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?

[Froob]

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

Too much text. :[

[hian]

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?

When I was a kid, I read a lot of comic books. Not the heavier kind, intended for people looking for something more than a couple of minutes of entertainment, but stuff like Donald Duck and Calvin and Hobbes(if those qualify?).

When I became a teenager, I read Spawn and Conan, but read less and less comics, replacing them with books(because I felt I got more story for less money :P)

Now I don't especially like them or dislike them, I just don't read them anymore. I don't really care about media format a lot, whether it be movies, games, comics or books, as long as I like the story, setting and the characters(which is why I don't give a damn if a game has loads of cutscenes, or a book comes with pictures or not). If I don't find the story and the characters interesting, I can't enjoy something regardless of its gameplay, written excellency or good artstyle(of course these add to the experience).

As it is, the comic books I have seen haven't seemed "catchy" to me, though I'm sure that a guy with a lot of knowledge(like you norrin), could probably point me in the direction of a comic catering to my taste.

As for comics I don't like - Well I'm not much into super-heroes(don't mind people with supernatural power though), private eye stories/noir stuff, standard fantasy or science fiction. I don't exclude any of them if the story is long, "complex"(don't read into that :P), has depth and tries to do more thematically than simply serve as a means of self-insertion for readers with social issues(not implying that the above are such).

You might say, that I would be interested in reading anything that doesn't fall into the above category.
If there is a certain amount of originality, perhaps a mix of genre's or mix of settings, I would be more inclined to look into to it. And no people wearing their panties on top of their pants :P

[Norrin Radd]

Well, yeah. That's part of the joke.

Toward the end of his first volume, Reign of the Deadpools, he was ALMOST killed by Weapon X (But didn't die because of Death not accepting him into her kingdom, hence his immortality). He came back with amnesia and when Weasel showed him a mirror, he said "Holy cheap Spider-Man rip offs. THIS is what I wear?".

When I was a kid, I read a lot of comic books. Not the heavier kind, intended for people looking for something more than a couple of minutes of entertainment, but stuff like Donald Duck and Calvin and Hobbes(if those qualify?).

When I became a teenager, I read Spawn and Conan, but read less and less comics, replacing them with books(because I felt I got more story for less money :P)

Now I don't especially like them or dislike them, I just don't read them anymore. I don't really care about media format a lot, whether it be movies, games, comics or books, as long as I like the story, setting and the characters(which is why I don't give a damn if a game has loads of cutscenes, or a book comes with pictures or not). If I don't find the story and the characters interesting, I can't enjoy something regardless of its gameplay, written excellency or good artstyle(of course these add to the experience).

As it is, the comic books I have seen haven't seemed "catchy" to me, though I'm sure that a guy with a lot of knowledge(like you norrin), could probably point me in the direction of a comic catering to my taste.

As for comics I don't like - Well I'm not much into super-heroes(don't mind people with supernatural power though), private eye stories/noir stuff, standard fantasy or science fiction. I don't exclude any of them if the story is long, "complex"(don't read into that :P), has depth and tries to do more thematically than simply serve as a means of self-insertion for readers with social issues(not implying that the above are such).

You might say, that I would be interested in reading anything that doesn't fall into the above category.
If there is a certain amount of originality, perhaps a mix of genre's or mix of settings, I would be more inclined to look into to it. And no people wearing their panties on top of their pants :P

So you wish to have some comic recommendations, but nothing about superheroes...hmm.

I guess check out anything by Daniel Clowes, author of Ghost World, including Ghost World. He's a good, non-superhero author.

I think The Punisher is quite awesome, not a super-powered hero but still interacting with enough of them that it's a varied story sometimes.