Post by Web Slinger on Apr 14, 2017 15:24:35 GMT -5
Hello.
I'm 20 years old and from Seattle, and I've been exploring my comic interests recently--although it's probably been a long time coming. I was really into Batman when I was younger (I wore the same Batman shirt all the time, I had a Batman lunchbox, I had a Batman-themed cup I drank out of...), and I vaguely remember watching the 90s movies on VHS. At some point not far into the future, I actually started drawing my own comic books about Sonic the Hedgehog. A couple years later, I started taking an interest in Calvin and Hobbes, which lead to my grandmother giving me all of her C&H books and me reading the Sunday comic pages whenever I had the opportunity. Later on, she gave me her Groo comics, which I quickly read all of, and her copy of The Killing Joke, which, in hindsight, probably isn't the best comic for a child. I bought some other random comic books over the next couple years, but it didn't go much further than that.
About two years ago, I discovered the Complete Peanuts reprints, which lead me to Fantagraphics, which managed to rekindle a once-faded interest. Most of my collection lies outside of the superhero genre (with cartoonists like Charles Burns, Peter Bagge, Robert Crumb, Daniel Clowes, George Herriman, Art Spiegelman, Jason, Chris Ware, Jaime Hernandez...), but I've found that I enjoy Silver Age comics quite a bit! I'm very taken with Steve Ditko (I just recently got the Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1 and Doctor Strange, Vol. 1 omnibuses, which are both so good), and I'm starting to check out more of Jack Kirby's work (the second Fantastic Four omnibus should be on its way to me soon). I'm finding myself drawn much more to Marvel than DC for this time frame because, while both had great artists, I think the writing is much stronger from Stan Lee and friends.
I'm still doing a lot of research and looking around, but I do have a list of other artists I like and want to look into more, which are: Gil Kane, Neal Adams, Gene Colan, Jim Steranko, Wally Wood (and the other EC guys), Carmine Infantino, Bernie Wrightson, and the John Romitas. There's also a handful of newer artists I'm interested in, like Tom Scioli, Darwyn Cooke, Evan Shaner, Francesco Francavilla, and Mike Allred. I've mostly stuck to the Silver Age because I tend to have problems with the Bronze Age and the Modern Age (the latter much more so than the former), and the art from the Golden Age seems to be a little rusty.
So, that's my story. Sorry if it was long--I figured I would just get it all out there at once.
Anyway, I look forward to hanging around and talking with you all.
I'm 20 years old and from Seattle, and I've been exploring my comic interests recently--although it's probably been a long time coming. I was really into Batman when I was younger (I wore the same Batman shirt all the time, I had a Batman lunchbox, I had a Batman-themed cup I drank out of...), and I vaguely remember watching the 90s movies on VHS. At some point not far into the future, I actually started drawing my own comic books about Sonic the Hedgehog. A couple years later, I started taking an interest in Calvin and Hobbes, which lead to my grandmother giving me all of her C&H books and me reading the Sunday comic pages whenever I had the opportunity. Later on, she gave me her Groo comics, which I quickly read all of, and her copy of The Killing Joke, which, in hindsight, probably isn't the best comic for a child. I bought some other random comic books over the next couple years, but it didn't go much further than that.
About two years ago, I discovered the Complete Peanuts reprints, which lead me to Fantagraphics, which managed to rekindle a once-faded interest. Most of my collection lies outside of the superhero genre (with cartoonists like Charles Burns, Peter Bagge, Robert Crumb, Daniel Clowes, George Herriman, Art Spiegelman, Jason, Chris Ware, Jaime Hernandez...), but I've found that I enjoy Silver Age comics quite a bit! I'm very taken with Steve Ditko (I just recently got the Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1 and Doctor Strange, Vol. 1 omnibuses, which are both so good), and I'm starting to check out more of Jack Kirby's work (the second Fantastic Four omnibus should be on its way to me soon). I'm finding myself drawn much more to Marvel than DC for this time frame because, while both had great artists, I think the writing is much stronger from Stan Lee and friends.
I'm still doing a lot of research and looking around, but I do have a list of other artists I like and want to look into more, which are: Gil Kane, Neal Adams, Gene Colan, Jim Steranko, Wally Wood (and the other EC guys), Carmine Infantino, Bernie Wrightson, and the John Romitas. There's also a handful of newer artists I'm interested in, like Tom Scioli, Darwyn Cooke, Evan Shaner, Francesco Francavilla, and Mike Allred. I've mostly stuck to the Silver Age because I tend to have problems with the Bronze Age and the Modern Age (the latter much more so than the former), and the art from the Golden Age seems to be a little rusty.
So, that's my story. Sorry if it was long--I figured I would just get it all out there at once.
Anyway, I look forward to hanging around and talking with you all.
