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[kotorjedi_amaya]

HEY LOVELY PEOPLE OF CNC

I'm putting together an Amazon order and since the lovely backpack I'm getting automatically qualifies for free shipping, I'm lumping some comics books in with it for extra awesome. I'm definitely getting the first book of XIII, but since I'm trying to build a Bat Collection, I was wondering

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[fishnets]

Swamp Thing.

Get softcover. The hardcover quality is garbage. :(

And yeah. I am ignoring your Batman comment.

[batghoul]

holy shit yes Alan Moore's Swamp Thing is pretty much the greatest comic ever written, forget about Batman.

[fishnets]

I COULD READ IT FOREVER. I KNOW EVERYONE'S ALL BLAH BLAH BLAH WATCHMEN BUT.

This was what had an effect on me as a kid and a young adult. It's just so damn good and the art is really fantastic for the time, too. The reason people think of it as campy and corny was the TV series and the Wes Craven films (which admittedly, I have a soft spot for, too).

Plus, you'll get Zee and John casually talking about Tantric Sex. A+ guys.

[batghoul]

It was one of the first comics I read when I was getting into comics at the end of high school, and I picked up the first tpb on impulse because I used to play with Swamp Thing toys when I was a kid. Best impulse buy I've ever made.

Really, it's a shame that everyone knows about the Sandman when Swamp Thing was the proto-Sandman.

I almost convinced myself to RP Swamp Thing a while back, and then I was like "OH CRAP HE HAS THE SAME SPEECH PATTERN AS CASS, THERE WILL BE SO MANY ELLIPSES" so I didn't.

[fishnets]

I didn't play with the toys. I just... read the comics and didn't entirely understand how heavy they really were.

I like Sandman, but I honestly would rather read other things by/involving Gaiman ('SUP BLACK ORCHID + TIM).

Plus you'd have to go through all the trouble of making the background of his words orange. If you ever do, I will be all up'n that. Or my character will. Close enough.

[fishnets]

...okay, okay. Private Casebook. ~For the love of my character~ And to keep up with what is expected of me: Batman and the Phantom Stranger, which actually is a tad better than you might think it would be.

[kotorjedi_amaya]

Oooooh Private Casebook looks really good. And I'd take a look at Phantom Stranger if it was thru Amazon!

[fishnets]

The art's really nice. Coloring's a bit inconsistent, but I can totally appreciate it. Nguyen draws a super-cute Selina, too. *A*

[kotorjedi_amaya]

CUTE THINGS ARE ALWAYS A PLUS. I might have to make a COMIC TRADES, ROUND 2 at this rate for my birthday. I'd be able to buy more, but Otakon is right around the corner and I'm sort of. Saving my money for that.

[tamerlane]

I have like a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge list of ones I want and I check regularly on amazon if something goes down. Very rarely do I ever see something cheaper on eBay (except for like, Underworld Unleashed, which I have been waiting forever to own awwwwwwww yeah).

I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THE OLD SHOWCASE TPBS OF PHANTOM STRANGER. I believe you can still get them relatively cheap and the writing was some of the best of its time. But more importantly, it's pretty cheap.

[kotorjedi_amaya]

I have the benefit of having an AMAZING used book store nearby that does graphic novels as well, so I check in there sometimes too.

But basically, if someone could just open my head and fill it with comic books, I'd be happy.

[tamerlane]

I have one, but they're not too cheap. And though we've got a comic store nearby, I will say that Zatanna #1 (non-variant) is already marked-up to $9.99 and it's not even like NM condition. Thus, I mostly buy off the internets or stalk flea markets/antique malls.

Same, but also with coffee and peanut butter pie and.... Bruce Campbell.