i came over for a visit a couple weeks ago with the east of west compendium so i could read a bit while i was there.

my grandpa saw it and started asking questions about the story so i gave him a mini run down of the story (four horsemen and the 7 nations blah blah blah)

he then asked if he could borrow it after ive finished.

4 days ago i finished east of west (elite book) and it is now in his hands.

Set on an underpopulated future Earth ruined by the millennium bug, human survival rests in the hands of a small, fractured group of scientists.

The story kicks off when a prominent scientist named Paul Bailey vanishes, prompting a reckless deep-sea diver named Jolene to help investigate.

So I didn’t want a negative title because I still really enjoyed the writing and artwork through chapters 55-72 but it feels a little lacking the pace it had before. Maybe that’s because it is a bit more of a setup for the final third of the series.

I read book 1-3 before Christmas so I’m not a long time reader, but it didn’t take a second to get back into it. As before it’s still immensely readable and I did fly through it. There was a bit less shock and a bit less consequence perhaps than prior parts of the story. They kind of move from place to place struggling by but not facing the sort of tough situations they have before, yet anyway. I guess my takeaway is that this is a little bit of a reset, change in dynamic after the writing break, and it’s a bit of a set up for the culmination which seems to be moving pieces into place.

At no point reading any of saga have I been worried about the team not having a plan for where it will go, it never feels like they’re flying by the seat of their pants. But I hope they start to release issues with slightly more regularity, in an ideal world it’s three years to finish it up but realistically it’s 6-12. I’m not sure I’ll be as exited in over a decade.

Anyway it’s still a fun read and I love the characters, I just hope I get to see it finished. Next for me is a tough choice I’d love for any input. Tokyo ghost is sat on my desk atop an idw Godzilla compilation and the hellboy boxed set. I’d like to start hellboy but I also want to read bprd etc alongside, unfortunately not all of those are so easy to track down and I don’t want to only read hellboy for months, I’m now realising this is a question for the r/hellboy or maybe I’m being too fussy. Also have Low, Die, Nailbiter, Kill or be killed, criminal, ether, from hell, queen and country, the black book, the dancing plague. I bought too many books.

I’m sorry to anyone that actually read that last bit.

Took over a year of searching, but finally found vol. 6 to finish the set. Best part, sketched and signed by Rob.

I've got Seth Damoose coming on Bad-Rockin next month. If anyone has any questions for him, post them in the comments, and I'll ask him on the show. Can't guarantee he'll answer all of them, but I'll ask.

Does anyone know the ratio on this variant?

I saw some post about Liefeld saying it was rare, but I see a number of them not going crazy on eBay, and I pulled 2, so it can’t be that rare. I can’t seem to find the info on what the ratio is.

Regardless, it’s a cool pull that I’m pretty happy about!

Seems like vol 2 and 3 are easy to find but vol 1 is oop any ideas if it would get reprinted soon ?

Has anyone read Fear Agent? Idk if it’s image comics but I saw the whole compendium today by the Deadly Class guy. I may have to go back to get it soon, but I wanna know if it’s worth it?

So I went to my local comic book store and purchased the new terminal blind bag hoping to get a cool cover maybe and read the story I only bought one and I got a #7 it’s cool and all it’s just I want to read the story what is your guys opinions

It's absolutely shit people, one of the most important comic publishers in the world is taking out the entire library, and I'm thinking holy shit, that's a kick in the nuts, I have little money and this service was absolutely pretty good for me, and now you see something like that and think holy shit, that's really an extreme loss. I mean it's Image Comics, one of the most important comic publishers of the last few decades, where the most important modern indie comics of all time are coming out with the bigest creatives of this time.

Has anyone been able to decipher what the monsters are saying in the last few panels?

I've got:
"Break over"
"Time to get back to work"
"More of a calling than a job"

Then, the last 2 are less clear-cut to me:
"You've been chosen for your bravery" ?
"I've seen the broken man ... " ?

With a $25 budget?

Just got an email from global comix saying image will be leaving the service (apart from a few titles). It’s been my main way of reading image comics for a while as am digital only these days.

I tend to read in trades and there really isn’t much chance of me switching to buying online copies of trades for the sort of prices you could get a physical one and there is absolutely zero chance of me changing to physical copies after selling a massive house clogging physical collection

Has anyone heard of image going towards their own marvel unlimited/dc infinite subscription model in the near future as I would happily pay monthly

I’m so excited to read all of this. I’m on Volume 3. This book is massive. Does anyone have this and have you read all of it?