Comic maker preference
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Comic maker preference
I have question to all you comic book readers which company do you prefer?
I have that when I first began to get into comics I prefered marvel but now, I like the older DC comics.
I don't mind Image or it's spinoffs but they fee it'sl...sterile of late and uninspired.
So whom do you like?
I have that when I first began to get into comics I prefered marvel but now, I like the older DC comics.
I don't mind Image or it's spinoffs but they fee it'sl...sterile of late and uninspired.
So whom do you like?
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I used to be a Marvel fan when I was a kid, now I stick mostly to DC. Actually, I've become a complete DC fanatic, and in a year's time I've more than doubled all the Marvel comics I've ever owned.
I read certain titles from various companies. The only Image title that I still read is Spawn. And that makes one of the 8 people who still read that book, period.
However, my all-time favorite comic is an Image book. The Maxx. And a damn fine comic, it is.
I read certain titles from various companies. The only Image title that I still read is Spawn. And that makes one of the 8 people who still read that book, period.
However, my all-time favorite comic is an Image book. The Maxx. And a damn fine comic, it is.
I used to be a hardcore Marvelite. Over the years, my preference has changed to DC. I find myself becoming very fond of two titles in their Vertigo imprint, in particular...
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grew up mostly marvel, still buy mostly marvel but i think DC is doing the better job right now..... i blame the cocaine marvel puts into each page.
i might drop everything marvel besides new and maybe young avengers. and get all that DC countdown spinoff stuff.
i might drop everything marvel besides new and maybe young avengers. and get all that DC countdown spinoff stuff.
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Originally posted by Hound
I probably read more DC than anything else but my favorite is going to be whomever ends up publishing the Miracleman reprints and the last arc by Gaiman. Can't wait...
Switch "Marvel" for DC and that's pretty much me... a few years ago [c. 1999/2000], Wildstorm had the best bunch of writers and artists in the world, but they've gone to pot since.
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Originally posted by Denyer
America's Best Comics are also generally offering some decent titles.
"generally"? Name a title that isn't at least better than most...
DC pretty much has the market cornered for the best stories when you consider Vertigo and Wildstorm are part of the company.
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Originally posted by Zisteau
I read stuff because its good, not because of what logo in in the upper left corner.
Here's a question then from a non-comic buff -- how do you know what's good and what isn't? Do you read the book while it's on the shelf at your book store or comic shop? Do you wait awhile, then buy it after hearing the reviews? Or do you just buy something anyway and take a gamble as to whether it's good or not?
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Good questions, I think I'll butt in and answer them...
You don't. Not til you've read it at least, nothing can change that.
I don't, the guy at my local shop would probably let me but I hate it when someone comes into my work and asks where the maps are and then looks at it and doesn't by it. It's not a library it's a place of business.
I rather tend to trust the word of people whom I'm more personally acquainted to. With comics that tends to be Maki and the asst. manager at my local shop.
Sometimes. In those instances it depends on the character(s) that star in the book. I read Aquaman's current title because I love the character and for no other reason.
Most of the time it comes down to the creative team and 75% of the time the writer.
Well actually, for the last few years it's been a list I picked up out of an old Wizard magazine. I made a thread about even, "40 greatest comic book stories". Anyway, I'll find a story from the list and if it's really great I'll go buy as many comics written by the same writer as I can find in trade paperback.
Originally posted by Civ
Here's a question then from a non-comic buff -- how do you know what's good and what isn't?
You don't. Not til you've read it at least, nothing can change that.
Do you read the book while it's on the shelf at your book store or comic shop?
I don't, the guy at my local shop would probably let me but I hate it when someone comes into my work and asks where the maps are and then looks at it and doesn't by it. It's not a library it's a place of business.
Sometimes, though I don't generally trust reviews. Well, not from professional critics anyway, I tend to think of them as pretentious egotists. Yeah, it's a bias of mine.Do you wait awhile, then buy it after hearing the reviews?
I rather tend to trust the word of people whom I'm more personally acquainted to. With comics that tends to be Maki and the asst. manager at my local shop.
Or do you just buy something anyway and take a gamble as to whether it's good or not?
Sometimes. In those instances it depends on the character(s) that star in the book. I read Aquaman's current title because I love the character and for no other reason.
Most of the time it comes down to the creative team and 75% of the time the writer.
Well actually, for the last few years it's been a list I picked up out of an old Wizard magazine. I made a thread about even, "40 greatest comic book stories". Anyway, I'll find a story from the list and if it's really great I'll go buy as many comics written by the same writer as I can find in trade paperback.
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Originally posted by Cliffjumper
I'll say Tom Strong... never really found that interesting - ooh, Moore's sending up the Silver Age. Repeat for fifty issues or whatever. Grrr-eat.
Blasphemy! It's not just Silver Age for it's own sake. It's the style and dynamics of that era that work wrapped around a character and stories that are genuinely interesting.
So there!
You've read Tom Strong? Didn't like it?
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The bargain auction copies of the first four issues I got convinced me to check out more sometime... I suspect it's like most ongoing series; decent start but tapering off...Originally posted by Cliffjumper
I'll say Tom Strong... never really found that interesting - ooh, Moore's sending up the Silver Age. Repeat for fifty issues or whatever. Grrr-eat.
Same reason I don't plan on chasing Hitman past about the first 20 issues.