Mike’s Comments (group member since Jul 09, 2016)

Mike’s comments from the I Read Comic Books group.

Wing Kee wrote: "Random thought on comic book trades. Does anyone else get frustrated when large event books don't get collected in publication order. Example: I read the single issues of Dark Nights Metal and havi..."

Ugh. Yes. Idk why publishers are so scared about publishing events across multiple books in chronological order like that. It seems like the only time they do that is when the story continues directly in another series... it's annoying.

Nick wrote: "If you're a Marvel fan, especially of older content, you might want to head on over to Comixology's Sales page.

Currently they're running a sale on content from the Atlas Era of Marvel Comics, ano..."

comixology.com/sales

Akkisuitok wrote: "Hi :) I'm Akkisuitok, 23 years old and a student living in Germany. I've been reading comics since I was a child – my father is a big Marvel collector and it was always normal to have comics around..."

Welcome Akkisuitok! Glad to have you all the way from Germany!

New year? MORE COMICS! What comics/manga/webcomics did you start 2019 off with?

If you're interested in what the IRCB crew is reading every week that isn't posted here already, make sure to check out our Top of My Pile posts on Patreon !

What did you think of Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and co? Do you think you'll continue reading the series? What are your thoughts on pet monkeys?

WARNING: Spoilers for Volume 1 of Y: The Last Man!

2019 Recommended Reading Challenge

IRCB is putting together another recommended reading challenge for 2019! If you would like to add a trade (collected edition) or graphic novel (OGN) to the official list, please comment below with the title and why you recommend it.


Rules:
You may only recommend one title. Recommended titles must be a trade (collected edition) or OGN and available in English (original or translated).

Unlike Book of the Month nominations, your recommendation may be any volume in a series. Please keep in mind, however, that the people you’re recommending it to may not have read the preceding volumes. Therefore, please try to pick a good jumping on point.

If your favorite book in a series isn’t a good jumping on point for new readers but you’d still like to use it, please nominate the trade where people should start reading, then include in your explanation which trade is actually your favorite.

Books that were part of the 2017/2018 Recommended Reading Challenges will not be included in the 2019 list. You can see 2018's challenge list here and 2017's challenge list here.


The Challenge:
On February 1st, all titles recommended on this thread, as well as a recommendation from each IRCB podcaster, will be put together to form the 2019 Recommended Reading Challenge. A master list, tracking widget, progress thread, and discussion thread will be posted to this folder.

Taking part in the challenge will be a great way to discover new trades and OGNs. Those who finish the challenge by December 31st, 2019 will win a shout-out on the podcast and an IRCB vinyl sticker!

So... what do you recommend, IRCBers?!

Daniel wrote: "Whooooo finished right on time

Some surprise stand outs
4 kids walk into a Bank
Secret Weapons
We Stand on Guard"

Geoff wrote: "Chad wrote: "MU subscription, unless you don't think you'll read comics off it every month. I'm a big proponent of MU. You get access to thousands of back issues. I love reading all the obscure stu..."

Yep. I definitely agree here!

Wayland wrote: "I just saw this. And.. wow. Just wow. That was a fantastic piece of work. I think it's the best Spider-Man movie they've ever done."

YEEEESSSSSSS

Erin wrote: "Comixology is running a ton of holiday sales right now - I somehow brought my cart down from out of the $200 range down to $40, with much difficulty. Hopefully they don't post any Image sales or my..."

THE MARVEL SALE IS KILLING MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Rachel Anne wrote: "Hi everyone,

I'm Rachel from Delaware. I have been reading comic books since 2016 (when I started doing the Read Harder reading challenge) so I'm still a fairly new reader. I even remember the fir..."

Welcome! Those are some solid favorites!

Chris wrote: "I don't know why you don't want people to hear my views. Is it because they don't conform to your authoritarian standards of what diversity should be? You're doing a great disservice to the rest of..."

Hey Chris,

We've sent you a PM about this issue. We would rather address your concerns privately. We have removed your previous comments because they were not suggesting ideas. For this thread, we would love to hear your theme ideas, rather than criticisms of this past year.

If you want to discuss this issue publicly, please start a new thread in the general topics area. Otherwise, you have my email to discuss this with our mod group privately.

Thanks.

Devon wrote: "Hello i finally verified my email so expect to see me here alot lol"

Huzzah!!!

Francis wrote: "So far this month I've read We Stand On Guard, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 and Essex County, all from the IRCB Reading Challenge, and I'm abou..."

I'm Really excited to read Doomsday clock when it wraps and is collected. It's big chunky super hero story that I really want to bite into (I blame Paul for getting me hooked on stuff like this). I know almost nothing about DC continuity so I'm real pumped to be utterly confused by all of it haha

I'm caught up on Uncanny X-Men... And boy is it something. I won't bore you all with a massive rant (see this week's episode for more on that).

However, Outer Darkness is absolutely incredible. Issue #2 dropped this week and I could not be more in love with a comic. It's smart-ass, Eldritch sci-fi in space. I never knew I needed such a book in my life. Super high props to Afu Chan on art duties in this books. Their pencils are STELLAR.

Erin wrote: "One of the prompts in the Popsugar Reading Challenge for next year is a book revolving around a puzzle or game. I love trying to do the whole challenge with comics, so I've picked out a few to thin..."

I am so damn happy to see this post.

Zander wrote: "Always working through my never ending backlog of comics. But my reading has taken on a pretty specific theme of tabletop fantasy adjacent stories.

As recommended by both Kate and Kait, I started..."

YOU SON OF A GUN. I RECOMMENDED MODERN FANTASY (after Kate recommended it to me) ON THE SHOW. DANG IT. (also v happy you're reading it)

It's the last month of the year!! Have you finished the IRCB reading challenge for this year? Do you have any other comics/manga/OGNs you're trying to finish before the end of the year?

If you're interested in what the IRCB crew is reading every week that isn't posted here already, make sure to check out our Top of My Pile posts on Patreon !

What did you think of 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank by Matt Rosenberg and Tyler Boss? Who was your favorite character? What comic (or book) would you recommend to read next after this one?

Reminder: This discussion thread is FULL SPOILERS for 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank!

Erin wrote: "Since the month is wrapping up and I am desperately trying to finish Timeline before December hits, I thought I'd post what I ended up making it through this month. I got through signif..."

Whoa! What didn't you like about Dream Thief?