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DerBonk

Name: Der Bonk

Bio: Sci-Fi geek; German; trying to catch up with everyone.


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October 12, 2012 3:24 am Reading through all the comments makes me glad that I did not even attempt to get on board with NOW. As a "new reader" coming in with the New 52 (and dropping most of those about 6 months in), I was always interested in getting into Marvel, but I never knew how, esp. without some major money and time investment. At first I though NOW was my chance, but then I wasn't able to follow along, unsure what books to order and basically simply ordered more Image and Dark Horse books instead. I was kinda sad at the time, because I do enjoy super hero stories in general (still like Batman, even Suicide Squad (for its wackiness) and Astro City is one of my all-time favs) and I would love to read some X-Men or Avengers. Marvel just did a very poor job at drawing people like me in. The only thing that got my attention was the renumbering, but I never managed to look through the thicket of books. So, reading these comments, I am sure I wouldn't have been able to understand what was happening in the book. Too bad, probably another year without a single Marvel book on my subscription list.
May 1, 2012 4:39 am I wasn't going to order the book, but then I saw Jim McCann's name on it and remembered that I really enjoyed the interviews on the video show. So, I had to order, if he is that entertaining and cool during an interview, the book has to be brilliant :)
April 26, 2012 5:20 am I agree, especially because of the art, it's fitting perfectly.
April 26, 2012 5:02 am Thanks! Checked it out, looks awesome. I just ordered some Prophet back-issues as well, this stuff is right up my ally ;)
April 25, 2012 12:51 pm Pre-Ordered #1 knowing nothing aside from the blurb and excerpt in Previews. Art looked good, reminded me of Prophet plus I simply enjoy SF tales. Unsure about it though, I still have no idea what the book is really about and what to expect.
April 21, 2012 11:46 am Nice! I thought it was, as the copies I saw in stores did not have that deckle edge. Weird, I guess those were production errors then.
April 20, 2012 3:30 pm I absolutely love this book. It was one of the first graphic novels I bought after reading about it on BoingBoing and it has been in my Top 10 favorite OGNs ever since. I particularly like that :01 handled the book perfectly, especially the cover and the paper are spot on. My copy actually does not have a clean cut on the right edge of the pages, but appears to be ripped. I guess that is a production error, but it fits the book nicely and I actually thought it was on purpose at first. As to the wine, I don't drink, so, no idea.
March 3, 2012 8:14 am That'd be great, yeah. I really liked that the show wasn't always about the most recent stuff, helped a lot in a) understanding the background of a lot of books better and b) finding older stuff to read in trade I would have never found by myself.
March 3, 2012 7:50 am I am with you! Aside from grabbing the first issue of Y: The Last Man, iFanboy video was what got me into reading comics and enabled me, even as a new reader, to make informed decisions about what to read and introduced me to some of my favorite books (Astro City! Thanks guys! Seriously.). I live in Germany and few people here are familiar with US comic books, even the people working at my LCS. Without the video show, I would probably have read Y and that was it The video show was important to me, because Ron, Josh and Conor helped me find the right books for me. Without it, I would probably have bought a few mainstream books, would never understand what was going on and never buy them again. What I loved about the show were the introduction and summary episodes. "If you want to get into Green Lantern, read this, this and this." etc. Especially because the videos, through the interaction of the guys, the short glimpses of the actual pages and the in-depth descriptions were easy to follow - even for someone like me, who knew next to nothing - and always gave me a good idea what the book in question would be like. I can totally understand that you can't do these shows anymore, but I will sincerely miss them. Thanks so much for your hard work, it really was a great help and always entertaining.
September 9, 2009 4:51 pm I really enjoyed it as well.Really like the art as well. All in all, what I enjoyed most was the tone and the atmosphere it managed to build in just 4 pages. Light-hearted and without consideration of consequence. Just like the dude on the throne.