h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

so is this one...

loup

I started to watch Spawn on CNX yesterday, looks ok. Has anyone read the Graphic Novels?

Hey there everybody (thank you for inviting me)! No, I haven't read these. Tell me more about them!

I've ordered From Hell and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen quite a few weeks ago and am still expecting them. They're taking ages to arrive!

hi toy box...

hi kow...

i'm relatively lucky as where i live now i got one relatively big specialised comic books shop...

haven't visited it for a while but will sure have a look at spawn...

i might have seen the comic books and flick through them a while ago... but not the graphic novels... [got some trading cards from the publishing company as well... will have a look at what they say on it...]

i'm a keen frank miller fan myself... but i also recognise that some of the british artists have done a good job in the comic books fields...

talk soon...

loup

I was an avid reader of marfel comic books when I was a little girl, it did noy just have spiderman or batman but other types of superheroes.

JA

daredevil... hulk... the fantastic four... the silver surfer... i've got a bit of info on marvel's superheroes... will pass it on later on...

again frank miller rendition of daredevil was as good as his work on batman... and of course who could forget electra?!... hmmmmm.... obviously not me...

talk soon...

loup

The first time I came across Marvel comics when I was about 10 and I saw a discarded comic on aboard the ferry from Silvertown to Greenwich. It started me buying them, the comics are still being made and now are more diverse and even cover stories like Doctor Who and Star Wars. Of all sci-fi magazines they are most reasonably priced as sci-fi and cult magazines are quite pricey.



JA

BTW I am read Star Wars comic books which I was given for my Christmas presents they are published by Dark Horse Comics/Lucas books. The stories I have cover the time when Obi-Wan was a young teenager Padawan and the adventures he had with his Master Qui- Gon Jinn. It is set before Phantom Menance.

discovered my first comic books in france [i mean apart from tintin or asterisk..] in a holiday camp when i was around that age as well...

twas a monthly called "strange" with the adventures of spiderman, the X-men, hulk, the silver surfer, the fantastic four and Dr strange in it... got hooked straight away...

batman and superman followed soon after that... tho' i was already interested by batman as the TV was showing the 1940s version...

back later on...

loup

I was a huge Tintin and Asterix fan

tintin and asterix are great...

i have been brought up with them in a way... but i found the characters in the magazine i mentioned drawn in a more "realistic" way...

tintin, asterix and lucky luke are more on the fun side of the comic books field...

tho' some of the tintin adventures have been seen as controversial a few times...

oh now you got me started... asterix has also been used to help teach [french] history as well as languages...

and as the clock is saying 2.19 am, i will stop there...

i think what i wanted to say was that i do like tintin and asterix too... but not as much as some of the american superheroes...

does anyone know anything about captain britain?!... i've read some of it at the beginning.. then lost touch... looks like he got a very different costume now...

talk soon...

loup

I remeber reading about Asteric and Tintin in comics. I think it was written in French, even though I did not understand the language it did not deter me reading it as somehow I understood what the story line was.



JA

Hi Toybox

Theres a Entry on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen at A873849 .
It includes spoilers so tread with caution.

Loup: I have the early Captain Britain's. My collection hasn't had any new additions for a while though.

Hello everybody!

I'm a Tintin and Asterix fan as well. Anybody knows Blake and Mortimer? Great comics too.

Kow: thanks for pointing out the link . Actually I've read the French edition, so I know most of what has happened and I should be more or less spoiler-proof (then again, one never knows).

I just learned yesterday that Patrick Moerell suddenly died aged 52. He was amongst my favourite cartoonists from Fluide Glacial (for those who know) and too young to pass away.

If you speak French, check http://www.fluideglacial.com to find out more (not 100% sure about the URL though ).

hi toybox...

yep... i know blake and mortimer... also got two CD's with their adventures in french... will have to check the name of the actors for the voices... and blake is actually pronounced differently in each adventure... now that you got me started on it i might write a little something around that...



thanks for the link... certainly sad news... and yep 52 is definitely too young to die... i'm sure he had still lots to offer to the "bande dessinee"/comic books...


talk soon...

loup

hi everyone...

here are a _few_ entries regarding comic books...

A632071 American Superhero Comic Books Edited 64%
A219052 Adult Comic Books Edited 62%
A440182 The Social Relevance of Comic Books in Western Society - 47%
A617933 Superhero Comic Books, American - 40%
A150823 Comic books, adult - 39%
A446104 Comic books - 38%
A487604 Anime and Manga Edited 32%
A689042 The Cherry Ames Books Edited 27%
A908985 The 'Shoes' Books by Noel Streatfeild Edited 26%
A412598 Comic Strips or Sequential Art Edited 26%
A565616 Portrayal of the British in Asterix Books Edited 26%
A650657 Thorne Smith's Comic Novels Edited 25%
A245620 Molesworth Books Edited 25%
A835373 'Oink!' - the Controversial Children's Comic Edited 24%
A696170 'The Wheel of Time' - the Books Edited 24%
A773778 Dilbert - The Comic Strip Edited 24%
A476714 'ElfQuest' - the Comic Strip Edited 24%
A635870 Little Nemo in Slumberland - a Comic Strip Edited 24%



enjoy....
that some of the results i got from the h2g2 search...
didn't have the time to check if they were _all_ about comic books tho'... i'm doing it from my local library..

back in a mo'...

loup

and another link which is pratically next door...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A825149



loup

loup

I'll have a lurk later

i will try to have a lurk later myself..

i've read some of the h2g2 entries before as i did put links for some of them in one of my entries... but i didn't realise collective was also for comic books.. tho' it seems logical...

and of course there are still some articles related to comic books on the BBC site... we should have a nice catalogue of digibox accessible links pretty soon me thinks...

before i forget... i discovered that my local library was pretty well stocked with graphic novels...
i had a chance to catch up a bit on what happened to dick grayson... forgot he replaced bruce wayne for a while...

talk later...

loup

Loup








JA