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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    Also, I'm totally gaga over Air. I really couldn't tell you why but I absolutely love it.

    Her previous book, Cairo was also really good too. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    One not mentioned but worth checking out if you want a fun story about a girl who whenever she falls asleep she finds herself in an extremely realistic American Revolution setting that may or may not be real. It's a little girly but I am absoulutely in love with The Dreamer. It started as a web comic here:

    [thedreamercomic.com]

    But it's also available single issue and the first trade is out. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World
    Nature says: "paint with THESE colors of the wind, BITCHES." #alexisrockman
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World
    Oh, I hope Epcot is like that by the time we go in February. #alexisrockman
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World
    How do we get that much water into South Dakota? And that much sand to Vegas? #alexisrockman
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    Been reading "Resurrection" for a few months now. Great book. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    Image of TheGreenRanger TheGreenRanger
    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World
    mother nature. patiently waiting to kill you in all sorts of horrific manner. #alexisrockman
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    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    Ooh, King City looks and reads AMAZING. I might just pick it up, and I don't really read comics other than Calvin & Hobbes.. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    Image of bookwench bookwench
    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    I love you, io9. Amazon.com, here I come... Wait, what's that? Hey, my credit card is screaming at me in a tiny little voice! What's it saying?

    "damn....you....graeme.... mc.... millan?"

    Wow. I never knew my credit card could talk. Neat! Now on to Amazon.com, tra-la-la.... #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World

    The World Without Us #alexisrockman
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    Image of botanicidal botanicidal
    11/07/09

    @Vulcan Has No Moon: That was an excellent book! :) #alexisrockman
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World
    wait is there hot pig action on that first picture?! #alexisrockman
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    Image of bibble3000 bibble3000
    11/07/09

    @GreyHammer: very first thing I noticed too....

    ...what does that say about us? #alexisrockman
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/07/09

    @GreyHammer: Mud covered, post-apocalyptic swine things need loving too. #alexisrockman
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    Image of king_saberhawk king_saberhawk
    11/07/09

    @Bill-Lee: It also looks wet and cold, if they aren't careful those swine might catch the flu. #alexisrockman
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/07/09

    @bibble3000: Even more important, what does it say about the artist? I can almost hear his mocking voice..."Ha! Not only is man extinct but pigs will fornicate where you once took your kids to frolic." #alexisrockman
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/07/09

    @GreyHammer: Looks to me like Boar on baby Bear action #alexisrockman
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    Image of TPL2008 TPL2008
    11/07/09

    @Bill-Lee: Perhaps it's satire of a kind. #alexisrockman
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/07/09

    @TPL2008: Yeah, probably. #alexisrockman
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    Image of AshThePirate AshThePirate
    11/07/09

    In reply to Meet The New HD Space Invaders
    Why do all the cool things pop up when I have no money? #spaceinvaders
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    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    11/07/09

    In reply to Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World
    These remind me of the site of the 1964 World's Fair (known to many of you as those spindly spaceship things from Men in Black). 50-year-old decaying World's Fair remnants have a definite post-apocalyptic Disney World vibe going on. #alexisrockman
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/07/09


    @Elizabeth Weinbloom: Even more so, the imagined remnants of the ones that once were, but are now 'never-was'.

    The magnificent Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939-1940 is perhaps the most poignant example [en.wikipedia.org] .

    A bucolic, lowrise, sun-dappled internationalist embassy, heralding a Gibsonian Gernsback Continuum utopia of streamamerica Art Deco (fascist-free) futurism, set on the shores of an endless Pacific Ocean.
    Where weightless Zeppelins moor to the masts of gleaming Nirosta-capped skyscrapers, noiseless helicopters flit the pellucid skies and cheery crimson biplanes commute the verdant suburbs and concrete canyons of the endless modernist megalopoli to come.

    PS I don't know if I subconciously recognised your name en passant [I tend not to notice monikers (just colours and shapes)], but for once I bothered to click an ID, saw the twitter link and realised that you're on my following list (since a witty #1stdraftmoveiline in July, I think).

    Big planet. Small world.

    PPS Any photos of that ethereal bubble-blowing flash mob? #alexisrockman
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    Image of PVIII PVIII
    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    I was reading Air up until some stupid flying machine showed up, at which point I gave up.

    Resurrection is completely awesome, though I do kind of miss the old artist...

    A book I cannot recommend more is CHEW, over at Image. It's such a great story, with a lot of interesting threads, fun art, and great characters. One of the the most fun I've had reading a comic book in YEARS.

    Also, BPRD: 1947, if just for the combination of Fabio Moon's art, and Gabriel Ba, two of the best artists in the business (IMHO). #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    Image of thufir_hawat thufir_hawat
    11/07/09

    @PVIII: I have the exact experience. Once Air started looking like something out of early 70s Mad (or, candidly, King City, which suffers the same problems in art and conception) it lost me

    Big fan of Chew as well, but, speaking of Gabriel Ba, am perhaps most anxious (hoping?) to see the third arc of the Umbrella Academy. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    Image of PVIII PVIII
    11/07/09

    @thufir_hawat: Ah, aren't we all! I think Way has his hands full with touring, so it might be awhile. But man, is that book always worth the wait!

    I also had a big problem with Air's art. It was very flat, and as you say, 70s Mad. Would've really benefited from a more surreal artist (like Weldele or Jock or something...).

    Glad to see I'm not the only one who likes CHEW! I'm sure it'll be a movie or TV show soon enough (really has all the trappings)...not that it's necessarily a good thing. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    11/07/09

    In reply to 5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)
    I read a preview of Air somewhere (in the back of a Fables comic, maybe?), and thought it sounded fascinating. I'll have to go pick up those collections. #5comicsyoushouldbereading
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