Ooh, sounds cool! Thanks!
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Other Media 2: It's Astounishing!
Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!
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Glamcookie - Nov 21, 2008 1:07:20 pm PST #2008 of 5059
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Invisible Green - Nov 22, 2008 6:27:23 am PST #2009 of 5059
I just started reading Y: The Last Man a few days ago. Yes, it rules, though not quite as much as Ex Machina!
Polter-Cow - Nov 22, 2008 8:53:30 am PST #2010 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
We are so the other way around on this issue. I love Ex Machina, but it's probably my least favorite of BKV's series.
Glam, my friend also suggests The Exterminators by Simon Oliver, which I haven't read. It's "bugs rather than pathogens, but is still very wacky end-of-the-world about the whole thing." A review I just found describes it thusly: "The Exterminators is literature of the Apocalypse delivered through black humor and social class commentary."
Strega - Nov 22, 2008 4:18:33 pm PST #2011 of 5059
The Exterminators is Teh Awesome.
Reading the first volume I thought "this would be such a great TV show" because it had so many character-driven side stories, and the dialogue is great. And of course, then I found out it was originally pitched as a series. And now it may get a second life as one. But anyway: it's ridiculous and silly and scary and I hadn't thought of it as apocalyptic but yeah.
I'll also throw in Army@Love, which is... as apocalyptic as DMZ is, at least. (And I heart DMZ). Army@Love has more of an absurdist/Catch 22 take on it.
Polter-Cow - Nov 22, 2008 4:25:30 pm PST #2012 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Exterminators is Teh Awesome.
I've seen it and been intrigued, but now I do want to give it a whirl sometime.
I've also been recommended DMZ, but I'm less sure about that one. Then again, I should probably stop pretending I might actually not like something.
Glamcookie - Nov 22, 2008 7:53:01 pm PST #2013 of 5059
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Thanks for the recs! Also, if you haven't checked it out, Therefore Repent is really cool, too.
lisah - Nov 23, 2008 10:05:14 am PST #2014 of 5059
Punishingly Intricate
Polter-Cow - Nov 23, 2008 10:18:13 am PST #2015 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You know, I went into Comic Relief on Thursday, and it took me forever to find Ex Machina. I'm so used to comic book stores organizing by publisher. They had a rack for "superhero comics" and a rack for "literature comics" (what the hell?) and then I finally found Ex Machina in the very back mixed up with everything else, alphabetically.
DavidS - Nov 23, 2008 10:57:12 am PST #2016 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You know, I went into Comic Relief on Thursday, and it took me forever to find Ex Machina.
You could've asked. They always have somebody at the front, and somebody at the information desk in the middle.
Polter-Cow - Nov 23, 2008 12:46:49 pm PST #2017 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I know, but I didn't want to ask since I did not intend to buy the issue, just read it. I wait to buy trades. So far, no one has ever given me shit—I make it a point to buy stuff intermittently to support the store—but I still feel sneaky and bad about it.
I did ask for food recommendations, though. My friend wanted noodles, and the guy in the middle told us to go to Boat House.