Any One Want To Talk About Comicbooks?

[diaglo]

I haven't bought comics regularly in about a decade, but I still read a lot of 'em.

i haven't bought comics regularly since the 70's.

although, i was hanging out in a comic store on a regular basis for my Rpg fix.

 

[Cannibal_Kender]

Currently I read:

Runaways
Astonishing X-Men
New Avengers
Young Avengers

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I picked up Countdown to Infinite Crisis this weekend (80 pages for only a buck), and really hated it.

Really? I rather loved it... Last few pages really made it the story. (At least for me.)

I don't know what these guys are thinking. Didn't they learn from the mistakes of a decade ago?

I have to agree with you in regard to Marvel, they seem so clueless and they have little respect for their own characters that it’s a little disheartening... Their fix for everything is a new creative team (no problem their) and a new issue number 1!!!!!

As for DC and the whole Sue Dibny thing... I rather enjoyed that tale also but I can see where it would bother people but I think DC is on the right track for a great year.

 

[Rackhir]

I stopped reading superhero comics, because I realized that ultimately, nothing was permanent. No villian could stay dead, no change to heroes wouldn't be reversed. Things would change, but in the end it wouldn't matter because everything would simply get changed again. When you have had the same characters being in stories for 30-60 years, there is only so much back story you can keep. The Hulk has gone from being a big green stupid monster, to a grey intelligent, but weaker, to being green again, but with Banner's mind, to a mindless rampaging monster etc... Jean Grey became Phoenix, turned evil, turned good, turned evil, killed herself, had duplicates show up who were unrelated, who became related, who became clones, then it was revealed that she was never phoenix it was a separate entity that thought it was her etc...

Is there anything going on in comics today that would change my mind about this? I've basically only been collecting manga translations and finite series as a result of this problem.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Is there anything going on in comics today that would change my mind about this? I've basically only been collecting manga translations and finite series as a result of this problem.

I would say no in superhero ongoing comics… Especially from DC and Marvel cause people really like those heroes who have been around in some cases almost over 70 years now. (Superman is 3 years away from that mark.)

Though I would say some of your more G&G superhero comics like the Authority might have what your "looking for" but even then I doubt it.

 

[Benben]

Currently I read:
Runaways

I just discovered Runaways, and I've been kicking myself for not supporting since day 1.

My pull list:
Y the last man.
Seven Soldiers: Whole series as long as Grant Morrison is writing.
Planetary
Astonishing X-Men
Teen Titans (but this is getting droped soon if it doesn't improve)

Manga:
Naruto
Hikaru no Go
Iron Wok Jan

My only complaint about the Manga is the release schedule. Iron Wok Jan in particular has a release schedule approaching Planetary's lateness.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

I quit buying comics when they passed the 2 dollar mark. I have a friend who still rabidly buys them, and honestly, he has so completely turned me off comics I don't care if I ever read one again. He feels it necessary to tell me EVERYTHING about the stories in his weekly acquisitions, and will work himself up so much talking about them he giggles and wrings his hands like some mad scientist in a bad movie. Eric's grandma won't let me say what I told him the last time he started in, but I think he finally got the message. I mean, he's 35 years old and has never been on a date, has a degree in journalism and works part time in a movie rental store, and lives for Wednesdays, when the comics arrive at the local outlet.

Sorry...that turned into a rant... I actually used to love comics, my favorites being Batman, Green Lantern, and the Legion of Super Heroes. But now...not so much.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I mean, he's 35 years old and has never been on a date, has a degree in journalism and works part time in a movie rental store, and lives for Wednesdays, when the comics arrive at the local outlet.

Nothing wrong with looking forward to Wednesdays, or is it wrong to look forward to Fridays when most new movies come out? Is bad to be looking forward to May 19th?

Also don't judge us all, or the industry; by you single friend’s excitement, lack of a career path or interest in love.

I mean your posting on a message board for RPGs. Surly stereotypes bother you.

 

[Cannibal_Kender]

I just discovered Runaways, and I've been kicking myself for not supporting since day 1.

I started reading Runaways issue 4 first run, and from then on I was hooked. The characters, the dialogue, the stories: just great!

If you like this one, give Young Avengers a try. It's got the same kind of vibe.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

I mean your posting on a message board for RPGs. Surly stereotypes bother you.

LOL....This guy could never be called surly. EVER.

I'm a surly stereotype in my own right, but I don't follow my friends around as they walk at a distance of 18 inches or less giggling and clapping my hands over panel 3, page 7 of the latest Legion of Super Heroes issue (this example came from my friend's visit this past Sunday). I finally turned to him and said, "Unless you're planning on wiping my a$$, you might want to wait outside the bathroom." True story. And that's not even the worst thing I said.

I freely admit people have their passions. I know I do. But when I realize that no one else gives a tinker's dam about them, I stop waving the flag and keep to myself.