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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Veidt's alterego is Ozymandiasfrom out of Watchmen. Basically I want to be really clever and massively rich but also a bit evil and therefore not have to bother helping people and putting myself in mortal danger like those Stark and Wayne idiots.
Cassidy is a character from Garth Ennis' series of graphic novels, Preacher. If you haven't read them I recommend you correct this glaring oversight.
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i have been told I should read Preacher many timesI've only read a few comics/graphic novels.
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 12:45,
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With the obvious exception of WatchmenPreacher is the best standalone (ie you don't have to verse yourself in swathes of backstory) comic I've read. It's hilarious and massively compelling. READ IT READ IT NOW
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perhaps i shall after I've finished dying of plague(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 12:49,
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I would advise you to get on the Song of Ice and Fire series immediately thereafterbut am willing to bet you're way ahead of me there
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yeahread them as they came out, although I have a vague plan to reread before I read the latest one, since I think I read the first about 1999. Still not seen the series
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 13:03,
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Show off ;-)Am only about 150 pages into A Storm of Swords; Steel and Snow. Hoping the sixth one might be out before I'm caught up. Have seen three episodes of the series, it's excellent, but by necessity it feels a bit rushed because they couldn't possibly capture that level of detail.
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in which case you are not far off the "OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo!" moment. As each of us read that, you'd see them mope around the kitchen, comforted by those who had read before.
no more spoilers, bt brace yourself
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 13:11,
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Is it a bigger shock than the first book's "OMLG they did NOT just do that!" moment?You know, towards the end?
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I tell you what, as soon as I saw a picture of the cast for the TV programmeI pointed at the lad who plays Joffrey and said "He must be Joffrey. He looks like a contemptible little shite". Excellent casting, that.
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The sixth one won't be out for a good ten years, judging by his past performance.In fact, he's getting on a bit, he'll probably die before he finishes it.
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Kroney, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 13:16,
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That would be a bit shitWe'll get a half-arsed conclusion to the series by Christopher Tolkien or someone
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there was 5 years each between the last 3 books.And in Dreamsongs he admits to starting and not finishing loads of series'. Having said that, Feast for Crows wasn't as good as the early books, so maybe he just needs ot leave it be... :(
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 13:19,
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Preacher's not dark per se because, despite all the gratuitous violence and sexual depravity,it's too funny to be properly dark. Spectacularly blasphemous though.
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I dunno, I haven't read a comic since I was 14 or so.It was Batman Vs Judge Dredd.
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wowyou must be a much better person
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 12:55,
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Bollocks.The Beano is way better.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 12:56,
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this is true (or at least it was in the 80s)(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 12:59,
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Fucks sake, just admit it's a comic, it's okay to read comics if you like that sort fo thing, but don't pretend it's somethingmore than it is.(, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 12:52, Reply)
why do people care so muchthat other people like something you don't?
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 12:54,
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I don't dislike comicsI've spent the last two days reading about 30 issues of the walking dead comic. But it's a comic, calling it a Graphic Novel is just utter tosh.
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Right, so, your problem is not the subject matter itself or the reading thereofbut rather the fact that some people call them one thing and you call them another?
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He also says 'potarto'I suggest that you call the whole thing off.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 12:57,
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Take some pointsfor the first, and most likely only, Fred & Ginger reference to be made on OT today.
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it's just wordsI consider 'comic' to be when they are in installments, 'graphic novel' for when they are all in one compendium. But really, I don't give a fuck and like to call science fiction 'sci-fi' to annoy people
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 12:58,
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He's not saying that.Just asking that comics are referred to as comics. They aren't novels.
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No, they're GRAPHIC novelsThe clue is in the word "graphic", which you don't see associated with novels, unless they're graphic novels.
HTH.
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No, they are comics.Utilising a pictorial style rather than a prose one.
HTH xx
Not to mention that you lose the structure and depth of the prose form.
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