Yesterday I posted about MIND MGMT, and while it's a little early to call it "the best book you're not reading", I really enjoyed issue 1 and think a lot of other people on this board would, too.
But that got me thinking what might be out there that I'm not reading that I'd really enjoy.
So let's have it: when someone asks you what's good, and you respond "The best book you're not reading is...", how do you complete that sentence?
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First of all -- you've convinced me to try Mind MGMT when I go back to the store on Wednesday.
Second, the book that comes to mind right now is Resident Alien, also from Dark Horse. It's a 3-issue miniseries (four with the 0 issue, which reprints the Dark Horse Presents installments) by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, about a space alien who has been living like a hermit in a remote northwestern town, disguised as a retired doctor, when he gets pulled in to a murder investigation (of the town's actual doctor, whom the cops would normally call in for the medical examiner work). And as much as he values his privacy (and needs his alienness to remain secret), the protagonist discovers he enjoys being part of the town; he's been lonely, and didn't know it.
Issue 0 and 1 are out; two more are on their way. It's wonderful stuff, sort of Northern Exposure with a touch of X-Files. And, of course, with a murder mystery mixed in.
Normally I would say Criminal, but Brubaker and Phillips aren't publishing it right now. So, I will go with Thief of Thieves. Written by Nick Spencer with art by Shawn Martinbrough, who I think is doing some of the best art of his career. It is about a master thief who is trying to lead a straight life now. The FBI are still trying to pin something on him, plus he has a son who isn't quite the thief he is who may or may not be able harm his father.
X-O Manowar. The first issue was the best comic I read in May. My local store owner said that issue 2 was even better (but I wouldn't know yet as I haven't read any of the books I bought yesterday).
I haven't seen ANY of the new Valiant books on the shelves at my local shop...I wonder if it's a case of "Fool me once..."?
Saga...Saga...Saga. Oh, and Popeye from IDW, Cow Boy from Archaia, and Superman Family Adventures.
2000AD is supposed to be really good these days. Great stories by Abnett and Lanning and John Smith, amongst others. Only trouble is, that if I started reading it again, I'd be entering mid-stream in these supposedly good stories.
I do wonder how old Joe Dredd is getting on these days. It's been a long time...
I'm thinking of getting the first Orcstain volume when it's collected, or ordering it if it has been collected already. I have Snarked #1 that I picked up cheap on my pile, and I'll get the collection if that appeals.
Wow, different strokes. I read this with every intention of loving it. I thought it felt like about the first five minutes of a movie. Not enough to keep me going. I did grab Harbinger this week, though. I guess that one is supposed to be pretty sweet, but I haven't read it yet.
Chris Fluit said:
The best books you guys aren't reading are Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye and Robots in Disguise. Seriously. These books are all over the place. One follows a crew of Autobots in a spaceship way out somewhere in the universe, the other follows a group on Cybertron, after the war between the Autobots and Decepticons has ended. There is still a distrust between them, but they're doing their best to co-exist, with some more "conservative" factions that still hold the grudges, understandably. What I love about these books is the way they have humanized formerly 2-dimensional characters. The dialog is brilliant. Each one takes about two-to-three times the amount of time to read as it does a regular comic book, but that's okay. Just relentlessly enjoyable stories.
Of course, I was all about the Transformers when I was in the fifth grade, so there's a lot of nostalgia there, but it's so much better than those old cartoons, movie included. Nostalgia alone carries nothing in my book.
So far I haven't had any luck picking up Mind MGMT -- although my retailer is ordering a copy for me, so it should be in soon. But I realize I've already read Kindt's espionage graphic novel 2 Sisters, which is a thick book that I really breezed through, completely enjoying it. I'm not sure if I would have been quite as thrilled with it for the $19.95 cover price (despite its heft, it's a pretty quick read), but for the marked-down price I got it for at a con, it was a really great buy. (Used copies are available on Amazon for around $4.)
Sixth Gun by Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurt- western horror at it's finest published by Oni.
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