Comments on: The Return of the Best Damn Comics of the Year -- Boing Boing Edition http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-return-of-the-best-damn-co.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bheater http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-return-of-the-best-damn-co.html#comment-1600297 bheater Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198096#comment-1600297 Hey Ping, Thanks for the nice words. Best I can tell you is to hunt for the authors' own sites or social network accounts. Sometimes they'll post their own pages to promote their books -- occasionally review sites do as well. Not sure how accessible Amazon.com is outside of the States, but they often feature decent previews of some of the larger titles.   Hey Ping,

Thanks for the nice words. Best I can tell you is to hunt for the authors’ own sites or social network accounts. Sometimes they’ll post their own pages to promote their books — occasionally review sites do as well. Not sure how accessible Amazon.com is outside of the States, but they often feature decent previews of some of the larger titles.  

]]> By: tomservojr http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-return-of-the-best-damn-co.html#comment-1599373 tomservojr Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198096#comment-1599373 How does your RSS reader have pages? How does your RSS reader have pages?

]]> By: Ping Kee http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-return-of-the-best-damn-co.html#comment-1599037 Ping Kee Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198096#comment-1599037 Hi, Brian (and all the contributors). Thanks for this amazing list. I really appreciate seeing all this in one place.  I clicked on every comic listed here that I haven't heard of and it occurred to me how few have a good free preview available. I live in Hong Kong and will not see many (if any) of these on a bookshelf, and so will need to buy any I like here online. But even the links that took me to publisher's sites rarely had a preview.  The only two I saw with a decent preview were "My Friend Dahmer" (which I bought immediately because I liked what I saw) and "Are You My Mother?" But the others...? I'm not really willing to shell out $15 or more (and say $150-200 in total) for a bunch of comics based on some cover art.  Am I the only person that thinks like this? Do other comic fans want to see a chunk of art and story before they make a purchase? I mean, some of these comics are retailing for $20+. I want more than an Amazon review and small pic of the cover.  So, any comic authors out there... I'd really like to see more previews. What about others?  Hi, Brian (and all the contributors). Thanks for this amazing list. I really appreciate seeing all this in one place. 

I clicked on every comic listed here that I haven’t heard of and it occurred to me how few have a good free preview available. I live in Hong Kong and will not see many (if any) of these on a bookshelf, and so will need to buy any I like here online. But even the links that took me to publisher’s sites rarely had a preview. 

The only two I saw with a decent preview were “My Friend Dahmer” (which I bought immediately because I liked what I saw) and “Are You My Mother?” But the others…? I’m not really willing to shell out $15 or more (and say $150-200 in total) for a bunch of comics based on some cover art. 

Am I the only person that thinks like this? Do other comic fans want to see a chunk of art and story before they make a purchase? I mean, some of these comics are retailing for $20+. I want more than an Amazon review and small pic of the cover. 

So, any comic authors out there… I’d really like to see more previews. What about others? 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-return-of-the-best-damn-co.html#comment-1598632 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198096#comment-1598632 And have everyone complain about how it's a slideshow and they'd rather have it on one page? And have everyone complain about how it’s a slideshow and they’d rather have it on one page?

]]> By: Impostleable http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-return-of-the-best-damn-co.html#comment-1598556 Impostleable Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198096#comment-1598556 You should probably look into formatting long posts with a cut so RSS readers of bb don't have to scroll through TWENTY FIVE PAGES of a single article. C'mon, article formatting is nothing new, work it out. You should probably look into formatting long posts with a cut so RSS readers of bb don’t have to scroll through TWENTY FIVE PAGES of a single article. C’mon, article formatting is nothing new, work it out.

]]> By: MariNaomi http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-return-of-the-best-damn-co.html#comment-1598282 MariNaomi Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198096#comment-1598282 They didn't include my disclaimer that I hadn't yet (at the time of this survey) read Carol Tyler's new book, You'll Never Know, Vol. 3, which, after I read it, was not only my #1 favorite comic this year, but also of all time. COMICS! They didn’t include my disclaimer that I hadn’t yet (at the time of this survey) read Carol Tyler’s new book, You’ll Never Know, Vol. 3, which, after I read it, was not only my #1 favorite comic this year, but also of all time. COMICS!

]]> By: Jorpho http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-return-of-the-best-damn-co.html#comment-1598231 Jorpho Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198096#comment-1598231 I can only hope the reason Carol Lay's "Illiterature" has not yet gotten its due is because it only came out last month. For it to remain forever overlooked would be sad. I can only hope the reason Carol Lay’s “Illiterature” has not yet gotten its due is because it only came out last month. For it to remain forever overlooked would be sad.

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-return-of-the-best-damn-co.html#comment-1598092 Ramone Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198096#comment-1598092 Yeah, I loved the hell out of Prophet and found Saga to be fairly monotone. Yeah, I loved the hell out of Prophet and found Saga to be fairly monotone.

]]> By: Keith Perkins http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-return-of-the-best-damn-co.html#comment-1598032 Keith Perkins Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198096#comment-1598032 That's funny, because i had the exact opposite reaction.  Love Prophet, and though Saga to be a bit meh. That’s funny, because i had the exact opposite reaction.  Love Prophet, and though Saga to be a bit meh.

]]> By: Slartibartfatsdomino http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-return-of-the-best-damn-co.html#comment-1597965 Slartibartfatsdomino Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198096#comment-1597965 I gotta second Jordan Morris's comments on Saga. Soooooooo Good! Prophet, on the other hand, bored me to tears with the first six issues and I dropped it. Although the artwork was nothing to sneeze at. Also, Hickman's Manhattan Projects is pretty dern good. I gotta second Jordan Morris’s comments on Saga. Soooooooo Good!

Prophet, on the other hand, bored me to tears with the first six issues and I dropped it. Although the artwork was nothing to sneeze at.

Also, Hickman’s Manhattan Projects is pretty dern good.

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