Comic Book General Thread

[Umbran]

Lots of folks in this thread are holding on to the stuff they loved in 1992. I implore them to try new stuff.

Well, as I understand it, the most common comics readers read a whole lot for just a couple of years, and then fall off, even if they really liked what they were reading. Folks who stick around for decades are rare.

Back in my day, I read pretty much everything Marvel I could find. I never really got into DC. And college killed my regular comics reading dead in its tracks. Since then, I've read only in a targeted fashion.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

As many of you know, I have owned a Comic and Game store for 32 years and counting. I help to curate many folks' collections. I care more about your taste (if you are a customer) than I do about my own.

But if anyone is curious about what I like, I would say that, aside from the above-mentioned Usagi Yojimbo, which is a masterpiece, I enjoy Reckless by Brubaker and Philips (at Image) and anything else they do.

I also consider Spider-Man to be the Greatest Fictional Character ever made. However, I am on and off with the current and recent runs.

Big Batman and X-Men fan, too. Batman has been great lately. X-Men, not so much.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Probably Fantastic Four at the moment, as the writing has been pretty good for a decent run now and it's paired with good artwork. (The writer's been doing mostly shorter, science-based stories, too, instead of lengthy multiparters.) Amazing Spider-Man would probably be a close second, but of course that can all change at a moment's notice with a change in the creative team. For example, Daredevil's starting over next month with a new creative team, so whether I keep on with it or drop it from the list depends on what the new team does with the title.

Johnathan

I will always support more people reading the FF. It's the World's Greatest Comics Magazine!

 

[Richards]

And led by a guy named Richards! What's not to love?

Johnathan

 

[FitzTheRuke]

And led by a guy named Richards! What's not to love?

Johnathan

You're a Johnny, AND a Richards! How could you NOT like the FF.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Lots of folks in this thread are holding on to the stuff they loved in 1992. I implore them to try new stuff.

I feel targeted.

I freely admit I don't think anything will top the memories I have of Copper Age comics.. but I dip back in every few years to try out new things. Currently enjoying Absolute Martian Manhunter.

 

[Reynard]

Who has Marvel Unlimited, DC Universe or Comixology? Is it worth it? Which one do you like best?

 

[Cadence]

I started reading the Avengers back in 1981, and seem to go through a bunch of years reading, until it annoys me and stops being fun, and then fall off for a few years until something else draws me back. I'm currently in one of those down times (stopped picking up new books a few months back).

I was wondering today if one of my problems is thinking about the company owned super-hero books about heroes I like (Avengers, X-men at one point, etc...) as one long story with patches of writers that really don't get it and eventual continuity impossibility. I wonder instead if I should think of them as different incarnations of something classic - say all the versions of Sherlock Holmes over the decades - that I can take or leave each incarnation of and should only expect internal consistency within the author. (Writers of Thor seem to force that).

 

[BookTenTiger]

I've fallen pretty hard away from superhero comics, but I'm a pretty consistent indie comic book reader. Some of my recent favorites have been:

John Muir: to the Heart of Solitude
A biography of John Muir, it made me want to drop everything and go hiking.

The Library Donkey of Cordoba
Fantastic adventure about a group of outcasts trying to save books from being burned.

Bowling with Corpses, by Mike Mignola
The creator of Hellboy having fun with world-building and mythology.

The Delicacy, by James Albon
The Bear but with magical mushrooms.

Feral
A great ongoing series about pets trying to escape a massive rabies outbreak. Basically a zombie story with talking animals.