Lou K

It was on my radar. Garth's war stories are some of his best stuff. Right now I am polishing off his avatar stuff, then I will give Sara a look.

I really liked Batman Inc but sadly that was all there was left

So I guess that wraps up the main story arc. It's been a great ride. Letter column mentioned a 6 issue stint coming soon so I don;t think we're completely done just yet.

Looks like someone at Amazon is on that devil's lettuce. Now I won;t be getting TPB 1 until next week!

Hahaha I love weed. 

So black science TPBs 2,3 and 4 showed up at my door step today. 1 will show up tomorrow 

forgot about that haha

4 hours ago, dogpoet said:

 (Lou's dead right that if I'm spending over the odds for a pen, I'm going to write with it: they're tools not investments.)

 

I am the same way with my action figure collection. Upgraded to the big boy imported Japanese stuff. Can get quite expensive. I open them all and "play" with them anyways. Doesn't do you any good just sitting in a box.

They'd better. Green Lantern should just whip out a giant pair of scissors. I really do ned to pick up the rest of those trades as well.

I edited and clarified my previous statement.

Yeah, Dog, Grant's run on Batman was absolutely bonkers. So much good stuff there. And he seemed to bring it all to a head as well. It's almost like everything he put in those issues had some meaning, some connection to the larger overall story. Every little bit had a purpose. And you are correct that Grayson/Damian duo was fantastic. Loved the banter in between the two of them and Damian's total distaste for Jason Todd (HAHAHAHAHA). Way out there shit with Professor Pyg and all that Dollotrons and general overall weirdness.

Hell, Batman Inc, as silly as it was, was a lot of fun too. And when what happened to Damian happened, man, I felt that.

One of the goofiest things ever is Bruce Wayne chumming around with El Gaucho but he's like 'No, I am not Bruce Wayne. I am Batman disguised as Bruce Wayne' and Gaucho's like 'Sweet.' Yet GM totally makes it work. 

I still only have the first trade of Morrison's JLA. I dig it, but man it is so 90s. Super Mullet!

I’m going to pick up those Black Science trades. I really enjoyed what I’ve read so far 

If I recall correctly (which is dubious at best), DP is a collector of fine ink pens. I think Mr. Gaiman is coming up with a signature pen, but it may be pricy. And that is fine and good but unlike some people, DP plans on actually using it, which may decrease the overall value down the road.

Do I get a No Prize?

Seems that only goes as far back as 238

Not sure. I know I saw the cover when going through my stack but I can't find it anywhere and decided I just want to plow through it

Ah here we are

https://hellblazer.fandom.com/wiki/Hellblazer_issue_186

Does anyone remember what happened in 186?

That's one issue before the Gruinard Island 2 parter.

I've been going through Carey's run and could not find that one so I said 'fuck it' and decided to move on without it.

Hey Tony! Glad to see you are doing well .

Certainly a Grant Morrison thing to do

Ah that makes more sense now, also given the two art styles

So that Green Lantern annual was a bit of a mess, wasn't it? I'll admit I am not keeping up with the monthly as much as I should, so maybe I am missing something

Of course

So now I am in Carey's run, sort of by accident, because I wanted to see

On 7/19/2019 at 12:47 PM, Patsboy101 said:

Mike Carey's High on Life where Cheryl gives John the smackdown about giving everyone the scare about being officially dead on paper

which led to Red Sepulcher and a Game of Cat and Mouse so I may as well finish this run out before I get too forgetful.

I have no idea what that even is hahaha

Hm I might have to pick this up. Is it continuity heavy?

2 hours ago, JohnMcMahon said:

Critical Mass remains probably my favourite ever Hellblazer story. 
 

Critical Mass is an absolutely essential hellblazer tale. If I’m looking for definitive works on the character I’m looking at that arc and also Dangerous Habits and probably the first two issues of Delano’s run with the hunger demon. And probably family man. 

Azz's run was a lot better than I remember (even Ashes and Dust). Maybe the second time's the charm. It has it's faults, but I like that he was dedicated to the long game right from the get go, as opposed to writing a smashing introductory first arc then spinning wheels til they fall off.

Warren Ellis's run was, well, short and pretty much not worth remembering or even reading a second time.

I think from here I will go backwards and read Paul Jenkins run, which I've often thought to be boring. Maybe the second time will be better.

I thought Hard Time was good, but man Corben's art was pretty off. And I say that as a big fan of his work since I was a kid. Had some bad perspective in some of those scenes.

9 hours ago, Patsboy101 said:

I've read up to Milligan's run just before John gets married and stopped there due to not enjoying what I was reading.  

 

Welcome!

Yeah, I dropped off right around there as well, and have yet to look at anything Hellblazer related since. I was a big advocate of him coming into the DCU proper, as that is where he really came from, but by the sounds of it they've kind of overdone it or not quite done it right. Mix it up with Etrigan, Deadman and Zatanna? OK. The Bat? Not so much.

Anyways, I am currently going through Azzarello's run. It is a lot better than I recall it being but it has it's bad moments too. Of course, I am not at Ashes and Dust yet.