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Yeah so a general thread on all things comic! From web to print to digital however and whatever kind of comic you read come share!
What you're reading now; what you've read - what you've found great and which ones you'd think are best avoided too.

I read a few online comics and the choice ones I'd suggest others check out are:

Girl Genius http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021104#.XC6qHVzAO1s
Enter a world of men, monsters, mad science, madder scientists and general crazy stuff! Sold artwork and a great long story arc that is well delivered with lots of twists and turns along the way. It's still going strong 3 days a week and hasn't got any sign of coming near an end.

I'd also suggest checking out the creators earlier works such as their Buck Godot comic series, though the "other works" link on their site appears be broken.

GunnerKrigg Court https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2
Welcome to school, if school is a vast city on the edge of a mysterious magical woodland. Whilst this might sound cheesy (and has been known to be such at times) its really not. Another great long story line woven into a series of adventures. The longer it goes the more mysteries and secrets one starts to find. The artwork also evolves quite a lot through this one, the earlier pages having a slightly simpler, but very stylish tone that isn't lost, just advanced through the years.

Wildlife http://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/1
Much newer (and thus shorter but still ongoing) than the other two, this is a tale of magic in the modern world. It's got its feet under it, but is still going through its earlier days and setting itself up well for some great storylines. Looking forward to seeing this one evolve further.



In print - or rather digital as that's where I tend to read them - I've got a whole host of comics that have caught my eye. A few of the choice ones I'm currently reading/would strongly recommend are:

Uber - It's near the end of WWII and the germans intercept a strange message from space that contains within it the secrets of genetic alteration. This is a big series still ongoing with a second volume and is a joy to read. A wide cast, this story doesn't so much as follow one character as it does chronicle the wartime period from the view of different forces taking part. Thus you get to meet a selection of peoples brought from different sources to the war and the changes being made. The artwork is great and conveys the twisted and often gruesome powers that are unleashed.
Uber Invasion is the second volume.

Yiu (complete finished) - if you like any of the high detail gothic 40K style artwork the Yiu is worth reading just for the artistic display alone. The story is a solid tale woven into a heavy religious setting of a futuristic world gone slightly mad. This is a real joy to read as the lead character struggles through a dark world that is drawn with such a great gothic style!
Note far as I can find out this isn't printed in English - or if it is then its had a very limited run so digital only.

Izuna (published in 4 digital or 2 print volumes so far). Mystical takes from the east this is a real beauty of a comic in terms of the artistic style and quality. A great read as one arrives in a realm undergoing great change as the magical spirits of the world come under threat whilst humanity marches ever on with its advances. Really enjoyable series!

Saga I will be totally honest and say don't look at the preview artwork. Oh its not bad, in fact some might love it, but its strange, its odd, its sometimes a bit crazy in style choices. However this is masterwork of storytelling in comic form. A very popular and highly rated series by mane this is well worth looking into for a powerful story of multiple characters set in a universe at war between two powers who have been at war so long they've almost forgotten reason for the continuation.
I originally passed this by as the preview art wasnt' quite what I'd normally reach for, it was almost my loss until I got a copy through one of the comic bundles that came up - now I can't wait for each issue/volume.

]Elves - each comic in this series is a work of art. A very powerful and strong artistic style that focuses on high detail in each cell. Each issue is a story unto itself and is fairly stand alone. They've also done a selection of other comics and I'd strongly recommend checking out works by the publisher (Dwarves, Inquisition, Druids to name a few others).

If you haven't taken a look at "Klaus" from BOOM! Comics? I highly suggest it.

Grant Morrison essentially sets it up as what Santa Claus does the other 364 days of the year which is fight monsters.

The only comic that I've ever really read is Judge Dredd, which I've read almost in its entirety.

I started reading Kill 6 Billion Demons a couple of years ago, but as a free web comic only a couple of pages were released every once in a while so I ended up losing track of it.

This should be in the Geek sub-forum!

 Alpharius wrote:
This should be in the Geek sub-forum!

And so it was written...

I'll second Saga. It's pretty incredible. Generally speaking anything by Brian K Vaughn is more than worth your time. Paper Girls is another example of a great series, though it takes quite a while to click.

I've been enjoying Skyward. It lacks nuance in its characters in places, but its a really cool premise that's begging to be made into a show or film.

And in the realm of Super Heroes....

Geoff Johns is somehow pulling off a Watchmen sequel/crossover.

Tom King's Batman tends to wax poetic rather than tell a story at times, but he gets the characters and seems pretty dedicated to making them better. Heroes in Crisis is similar in a lot of ways.

Grant Morrison's new run on Green Lantern is pretty out there as you might expect. He takes the "space cop" angle very literally to good results.

I haven't been keeping up with Scott Snyder's Justice League but I really need to get caught up. He's another author that rarely lets me down. Metal was.... metal.

I swear by Fables. If anyone has not had the pleasure to read Fables it is currently complete with lots to read and just great all around.


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To add to that, The Unwritten is a super weird but pretty great trip through literature and "world is fiction". It does end up having a cross over with Fables but due to the nature of fiction it's not needed to read Fables and reading it doesn't really spoil anything from Fables.

Webcomics.

Gunnerkrig Court - Already mentioned in the OP, but a well written comic with a rewarding attention to detail that sometimes doesn't become apparent until a few years later.

Oglaf - Cannot link here, because of all the nudity. Basically a gag comic with a lot of nudity thrown in that somehow manages to be funny on a weekly basis.

Huh, thought there were more, but not as many as I used to read as most of the old staples have for me personally either grown stale, gone off the deep end or whatnot.

Non-webcomic front.

2000AD - British weekly anthology comic, home of Judge Dredd and those other characters. Due to the anthology nature of the mag, each week there's four or so different stories, either self-contained or weekly updates with a steady variety in who's featured. Plenty of big names do the art and writing, including a lot of Abnett, who you writes it when it involves a lot of fake or bleeped out swearing.

Giant Days - Originally a spin-off of the webcomic Scary Go Round, it has turned into an excellent monthly comic following the misadventures of Ester de Groot as she goes to university, makes new friends and more often than not acts like a massive bellend. We may or may not be nearing the end with this one, so it'll be interesting to see where it goes from here as it was fun to see the characters grow and change over time. Fun cast, witty writing and some feels sprinkled in as well.

Manga.

Golden Kamui - Gold rush in pre-WWI Japan. A veteran of the Russo-Japanese war wants to find gold to send the widow of his best friend to America for eye surgery. Instead of finding gold he stumbles across a plot involving tattooed prisoners, the army and former Shinsengumi all searching for a massive hoard of gold stockpiled by the locals. It's an epic that goes places and gives an interesting insight into that era of Japan and Ainu culture.

Kingdom - Need to pick this one up again at some point, but a massive epic about the Warring States era China went through.

Silver Spoon - Yuugo is miserable after failing his entrance exam and wants to get away from his family, so he moves to the boonies and joins a farming college, hoping for an easy life but the city slicker soon learns otherwise, makes friends and finding his place along the way.

Kumo desu ga, nani ka? - I've come to loathe the isekai genre a lot, but this is an exception of sorts? Not sure why, but watching someone reincarnate in a game as a lowly spider instead of Lord Kiroto Christ saviour of Aincrad and have an initial hard time surviving even her siblings turned out to be more fun that I initially thought it would be. This may also be due to the character being a blatant min-maxer doing everything she can to power her way through whatever is thrown at her for her own sake and survival, not to build a harem or that rubbish.

I also read Oglaf. (My Avatar picture is from it) I have been meaning to order a Sithrak shirt for awhile now... I should get around to doing that.

2000AD is about all I read in comics these days.

It's my antidote to Marvelitis.

Mainly DC Rebirth in TPB for me these days. So far, I've enjoyed the vast majority of what I've read. James Tynion's Detective Comics and Dan Abnett's Aquaman have been great so far, and the Jessica Cruz/Simon Baz Green Lanters run is some of the best GL since Geof Johns stopped writing the New52 run a few years back.

My favourite thus far though is probably Dan Abnett's work on Titans. It's an incredible take on the team with a good lineup, really nails the very human, family dynamic without ever going into teen drama territory and nonetheless manages to tell stories as epic as anything the League runs can offer. I've only got one volume left with this team lineup (though believe Abnett is still writing after the change) but it's shaping up to be my favourite run since Johns' N52 Justice League.

 LunarSol wrote:

I haven't been keeping up with Scott Snyder's Justice League but I really need to get caught up. He's another author that rarely lets me down. Metal was.... metal.

I read the first volume of that a couple of days ago, I found it... big, I guess is the best word for it. Very well-written and good fun, but it definitely seemed to be the first part in a bigger story so there was a lot of loose ends, and within the first 6 issues you've got Crisis-level stuff being set up, maybe a little too soon after Metal and No Justice. Still though, it's a vast improvement over the Hitch run on JL, which I really hated. Hitch seemed to write his scripts without caring about which character he was actually writing, so you have Batman doing Star Wars jokes and other such silliness which stripped away all sense of character...


I've also been reading a bit of Marvel via Prime Reading/Kindle Unlimited, currently working through the first collection of the Christopher Priest Black Panther run, which is great. After that, I plan to look at some of the more recent Spidey stuff, since I haven't really read any up-to-date-ish Marvel since around the Civil War days (which in my head was still quite recent, though I realise now was over a decade ago...)


On a comics-related note, I also picked up two books, Mythology and Marvelocity, which collect the DC and Marvel (respectively) art of Alex Ross, who to my mind is just about the best artist to have ever worked in the medium. Full of sketches, photos, models and paintings, the books present his art as best it can be short of a gallery, and are a really nice collection to have. If you like Kingdom Come, Justice, Marvels ect, or his incredible painted covers, the books are a must-have.

Currently liking the Morrison take on Green Lantern

kind of fond of Sword Daughter as love me some Viking Age tales

jury still out on the Vertigo relaunches

Loving both of Bendis’ current Superman stories. I know people give him crap for how he writes dialogue, but I quite enjoy it.

Saga is good, but dropping that giant bomb at the end of the last issue like they did and then announced a year long hiatus was just mean. Seriously.

Infamous Iron Man was good. Doctor Doom achieves godhood, and finds its not all that fulfilling. Decides to try the hero thing, and takes up the Iron Man mantle in place of the comatose/may as well be dead Tony Stark.

Rat Queens is good. Vulgar, but good. Basically a world of DnD adventuring parties. Very stupid, quite funny. Primary complaint, not enough Daves.

Rat Queens is great fun but I wish they'd get over their current arc and get that missing (in digital format at least) issue published from their first volume. It's seemed to be on a bit of a trip with itself and, abit like Looking for Group, seems to have lost its own story in its own subplot stories and such.

Granted I'm aware there was some major upheaval with the artist originally doing the comic which messed up the first volumes release somewhat.

 LunarSol wrote:
Geoff Johns is somehow pulling off a Watchmen sequel/crossover.

Tom King's Batman tends to wax poetic rather than tell a story at times, but he gets the characters and seems pretty dedicated to making them better. Heroes in Crisis is similar in a lot of ways.

Grant Morrison's new run on Green Lantern is pretty out there as you might expect. He takes the "space cop" angle very literally to good results.

I haven't been keeping up with Scott Snyder's Justice League but I really need to get caught up. He's another author that rarely lets me down. Metal was.... metal.

Snyder's JL is definitely very imaginative and out there, continuing the 'can't-really-get-bigger-than-this' storytelling from Metal. Who knew Snyder had this stuff in him, after all those years of grounded Batman stories?

Tom King's Mister Miracle is my favorite comic of 2018, and perhaps of the last few years. Instant classic. His Batman is a little hit and miss, but when he's on target, it's sensational. "Date Night" is one of my favorite Batman-Superman stories ever.

And yeah, I think Doomsday Clock is Geoff Johns' magnum opus.

I do like that most people are focusing on what they like, versus what they don't like which, of course, other poeple might actually like - well done Dakka, well done!

Roll on 2019!

I pared way back years ago, but when Marvel announced the return of the Fantastic Four (I'm sure getting the rights back at about the same time was merely a coincidence! ), well, I'm picking up a few titles from them and DC now, and reading a bit more via the digital side as well.

AduroT wrote:Loving both of Bendis’ current Superman stories. I know people give him crap for how he writes dialogue, but I quite enjoy it.

Saga is good, but dropping that giant bomb at the end of the last issue like they did and then announced a year long hiatus was just mean. Seriously.

I haven't been keeping up with Superman, mostly because I'm not all that invested in "what really happened to Krypton" stories, but I did read some of the early ones and really liked how Bendis focused on Supes going for bigger words in his inner dialog. I think its hugely important to focus on Clark to write good Superman stuff and remembering his passion is really in his writing is a great step in that direction.

By now the Saga mic drops are so reliable that when they happen, I'm almost as upset knowing I'm not going to have more Saga for a while as I am about the character we lost.

gorgon wrote:
Tom King's Mister Miracle is my favorite comic of 2018, and perhaps of the last few years. Instant classic. His Batman is a little hit and miss, but when he's on target, it's sensational. "Date Night" is one of my favorite Batman-Superman stories ever.

Date Night is pretty incredible. Generally speaking the big disappointment from the wedding is just how well Tom sold us on the idea. I'm not too judgemental of that specific moment yet, as despite the "gangs all here" panel being a little heavy handed, it gets across the point that the wedding is more the start of something than the end, and I'm very curious to see where it goes. I really want to see how far King's general "this isn't healthy" attitude towards superheroes takes him.

Jokes and Riddles is also pretty up there in my list of things I want to see adapted into a movie, animated or otherwise. It kind of suffers from a not terribly iconic Riddler and the same problem that makes the end of Harry Potter not work terribly well in film (the punchline is fairly elaborate and kind of requires someone explain it) but I LOVE it as something of an origin story to the modern Batman/Joker relationship.

Alpharius wrote:I do like that most people are focusing on what they like, versus what they don't like which, of course, other poeple might actually like - well done Dakka, well done!

Roll on 2019!

I pared way back years ago, but when Marvel announced the return of the Fantastic Four (I'm sure getting the rights back at about the same time was merely a coincidence! ), well, I'm picking up a few titles from them and DC now, and reading a bit more via the digital side as well.

One of the best things about comic discussions is that it generally takes a LOT of effort to keep reading something you don't enjoy.

Hickman is an author I slept on I need to go back and play catch up. He's on my list of authors I follow fairly blindly at this point, but I need to go back and read the stuff I missed before he hit my radar. Definitely been happier with comics since I started following authors instead of characters in general.

 gorgon wrote:

 LunarSol wrote:
Geoff Johns is somehow pulling off a Watchmen sequel/crossover.

Tom King's Batman tends to wax poetic rather than tell a story at times, but he gets the characters and seems pretty dedicated to making them better. Heroes in Crisis is similar in a lot of ways.

Grant Morrison's new run on Green Lantern is pretty out there as you might expect. He takes the "space cop" angle very literally to good results.

I haven't been keeping up with Scott Snyder's Justice League but I really need to get caught up. He's another author that rarely lets me down. Metal was.... metal.

Snyder's JL is definitely very imaginative and out there, continuing the 'can't-really-get-bigger-than-this' storytelling from Metal. Who knew Snyder had this stuff in him, after all those years of grounded Batman stories?

Tom King's Mister Miracle is my favorite comic of 2018, and perhaps of the last few years. Instant classic. His Batman is a little hit and miss, but when he's on target, it's sensational. "Date Night" is one of my favorite Batman-Superman stories ever.

And yeah, I think Doomsday Clock is Geoff Johns' magnum opus.

I didn’t care for the main Metal storyline* and I’m not super fond of the current JL one either. Metal was a constant series of This is our only hope! Haha your hope was actually part of our dastardly plan all along and you’ve only helped us! Ok, now This is our only hope! Haha that was Also part of our dastardly plan all along! repeated each issue right up until they Dues Exed the ending. Justice League is continueing down that same path now as well. It’s also not helped that I rather liked Lex Luthor as “Superman” and the dramatic character shift he took towards Doom felt so forced.

*the one-shot intros of the Dark Knights were all crazy good though. Like, incredibly dark of course, but disturbingly entertaining.

Jokes and Riddles was pretty excellent. I've not read the rest of the King run but that one in isolation works brilliantly, and to top it all off, King manages to make Kite-man of all people a tragic hero of his own story-within-a-story... Top stuff.

I kind of wish they'd gone through with The Wedding, just because it would be the biggest 'new thing' for Batman since Snyder worked in The Court of Owls so brilliantly. I'll withhold judgement until I've actually read it though, as King definitely has a knack for really showing an understanding of his characters, so I trust him to have done it well rather than have it be a total cop-out.

Glad to hear good things about the Bendis Superman runs, I enjoyed his work on The New Avengers back in the day and rather like his style. Likewise Doomsday Clock, I love Johns' work and love Watchmen so it's good to know the two go together well, I look forward to reading when it comes out in trade. Is it more sequel to Watchmen or crossover with the DC universe?

Kite-Man! F*** Yeah!

Doomsday clock is both sequel and crossover. It has a story that I both am growing more interested in as it developes, but also keep forgetting it’s still ongoing because of how long it takes between issues. Like every time a new one comes out it’s Oh yeah, that’s still a thing.

 Paradigm wrote:
Jokes and Riddles was pretty excellent. I've not read the rest of the King run but that one in isolation works brilliantly, and to top it all off, King manages to make Kite-man of all people a tragic hero of his own story-within-a-story... Top stuff.

I kind of wish they'd gone through with The Wedding, just because it would be the biggest 'new thing' for Batman since Snyder worked in The Court of Owls so brilliantly. I'll withhold judgement until I've actually read it though, as King definitely has a knack for really showing an understanding of his characters, so I trust him to have done it well rather than have it be a total cop-out.

Glad to hear good things about the Bendis Superman runs, I enjoyed his work on The New Avengers back in the day and rather like his style. Likewise Doomsday Clock, I love Johns' work and love Watchmen so it's good to know the two go together well, I look forward to reading when it comes out in trade. Is it more sequel to Watchmen or crossover with the DC universe?

Part of what's made King's run greater than the sum of its parts is the ongoing theme of Batman's personal mental health. There's a great little vignette after the opening Gotham/Gotham Girl arc where the latter grills Bats about whether all of this makes him happy that gives some insight into the run as a whole. The wedding took this to an extreme and brought the question of "can Batman be happy?" to a head and the fallout has largely explored the idea of what happens when you repeatedly strip away the things Bruce cares about. To me, what will ultimately determine the quality of the run is whether or not King can successfully make a case for a new take on the character that recognizes the how damaging his rejection of personal happiness has been and becomes more open to friends and family. That seems to be what King's work is about and I'm really curious to see where it goes.

Doomsday Clock is very much a direct sequel to Watchmen and a Crossover. I don't want to spoil anything, but it takes place after the publishing of Rorschach's journals and Dr. Manhattan's leaving to explore life elsewhere at the end of the original. For a bit more of a talking point (still fairly spoiler free, but....)

Lazarus: Seriously needs a board/minis game

East of West: ditto

All things Fables: IMHO, the best comics ever ... and best left as such (no game/movie could do them justice!)

All things 2000 AD: N/C

 AduroT wrote:
I didn’t care for the main Metal storyline* and I’m not super fond of the current JL one either. Metal was a constant series of This is our only hope! Haha your hope was actually part of our dastardly plan all along and you’ve only helped us! Ok, now This is our only hope! Haha that was Also part of our dastardly plan all along! repeated each issue right up until they Dues Exed the ending. Justice League is continueing down that same path now as well. It’s also not helped that I rather liked Lex Luthor as “Superman” and the dramatic character shift he took towards Doom felt so forced.

Regarding Lex, it was forced and abrupt, but long overdue. Lex as not-totally-a-bad-guy is probably the last remaining experiment left from the New 52 Superman era. They even put Clark back in the red undies, so Lex returning as ultimate evil was imminent. Personally, I liked the New 52 Supes overall and some of the risks they took, although the editorial oversight was awful, resulting in wildly inconsistent storytelling. High highs and low lows. But that might just be me, as someone who already has four decades of 'safe' Superman stories under his belt. *shrug*

I read some of the Bendis stories, but the current direction for the character just doesn't interest me right now.

 LunarSol wrote:
Date Night is pretty incredible. Generally speaking the big disappointment from the wedding is just how well Tom sold us on the idea. I'm not too judgemental of that specific moment yet, as despite the "gangs all here" panel being a little heavy handed, it gets across the point that the wedding is more the start of something than the end, and I'm very curious to see where it goes. I really want to see how far King's general "this isn't healthy" attitude towards superheroes takes him.

I think your insight there about the wedding is right on target. The idea would have seemed impossible before he sold us on it. And bringing it back to Date Night, that last panel leaves you thinking 'holy gak, this is really happening!'

I do think the end of his run will pay off with a happier Bruce.

I am reading nothing at the moment but here is a list of stuff I have read in the past. Fictional characters are sorted by the amount of issues/stories I have collected over time

1. Judge Dredd
I have collected over twenty Case File Books from this character. He is my favourite fictional character by far and it is always very entertaining to delve deep into Mega City One to find out what kind of craziness happens there at the moment. I particular like about Dredd that he is not saving the city/world every day but also comes hard down on citizens, if they think they can get away with littering or parking violations. Another nice factor about this franchise is that the tone varies. Some stories are downright campy but depending on the author Dredd comics can certainly labeled as mature.

2. Lady Death
A welcoming change from the usually male protagonist driven stories as I have a sweet spot for amazons thanks to the Xena series from the 90s. The location is also quite different because they unfold in hell itself. Armed with a sword and clad in glorious female armour, she always delivered her ass-kicking in high-heels.

3. Warhammer Monthly (WM)
Well, I don´t have to explain what happened in these issues. The best of WM was in imo the Redeemer. Great loony character. I have never seen a character before who would have a brazier as a headpiece. No wonder that guy could never keep his cool.

4. Masters of the Universe (MOTU)
Sadly I don´t have anything left from the 80s anymore. But MOTU just wouldn´t stay dead and a new story line has been published recently. I really liked one story in which Orko managed again to botch a spell and cause reality to go to pieces. Everything becomes distorted, wobbly and bizarre. Skeletor got especially mad at him because old skull face became finally ruler of Eternia only for the small wizard to practically ruin his entire reign for good. Comedy gold.

5. Batman
I have mainly Batman Elseworld comics that put established characters in new time zones, places or occupations. In Dark Allegiances, Wayne meets Hitler and the GRÖFAZ (Größter Führer aller Zeiten) even offered him a job but Wayne declined politely. Another great one was Thrillkiller which featured a female Joker, Wayne starts his crime fighting career as a detective and is not filthy rich.

6. Iron Man
In Extremis was worth reading. If you are into cold war era stuff, I would advise you to get your hands on the Iron Man Collection books. They are in black/white but you get a lot of over the top propaganda stories.

7. She-Hulk
She speaks to her readers and is very uncool as she has to ride to crime scenes in a bus as she has no fancy Batmobile. You have to see the faces of the other passengers when she does so. Hilarious. In one story she was doing a couch potato justice as she was being lazy on a Sunday morning watching TV at home. Then all of a sudden Dr. Doom went literally through one of her house´s walls with the intention to kill her. She became so furious and one shot him with a straight punch to the mug but immediately regretted her decision because she killed one of the top Marvel villains and feared to never get a future comic issue as a result of that. To her relief, the author informed her that it was just one of Dr. Doom´s robots that she just destroyed and everything was fine.

8. Robots vs. Zombies & Robots vs. Zombies vs. Amazons
Now that´s as crazy as it gets. A zombie virus wiped out all of humanity with the exception of a baby which is in the care of a bunch of crazy robots with hilarious shapes and personas. Will they be able to protect it from the ravenous monsters or will humanity be wiped out once and for all?
The following book also includes lesbian amazons to the madness who survived doomsday on an island.

9. Marvel Zombies
I like zombies but found The Walking Dead to expensive for my liking. So I bought and enjoyed that one. It´s a Marvel Elseworld issue in which most of humanity and a large proportion of heroes and villains have been infected with the zombie virus. Be prepared for some really gruesome depictions of your favoured characters.

10. Magenta
I enjoyed a couple of issues of kinky Magenta for.... scientific reasons.

11. DC-Kingdom Come
Best DC comic I have ever read.

We're on a gaming forum and nobody has mentioned Knights of the Dinner Table yet?

For shame, Dakka.

squidhills wrote:
We're on a gaming forum and nobody has mentioned Knights of the Dinner Table yet?

For shame, Dakka.

Yeah, I vividly remember dismembering my foes with that great Hackmaster +12. Epic times.

squidhills wrote:
We're on a gaming forum and nobody has mentioned Knights of the Dinner Table yet?

For shame, Dakka.

given our general salty natures and predilection for gak slinging I've always seen Dakka as more Eltingville than Knights

My go-to for comics was always the classic X-Men run, up until New X-Men (Grant Morrison’s run). I’ve gone back and purchased everything in TPB form over the years. I sincerely dislike modern Marvel comics, because they miss the point of what made their heroes who they are. We now have kids running around as heroes because they think it’s cool. I think Cho Hulk is the biggest gripe I have; a kid cures Banner, becomes Hulk without any curse and it’s “totally awesome”. That pile of kaiju excrement, and various similar characters coming after for Iron Man, Ms Marvel, and stuff like that ruined the new age of Marvel for me. I’ll keep my old X-Men comics and love rereading them.

And the Walking Dead stuff is awesome fun too!!

I’m another Earthlet hooked on 2000AD. It’s great, and not afraid to take some risks, thanks to its anthology nature.

Plus, it’s home to pretty much every British Comic Creator that’s made the big time. Gave them their first breaks, and few are above a return to their first gig now and again.

I also find it’s stories short on filler. When you’ve only got four episodes at maybe six pages each, your plotting tends to be quite dense

I'm not really a fan of comics that have thousands of episodes through decades, I'm more oriented towards graphic novels.

Watchmen, The Crow, Sin City and V for Vendetta are my favorite ones.

About real comics I mostly read italian ones: Tex (I read every episodes since the beginning, mid 50s, to early 2010s and the majority of special issues), Nathan Never and Dylan Dog. I also love other italian comics that are more comedy oriented like Cocco Bill, Sturmtruppen and Cattivik.

I have a few marvel comics, classics from the most popular superheroes that were released with the newspaper but never liked them particularly. Only one X-Men story: Days of Future Past and I loved the movie as well.