nathander
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Post by nathander on Aug 6, 2006 19:26:14 GMT -5
*jumps up and down* I do, I do!
So who else here reads comics or manga, and what are your favorites?
Comics: The Sandman, X-Men, The Knights of the Dinner Table
Manga: Rurouni Kenshin, GANTZ, Hellsing, Bleach
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Post by emma on Aug 6, 2006 20:09:45 GMT -5
I read V for Vendetta a few years ago, and read X-Med comics as long as my friend has some to lend to me. I never could get ahold of much manga, though. Except for the Legend of Zelda mangas I read online.
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Post by SkittleMonkey on Aug 7, 2006 15:33:25 GMT -5
I read manga, but I'm just not all that interested in comics. The ones I'm currently interested in are Ouran High School Host Club, Girl Got Game, MagicalxMiracle (<-That one is new.) and Fruits Basket. I know-shoujo manga. Just leave me alone!!
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Post by rukift on Aug 7, 2006 15:59:12 GMT -5
I'm addicted to comics and manga!  Haha. My favorite comics are Squee, Calvin and Hobbes, and a little far side here and there. I used to love Garfield, but it's just too repetative now. They keep over-using the same jokes, so I've scooted it off to the "no thanks" pile. The Simpsons comics are cool too, but they're actually kind of hard to find around here. And what else is there? Right, manga... um, I enjoy Chobits a lot. So yes, Skittlemonkey, I'm also into Shoujo... don't feel too bad. XD The other Shoujo-ish ones that I like are Cardcaptors, Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (the title's a mouthful), Azu Manga Daioh, and what else? Oh right, sailor moon. Total sailor moon junkie here. XD The non-shoujo-girly ones I like are Case Closed and the Pokemon manga... it was one made by Toshihiro Ono? Lah lah lah... *rambles* |
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Post by SkittleMonkey on Aug 7, 2006 17:23:57 GMT -5
You know, it's so funny, but I've never read the Chobits or Azumanga Daioh mangas, but I've seen both of the anime series. Azumanga Daioh is crazy in every way possible. >o<
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nathander
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Post by nathander on Aug 7, 2006 20:54:00 GMT -5
Oh man, I can't believe I totally forgot Squee! I love anything Jhonen Vasquez, even the BAC, oddly enough. I wish he'd continue JtHM, but after ten years, I kind of doubt it.......  |
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Post by rukift on Aug 8, 2006 1:30:42 GMT -5
You know, it's so funny, but I've never read the Chobits or Azumanga Daioh mangas, but I've seen both of the anime series. Azumanga Daioh is crazy in every way possible. >o< I can't really say one's better than another... I haven't read the entire Chobits manga, I've only seen about three. I keep hearing people praising the manga for the depth and complexity that couldn't translate into the Anime, but honestly they don't look too different. With Azumanga Daioh, I thought they did such a great job of turning a plotless manga into an anime... It's still plotless, but still amusing. Kind of like napoleon dynamite? |
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Post by starsky on Aug 8, 2006 4:59:28 GMT -5
I absolutely love comics, but I just can't get into the popular stuff (say superheroes, manga and such). I don't really know why, I guess I'm just nerdy (I DO like Milligan/Allred's X-Statix, though). I love comic strips (Calvin and Hobbes is a freaking masterpiece, and I also truthfully enjoy Zits, The Far Side, Peanuts and such), anything made by Jhonen Vasquez, Chris Ware, Craig Thompson, Daniel Clowes, Paul Dini and Peter Bagge, plus I read a lot of Spanish material (Albert Monteys, Manel Fontdevila, Joaquín Cera). Jeff Smith's Bone is absolutely fantastic too, and the Futurama comics are also truthfully entertaining (especially the ones written by the show's staff writer Patric M. Verrone).
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Post by hernamewascandy on Aug 8, 2006 14:25:27 GMT -5
I love calvin and hobbes (hence the avatar), and far side...i haven't read any manga, but i think maybe i should start.
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Post by emma on Aug 8, 2006 14:31:21 GMT -5
Calvin and Hobbes is my life.
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Post by kageri on Aug 8, 2006 14:45:54 GMT -5
I don't buy a million manga volumes when I go to the bookstore anymore, but I do like Ranma 1/2, Tenchi Muyo, uhhh Ouran High School Host Club and Sgt. Keroro. The main thing that bothers me about a lot of manga is the fact that often every single male character could easily pass for a girl, which rarely happens in real life, and the fandom for these types of mnanga terrify me.
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Post by PointOfNoReturn612 on Aug 9, 2006 12:32:43 GMT -5
Hmm... I'm not into the whole comic thing...but I do like manga very much! My all-time fave is Ranma 1/2, but I also like InuYasha, Marmalade Boy, and Maison Ikkoku. (The last two mangas are already finished, so I have every volume of them  ) LoL Kageri! The main thing that bothers me about a lot of manga is the fact that often every single male character could easily pass for a girl. Hahahahaha Ranma especially, right?  |
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Post by Dancing Cactus on Aug 12, 2006 12:20:15 GMT -5
I don't read comics but I do read manga. I haven't read that many, but I particularly like Fruits Basket, Fushigi Yugi and .hack. And I have quite a few odd manga (like the first volume in the series and that't it.)
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Kzinistzerg
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Post by Kzinistzerg on Aug 14, 2006 11:46:28 GMT -5
I read Calvin and Hobbes, and some of the other ones in my newspaper are funny, but Calvin and Hobbes is still my favorite. Well, doomtoons are also good...I don't read mangas, but my friends do.
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Post by lucyrocks73 on Aug 14, 2006 12:09:19 GMT -5
(*blushes*) I'm kind of obsessed with Peanuts. (*glances at penname/username*) Guess where the "lucy" part comes from? Yep, Lucy Van Pelt!!! I've got a fairly long fanfiction in the works for it, too!!! -Marty  |
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