Comic Book General Thread

[Reynard]

I did not see one of these for comic books, so I thought I would make one. If I missed it, mods please delete.

So let's have a thread where we can talk comics of all kinds. I tend toward supers, but I also try and read a cross section of sci-fi, fantasy, and noir/crime stuff. Every one in a while I will dip into horror (Something Is Killing The Children).

I have not been reading comics consistently for a while, though, and I wonder what really great stories I have missed over the last 10 years or so. I am seriously considering re-subbing to both Marvel unlimited and the DC equivalent if there are books folks think I should really check out. Really good stuff I buy in big beautiful hardcover, though.

So let's chat comics!

 

[billd91]

The only comic book I still buy regularly is Usage Yojimbo. Stan Sakai's narratives are always top notch.

I do, however, still buy the occasional trade paperback compiling stories from days gone bye, but even then I don't buy very many of them. I did drop a big chunk of change on Marvel Omnibus: The Micronauts. It's pretty gorgeous. I always loved Michael Golden's art for the title, same for Pat Broderick's art. And the revolutionary jargon used by the rebels characterizing the rich sure seems fresh and relevant today.

 

[TiQuinn]

I think the last comic book that I bought and read the entire run of was Joe Hill's Locke and Key, which was a masterpiece IMO.

 

[MGibster]

I finally gave up on comics in the early 2000s. One of the titles I read regularly was Nightwing, and the storyline at the time had Dick joining the Bludhaven police department. That storyline was interrupted by a Batfamily crossover event where Bruce Wayne is accused of murder and locked up. So the comic I read regularly was interrupted by the story in a comic that I didn't read, and if I wanted to follow the Wayne murder story I then had to go on and purchase other Batfamily comics like Birds of Prey. It was the final straw that made me walk away. I've only picked up a few graphic novels since then.

It's fun to see how my favorite characters have changed over the years. I was playing a Spider-Man video game a few weeks back and there was a villain named Screwball. She's a social media influencer who does dangerous stunts to gain viewers. It's fun to see how things have changed.

 

[timbannock]

I've mostly been reading Marvel Unlimited to visit older stuff for the first time, like the early New Mutants run, a few cosmic Avengers storylines, and the original Runaways. This is also because I run a Marvel game that's set around the time of Civil War (but is diverging significantly, since the CW was just averted) and is slightly X-Men focused, so I'm trying to get a handle on characters connected to that.

Aside from that, I was part of a comic reading club from about 2016-2021 and almost all the best stuff we read was older circa late 90s to early 2010s, I hate to say it. Stuff like Happy, We3 (super tragic!), All-Star Superman and Superman: Red Son. Image had a few things come out more recently that were pretty good, but more than a few them would fall apart after the first or second trade (Isola, I'm looking at you!). I Hate Fairyland was a nice exception. I love that series more than anything.

 

[Reynard]

I finally gave up on comics in the early 2000s. One of the titles I read regularly was Nightwing, and the storyline at the time had Dick joining the Bludhaven police department. That storyline was interrupted by a Batfamily crossover event where Bruce Wayne is accused of murder and locked up. So the comic I read regularly was interrupted by the story in a comic that I didn't read, and if I wanted to follow the Wayne murder story I then had to go on and purchase other Batfamily comics like Birds of Prey. It was the final straw that made me walk away. I've only picked up a few graphic novels since then.

It's fun to see how my favorite characters have changed over the years. I was playing a Spider-Man video game a few weeks back and there was a villain named Screwball. She's a social media influencer who does dangerous stunts to gain viewers. It's fun to see how things have changed.

I quit DC hard with Heroes in Crisis for what they did to Wally. I did read their "apology tour" but I still have not been able to stomach mainline DC since.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I did not see one of these for comic books, so I thought I would make one. If I missed it, mods please delete.

So let's have a thread where we can talk comics of all kinds. I tend toward supers, but I also try and read a cross section of sci-fi, fantasy, and noir/crime stuff. Every one in a while I will dip into horror (Something Is Killing The Children).

I have not been reading comics consistently for a while, though, and I wonder what really great stories I have missed over the last 10 years or so. I am seriously considering re-subbing to both Marvel unlimited and the DC equivalent if there are books folks think I should really check out. Really good stuff I buy in big beautiful hardcover, though.

So let's chat comics!

I have been a fan of Marvel Comics for decades, since I was a kid in the late '80s. Like you, I haven't been reading and collecting much recently (I think the last regular comics I bought were 2015's Secret Wars, and that was after a long drought). My experience with DC is mostly through movies and TV, with a few prominent exceptions. I'm also a huge fan of supers gaming, though I haven't had the opportunity to play in a while. I loved all the Marvel games, especially FASERIP, and am looking forward to playing more of the new Marvel Multiverse RPG. I also enjoy Mutants & Masterminds, and was involved in a long-running DC Heroes campaign I still remember fondly. I still pick up the Marvel Encyclopedia when they update it.

As far as non-supers stuff, about the only comics I've really gotten into are Marvel's Star Wars lines, Scott Pilgrim, and the collected Order of the Stick graphic novels.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I used to read & collect TONS of comics up until the late 1990s, then pared it back to a few titles. I don’t think I’ve bought any since the end of the 20th century.

I still look at the images & so forth online because Supers is my favorite RPG genre, but I’m not buying anymore.