If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

Professor S · 08-03-2009, 11:17 AM

You heard me. Read it. Love it.

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Combine 017 · 08-03-2009, 02:45 PM

Well I guess im just a big dumb poop head then.

Teuthida · 08-03-2009, 03:01 PM

I read part of the first series where they fought the crab. Figured after a crab battle it could only go downhill.

Professor S · 08-03-2009, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Combine 017

Well I guess im just a big dumb poop head then.

Then logic states that if you read it, you won't be a big dumb poop head any longer, and who wants to be that?

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I read part of the first series where they fought the crab. Figured after a crab battle it could only go downhill.

The second book (Winter) is sooooooo damn good. I actually cried at the end of it, and previously only Big Fish and All Dogs Go to Heaven did that to me (I had a German Shepard when I was a kid).

It's good. REAL good. Highly recommended.

Angrist · 08-03-2009, 05:34 PM

I like the art, but is it in novel or cartoon form?

Professor S · 08-03-2009, 05:50 PM

It's a comic book, but I'd qualify it as sequential art. There is not much in the way of dialogue and the action and emotion play out in detailed illustrations. There are ZERO "talking heads".

I buy the hardcover collections where there are tons of add-ons and mythic writings/background.

Dylflon · 08-04-2009, 01:41 PM

I'll read it if you mail it to me.

I'm too broke to buy books.

And I guess I'll mail it back to you.

BreakABone · 08-04-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dylflon

I'll read it if you mail it to me.

I'm too broke to buy books.

And I guess I'll mail it back to you.

Hey, are you back in town?

And why not.. acquire it through other means.

Professor S · 08-04-2009, 05:14 PM

Hey! He's an independent publisher! No sneaky torrents, please.

Teuthida · 08-04-2009, 05:33 PM

Sigh, I just wrote another long rant on the state of the comics industry...and deleted it.

Anyway, shall buy the first book (does the story continue directly from one book to the other or would I be fine just getting Winter 1152?) along with the latest Invincible trade and Asterios Polyp next time I buy comics.

Acebot44 · 08-04-2009, 07:26 PM

Read the first book last night, went by quick, but did enjoy it quite a bit.

...now, to look for the second

Professor S · 08-05-2009, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Teuthida

Sigh, I just wrote another long rant on the state of the comics industry...and deleted it.

Anyway, shall buy the first book (does the story continue directly from one book to the other or would I be fine just getting Winter 1152?) along with the latest Invincible trade and Asterios Polyp next time I buy comics.

The entire second book is set up by the events of the first book, and also, the second book is very "Empire Strikes Back" in that it is superior to the first, but relies on the character development from the first to give weight to the events in the second.

On side note, owls are assholes. Read the second and you'll see what I mean.

Professor S · 08-05-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Teuthida

Sigh, I just wrote another long rant on the state of the comics industry...and deleted it.

Yeah, something needs to be done about comic torrents. Out of curiosity I followed the instructions my buddy gave me to download digital comics (in his defense still pruchases the books but uses the downloads to inform his purchasing habits), and my jaw dropped. I was literally able to download every comic published in a week by DC, Marvel and independents in one fell swoop. This is THOUSANDS of dollars of comics per week for free with a push of the button. I honestly don't know how the industry will survive if nothing is done.

BreakABone · 08-05-2009, 09:44 AM

Its no different than movies, musics or any other business where a bulk of people can download the goods.

You just hope your product is good enough for other people to want to buy.

Professor S · 08-05-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BreakABone

Its no different than movies, musics or any other business where a bulk of people can download the goods.

You just hope your product is good enough for other people to want to buy.

Um, so you're putting the onus on the creator to make a product that people will choose not to steal, and not the thief that unlawfully takes property that is not theirs? A creator and owner of property needs to rely on the good nature and approval of the thief to expect a return for providing a product or service? I'm all for competition, but competing with your own free product is absurd on every level.

BTW Earl, this is not aimed specifically at you, this a a universal comment, so please don't take offense as I don't think you mean any harm. I'm going to be letting my friend know my thoughts on this as well. Even though he's spending probably $100 a week in books, it's still not right to steal what you don't buy.

If this is the moral paradigm that the internet is teaching us, I am for creating restrictions on it's use. All "sharing" and torrent sites should be made shut down immediately or esle our artist and creators ill cease to create. We're submarining our own cultural development so we can save a buck.