What is your suggestion for our 28th Group Read (April 2014)

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What is your suggestion for our 28th Group Read (April 2014)

Please suggest a graphic novel (only one suggestion per member. If you suggest more than one, then your first GN mention will be chosen for this list) for our 28th Book Club discussion (for the month of April). You can post it in this thread up for a few weeks.

After that a poll will be set up for the members to vote and decide what we will discuss next for April 2014.

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Update:

Aya of Yop City
New X-Men, Vol. 1: E is for Extinction
Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters
The Far Side Gallery
The Massive, Vol. 2: Subcontinental
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon (Hawkeye
The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story
In the Shadow of No Towers
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles
Palestine
Kingdom Come
Superman/Batman, Vol. 3: Absolute Power

[Dani]

I suggest The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys for April :)

[Adriana]

My suggestions:

Aya of yop city

Aya of Yop City

Pyongyang

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Vietnamerica

Vietnamerica

Blue Pills

Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story

Locas

Locas

[Kurt]

I suggest Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters

[Ronyell]

How about The Far Side Gallery?

[Karen]

How about The Massive, Vol. 2: Subcontinental?

[Don]

My Suggestion:


Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street

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Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon (Hawkeye by Matt Fraction

['kris]

The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story

[Paul]

Seeing as I am currently reading this, I figured what the hey:
In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman

[Elaine]

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles

[Aakash]

Palestine

[Edward]

I like the The Far Side Gallery, but I'll also suggest Kingdom Come as well.

[Tommy]

Superman/Batman, Vol. 3: Absolute Power

[Brenda]

Oh wow, Superman/Batman would be a thrill.

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Brenda wrote: "Oh wow, Superman/Batman would be a thrill."

Brenda have you read this one? Is this the one where Superman and Batman are "evil" due to time travel by characters from the future?

[Brenda]

Yes! And it is just about the best arc in this series. Rivaled only by the much later one which begins with the filming of a hysterically funny S/B movie.

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Brenda wrote: "Yes! And it is just about the best arc in this series. Rivaled only by the much later one which begins with the filming of a hysterically funny S/B movie."

Thanks Brenda. I remember reading that story back in 2007. Back in 2006-2007 I remember purchasing over 1,000+ comic books from this one story and I was blown away by this particular story. I remembered I felt sorry in the middle of the story for Oliver Queen/Green Arrow because (view spoiler)[he was killed by the evil Superman & Batman of the world who was raised by the Legion of Super Villains (hide spoiler)]. In fact, the World's Finest duo get to (view spoiler)[kill a lot of the so called superheroes with lasting ramifications during the story. (hide spoiler)] This is going to be a great re-read for me, and I am looking forward to reading it again. And one of the best suprises in this story is the character that assumes the Green Lantern role. That was very imaginative.

[Brenda]

It is unquestionably my favorite in the entire run of the title.

[Mike]

Same here. Continued on when vol 1 was a group read last nov and reread vol 2 and 3. Just as good as I had remembered.

Although I admit I might not actually vote for it - Kingdom Come is one of my favorite stories of all time and is likely to swipe my support this time around.

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Mike wrote: "Same here. Continued on when vol 1 was a group read last nov and reread vol 2 and 3. Just as good as I had remembered.

Although I admit I might not actually vote for it - Kingdom Come is one of my favorite stories of all time and is likely to swipe my support this time around. ..."

I have to admit Kingdom Come is a fantastic read, as the story had some real depth. Kudos to Mark Waid.

Mike let me ask you a question. Do you think the other characters in the book thought Superman let them down in a way by going into a decade long self-imposed exile?

[Mike]

Oh definitely. Some of them at least. That's actually one of the things that really impressed me about the writing - characters have varied reactions. Some of the "older" heroes followed Superman's lead and withdrew from the world in protest, some disagreed with his stance on Magog's actions and embraced the "new approach," and some shared Superman's outrage but stayed and fought and likely resented him "giving up."

Do you agree?

One of my favorite moments in the comic directly relates to this: (view spoiler)[ when Batman calls Superman on his exile to his face. They're arguing about trust vs fear (always a great theme to visit with them) and Batman says something along the lines of "They'll fear me more than they'll trust you. I don't trust you. I stayed. You left." (hide spoiler)]

Of course... (view spoiler)[ another great theme is forgiveness and redemption, and even the characters that felt let down by Superman mostly come around when he makes legitimate efforts to help make things better at the end (hide spoiler)]

[Brenda]

There's a couple of big logical gaps in the structure of KINGDOM COME that I hope we can discuss.

[Mike]

That would be really interesting. As much as I love KC it's certainly not without its flaws.

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No book is without its flaws, but that book had more depth. If I remember correctly there were four parts in this book, and each part would start with a quote from the New Testament book, Revelations. The epilogue did not start with a quote from Revelations though. It just goes to show you how important Revelations was to this story, when Mark Waid was writing it.

Brenda I'd be glad to discuss this or any other topics regarding other books with you.

Mike perhaps we can have a Buddy Reads on some books and create a topic for it and talk about them there.

How about you Brenda, would you mind joining us on a discussion on a Buddy Reads on some books?

[Brenda]

I am in. I was sufficiently piqued by the GN version of KINGDOM COME so that I picked up the novel (novelization?) as well. Not sure it was made more clear thereby.