comics binge
Mar. 4th, 2011 08:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deird1The more I watch Linkara ripping bad comics to shreds, the more I feel like writing comics.
It's just... he'll point out that a plotline is really dumb, and I promptly think "He's right! It would work so much better if they started at the museum!" and before I know it, I'm mentally rewriting the entire thing and making it awesome.
Linkara also leaves me wanting to frantically read as many good comics as I can get my hands on - which it a pity, because it's really hard to find comics I like enough to spend $30 on. (Welcome to Australia, home of EXPENSIVE EVERYTHING.)
I know a lot about comics, but, actually, I haven't read very many. In fact, so far the comics I've read are:
- Asterix (fun, and I really should read them again now that I'm old enough to get the jokes)
- Tintin (most unrealistic ways to get out of danger EVER)
- Ultimate Spiderman (really fun - although I preferred the movies)
- Ultimate X-Men (interesting, but not enough to keep reading)
- Buffy season 8 (horrible in every conceivable way)
- Runaways (absolutely excellent, until they changed writers - Joss Whedon should seriously never be allowed near comics EVER AT ALL)
- Y The Last Man (kinda boring)
- Marvel 1602 (truly wonderful, but required an enormous amount of comic history knowledge)
- random issues from the Silver Age (usually featuring at least one person turning into a monkey, and really corny jokes)
So far, the ones that I consider to be worth at least $30 are Ultimate Spiderman, and Runaways.
...and I can't just buy a random comic in the hope that it might be worthwhile. I've tried that - and it never is worthwhile.
I'd also like to try Marvel Zombies and more of the Ultimate series, but that's all I've got. Anyone else have suggestions?
It's just... he'll point out that a plotline is really dumb, and I promptly think "He's right! It would work so much better if they started at the museum!" and before I know it, I'm mentally rewriting the entire thing and making it awesome.
Linkara also leaves me wanting to frantically read as many good comics as I can get my hands on - which it a pity, because it's really hard to find comics I like enough to spend $30 on. (Welcome to Australia, home of EXPENSIVE EVERYTHING.)
I know a lot about comics, but, actually, I haven't read very many. In fact, so far the comics I've read are:
- Asterix (fun, and I really should read them again now that I'm old enough to get the jokes)
- Tintin (most unrealistic ways to get out of danger EVER)
- Ultimate Spiderman (really fun - although I preferred the movies)
- Ultimate X-Men (interesting, but not enough to keep reading)
- Buffy season 8 (horrible in every conceivable way)
- Runaways (absolutely excellent, until they changed writers - Joss Whedon should seriously never be allowed near comics EVER AT ALL)
- Y The Last Man (kinda boring)
- Marvel 1602 (truly wonderful, but required an enormous amount of comic history knowledge)
- random issues from the Silver Age (usually featuring at least one person turning into a monkey, and really corny jokes)
So far, the ones that I consider to be worth at least $30 are Ultimate Spiderman, and Runaways.
...and I can't just buy a random comic in the hope that it might be worthwhile. I've tried that - and it never is worthwhile.
I'd also like to try Marvel Zombies and more of the Ultimate series, but that's all I've got. Anyone else have suggestions?