The Official 100 Bullets thread

[rondroid]

i 've just read the first couple of volumes up to issue 46 and was wondering what you guys think of brian azzerellos comics and this one in particular. i know it doesn't garnish much limelight but i believe 100 bullets is a staggeringly fantastic collection of stories.

[hammerhedd11]

I've only read two volumes of the series, and it is good, but not fantastic.

[rondroid]

i think its one of those comics that u either like or dont there is no middle way i suppose. i'm gonna get up 2 date asap so i can c what happens. btw my favourite character is cole because he's so cool.

[Elijya]

wait until you get to the third, hammerhead

I'm a pretty big fan of the series, but I feel it has it's faults. It's lost it's focus, gotten so wrapped up in the conspiracy while leaving the original premise (the briefcase) long behind, when it was one of the most fascinating parts of the series. It's not as awesome as I felt it was when it started, but it is still very very good.

and yeah, Cole's a ****ing hardass :up:

I own some original art from the book, actually

[Lackey]

Currently, it's the best ongoing Vertigo series :up:

[Elijya]

nah, I'd put Fables ahead of it, and Y as tied

[rondroid]

wait until you get to the third, hammerhead

I'm a pretty big fan of the series, but I feel it has it's faults. It's lost it's focus, gotten so wrapped up in the conspiracy while leaving the original premise (the briefcase) long behind, when it was one of the most fascinating parts of the series. It's not as awesome as I felt it was when it started, but it is still very very good.

and yeah, Cole's a ****ing hardass :up:

I own some original art from the book, actually
say it aint so? the most fascinating aspect of the comics is the briefcase and the stories behind it. i hope azzerello puts that right:up: yeah i love cole but lonos an intruiging character also;)

[rondroid]

btw does any1 know when dc/vertigo plan to release volume 9, my thinking is that they'll release it in the new year (fingers crossed)

[drastic_quench]

Comic funds were a little tight, so I chose Y instead. I might read 100 someday.

[Lackey]

nah, I'd put Fables ahead of it, and Y as tied


I read both of those too... Fables is really close, but it doesn't quite beat it, in my opinion.

in my mind, the only real "contender" for being the best was Transmet, but that series is done.

Y lost it's way just a bit after the "road trip" was over. Plus, Y's "big reveal" pales in comparison to 100 Bullets'.
As for Fables... I'd have to dock some points on that one because of character creation... where 100 Bullet's characters are all very 3 dimensional and nicely fleshed out and unique, they are also entirely original unlike Fables' characters.
It takes a bit more work to come up with a captivating original character than to expound upon an existing character. This also applies to the visual design of the characters.
That's one of the reasons some people feel V for Vendetta is a better work than Watchmen.
Besides all that... when you take into account the art, 100 Bullets easily wins. It has had consistently better art the other two. Mark Buckingham and Pia Guerra have their moments, but Eduardo Risso is consistently better. I don't think anyone put Guerra or Buckingham on their best artists list.


Anyways, I love all 3 titles very much.

[rondroid]

I read both of those too... Fables is really close, but it doesn't quite beat it, in my opinion.

in my mind, the only real "contender" for being the best was Transmet, but that series is done.

Y lost it's way just a bit after the "road trip" was over. Plus, Y's "big reveal" pales in comparison to 100 Bullets'.
As for Fables... I'd have to dock some points on that one because of character creation... where 100 Bullet's characters are all very 3 dimensional and nicely fleshed out and unique, they are also entirely original unlike Fables' characters.
It takes a bit more work to come up with a captivating original character than to expound upon an existing character. This also applies to the visual design of the characters.
That's one of the reasons some people feel V for Vendetta is a better work than Watchmen.
Besides all that... when you take into account the art, 100 Bullets easily wins. It has had consistently better art the other two. Mark Buckingham and Pia Guerra have their moments, but Eduardo Risso is consistently better. I don't think anyone put Guerra or Buckingham on their best artists list.


Anyways, I love all 3 titles very much.
amen brother!!! i feel the artwork for 100 bullets is outstanding and v. consistent which is difficult. i also love the originality in the characters that brian creates he seems to always pick the last man/woman thinkable to exact revenge for a just cause. i also love the fact that its incredibally real feel, its like youcould instantanouslywalk in on any scene and believe its happening.

[TheCorpulent1]

I'd consider Fables the best current Vertigo series, hands down. But that's probably because I have an affinity for the subject matter of Fables, whereas 100 Bullets is a great example of a genre I'm not normally that interested in. I've read the first 3 TPBs twice now, and the 4th volume is next on my reading list. The way Azzarello weaves all of the ongoing mysteries and episodes into each other is incredible. It's rare to find series that have every last detail so perfectly planned out. My favorite story so far is Loop's deal. Graves is one hardcore son of a *****. :D

[rondroid]

hehe for an old guy.:marv: :up:

[hammerhedd11]

wait until you get to the third, hammerhead


Actually Iv'e read books no. 1, 3 and 8.

[Bullseye]

I really enjoy the 100 Bullets series from Vertigo. It's gritty, hardcore and a bit naughty... I also wanted to read the Azzarello and Risso's arc of Broken City in Batman, haven't yet.

[TheCorpulent1]

Actually Iv'e read books no. 1, 3 and 8.
That's kind of random. :confused:

[hammerhedd11]

That's kind of random. :confused:

:O HAHA i know! Well the reason is is that i'm pretty broke most of the time and I travel to the library a lot to read comics, and those were the ones they had.

[The Joker™]

I just read vol. 1 over the week.

It was pretty cool I liked the second part of it the best, but the Dizzy thing was okay.

[Majin Boo]

godly

[The Joker™]

yldog

[Lackey]

I just read vol. 1 over the week.

It was pretty cool I liked the second part of it the best, but the Dizzy thing was okay.



I love Dizzy :O

[TheIntellectual]

So I just read 100 Bullets 27, the issue with Joe DiMaggio.

I'm really confused by the ending.... did Graves kill DiMaggio or was he simply placing flowers on Marilyn's grave?

[SpideyInATree]

I took as Graves just putting flowers on Marilyn's grave as a solid to DiMaggio.

[SpideyInATree]

So, what did everyone think about the latest issue? It's really starting to build up now.

[Elijya]

I've stopped reading

[RockSP]

and was wondering what you guys think of brian azzerellos comics and this one in particular.

100 bullets = the shiznit

Azzerello's Max Cage mini-series = steaming pile of camel shiznit

Loveless = it's aaiiiight

[droogiedroogie2]

wait until you get to the third, hammerhead

I'm a pretty big fan of the series, but I feel it has it's faults. It's lost it's focus, gotten so wrapped up in the conspiracy while leaving the original premise (the briefcase) long behind, when it was one of the most fascinating parts of the series. It's not as awesome as I felt it was when it started, but it is still very very good.

and yeah, Cole's a ****ing hardass :up:

I own some original art from the book, actuallyI wholeheartedly agree. The conspiracy should always have been left a subplot, an interesting background note, something to be wrapped up within a couple of arcs. The briefcase, and what people choose to do with it, was always the best part of the series.

[SpideyInATree]

I've stopped reading

Why? :huh:

[RockSP]

The conspiracy should always have been left a subplot, an interesting background note, something to be wrapped up within a couple of arcs.

:huh: But the conspiracy is what the book is about...

[Bullseye]

Has it been confirmed that 100 Bullets will end with issue #100?

[joke]

I wholeheartedly agree. The conspiracy should always have been left a subplot, an interesting background note, something to be wrapped up within a couple of arcs. The briefcase, and what people choose to do with it, was always the best part of the series.
Always seemed to me like the conspiracy was the main plot of the book, with Graves and the briefcase just a way for him to get close to the families and manipulate them (and other important characters) through innocent, ordinary Joe Schmoes.

[RockSP]

Has it been confirmed that 100 Bullets will end with issue #100?

As far as I know that was always the plan.

[Bullseye]

I wasn't aware that was the plan for the comic. Not too long ago I did hear that issue #100 would be the last issue.

[MalroyChick11]

I like the conspiracy. The briefcase thing was cool, but a bit random if it was the center of the plot. It's the conspiracy it revolves around.

[Ace of Knaves]

So, any 100 Bullets fans out there? If you ain't, you should be!! :oldrazz:

So we have reached issue #99, just one more to go! With that, I thought it was about time a thread was made for these truly amazing books. Think of a Quentin Tarantino film made into a comic, you'd have 100 Bullets. It's been a long ol journey and we are closing in on the climax, and what a climax it will be.

Brian Azzarello, like him or not, is one of my favourite writers. Considering he has had all 100 issues planned out from the start, it's no easy task to keep things fresh and interesting for all this time. I love his characterization, each character is so different and unique. And he really seems to get the world he is writing about. To keep a solid level of quality he deserves some major props. I love Eduardo Risso's art as well. Drawing for all 100 issues and keeping the same consistency is no easy task and I just love his style. I would like to pay tribute to them. :up:

I started this thread so fans or even people who haven't got into it yet can come and discuss their favourite parts or ask for more info about it.

[Max J Power]

I'm collecting the trades. I've read the first three and they were excellent.

[TheCorpulent1]

Merged with a couple other 100 Bullets threads that were floating around and moved it to the correct forum, since 100 Bullets is published by DC's Vertigo imprint.

I was reading it in trades but I was short on cash after the fourth one, I think, so I stopped and never started back up. Now I'm just waiting for the series to finish at #100 and the final trade to come out before I start up again, since I have a habit of reading series or watching TV shows straight through from beginning to end obsessively. I don't want to start reading the trades again now and come up to a gap while I wait for the final trade to be released in a month or two.