Lets Talk Comics...

[straight2video]

What comics is everyone into here? Some of my favorites are X-Men,The Amazing Spiderman, and Justice League of America...those are only three of my favorites what are yours?

[FanGirl]

Can you be more specific? Which X-Men titles do you read? Uncanny? Astonishing? Which Spiderman? Ultimate? Tangled Web?

My pull list in no particular order:
Daredevil
Punsiher (MK & MAX)
Astonishing X-Men
Green Arrow
Gotham Central
100 Bullets
Powers
Fables
Y: The Last Man
Tales of the Vampires
Tales of the Slayers

Justed picked up/Just started -
Army of Darkness: Ashes to Ashes
Superman/Batman
The Witching
Sleeper
Avengers: Dissassembled
Small Gods

I'm sorry Ryall - I tried Singulair 7, but just didn't dig it. I'll try each of the titles at least once. I did buy a 30 Days of Night graphic.

[code6enterprises]

I don't read a lot of them but I got into CrossGen comics last year.

[FanGirl]

You poor thing. I'm sorry. CrossGen is no more to pretty much no one's surprise.

[code6enterprises]

Yea, I know they're not around anymore, that's why I said last year.

[PftLBritt]

Don't forget the Indy titles like
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Queen &amp; Country
(Super) Hero Happy Hour
Love Fights
30 Nights
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As well as regular mainstream titles like:
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Birds of Prey
Nightwing
Flash
JSA
Teen Titans
Outsiders
Robin
Invincible
PvP
Liberty Meadows
Not to mention all of the Batman titles and Superman ones.
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So many comics, so little time..

[PftLBritt]

Hey, code6, which titles were you into through CG? Other than Code6...

[code6enterprises]

I read the Forge series. What are you talking about, "Code6"?

[FanGirl]

I left off PVP and (super) hero happy hour off mine. Had to remember them all.

[straight2video]

Can you be more specific? Which X-Men titles do you read? Uncanny? Astonishing? Which Spiderman? Ultimate? Tangled Web?-in response
i put that down as a general response, but i have been enjoying ultimate spiderman, and i read regular x-men i just finished reading the 3-4 "day of the atom" tommorow 4-4 comes out...should be exciting

[PftLBritt]

Oops. I thought that by your screen name that you were a fan of the CrossGen/CGE creator-owned imprint, Code 6 (http://www.crossgen.com/cgentertainment/data/default.asp?page=40.code%206.asp). Sorry 'bout that, Chief.

[u6ik]

At what age are you meant to grow out of reading comics?

[Dave]

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At what age are you meant to grow out of reading comics?

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I don't think you are ever meant to "grow out" of reading comics, althought i do believe that your preferences change over time. While a person might have started out reading and Archie and Jughead or Richie Rich comic, usually they move on to some other genre by their teenage year, and yet another genre by the time they are college age.

Now on to my current fav's:
Daredevil
Fables
Hellblazer
JSA (it's the one link I have left to Starman - however flimsy and fragile that link may be)
the Identity Crisis mini (although, is sort of wish this were an Elseworlds story)

Things i'm just getting started or re-started on
Ex-Machina
the Ron Marz Green Lantern
Swamp Thing

Things i'm looking forward to:
I Can't Believe it's not the Justice League (or in fact any soon to be cancelled book by Keith Giffen)

DW

[FanGirl]

I agree. Comics are a medium just like books, movies and television. You tastes in the kinds you enjoy will change. One of my friends thinks that reading comics is a sign of immaturity because she thinks all comics are like the Batman 60s televison show. She thinks the dialogue is all Bang! Pow!

On a happier note, I sat and got caught up on the current Superman/Batman storyline with Supergirl. Wow! I highly recommend. You can't convince me that there is anything more fun than Batman teasing Superman and vice versa. "Why don't you go play with your dog, Clark?"

[PftLBritt]

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Things i'm looking forward to:
I Can't Believe it's not the Justice League (or in fact any soon to be cancelled book by Keith Giffen)


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Dave,

Keith is not having anything more to do with DC concerning their superheroes. However, he does have a new book coming out in November called Hero Squared (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3901) through Atomeka. Looks real good and real funny. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[Dave]

Yeah, i've heard that. It was one of the reasons i wish Identity Crisis was an Elseworld book. Lets face it, DC has cancelled plenty of Giffen books in the past couple of years, so this isn't much of a loss i guess. I'm more partial to his non-superhero (or at least non-mainsteam hero) books. Vext was a riot. it was cancelled far too soon. And i was digging "Zodiac" too, but DC decided to publish it under the main DC banner instead of Vertigo where it belonged. sigh.

I will have Hero Squared on the ol' pull list though.

[PftLBritt]

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One of my friends thinks that reading comics is a sign of immaturity because she thinks all comics are like the Batman 60s televison show. She thinks the dialogue is all Bang! Pow!

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Why are people open-minded about so many other things but when it comes to comics, they fall back on the crutch that comics are for kids? My brother is very similar because when I mention comics, he always says that they are really repressed homoerotic latencies. Or maybe he does that just to push my buttons.

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On a happier note, I sat and got caught up on the current Superman/Batman storyline with Supergirl. Wow! I highly recommend. You can't convince me that there is anything more fun than Batman teasing Superman and vice versa. "Why don't you go play with your dog, Clark?"

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FG, did you read the first arc with McGuinness? There's some good quotes there, too.

BTW, I'm happy to see that there is a woman out there who does not mind having the word BIG (http://www.fanboyradio.com/columns_view.php?c=21) associated with her. Huzzah!

[FanGirl]

I had to order the first arc because my guy was sold out. Hopefully, they will be in today.

Yea, the abbreviation for my column is funny because it should be BYG not BIG, but whatever.

You're such a plugger! --- thanks!

[jjcourtright]

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While a person might have started out reading and Archie and Jughead or Richie Rich comic, usually they move on to some other genre by their teenage year, and yet another genre by the time they are college age.


[/ QUOTE ] Sadly, I jumped off the wagon not long after my Archie days. I got into some superhero comics, but mainly because they were given to me. I never sought out too many superhero comics. Now I am (very) sadly intimidated by the comic book shop in town. It seems very elitist. Shit is hard to find, kind of disorganized, I can't tell what is new and what isn't. I have tried to jump back on the wagon, but I am relatively clueless where to begin.

[FanGirl]

You should start back slowly with trades. Why only if there were some website that reviewed trades, hmmm... Oh wait there is: 4 Color Review (http://4colorreview.com/) . /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[code6enterprises]

Oh, shit, I didn't even know they existed. Code 6 is the name of my brothers old production company. Maybe I should think of a new name.

[PftLBritt]

jj,

Sorry that you feel that way about the shops. Those people who are in the stores give off the elitist attitude because they've been laughed at for a long time for liking comics. Then, they get pissed at new people who start reading comics because they feel like that the newies haven't somehow earned their right to read comics. They're also the ones who complain the loudest about disrespect towards comics because that no one appreciates them. It's a very sad downward spiral.

With that mini-rant out of the way, I would be more than happy to offer my services as the Shoot's resident comic book columnist newbie, if you want to get back into the fold. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[PftLBritt]

Thanks, darling, you're such a sweetie. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[PftLBritt]

Nah, leave the name the way it is. CGE is really isn't relevant anymore. Honor your bro.

[code6enterprises]

Yea, I guess your right.

[PftLBritt]

Code6,

Just wondering; wasn't it Ned Flanders (not his son Todd) who said the quote in your sig? I'm not real hip on Simpsons trivia so I might be wrong. /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Dave]

Nope, it was Todd, or Rodd i can't tell them apart, that said that quote.

[code6enterprises]

Homer had the big wad of candy and trash. And Rodd and Todd got stuck to the ball. He pulld one of them off and one of them said it. I think it was Todd.

[PftLBritt]

Yup you're both right; D'Oh, I'm an idiot. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[straight2video]

I totally agree, comics are just another form of media like TV. They don't get as much attention as other things in the media like movies of course...but if they did i wonder if they'd make a comicspoopshoot.com...just a thought

[rain_maker]

Any Scud: The Dissposable Assasin fans?

[u6ik]

...Let's say you get past your college years, into your 30s and 40s... Would it still be cool to have a stash of Spidey comics? I'm not so sure, though Schulz and his Penuts cartoons, he was about 80 when he retired (I know he's not really a comic book artist, but he was the only Realy Old cartoonist I could think of).

Maybe comics are cool forever?

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[PftLBritt]

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...Let's say you get past your college years, into your 30s and 40s... Would it still be cool to have a stash of Spidey comics? I'm not so sure,

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My friend (and I use that term very loosely), while I do not insult people without provocation, that last post basically told me that a small village somewhere is missing their local idiot. For example, I am currently well within those age parameters of which you spoke of and not only do I have a stash of Spidey comics but also of X-Men, Batman, Superman, and many others.

So, while you're still trying to imagine that you’ll reach that advance age, some of us are already there. To claim comics are not cool after a certain age is asinine and just plain stupid. Next time, try to think before posting.

[FanGirl]

Yea, you tell them Steve-Dave....sorry....reflex.

I have friends who aren't allowed to read their grandparent's collections of original Batman's and Superman's. Again, it's not an age thing at all.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

Man, I was getting ready to rip you a new one, but the last two posts slowed me down a bit. Just because I was born in the early seventies doesn't mean I don't love the things I loved in the earlier part of my life. Hell, every time I wear one of my Spider-Man shirts, people of all ages have to comment. If stories are good then the tales of heroics are timeless. Why is it o.k. for someone who is in his\her thirties to read a "Pern" book or even "Lord of the Rings" but no an "Amazing Spider-Man". It is all good vs. evil. It is all a modern myth. I didn't give up my imagination and enjoyment of fun, just because I am old enough that my insurance rates went down.

[PftLBritt]

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Yea, you tell them Steve-Dave....sorry....reflex.

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Thanks, FG. You really know how to make a guy feel good.

That's right, say it loud.
I'm a fanboy and I'm proud.

[DangerSeeker]

I dig... dug SCUD. Also on the "gone too soon" list is MAJOR BUMMER. So damn funny.

Most of my faves have been covered, I think. I don't recall seeing THE LOSERS or HUMAN TARGET, but man I hope they go on forever.

As for Identity Crisis, why don't they just release the Justice League book with a note that those events take place before IC? Sure, seeing Sue in there would be pretty unsettling (especially after issue 2) but it could still be a good read.

[Dave]

I'm sure that's what they will do, but my concern isn't really that Mini, but the effect that IC will have on the characters after it's done.

[FanGirl]

I'm more interested in what "War Games" is going to do in Gotham. I picked it up last night, but haven't read it yet. I hope it's as good as "No Man's Land," but then again what can be?

[straight2video]

Very true, but I do think that it depends on the persons interests when they reach their 30's and 40's. Like BrittDaShit, he is in his 30's 40's and his interests have not changed, but other people might "outgrow" comics or find them childish (the idiots) and give up on comics...it all depends on the person.

[DangerSeeker]

I get all my books a week late (long story) so I wont know what happens with the Bat-stuff until it's old-hat for all of you. Dang. I'm a pretty avid Bat-fan, too. I even suffered through the last arc of Gotham Knights, just because.

[PftLBritt]

Hey Danger,

If you want to get a leg up on War Games' first two issues before you get them, take a look over @ 4-Color Review (http://4colorreview.com/index.php?cat=17).

[FanGirl]

They may also grow out of watching televison or going to the movies. Comics is a medium just like the others. Cartoon were originally intended for adults and never meant for children, but that's what they became and now with Family Guy, South Park, Adult Swims's whole line up, etc. They are more geared towards adults.

What's your point exactly?

[straight2video]

I love adult swim...

[u6ik]

Britt -
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Next time, try to think before posting.

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That would really take the fun out of it. Thinking before posting? I don't think sooo.

If you don't air your views noone knows what you're thinking. If noone knows what you're thinking, they don't get to comment on your views, to challenge and educate you. Live in a shell of your own delusions if you like, but I prefer to interact, learn a little and have fun on the way /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif

(Wow Tex... Almost disappeared up my own arse there /forums/images/icons/grin.gif )

[straight2video]

His point is is that you should think about what your going to say so the thread is not filled with stupid thoughts and comments...and just for the record it is writtin like this: no one; noone is a time of day, I'll bet if you would have thought of that before you said it you might have writtin it correctly /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[Razorback]

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noone is a time of day

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On what planet?

[u6ik]

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noone

[/ QUOTE ] Straight2Video - Well, yes I believe you are correct. 'No one' is the way forward... but you've just validated my point! Today I learned something! If I hadn't shared those thougths I'd still be ignorant to the noone/no one fact. /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif

Oooh, you're goin' straight to hell for that one!"
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[FanGirl]

Ahem, getting back on track....

I read the 12 cent Batman and the first War Games. Looks interesting. It's got that "No Man's Land" feel to it. Anyone else picked it up yet?

[PftLBritt]

Yeah, it was pretty good. Detective 797 was also good but was used more for the furthering of the overal plot. Tho, I was disappointed with having a non-related backup story in Detective.

Saw the first looks for next week and it looks like the suits are mucking with the product. Ugh.. /forums/images/icons/mad.gif