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I'm just a sucker for a bunny suit.

Alhough I was enjoying that whole storyline, I'm a fan of the wacky though, and my understanding was Dark Knight was more of that than the others.

Of course Batman has been blinkin odd the past few issues, I thought old Bruce was decaying before my eyes.

Batman has gotten phenomenally high praise under Snyder. Who knew that flipping a comic upside down was genius? I kid. I've enjoyed it.

Aye, I should stress I've been enjoying it.. the actual story has been brilliant, can't wait for the next issues, seems all the bat titles are in for some fun.. but some of the art has been.. whoa.

The Owls will be everywhere (at least all eleven of the "Bat titles") in May and will be the subject of the first new Batman Annual.

I'll do whatever if it freeze up some time for me to chill out with that book when it comes out. I'm in no position toboggan about a book that cool.

So subtle!

This seems like a good place to ask this. Does anyone know any good sites online to buy comics? Or any comic shops. In Warwickshire/west Midlands uk?

Also do web comics count?

Nom

there is a good website called "Mail Me My Comics" for subscriptions and such, a bit of a discount than buying them at a shop as well as being bagged and boarded if you like.

I have not tried them, but I thought about it. I can go to the store here though and just buy comics whenever I like.

They also charge you 40% more than cover price (allegedly for bags, boards, and shipping) on a six-issue subscription. Shop local my friend. Most comic shops I know will give you at least a 10% discount on cover if you have them pull a certain number of titles. And with comics doing not so hot, a lot of shops are willing to give you a box for less than 10 titles.

Plus support your local comic store and all that.

I don't see any reason why you should support a local comic store, at least barring some specific benefit they give you. I'm more than willing to be enlightened on the point, however.

Biggest trouble is knowing what you want, four months in
advance. Counting on a local shop to order something for you
that you found out about later is a little risky, especially if it's
stuff with smaller print runs.

I found this out the hard way by trying to catch up on the storyline
for Pigs, I ordered issue 5. Issue 5 was gone at the distributor.

KamikazeCanuck wrote:Plus support your local comic store and all that.

Sadly not all of us have one. My nearest is 45mins away, which is a nightmare for me to get to and they don't send out.

nomsheep wrote:This seems like a good place to ask this. Does anyone know any good sites online to buy comics? Or any comic shops. In Warwickshire/west Midlands uk?

Also do web comics count?

Nom

nom, Economic Comics is probably the best online retailer right now in the UK from when I looked into it a while back, they sell with discount if you preorder/sub and do a low rate shipping for your comics 1st or 2nd class, and they stock everything out there, they also have options to track varient covers if thats your thing. Oh and it all comes bagged and carded. Hell they let me buy some cards and bags when I asked as well.
They let you pay via paypal as well which for me at least was handy, and if you decide you want a comic or comics asap rather than what for yur dispatch date, you can upgrade them for instant despatch by paying for it on your pull list and they get it out to you asap.

http://economic-comics.co.uk/

They are actually a big ebay seller as well, but I have forgotten the name. Been using them since DCNU launched, and they haven't let me down once so far.

@Morathi: Thanks I'll check that out.

I really want to get into comics but the closest thing I have to comic store nearby is in the next town over about 30 mins away and barely stocks anything.

Nom

I guess Canada is a geek mecca. Comic book stores abound.
As for what's in it for you, like Manchu said you usually get at least a 10% discount.

I've just recently got back into comics. Picked up Mouse Guard: Black Axe #4, partially because I'm going to start running a Mouse Guard RPG soon. Also keeping up with the Adventure Time comic & Avatar: The Promise.

I want this so bad.



What are your thoughts on the new Aquaman? It will be released as TPB here. I thought I'd give it a try, a lot of you seem to be really excited about it. Not sure about Catwoman and Batgirl though.

I've really been enjoying Batgirl couldn't recommend it enough, and Catwoman has been wonderfully dark in places.
Ignoring the 'rooftop moment' a lot of folks across the interwebs couldn't get over, the comic has been a fun read as far as I'm concerned.

Interested in seeing where it goes.

You didn't like the rooftop scene?

No I loved it, what I meant is its had a lot of 'negative' reaction across the web.

That was my 'badly put' way of saying, that overblown reaction by fans shouldn't taint the fact the comic has been good.

I feel the same. I'm a bit more radical about it -- namely, I find the scene to be perfect for the series. Too bad the title doesn't have the weight to outshine the hysteria. Then again, I doubt any one who would be reading it otherwise has stopped reading it.

Most recently, I have been buying up past issues of modern comics that have the remarkable Harley Quinn in them. Just bought and read the Countdown to Infinite Crisis comics she was in. Fantastic, but very strange and disjointed with all the flipping back and forth between various characters stories.

Marvel Germany is finally releasing Spider-Man TPBs again. It starts at the beginning of Brand New Day and even though that was the exact reason I stopped reading Spidey, I'm considering picking it up, because I really want more Peter Parker aas Spider-Man stories.

Has anyone seen the new Ultimate Spider-Man show yet? I'm not quite sure what to make of it. It has a few interesting ideas and characters, but the visual humor is so over the top and doesn't fit with Spidey at all. I'm really surprised how bad the first episodes were, considering all the talent involved. Paul Dini is writing, Bendis is producing and I the Ben 10 creators are working on it as well.

Anung Un Rama wrote:Marvel Germany is finally releasing Spider-Man TPBs again. It starts at the beginning of Brand New Day and even though that was the exact reason I stopped reading Spidey, I'm considering picking it up, because I really want more Peter Parker aas Spider-Man stories.

Has anyone seen the new Ultimate Spider-Man show yet? I'm not quite sure what to make of it. It has a few interesting ideas and characters, but the visual humor is so over the top and doesn't fit with Spidey at all. I'm really surprised how bad the first episodes where, considering all the talent involved. Paul Dini is writing, Bendis is producing and I the Ben 10 creators are working on it as well.

I forgot about it. I'll have to find it.

I am shocked. The Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon actually managed to make Clark Gregg, a.k.a. Agent Coulson, not cool.

How do you do that?! :´(

Anung Un Rama wrote:I am shocked. The Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon actually managed to make Clark Gregg, a.k.a. Agent Coulson, not cool.

How do you do that?! :´(

.....who?

Have you not watched any of the films leading up to the Avengers.

This guy.

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote: Have you not watched any of the films leading up to the Avengers.

This guy.

lol, oh that guy. That is an awesome poster!

And in the cartoon he's undercover as principal an the school Peter Parker and his super friends go to. Which is a neat idea, but now they made him a comic relief character who's more worried about the school budget than the fact that the team is fighting Dr. Doom.

After waiting for over 7 weeks my last Amazon order arrived. Never again I'll order from #1 Value.



The first TPB from IDW's new Turtles series. And I really, really liked it.
It's another reboot, with Kevin Eastman as head writer. It has nice action scenes and some interesting twists on the origin story. If you like the TMNT, give it a shot.

In color?