Red Mosquito

oasisfan35 wrote:

wease wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:Way back I picked-up Grendel: Red, White, & Black from Barnes & Noble. Enjoyed it (primarily the art) but never went further so some 25+ years later I am starting at the beginning with Devil by the Deed.

Are you doing the “deluxe” version he put out a year or two back?

Indeed, billed the Master's Edition. I guess it does expand well outside the original story. It looks tremendous plus the character has 40+ years of evolution to look forward.

Other than the Red, White & Black, have you read any Grendel before?

wease wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:

wease wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:Way back I picked-up Grendel: Red, White, & Black from Barnes & Noble. Enjoyed it (primarily the art) but never went further so some 25+ years later I am starting at the beginning with Devil by the Deed.

Are you doing the “deluxe” version he put out a year or two back?

Indeed, billed the Master's Edition. I guess it does expand well outside the original story. It looks tremendous plus the character has 40+ years of evolution to look forward.

Other than the Red, White & Black, have you read any Grendel before?

Have not, hence the begin at the (relative) beginning. I have read about the character of Grendel a bit over the years but never jumped in.

oasisfan35 wrote:

wease wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:

wease wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:Way back I picked-up Grendel: Red, White, & Black from Barnes & Noble. Enjoyed it (primarily the art) but never went further so some 25+ years later I am starting at the beginning with Devil by the Deed.

Are you doing the “deluxe” version he put out a year or two back?

Indeed, billed the Master's Edition. I guess it does expand well outside the original story. It looks tremendous plus the character has 40+ years of evolution to look forward.

Other than the Red, White & Black, have you read any Grendel before?

Have not, hence the begin at the (relative) beginning. I have read about the character of Grendel a bit over the years but never jumped in.

Man, you really need to do it all. It seems daunting, but it’s really not that bad. Maybe 100 issues total give or take. And DO NOT skip the two crossovers with Batman or the one with the Shadow. The latest mini-series is due out next month, IIRC.

You should look for the Omnibuses. They don’t have the updated DBTD or the crossovers, but do have everything up to the latest series. And it’s all chronological.

Grendel made me a huge Matt Wagner fan. Batman/Grendel specifically. Anytime he comes back to it, it’s a treat.

wease wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:

wease wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:

wease wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:Way back I picked-up Grendel: Red, White, & Black from Barnes & Noble. Enjoyed it (primarily the art) but never went further so some 25+ years later I am starting at the beginning with Devil by the Deed.

Are you doing the “deluxe” version he put out a year or two back?

Indeed, billed the Master's Edition. I guess it does expand well outside the original story. It looks tremendous plus the character has 40+ years of evolution to look forward.

Other than the Red, White & Black, have you read any Grendel before?

Have not, hence the begin at the (relative) beginning. I have read about the character of Grendel a bit over the years but never jumped in.

Man, you really need to do it all. It seems daunting, but it’s really not that bad. Maybe 100 issues total give or take. And DO NOT skip the two crossovers with Batman or the one with the Shadow. The latest mini-series is due out next month, IIRC.

You should look for the Omnibuses. They don’t have the updated DBTD or the crossovers, but do have everything up to the latest series. And it’s all chronological.

Grendel made me a huge Matt Wagner fan. Batman/Grendel specifically. Anytime he comes back to it, it’s a treat.

Sounds like a plan.

Interestingly, when my cousin and I were trying to break in to comics (him penciller, me inker) we put together some pages of what if Grendel was hired to kill Bruce Banner.

Haha!

Grendel Omnibus Volume One was awesome

Will definitely move on to Volume Two but I may actually start The Walking Dead for a few issues and see if it takes.

Still plugging through Zenescope's Alice in Wonderland bonkers saga and enjoying it as well.

Glad you liked it!

Have always had Swamp Thing on the list but haven't sat down with it just yet, saw #1 is hitting shelves now and thought it was petty cool:

Wikipedia wrote:In 2025, during New York Comic Con, it was announced that Veitch's final four issues of Swamp Thing would be published in 2026 under DC's Black Label imprint. The mini-series will be titled Swamp Thing 1989 and run as #1-4, but the cover images will continue the numbering of where Veitch left off, #88-91.

I got Moore’s run for Christmas but haven’t started it yet. I did read everything leading up to it tho.

Gerry Conway died a few days ago. All of us that still enjoy superhero comics owe him thanks. Comics wouldn’t be the same without him.

I might start Absolute Batman next.

Just read the first issue of a new series from Image called Of The Earth. Part horror, part noir. Very interesting. By Chris Condon and Charlie Adlard. Will certainly stick around for the rest.