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Holy cone on a statue 

You've all seen this stuff, right?

Flashback: Trump Warned That a ‘Weak’ and ‘Ineffective’ President Would Start a War With Iran to ‘Get Re-elected’

I don't know why you don't use credit cards, but would a debit Visa or debit Mastercard get around the issue? That's what I shop with. 

(Fascination, a collection of short stories by William Boyd, by the way.)

On 12/29/2019 at 3:38 PM, Christian said:

Amazon will be my only recourse for finding good books if she also goes under.

Have you tried AbeBooks? I sometimes think it should be my home page. 

There's a new Mark Russell / Steve Pugh comic due in March: 

http://wmqcomics.com/previews/solicits/journey-to-billionaire-island-in-ahoy-comics-march-solicits/

SOLD

Happy Christmas, y'all. 

F*cking loved that.

Spurrier nailed it. While it feels authentic, he has his own voice, just as Paul Jenkins and Garth Ennis wrote right-feeling Hellblazer in their own voices. He even sold me on the haunted phone.  

At first I thought the model Aaron Campbell is using for Constantine was off — I'm a Sting purist, sorry — but after only 2 issues this distinctive iteration of Constantine has really grown on me. The expressive face, the humour, the way he operates. 

That art though. It's reminiscent of 1980s Richard Piers Rayner, but not stilted.

If this is a new era of Hellblazer, I'm excited for it.

On 12/10/2019 at 9:48 AM, Demon Chas08 said:

And those who still live get to where the "I survived John Constantine!" t-shirt.

Those of us still using this forum should wear the "I survived, John Constantine" T-shirt.

Surprised to find that was pretty much exactly what I wanted from Hellblazer. Creepy horror story, bit of social comment, fantastic art, John's character felt right, I liked Nat instantly. The whole thing felt like authentic Hellblazer for the first time in *mumbles* years.

They need to let go of the trenchcoat. Other than that, more of the same please.

Did I mention how good the art was?

As others have said, the magic sh*tstorm at the start wasn't promising. What John did with the pig's head was very Constantine (and a bit Cameron), but it wasn't helped by some stilted dialogue, juvenile lettering and sketchy art.

But everything from the moment John woke up in Ravenscar worked for me. (Well, everything other than Ravenscar still being a treatment centre.)

The hospital scene felt like quintessential Hellblazer, maybe assisted by the echoes of 'Dangerous Habits', and the way Spurrier dealt with Chas was shocking and ballsy. And necessary.

I went straight on to the new JC: Hellblazer. Is it worth going back and reading the Books of Magic tie-in issue?

On 11/19/2019 at 12:48 AM, dogpoet said:

No votes for issue 1 of the latest new and improved Hellblazer, then?

On 11/19/2019 at 3:05 AM, Christian said:

It was a pretty good story, but I'd like to see where the Hellblazer series is going before I decide to vote for it.

Based on issues 1 and 2, it's joining my list.

"Iechyd da, Lucifer!" 

Just read Punisher: Soviet issue 1. It was pretty good. Garth has total command of this type of story. Great detailed art by Jacen Burrows. 

I couldn't manage 5 either. I miss the days when lots of new comics were being discussed and recommended here. 

What were the best comics published in 2019?

If it appeared in 2019 or it was cover-dated 2019, that's close enough. And "best" can mean "best of the small cross section I read" or "my favourite".

Here's my list of approximately 5:

Immortal Hulk
The Lone Ranger
2000AD

On 10/22/2019 at 6:44 AM, Carmody said:

2) Where the fook* is everybody 

On 10/24/2019 at 1:37 PM, Christian said:

Here's a note: When you just made a person spend fuckin' $10 for a comic book, the editor shouldn't open the comic saying, "I hope we were able to make this work"! Geez.

The cannabis shirt was an interesting touch. 

That's stunning.

Nice work. 

12 hours ago, Lou K said:

Its that good ?

Only if you think comics are good.  

I guess nothing's that good. Maybe it's just the expectation gap between mainstream 2019 superhero comic and the masterclass Al Ewing is giving, backed up by meticulous horror artwork that reminds me of Bissette and Wrightson on Swamp Thing. Ewing has also proudly built the story on the foundations of Hulk history, but it doesn't feel like continuity mining — it feels like what's on the page is just the tip of an iceberg, with a bigger story underneath.

Come to think of it, if you look at it as an homage to Hulk in the form of a horror comic, it's amazing. 

On 10/8/2019 at 6:30 AM, Christian said:

Al Ewing's Immortal Hulk is a true stand-out mainstream comic. One of those books that comes along only too rarely.

Yeah. Remember how the "best comics of the year" threads used to ask if there was anything published of the calibre of Sandman or Dark Knight Returns or whatever, and there was usually nothin'?   Well then: Immortal Hulk.