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[ladysisyphus]

New icons!

Those of you who are more avid comic readers may recognize these all as being from Mike Carey's Lucifer, the spin-off series from Neil Gaiman's character in Sandman. It's perhaps my favourite comic ever, and in making this set I've re-read it about four times, and believe me when I say that's not a hardship

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[megkips]

I think I need to yoink this one for reading exegesis.

I've actually leant this comic out to a TA of mine before, and he loved it. I believe he's using it in his disertation.

[ladysisyphus]

Ooh, a dissertation on what?

Yeah, there's a reason I steer in the opposite direction of theology most days. It's great fun.

[megkips]

I believe his focus is modern radical theologies. I actually gave him the series due to the class of his I'm taking now ('After the death of God'), and we ended up reading American Gods for the course.

The one thing I've learned as an undergrad is 9.30 AM + theology = no. Just. No. No matter how much you love the course or the professor or what, it just doesn't end nicely.

[quaedam]

HOSHIT. :DDDD I had no idea that such a spinoff series for him even existed--and I loved his storyline in Sandman. Wow, I have to look that one up.

[ladysisyphus]

Oh, man, you sure as hell do. It's good above and beyond, and even Gaiman admits that Mike Carey writes Lucifer better than Gaiman ever did. I mean, it's far from perfect, but it's a great read.

in fact i may know where you can get it but you have to cross your heart and say you'll buy it when you get the chance

[quaedam]

Oooooooooooh. *_*

\o/ I'm sure I will buy it, I loved Sandman so much I finally got every volume of that--I'll look for this next time I have a chance to bike down to the comic store. :D

[mai_shiranai]

These icons are really cool. I'm always interested in the icon sets you make.

And I, too, now have something pencilled in on by to-buy list. Thanks!

[rustnroses]

Have stolen a number of the extras and a ton of the transmet. :) tanks

[ladysisyphus]

Anything for you, lovely!

[dotiscute]

It's been far too long sense you've had Lucifer icons. Man, I loved that comic ever so much.

Have you checked out the Felix Castor novels at all? Mike Carey's been writing them recently and can be summarized as "Mike Carey missed working on Hellblazer" and "Mike Carey thinks lesbians are totally hot".

That being said, they're VERY good reads and fill the Mike Carey gap in my life.

[ladysisyphus]

I have not read those! But those sound like very good reasons to try them out!

He's starting a new comic series soon, and I can't remember what it's called or what it's about, only that I saw the first cover listed in Previews and immediately put it on my to-pull list. I'll let you know how it is!

[coloredink]

Awwwwz yeah, things I need to reread.

I'm surprised you don't have an icon of that one famous cover! You know the one. I guess that one might be pretty hard to fit into a 100x100, though.

[ladysisyphus]

The one where he's submerged in blue water while he's nekkid? Yeah, I love that one, but it doesn't reduce well. The GIMP isn't the greatest image-shrinker in the universe (but it is free!) and for some reason the cover scans tended to be of generally shabby quality.

I did get icons from 2/3 of the 'Brothers in Arms' covers, though, and this pleases me.

[coloredink]

No! Although that one is nice. I was referring to the one with Death in.