Comics

[Ramsey]

So, who likes comics?


I just started getting into them. I just finished reading the Killing Joke (based on batman), and I thought it was really good. My favorite comic at the moment would have to be Batman.


Anyone else like comics? Sin City? Daredevil? Xmen? Anyone?

[Gnarmageddon]

Akira and Spawn for me.

[Otherside]

I want to pick up some Sin City graphic novels, but I always forget to look when I'm at the store :\

[Bartender]

I do. Watchmen is one of my favourite books ever. I haven't read near as many as I would've liked to by now, though.

I've been thinking about (finally) buying some more in the near future for the past couple of days, coincidentally.

[thedeadwalk!]

Earth-X, Universe-X, and Paradise-X were a beacon of light for me. The story goes so deep through the Marvel universe and re-invisions it; brilliant.

I've also greatly enjoyed Preacher and The Punisher, as well as New X-Men. Preacher is pretty inventive, and the Punisher is just a great example of why everyone wants to be a vigilante.

I've been out of comics for a while, and desparately need more.

[Robert Crumb]

I can be pretty much a complete comic book dork if provoked. Since about senior year in high school I've been pretty interested in independent and alternative comics, but I've been reading all sorts of comics since I was tiny. I stole my handle from the famed 60's comix author/artist of the same name, if you didn't know.

I highly recommend Love and Rockets by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez to anyone interested in comics. The series is split between contributions from both brothers. Jaime's stories focus on a pair of lesbian punk rockers living in LA. Gilbert's tell an epic story about a ficitional Central American town called Palomar. Both are compiled in their own hardcover tomes (they are seriously tomes, huge as hell.) Jaime's is called Locas and Gilbert's is Palomar. Get 'em.

[Badmoon]

I read one Sin City graphic novel, and really liked it.

I also like what I've read on V for Vendetta.

[magicbus]

Spawn is my favorite comic. I used to read Deathlok and the Darkness too. I have the Sin City comics on my computer but I haven't read all of them.

[Hep Kat]

I have about 6000 or so comics, at last estimate.

[Ramsey]

So what do you reccomend for a person who wants to get into Superman/Spiderman? Spawn?


I'm a total newb but I want to get into comics.

[PUNKBassLAD]

THE GHOST RIDER!!! the 90's one, not the old one... Ult. X Men... Amazing Spiderman, Spawn, Etrigan the demon The simpsons comics and Futurama comics... yea i'm a total loser...

[barney]

Spawn rules, my roommate has a ****load of comics and graphic novels, they make me drool.

[Ducky_72]

I read the Spider-Man collectors comics you get over here in the UK. I also have The Killing Joke, Dark Knight Returns, Ultimate Spiderman collection, Aliens Versus Predator, and some others I can't be arsed to list.

I really wanna get Batman Year 1, but I can't find it where I live.

Comics rule.

[Klown]

I'm not really into comics, but I do have all of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Squee and I Feel Sick by Jhonen Vasquez, they're really good, very funny.

I also read NNy before Invader Zim was on TV, which is more than can be said for most people.

[Paul]

The only comic/graphic novel I've read recently was Watchmen, it is an awesome story and the characters are interesting I think.

[Robert Crumb]

I wanna make another recommendation for folks interested in comics: Understanding Comics (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/006097625X/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-3329229-7823808#reader-page) by Scott McCloud. If educators ever decided to start up classes to teach people about comics then they'd probably use Understanding Comics as the textbook. It's really kinda stiff material to make an approach at, a dissection of what comics are, how they work, etc. but it's easy and fun to read. Plus it's a comic itself. Most libraries have a copy in my experience.

[Hep Kat]

So what do you reccomend for a person who wants to get into Superman/Spiderman? Spawn?


I'm a total newb but I want to get into comics.

Blade of the Immortal and Ultimate Spiderman. Those are about the only comics I actually follow right now, and they're both pretty good.

[Kithkin]

I wanna make another recommendation for folks interested in comics: Understanding Comics (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/006097625X/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-3329229-7823808#reader-page) by Scott McCloud. If educators ever decided to start up classes to teach people about comics then they'd probably use Understanding Comics as the textbook. It's really kinda stiff material to make an approach at, a dissection of what comics are, how they work, etc. but it's easy and fun to read. Plus it's a comic itself. Most libraries have a copy in my experience.

I should read that at some point.

The guys over at Penny Arcade think the man is a fool, and from what I understand about his ideas for internet comics, he is. But his comments on print comics is probably useful.


I don't read many comics. I've read Scud, the Disposable Assasin, which is very funny and stylish.

I've read most of Vasquez's stuff, which, for the most part, isn't as good as Invader Zim, but still interesting.

I used to read The New Warriors and Night Thrasher religiously, back when I was in middle school.

I read the complete run of The Teen Titans over the summer because the show is so good. The comic isn't really worth reading, except to see how much better the cartoon handles plots from the comic.


I read a lot of manga. Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Gantz and a bunch of other shorter ones over the past few years.

Boondocks and Dilbert are the only two print comics I pay attention to. And I read far too many webcomics on a daily basis.

[Bartender]

I've read most of Vasquez's stuff, which, for the most part, isn't as good as Invader Zim, but still interesting.

I really like Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, actually. I'm not sure whether I like it more or less than Zim, but then I'd never thought to compare the two before (different media and all).

I thought they'd be somewhat childish, but amusing, and though that's exactly what they are at a couple of (rare) points, for the most part I thought they were actually very good.

[Phill]

The only comics I have ever read are The Coheed & Cambria ones and some of the Walking Dead series. They were both awsome.

[Kithkin]

I thought it was good too.

But considering how great Zim is, and the fact that it was made for Nikelodean (however that's spelled) with all the creative restraints that entails. The world and characters he created for Zim were spectacular.

The only thing that really stood out for me about JTHM was the heaven/hell parts. I don't seem much of Zim in JTHM. I do see some Zim in Squee though. Stylistically, yes, both forms have a lot in common, but I'm talking more about content. I guess it speaks of Vasquez's creativity that he made both.

[Mister_Che]

I'm into all sorts of comics:

Green Lantern
Ex Machina (awesome stuff)
Batman
V for Vendetta
Sandman (more awesome stuff)
And many many more

[Robert Crumb]

I should read that at some point.

The guys over at Penny Arcade think the man is a fool, and from what I understand about his ideas for internet comics, he is. But his comments on print comics is probably useful.

Yeah, he wrote a follow-up book to Understanding Comics called Reinventing Comics. The whole thing is really speculative and not as interesting to read, except maybe for people who actually wanna make comics. Plus it's dated as all hell. But that he can make people seriously argue about comics is kinda cool.