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As a regular user of CBD oil and THC when I can, I highly recommend it. It's legal here in Canada, hopefully all of the states will follow suit soon. If I could snap my fingers Thanos-style and replace all alcohol with weed and all cigarettes and coffee with mushrooms, I would, and I'll bet the world would be a much healthier and chill place.

It has sort of worked for Marvel's Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter series, where the shows pick up on changes to the MCU based on whatever movies get released during the hiatus. But it's also a largely one-way relationship; the movies dictate changes to the shows, not the other way around.

As a fan of the original comic series and the recent Legion series on FX, I am looking forward to the release of The New Mutants. Will it finally come out next month? Who can say. https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3624655/watch-opening-scene-new-mutants-plus-wild-new-trailer/

There is a rich vein of bad movies to be mined if we start doing films that star WWE/WWF people, apart from The Rock obviously. The Marine films alone...

Hey @RyanSz, was it you in another thread that was into John Layman's work (Outer Darkness, Chew)? I just saw an announcement that he has a new prequel to Chew called Chu, about the original detective's sister.

I've been watching Road House with my friends at Xmas every year since 1995, so no, you are certainly not the only one.

You're quite right about the bias - someone in the comments on that article gives a long list of candidates that are just as worthy as a lot of the films (One for the Money? Not a great film for sure but one of the 100 worst of all time? I dunno.) Because of the way Rotten Tomatoes works, there's very little here that was made before the year 2000.

Yeah, there are big collections of Xaime's stuff out there called Locas and Locas II as well but I think those are out of print. If you can find it, the bros also worked on a miniseries of Dean Motter's Mister X that was pretty good.

I can’t believe I forgot this when I was writing out my list because it is not only one of my all time favourite books, it’s been one of the most influential to me as a cartoonist, and it certainly merits its own post, so: Love and Rockets: Gilbert Hernandez (W/A), Xaime Hernandez (W/A), sometimes Mario Hernandez (W/A). This title has been published since 1980, initially self published by Los Bros Hernandez and shortly picked up by Fantagraphics, who have published most of their material since. It started as a magazine format comic that ran for 50 issues, then went through some other formats, and is now back as the magazine. Most of the material is created by Gilbert (“Beto”) and Xaime, each of them telling stories about Latinx people in California and Central to South America. beto's stories originally centred around the fictional small village of Palomar and an extended cast of characters and their travails, but over the years he has shifted to focus on one particular character called Luba and her children and extended family. Xaime tends to write about a pair of young women called Maggie and Hopita (“Hopey”) who are best friends and occasional lovers, as well as their families and friends in a barrio called Hoppers in LA. Beto also does a lot of standalone side graphic novels these days, whereas Xaime generally sticks to the main book for his comics and does some book illustration on the side. I don’t think it’s possible to overestimate the impact of L&R on American comics or world comics for that matter. There is also so much of it now after 40 years that it’s probably intimidating for a new reader, but I really can’t recommend it enough. Fortunately Fantagraphics has collected various storylines into manageable volumes, so for beginners I would recommend “Heartbreak Soup”, “Human Diastrophism”, “The Death of Speedy”, “The Love Bunglers”, and Beto’s autobiographical graphic novels like “Bumperhead”. Or just start from the beginning. It takes a volume or two to gel in terms of art style but once it does, their unique fusion of influences like Schulz and Bob Bolling and Dan DeCarlo really sings.

The best Lithgow accent is obviously Lord John Whorfin in Buckaroo Banzai. I think he put one on in Footloose too but I don't remember for sure. "Use-a more honey! Find out what she knows!"

Sure. And obviously as a 52 year old white Canadian male on the other side of the continent I am not exactly the target market. I can also easily imagine that compared to acting classes or improv companies and various other networking options in LA, the Jane Club is probably a bargain.

Hmm, yeah, I assume it's one of those things that only folks in LA would shrug at.

It's safe to say I also have a bit of Watchmen fatigue. It was what I wrote my MA thesis about, using an adapted form of one of Noam Chomsky's theories of linguistics. At the time it was still a relatively new book, not a cornerstone of DC's continuity and livelihood. I think the deal they made with Moore and Gibbons was shitty, even if Gibbons has been willing to roll with it and stay involved in some of the various projects since. I do eventually get around to reading most of the Watchmen stuff, I just try to minimize DC's revenue from it, so I borrow it from a library or whatever. I've heard good things about the TV series so I'll probably watch that eventually too. The only thing I've read so far related to Doomsday Clock is the story "The Button", which mostly made me angry, because it seemed to be implying that DC's comics line had become ever-grimmer-and-grittier because of the success of books like Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns (which, again, so many shitty sequels), and not their own feckless editorial decisions, endless publicity stunts and reboots and so on. The point of Watchmen was that it was self-contained. The last line of the book is literally to leave it in the hands of the reader, and DC keeps taking that away. Anyway. People get different stuff than I do out of any given comic series, and that's fine. There are a lot of Watchmen-adjacent books that I would rather read instead, like Fleming and Von Eeden's Thriller from the early 80s, or the late Denny O'Neil's Question series, etc. As far as Moore's work went I actually preferred V for Vendetta.

Nice, that's the one they didn't tell anyone was happening right? Kirkman loves his little promo tricks. Breaking news forwarded from my son just now: Keanu Reeves is writing a new limited series with artist Matt Kindt! And it is called, pause for effect, BRZRKR. https://ew.com/books/keanu-reeves-comic-book-brzrkr/

He was paid in vodka and dried herring.

God, what a career.

Thanks for creating the thread, @RyanSz. I'm just going to list what my "pulls" are from my local comic shop - for those who don't know, this basically means it's what I have my shop set aside for me as it is released. I may also separately list some all-time recommendations for books for whoever is interested, but I'm not at home at the moment so I'll need to wait until I can look at my shelves. So my pull list is as follows; W stands for writer and A for (primary) artist: The New Batman Adventures: Paul Dini (W), Ty Templeton (A) - basically a new miniseries of comics in the universe of Timm's early 90s classic Batman cartoon. Blackwood: Evan Dorkin (W), Veronica Fish (A) - I pretty much pick up whatever Dorkin works on, from his own auteur books (Dork, Milk & Cheese) to his collaborations with artists (Beasts of Burden, etc.) This one is a dark tale of kids at a school for witchcraft. Die: Keiron Gillen (W), Stephanie Hans (A) - very smart series about a group of kids who discover a fantasy world that works according to paper RPG rules. They manage to escape as kids but then get pulled back into it as adults. Dark and brilliantly illustrated like most of the books Gillen has worked on like Young Avengers and The Wicked + The Divine. I can easily see this getting adapted as a big HBO series or something. Exorcisters: Ian Boothby (W), Gisele Lagace (A) - fun and silly story about twin women (sort of) who battle demons, literally and figuratively a la Supernatural. Boothby is a veteran humour writer who has worked on the Simpsons comics and Lagace is the head of a webcomics empire that includes Menage a Trois, Eerie Cuties, and more - she also has done some excellent contract work for Archie. Faithless II: Maria Llovett (W/A) - Llovett has quickly become one of my favourite current artists, her work is very reminiscent of eurocomics and Paul Pope. This book is essentially erotica, the story of a young artist who becomes involved with a gender-fluid demon who is also her patron. Plus the optional X-rated covers are by one of my other favourite artists, Tula Lotay. FirePower: Robert Kirkman (W) and Chris Samnee (A) - a fun new action title which is basically a mashup of Iron Fist and Avatar: The Last Airbender, only about firebending instead of airbending. Kirkman needs no introduction, he is the creator of The Walking Dead and Outcast and Invincible. Samnee is one of my favourite artists, having worked on great runs of Daredevil and Black Widow and Captain America and a bunch of other stuff. Plunge: Joe Hill (W), Stuart Immonen (A) - first of all, any book with Immonen is worth looking at, even if Warren Ellis wrote it. This one is a wonderfully creepy arctic horror story that will hit the same spot as The Terror or The Thing. Sabrina: I enjoyed a lot of the Archie relaunches but this is the only one I'm still buying, by the great writer Kelly Thompson and artist Veronica Fish again. There is also a darker horror title that maybe will be continued? It's the one that the Netflix series draws most of its inspiration from. Sex Criminals: Matt Fraction (W), Chip Zdarsky (A) - it's hard to explain this book if you aren't reading it already, but it is very special, as much for the painfully honest letter columns as it is for the actual story. It's unfortunately ending soon. Steeple: John Allison (W/A) - I love John Allison and would follow him into hell, which I guess I kind of did when reading his long running webcomic Scary Go Round, which morphed into the wonderful college series Giant Diays, which in turn has morphed into the post-college book Wicked Things (see below). This book is about a young female vicar sent to a remote seaside town where the grizzled elder vicar spends his evenings fighting off what appear to be Lovecraftian sea monsters. Also, satanists. Strange Adventures: Tom King (W), Mitch Gerads and Evan Shaner (A)- Ryan mentioned one of King's other great books (Mister Miracle) above, and I know Zouks is a fan of everything King has worked on. His Vision series for Marvel is being adapted as a TV series currently, which should be pretty interesting. This is their latest book, about the classic DC hero Adam Strange, who travels between Earth and the alien planet Rann, and the schizoid existence that he leads. Brilliant so far, only a couple of issues in. Wicked Things: John Allison (W), Alison Cogar (A) - the latest incarnation of the Scary Go Round comics. You certainly could just start here, but I highly recommend you go online and dive into the SGR archive, then read Giant Days, then this. It's wonderful, sometimes dark, often poignant, always fun. @RyanSz, I haven't followed the Doomsday Clock stuff - I really hate what DC has done to Alan Moore with the Watchmen spinoffs - but if you haven't seen it I highly recommend Keiron Gillen's recent miniseries called Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt, which is a post post modern look at Watchmen through the lens of one of the Charlton characters that Moore originally based it on.

It is also kind of a remake (or ripoff, more accurately) of a film called The Gumball Rally, which was one of many street racing-centric films in the 70s, and which apparently was directed by a different former stuntman, not Burt Reynolds' pal (and Megaforce director) Hal Needham.

I don't think I have ever seen this film despite walking by it in the video store approximately one million times. The basic mechanics of Scott Valentine's character sounds an awful lot like Angel from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe though.

There's certainly worse fates than to have Kirkman in your corner! He and Chris Samnee have a new series called FirePower which is essentially a mashup of Iron Fist and Avatar: The Last Airbender (only it's about firebending, not airbending, so far).

That was a good book - I think it was recently cancelled unfortunately. Cool idea though. We should start a pull list thread for comics recommendations perhaps, so they aren't buried in individual episode threads? Also for those who like reading digital comics, there is a massive archive of Image comics series currently up as a Humble Bundle. Great deal for a good cause, and available for 5 more days.

If nothing else, you win the Best Forum Name prize. Congratulations.

I think Cuse is also the producer of The Last Ship, which, enh. Though it does feel a bit more relevant these days. Enjoyed Hill’s book The Fireman and have read most of Strange Weather and L&K. He’s a good writer for sure, not being on bags of cocaine during his prime probably helps edited to add, I think I saw something the other day about Campbell making a new Brisco show? Or film? So that should be fun. I’m pretty tired of Army of Darkness spinoffs, it’s diminishing returns for me at this point.

Joe Hill (who is one of Stephen King’s sons btw, for the few ppl who might not know) has a whole comics empire going now with an imprint at DC called Hill House. So far I’ve read a miniseries called Basketful of Heads which is darkly funny and an ongoing series called Plunge, drawn by the great Stuart Immonen. It has a real The Terror/ The Thing vibe. https://www.dccomics.com/comics/hill-house-comics-sampler#.XxBIO54zdnE.link

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