What We've Read So Far...
March 9th, 2008 Project Vertigo Month 6 Sandman - Volume 6: Fables and Reflections and Preacher - Volume 6: War in the Sun by Garth Ennis (Vertigo)
February 10th, 2008 From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell (Top Shelf)
January 13th, 2008 Daredevil Visionaries - Frank Miller, Volume 1 by Frank Miller and Daredevil: Volume 1 - Guardian Devil by Kevin Smith (DC)
December 9th, 2007 Bill and Ted's Most Excellent Adventures - Volume 1 by Evan Dorkin (SLG)
November 11th, 2007 Project Vertigo Month 5 (All -Preacher) Preacher: Volume 4 - Ancient History by Garth Ennis and Preacher: Volume 5 - Dixie Fried by Garth Ennis (Vertigo)
October 14th, 2007 X-Men : The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont (Marvel)
September 9th, 2007 Frank Miller's Robocop by Frank Miller (DC)
August 12th, 2007 Black Widow by Devin Grayson and Black Widow: Volume 1 - Homecoming by Richard K. Morgan (Marvel)
July 15th, 2007 Project Verigo Month 4 Preacher: Volume 3- Proud Americans by Garth Ennis and Sandman: Volume 5 - A Game of You by Neil Gaiman (Vertigo)
June 10th, 2007 DMZ: Volume 1-On the Ground by Brian Wood AND DMZ: Volume 2 - Body of a Journalist by Brian Wood (Vertigo)
May 13th, 2007 The Cartoon History of the Universe 1: Volume 1-7 by Larry Gonick (Main Street Books)
April 15th, 2007 Batman- The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb (DC)
March 11th, 2007 Project Vertigo Month 3 Preacher: Volume 2 - Until the End of the World by Garth Ennis and Sandman: Volume 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman (Vertigo)
February 11th, 2007 Bone: One Volume Edition by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
January 14th, 2007 The Walking Dead: Volume 1 - Days Gone Bye and The Walking Dead: Volume 2 - Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman (Image)
December 9th, 2006 Death: The High Cost of Living and Death: Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman (Vertigo)
November 12th, 2006 Project Vertigo Month 2 Preacher: Volume 1 - Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis and Sandman: Volume 3 - Dream Country by Neil Gaiman (Vertigo)
October 8th, 2006 The Crow by James O'Barr (Star Trek)
September 10th, 2006 Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
July 9th, 2006 Project Vertigo Month 1 Sandman: Volume 1 - Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman and Sandman: Volume 2 - The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman (Vertigo)
August 13th, 2006 Strangers in Paradise: Pocket Book 1 by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
June 11th, 2006 Black Hole by Charles Burns (Fantagraphics)
May 14, 2006 The Best of the Spirit by Will Eisner (DC)
April 16, 2006 Spawn: Volume 1 by Todd McFarlane (Image)
March 12, 2006 V for Vendetta by Alan Moore (Vertigo)
February 12, 2006 X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic: Book 1 by Howard Mackie, Joh Francis Moore, Brian K. Vaughan, Scott Lobdell, Ralph Macchio, Terry Kavanagh, and Judd Winick (Marvel)
January 8, 2006 Heavens War by Micah Harris and Michael Gaydos (Image)
December 11, 2005 Fables: Volume 1 - Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham and Fables: Volume 2 -Animal Farm by Bill Willingham (Vertigo)
November 13, 2005 Transmetropolitan: Volume 3 - Year of the Bastard by Warren Ellis (Vertigo)
October 9, 2005 Ronin by Frank Miller (DC)
September 11, 2005 Its A Bird by Steven T. Seagle (Vertigo) and Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar (DC)
August 14, 2005 Kabuki: Volume 1 - Circle of Blood by David Mack (Image)
July 10, 2005 Persepolis and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon)
June 12, 2005 Sandman: Volume 1 - Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (Vertigo)
April 13th, 2008 The Abandoned by Ross Campbell (Tokyopop) and Zombies Calling by Faith Erin Hicks (SLG)
I'd like to meet:
New members! We meet the second Sunday of the month at the Four Peaks Brewery in Tempe, Arizona at 7:30pm. We generally have a sign, but listen around for comics talk and be on the watch for copies of the selection of the month a table and you'll find us for sure. We hope to see you there!
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Email us here on myspace or at [email protected] if you have any questions of if you would like to submit a statement or review to be read at the next meeting.
..Secret Future Plans for World Domination by the GNBC Nation:
May 11th, 2008 Scalped: Volume 1 - Indian Country and Scalped: Volume 2 - Casino Boogie by Jason Aaron (Vertigo)
Music:
GNBC's Top Five Desert Island Albums (Flexible):
Adam
1. Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails
2. The Velvet Underground and Nico by Velvet Underground
3. Niyaz by Niyaz
4. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
5. Bauhaus - Volume One
Brendan
1. Soundtrack - The Crow
2. Northern Lights by Covenant
3. FuturePerfect by VNV Nation
4. American Idiot by Green Day
5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles
George
1. Mezzanine by Massive Attack
2. The Best of Blondie
3. Dummy by Portishead
4. Modeling School by Handsome Boy
5. Demon Days by the Gorillaz
Greg
1. Buena Vista Social Club Soundtrack
2. Indian Summer by Carbon Leaf
3. Joshua Tree by U2
4. So by Peter Gabriel
5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles
Jonatan
1. Karma by Delirium
2. Pies Descalzos by Shakira
3. Power Slave by Iron Maiden
4. The Screen Behind the Mirror by Enigma
5. Heaven Is a Place on Earth by Belinda Carlisle
Phillip
1. White Lilies Island by Natalie Imbruglia
2. A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay
3. New Favorite by Alison Krauss and Union Station
4. The Beekeeper by Tori Amos
5. American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash
Rosa
1. FuturePerfect by VNV Nation
2. Casting Shadows by Wolfsheim
3. Kid A by Radiohead
4. Parachutes by Coldplay
5. The Best of Billie Holiday
Movies:
Official Club Movie: Deep Rising !
GNBC's Ultimate Top 5 Comic Book Movies
1. Sin City
2. The Crow
3. Batman
4. Blade
5. Spiderman
Television:
#1 Guilty Pleasures in Television
Adam - Forever Knight
Brendan - Kirk Cameron's Jesus Show
Brian - Highlander
George - Lost
Greg - The Surreal Life
Jonatan - The Surreal Life
Phillip - The Surreal Life
Rosa - CSI: Miami
Books:
We are literate - we promise. Here's what we're currently reading:
George - The Armageddon Rag by George RR Martin
Greg - The Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Brian - The Space Wolf Omnibus
Brendan - The Golden Compass
Rosa - A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K. Dick
A Note About Project Vertigo:
We will be reading Sandman and Preacher in their entirety. We read one volume of each book and compare and contrast as well as evaluate the books for both stand-alone and contextual merit.
We chose these books because both series were designed to be limited and therefore would end. As much as we love Fables, Hellblazer, and the rest of the Vertigo line, they are ongoing series, defeating our purpose. We also felt this was best because the Sandman and Preacher were books of the 1990s, and would allow for historical contextualization of a time we knew and loved - and we thought it sounded fun. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions about Project: Vertigo.
Heroes:
Writers of the WGA!
Super, of course. And then...
Writers
Brendan
1. Garth Ennis for Max Punisher
2. Kevin Eastmann and Peter Laird for TMNT
3. Grant Morrison for New X-Men
4. Alan Moore for From Hell
5. Art Spiegelman for Maus
Greg
1. Alan Moore for The Watchmen
2. Neil Gaiman for Sandman
3. Jeff Smith for Bone
4. Garth Ennis for Preacher
5. Frank Miller for Sin City
Phillip
1. Brian Michael Bendis
2. Geoff Johns
3. Alan Moore
4. John Ostrander
5. Bill Willingham
Rosa
1. Bill Willingham for Fables
2. Tom Beland for True Story: Swear to God
3. Brad Meltzer for Identity Crisis
4. Scott McCloud for Understanding Comics
5. Richard Moore for Boneyard
Artists
Brendan
1. Art Spiegelman for Maus
2. Charles Burns for Black Hole and Big Baby
3. Dave Gibbons for The Watchmen
4. Marcelo Frusin for Hellblazer
5. James O'Barr for The Crow
Greg
1. Phil Foglio for Girl Genius
2. Frank Cho for Liberty Meadows
3. Alex Ross for Kingdom Come
4. Steve Ditko for Spiderman
5. Todd McFarlane for Spawn
Phillip
1. Jim Lee
2. Alex Ross
3. Brian Bolland
4. George Perez
5. Charles Vess
Rosa
1. Jack Kirby for Uncanny X-Men
2. Mark Buckingham for Fables and Sandman
3. Frank Quietly for New X-Men
4. Eric Shanower for Age of Bronze
5. Tom Beland for True Story: Swear to God
