FabSwingers.com forum: Non Marvel or DC Geekery

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I am not a big fan of superheroes with the exception of the classic big names, and even then it is the storyline rather than the superhero.

In order to tap into the Fab Forum comic geek knowledge pool and to share other great stories and publishing houses,here are a number of questions relating to stories other than from Marvel or DC (I am allowing Vertigo titles for obvious reasons). Given there are 100's of great titles I am keeping short.

Question oneish: What 4 ongoing titles are you collecting (and you can insert why)?

Question two (with bits): What 4 past titles are you favourites and you would recommend (and why)?

My Ongoing Titles

Empowered: Manga orientated superheroine, sexy, funny, dark and at times deep.

Fables: before all the tv shows using fairy story characters there was Fables, enough said!

Criminal/Fatale: Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips few people (Garth Ennis excepted) do,dark twisted people and good intentions going fatally wrong, like these guys.

Elephantmen: Great graphics, stories about the dark side of man and animal.

Past Titles

100 Bullets: slow to start and then epic detective and political, historical paranoia, I mean a character called Cole Burns, got to love it.

Sin City

any title): The graphics and pulp noir feel.

Hellblazer: John Constantine, not the awful film version or sanitised new version, but the cynical magus and trickster and one man walking disaster. The last friend to help when in trouble.

Ruse (by Cross Gen: Great gothic steam punk drawn world, involving a world class detective and an interesting female colleague.

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

I had an "I am Groot" t-shirt for Christmas, it's the best I can do

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

@Sandybeach, looking at your profile that is more than sufficient!

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By *r H and Good PetCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

Ongoing:

Saga is the only one I'm collecting right now. Really amazing art and story. The writing is clever too, which is a must for me.

Past titles:

Sandman. My first ever series. Just... fucking..... Gaiman at his finest.

Preacher. Foulmouthed Irish American preacher imbued with the word of god. Hilarity and rudeness ensues. The writer and artist are not shy of pushing boundaries. Lol.

Y: The Last Man. All mammals with a y chromosome suddenly die, bar one man and his monkey. Again, the writing is superb, and isn't silly with the theme like you think it would be.

But yeah, also seconding Fables and Sin City!

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By *ilk_TreMan
over a year ago

Wherever the party is!

The authority and transmetropolitan are so underrated.

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By *r H and Good PetCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

"The authority and transmetropolitan are so underrated. "

Yesssssss!!

Also Ex Machina!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Check out my marvel and dc sleeve!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The authority and transmetropolitan are so underrated.

Yesssssss!!

Also Ex Machina! "

Good selection

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Ongoing:

Saga is the only one I'm collecting right now. Really amazing art and story. The writing is clever too, which is a must for me.

Past titles:

Sandman. My first ever series. Just... fucking..... Gaiman at his finest.

Preacher. Foulmouthed Irish American preacher imbued with the word of god. Hilarity and rudeness ensues. The writer and artist are not shy of pushing boundaries. Lol.

Y: The Last Man. All mammals with a y chromosome suddenly die, bar one man and his monkey. Again, the writing is superb, and isn't silly with the theme like you think it would be.

But yeah, also seconding Fables and Sin City! "

I have both Y, and Preacher I am a big Garth Ennis fan.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Check out my marvel and dc sleeve!"

Cool sleeve.

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By *r H and Good PetCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

"Ongoing:

Saga is the only one I'm collecting right now. Really amazing art and story. The writing is clever too, which is a must for me.

Past titles:

Sandman. My first ever series. Just... fucking..... Gaiman at his finest.

Preacher. Foulmouthed Irish American preacher imbued with the word of god. Hilarity and rudeness ensues. The writer and artist are not shy of pushing boundaries. Lol.

Y: The Last Man. All mammals with a y chromosome suddenly die, bar one man and his monkey. Again, the writing is superb, and isn't silly with the theme like you think it would be.

But yeah, also seconding Fables and Sin City!

I have both Y, and Preacher I am a big Garth Ennis fan."

Same!

I read all of Y from a friend, and am just now collecting the collections myself.

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By *r H and Good PetCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

"Check out my marvel and dc sleeve!"

OK yes that sleeve is sick. Lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

By the way HLF would like to send you a message but I am outside your age range. We could talk of comics and non-vanilla things.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Check out my marvel and dc sleeve!

Cool sleeve.

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thanks mate...not quite finished...having superman sign.

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

I am a Marvel and DC comics fan, but outside of that one of my most prized possessions is an original 1st edition copy of Terminator #1 comic from the early 1990's.

I also have an edition of Aliens vs Predator comic from the early 1990's.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Check out my marvel and dc sleeve!

Cool sleeve.

thanks mate...not quite finished...having superman sign."

Excellent

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I am a Marvel and DC comics fan, but outside of that one of my most prized possessions is an original 1st edition copy of Terminator #1 comic from the early 1990's.

I also have an edition of Aliens vs Predator comic from the early 1990's.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hmmm, ongoing is tough as have so many but most are Marvel or DC... Will add more manga in instead then...

1. Attack on Titan - Crazy manga series, good anime too

2. Sword art online -Cool anime, manga not quite so good (classing this as reading)

3. Knights of Sidonia - Interesting space / mech manga series

4. The walking dead - need I say more?

Past:

1. Scott Pilgrim (mr pilgrims origin) - Great graphic novel series

2. Deadpool vs the Marvel universe - Marvel I know but a great 4 part series

3. Deathnote - Brilliant manga with very in depth story ideas that have you questioning morality?

4. Ash vs the Evil dead - several versions of this, a good one was the one with the female ash as well as the male ash - can't remember the series name and google feels like hardwork lol

Most of the ongoing manga lists have the anime on netflix at the moment too...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Hmmm, ongoing is tough as have so many but most are Marvel or DC... Will add more manga in instead then...

1. Attack on Titan - Crazy manga series, good anime too

2. Sword art online -Cool anime, manga not quite so good (classing this as reading)

3. Knights of Sidonia - Interesting space / mech manga series

4. The walking dead - need I say more?

Past:

1. Scott Pilgrim (mr pilgrims origin) - Great graphic novel series

2. Deadpool vs the Marvel universe - Marvel I know but a great 4 part series

3. Deathnote - Brilliant manga with very in depth story ideas that have you questioning morality?

4. Ash vs the Evil dead - several versions of this, a good one was the one with the female ash as well as the male ash - can't remember the series name and google feels like hardwork lol

Most of the ongoing manga lists have the anime on netflix at the moment too...

Mr Pilgrim, Thanks I will check these out I like the idea of Deathnote, and Ash V Evil Dead

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