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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 21:06:45 GMT -5
What is your favorite genre in comics besides super heroes? Growing up I loved war comics. Today I find myself interested in old Archie & Harvey titles.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 21:24:17 GMT -5
Crime
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Post by Spike-X on Sept 3, 2015 21:31:27 GMT -5
I like a lot of comics that aren't superhero-focused, but I don't know that I have a preferred genre.
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Post by chadwilliam on Sept 3, 2015 21:46:06 GMT -5
Mine would have to be horror. While there are other genres out there, it seems that the horror subset remained strong regardless of who was doing the publishing. While I'm not really saying that horror provides greater variety than other genres, it does seem to offer wider possibilities even while adhering to a rather straight forward formula. I love Mad for instance, but I can't think of another publication that attempted humour without doing anything more than copying Mad as closely as they could. Whereas for whatever reason, I actually think some imitators of the EC blueprint for horror actually turned out better material on a not infrequent basis. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Sept 3, 2015 21:57:02 GMT -5
I'd have to say funny animal. Herriman, Kelly, Barks, Gottfredsen, Mayer, Saba, Sakai, Rosa and so many others (even Crumb, for heaven's sake!) have done spectacular work in the genre, much of which is still as fresh and timely as the day it was published.
Cei-U!
I summon the cool critters!
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Post by Jesse on Sept 3, 2015 22:06:08 GMT -5
- Horror
- Science Fiction
- Marital Arts
- Detective Crime Noir
- Spy
- Western
- Humor
- Slice of Life
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 3, 2015 22:24:07 GMT -5
I'm not sure I have a favorite genre. I do know that it's not super-heroes.
I really just want it to be well written.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 0:17:10 GMT -5
I read a ton of non-super-hero stuff in a wide variety of genres. I probably read as much, if not more, non-super-hero material than capes material now. Hasn't always been the case, but now it is.
Among my favorite genres would be:
1) sword and sorcery
2) crime/noir
3) horror
4) adventure (including spy fiction)
5) martial arts
6) science fiction
7) slice of life (particularly the Eisner type stuff like Dropsie Ave)
8) war
I am probably more diverse in the genres of comics I read than I am in prose fiction that I read these days, and definitely more diverse than in the types of movies and television I watch.
-M
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 4, 2015 1:43:04 GMT -5
I have no real preference, as long as it's well written. Living in the UK, superheroes have never been all that comics were about, for me-I grew up with anthology titles that featured a variety of genres, from war to sci-fi to juvenile humour, and I like them all.
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Post by batlaw on Sept 4, 2015 2:01:02 GMT -5
I guess I'd say sci fi. Then a dash of war, and sword and sorcery / fantasy, a hint of crime noir, and just a pinch of horror. I enjoy a greater variety of genres in other media but my comics are predominantly capes.
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Post by Dizzy D on Sept 4, 2015 2:45:09 GMT -5
I'd have to count, I don't think I am really genre focused, more on artist/writer, but Sci-Fi is probably the biggest chunk. Closely followed by Fantasy, Thriller/Crime, Humor and Historical Fiction. (In about that order). I like horror in regular prose, but I don't think I have much horror comics.
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Post by shaxper on Sept 4, 2015 3:04:30 GMT -5
Adventure, whether we're talking the Disney Ducks (it was their adventure stories that spoke to me; not the day-in-the-life comedy setups), Tintin and Snowy, or Usagi Yojimbo. And really, my favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy comics are all essentially adventure stories at heart too. Cerebus, Conan, Elric, Planet of the Apes, Kamandi -- all series that involved moving to new previously unknown regions, storyline after storyline, in order to keep things fresh.
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 4, 2015 4:39:41 GMT -5
Probably crime. I remember liking 100 bullets when I read it.
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Post by Warmonger on Sept 4, 2015 7:42:03 GMT -5
Sword and Sorcery
Conan the Barbarian, Lone Wolf and Cub, Samurai Assassin, etc.
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Post by MDG on Sept 4, 2015 11:41:50 GMT -5
Probably humor/satire, from Archie, to ducks, to MAD, to undergrounds, etc. Few things are more satisfying than a comic gag that actually elicits a laugh.  |
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