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The Gift of Comics

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 – running time 26:45
The Gift of Comics
The season of giving is here, and iFanboy would be remiss if they didn't share some of the best comic book and graphic novels gifts you can give (or just buy for yourself) this holiday season.

Buying gifts is tough, but the many good publishers of comics have released a bevy of excellent volumes for gift giving this year.

Sure, everyone knows about the Watchmen movie coming out, but the best version of the comic that spawned it is Absolute Watchmen, as well as the companion piece Watching the Watchmen.

You want straight up superhero action from the best of DC? Check out Grant Morrison's JLA Vol. 1, the Deluxe Edition.

A gorgeous version of Howard Chaykin's classic American Flagg is now available from Image Comics. This is comics history, and deserves to be read.

You can't appreciate modern comics without appreciating all that Jack Kirby did, and Kirby: King of Comics is a great way to do it.

If you know iFanboy, you know we love Queen and Country, and the the Definitive Editions are the best way to read them.

You want to give a good cry this Christmas? Try the Essex County books from Jeff Lemire.

A whole lot of people in their 20's who are trying to learn about themselves and the world will appreciate this beautiful collection of Local.

If you know anyone into World War II history, you could do a lot worse than this box set of Bill Mauldin's WWII work, Willie & Joe: The WWII Years

If you can't find some gifts in there, then there's just nothing we can do for you. Happy Holidays nevertheless!

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Started discussion: December 17, 2008 @ 12:29pm GMT

Episode 101 - The Gift of Comics [Discussion]

The season of giving is here, and iFanboy would be remiss if they didn't share some of the best comic book and graphic novels gifts you can give (or just buy for yourself) this holiday season.

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Labor_Days
7 months ago
There is a image of my old neighborhood/apt building in the Chicago issue of Brian Wood's Local. By turns, creepy & awesome.

The Willie & Joe books look phenomenal. What's the price on those things?
paper
7 months ago
Retail: 65 clams, Amazon: 40 clams
Labor_Days
7 months ago
Not bad.
JAFlanagan
7 months ago
The price is in the video. I got through the effort to look it up and everything. Granted, I only use the MSRP.
Labor_Days
7 months ago
Apologies. I missed the price on the show.
gobo
7 months ago
Hey guys, apparently Diggnation is taking the Wednesday @ 3PM EST time slot on Rev 3, are you guys moving also? What's up?
kahunablair
7 months ago
Thanks for the Willie & Joe suggestion, guys! I'm about to purchase it.

Quick question, iFanboy is in the URL in the Rev3 shownotes here http://revision3.com/ifanboy/comicbookgifts/ . Just want to make sure that you gents get credit for those purchases as well.
JAFlanagan
7 months ago
I haven't heard that we were moving. We'll have to get back to you on that.

And yes, we write those shownotes, so the links have our amazon affiliate tag in them. Very thoughtful of you to ask.
gobo
7 months ago
Speaking of amazon affiliate links, can you guys set up an amazon.ca one also? I do all my TPB purchases on amazon and I'd happily give you guys a cut of each of those.
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