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

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

Ryan wrote: "Nandez here. Originally from Cincy, OH. I have lived in Indianapolis the last few years. I started reading comics back in 2008-2009 and quickly fell in love with the works of Kirkman and eventually..."

Hey Ryan! Thanks for joining! What's been your favorite non-Kirkman Image book you've read lately?

Dan wrote: "Hi, Dan here. I live in Central New York (CNY), and I am a booktuber who reads (a lot ) of comics, and posts reviews. I do read other stuff, but a majority of what I read is comics. I like all sort..."

Welcome Dan! Read anything good lately?

Finally sat down to read the Night of the Monster Men crossover event (Batman #7-8, Nightwing 5-6, Detective Comics #941-942) and found it pretty suspenseful and exciting until the very end. The ending of the story in Detective Comics #942 was incredibly lackluster (I will likely go into this further on the show this week with full spoilers).

Of course, this now means I can catch up on Batman, which will be nice.

Wayland wrote: "This week's haul:

Hawkeye 2 (Kate Bishop flavor)
US Avengers 1
Aquaman 14
Sam Wilson, Captain America 17
The Unstoppable Wasp 1 (which was excellent)
Champions 4
DC Bombshells 21
Green Arrow 14
Ha..."

How is Champions going? I read #1, but I wasn't sure if I should wait for the trade... It felt very Young Avengers, Volume 1: Sidekicks but more "modern and hip."

Ryan wrote: "Just finished Jacked TP Vol 1. Solid 4/5. You can check out my review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Man, I always saw that comic and was very uncertain of what it was about. I might have to check it out after reading your review. It definitely is a different premise than I thought it was! haha

I am so behind on my weekly books, but I did catch up on Uncanny X-Men which continues to be okay at best. I also read Goldie Vance #1 which was a fun issue. Not a lot of substance to it, but it put a smile on my face.

Simon wrote: "Hello fellow Comic-Book-aficionados,

I’m Simon from rural Austria (Tyrol to be more specific) and I started reading comics / graphic novels back in the late 90`s when I had to do my basic military..."

Welcome Simon! Sounds like you have a solid start for reading. Thanks for joining!

Wayland wrote: "Phillip wrote: "Moon Knight, Volume 1: Lunatic"

I'll go with that. I'm not loving the current Moon Knight run, but I can't bring myself to vote against the character."

*gasp* Man! I am loving the new run.

Also, I nominate Nimona!

Wayland wrote: "This week's haul:

Hawkeye 1 (Kate Bishop flavor)
Suicide Squad 8
Detective Comics 946
Clean Room 14 (This really is the creepiest ongoing series I've ever read)
DC Rebirth Holiday Special
Power Ma..."

How are you liking the new Jessica Jones series?

Also, I'm very excited to read Hawkeye #1!

Whooooaaaaaa. That's quite the undertaking! Good luck!

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Absolutely. It's gotten to the point where I avoid some
Super hero movies opting to just see them later via renting/Netflix/etc.

The movie has to be pretty damn good for me to see it in theaters which is exactly how I view all other movies, sadly.

Over the weekend I read Dynamite's "King's Watch" by Jeff Parker and Marc Laming. It felt very much like an average action movie, but I liked it enough to buy the sequel mini-series, King's Quest.

I also re-read The Paybacks + Paybacks (from Dark Horse and Heavy Metal, respectively) to get the full Paybacks story. It was pretty good. I think Donny Cates knows how to do a mini-series well and I think this book functioned well as one giant homage (no spoilers) to comic book history. Geoff Shaw's art is brilliant and he shines pretty well in this series.

Welcome Lurgi! Thanks for joining the group. I've been meaning to try to read more European comics -- Where should I start (with English translated books)?

Sat down and read:

Jeff Steinberg #1 (on Nick White's request) which was a weird little comedy book--I wasn't a big fan.

Ether #1 which was far more whimsical than I expected it to be. Matt Kindt very much surprised me with this book. I'm hooked.

Slam #1 which had gorgeous art (Veronica Fish) and was a nice feel-good book. I'll definitely be continuing this book.

Black Hammer #5 in which Jeff Lemire breaks your heart a hundred times over and over.

Getting super political here: Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street

Made my way through 3/4 or Giant Days volume 3 last night. This book is incredibly refreshing in a sea of action/adventure/sci-fi/super hero comic books. It's a happy, innocent(ish), and positive book. Love this series!

Finished all of the English translated Assassination Classroom and decided I should read Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom (and the rest of the series) before I jump head first into Naruto.

On the comics front, still making my way through my backlog of weekly books. I think I'll read Nailbiter #26 next...

Kate wrote: "Mike wrote: "Read Jughead #10 last night. I'm way behind on comics, but this one was a great way to end my night. Having just read The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, seeing Sabrina in Jughead is s..."

WAIT. KATE. WAIT TO READ VOLUME 2!

Welcome! I hope you haven't read 30 Days of Night! :P