Ugh, probably none. The individual issues are not worth it, and the trades are more like a giant demo collection, since they mostly put up the longer series, but only the first volumes of them. Meaning you'll get tons of books you won't like and one book of a series you'd actually want to read.
The Dynamite packs on Groupees are a lot better, they usually offer entire miniseries or larger collections of ongoing series at a time, so you can actually keep reading whole stories without a cheap bait of buying the rest individually.
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Yeah i see your point. I preffere complete storys too.
But as i said most of the comics in this bundle are totally unknown to me so that those are "just" Vol1`s is not such a big dealbreaker for me. A Volume doesnt necessarily have to end on a total cliffhanger.
They could have thrown one or two of the Volumes in the 1$ and 5$ tiers to make them a bit more appealing though.
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Then the first tier where enough decent things are is the $20 one.
To be frank, with comics, I prefer to download the initial books and just decide on them. Or buy the tpbs in physical form and re-sell them if I don't like it. Still cheaper than buying the digital form and getting stuck with it. I love ebooks to death, and read tons of comics on my trusty CDisplay, but if I really want to own one, I try to go for the hardcovers as no tablet is big enough and no publisher offers good enough image quality to really match those. (I especially abhor that most comic publishers release the digital books in 900 pixel width. That means it is print quality in pocket booklet form or smaller, which is bullshit. At least conventional books don't have this problem and the electronic format is often more reader-friendly.)
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Thanks for the advice. I will probably get the 20$ one. Maybe there will be some good additional stuff next week.
I dont mind having just the digial stuff (although i still have my old comics neatly my bookshelf).
Buying the physical copies is a bit difficult for me. Mostly money and language issues :)))
German translations are horrible if you are used to reading in english. Stuff is either badly translated or just sounds weird. No idea why.
CDisplay for life !!! Best simple reader there is.
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The Dynamite packs on Groupees are a lot better...
Now I know what to look for next time, so I can spend my coins.
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there's a lot of great titles. i'll recommend the 20 buck tier for book one of "saga" and "the wicked and the divine". they both contain a good portion of the series (both ongoing) and you'll get a lot of trades from the other tiers.
the only tier i wouldn't recommend is the first one. single issues you'll read it in 15/20 minutes and at best, will leave you wanting more.
my recommendations are: "saga", "the wicked and the divine", "chew", "casanova", "nowhere men", "... luther strode", "morning glories", "rat queens", "birthright", "east of west" (only if you enjoy slow paced stories) and "pretty deadly". also "the beauty" and "plutona" are pretty good, but they give you just an issue.
pd: next week they could add "paper girls v01" and i also recommend it. it was released a couple of months ago like most of the others trades and it's very well received both from critics and readers.
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thanks for the tip. I hope they will add at least 3 additional Volumes next week. Saga Vol 2 and 3 would be great. Got Vol 4 and 5 in the previous Image Bundle.
They could have thrown one or two of the Volumes in the 1$ and 5$ tiers to make them a bit more appealing though.
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What zordios said.
Three volumes of Saga and two of The Wicked + The Divine are a good deal if you don't have them.
I already own several of the volumes and I'll probably get the $20 tier anyway.
I Hate Fairyland and Chew are quite funny. I also liked Descender and East of West a lot.
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Lazarus is a very good read from Greg Rucka.
It's a dystopian comic set in the future where countries and goverments are no longer exist, but instead the world is ruled by 16 families, who are usually in conflict with one and another. Each family has a genetically enhanced protector, a Lazarus, who enforces their will.
The main protagonist is a clone, named Forever Carlyle, who's the Lazarus for the Carlyle family. Her unquestioned loyalty slowly shatters as she learns what she really is and not everything is what is seems.
It's a part potilical/war story and part coming-of age story.
Very good book, but each issue has a 2 month release only, and #26 has been delayed by nearly 3 months now.
Nailbiter is pretty good if you like serial killer related stories.
Demonic and Kill or Be Killed are too similar for my taste.
In both books the main character make a pact with a demon, and in exchange for their/their loved ones lives they kill people.
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The ones I can personally recommend are Saga, The Wicked + The Divine, I Hate Fairyland and Chew.
I've also read the #1 of Lazarus, Rat Queens, Revival, Southern Bastard, Spawn, Birthright, Injection, Pretty Deadly, Rumble, The Fade Out and Outcast, all of which were great
I wasn't a huge fan of Bitch Planet and Sex Criminals but they're pretty well received overall
Casanova's drawn by my favorite artist duo so that's definitely worth checking out
Descender and East of West are praised by everyone and I've heard a lot of good things about The Fix as well
TL;DR: Pretty much everything's great in this
PS: the $25 tier doesn't get you a physical book but an art print
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https://www.humblebundle.com/books/image-comics-book-bundle
one Issue around 30-50 Pages
one Volume around 150-250 Pages
Tier 1$ 10 first Issues
Tier 5$ 10 first Issues Still 20 different first issues seems alright (and a decent marketing strategy) for that price.
Tier 10$ 14 x Vol1 collections next week additional ones
Tier 15$ 13 x Vol1 collections
Tier 20$ 7 x Vol1 and 2 x Vol2
Tier 25$ a physical Volume
So altogether a huge amount of reading material.
There are some repititions from the previous Image Bundles. Bitch Planet Vol1, Descender Vol1, Nowhereman, Kaptara Vol1, Outcast Vol1 and Injektion Vol1 and Saga Vol1. I think Acceptable. Considering the amount of new entries.
So comic-aficionados is it worth its money? Seems like a real good bang for your buck deal but i admit (aside from the repetitions) i dont know any of those comics.
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