Who Reads Comic Books?????
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UPDATED: Sunday, January 1, 2006 21:26
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Children's librarians are loving the graphic revolution. lots of good stuff, like the Little Lit series, and whole publishers doing stuff in nonfiction and biog.
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My husband uses Mile High too.
I read Bone, Astonishing XMen, and Soulfire.
Does Captain Underpants count?
Lately I've been really into the art of the card games out there: Hack, SPANC, Munchkin, Killer Bunnies. Such fun and funny stuff.
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Used to collect & read comics -- now I stick to novels in the main. However, of course I had to own the Serenity series.
Prior collections (in the attic...)include:
Shaman's Tears
Pitt
Gen13
Sandman
WildC.A.T.S
the Max
Spawn
Wetworks
Youngblood
StormWatch
At the time, it was my opinion that Image & Dark Horse Comics series had much better illustrations than Marvel and I liked the stories better--fresh and more interesting IMO. Marvel has since then much improved their illustrations similar to Image. Don't get me wrong--I love the X-Men, Spiderman, and Batman just as much as the rest of the population --but preferably in motion picture form.
No flaming please! Just an opinion and answer to topic question. *ducks* Lol.
*Never judge a book by it's movie*
*The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark,less sharp version of the truth*--D.Koontz (Forever Odd)
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actually, i don't read comic books, but i've been itchin' to start. so i will read this thread, take notes, and thank you in advance. 
http://violetrix.blogspot.com
you won't remember anyway
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actually, i don't read comic books, but i've been itchin' to start. so i will read this thread, take notes, and thank you in advance.
That's awesome! You should definitely start readin' comics. They're not for kids like most people think they are, and there is always something for everyone.
Just reply back with what genres and styles you're into, and I'll try to give you the best comic(s) to suit them.
"I aim to misbehave."
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me!
occasionally i'll make one too!
"Jesus saves, everyone else takes damage" -tee shirt some girl was wearing at Megacon.
http://dantedreams.com <-my webcomic
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Just reply back with what genres and styles you're into, and I'll try to give you the best comic(s) to suit them.
well, i can give you an idea of what i like outside of comic books. i've never read any of the xmen comics, but i love xmen. i used to watch the cartoon when i was in high school. joss writes xmen comics now, right? uh, i liked liquid television when i was in high school and watched all of the aeon flux shorts... is this giving you a good idea?
i have no idea where to start. i read a lot of scifi books, like frank herbert and ray bradbury and stuff. i like a lot of the movies that are based on comic books. is that lame? 
i loved the tnt show witchblade -- did anyone watch that? i heard the comic was so much better than the show. god, i feel so remedial. sorry guys, i'm trying to give you an idea. i like supernatural stuff, space stuff. does this help at all?
help me. i'm all ears.
thanks so much.
http://violetrix.blogspot.com
you won't remember anyway
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i like supernatural stuff, space stuff. does this help at all?
help me. i'm all ears.
Well I can think of a few:
Serenity (the 3-part miniseries from Dark Horse).
Astonishing X-Men (the new series from Joss Whedon, although its been on indefinite hiatus for about five months now, with no end in site).
Aeon Flux (the 4-part miniseries from Dark Horse, based on the movie).
New X-Men by Grant Morrison (issues 114-154, plus an annual). It's old stuff from a few years back, but in my opinion, it's the best X-Men stories in a long while.
Fables (from Vertigo, it has to be one of the top five comics out there right now. It's about all the classic fables characters from the old stories and are actually real and living in modern day NYC).
Watchmen by Alan Moore-widely considered the best comic ever written. A must read for any comic book fan.
The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, from Image Comics. It's a zombie comic that isnt really even about zombies. Widely considered to be the best indie comic out right now. Some of the best writing I've ever seen. Worth a look.
Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan. Hilarious and thought provoking. Centres around the last man on Earth and his pet monkey, who are the only two creatures to be a male on the planet.
"I aim to misbehave."
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thanks! i will check all of those out. i just picked up v for vendetta by alan moore. it is really good. i wanted to read it before the movie came out, but i really like his writing a lot.
thank you, thank you!
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violetrix, there are also a few miniseries you might want to check out:
Night Mary (IDW Publishing)
30 Days of Night (IDW Publishing)
Dark Days (IDW Publishing)- 30 Days of Night sequel
Remains (IDW Publishing)
Samurai: Heaven and Earth (Dark Horse)
Batman: The Dark Night Returns (DC)
Top 10 by Alan Moore (America's Best Comics)
"I aim to misbehave."
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