ext_175919 ([identity profile] kotorjedi-amaya.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] goshdarnspam2010-07-18 09:46 pm

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HEY LOVELY PEOPLE OF CNC

I'm putting together an Amazon order and since the lovely backpack I'm getting automatically qualifies for free shipping, I'm lumping some comics books in with it for extra awesome. I'm definitely getting the first book of XIII, but since I'm trying to build a Bat Collection, I was wondering...

WHAT BATBOOKS WOULD YOU GUYS RECOMMEND? I'm looking primarily at ones that deal with the Joker and how he functions with Batman, so The Killing Joke and Arkham Asylum are ones I'm thinking about. But if there's "better" ones that are a better starting point for comics!Bruce please, please let me know?

PS: RUNAWAYS MOVIE. WTF IS THIS. DISCUSS?

[identity profile] noelleno.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
this would be better (http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Beetle-Book-1-Shellshocked/dp/1401209653/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279504391&sr=8-1)

[identity profile] noelleno.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
but no yeah get killing joke
donttasemebro: (B:\kyaaaaaaaa miley cyrus!)

[personal profile] donttasemebro 2010-07-19 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
RUNAWAYS MOVIE


RUNAWAYS MOVIE






I HAVE NOTHING INTELLIGENT TO SAY

[identity profile] noelleno.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
*slowly slides beetle up to the top....
donttasemebro: (B:\aww it makes me sad that you suck)

[personal profile] donttasemebro 2010-07-19 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man yeah that would be pretty dick :|a


But maaaaaaan I have been looking for an excuse to get back into that series for years.

[identity profile] noelleno.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
IC 5 or 6 was his debut SO IT'S A START
beetle first
young justice second
(because hey i approve of anyone reading some slo-bo even if they're not really reading it for him)
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[personal profile] hexappeal 2010-07-19 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Swamp Thing.

Get softcover. The hardcover quality is garbage. :(

And yeah. I am ignoring your Batman comment.

[identity profile] batghoul.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
I think those are good books, though you should buy this (http://www.amazon.com/DC-Universe-Stories-Alan-Moore/dp/1401209270/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279505562&sr=1-1) instead of the Killing Joke tpb since it has Killing Joke as well as all of Alan Moore's other DC stories which are worth reading and a much better value than a book that is just a 60-page short story.

Also you should probably get The Dark Knight Returns (http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Knight-Returns-Frank-Miller/dp/1563893428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279505803&sr=1-1) and Batman: Year One (http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Year-One-Frank-Miller/dp/1401207529/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279505831&sr=1-1) if you want to go ahead and complete the canon of must-read Batman stories.

[identity profile] batghoul.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
holy shit yes Alan Moore's Swamp Thing is pretty much the greatest comic ever written, forget about Batman.
hexappeal: (uhhhhhhhhhh.)

[personal profile] hexappeal 2010-07-19 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
...okay, okay. Private Casebook. ~For the love of my character~ And to keep up with what is expected of me: Batman and the Phantom Stranger, which actually is a tad better than you might think it would be.
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[personal profile] hexappeal 2010-07-19 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
I COULD READ IT FOREVER. I KNOW EVERYONE'S ALL BLAH BLAH BLAH WATCHMEN BUT.

This was what had an effect on me as a kid and a young adult. It's just so damn good and the art is really fantastic for the time, too. The reason people think of it as campy and corny was the TV series and the Wes Craven films (which admittedly, I have a soft spot for, too).

Plus, you'll get Zee and John casually talking about Tantric Sex. A+ guys.

[identity profile] notthebatman.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
THE LONG HALLOWEEN, THE LONG HALLOWEEN, THE LONG HALLOWEEN. It...really doesn't deal with Joker that much but I really really like it.

And pfffft the Runaways movie has been in development hell since the dawn of time. If they actually get someone cast, I will be very shocked. That being said, I personally would love for the kids to be a cast of unknowns while the adults being actors that people would recognize.

[identity profile] noelleno.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
TRUST ME I'M A PROFESSIONAL
slo-bo is this dinky not-lobo-kinda kid that tags along with YJ near the end of the run he is precious except i'm the only person that cares

[identity profile] batghoul.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
It was one of the first comics I read when I was getting into comics at the end of high school, and I picked up the first tpb on impulse because I used to play with Swamp Thing toys when I was a kid. Best impulse buy I've ever made.

Really, it's a shame that everyone knows about the Sandman when Swamp Thing was the proto-Sandman.

I almost convinced myself to RP Swamp Thing a while back, and then I was like "OH CRAP HE HAS THE SAME SPEECH PATTERN AS CASS, THERE WILL BE SO MANY ELLIPSES" so I didn't.

[identity profile] 123youreit.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
I care :(

[identity profile] noelleno.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
bb 8C

[identity profile] 123youreit.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
I wish the cartoon had him and Empress in it. WHO NEEDS BLAQUALAD WHEN YOU HAVE A GIRL OF COLOUR ALREADY UGH.

[identity profile] noelleno.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
every five man band superteam like
never has more than 2 females

ever.

8|

[identity profile] 123youreit.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
also I totally need to have Tim go JAIME THERE IS SHIT TO BE DONE WITH POWER PLANTS already don't I SHOULD I MAKE A POST

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