Comics these days…
Marvel’s getting really smart…
check out their Free online comics.
an excellent way to get people interested in “reading.”
Qi dup:
I think you’re thinking about Joe Madura. If you like the Style, Uncanny X-men now features art by “international ((Manga)) superstar Kia Asamiya! Plus: what is Juggernaut’s dark secret?”
However if you want an edger read, I can’t recomend NEW X-MEN enough…
Spiderman:
The comic is making fair use of the attention granted by the movie’s success. There’s a LARGE variety of comics being published featuring the charactor.
With writers Like Kevin (DOGMA, CLERKS, CHASING AMY) SMITH, and J. Michael [i](Babylon 5) Straczynski there’s a concerted effort to make the series much more accessable…Plus there are plenty of fresh graphic novels available to remind reader what was so good about the comic. Consider the clone saga a thing of the past…I hope.
Also… I believe the writter of DEADPOOL is now writting JLA…
BONE… Yeah I just wish I could borrow a bunch froma a friend or something. I fear if I start reading it I’ll end up seeking to complete the “collection” which will be P R I C E Y… 
As far as those cassic Batmans and Daredevils… Check out some of the New Daredevil stuff… Kevin Smith wrote an Amazing Daredevil story that’s now in Tradepaperback from… a modern classic.
BATMAN was good about a year.5 ago… some of that stuff should be collected by now… Particularly the DETECTIVE comics of that time… if you’re into a back issue hunt.
Safe are “Gorazhde”:
was my intro to Joe Sacco… It’s not really kid stuff… some times heavy, but SOOO worth the read, just to see what comics are capable of…
Marshdrifter said:
These are often the same problems
that soap operas have. With each successive story arc, you need
to make the next one “better.” The challenges must be tougher,
the bad guys badder, &c. After a point, you end up with the
extreme situation where the authors clearly hadn’ t thought it
through
I tend to agree… and have since begun following writters more than titles, though I can’t help but check up on a much beloved charactor occasionally. However I think comic editors have learned quite a bit since then and writters tend to now be hired to work on “extended” story archs rather than just given a title to write indefinately. This may be a result of the tendancy to “collect” such story arches into Graphic novels. So the result is a greater sence of “completion” with-in various periods in the charactor’s life… when it works it works very well. When it doesn’t you can drop the title and chack it out again later when a new creative team has taken over…
The internet is a wonderful way of shopping for comics… Getting an idea of what’s out & what’s comming out. As well as finding some backstory on the creators. A comic shop owner will usually be more than happy to make some recomendations as well…
$10-12 bucks can go along way towards a weekend of comic reading. What with the holidaze comming wouldn’t it be nice to be a kid again even for 20 minutes…
I’ve reciently discovered the joy of passing on piles of comics I’ve culled from my collection to my girlfriend’s younger cousins (when My niece & nephew aren’t in town) which has placed this whole art form into a new light…
now, you’re homework assignment is to drop by the local comic shop and pick up something new…
Comeback when you’ve finished reading it and let us know…
- What was it?
- Was it worth buying?
- Will you buy it again?
- How was the story? Art? presentation?
:p
