East of West Thread---WOW!!

[BugsySig]

I picked up the first trade today. I was bored and wandered through Barnes and Noble and happened to see a copy so I grabbed it. Opened it up tonight and couldn't put it down till I was finished. Pretty *SQUEE* awesome.

I love the alternate history stuff (which again reminds me to pick up Pax Romana) and Hickman is just so disturbingly brilliant. The art is pretty damn spiffy too. There's a lot of backstory that is slowly unfolding that makes it a little difficult to muddle through at first, but should make future reads that much better.

Just wondering: Is there a map of the "7 Nations of America" anywhere?

Yes. In the books

...so not in the trade...perhaps the Google will show me...

[nscc]

I don't know if your google-fu worked or not, but I have a buddy with these, I e-mailed him and he sent me...

[Lightning Strike]

I picked up the first trade today. I was bored and wandered through Barnes and Noble and happened to see a copy so I grabbed it. Opened it up tonight and couldn't put it down till I was finished. Pretty *SQUEE* awesome.

I love the alternate history stuff (which again reminds me to pick up Pax Romana) and Hickman is just so disturbingly brilliant. The art is pretty damn spiffy too. There's a lot of backstory that is slowly unfolding that makes it a little difficult to muddle through at first, but should make future reads that much better.

[BugsySig]

I don't know if your google-fu worked or not, but I have a buddy with these, I e-mailed him and he sent me...

Awesome! Thanks for posting that

[lorddunlow]

Odd that it's not in the TPB. It's right there in the first issue of the monthlies.

Have you only read the TPB now? If so, you haven't seen the Rangers yet. There is just way too much cool there. I was super bummed that there were no Rangers in #7. I see much awesome in this book's future.

[BugsySig]

Odd that it's not in the TPB. It's right there in the first issue of the monthlies.

Have you only read the TPB now? If so, you haven't seen the Rangers yet. There is just way too much cool there. I was super bummed that there were no Rangers in #7. I see much awesome in this book's future.

Yes, just the trade (so 1-5). That's how I like my Image books

[Elveen]

For me, this book is too good to wait for trades.

[lorddunlow]

For me, this book is too good to wait for trades.

5 minute break from my work to respond...

+1 to Elveen's comment.

Bugsy, you should get the digital monthlies directly from Image. If you wait a month, they go down to $1.99 each. That way you'd only be one month behind. I get Revival (and probably will start getting The Umbral) as digital monthlies only from Image. I just ordered the Deluxe HC of Revival from Amazon, but I can't wait that long to read the stories. I also like supporting the drm-free store that Image has.

[MarkRoseHFX]

For me, this book is too good to wait for trades.

5 minute break from my work to respond...

+1 to Elveen's comment.

Bugsy, you should get the digital monthlies directly from Image. If you wait a month, they go down to $1.99 each. That way you'd only be one month behind. I get Revival (and probably will start getting The Umbral) as digital monthlies only from Image. I just ordered the Deluxe HC of Revival from Amazon, but I can't wait that long to read the stories. I also like supporting the drm-free store that Image has.

I didn't give you permission for this break. but I guess i'll let it slide. 5 minutes dunlow, then back to your paperwork. don't make me bring out my hittin' stick.

[Chiclo]

don't make me bring out my hittin' stick.

That reminds me of a summer I worked as a counselor at a summer camp.

[BugsySig]

For me, this book is too good to wait for trades.

5 minute break from my work to respond...

+1 to Elveen's comment.

Bugsy, you should get the digital monthlies directly from Image. If you wait a month, they go down to $1.99 each. That way you'd only be one month behind. I get Revival (and probably will start getting The Umbral) as digital monthlies only from Image. I just ordered the Deluxe HC of Revival from Amazon, but I can't wait that long to read the stories. I also like supporting the drm-free store that Image has.

My budget is kinda limited, so with 8 monthly VALIANT titles now, that's $32 a month. That leaves me enough of a budget for 1 or 2 trades on top of that.

If I'm gonna wait and be a month behind, I might as well wait out the trade and read a whole arc at a clip. With Locke & Key and (likely) Young Avengers ending soon, I have room to add some trades to fill in the monthly waits.

So I now have Saga, Chew, MP, EoW and Revival from Image and Hawkguy from Marvel that I read in trade. Add in the VALIANT Masters and Deluxe editions and I like where I'm at

[MarkRoseHFX]

don't make me bring out my hittin' stick.

That reminds me of a summer I worked as a counselor at a summer camp.

I had originally typed "don't make me take my belt off" but since he's a brony he might take that wrong way.

[MarkRoseHFX]

For me, this book is too good to wait for trades.

i'm only trade waiting on it due to budgetary reasons.

[lorddunlow]

don't make me bring out my hittin' stick.

That reminds me of a summer I worked as a counselor at a summer camp.

I had originally typed "don't make me take my belt off" but since he's a brony he might take that wrong way.

[lorddunlow]

So I just re-read the entirety of East of West #1-7. This book is even more awesome than I originally thought. Xiaolian and the Rangers are such awesome characters. I cannot wait to see the battles that are sure to ensue in the coming issues. This is going to be quite the ride. Such awesome world building.

This page. So awesome. More Rangers please.

[Lightning Strike]

So I just re-read the entirety of East of West #1-7. This book is even more awesome than I originally thought. Xiaolian and the Rangers are such awesome characters.

I can't remember but I don't think they explained yet how she got her new arms and hands. I wonder how she got them?

[lorddunlow]

So I just re-read the entirety of East of West #1-7. This book is even more awesome than I originally thought. Xiaolian and the Rangers are such awesome characters.

I can't remember but I don't think they explained yet how she got her new arms and hands. I wonder how she got them?

They have not explained that. I also wonder about this. I also wonder now about the hands (her sisters) that she sent the Chosen which fulfilled the prophecy. She must have placed the Lotus in one hand and the sword in the other, which means she intended to fulfill the prophecy. Otherwise, why would she do that? There is definitely strategy with everything Xiaolian does. My second reading illuminated a lot of her character that I either didn't remember or missed the first read through.

This book is full of absolutely awesome characters. I know Hickman won't do it, but he could seriously spin off 4-5 of the characters into separate books, and I would buy them all.

[Lightning Strike]

So I just re-read the entirety of East of West #1-7. This book is even more awesome than I originally thought. Xiaolian and the Rangers are such awesome characters.

I can't remember but I don't think they explained yet how she got her new arms and hands. I wonder how she got them?

They have not explained that. I also wonder about this. I also wonder now about the hands (her sisters) that she sent the Chosen which fulfilled the prophecy. She must have placed the Lotus in one hand and the sword in the other, which means she intended to fulfill the prophecy. Otherwise, why would she do that? There is definitely strategy with everything Xiaolian does. My second reading illuminated a lot of her character that I either didn't remember or missed the first read through.

This book is full of absolutely awesome characters. I know Hickman won't do it, but he could seriously spin off 4-5 of the characters into separate books, and I would buy them all.

So would I

[Elveen]

EoW is probably my 3rd favorite book I read monthly.

[lorddunlow]

EoW is probably my 3rd favorite book I read monthly.

I think with my reread, it has officially overtaken Manhattan Projects as my #1 book. I just recently reread it, too. Chew is #3.

[Elveen]

EoW is probably my 3rd favorite book I read monthly.

I think with my reread, it has officially overtaken Manhattan Projects as my #1 book. I just recently reread it, too. Chew is #3.

I'm at:
Harby
XO
EoW

[lorddunlow]

EoW is probably my 3rd favorite book I read monthly.

I think with my reread, it has officially overtaken Manhattan Projects as my #1 book. I just recently reread it, too. Chew is #3.

I'm at:
Harby
XO
EoW

Right now my #4 would be a three way tie between Harby/Bloodshot/A&A
They really just flip flop around each other so much that I have to rank them together at this point.

So, I just realized that EoW is the only Hickman book I've read that doesn't recap the characters in the front or back. It has the coolest characters! It needs the recap.

[grendeljd]

Chiming in a bit late on this, but I'm really surprised to hear the map didn't make it into the trade... Although, if memory serves, didn't it make an appearance within the story in a panel, showing up on the back wall of a bar?

[slym2none]

Just read 1-6 over two days.

Awesome...



-slym

[Lightning Strike]

Just read 1-6 over two days.

Awesome...



-slym