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Post by optimus on Jan 10, 2014 18:29:32 GMT -5
In the recent podcast this is a phrase that Steve has used a few times related to particular titles.
Based on the comics that he has used as examples (which I read) these are comics are more than just a good story or run.
These are comics that move you in a single issue regardless on if you read the series or not.
These are comics that you could hand to someone you does not read comics and move them.
These are comics that move you to tears just by remembering a scene and talking about them.
Right now I am making my mission to get as many of these single issues to share with my daughter when she grows up
This is what I have so far
Captain Marvel #17 Batman and Robin #18 Amazing Spiderman #36
What else?
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Post by wjohnson22 on Jan 13, 2014 23:23:46 GMT -5
I've been thinking about this too, as far as what issues or runs really elevate the medium. And I'm also keeping of list of specific issues or stories to share with my kids. The three issues you mentioned are all great picks. It's not one issue, but I'd add the whole Daytripper series. Every issue hits on major life moments and I love the theme of choosing to celebrate life by getting over our fear of death, and the idea of how little decisions we make each day can have a significant impact on the direction of our lives (this seems to be a major point of Strange Attractors as well).
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Post by optimus on Jan 14, 2014 14:44:32 GMT -5
I've been thinking about this too, as far as what issues or runs really elevate the medium. And I'm also keeping of list of specific issues or stories to share with my kids. The three issues you mentioned are all great picks. It's not one issue, but I'd add the whole Daytripper series. Every issue hits on major life moments and I love the theme of choosing to celebrate life by getting over our fear of death, and the idea of how little decisions we make each day can have a significant impact on the direction of our lives (this seems to be a major point of Strange Attractors as well). I already order Strange Attractors based on how they described it in the podcast. I will check out day tripper now thanks
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Post by xtjmac510x on Jan 14, 2014 18:15:09 GMT -5
I feel bad but I've yet to ever experience that feeling from a comic book. I've experienced pure, unadulterated, child-like glee and wonderment, I've experienced deafening anger and betrayal and I've experienced pain from losing characters I love but I've yet to experience something in the way you guys are describing it. Not sure why.
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Post by joroak on Jan 14, 2014 22:22:17 GMT -5
Strange attractors is the next book that Steve's book club will be doing. I've unfortunately got to sit this round out but I'm picking up the book and reading it anyways.
I can't give an specific examples off the top of my head but there are those moments in comics where you just sit back and say wow. The last issue of sweet tooth. The ending of hickmans run on Fantastic four. These moments where you realize how far the ability to tell a story has come. Comics have evolved past capes and tights (although that part is better than ever), it's evolved into drama, mystery, thought provoking concepts, romance and some of the best story telling arcs I've read. The best part? This is just the beginning.
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Post by wjohnson22 on Jan 15, 2014 0:03:28 GMT -5
I feel bad but I've yet to ever experience that feeling from a comic book. I've experienced pure, unadulterated, child-like glee and wonderment, I've experienced deafening anger and betrayal and I've experienced pain from losing characters I love but I've yet to experience something in the way you guys are describing it. Not sure why. Well, it sounds like you've still had pretty profound reactions and experiences from reading comic books, and there's definitely nothing to feel bad about! I think oftentimes there is some kind of synergy that happens where you read a particular book, comic book or otherwise, at a particular point in your life where it has an especially strong impact. For me, that was reading Daytripper not long after my daughter was born. There was just something about already being sensitive to the preciousness and fragility of life that helped me have an especially strong reaction to the book. Part of the beauty of it all is that there are so many more stories to come and to read that I'm sure something will give you that experience sooner or later!
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Post by lennyreid on Jan 15, 2014 7:10:03 GMT -5
The recent Batman-Superman #2 (Greg Pak/Jae Lee) had me rolling a tear or two. In all the slightly confusing Earth 2 action there is a scene with two Clarks fighting on the Kent Farm that is broken up when Martha stops them both and holds the Prime Earth Clark's face and says something along the lines of, "This is another Clark. But this one has lost something."
Powerful stuff. In a lot of filler issues and generally enjoyable stories I love when something strikes that loud a chord out of nowhere.
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Post by PaulWrites on Jan 15, 2014 17:24:11 GMT -5
Admittedly not the most child friendly (I'll post more as they come to me) but a start would be Locke and Key: Open The Moon and Morisson's We3 and Geoff Johns Justice Society of America #7 as well.
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Post by lissapunch on Jan 21, 2014 14:48:12 GMT -5
Saga. Every goddamned issue makes me yearn for the next and touches something in me, whether it be sad, joyous, traumatic, sexy. That book has set the bar so high, I can't wait to see what series is able to touch it.
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Post by lissapunch on Jan 21, 2014 14:52:38 GMT -5
I'm sure my attachment to Saga was in no small part due to my first reading of coinciding with being at the end of my pregnancy, but I've seen it grab people who are not parents as well. It's just a perfect stew of my kind of humor, sex, parenthood, politics and fantasy.
On the subject of being able to hand a book to a non-comic reader and hook them, Locke & Key is definitely a top title I go to. And I've been asked for first time recommendations for new readers many times. Always a hit.
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Post by Raider30 on Jan 25, 2014 1:09:58 GMT -5
Heyo,
While I've never shed a tear reading a comic, or even a book(since I was 13 and reading the Dragon Lance series and a major character died), I will say there are plenty of books that I read and they give me pause. Usually it's not an entire book though. More often than not it's a single panel that makes me stop in place. Several of those moments have come from the Fantastic Four. The ones that get me the most are the stories where The Thing realizes he can't be normal and how he struggles with that.(as a side note - I know people are divided about the FF movies, but there is one scene that absolutely nails The Thing, when he is trying to pick up a ring and he can't. That was incredibly touching and the comics have many moments like that with him.)
Velvet #3 has a panel where she has just slept with a guy to get into his office, the guy is on the couch and she is crouching naked getting into his files. Such a strong scene. How many times has a man used a woman in the spy genre to get something he wanted? It was a nice switch. Plus the panel is just beautifully drawn, laid out, and colored. For some reason it just really resonated with me and I'm not entirely sure why, but it really stuck.
I can only think of one book that as a whole sticks out to me for a story that really made me think. Fantastic Four #285. It's about a kid who douses himself in gasoline and lights himself on fire in an effort to emulate the Human Torch. Quite a touching story.
- Beau
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Post by othersummersbrother on Jan 31, 2014 11:14:25 GMT -5
Issue 100 of The Walking Dead. For those who have read it, you know of what I speak. For those who have not, read it if you are familiar with the series.
Not sure if it is 699 or 700 of ASM...whichever issue where Doc accepts the responsibility of being Spider-Man. Looks inside Peter's memories and realizes his new role. I thought that was handled well.
When Nightcrawler died during X-Men Second Coming. I loved that Blue Elf.
I have not read the last two issues of Locke & Key, but my gut tells me I will be moved by that series end.
The end of the Luna Brothers "The Sword." Wow, what an ending. Did not see that coming.
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Post by xtjmac510x on Feb 11, 2014 22:33:34 GMT -5
I feel bad but I've yet to ever experience that feeling from a comic book. I've experienced pure, unadulterated, child-like glee and wonderment, I've experienced deafening anger and betrayal and I've experienced pain from losing characters I love but I've yet to experience something in the way you guys are describing it. Not sure why. Well, it sounds like you've still had pretty profound reactions and experiences from reading comic books, and there's definitely nothing to feel bad about! I think oftentimes there is some kind of synergy that happens where you read a particular book, comic book or otherwise, at a particular point in your life where it has an especially strong impact. For me, that was reading Daytripper not long after my daughter was born. There was just something about already being sensitive to the preciousness and fragility of life that helped me have an especially strong reaction to the book. Part of the beauty of it all is that there are so many more stories to come and to read that I'm sure something will give you that experience sooner or later! You're right. For the most part, when I get emotional during a comic, it's either excitement or fear. There have been numerous times where I've had to lean back with a "Hoo, damn!" or a "Ooooohhh" and it really shows just how engaging comics as a medium can be.
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Post by wjohnson22 on Feb 11, 2014 22:39:48 GMT -5
Well, it sounds like you've still had pretty profound reactions and experiences from reading comic books, and there's definitely nothing to feel bad about! I think oftentimes there is some kind of synergy that happens where you read a particular book, comic book or otherwise, at a particular point in your life where it has an especially strong impact. For me, that was reading Daytripper not long after my daughter was born. There was just something about already being sensitive to the preciousness and fragility of life that helped me have an especially strong reaction to the book. Part of the beauty of it all is that there are so many more stories to come and to read that I'm sure something will give you that experience sooner or later! You're right. For the most part, when I get emotional during a comic, it's either excitement or fear. There have been numerous times where I've had to lean back with a "Hoo, damn!" or a "Ooooohhh" and it really shows just how engaging comics as a medium can be. Yeah, for me, a perfect example is Locke and Key. That engaged me both at an emotional level due to caring about the characters, but also the way the later issues would connect to seeds you didn't even realize were being planted in earlier issues, there were a few times I went, Damn, this is amazing!
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Post by courtneyk on Feb 12, 2014 0:37:20 GMT -5
I really need to read Locke and Key - I've liked Joe Hill's books and the series looks great.
I teared up a few times during Kieron Gillen's Journey into Mystery. I was already emotionally invested in Loki from the movies and the comic just took it to another level. The end of the Manchester Gods arc with Leah in particular definitely made me cry, and of course the end of the Kid Loki run was all kinds of emotional. And I felt really sad when I got to the end of Gillen's Young Avengers as well, because I enjoyed that series so much.
Of course, having said that, I also recently cried during an episode of The Mindy Project, so my emotional reactions to popular culture might be suspect.
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