COMICS...YES, THOSE WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?

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  • asgard825
    asgard825 Posts: 1,516 Member
    I've never actually read a comic book before (no lies!)

    Can anyone recomend a good series?

    e.g. I hear alot about the old... spiderman number 1! or batman number 5! things like that, but never actually picked one up and read it...

    I love Marvell characters... but haven't really heard of any others, so what's a good series?



    Check these out:
    Batman:Hush
    Identity Crisis
    Kingdom Come
    Watchmen
    Batman:Noel
    The Dark Knight Returns
    The Long Halloween
    and I gotta throw The Crow in here

    These are all in trade paperbacks now and are some of my favorites. I am sure others will suggest more to you :)

    WE3
    Pride of Bagdad
    MARVELS
  • tbodega
    tbodega Posts: 186
    I love the Walking dead and have primarily been a DC reader (especially Superman) but I have fallen off the last 2 years. DC's unnecessary constant reboots have tested my patience so I haven't really given the new 52 a chance.

    With all that said, I WILL be at comic con this year.

    It seemed unnecessary to reboot it.
    Agreed. Crisis of Infinite Earths, Zero Hour, Infinite Crisis, and now the new 52. It's like pick a continuity and please stick to it.
  • charlybu
    charlybu Posts: 47 Member
    Married a comic artist ;) He's doing a lot of reformatting his strips lately, but check out oycomics.com

    Has no one mentioned Bone (by Jeff Smith) yet? You can hardly call yourself a comic book nerd if you haven't read Bone! It's required reading in this house ;)
  • UNTOLDSMILE
    UNTOLDSMILE Posts: 150 Member
    Married a comic artist ;) He's doing a lot of reformatting his strips lately, but check out oycomics.com

    Has no one mentioned Bone (by Jeff Smith) yet? You can hardly call yourself a comic book nerd if you haven't read Bone! It's required reading in this house ;)

    I've never read it lol!
  • NevrOvr
    NevrOvr Posts: 33 Member
    right now i'm reading The Walking Dead. i'm on #55...it's way more intense than I expected!
  • UNTOLDSMILE
    UNTOLDSMILE Posts: 150 Member
    right now i'm reading The Walking Dead. i'm on #55...it's way more intense than I expected!

    I still haven't picked those up yet and it seems from everyone that I should. I love that show so it's bit odd I don't have any of the books.
  • ShimmerKitten
    ShimmerKitten Posts: 50 Member
    I adore green lantern :3
    I also wan't to be a comic book artist.
  • UNTOLDSMILE
    UNTOLDSMILE Posts: 150 Member
    I adore green lantern :3
    I also wan't to be a comic book artist.

    Green Lantern is bad *kitten*! I have quite a few of those. I enjoyed Blackest Night a lot. Geoff Johns is great.
  • Merc71
    Merc71 Posts: 412 Member
    Dilbert, Calvin & Hobbes FTW
  • ruthio77
    ruthio77 Posts: 52 Member
    Loving "The Boys" Series by Garth Ennis. Also The preacher, (obviously)
    Anything by Alan moore and Neil Gaiman's Sandman Series is my all-time favourite!
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Locke & Key, Locke & Key! Read it!
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    Guess which books i used to collect... :-)

    I haven't bought a comic in a long time. I will occasionally read a web comic, but I don't really collect anymore, sadly enough.

    However, I have a pretty good stash of Wolverine, X-Men, Spider-man, and Batman books that I cannot wait to share with my son in a few years.
  • brandiuntz
    brandiuntz Posts: 2,717 Member
    Married a comic artist ;) He's doing a lot of reformatting his strips lately, but check out oycomics.com

    Has no one mentioned Bone (by Jeff Smith) yet? You can hardly call yourself a comic book nerd if you haven't read Bone! It's required reading in this house ;)

    BONE!!! Awesome, awesome. Can't believe I didn't think to mention it. :blushing:
  • binglebandit
    binglebandit Posts: 531 Member
    i love the fables series. i also recently picked up a bunch of female superhero ones.

    Are u (or anyone) reading the Fables spinoff FAIREST? Pretty awesome...

    I'm so behind on Fables, I had no idea there was a spinoff. Must add to list.
  • binglebandit
    binglebandit Posts: 531 Member
    Been reading more webcomics lately. The Meek, The Phoenix Requiem (which actually ended a while ago, so I guess I'm not reading that one any more.) The Less than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, The Dreamer.

    Used to read a lot of Xmen before it started copying the films and therefore sucking.

    I love Phoenix Requiem! The artist/writer does such wonderful work. Sadly my webcomic reading has severely died over the last several years and that was the only one left. When it ended I ran out of comics to read online and I haven't found anything worth starting up. Then again I'm rather out of the loop now. I prefer comic strips or comics with a definite plot. It seems too often webcomics just kind of wing it and fall apart later. However if you have any suggestions, I'd be interested.
  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
    With all that said, I WILL be at comic con this year.

    I've already got my tickets. Four days and preview night. :bigsmile:
  • Tatiyanya
    Tatiyanya Posts: 255 Member
    Loving "The Boys" Series by Garth Ennis. Also The preacher, (obviously)
    Anything by Alan moore and Neil Gaiman's Sandman Series is my all-time favourite!

    Oh yes, this, by gods, this!
  • UNTOLDSMILE
    UNTOLDSMILE Posts: 150 Member
    Is anyone reading the new Watchmen series? I am just kind of curious as to how it is. I was going to wait to pick it up when it was all collected.
  • mavrick7
    mavrick7 Posts: 1,607 Member
    Great post!

    By the way has anyone else been to Comic Con in San Diego? I just returned from San Diego and it was a blast!
  • TheLuSir
    TheLuSir Posts: 1,674 Member
    Flashpoint in DC and Spider-Man Gauntlet in Marvel.

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