What are you reading right now? (November 2019)

[Kate]

What writers, artists, and titles are you reading this month? Any creators really standing out for you at the moment? Any titles you'd recommend?

[Devon]

So far i have started two comics, Outlaw Nation by Jamie Delano & Goran Sudzuka and Epic Kill by Raffaele Ienco

[Whitney]

My reading week:

-Citrus, vols. 8-10
-Hit Girl: Season 2, vols. 4 & 5 + #9
-One Piece, vol. 35
-Only the Ring Finger Knows
-Rachel Rising, vol. 1

[Kirsten]

I finished reading The Prince and the Dressmaker the other day and LOVED it!!

[Spyros]

I finished reading a classic by now, Wilson by Daniel Clowes. Although satirical. It becomes very moving towards the end.

[Mike, Host & Producer of IRCB!]

I read through all of Chew while I was travelling to Japan! Recently, though, I read Space Riders, Volumen Dos: Galaxy of Brutality which was pedal to the metal insane.

[Devon]

Mike wrote: "I read through all of Chew while I was travelling to Japan! Recently, though, I read Space Riders, Volumen Dos: Galaxy of Brutality which was pedal to the metal insane."

That series is really fun and it has a third arc in the works

[Biggsy]

A work colleague recommended and loaned me a copy of Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1I really enjoyed it so I'm off to the store this weekend to add it and the other 2 volumes to the collection.

I also picked up/read Basketful of Heads (2019-) #1 and can't wait for the next issue!

[Mike, Host & Producer of IRCB!]

Biggsy wrote: "A work colleague recommended and loaned me a copy of Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1I really enjoyed it so I'm off to the store this weekend to add it and the other 2 volumes to th..."

Spooky stuff! Halloween was last month! :P

[Whitney]

Uzumaki is the best!

My reading week:

-Assassination Classroom, vol. 2
-Gantz (reread), vols. 2-4
-Rachel Rising 2-4

[Devon]

Well i'm still reading Outlaw Nation and i've started My Faith In Frankie by Mike Carey and illustrated by Sonny Liew

[Whitney]

Uzumaki is horror. Disturbing horror. The story and art is very unique. Junji Ito's work is very love it or hate it.

[Whitney]

Lol yes, I'd say titans eating people is horrifying.

[Biggsy]

Mike wrote: "Biggsy wrote: "A work colleague recommended and loaned me a copy of Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1I really enjoyed it so I'm off to the store this weekend to add it and the other ..."

Haha yes! this is Halloween fallout!

[Whitney]

Forthenco Pacino wrote: "Huh. I get that it was slightly disturbing, because of the gore and whatnot, but I dint know that it fit into the horror category because of the gore.
Any other horror themed mangas?"

AoT has horror elements. I would add the horror tag to it. But there is still lots of other genres it falls under.

Horror themed mangas? Here's a list of what I've read:

-Anything by Junji Ito is horror. He's one of my favorites.
-Alive Alive
-Dead Tube Series DEAD Tube ~デッドチューブ~ 1
-The Drifting Classroom Series The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1
-Fetish フェティッシュ Fetish
-Goth Goth
-Hideout Hideout
-I am a Hero Series I Am a Hero Omnibus, Volume 1
-Ibitsu Series Ibitsu Vol. 1
-Jisatsu Circle Jisatsu Circle
-Parasyte Series (horror is one genre it falls under) Parasyte, Volume 1
-PTSD Radio Series PTSD Radio, Vol. 1
-Hell Baby Hell Baby
-Orochi Orochi: Blood
-The Ring Series Spiral
-Zashiki Onna Zashiki Onna

[Whitney]

Biggsy wrote: "Mike wrote: "Biggsy wrote: "A work colleague recommended and loaned me a copy of Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1I really enjoyed it so I'm off to the store this weekend to add it a..."

Totally agree. I didn't start Rachel Rising until AFTER Halloween. LOL.

Just a heads up. Uzumaki has been released in a hardcover 3 in 1 Omnibus. I'm pretty sure the individual books are out of print (in English).

[Lenny]

Kirsten #weloveyoualex wrote: "I finished reading The Prince and the Dressmaker the other day and LOVED it!!"

SO GOOD! I wish it existed when I was a kid.

I read Monstress volume 4 and the final arc of Paper Girls :'(
Excited to start Blankets and then I can't procrastinate the end of WicDiv any longer.

[Whitney]

Forthenco Pacino wrote: "I read the manga online. Its not like I can buy em. Yet.
And thanks for all the suggestions, Whitney! I now know how to get the
spooky on
.
Hey, does My Future Diary fit into horror? I've heard ..."

No problem!! Hope you like some of those. I haven't read My Future Diary (one day, I hope), but I don't think it's horror.

[Francis]

I read The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir, and I’m half way through I Am a Hero Omnibus, Volume 1.
I’m starting to feel anxious about the 2019 reading challenge, I have five books to go after I Am A Hero, but I’m not sure I can afford the cost of buying them all before the end of the year, and couldn’t find them in my local library, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed some of them will be in a comixology sale.

[Biggsy]

Forthenco Pacino wrote: "I just read the first three chapters of Uzumaki.
And HOLY SHITE.
Why havent I read this before?!?
Thank you, Biggsy and Whitney!"

haha! no problem my friend, you are ahead of me though now! :D

[Whitney]

Forthenco Pacino wrote: "I just read the first three chapters of Uzumaki.
And HOLY SHITE.
Why havent I read this before?!?
Thank you, Biggsy and Whitney!"

LMAO! I am SO happy you like it! Ah, I wish I could reread Junji Ito with a blank slate. Have fun!!!

My reading week:
-Gideon Falls, vol. 1 - fell flat, wont continue
-Rachel Rising, vols. 5 & 6

[Ed]

Francis wrote: "I’m starting to feel anxious about the 2019 reading challenge ..."

Me, too! I still have 4,199 books to go!

[Ed]

I read part one of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Omnibus. I've already read the original book, and I've seen the movie "Blade Runner" several times, so why would I read this? Well, because it is such an unusual adaptation. While most graphic adaptations reduce the amount of text while adding visuals, this version keeps every single word from the book, including thrilling text like "He said" or "She said".

Strangely, it actually works pretty well, at least for me. But I probably won't finish all 600 pages, because that's just too much for something I've already read before in the original format.

[Ed]

With another group I just read Gladiator: The Enduring Classic That Inspired the Creators of Superman!. While it is not a "comic", it may (or may not) have inspired the superhero genre.

I thought it would be only of historical interest, but it turned out to be a thoughtful and entertaining read, though also cynical and depressing. The super powers turn out to be more of a hindrance than help to the main character due to the problems of the society in which he lives.

[Chad]

I read quite a bit in the last few days.


Venom Unleashed★★★
Striped Pajamas★★
Cosmic Ghost Rider: Baby Thanos Must Die★★
Justice League, Volume 3: Hawkworld★★★★
Strangelands★★★★★
Hell School★★
The Big Country★★★★
Banjax★★★
Fallen World★★★
Voracious: Appetite for Destruction★★★★

[Whitney]

My reading week:

-Junji Ito Collection, vols. 12-15
-Haou Airen, vols. 1- 9

[Lenny]

Just finished Blankets (beautiful, moving graphic novel, thanks to this group for the recommendation) and Long Lost (one of the best horror stories I've read that no one seems to appreciate).

[Nancy]

Mr. and Mrs. X: Love and Marriage- Rogue & Gambit spontaneously get married & have space adventures. I love the couple, but the story was only ok.
Two Dead- Crime noir set in Arkansas after WWII, which is based on a true crime that had racial overtones.
Louisiana- A pulpy historically inaccurate story about the horrors of slavery on a plantation.
Rome West- In this alternative timeline story, what would happen if Romans landed in the US in 323 AD? The story needed more fleshing out, as there were too many leaps of logic.

Plus, I listened to Wolverine: The Lost Trail. Both seasons of this Marvel podcast were excellent!

[Whitney]

Forthenco Pacino wrote: "I finished
⟫Mushishi
⟫Flesh Coloured Horror

But I seriously cannot thank you enough for introducing me to Junji Ito, Whitney. New horizons have been opened for me. Actual psychological horror is ..."

Awww, you're so kind. I am just really happy that another person has discovered him. How was Mushishi? I feel like that series is so famous and iconic; I'm saving it as a milestone.

[Biggsy]

I just picked up
Basketful of Heads (2019-) #2
and after the IRCB podcast recommendations ( i think they are from a few weeks back) picked up
November Volume I
Something is Killing the Children #3

all on Comixology can't wait to read them Basket left me wanting more SIKTC has me gripped and I already want more!