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Well, you probably want to know what I read, if you've gotten this far.
Given that my finances are rather limited, I don't buy comics nearly as often as I used to.
I do tend to read a disproportionate amount of manga, since I have a fondness for Japanese media.
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I'm currently waiting for the volume three digest of
"Cannon God Exaxxion" by
Kenichi Sonoda, published by
Dark Horse comics.
I ran into his work as a result of seeing the anime
"BubbleGum Crisis", based on his manga. I eventually collected all the episodes on VHS, and have
been picking up his art whenever I've seen it, and can afford it.
He's created several other good comics;
"Gunsmith Cats"
was good, but I lost interest in it after ten or twelve issues.
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I got interested in
Masamune Shirow's artwork as a result of seeing/purchasing a VHS copy of
"Black Magic M66" at a SciFi convention. One thing led to another, and I eventually read
"Appleseed", "Dominion", "Ghost in the Shell", and "Orion".
"Intron Depot" is one of the best (if most expensive) collections of his art; highly recommended!
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I'd been reading the above comics published by Dark Horse, so when they released a comic called
"Outlanders"
by
Johji Manabe, I picked it up; after the first issue, I was hooked!
After that, they published "Caravan Kidd" and "Drakkun", which I haven't been too thrilled with.
Those two books had nothing really new to offer, and seemed like almost carbon copies of "Outlanders".
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One of the first series I came across was
"Dirty Pair"; given that the Japanese manga wasn't available to me, I got excited when
I heard that an american artist was doing a manga-style version of the comic, to be published
in the U.S. That was my introduction to the art of
Adam Warren
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It really amused me when Adam did his own version of "BubbleGum Crisis", called
"Grand Mal".
A damn good comic, even if the "Priss" in this one had a great deal more atittude than the one
in the original anime.
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I came across
Phil Foglio's artwork back when he was doing
"What's New?" in "The Dragon" magazine for TSR.
Can you say "too much fun?"... Phil's work is always good for well-needed belly laugh!
I'm currently setting a few dollars aside to pick up the rest of
"Girl Genius"
; I've read several issues, and it's well worth the dollars.
But don't take my word for it; go
read issue one online for free (yes, FREE) and see what you think.
I've swapped a few emails with them; the Foglios are truly nice folks!
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I started reading
Shanda back when I was getting bored with superhero books...
It's what's called a "slice of life" comic; it's about relationships between characters in
a more or less "normal" life. Kind of like your standard TV soap opera in that respect.
The art's usually excellent, but if it wasn't well written, (and always is) it wouldn't be
worthwhile.
I may be sort of biased, since Mike's an old friend of mine; but why not pick up an issue,
and give it a chance?
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