Nicholas [Member Since: April 07 '08]
Y hel0 thar!
I’m brand new around these parts, but I think this site is a pretty cool concept. Right now my favorite reads are Walking Dead, The Boys, Invincible, Wasteland, Atomic Robo, and I’m catching up on She-Hulk
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Whoa, that Conan book looks pretty cool. Cho’s art on the cover looks total badass, have you read the 0 issue, is it worth checking out?
The worse part is the amount of time between issues. I’m really looking forward to the last issue in this arc but I’m especially looking forward to the next story arc! Background story and perhaps what happened to the Lamplighter!
Nicholas said:
Yes, as of right now I’ve read up to issue 17. I believe the last one I read was the one where Hughie had his ‘oral incident’. Probably one of the most hilarious things to happen thus far. But yeah I think this series has incredible potential. I read in Wizard that Columbia Pictures has already acquired the rights to make a movie of it too. I think it would make a pretty good one as long as they don’t screw it up. Which with comic book movies is liable to happen.
>I recently finished reading the first volume of The Boys, and let me just say that I’m very impressed so far.
You are my new best friend. The Boys is one of my favorite series right now. I think The Boys has the potential to be as iconic as Preacher is. I was really worried when Firestorm dropped it, but relieved when Dynamite picked it up. Have you been reading the most recent issues?
Hey man, nice review of the Dark Tower hc. I thought the series was great as well, and it actually picks up alot of the iconic moments from the books. I recently read the first Dark Tower book, man its was amazing!
I definitely recommend that you pick this series up in issues if you can, since there is a bunch of extra stuff in each issue with some great stories and background on the character and events not in the collection.
I remember there was one really great story about why Roland’s guns were so special and where the gunslingers came from, really fantastic stuff.
Glad you’re enjoying our little comic book. We’re hard at work at the second volume at this very second.
Nicholas said:
Hey I just started reading Atomic Robo and so far I’m loving it! I LOL’d so hard at the prank Stephen Hawking pulled on Robo. I think I’m going to have to add your book to my subscriptions. Keep up the good work.
Graphic Novels Reviews
Now as somebody who hasn’t read Stephen Kings Dark Tower books, I can’t really say anything about how true the adaptation is to the source material. I can however tell you that this comic is HOT.
First of all the Jae Lee’s artwork in this comic is absolutely stunning. His style is described as gothic in the notes on the inside cover and I think that’s fairly accurate. It also fits perfectly with the universe that King has created. The coloring in this book is especially amazing and the pages really come to life. If you decide to get Gunslinger Born, do get the hardcover, because this book is beautiful and you will want it to stay that way.
The plot is also top notch. Never have I wanted to pick up a Stephen King novel more than after reading this series. Deep, engaging, dark, and brutal are words that I would describe this book. Marvel really pulled this one off amazingly well. It really sucks you in to the universe that King created and I don’t want it to let go!
Guess I’m going to have to go to the library and see if I can snag some of the King books (because you know I’m going to spend all my money buying the comics).
2 pts.
It has been brought to my attention that the individual issues contain segments that explain some of the Lore of the Dark Tower universe, and after seeing them I can say that this is a pretty cool feature. Since the HC collection leaves this information out, there is something to be said for getting the individual issues as well.