Comments on: Delving Into Comics

By: Chestnut

Chestnut — Fri, 08 May 2015 19:57:13 +0000

We'd leave them unbagged, etc. if it weren't for the fact that we have three cats obsessed with toilet paper and chewing on books. I can see comic books going REALLY fast if they get to them!

I do like the book formats, and would lean more towards those, but some (such as the Serenity comic I just got--unless it's a rare thing on Amazon or such) haven't yet been put in book format.

By: Chestnut

Chestnut — Fri, 08 May 2015 19:55:53 +0000

Oof! What a lesson to learn. :(

Yeah, I'd love to read all the X-Men, but based on how much there is, I think either a digital or cliffnotes version is probably better for me at this point, lol.

By: Chestnut

Chestnut — Fri, 08 May 2015 19:55:03 +0000

I think we have one of the Sandman books that I got for my husband for Christmas two years ago or so and he hasn't read it yet. So I might gank it.

I'll also look into Vertigo and Fables. I have not yet played Wolf Among Us, but have heard great things about the game and that it was somewhat based on Fables, if I recall correctly.

Thank you for all the awesome suggestions. :D

By: Chestnut

Chestnut — Fri, 08 May 2015 19:53:39 +0000

I think they're a neat genre, and in a way I wish there were more of them that appealed to me.

By: Chestnut

Chestnut — Fri, 08 May 2015 19:53:12 +0000

I'll have to look into them! 🙂 Thank you for the suggestion!

By: Vagrant Zero

Vagrant Zero — Thu, 07 May 2015 02:45:33 +0000

Why don't you try the new Marvel Star Wars and Darth Vader?

By: Rebecca Raven

Rebecca Raven — Thu, 07 May 2015 01:44:32 +0000

Nice! Thanks so much! Although when I'm playing my engineer, Hypatia, I worry about my bots during fights so don't know how I'd do with a pet. 🙂

By: C. T. Murphy

C. T. Murphy — Wed, 06 May 2015 21:18:45 +0000

I enjoyed collecting them as a kid and I love the universes, but I hate reading comics (or manga). I just can't get into it at all. I need it to be animated or just a novel, not the weird place in between.

By: Jeromai

Jeromai — Tue, 05 May 2015 00:07:01 +0000

If you're not fascinated with the whole individual comic collection aspect of it, I would recommend looking into either digital comics or a graphic novel which has already done the work of collecting a series of comics for you so that you can start reading immediately.

If you don't mind some adult themes, look into Vertigo Comics, which deviate from the standard superhero stuff by a fair margin and tend to be chock full of story.

The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman is an absolute classic. If you played or considered playing the Wolf Among Us by Telltale Games, and loved the setting, it's worth picking up Fables. If you watched the Watchmen movie, there's also checking out the Watchmen comic it was inspired by.

Ditto things like 300 or Sin City by Frank Miller.

By: Isey

Isey — Mon, 04 May 2015 17:57:50 +0000

Oh Comics. They break my heart now to think back on them. (sorry, I also have no suggestions.) I was an avid collector in high school - had tons of Xmen (100ish to 330ish), went through some fun glory years of publishing. When Image launched I had the #1s of all of their new titles - same with the Valiant launch. Every week we would rush to our local comic store on delivery day...

And then, I went to university. And to pay for it, I dropped off my comics at a consignment store. all my boxes. I went away to university, and when I came back at Christmas I got a nice cheque! When I came back the second time, end of year, the store was gone and so were all of my comics.

I regret that move now, obviously. Talk about a life lesson!

Sorry about your completionist nature - some of the older X-Men story arcs such as the Mutant Massacre are must read for Marvel universe.