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    More stuff for sale.

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    Another job lot of comics and books have just gone up on the aforementioned ebay page. Expect to find many Gen13 items from J. Scott Campbell and Jim Lee, some issue of Wolverine (including the hologram version of issue 100), as well as some Spawn and Authority trades.

     

    The link is above, as per :D

    More stuff for sale.

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    My Akiras have gone back up again after not meeting their reserve. The reserve is now gone, so get bidding! :D Click the above link if you want to take a look. Also, you should find many other items for sale, including some Bill Hicks CDs, PC Games, books, and DVDs.

    Sin City vs Constanteen

    in Comics in other media

    Posted

    I went to see Batman Begins and Sin City yesterday, and have to admit that while I loved the former, the latter really disappointed me. It's a terrible shame, as I've been a fan of Miller's books for a very long time, but nothing in the movie version of Sin City engaged me at all (except perhaps Clive Owen's VO as Dwight, the only portion of the film where someone seemed to be acting).

     

    Perhaps my view was always going to be a little skewed, given that I love the books so much. But I know there are other fans from way back that love what Rodriguez has done with the title.

     

    The biggest problem I had with the film were the bland performances (actors seemed to simply be reading Miller's lines as opposed to acting them, meaning many lines just didn't translate to the big screen at all) and the shitty digital backgrounds. I'm a great believer of actors interacting with their environment to extract a real and wholly believable performance. If Rodriguez had found or built some real life/tangible locations and sets I honestly believe things would have gone a little better. As it is Sin City came off, to me at least, as no better than the crappy Phantom Menace and the even crappier Immortel by Enki Bilal.

     

    Batman Begins was everything I could have hoped for in a comic book movie though. A beautiful, intelligent, and frankly terrifying interpretation of an inspired comic book legend. Nolan worked his magic yet again, and David Goyer certainly saved his reputation after the disappointment that was Blade Trinity.

     

    I admit I've yet to see Constantine, though what I have seen in articles, trailers and the like has certainly caught my interest. I believe there is a danger in being too faithful to a property's original source (though this is no excuse for straying too far in the opposite direction mind. LXG anyone?), and it seems that in trying to remain faithful to Miller and Sin City, Rodriguez has simply forgotten to cover some of the most important bases with this piece. I mean, if only the actors gave their all, if only some of those awful eyelines actually matched up (if you read the Making Of it's clear that many actors who appear in scenes never actually worked together. You can certainly tell as the eyelines are all screwed up), if only the dialogue felt real instead of forced, and if only someone else has been cast as Bob (Madsen was awful. The first point at which I almost walked out. Wanting to see Yellow Bastard in all his glory was the only reason I sat through the whole thing) I probably would have loved this movie.

     

    And christ, Michael Clarke Duncan was AWFUL as Manute :icon_evil:

     

    It'll be interesting to see how they handle A Dame to Kill For in the coming months.

    More stuff for sale.

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    Many more comics and graphic novels at the above link everyone. Some X-Men stuff, Moore stuff, Loeb stuff, and some issues of The Red Star too.

     

    Also, anyone interested in a rather large Spawn collection? Over 46 issues of the main title, along with many mini-series, and three graphic novels. I can provide a full list of stuff if anyone wants it. Just PM me if you'd like to know more.

     

    Thanks again guys.

     

    Be well.

     

     

    KM.

    More stuff for sale.

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    Just stuck some more comics up for sale - some Ghost in the Shell stuff, along with some rare Lone Wolf and Cub trades from First Publishing (published in '88).

     

    Take a look at the above link if you're interested guys :D

    Dynamic Forces Exclusives

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    Hi guys,

     

    If you take a look over on my ebay page you'll find some Dynamic Forces exclusive editions for sale. If there's anyone who's interested please feel free to bid, bid, bid!

     

    Hope to be adding some more stuff soon: Look out for the original Epic Comics run of Akira, and some other odds and sods (most likely stick some HB up there too).

     

    I'll update this page when I've dated that 'un :D

     

    Thanks guys,

     

     

    KM.

    Fables

    in Comics

    Posted

    I picked up the first three Fables trades this past week, and have to admit I'm really enjoying the series. Though the 'Who Killed Rose Red' storyline was somewhat shaky, it's come on strength to strength since then. Animal Farm was great, and Storybook Love was nice enough. Going for trades four and five soon, so will chip in with my own two-cents on the Adversary then.

     

    Anyone else get Chris Bachalo pangs when they look at Buckingham's art though?

    Stuff for sale/trade!

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    Hi All,

     

    Looking to get rid of some of my old graphic novels, so here's the first lot I've sorted so far (hope to put more up later). I'd be happy to sell them (prices don't include P+P) or trade.

     

    I'm looking for good copies of the following.

     

    Sin City: That Yellow Bastard.

    Sin City: Family Values.

    Grant Morrison: The Mystery Play.

    Grant Morrison: St. Swithin's Day.

    Grant Morrison: Kill Your Boyfriend.

    Grant Morrison: New edition of Arkham Asylum with full Morrison script.

     

    Open to offers of course :D

     

    If anyone sees anything they like, please feel free to PM me.

     

    Look out for updates soon.

     

    All the best,

     

    KM.

     

     

    Stuff for Sale/Swap

     

    1. Spawn - Todd McFarlane: Volume 1 (£4)

     

    2. Savage Dragon: The Fallen (£3)

     

    3. Gen 13: Original Mini-Series (£4)

     

    4. Gen 13: European Vacation (£3)

     

    5. Gen 13: Lost in Paradise (£2)

     

    6. Generation X: Volume 1 (£3.50)

     

    7. The Amazing Spider-Man: The Fox and the Bug (£4)

     

    8. Spider-Man: Masques - Todd McFarlane (£3)

     

    9. Batman: Knightfall, Part Two: Who Rules The Night (£3.50)

     

    10. The Dark Night Strikes Back: Frank Miller, Issue 1 (£4)

     

    11. The Dark Night Strikes Back: Frank Miller, Issue 2 (£4)

     

    12. Blue Monday: Absolute Beginners (£3.50)

     

    13. The Mask Returns (£4)

     

    14. The Death of Superman (£4)

     

    15. Jay and Silent Bob: Chasing Dogma (£5)

     

    16. The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix (X-Men) - (£4)

     

    17. X-Men: Brood Trouble in the Big easy (£3)

     

    18. Sabretooth - First mini-series (£4)

     

    19. Wolverine: Triumphs and Tragedies (£4.50)

     

    20. Gambit - First solo mini-series (£4)

     

    21. The Origin of Generation X (£6)

     

    22. Gloom Cookie - Trade 1 (£5)

     

    23. Zombie World: Champion of the Worms (£4)

     

    24. Lone Wolf and Club: Book One. First printing from November 1988. (£10)

    Comics without pictures...some call them 'Books'.

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    Finished Haruki Murakami's latest 'Kafka on the Shore' the other night. It's a wonderful book, with the expected strange flourishes that pop up in all of Murakami's work. The dual narrative follows a fifteen-year-old boy named Kafka Tamura as he runs away from home to a distant province of Japan in order to escape his father's dark prophecy, and then alternates between this and the adventures of Mr. Nakata, a sixty-something man, mentally retarded since youth, who can talk to cats.

     

    It's one of Murakami's funniest books, and is very easy to read. Great stuff indeed, though still not scaling the dizzy heights of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

     

    Right then, off to start Michael Chabon's 'The Final Solution' in a bit.

    The Hellblazer Library

    in Hellblazer

    Posted

    Okay, I'm not entirely displeased with the amount of trades we have for the title already. The problem is that I already have a good deal of the issues these trades collect, what with them being recent runs and all. I would much rather be able to get trades that filled the gaps in my collection rather than trades of issues of the monthly title I already have, and have no problem getting whatsoever.

     

    The rest of the Delano run is a perfect example. I really don't have the money to attend comic fairs and the like to look for back issues, and my local comic stores seem to have stopped with the back issue bins altogether. I cam to the title long after Delano was gone, so a trade would be perfect for myself and others like me.

     

    I think the point I'm trying to get at here though is that if HB is such an important and seminal series for DC Vertigo (and I'm sure its 200 plus issues, assorted serials and spin-offs, merch and even the upcoming film prove this) why aren't they making an effort to treat it as such with a 'proper' trade collection?

    The Hellblazer Library

    in Hellblazer

    Posted

    Thanks for the posts guys, very informative :D

     

    I still find it odd that a title that has run for over 200 issues now has only a smattering of bloody trades. I would have thought that if DC saw fit to keep the title running all this time, despite its limited popularity, they would have tried their best with a 'proper' trade collection.

     

    Ho hum.

    The Hellblazer Library

    in Hellblazer

    Posted

    I'm sure this topic has been raised before, but was going through a few trades the other day and wondered why there's no Hellblazer library available. I know we've got what, about ten trades now? But surely something much like Gaiman's Sandman library would be well recieved? Consecutive issues bound up in lovely trades?

     

    Okay, to be fair, how about trades that collect the issues that haven't been put together so far? Like the rest of Delano's run for example.

     

    Reading through the Vertigo HB secret files the other day just...well, annoyed me. There's a world of John stuff out there that those without the issues are missing out on (and they're a bastard to find around here).

     

    So, sure it's been brought up before but what do folks think of a Hellblazer library, and why don't we have one?

     

    :huh:

    The All-New Music Thread 2005

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    Listening to The Futureheads' debut a lot lately, especially their great cover of Kate Bush's Hounds of Love.

     

    Finally bought the recent special edition of Never Never Land by Unkle. Fantastic stuff that. Aside from that it's been Loco en el Coco, the Spanish version of Insane in the Membrane by Cypress Hill. Your Honour by Pluto Shervington (some great reggae by a master). That and loads of dub.

     

    Oh, and Pretty Girls Make Graves, who are bloody great.

     

    :D

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