Graphic Novel Collection

We ended up re-organizing our graphic novel collection today after adding quite a few in the last month or so, about 20-25, and figured we could catalog our current comics.  So here we go, a complete visual/written account of our currently owned graphic novels!

From top left to bottom right:
1.  100 Bullets First Shot, Last Call. 
2-3.  24/7 Volume One.  24/7 Volume Two. 
4-7.  30 Days Of Night, Dark Days, Return to Barrow, Bloodsucker Tales.
8.  Abe Sapien: The Drowning
9-21.  BPRD Vol 1-11, 13, 14.  Volume 12 is in the mail.
22. Baltimore: The Plague Ships.
23-24.  Batman Gotham County Line, Batman Hush.
25-27.  Battle Pope Vol 2, 3, 4.  A friend has Volume 1.
28.  Bigfoot.
29.  Darkhorse Book Of The Dead.
30.  Captain America: The Chosen.

31.  City Of Others.
32.  Crimeland.
33-37.  Criminal Volumes 1-5.
38.  Criminal Macabre:  Two Red Eyes.
39.  Dawn Of The Dead.
40.  Deadpool: Secret Invasion.
41.  Dead, She Said.
42.  Devoid Of Life.
43-51.  Fables Volumes 1-9.
52-53.  Gears Of War Volumes 1-2.
54.  Halo
55-56.  Hawaiian Dick Volumes 1-2.
57-60.  Hellboy Volumes 1-4.

61-67.  Hellboy Volumes 5-10, Hellboy Animated: The Judgment Bell.
68.  Horror Book.
69-70.  I Am Legend Book One, I Am Legend (Graphic Novel, All Single Editions Collected)
71-72.  Incognito Volumes 1-2.
73.  The Invisibles: You Say You Want A Revolution.
74-76.  Iron Man: The Five Nightmares, Stark Disassembled, Extremis.
77.  JLA Avengers.
78-84.  Jonah Hex: Counting Corpses, Face Full Of Violence, Guns Of Vengeance, Luck Runs Out, Only The Good Die Young, The Six Gun War, Welcome To Paradise.
85.  Just A Pilgrim
86-88.  Last Days Of American Crime Volumes 1-3.
89-91.  League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volumes 1-2, 1910.

92.  Legendary.
93.  Living With The Dead.
94.  Living With Zombies.
95.  Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus.
96.  The Lone Ranger.
97-99.  The Losers: Book One, Trifecta, Close Quarters.
100-102.  Lucha Libre Volumes 2-4.
103.  Man-Thing:  Whatever Knows Fear.
104.  Masters Of Horror.
105.  Mysterious Traveler.
106-107.  Northlanders Volumes 1-2.
108-110.  Popgun Volumes 1-3.
111.  Spiderman:  Feral.
112-114.  Sin City Volumes 1-3.
115.  S.O.S.
116-119.  Books 1,3,4,5.
120.  V For Vendetta.

121.  Virulents.
122.  Watchmen.
123.  Witchfinder: In The Service Of Angels.
124.  The Wolfmen.
125.  Wolverine: Black Rio.
126.  Wonderland: Children Of The Future Age.
127-129.  Essential X-Men, Divided He Stands, Manifest Destiny.
130.  Y: The Last Man-Unmanned.
131.  Zombie Broadway.
132.  Zombie World: Champion Of The Worms.
133.  All We Ever Do Is Talk About Wood.

And that's it!  Sometime soon I'll upload some more pictures and the roster for the smaller single-issue comic books we have in our possession, I think we have somewhere between 30-40 of them as we are much bigger fans of graphic novels.

If you want to know anything about any of these books feel free to ask and I'll be more than happy to give you a wealth of information!

City Of Others

     Recently I picked up a copy of "City of Others" at a local comic shop, it was cheap enough and seemed to have some good action scenes throughout so I figured why not give it a shot?  To my surprise I ended up with an excellent purchase written by Steve Niles, if you enjoy horror comics you may recognize the name from works such as "I Am Legend", the "Criminal Macabre" series and "30 Days of Night". 
     The story itself was interesting enough, it pits zombies against vampires in a very well put together manner, but the writing itself was what really sold me on this one.  I'm a big sucker for the whole inner monologue idea in comic books ever since I picked up my first copy of Sin City and this is right up that alley!  However, I didn't honestly know what was happening and how it was going to tie together until I got about 30 pages into it, but the writing and the quick starting action definitely kept me turning pages. 

     The art throughout the book is meticulously detailed and makes every page jump right out at you, I found myself appreciating the little details put into each panel (especially the more graphic ones). 

This page, one of my personal favorites, may have a dull color scheme at a glance but truly stands out due to the small touches put into each of the zombie's faces by artist Bernie Wrightson.  Other pages in the book, although not as extremely detailed, have vivid coloring that easily draws your attention. 
     It should be noted, if you haven't realized it by now, that this graphic novel is directed towards mature readers as it contains and centers around a good deal of graphic violence.

 For example, the picture above shows protagonist Stosh Bludowski relishing after winning an intense fight for his life.
     Overall, "City Of Others" was not only a good read but also an exciting piece to add into my growing comic book collection.  If you enjoy horror comics you should head out and pick up your own copy today, you won't be disappointed!

Getting Things Started

Hello everyone and welcome to my comic review blog!  Starting tomorrow, 7/25/11, I will be posting reviews on comic books and graphic novels which should give you the inside scoop on whether you should pick them up or let them gather dust in the store.  So stick around comic enthusiasts and let's sort the good from the bad!