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I think it's time to to a Comic thread. I haven't seen one yet in this forum so I started one.

So I start with this already classic interactive Comic by Hoogerbrugge

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I'm reading through Persepolis again. It's slightly less interesting this time around.

I found a big box of my old Marvel comics recently, I've always prefered Marvel to DC especially when I was a kid.

I read Spider-Man: Reign, and many people compared it to The Dark Knight Returns. I guess on the basic level, it kind of was, but it also shared the same stupidity. Thirty years in the future, Peter Parker is a pathetic old man, who apparently killed Mary Jane with his radioactive sperm. Wouldn't have been so bad if they didn't play it so seriously.

I have all the big Alan Moore comics, the complete Sandman, Lucifer, Preacher and some of the better DC trade paperbacks.

I figure it's too late to start Marvel, and since they have a terrible direction I have no real drive to.

It's never too late to start Marvel. Which may be the problem.

These are the only comics I still find fairly entertaining.

I don't like comics. Except spy vs spy. and one or two one off comics. DC/ Marvel etc, sicken me.

It's been a long time since the last update, but it's really worth waiting.



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I assumed this thread was about Comedians... how I am disappointed.

there there

i've only read one comic in my entire life. it was a Viz comic.

I enjoy reading comics from time to time, but haven't in ages. I only own The Essential Spider-man, Vol. 1 & 2. I should probably get more.

I enjoyed The Sandman, Preacher, Watchmen, some of Hellboy, and BPRD's, and The Goon was pretty cool. I haven't touched a comic in quite a while, though.

I own The Absolute Sandman volumes 2-4. Goddamn 1 sold out before Amazon could send it to me.

One Piece kicks ass.

The first one almost convinced me to not read anymore. It has DC Superheroes in it, and it just seemed so out of place and jarring that I wasn't sure if I should continue. Luckily, Gaiman stopped doing that pretty quickly.

For me the series started the issue Death was introduced, and just got better from there.

<3 Death.

Yeah, the first storyline didn't grab me in when I first read it, but I like Gaiman (and I figured there had to be something behind the hysterical love so many people have for Sandman) so I stuck with it. Totally worth it.

I occasionally dip into my Flaming Carrot compilations.

oh yes!

I havent read comics.. Never been much into them. The only ones I knew of where the boring superhero ones... And I don't like superhero comics cos they go on and on and where the hell does one start?

Anyway, I read 'Bone', which was quite awesome IMO ^^ Also 'Billy the Cat'. The last one is really kidsy, but I read it as a kid, and it was really creative and fun.

In your face, serious comic readers!!!!!

And Katie!

I read The Maxx when I was younger.

Check this out. The SuperVillain. 5 artists for 5 weekdays, updating their comic every week.

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Did anyone collect the old thomas the tank engine comics that were published about 10 years ago? The other day I realised the girl I sit next to has the same ruler I got from the old comics, they only realised it once...weird

I like the one where Thomas fought Magneto. It was heart breaking the way Magneto used all of Thomas' metal against him.

Anyone else think that Calvin and Hobbes is the greatest comic strip ever created?

Yes.

I used to read 'The Beano' when I was young. I used to love it. :)

Since Calvin & Hobbes was mentioned:

As someone who's never read that strip before, is it worth buying the C&H complete collection? I've heard lots of good things about that strip, but pretty much always from people who read it while it was in print.

I'm just wondering if not having that nostalgia will affect my enjoyment of it.

The whole collection? Eh, I don't think so. I can imagine it would be pretty expensive. I'd start with Revenge of the Babysat or maybe Scientific Progress goes Boink!. Those are two of my favorites, but they're all great.

It's pretty save. But you can visit a comic shop first and run over the pages.

now by thinking back on the funniest comic strips I've ever read, The Far Side Comics are still hilarious. I love the humour of Gary Larson.

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Yeah, Far Side are probably a close second in my favorite comic strips. I just love how surreal some of them are.

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I need to buy a Far Side collection.

The complete collection is really only for the hardcore fans. The individual book collections are a better choice, cheaper, and you can see if you like it as opposed to paying a couple hundred bucks for something that's heavier than most TVs.

I like Calvin Hobbes' Revenge of the Baby Sat too! I got that one and Mutant Snowmen(something..like that) and The Days Are Just Packed. I love the art work. Bill Waterson, from my memory, is the name of the creator, and he creates cartoon and realistic hybrid images seamlessly. I love it. The Far Side is too dry for me, and I hate the artwork with the big body small head people.

Revenge of the Baby Sat is a good start. Not for any particular reason, it's just all-around adequate.

Thanks for all the Calvin and Hobbes advice, guys. There's no comic book shop near me unfortunately, but I did take a skim through Amazon's Look Inside feature, and it does look good.

I agree that maybe buying the Complete Collection is a bit expensive, but I'm looking at this list, and it looks like my only options are to buy each year's individual book or to buy the Complete Collection.
Thing is, the individual books are all priced between £6 - £10, and there's 11 of them.

If we're talking paper strips, Doonesbury kicks ass.

Also,

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