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Almost done with 1938 of Valiant

Lol I am Venom
That's pretty funny

Haven't read any more Valiant, on pause cuz Volume 8 must have been short print or pulped, very few copies in the wild. Certainly there's 6 volumes between the two but ehhh...

cuh posted...

^^thank you, appreciate it!!

Yw, always glad to help :)

Finished Tankuro
Very strange manga
Also started reading Prince Valiant last night, it definitely lives up to the hype. Fantastic art and writing.
https://i.imgur.com/1hXryb2.jpg

cuh posted... The best resource for finding new manga to read IMO
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?act=genresearch

Every so often I'll do a search through there to see what's been trans or scanlated, that's usually how I find obscure/weird stuff. From there I check the usual resources, Amazon for newer, Ebay/Internet Archive/publisher sites for older/out of print.

cuh posted... Quick reply: bulk of my reading is in English, no hard preferences between physical and digital.
I can go more in-depth later if you're keen on specifics.

Started reading Tank Tankuro
It's quite surreal
https://i.vgy.me/48gE7M.jpg

ImAMarvel posted...Black emblem Supes is my favorite look, I might have to check it out. Haven't read much Supergirl but yeah its hard to picture her swearing <_<. Fingers crossed for the Kindle.

HannibalBarca3 posted...Fascinating read. Just one or two words and their interpretations can totally change the image of a historical figure.

Still haven't picked up anything, maybe tomorrow

Haven't picked anything new up yet, I'm reading so slow compared to last year <_<

ImAMarvel posted... Not currently, I actually used to Asimov's. Stopped when the format switched to bimonthly, but I definitely enjoyed my time with it. The Internet Archive has a big collection of some older issues if you want to try before you buy.

Finished Sobotei
Great manga, definitely his most ambitious work. Loved it.

MrKapowski posted... Clarke was my main sci-fi author growing up, very cool
I remember reading Last Theorem when it came out and feeling similarly. Old age from both authors I reckon.
Time Odyssey was a pretty good collab as I recall, might have to read that series again now that I'm older.

^^^I'd say go for it if you can find one you like the looks of. Clarkesworld or Apex Magazine perhaps?

Nosferatu_Zodd posted...

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

What's the 3rd?

Didn't read any today
It was 80 degrees out!!
The two are unconnected, as is this color page
https://i.vgy.me/QePYhB.png

Fujita Doraemon was fun to see
https://i.vgy.me/CWtje5.png

Questionmarktarius posted...

got this for a birthday present:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/8/AAEhCpAAEX9y.jpg

my brother knows me too well

Awesome!
My friend is a big history buff so every book you show I'm notating for future gifts, lol

cuh posted... Aw yeah, Taschen has some really nice stuff. Love a good artbook.
More publishers should do oblong/short side printing though, gutter loss can be absolutely brutal to nice 2 page spreads.

Read more of Sobotei today, about 800 pages left perhaps. The artwork continues to impress, I'll have to post some more panels tomorrow.

MabusIncarnate posted...

Happy Easter! Still reading the X-Wing books, been in a small drought. Tried the first run of Gwenpool and wound up reading about 15 of them, pretty funny with some good character appearances.

I'm still terribly addicted to Midnight Suns so that game is cutting into reading time.

Lol I hear you, I got Fallout 4 in the Spring Sale and between that and MtG its hard to find the free time

Smallville posted...

getter?

Robo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6ahWjlP3q4
Dinosaurs evolved prior to humanity but were forced underground by cosmic rays, which in turn triggered human evolution; upon emerging in modern 1970s Japan the dinosaurs are then resisted by a machine utilizing the same cosmic rays, the Getter Robo
https://i.vgy.me/g1xSI4.png
Attempts at an anime have been mixed but the manga is pretty fun, although incomplete due to the creator's death.

Human pride baby
Believe in the sign of Getter

Haven't read anything yet today
Happy Easter everyone

About 1k pages left on Sobotei
https://i.vgy.me/ASMm68.png

MabusIncarnate posted...

Thank you! This is a tremendous help, been sitting on the game for a while.

No problem, glad to assist :) the pain of spoiler burn is well known to me lol

scar_the_1 posted... Welsh Narnia, sign me up

https://i.vgy.me/L28aCg.jpg
Some funny English in Urusei Yatsura from my friend in Japan

MabusIncarnate posted...

Kind of random, but I've been reading the X-Wing series and now I'm inspired to play the EA Rogue Squadron game.

Wondering if any pilots from the books are in the game, and if so, if the game takes place after as I dont want to spoil anything for myself. It would suck if I was playing and they said something like "Corran died during the battle of Endor" and he's still alive in the book I'm on, etc.

IMO a safe bet to avoid spoilers would be to follow by release date. I looked at the wiki and here's what I saw:
Books 1-6 (1996-1998)
Rogue Squadron game (1998)
Books 7-9 (1999)
Battle for Naboo game (2000/spiritual successor in terms of gameplay)
Rogue Leader game (2001)
Rebel Strike game (2003)
Book 10 (2012)
Squadrons game (2020)

About 1/4th of the way through and honestly I think this might be his most ambitious manga yet, in all facets (art, plot, characters).
https://i.vgy.me/qvxKEe.png

^lol that's good. I hope its a solid read.

Juhanor posted...

Aw yeah another Fujita manga got TL'ed

Started reading Sobotei Kowasubeshi (Sobotei Must Be Destroyed), it's crazy so far. No one does it quite like Fujita.
https://i.vgy.me/qRwEuV.png

omniryu posted...

I am reading the intelligent investor

What do you think so far?

Aw yeah another Fujita manga got TL'ed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeQNuzIh2jw

Taking a break from Akagi to learn some mahjong <_<

https://i.vgy.me/ynr4ta.png

I don't know Mahjong
Time to read Akagi!
https://i.vgy.me/eNIdc5.png

Juhanor posted...

I haven't read GTO yet so I reckon I'll start with Shonan Junai Gumi

Shonan Junai Gumi is going the way of Getbackers

Read Kirby's pitch for The Prisoner, it was awesome. His McGoohan is spot on.
https://i.imgur.com/AK7EtYk.jpg

I personally haven't heard of Red Rising^

I haven't read GTO yet so I reckon I'll start with Shonan Junai Gumi

MabusIncarnate posted...

First time I've seen this guy, lol

Ayy Doctor Bong
I think mine was Deadpool 99

Read "The Outbursts of Everett True" earlier tonite, it was pretty good. Condo had some neat pages and even 100+ years later a lot of his peeves still hit home.
https://i.imgur.com/J58J8T9.jpg
Some nice meta humor.

MabusIncarnate posted...

Really dig Nova as a character.

He looks great there, good body language/page layout. I still want to read Cosmic Marvel...

Haven't started anything new yet but I might do another manga.

Unsurprisingly the judge ruled in favor of the "for profit" corporations
https://blog.archive.org/2023/03/25/the-fight-continues/

Kirby Art&Style was alright I guess, but I probably wouldn't recommend it. Too much wasted page space on easily discovered promotional art from games, while the interesting/uncommon concept art and side material stuff was relegated to cramped, multiple per page pictures.

Dinosaurs by Design
https://i.imgur.com/XcrSR79.jpg

Started "reading" Kirby Art+Style. I don't have an artbook slot for my reading list, maybe I'll add one.
https://i.imgur.com/Zp8mWjp.jpg

Haven't started anything new yet, thinking I might go for one of the gift books I was given over da holidays

Finished Baron, really great manga, awesome ending and a lot of left turns
https://i.vgy.me/foRgXR.png

Just over half done with Baron
https://i.vgy.me/x97Um6.png

Baron is pretty good so far. I'm glad the color pages were kept in.
https://i.vgy.me/pNf29K.png

MabusIncarnate posted... You know, I never read any Rocket Raccoon/haven't read much Cosmic Marvel. I'll have to check it out one of these days.

The_Yahtz09 posted... Nice, love mecha. How's the artwork?
I used to be a big Dresden Files fan, I think I might have stopped around 14 or 15. Good series though.

Questionmarktarius posted... Nice, love those illustrated arms compendiums.

BoyOfBattle posted...

dragonlance books

Dragonlance was probably my gateway to fantasy, great choice. Elmore's cover art to Summer Flame on the local library shelf is burned into my memory.
https://i.vgy.me/3qnmaU.jpg