884He threatened the guy who runs Hollow Press and was possibly on the run from the police on charges of attempted murder (according to his instagram). I can't seem to find any sources on the legal stuff though.

>>129119085>>129118959He was kidding you autistic morons

>>129119158Sure which is why the stuff he recorded to be released by Cadabra Records was never released.

>>129119158He definitely threatened the Hollow Press guy though.

>>129118360Hell I felt that was less than 10 years ago. Back in highschool I remember pulling off stuff like that and would only get a "whoa, not cool!" because dumbass me couldn't get signs right. I eventually got better at it but fuck I feel bad for those who try it now, it's a very awful time in general.

>>129119200>Release a highly in demand out of print comic in a limited run by a reclusive creator>Drum up fake controversy>Entire run sells out immediately and goes for tons on Ebay>4chan neckbeards take it all at face value hook line and sinker

>>129118943Yes, 5000 pages of comics goes faster than 800 pages of literature.

>>129118776The woman looks like the neighbor

Just read a couple of Thomas Ott collections. Really unique looking, wordless short stories. I was pretty impressed.>>129119425Al has a history of this sort of behavior, so I doubt it.

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>>129119588Not really. The only similarity is the flapper hair.Ito's woman has coral reef face.

>>129116067Link me up to the comic or fuck off OP

>>129117203Literally where to start with Love & Rockets?

>>129119959>Ito's woman has coral reef face.Tomie.

>>129119547Not if the comic is poorly made.

>>129120123The beginning. Just read it in release order.

>>129118990He either liked the minimalist aesthetic or got last. I think he could have been another Steve Rude.>>129120123For Jaime (Locas):>1. Maggie the Mechanic>2. The Girl From HOPPERS>3. Perla la Loca>4. Penny Century>5. Esperanza>6. Angels and MagpiesFor Gilbert (Palomar):>1. Heartbreak Soup>2. Human Diastrophism>3. Beyond Palomar>4. Luba and Her family>5. Ofelia>6. Three Sisters

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>>129120327*got lazy

>>129120327>I think he could have been another Steve Rude.Insane?

>>129120488What happened now?

>>129116234>western is a superhero comicyou are brainless.

Reading the shit out of crossed, definitely not as bad as most people make it out to be (most edgy comic?) I really like the writing in some of the issues.

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>>129120747Mimic was an absolute nothing burger. Basically a plotpoint from the original +100 stretched over 10 issues. As much as I dislike Spurrier, his Crossed work was always great, with Gage being a close second (usually). I wish they'd continued Moore's +100 story, but I guess it didn't sell well enough

>>129116067This comic has the most haunting depiction of hell ever.

>>129120829I know it's (probably) Al Columbia, but which comic is it by him?

>>129120886The Biologic Show #0. It’s the main story.

>>129120886It's absolutely Columbia, but I can't quite recall which of his. Might be the Biologic Show or something that was printed along with it in some kind archive or anthology.

>>129120911>>129120924Thank you both!

>>129116067Top right panel looks traced from a certain Junji Ito story.

>>129120947The Smile definitely has the same creepy energy. Though I don't think Ito ever went for Photorealistic teeth and eyelids.

>>129117098I don't know about magnum opus, but The Trumpets They Play! is definitely a capstone work for Columbia. If you are familiar with Columbia's other works and how his stories play out then the ending of The Trumpets They Play! hits like a truck.

>>129120747now imagine, if you would, the image of blood thirsty murder and rape maniacs having to take the the day off from thrill killing to apply their home ec skills to sew together a human skin horse costume

Speaking about edgy comics, has anybody here read Sadsack? I'm thinking about checking it out.>>129121010I mean, they sing show tunes together sometimes! They're varied in their passions.

>>129120488Did Steve Rude go crazy? Also does he still call himself "the dude?">>129116067I dunno about "grown up" but I've been reading Orphan and the Five Beasts by Stokoe which is relentlessly fun.

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>>129120991Personally the ending of TTTP never affected me much. It was the grandiosity of Armageddon that he was able to capture on the page. It wasn't just another end of the world story, but a story about THE end of the world.Conceptually and execution-wise the ending is great, I will admit.

>>129121041>Orphan and the Five BeastsThe moment I learned it was influenced by Five Deadly Venoms I pre-ordered it. Still waiting for it to arrive, sadly.

>>129121010>e image of blood thirsty murder and rape manBasically the same as forcing hyperactive kids through public schooling..

Anyone fuck with Josh Simmons?

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Thank you for making this thread OP, I'm sick of capeshit taking up all the comic book discussion on this board. Where do you collectors get your comics? I'm trying to get back into the comic book scene, but the closest comic book place near me exclusively sells capeshit and Funko Pops. Someone mentioned a convention, is that where you guys get your stuff? Help a brother out

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>>129117988Southern Bastards published its last issue in 2018, Latour wasn't accused of anything until 2020. Also Southern Bastards is low-rent Scalped by two guys who they're hardcore because they grew up middle-class in the South.

>>129121197>Where do you collectors get your comicsI'm lucky enough to live in a big city with a ton of comic shops so even though a lot of them suck, I pretty regularly find cool and indie stuff. Ebay has things, but always at the most premium price.My actual recommendation is to travel. Get out of your house and visit cities you've never been to and along the way stop at comic shops. Whenever I go to a new town I make sure to visit every shop I can. Sometimes I bring an empty suitcase just to bring comics back. On a recent trip I completely filled one. And always check out the local talent shelves if they have them, you'll find some cool stuff that probably won't be anywhere else.

>>129121163These superhero pastiches are always 10x worse than even the dumbest Golden and Silver age issues.

>>129121197I just preorder or order them through my LCS. I got in contact with them through a small local convention.Even if all they have is mainstream capeshit and Funko's in your LCS, it doesn't hurt to ask if you can order more obscure titles from indies. I definitely recommend checking some of the newer indie publishers. Source Point Press, Scout Comics, Behemoth Comics, and Alterna Comics.Just pay right away. I heard my guys have one customer whose tab is around $7,000 and counting. Don't be that guy.

>>129118207>makes a comic shitting on Crumb comix>signs his name at the bottom with a copyright DELICIOUS

>>129121208They did announce issue #21 was in the works, so there would've been more stories.

>>129121264I'm a masshole if that tells you anything. I remember whenever I went to Salem as a little kid, I would always go to the comic book shops in the city with about 30 bucks in my pocket and come back with a grocery bag of old shit. Right now the best shop near me is in Connecticut, but their prices are jacked

>>129118596Out of the brothers, Gilbert has always been my favorite. I'm way less interested in americanized Hispanic culture. The small towns where people swallow secrets, and focus on town justice. I love it, he's objectively a worse artist, but he's more charming, where Jaime can seem sterile to me. Though they're both fantastic, I just lean towards Gilbert.

>>129121271It's ok if you're too stupid to get it

>>129121320Best comic book shop cities are Austin and Los Angeles

>>129119799I'm just beginning to read Ott's work.It's amazing.I love that type of silent style.Thanks user.

>>129116067>>129116127Looks cool, gonna give it a read.

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>>129117098Just read The Trumpets They Play based on this recommendation. Thank you.

>>129121466Anytime. It was a hell of a ride, am I right? Too bad Columbia produces so few works. If he did a little more he probably would be better known and get the recognition he deserves.

>>129121197>Thank you for making this thread OP, I'm sick of capeshit taking up all the comic book discussion on this boardCurse those lousy capshitters! They stop you from making tgreads! Don’t be a crybaby pussy your whole life. Rusty Brown isn’t supposed to be a role model.

>>129121507I think he has as much recognition as he can handle. Man is unwell. At least he's unwell in the way that made him a genius.

>>129121535What exactly is he suffering from?

>>129121549He's just crazy and has a history of blowing up his career on purpose like being Bill Sienkewicz's assistant and getting recommended to take over art for Alan Moore's Big Numbers, almost finishing a whole issue, then burning the art at a party as a joke. As someone insane in a similar way, but NOT a genius at all, I get it.

>>129121584Doesn't sound like insanity. I might be projecting (I am), but he's probably not the kind of person who handles success very well and sabotages himself as a way of feeling like he has control over it.

>>129121616Yeah I definitely think that's a big part of it. Sucks to see people shitting on him in this thread when it's a very relatable spot to be in, especially for a guy as artistically brilliant as him

>>129121584What kind of insanity are you talking about user?

>>129121657Probably not as relatable to most. Columbia probably uses his art as a way to cope with whatever is troubling him, and any overt success ruins that. I don't think that's something normies can appreciate.Despite that, I'm glad he published anything at all and I hope he gets better.

>>129116100>>129116093>>129116090>>129116102holy fuck none of you are going to make it, absolute soiboys.

>>129122144What do you like to read user?

>>129116737Comic book universes are mythological schemes void of any metaphor or narrative substance. The heroes truly represent almost nothing and that's why trying to use them creatively is so restricting. Greek tragedy and the myths they drew upon is similar, but it was easy to use those myths to develop concepts, because the myths themselves are conceptually laden. At least vaguely. The God Apollo isn't just like D00D WHAT IF I COULD SHOOT FLAMING ARROWS AND SHIT

>>129116067no

>>129118396>any body horror is immediately a Junji Ito ripoffI love Ito, but he didn’t invent body horror, you tard

>>129116067This looks like something for women so I'm not interested

>>129116067Fucking kill yourself you squalid whore. I'll read whatever I want. Fuck being a "grown up".

bump

>>129120808It felt like Moore was trying too hard to make Crossed a more High Brow series with that language shit. The whole setting of +100 felt too outlandish for a comic series about murder rape cannibals

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This is the complete Love and Rockets reading order, btw, for the people asking above. Thank God indie comics are so much simpler than capes!

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>>129124302>Thank God indie comics are so much simpler than capesthey're literally numbered

>>129118241>Captcha: SHADY

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>>129124324By myself.

>>129124302It was already posted >>129120327

>>129124353lol. That bitch ass orders barely covers anything, and is not chronological.

>>129124334You didn't invent issue and volume numbers. Anyone can just look at the books themselves. It's not the comic's fault you pirated it

>>129124370What? Are you daft? How do "the book themselves" tell you that Love and Rockets issue 1 (not to be confused with the OTHER Love and Rockets issue 1 and the OTHER Love and Rockets issue 1) goes sandwiched between Luba's Comics and Stories #2 and Measles #7?

>>129124369It's chronological from 1981 to 2011, which is the bulk of the series.

>>129124401"The bulk" according to whom? It's ongoing to this day. It's also not chronological because it doesn't mix Jaime and Gilbert. It doesn't tell you when to switch between one and the other to see the real-time art evolution.

>>129124422lol calm down

>>129124422>gets this worked up about a comic>still won't pay for it

>>129124459>>129124474>tradewaiters get proven wrong>immediately seethe

>>129124459>>129124474Cope, you both clearly buy them as shelf pieces never intended to be read

>>129124422Anybody with eyesight and a brain.It's only been a few issues since the end of those trades.The only way you can see the real-time art evolution is if you go back in time.

>>129124538>The only way you can see the real-time art evolution is if you go back in time.Are you stupid?

>>129121374It's okay you think infantile "takedowns" of famous characters are good because you're a bitter loser

>>129124500>he actually thinks (You)farmers buys comicslolno>never intended to be readThat's what I do, but when I buy something it's because I want to support it. I'd still rather read a rip of it.>>129124556>Are you stupid?You are, because you keep falling for obvious bait.

>>129124556If I'm stupid, you're retarded.

>>129121400>going to the Austin area tomorrow >broke right nowrrrreeeeeeeeAlso didn't COVID fuck a lot of the good LA shops? Long Island is also a terrific LCS area.

>>129124614>didn't COVID fuck a lot of the good LA shopsNone of the ones I go to regularly. What closed? I know A Shop Called Quest closed their downtown location without telling any of the staff but I think that was before Covid

>>129121163I love Josh Simmons. I'm waiting on the full Micky story from him. I need to pick up Le Manior at some point.>>129121421Glad you like it too. I don't know how I've never read anything by him. I've never even heard people talk about him.>>129121400I only know the mid-west, but Pittsburgh is an amazing comics city. Copacetic is a gem, plus all the shops with great dollar/quarter bins.

>>129124756Meltdown closed too multiple locations?

>>129125519That was years ago

>>129125553So was COVID lol

>>129116067I'd rather kill myself than read most of Daniel Clownes fucking shit. Even if this isn't him I hate his fucking guts.

>>129126058It’s not but Clowes rules

>>129126058Clowes is good sometimes.OP's pic is Al Columbia.

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>>129117057based

I feel like there needs to be some kind of middle ground between indies and the Big 2 in American comics. The only way I see the market growing is if mature but accessible comics are made.

>>129127062Isn't that what Image is? It sucks cocks.

>>129121333I prefer Jaime, but given my background, I should like Gilbert's stuff more. Both, of course, are great.I like the nuance in Jaime's art. His style allows for that.

>>129116067Gwenpool comics. The only comics that truly matter

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>>129116067I like the ones where Batman punches the bad guys

>>129128264Whenever I see obviously subpar fanart like this, I know there's something horribly wrong with the "person" saving and using it.

>>129121163He's okay.

>>129116067>What grown up comics have you been reading, Holla Forums?

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Pretty good imo

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>>129116067Gross

>>129122694As far as tourists are concerned Junji Ito invented body horror and Stan Lee invented superheroes.

>>129124254The attempt at a linguistic drift was heavy handed at times, especially when Moore left the title, but I could appreciate it at least as an idea. I don't think 100 years would change English that dramatically, but if it were subtler then we would've asked what the point was.

>>129116067where can i read thislooks great

>>129127062>matureThat word has lost all meaning. "Mature" entertainment is either fart sniffing incomprehensible gibberish, or it's booba and gore. Or worse, it's a failed TV pilot redrawn as a graphic novel and sold in 12 parts.

>>129116195"wild west as it was"Hows that? thought we didnt know how it was.

>>129129599What are you talking about? We may not know the truth about legendary people from the wild west days, but we know the generalities of what life was like.

anyone know where to get these that isnt a torrent? Network wont let me use torrents.

>>129129607It certainly wasn't shit out of a Jonah Hex comic.

You should be ashamed of yourself for starting a Al Columbia thread, or just a alt-comics thread in general, with such a childish and inflammatory comment to get attention.OP's faggotry aside I love his art, truly something that can be described as 'evil'- and impeccable draftsmanship to boot.

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>>129129609I got some Al Columbia comics through S*ulseek of all things.

>>129129676His use of the early 20s cartoon style creates a great juxtaposition against the horrors. It invites you in and repels you at the same time. Weirdly comfy.

>>129129526We speak almost identically to how we did in the 1920s.

>>129122144Ngmi only makes sense on boards like biz or fit.Here, its meaningless lol

>>129130562Yes, that's my point. Our slang has changed, and we have new words to describe new concepts, but we could still hold a conversation with and easily understand someone from 1922.

>>129116067Kino comic but cringe post

>>129122606Talking about a piece of fiction and saying how it "represents nothing" is one of the biggest brainlet indicators there are. It's impossible to represent nothing. >D00D WHAT IF I COULD SHOOT FLAMING ARROWS AND SHITYou honestly sound like you haven't read a single cape comic because otherwise you know characters aren't limited to just their powers.

>>129130695To be fair a good deal of capes don't have any real depth to them. The ones that do are the ones that remain in people's memories: Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, Wolverine.