Comics: Do You Read Them?

[Norrin Radd]

I wanted to be productive when creating this thread out of a challenge, so let's see if we have any other fans here.

What comics do you read or, if you got into comics, WOULD you be interested in?

Which comics DON'T you like?

Why? (To either)

If comics interest you, why? If not, why not?

What got you into comics if you are a fan?

@Norrin

Resident Comics Expert?

O...kay.

And if its another thread then make it Your avatar also reveals that he's about to get his *** handed to him.

Really? Does it really reveal that?

I could have sworn that's Wolverine #154, and I could have sworn The Scourge witnessed him taking out Wolverine and dragging him to the Watchtower. Deadpool has a history of doing rather well against Wolverine, even in his own comic.

However, since you love judging books by their covers:



Wolverine #88, synopsis:

"Arriving in San Francisco to check up on Kane (aka Weapon X) for Guardian, what Logan encounters in Kane's apartment is Deadpool who tries to kill Logan immediately upon entrance. After trading a few slices with each other (Logan with his claws and Deadpool with his swords), Deadpool manages to take out Logan with his sword and leaving Logan to die, heads out to locate Kane and kill him.".

Wolverine hasn't ever defeated Deadpool outright. He puts up great fights sometimes, they've stalemated, but Deadpool has victories over him.

Hell, what's another scan gonna hurt?



Sorry, how rude of me. You were saying something about Wolverine handing Deadpool his a*s?

[lothia]

Nope... never saw the point had internet since I was 10 lol

[Norrin Radd]

How does that negate the desire to...read?

[`doll]

Comics don't have much of an appeal to me. If I want a story line + stunning graphics I would probably look to lengthy graphic novels.
Actually I'm interested in writing one. c:

[Jakuza]

I read a few X-Men comics when I was younger, never got too into it.


Btw Norrin, your signature is hilarious, both the picture and quote.

[V-Opolis]

no desire to read em, if i read its something i want to learn about. Ive been readin alot of religious books lately to learn about religions. i find Comics to be a waste of time, but they are still cool. if i did read one it would be X-men or something that i have seen movie for.

[Norrin Radd]

I don't get why people feel you can't learn from comics.

Watchmen can teach you as many things as most books.

Comics don't have much of an appeal to me. If I want a story line + stunning graphics I would probably look to lengthy graphic novels.
Actually I'm interested in writing one. c:

Graphic novels are comics. Same thing.

They're essentially the equal of movies. If regular comics are a series, that is.

[Bryan]

I've read loads of X-Men and have a huge collection in my basement. I plan to either keep them or sell 'em on EBay.

[Elegance]

I read heavily into Marvel, and lightly into DC. I don't quite know why that is, but if I had to guess it would be that DC has this air of realism with the majority of it's super powered. Marvel feels like it has less limitations on their characters, and I like the over the top stuff.

For the time being, I'm re-reading The Hellfire Club (I wonder why..<3) and getting ready to go to San Diego in a couple of weeks.

I'm..not going to get too deep into anything. Otherwise this'll turn into an essay.

[Froob]

I use to read Star wars comics, only for the battle bits though.

Too much text. :[

[Norrin Radd]

I read heavily into Marvel, and lightly into DC. I don't quite know why that is, but if I had to guess it would be that DC has this air of realism with the majority of it's super powered. Marvel feels like it has less limitations on their characters, and I like the over the top stuff.

For the time being, I'm re-reading The Hellfire Club (I wonder why..<3) and getting ready to go to San Diego in a couple of weeks.

I'm..not going to get too deep into anything. Otherwise this'll turn into an essay.

If it isn't my favourite female comic reader. Don't forget my request regarding Comic Con!

I feel the entire opposite with Marvel/DC, actually. Marvel have a well balanced mix of realistic unrealism, where as DC tend to not interest me much.

P.S: HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH EMMA FROST? Epic, trust me.

[`doll]

Graphic novels are comics. Same thing.

They're essentially the equal of movies. If regular comics are a series, that is.

I prettymuch meant, graphic novels would be the type I'd read vs. "regular" comics as a whole.

Movies are a good analogy, 'cause I'd see general comics like a TV show. I don't think I'd bother to follow short "episodes" of a continuous series.

[Nonsue]

RAWR! LET IT BEGIN!

Ok, ya got meh...Mind you Deadpool may beat Wolverine most of the time.

I think that we both realize that Wolverine could kill him any day of the week if he actually wanted to. (But he'd just come back =/)

I mean with W #154 He didn't even want to fight Deadpool like that D: But Deadpool is a money hungry scumbag and Wolvie wasn't in the mood and such and its not like Deadpool can kill him so the hell would he care.

And drugging him was a ***** move =/

Em...#88...well >_> he wasn't expecting that?

But I was just naming someone afterall we both know that Deadpool has gotten his arse handed to him from much >_> lesser enemies and such and yah.

And even though it may have been cheapish Wolverine did git him in Deadpool #27

[Elegance]

I wonder what the new releases will be like..It'll probably remind me of a series I completely forgot but always wanted to look up on, and I'll go home feeling so fulfilled.

The Black Queen..oh goddddd.
I get the strangest feeling that the Cuckoos are about to hop back into the spotlight. Dark X-men or not. I want it, so bad. >_<

[Norrin Radd]

RAWR! LET IT BEGIN!

Ok, ya got meh...Mind you Deadpool may beat Wolverine most of the time.

I think that we both realize that Wolverine could kill him any day of the week if he actually wanted to. (But he'd just come back =/)

I mean with W #154 He didn't even want to fight Deadpool like that D: But Deadpool is a money hungry scumbag and Wolvie wasn't in the mood and such and its not like Deadpool can kill him so the hell would he care.

And drugging him was a ***** move =/

Em...#88...well >_> he wasn't expecting that?

But I was just naming someone afterall we both know that Deadpool has gotten his arse handed to him from much >_> lesser enemies and such and yah.

Nah, I think we both realise you challenged the wrong guy. That's what I think we both realise.

Wolverine lost to Deadpool because Deadpool is better. Wolverine has been more than willing to fight and Deadpool has surpassed him. Wolverine ignored him, he uppercutted Kitty Pryde and then Wolverine went nuts. Deadpool was dodging him and puncturing his lungs. Wolverine managed to skewer him because Deadpool stopped concentrating. Not saying that Wolverine can't beat Deadpool, since a lot comes down to writers, but Wolverine has been beaten by Deadpool in his own comic more than once. Wolverine is relatively slow compared to Deadpool, too.

You judged them by my avatar, and when I proved that it doesn't mean a think because Deadpool won that fight, you tried to get out of it. You obviously hadn't read it when you said that.

He's simply a better fighter. If Wolverine didn't have an unbreakable skeleton, he'd have been dead.

I wonder what the new releases will be like..It'll probably remind me of a series I completely forgot but always wanted to look up on, and I'll go home feeling so fulfilled.

The Black Queen..oh goddddd.
I get the strangest feeling that the Cuckoos are about to hop back into the spotlight. Dark X-men or not. I want it, so bad. >_<

Yeah, I mean, Dark Reign is going well but it needs to have a HUGE pay-off, or people are gonna be annoyed.

I just hope they're going somewhere with this.

[kait0s]

Im always up for reading one if its in my hands, but i wont go out of my way to buy it.

I find it fairly annoying to read the little bubbles of words that go along with the graphics.

Id just prefer to not have to focus on pictures and be able to situate the environment to my liking, thru the words of the writer. And just go from there.

[Nonsue]

Nah, I think we both realise you challenged the wrong guy. That's what I think we both realise.

Wolverine lost to Deadpool because Deadpool is better. Wolverine has been more than willing to fight and Deadpool has surpassed him. Wolverine ignored him, he uppercutted Kitty Pryde and then Wolverine went nuts. Deadpool was dodging him and puncturing his lungs. Wolverine managed to skewer him because Deadpool stopped concentrating. Not saying that Wolverine can't beat Deadpool, since a lot comes down to writers, but Wolverine has been beaten by Deadpool in his own comic more than once.

You judged them by my avatar, and when I proved that it doesn't mean a think because Deadpool won that fight, you tried to get out of it. You obviously hadn't read it when you said that.

He's simply a better fighter. If Wolverine didn't have an unbreakable skeleton, he'd have been dead.



Yeah, I mean, Dark Reign is going well but it needs to have a HUGE pay-off, or people are gonna be annoyed.

I just hope they're going somewhere with this.

Its only cuz writers don't make any sense >_> I mean frikin Daken beat Deadpool.

I wasn't saying that Wolverine was going to kick his *** per say.

I just meant that there is no explainable reason why Wolverine shouldn't be able to rip the shit out of Deadpool =/ In the past at least as Deadpool has become slightly overpowered healing wise.

I'd say Wolverine could beat Deadpool. But if it was a fight to the death Deadpool would win cause yeah...his unfair advantage >_>

But we both know they'll never let Deadpool kill off wolvie :P

[Neebus]

Hey is Deadpool: Suicide Kings any good?

[MrWafflez]

I never understood the point of comics when you have television, movies, and actual books. Comics were only cool for the artwork, as the stories were too short to be desirable to me even when they were good, and I didn't feel like buying a hundred issues of one comic in order to get the entire story.


I grew up watching things that were probably based off of comics or could have easily been made into comics. I also read stories about superheroes and such, but they were actual in-depth stories.


Especially now, I see it as pointless to read comics. You used to hear people talk about these older comics and how amazing they were; the stories, the illustrations, and the writing style. Now it seems like no one talks much about comics that were made more recently, they seem to refer back to older comics as those are the far superior ones.



We also have all these terrible fad styles like manga that have caught on like a bad disease and need to be destroyed. If only we had more comics like the original Daredevil or X-Men, then perhaps I'd read them more.

[Norrin Radd]

Yes, and then they fought by the cable car in an ACTUAL fight and Deadpool had the upper hand at every turn. It was issue #54 I believe,

That wasn't Frank winning a fight, that was Deadpool talking to him, getting shot and choosing to heal rather than pursue him. He wasn't "dead", because he cannot die anyway.

Don't ever rely on internet scans to tell a story unless you know what happens next, or unless it's actually what happens.

Deadpool got up and healed like, the next page. Walked away, no less.

Edit: Just dug that issue out of my box, and it's as I remembered. Deadpool made the mistake of walking behind him and saying, more or less "Peter Gnucci hired me to kill you.", Punisher got off some close range, powerful shots and Deadpool went down. He wasn't prepared nor was he trying to be, he made the mistake. He doesn't make the same mistake twice, usually. As you'd see in the rest of the issue and issue #55.

[Elegance]

Wait..was this all in Suicide Kings? I've never read too deep into Deadpool's comics, but this sounds kind of nice..

[Norrin Radd]

Nah, this was issue #54/#55 of his first (And at that point, only) ongoing comic series.

[Elegance]

I think I'll look into it anyway, after I do some peeking around in Dark Avengers and Dark X-men, which I probably won't get around to until after I get back. So. There's a lot on my plate.

[Krunkmasta Flex]

i'm a deadpool fan, Gen 13, Golden age comics, mostly Marvel comic, i found the DC universe to be rather lame.

[Greed]

I never really got into American comics. The only ones I own are an X-Man evolution (?) one which was centered around the future Dairy's and I didn't understand a word of what was going on.. and another old old X-man one that was just plain boring.

I don't even like X-men, they're only one step up above avengers :/