The Boys by Garth Ennis et al

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The Boys by Garth Ennis et al

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Another comic series.

The Boys are a CIA funded operation dedicated to keeping superheroes on the straight and narrow, since most of them are perverts, drug addicts, or consider normal humans a bit beneath them.

Really very good. Read the entire 72 comic series over about a day and a half. Worth it.


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Ever read Ennis' Preacher? I've read the first book...I'll be reading the rest next as soon as I finish The Sandman.

The Boys is on my list as well.


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Should have a general comic book thread.

You guys like Azarello?
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Croatoa wrote:Should have a general comic book thread.

You guys like Azarello?
Oh Noes....Don't do that....it would geek into a full couch thread. These segregated ones are edumacational for those of us on the periphery.
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What if we call them 'graphic novels' instead?
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What we need is a separate forum for all things comic books. ](*,)
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We need LINKS to read it!
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Ill pm you some linx

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I'm in trouble.

Somehow I can't stop reading "Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose."


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are you guys reading this stuff on .cbr or .cbz files? know of a good free reader?

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Both..I use comic book on the iPad, and sometimes cloud reader, and some free comic reader on my pc

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Tarot is all about comic porn and titties. Huge comic titties


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I liked "The Boys" a lot, but "Preacher" is still his ultimate mainstream comics achievement.


Ennis really has the "down and dirty" vibe down pat. His "MAX" run on the Punisher (with a different artist for every 6 issues) was amazing. His 5 year "Hitman" series with Joel McCrea (mostly) combined big foot comedy, murder for hire, friendship, snark, and alcoholism in a way never equaled before or since. And his early stuff on "Hellblazer" (mostly with Dillon) made you look at magick in a whole new light.

Not everything he does is perfect, but he's like Willie Mays - he's so good, so often, so easily, that it's easy to overlook how good he really is.
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Abandoned by Wolves wrote:Not everything he does is perfect, but he's like Willie Mays - he's so good, so often, so easily, that it's easy to overlook how good he really is.
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reading the 2nd book of Preacher now. good stuff.

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