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Post by Reptisaurus! on Aug 30, 2015 18:30:47 GMT -5
The first Manga I read were Death Note and the Drifing Classrom. And I absolutely could not put 'em down. Those might be good starts for other people? Manga tends to focus on storytelling in the art over illustration, so I think once you get over the hurdles of reading backwards and different art styles it's easier to lose yourself in than American comics. (Also, it's much quicker reading, so you feel like a hero. "I read 200 pages in half an hour!")
Also Yotusba. If you don't like Yotsuba you are a bad person.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Aug 30, 2015 20:01:20 GMT -5
Death Note is somewhat bad, but it's very good at the same time, if it makes any sense  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2015 20:25:21 GMT -5
I think mainstream shared universe superhero is the only thing really outside my comfort zone, and I'm not about to start picking up Amazing Spiderman, I don't think. Maybe my Batman Chronicles, but that's hardly shared universe back then.
Also most manga. I think 70's-80's stuff is more palatable for me, but anything from the 90's on, odds are I'm not going to like it. Especially the mainstream non horror stuff. I have a couple Cowboy bebop volumes I've never cracked open though.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Sept 1, 2015 3:09:58 GMT -5
Also most manga. I think 70's-80's stuff is more palatable for me, but anything from the 90's on, odds are I'm not going to like it. Especially the mainstream non horror stuff. Most Tezuka stuff reads like the best of Carl Barks if not better. As for horror manga, I'd highly recommend Dragonhead and Uzumaki (I think it's also called Spirals), really creepy stuff with very good storytelling. |
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Post by coke & comics on Sept 5, 2015 17:43:15 GMT -5
There are particular comics or creators I've been avoiding for a while even though they are beloved because I wasn't sure I could get into them.
Charles Burns' Black Hole is an obvious omission. Too famous and beloved of a comic for me to have not read. It just doesn't look like my cuppa.
I had a hard time getting into Jimmy Corrigan, Smartest Boy on Earth. And haven't really checked Ware out since. May be the time to finally pick up Building Stories.
And maybe it will be a good month to dig into more Crumb. Been meaning to pick up Genesis.
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Post by coke & comics on Sept 5, 2015 17:44:33 GMT -5
Manga isn't a bad idea either. I've read some. Some Tezuka, Lone Wolf & Cub, Gon... but have avoided the more modern popular series like Dragonball or Naruto.
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Post by Trevor on Sept 5, 2015 17:54:25 GMT -5
Finally reading some more Peter Bagge, checking out some Hate today.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 5, 2015 21:21:33 GMT -5
Manga isn't a bad idea either. I've read some. Some Tezuka, Lone Wolf & Cub, Gon... but have avoided the more modern popular series like Dragonball or Naruto. You should probably continue to avoid them... both are super slow paced, they'll drive you crazy. If you want a modern popular series, try Attack on Titan (if you like Zombies), Deathnote (if you like cop shows) or Black Butler (sorta Victorian/Gothic) |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2015 23:10:53 GMT -5
I've not really read a lot of Disney Ducks, and funny animal is not a genre I often read, so I requested a couple of the Don Rosa Uncle Scrooge volumes the library had and will try to read through them this month for the challenge. I like what I have read of Barks and Rosa, just never really explored it outsider a FCBD edition or two and a random issue here or there for the most part.
-M
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Post by Trevor on Sept 6, 2015 6:48:28 GMT -5
I've not really read a lot of Disney Ducks, and funny animal is not a genre I often read, so I requested a couple of the Don Rosa Uncle Scrooge volumes the library had and will try to read through them this month for the challenge. I like what I have read of Barks and Rosa, just never really explored it outsider a FCBD edition or two and a random issue here or there for the most part. -M I envy you and your impending joy. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 1:31:38 GMT -5
Hadn't really ever read an 2000AD before, but have had the Robo Hunter Verdus trade sitting on my shelf for a while, so cracked it open and give it a go tonight/ I was familiar with Ian Gibson's stuff he did for DC but I liked his stuff here much better. The story was interesting, but reading the recap in a weekly series collected installment after installment got bit tedious and I glossed over it a lot. Some of it came across as too silly for me (the political parties in the robo Parliament and the robo-opoly game come to mind)to be effective satire, just too on the nose and lacking the subtlety that makes great satire work, so I am not sure I would track down more Robo Hunter stuff, but it was worth checking out just to see.
-M
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Post by berkley on Sept 9, 2015 2:21:37 GMT -5
Finally reading some more Peter Bagge, checking out some Hate today. I thought it was one of the best comics of its day for the first 10 or 15 issues or so, but I seemed to lose interest after that. Can't recall exactly what changed for me after all this time, though. Manga I've had a hard time getting into. Love what I've read of Lone Wolf (1st 3 or 4 volumes), but the more cartoonish stuff with the pointy chins and huge eyes is a turn-off for me, visually. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Sept 12, 2015 17:37:42 GMT -5
I interlibrary loaned Terry & the Pirates vol. 1 and 2. Hopefully they'll be here before the end of the month.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 12, 2015 17:39:38 GMT -5
I interlibrary loaned Terry & the Pirates vol. 1 and 2. Hopefully they'll be here before the end of the month. I love Caniff's work soooo very very much. If you like it his Steve Canyon is even more polished. And if you want to read one of his main influences, look for the book collecting Noel Sickles' Scorchy Smith. |
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Sept 12, 2015 18:49:45 GMT -5
Well my "comfort zone" is the big 2 superheroes, so I figure anything outside that fits. Have been avoiding those this month as I continue to devour Cerebus anyway, and have been concentrating on Image type books too.
Trying a lot of their newer series that I can read 5 or 6 issues of in a sitting, rather than month by month.
Also have to carry on the big Fables journey, though I've slowed somewhat there.
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