Who Reads Comic Books?????
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UPDATED: Sunday, January 1, 2006 21:26
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The thread name is self explanatory, so the question is, if you read comics, what do you read and why? And if you don't, why don't you read them?
I read:
"The Walking Dead" (Image THE BEST EVER WRITTEN)
"Y: The Last Man" (Vertigo FUNNY AS HELL, with a kick ass storyline about the last man on earth and his pet monkey)
"Conan" (the new ones from Dark Horse)
"Fables" (Vertigo)
"Red Sonja" (the new ones from Dynamite Entertainment)
"Wolverine" (Marvel)
"30 Days of Night" (IDW)
"X-Men" (Marvel)
"Astonishing X-Men" (Marvel WRITTEN BY JOSS WHEDON )
"Sin City" (Dark Horse)
"Tomb Raider" (cancelled Top Cow comic)
"Serenity" (Dark Horse miniseries CO-WRITTEN BY JOSS WHEDON)
"I aim to misbehave."
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Up until recently I was getting every X-Men related title via obsession.
Now however I'm down to all Ultimate titles except Spidey's (it's not bad, I just never got into it early enough). Uncanny X-Men, Batman, New Avengers.
And ofcourse the greatest comic being printed today...
Cable & Deadpool
...if you can read this without laughing...you're dead 
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That's all good, but you have to read more than the core Marvel/DC titles. There's so much more that is much better. Indie comics are usually the best, such as THE WALKING DEAD by Robert Kirkman. I only read Marvel stuff until the comic book store owner hounded me to read FABLES and THE WALKING DEAD, and I loved them! And I got hooked on CONAN by reading the 10 cent issue #0.
"I aim to misbehave."
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in the 1980s I bought (and read before sending) comics for a friend who was over-seas...
AKIRA
Watchmen
when I got into Buffy I read Joss' comics:
Tales of the Slayer
Fray
Tales of the Vampire
and of course I read
Astonishing X-men
Serenity
Joss is going to bring some more out for us, and I can't wait!
I also went to my first comic book convention ever last year (Chicago Wizard World when Joss was guest of honor) and I got into checking out a lot of new ones....
and some oldies, most recently:
Harvey Pikar's Our Cancer Year
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and buy the 'Serenity' comics published by Dark Horse,
and have you joined the Browncoats yet?
http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/?fuseaction=tools.invlink
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well, started reading comics when I first started reading. Old gold key,
Turok son of stone was a favorite as a kid. now moste X-books Ultimates, Batman, Green Arrow, JLA, Strangers in Paradise, Girls, Ultra, and more. Thats the list off the top of my head. Have been getting the manga for Battle Royale. The movie had Chiki K. From Kill Bill(gogo). After being blown away by her I looked into other movies she did. After Columbine finding this flick stateside is pretty hard.
I've always enjoyed the "escape from reality" comics lets me goto.
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I read way to many comics, let see.
Tha Walking Dead(of course I've been reading that since #1 and the end of the last issue was, amazing)
I read Y too.
Wolverine
BPRD
Seven Soldiers has been good
The Punisher
Fear Agent(Tony Moore does the pencils right now. Really great book if you like old style Sci-Fi)
Space Ghost (when that's out)
Invincible(great book, the guy who does walking dead does it)
Lets see more off the top of my head
Ultimates
New Avengers
Girls
Just started reading Astonishing X-Men(I had NEVER read an x-men book before that).
Fell-only 1.99 an issue, great book on Dark Horse.
And there are some more, just can't think of them right now.
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I read a number of X-Books (but have dropped a few of the core ones recently as with recent events in the line I'm not getting what I want out of them anymore). Runaways is one of my favorite books (and when I mention it on a Whedon-related forum I always have to add that Whedon's also said he really enjoys it). Off the top of my head, Astonishing and Ultimate X-Men, New X-Men, New Excalibur, X-Factor (coming up), Cable & Deadpool, Batgirl, Teen Titans, Outsiders (for now, though I may drop post IC), Daredevil, probably a few others I'm forgetting. Of non-mainstream, there's Ex Machina, Sleeper (while it was going on, it's over now).
In TPB form I also get Y: The Last Man (attracted to it due to Runaways, same author), Powers, Ultimate Spider-Man, and a couple other titles.
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Ex Machina is a great book. Have you ever checked out District-X. Really enjoyed that one. Shame they just ended it though.
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I do and I bet I drop nearly 100 a month on books. I read almost every DC title there is and many smaller companies as well.
I dont collect any Marvel except Punisher ause it is written by Garth Ennis.
I used to have an extensive X-men collection but I dropped the book and wont touch it again. I They continue to put out such garbage and have in my humble opinion took a great thing and ruined it. I also stopped reading the mainstream marvel. Mostly cause I am tired of being forcefed wolverine in every title they have. I swear they have found a way to put that character in every title in some way. I used to like wolverine but not when I am force fed hm in every title. So I stoppped all my Marvel books and have never looked back and loved every minute of it so far.
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I myself am an artist, so I tend to follow them from book to book. My problem is that I'm really finniky, and it gets worse as I get older. At 36 I'm at the point where I can't even follow a great artist if the book is crap, so I need both art and writing to be up to snuff.
I read:
Hellboy (when it actually comes out - Mignola is too busy doing too many other things)
Powers - that one might be my current favorite
100 Bullets - hmmm, maybe THAT one is my favorite
Blade of the Immortal - no wait, maybe THAT one is my favorite
Astonishing X-Men (Joss, of course - I've got the two trades but haven't actually read them yet)
Silent Dragon (have them but haven't read them either - I can't read stuff month to month, I forget what the hell is going on, so I wait til a whole story arch is done, then read them)
Ex Machina
The Goon
Daredevil (although I will quit that once Bendis and Maleev leave the book)
and whatever is being drawn by the following artists:
Alan Davis, Olivier Coipel, John Romita Jr, Rick Leonardi, Stuart Immonen, Chris Sprouse, J. Scott Campbell, Darwyn Cooke, Mike Weringo, and I'm sure there are a few others (some not mentioned are doing books listed above, like Mike Avon Oeming, Mike Mignola, and Edward Risso).
Past favorites include:
Akira, Appleseed, Batman Year One, The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil Born Again, Bone, Groo, Kingdom Come, Nexus, The Pro, Frezzato's the Keepers of the Maser, Tom Strong, Weapon X, and a few others I'm sure I'm forgetting.
Seriously though, if you don't read 100 Bullets, start picking up the trades and get caught up - it's amazing. I've heard such things about Y-The Last Man but I can't seem to get onboard with the art. Hopefully I'll give it a try someday.
As for myself I am actually beginning on my own graphic novel (well, several graphic novels actually - all part of one story). One reason Firefly struck home with me so much is that it's the closest thing in tone to the story I've been dreaming of telling. Here's a link to a short story I did last year. It's a bit cramped (I would have liked to stretch the story out over another three or four pages, but I had to squeeze it down so it would fit the requirements for the anthology it was published in). My art is a hell of a lot better now as well, but it's an introduction to the character and the world he inhabits. The whole thing is sort of "Indiana Jones meets Lord of the Rings" - a whole cross genre thing much like Firefly. The new stuff I'm starting on is the character's whole chronicles and I think will be in color. Anyway, here it is. I hope you enjoy:
http://www.penickart.com/cbpages/Simon%20Brizdale%20pages/stinkc01.htm
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There's a link at the bottom of each page that takes you to the next page. Long live comics! And Firefly/Serenity!
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