My pleasure!

Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching the video.

I have all of his translated works by Viz and also Dissolving Classroom. Sensor has A Lot of spiritual side (not religious even tho it does tap a bit into it and cults but it's not the theme) of things and uses some lingo of esoteric beleaves so it's very you will love it or think it's boring kinda work, for me it worked. Remina is like this never ending hyper active something is happening all the time Lovecraftian story and I also do love it but to some Ito's a bit more funny/ridiculous ideas maybe makes it too unconvincing for some since it also divides people. Gyo is just gross as h£ll and that's that 😂 I felt dirty couple days after reading it but that's kinda the point of it Tomie and No Longer Human (it's an adaptation of a book) are very much on Uzumakis level in my mind (around same lenght also). Black Paradox even tho it's a bit short is very safe bet. Also I would say Dissolving Classroom, it's quite similar in lenght to Black Paradox but not as strong but very entertaining. Those two are somewhat in the same vain to me. Maybe for the lenght and the chaptering style. From the short-story collections Shiver and Smashed are the best ones from the 5 bigger hardcovers. With the shorter ones The Liminal Zone, Venus in The Blindspot and Fragments of Horror I would personally go them in reverse order if interested in more Ito.

So nice of you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks! Will do!

"Torso" was good. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torso_(Image_Comics)

Pretty much anything by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is usually Crime/Noir gold.

Umm... Parker by Darwyn Cooke, Scalped by Jason Aaron, American Carnage by Bryan Edward Hill, Whiteout by Greg Rucka, Gotham Central by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka, and on that note, as @Ricky said, basically anything by Brubaker is going to be worth your time and money.

What a great idea.

You mean the top 13 Brubaker graphic novels, don’t you?

Thanks! Will do!

Thank you so much for watching and the kind words.

Thank you so much for watching and the kind words.

Oh yeah, I dig that series too and thank you for coming aboard!

Thanks for the idea! Seriously.

It's so good! Much love back to you.

That is awesome! I love that omnibus.

Also, saw Bernie Wrightson at SDCC a few years ago, when Jim Warren was interviewed. Bernie said that his work never looked so good as it was in Warren comics, because he drew and inked and Zipatoned it and it went straight to the printer, instead of the horrible four-color coloring jobs that Marvel and DC did :)

You are welcome.

Awesome! Thank you!

Thank you so much for the kind words.

Thank you so much. I love all sorts of Graphic Novels and Manga is some of the best.

Glad it was helpful!

I have to check that out.

I am so sorry. Apologize to the wallet for me. I loved those shows, because of the ummm nudity. :) I was in middle school when they came out and would tell my parents it was just a horror series.

Much appreciated

Welcome aboard! And I’ve not seen the Usumaki movie yet.

You have great taste!

Thank you so much, brother and God bless you!

A great digital horror book mini series (that should be printed) is HAG #1-#3 from American Gothic Press!

Thank you so much for the kind words and I need to check out HAG.

Thank you so much for watching and the kind words.

Nameless is crazy. :) but I dig it. I need to check out Steam Man.

I just found out that there are two books collecting Hellboy short stories not included in the omnibus editions. Ordering them soon. I’ve heard that Mignola may be doing some new Hellboy stuff…fingers crossed. I love his shared universe

:) both of those are on my hidden gems. I can’t wait for Baby Teeth to come back.

There are. You are right. I do love so many different horror comics. I may come back to this or add them to my hidden gems.

Thank you so much for watching and the kind words.

Thank you so much for watching and the kind words. I love The Thing. Still one of the best.

Hey, thanks!

Nice Channel pic😊

@@ronin3799 lmao 😂

My pleasure!

Ohh Maybe Amanda and I can go over that sometime. :)

Welcome aboard, hermano! I’ve only read the first trade and it was okay. I love 100 Bullets and I wanted that type of chemistry between the creators again, but sadly it didn’t happen. Im not sure if it got better though. There is an HC coming out later this year so I may revisit.

Both of those books are great. Severed I used to own and now I can't find.

I'm still a fan of the black and white FH. Uzumaki is most people's top pick for sure. For me its all about this crazy chick, Tomie.

Glad you liked it! Thank you

You are very welcome. :)

Have you read the follow up? Carthago Adventures? It's solid. As far as sharks..and honestly all I can think of now is Xoc.

@@NearMintCondition Thanks i never came across Xoc will check it out. I've just ordered Flight Vol 1-7 and From Hell due to your recommendations. Thank you for your reply and keep up the excellent content. Only discovered Near Mint Condition and I love it. You give great, honest and passionate reviews and info. Look forward to more.

I really need to keep up with the From Hell editions, I think I've owned four in my time. ohhhh Boom has Cthulhu you say?

@@NearMintCondition The BOOM! books are titled Cthulhu Tales,there are four volumes of short stories from nasty to funny also a series called Fall of Cthulhu which I haven't bought/read yet. I also finally came across a hard cover edition of Alan Moore's Providence Act 2 to complete the 3 volume HC series at a very low price from a LCS which I never thought would have it but hey,you never know,eh. Now I need to get my hands on a hard cover edition of his Neonomicon that won't cost me an arm and leg that I would get from someone else, but still...

I feel like a lot of horror comics aren't really That horror in the end (like Hellboy is more action for example). Some parts of Preacher is more horror than many labeled as horror. It's a labeling problem usually since sci-fi can be way more horror than be contemporary sci-fi. Or western or whatever but still be in that usual chategory. Especially thriller kinda stories have a lot more messed up things in them than an actual horror in general, because they often feel more rooted in the real world. Horror as a genre is suprisingly widely labeled, say a story isn't really a scary nor supposed to be, it isn't comedy but it's about Satan and some predicament of his that he has to work out in h£ll. it might be labeled as horror even when it would be more drama based (say it would have horrific imaginery as much as in Vinland Saga). Like Junji Ito's No Longer Human which is an adaptation from a book could be put under horror or thriller really in my mind. Since it's like supposed real life events of the author but spiced up so there is that groundness of a thriller while bad things happen and then some occasional supernatural occurence or dreamy imaginery. As a vibe it kinda threads the line. To me it's more about the vibe of the work than what it's about. As an ladt example the pretty legendary but old old manga The Drifting Classroom was made in 70's so it would have been horror then as still labeled now when it's more so a mystery/thriller.

We just did an old reader, new reader on American Vampire last Tuesday and tonight its Berserk!

what happened after 48 dont like it anymore?

Glad you enjoyed! Thank you

Glad you like them!

Ok Tommy or uzumaki is fine

Sandman and Swampthing to me are so much more than horror.

Looking at some at that art and it looks damn awesome.

Thank you so much and I really need to read N.

Yokai is amazing.

Right? Dood, some of the best comics out there.

I've not head of those books. But now I want to!

@@NearMintCondition Hope you find them and enjoy them 😊

I hope she enjoys some of the book.

@@NearMintCondition Thank you. Do you know THE KILL LOCK? Check out my interview with the creator on my channel if you are interested!

@@tomlabooks3263 I haven't read it, but I'll check it out. Thank you.

@@NearMintCondition It’s definitely one of those “hidden gems”.

When my contacts were talking to me at the beginning of this year they said that it was.

@@NearMintCondition Sweet, thanks for your response. I’ll just have to be patient but its one of my favorite reads this year so far. Thanks for what you do!

I've not heard about Jailbird but I'm going to check it out.

I love those three books you mentioned, but to me. I like the anthology series even more. Ohh yeah My wife loved the novels and it was DMP that brought over the D manga and you're right for some reason they just stopped.

I put Redlands on my hidden gems video last week. I cannot for the life of me find my copy of Wormwood or Fell. I need to checkout those Vault comics. Thank you.

AWESOME!! :) My wife got it for me.

It’s in my favorite graphic novels of all time list. I really like the format from Fantagraphics.

@@NearMintCondition That's the version I'm pining for.

It's a phenomenal read.

I think you are right. Savage Sword for sure.

HOLD ON!!! There was a Pumpkinhead mini?!! How have I never heard of this.

He lost me with Neonomicon. So I never finished it.

@@NearMintCondition Do you really think it was bad? I actually like it, but I totally understand if the sexual thing (trying not to spoil it) crossed the line. Providence had some bad reactions due to some sexual aspects although different ones. But it's very interesting, even though I see it as a guilty pleasure, like watching gore videos.

The archives are recolored. Gemstone published the reprints in black and white. They have them in box sets tooZ

I actually have both, but I only read it (finally) when I got the coloured edition. So, my advice would be to go for the recent edition :)

The wife found it at Hot Topic.

No, but I really want to. Since the artist did the colors.

I really like the color so I was good with the omnibus.

@@NearMintCondition i dislike omnibi in general way too unwieldy.

I haven't. But digging what I see so far.

My man!

I thought it was okay. I think there are only three volumes in OHC format I think.

That’s funny. It was in my hidden gems two weeks ago. So I love it!

I completely agree with you. I don't know why Berserk gets a pass. Maybe its the history I have with this amazing series.

Sure, 12 years later you still can't make a judgement about it ... 🤔

Berserk is overrated imo

Ohhh any of them in English?

@@NearMintCondition they"re all available and easy to find in Dutch & French. I'll check for you if English copies exist, I have no idea It's sad that so few European comics / graphic novels (often French originally) are translated in English

Oh the Mountain of Madness? I actually did an overview of both volumes at the beginning of the year. So good.

Oh yeah!

I certainly will.

Ah yes. They are the best at what they do.

Watch my Hidden Gems next week. :)

Absolutely. We just reviewed it last month on old reader, new reader.

Check out some books from Junji Ito like Uzumaki, but I think books like Animosity and Nail Biter might be up your alley.

It is. I'm going to see if Marvel will restock it.

Thank you very much.

I just read that this year. So good. One of the best reads of 2019.

These will come back.

It’s excellent, but on hiatus.