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Post by magneto1138 on Aug 27, 2012 7:58:00 GMT -5
I love "The Boys" as well! One of my favorites! But I really need to catch up... I haven't read any since "The Innocents" TPB.
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Post by okcomputer on Aug 27, 2012 8:36:16 GMT -5
Shit yeah I love "The Boys"! Anything Garth Ennis writes is an automatic buy for me, but this series is so great I'd be reading it no matter who the writer was.
I'm not ready to rank it above "Preacher" or "Punisher MAX" just yet in the Ennis canon, but that doesn't mean it isn't a masterpiece. Whenever a publisher gives him 5 years and 60+ issues to pour his heart and soul into a story and its characters, it's always something special.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2012 12:34:34 GMT -5
Will have to check this out, Anything by Ennis I have read yet I've really liked so, will try and find a trade or something to start with
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Post by NecroDragon on Aug 28, 2012 22:46:50 GMT -5
Yes, I love it!
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Post by NecroDragon on Aug 28, 2012 22:47:48 GMT -5
My local comic shop owner is drawn into it on occasion as a henchman! So cool! He owns the original art and it's hanging in the comic shop.
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Post by sweetlou on Aug 29, 2012 10:45:28 GMT -5
I'm a huge Ennis slappy but the first 6 issues didn't really grab me. Felt too much like Ennis by the numbers. Always figured there'd be more to it. Maybe time to reinvestigate.
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Post by sweetlou on Aug 29, 2012 13:26:11 GMT -5
I'm fucking impressed. For a book that seemed to just relish showing dudes pissing into each other's mouths and constant whore bleeding, this book turned into something great. I figured as much. I knew there had to be more to it. Might be time to check out the trades. Couldn't get past the 'suck all our dicks to join the team' angles cause we've seen that from Garf so many times before. But if it's one thing the man does excepionally well it's characterization. One of the things I didn't like early on is that in order to beat the supes they needed to juice, which really just made them supes themselves and sorta contradictory to what they were about. I might have liked it more if they just use tech and basic bad assery to beat ass.
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Post by NOTtehFACE on Aug 29, 2012 20:14:57 GMT -5
I love the Frenchman. I see Vincent Cassel being the film version of that character.
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Post by okcomputer on Aug 30, 2012 9:12:05 GMT -5
Reading Frenchie's dialogue always makes me wish I actually spoke French.
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Post by okcomputer on Nov 14, 2012 22:57:32 GMT -5
The final issue came out this week. I picked it up on my lunch break and read it in the car because I didn't want to wait.
Not spoiling anything, but the ending is surprisingly sweet. Kind of in the same vein as the final issue of "Preacher" where Jesse and Tulip ride off into the sunset.
This was a really, really great series.
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Post by username on Nov 14, 2012 23:22:53 GMT -5
Great series. Glad I stuck it out. Ennis rarely if ever does these without a point that makes even the stuff you bitched about seem awesome too.
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Post by okcomputer on Nov 14, 2012 23:28:49 GMT -5
Monkey's revenge on Rayner was particularly awesome. Totally uncalled for, but appropriate.
And that bit with the new superteam, called Pure or True or something where they look like the KKK and one has a boner... I laughed my ass off at that one. I'm really glad Darick Robertson came back for the last issue.
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Post by NecroDragon on Nov 15, 2012 0:11:43 GMT -5
I could have gone to Darick Robertson's birthday party at my LCS this week but I fucking forgot. He was doing free, full sketches for people and there was a free taco truck! DAMN IT!
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Post by magneto1138 on Nov 15, 2012 9:18:29 GMT -5
The final issue came out this week. I picked it up on my lunch break and read it in the car because I didn't want to wait. Not spoiling anything, but the ending is surprisingly sweet. Kind of in the same vein as the final issue of "Preacher" where Jesse and Tulip ride off into the sunset. This was a really, really great series. Wait. It ended?!
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Post by okcomputer on Nov 15, 2012 9:39:58 GMT -5
Yep. #72 is the last one.
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