The only thing I read regularly now is The Walking Dead.I use to have batman the killing joke first print when i was a teen, use to drive me insane anytime i seen the joker on some batman show or cartoon as some looney wimpy shmuck when he's really an insane killer.
I never buy comics anymore, just trade editions and graphic novels.
Batman: The Killing Joke is definitely my favorite, though I love The Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Year Two, and Gotham By Gaslight.
opt2not: You are correct, sir. Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown IS awesome.
I've also been buying The Dark Tower and Marvel Zombies hardcovers, but both of them have lost my interest over time.
Currently reading (while I await the next Walking Dead volume): Dylan Dog and Preacher
I use to have batman the killing joke first print when i was a teen
I never buy comics anymore, just trade editions and graphic novels.Ditto on this point,
- Fables (ongoing) - Stories featuring characters from traditional fairy tales that live in our modern day world after escaping from their individual worlds. (Ex: Snow White didn't really enjoy her time with the dwarves, Prince charming is kind of a womanizer having married and divorced several leading ladies, Little boy blue is kind of a badass that had to leave a lot of friends behind, story of the Frog Prince is sad sad sad...)
Have read:LT,
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It was then that I realized comic books would never be worth anything ever again. 18 years has past and I was right! :laugh:
Unlike arcade games and pinball, I actually managed to outgrow comic books. I have made my way through a couple of graphic novels lately, and they've been okay.
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Anyway at that time everyone was collecting these comics saying this was some epic time in comic book history and that these comics would be worth a lot some day. It was then that I realized comic books would never be worth anything ever again. 18 years has past and I was right! :laugh:Yep,
Of course Kick Ass Book 2 is a bit of a challenge to read namely because they never release the damn thing. It's been a solid year and we are only up to issue 3.
OT - Has anyone found a good frame for comics? I have a few Silver Age comics I would like to frame and hang in my "game room". I want something that will not damage the comic.
OT - Has anyone found a good frame for comics? I have a few Silver Age comics I would like to frame and hang in my "game room". I want something that will not damage the comic.
I just bought a few... the craft store chain Michael's sells a "Magazine Float Frame" under their "Studio Decor" brand name that are 11in x 13in, and it sandwiches the comic between glass. I have yet to get comics in them, and I am not putting anything very valuable in them (probably obscure Dark Horse stuff), but they seemed like a good way to go. I think they run about $10 normally, I got a bunch on sale for $4 a pop a few weeks back.
I also reccomend the Buffy Comics and to a lesser degree the Angel comics.The trade for FRAY is good if you like Buffy, Slayer story based in future.
DC universe is equally screwed due to "the new 52".If I were following the monthly books I would agree, but imagine this would be a great time to jump on if you liked characters but never knew where to start.
I liked this on-line comic strip my brother shared, someone translated it from Japanese to English. I'm not sure if there's more, check it out (scroll down to see the beginning of the comic)
http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=31&weekday=tue (http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=31&weekday=tue)
I also reccomend the Buffy Comics and to a lesser degree the Angel comics.The trade for FRAY is good if you like Buffy, Slayer story based in future.
Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, you guys weren't kidding about Fables. It's very well put together. Not at all what I was expecting. I'm almost finished with the first arc and it's safe to say, I'll be reading many, many more.:cheers: Thanks for the excellent recommendation. :cheers:
Glad you liked it!Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, you guys weren't kidding about Fables. It's very well put together. Not at all what I was expecting. I'm almost finished with the first arc and it's safe to say, I'll be reading many, many more.:cheers: Thanks for the excellent recommendation. :cheers:
:cheers: Good to hear. The "Jack of Fables" spinoff is worth reading also.
I was in the library today
One of my favorites is still the Infinity Gauntlet but I'm done with Marvel/DC until they charge less for a digital comic versus a Physical.
So I've begun to read Manhwa's and holy shinikies! In my top 5 of all time now rests "The Breaker" and "Veritas". Both series are just flat out epic.
So yeah, I'm reading Breaker: New Waves right now.
The Flash (Barry Allen), both for favorite and last read.
I also read the JLA (for Barry) ;D
The new stuff is good, but I always have a soft spot for the silver age stuff.
One of my favorites is still the Infinity Gauntlet but I'm done with Marvel/DC until they charge less for a digital comic versus a Physical.
So I've begun to read Manhwa's and holy shinikies! In my top 5 of all time now rests "The Breaker" and "Veritas". Both series are just flat out epic.
So yeah, I'm reading Breaker: New Waves right now.
I just re-read the Infinity Gauntlet cause my friend is going to dress up as Thanos for comic con. Such a great read. They just dont write comics like they used to. Well, not as often anyway. I just read Planet Hulk, and I thought it was a good read for a relatively "new" comic. Im going to pick up where it leaves off, with World War Hulk.
Spawn 1-5How come you stopped at 5 and didn't instead cutoff at 10? I thought issue #10 was really a interesting book featuring Cerebus and a lot of other Comic characters, at least in theory. Not necessarily an interesting SPAWN book mind you, and doesn't impact the overall story, but gives an interesting view of the industry and the beliefs held by Todd McFarlane and his cohorts that recently split from Marvel at the time.
My problem with Marvel/DC today is two fold:
- It costs just as much on release for a digital copy as it does for a physical. I understand you don't want to bite your bread and butter by undercutting them but this is the damn information age. The entire cost of printing that book should not factor into my cost for it digitally. While the price discrepancy is probably not huge we should be thinking green. If a released comic is $3, the digital should be at most $2.
- If I want to follow a specific comic, X-Men for example, I have to follow the cross-overs too. If I don't, things can change instantly when I go from issue 76 to 77 where in the middle, civil war bazillion killed off night crawler or something else ridiculous. So then I follow the crossover but to truly know what's going on I have to buy every damn lead in/tie in. So to know everything that happened in Cross Over X I have to spend $300+ on comics I don't give a crudmuffins about. It's stupid ridiculous. What happened to cross-overs that ONLY had one story line and one series. I harken back to the Infinity Gauntlet because it did it right.
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- If I want to follow a specific comic, X-Men for example, I have to follow the cross-overs too. If I don't, things can change instantly when I go from issue 76 to 77 where in the middle, civil war bazillion killed off night crawler or something else ridiculous. So then I follow the crossover but to truly know what's going on I have to buy every damn lead in/tie in. So to know everything that happened in Cross Over X I have to spend $300+ on comics I don't give a crudmuffins about. It's stupid ridiculous. What happened to cross-overs that ONLY had one story line and one series. I harken back to the Infinity Gauntlet because it did it right.
That doesn't bug me that much, but I haven't read any of the newer crossovers. I think crossovers can be good, they bring continuity to the whole universe across books and are a good way to check out books I otherwise may have overlooked.
I was a huge fan and collector in the 80s/90s. Haven't really read anything regularly since about 98. I did read all of The Walking Dead and Marvel Civil War recently. I enjoyed both. I think that the art and especially the stories have gone downhill for the most part in a lot of the regular series in both Marvel and DC. I stopped collecting regularly shortly after the Spider-Man Clone Saga. Now I strictly read the hardcover graphic novel collections. But I find myself buying the collections of old books more than current stuff. Like Marvel Masterworks and DC Archives.
I was mostly a Marvel guy but I did enjoy Batman and other occasional DC books. I still have all of my comics...about 6 long boxes full all of them bagged and backed too in great condition. I have been thinking about selling them because I really haven't even looked at them in 10 years. I have a crap ton of Spider-Man, X-Men, X-Factor, Avengers, West Coast Avengers, Spawn, Punisher, Captain America, Daredevil...the list goes on ..too many to name. Actually...I have a few from the Death of Superman era...I couldn't follow that story, it was kind of lame. And I remember everyone freaking out over that too saying it was going to be worth money. I knew it wouldn't be. The only ones worth any real money are the ones from WWII era and older. Ones from the 50s-80s can be worth something depending on what it is. But anything from the 90s on up aren't worth crap. Cover price usually. If you're lucky it might be worth $1-2 over cover price. I never collected them because they were worth something though. I liked the stories, and still do.
I hope they NEVER go an all digital route, that would be stupid. "Hey check out my comic collection, its on this flash drive". There will always be a comic book, there has to be. I want something tangible in my hand, I like to read print, and visit comic shops to peruse the books, and talk to people about the comics. I dont like the way the world is heading... :-\
A) I have no problems with comics being available digitally, but I join the hope that they don't go 100%. I've read some comics digitally, and it's alright, but much rather prefer in issue/graphic novel format.
I hope they NEVER go an all digital route, that would be stupid. "Hey check out my comic collection, its on this flash drive". There will always be a comic book, there has to be. I want something tangible in my hand, I like to read print, and visit comic shops to peruse the books, and talk to people about the comics. I dont like the way the world is heading... :-\
They said the same thing about record stores....
I hope they NEVER go an all digital route, that would be stupid. "Hey check out my comic collection, its on this flash drive". There will always be a comic book, there has to be. I want something tangible in my hand, I like to read print, and visit comic shops to peruse the books, and talk to people about the comics. I dont like the way the world is heading... :-\
They said the same thing about record stores....
I like comics because the art is fun and the stories are compelling, not because of the smell, or the clutter they create.
FYI Vigo, a CD is digital music, somebody has just burned it on a cd for you and inserted a snazzy little boolet for an obscenely high processing fee.
I think its awesome that I can get whatever I want from the comfort of my living room. The times we live in are the BEST, I can get whatever I want for a price I feel comfortable with instead of being at the mercy of the a-hole who used to run our local comic shop.
Although I haven't collected comics in years, I have pride over my small collection. I pull them out from time to time, read them, look up the values, yes-smell them. Even if I don't give a crap about the comic, like some valuable old richie rich comics I have. About the dumbest comic imaginable, but I still wouldn't part with them without feeling bad. I plan on parting my original X-men comics to my kid someday as a friggin' heirloom. You just can't have pride over digital comics, and no amount a special edition flash drives or dlc is gonna change that. With that said, I do begrudgingly read comics on my tablet. :(
I will not buy digital music....I still get CD's. yeah, I have to shop online for them most the time, but I have an extremely hard time buying something without a tangible medium.
I'm with mike. I should have been born in the 60's or something. I get more excited about finding a good vinyl record for my collection than take any real interest in any apps or facebook or texting.
Here's the solution and this is a free idea to DC, Marvel or anybody that listens. You know how blu-ray discs contain a code for a free digital copy of the film? Do the same thing with comics! Then I could buy a comic, open it to the code page, and shelf it.
:cheers: Hell yeah on the CD's, I do the same thing. Same exact thing, I have the same phobia of buying access to something. My friend just recently had to borrow a ton of my CD's cause his Ipod with ALL this music crapped out. Something was wrong with itunes, so he couldnt get all the stuff back.
Whats the big deal about space regarding the comics?! I have a couple long boxes and they dont take up that much space, granted I have a house, but doesnt mostly everyone here? 90 percent of you guys are in the midwest and land out there is cheap. ;) The wife getting mad at you reading an actual comic book is a little weird to me, no offense.