takingchase Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I know where all nerds here, who's into comics? I just started reading again and I can't believe how the level of quality has ramped up so much. It's every bit as addicting as collecting records. Thanks to half price books I've gone from no comics to about 5 longboxes in a couple months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokithelion Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Invincible. Seriously just buy everything now. God dammit it is my favorite book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takingchase Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Invincible. Seriously just buy everything now. God dammit it is my favorite book. I love Invincible or anything written by Kirkman. It's so awesome that the high school principle looks like Carl Winslow, is named Winslow, and the schools name is Reginald VelJohnson High plus all the Invincible trades are named after an 80's tv show. Have you read his Irredeemable Ant Man series? That was a good read also. _vinyl_junkie_ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I got into them about three years ago. I stopped because I was too busy with school. When I get back into them, first thing I am going to do is buy the last 20 or so issues of "The Boys" and catch up. That was my favorite book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japes Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Just do it. Read it right now. Any way you can. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takingchase Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 I'm definitely going to read Preacher and I'm about halfway through the boys right now. I'm starting to become a huge Garth Ennis fan. I'm realizing with the vast ammounts of arcs and different stories it's just a lot easier to follow certain writers as opposed to just reading full series and putting up with it when the crappier writers step in. I'm getting caught up in Greg Paks's run of Hulk right now, it's awesome to see someone actually write a good story about my favorite superhero when I was a kid. Pak seems to be an all around solid writer, I just read his mini series Magneto Testament and it was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjnlara Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I used to read ren and stimpy comics They were great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Been reading comics nonstop for pretty much my entire life. Recent stuff that I've really liked... Action Comics has been the best DC book since the Lex Luthor storyline began. Read the first Morning Glories TPB last week. It does live up to the hype! Everything in the Mignola universe has been great lately (Hellboy, BPRD, Witchfinder, Baltimore). Chew is still awesome! I've recently started getting into the GN's that Fantagraphics publishes by "Jason". Hey, Wait... and I Killed Adolf Hitler are what I read so far. Both highly recommended! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclz Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I think was a comic thread on here somewhere. Anyways, I used to read comics like 10-13 years ago, but I sold them all about 6 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk0nuggets Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 After fighting with the lame search function, I found the thread: http://vinylcollective.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldsteve Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 http://onceuponageek.com/images/starman_vol1.jpg Star Man 'Sins of the Father'. When I first read it, I wanted it to be a movie starring John Cusack. It would be perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I'm almost strictly a Marvel guy, mostly Spider-man books. I've been collecting for about 6 or 7 years and have over 1200 books. They take up quite a bit of space in my tiny studio apartment. And I adore the Scott Pilgrim books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Hey you comic folks, I'd like to get my 10 year old cousin some comics for Christmas this year, anyone got any suggestions that might be appropriate for that age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I would think that anything Marvel or DC is going to be fine. Probably not the Punisher. Stay away from the Vertigo imprint or the independents. Could probably think of a few more exceptions. Buy on ebay or an after market site. New comics sell for $3, then go for $1 on ebay (except for the hot storylines, but there are 100 that go down in price for every one that goes up). They are a pretty decent investment if you buy them at the aftermarket price, because you can almost always get your money back. If you are going to get any significant amount of books, get him bags and boards too (or books that come bagged and boarded). Teach him to read without manhandling the pages. I destroyed thousands of dollars worth of value in baseball cards when I was a kid because I didn't understand the concept of "it's almost worthless unless it is mint". Lastly, if you really just want someone to pick out stories, I haven't bought in a couple years so I don't know the current runs, but "Civil War" might be cool (because he could get all the Marvel heros in one book). I liked "all star batman & robin" and "all star superman" a lot. And I was going to work out a deal with this guy to trade records for comics but just got lazy doing the research on them. A lot of them would be good because they are decent sized runs that start with #1 (after a reboot, obviously not Captain America #1 from the 30s): http://boards.vinylcollective.com/index.php?/topic/80975-fsft-vinylcomicsshirtsposters-h2oalk3bctaldmdampbcafininratmb182mcrltj/#entry1325496 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maneatingcow Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Back in the mid 2000's when I was collecting comics I was addicted to Fables. These take Fairy Tale characters and just have just put a modern adult spin on the whole thing. Also there is a bit of a controversy because ABCs Once Upon a Time, ripped of Fables. I loved Marvel books, but Marvel is overwhelming, to many stories involve all the books while fun gets to expensive. Civil War was the last major event I read of marvel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnystorm777 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I have been reading Marvel forever, the avenger, X-men, spiderman. Also really like Chew and some other indy comics. I bought a sweet tablet and now I read them all on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Thanks Lebowski. I ended up with TMNT Micro-Series 1 - 4, which had a story per character. There was actually a whole slew of shit for a younger kid, including some rad Star Wars art but I picked the Turtles since my first comics were the original TMNT series way back when. Nostalgia won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Cool. I never read turtles but I loved the TV show. Pretty well known fact the original books were pretty dark. Not sure if this is what you bought. But I doubt it would too much for a 10 year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Not really into comics but LOVE comic book men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedeni Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I have been reading comics since I was a little kid in the late seventies. My collection got out of control so I mostly download and collect trades. I was pretty upset when I read what they did to Spider-Man. I recommend anything by Rick Remender and Johnathon Hickman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Cool. I never read turtles but I loved the TV show. Pretty well known fact the original books were pretty dark. Not sure if this is what you bought. But I doubt it would too much for a 10 year old. I started on the original. I didn't get those though, I got this new series on a different imprint. People seem to like them and the art style is very similar to the original. So I feel like I'm getting I'm getting him something true to what I started on, but updated a bit. It's not too dark for his age, but not a kids comic either, which is what I wanted. Didn't want to get him the McDuck or Sonic the Hedgehog shit, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureIsOutThere Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Currently reading Watchmen for the first time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Watchmen is awesome. So much detail in there that isn't in the movie. Thought I read somewhere that they were making a movie based on the "golden age" characters in that book? Like a prequel? I read V for Vendetta too. That movie and book are SO similar it kinda felt like a waste of time. Not enough different to justify the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedeni Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Some of the before Watchmen books that DC is doing are pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureIsOutThere Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Some of the before Watchmen books that DC is doing are pretty good. Do they do justice even though there is no Alan Moore involved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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