Graphic Novel Reading Group discussion

"What's plan b?"
"We all die now."
"What's plan c?" - Astonishing X-men (Whedon)


"Who would have guessed that becoming God would prove such a hollow victory?" - The Thanos Quest

"Unorthodox economic revenge! Hssssssss"--High Society (Dave Sim)

"He has eaten the pancake." —Mammon (Hellboy)

I don't think Dick knows what a somnambulist is... maybe he meant insomniac.

"There's always time for science!"—Smiley Bone (Bone: Ghost Circles)

They sing no songs in Hel, nor do they celebrate heroes,
For silent is that dismal realm and cheerless,
But the story of the Gjallerbru and the god who defended it is whispered across the nine worlds.
And when a new arrival asks about the one to whom even Hela bows her head,
The answer is always the same:
He stood alone at Gjallerbru.
And that is answer enough.

—Thor #362

“I’m assuming you’re as mystified by this as the rest of us, Rasputin.

No. I’m not. I have been planning to destroy the Breakworld since I was a child.

(silence)

This is why I don’t make so many jokes. I never know when is good.”

-Colossus to Abigail Brand in "Astonishing X-Men"

“I am not made of steel. Rage. I...am made... of RAGE!!!!”

-Colossus in "Astonishing X-Men"

"That all you got, bub?"

“If the author of this little volume is an artist he draws poorly, but he has a certain knack for writing… If he’s a writer he’s just middling, but to make up for that he has a nice little flair for drawing.”

Introductory quote from Art Spiegelman for his Breakdowns collection. It was originally from Rodolphe Toppfer, the creator of the first comics.

"Jean."
"Jean Grey is dead, Agent."
"Yeah, that'll last."

From Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted by Joss Whedon.

I just loved the way that they made fun of the way that Jean Grey keeps getting killed and then resurrected over and over again!

"...Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later.

Born from oblivion; bear children, hell-bound as ourselves, go into oblivion. There is nothing else. Existence is random.

Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose.

This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces.

It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us.”

- Rorschach, Watchmen

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of all children."

~ Eric Draven, The Crow

"None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me" - Rorshach, Watchmen

“She doesn't quite chop his head off.
She makes a Pez dispenser out of him.”
― Frank Miller, Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill

“Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on...none of you are safe.”
― Frank Miller, Batman: Year One

“Worth dying for. Worth killing for. Worth going to hell for. Amen.”
― Frank Miller, Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye

The one that always makes me smile:
“I'm the GODDAMN BATMAN!”
― Frank Miller, All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder, Vol. 1

LOL, Lela... That one is memorable.

That opening line certainly let me know I was in for something... different. The whole first volume of Saga is a twisted, disturbing masterpiece.

Echoing Ken's thought for others here around NYC (and other affected areas) to stay safe the next few days.

Paul wrote: ""

LOL!!! That one was so funny!!!

NYKen wrote: ""With great powers, come great responsibility."

- The Amazing Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko"

Probably the greatest comic line ever!!!

"A paranoid is merely somebody in possession of all the facts."
Spider Jerusalem
Transmetropolitan Vol 6.

Surprised this one hasn't come up yet...


"LOOK! …UP IN THE SKY! …IT'S A BIRD! …IT'A PLANE!
…IT'S

“We should not shed tears
That is a surrender of the body to the heart
It is only proof
That we are beings that do not know
What to do with out hearts”
― Tite Kubo, Bleach, Volume 1: Strawberry and the Soul Reapers

Excuse me. One word needs to be corrected.

“We should not shed tears
That is a surrender of the body to the heart
It is only proof
That we are beings that do not know
What to do with our hearts”
― Tite Kubo, Bleach, Volume 1: Strawberry and the Soul Reapers

out - our

A phrase that has come up a few times in the new Captain Marvel series is: "And we will be the stars we were always meant to be." I like that.

Also...

"How am I supposed to relax in here? It's like my uncle Sharon's house."

By Deadpool. Of course.

“Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere; sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every sense and every pore.”


― Stefan Zweig, The Post-Office Girl

Lashya wrote: "“Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere; sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every se..."

Again, that's not a comic Lashya. :/

Again, I was half asleep.....


I'll post a manga later.

“Remember this well. There are two kind of fights. As long as we place ourselves in battle, we must always know the difference: fights to defend life… and fights to defend pride…”


― Tite Kubo, Bleach, Volume 1: Strawberry and the Soul Reapers

“I shall die here. Every last inch of me shall perish. Except one. An inch. It's small and it's fragile and it's the only thing in the world worth having. we must never lose it, or sell it, or give it away. We must never let them take it from us.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world, I mean everybody — no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds... Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You

“Ichigo: You got that? Huh?! I'm the rescuer, so you just SHUT UP!!

Rukia: Wha--wha'd you say? A rescuer isn't supposed to ignore the rescuee!

Ichigo: Yeah? And what kind of rescuee complains about the rescue!? Why don't you go sit in a corner and tremble in fear and cry out "Save me! Save me!" like you're supposed to?!

Rukia: I do not need saving, and I do NOT tremble!”


I hope I'm not repeating this one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was after Ichigo rescued Rukia, and before the Big Fight with Byakuya.

judgement day 2000ad

dredd and johnny alpha on final panel in cursed earth
alpha- what if there are more bad guys
dredd - who the hell is going to mess with us?
genius!

"See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum... and one night, one night they decide they don't like living in an asylum any more. They decide they're going to escape! So, like, they get up onto the roof, and there, just across this narrow gap, they see the rooftops of the town, stretching away in the moon light... stretching away to freedom. Now, the first guy, he jumps right across with no problem. But his friend, his friend didn't dare make the leap. Y'see... Y'see, he's afraid of falling. So then, the first guy has an idea... He says 'Hey! I have my flashlight with me! I'll shine it across the gap between the buildings. You can walk along the beam and join me!' B-but the second guy just shakes his head. He suh-says... He says 'Wh-what do you think I am? Crazy? You'd turn it off when I was half way across!"

- Joker's closing dialogue from Batman The Killing Joke

"Memories without tangible form, fade." - Flowers in a Storm

“Authority deforms the rearing of their children, makes a cockfight of their love…”

"... RISE!"

"Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children. Do you understand?" - The Crow

"The living see death as a reflection. They do not realize they watch their own reflections."
- Echo vol. 6

Just for the fun of it: "I'm a good monkey. I hardly ever throw my poop anymore!". From Fables.

"Captain America is not here to lead the country. I'm here to serve it. If I am a Captain, I'm a soldier. Not of any military branch but of the American people. Years ago, in a simpler time, this suit and this shield were created as a symbol to help make America the land it's suppose to be... To help it realize its destiny.

Ricocheting from super-villain duel to super-villain duel doesn't always serve that purpose. There's a difference between fighting against evil and fighting for the common good. I'm not always able to choose my battles... but effective immediately I am going to make an effort to choose the battles that matter. Battles against injustice, against cynicism, against intolerance.

Together, you and I will identify and confront America's problems. Together we will figure out what we are and what we can be. Together we will define the American dream and make it an American reality."

Captain America: To Serve and Protect by Mark Waid

"It's okay to cry when you're sad. Because those tears... will become the strength you need to smile again." - Black God

"Once upon a time. In a fictional land called New York City." - Fables

Three from Hopeless Savages Vol. 2:

"My life is an embarrassingly pedestrian teenage cesspool." - Skank Zero Hopeless-Savage

"Reality is for people who can't handle fantasy." - a sticker in a notebook

"We don't care what music you kids love, so long as you have music to love." - Twitch Strummer Hopeless-Savage, explaining how his parents feel about his being a mod (and also gay)

That last one is just a wonderful sentiment.

"Aww, your uncle eats pickles!" - random kid in Avengers #21

"Don't gimme that keg o' horse apples, ya lop-eared yahoo!" - Nick Fury in Iron Man #125

(I wanted to post something really deep and meaningful, but instead all you get are old-timey insults. Sorry, folks.)

“There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game.” - Saga

“KAPELA: Just look above you. Do you see? That is called the immense board of lights. And there is the Great Black and, strewn across it, small and surrounded and vulnerable and brave, there is the Great White.

COMMUTER: Oh. Oh, yeah. Of course. Hah. You know, that's perfect. That's really perfect. And the Great White... I mean, there's so much more black. A-are we losing?

KAPELA: No. Once there was only black. We are winning.” - Top Ten

This is from Wonder Womans' thought panels from the final few pages in the Superman/Wonder Woman Power Couple book where Zod releases his girlfriend from the Phantom Zone;

'Our stories will separate for a time. I think this is what he wants, even if he won't ask. He'll face his enemies and I'll face mine for a time.

But only for a time.

For there is at least one truth, and both of us know it. It's one of the things that calls us to each other, despite everything.

BECAUSE SOMEDAY OUR BATTLES WILL END. AND THERE WILL BE NO GREATER TRAGEDY THAN FACING THAT END ALONE.'

The writing works so much better with the artwork and adds a whole different level but it is still excellent writing but if it's too long a quote try this one from the same sequence;

'...stories have their own lives, their own logic and they will play out as they will.'

" I'm not trapped in here with you, you're all trapped in here with me" watchmen

"Jesus, why does everyone want to be Paris Hilton and no one wants to be Spider-Man?"
-Dave, Kick-Ass by Mark Millar.

"Keys turn both ways. You can lock something away, but you can also throw a bolt and set something free."
- Tyler Locke, Locke and Key: Alpha and Omega by Joe Hill

“After being dry for a couple a weeks, three cocktails went down quicker than a boner in a busted rubber.”
- Milo Garret, 100 Bullets Vol.5: The Counterfifth Detective by Brian Azzarello