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[Greg]

Nope. People should only buy what they can afford and buy only what they like and enjoy.

Don't collect.

Don't go for extra covers or other gimmicks.

Don't go and buy repeatedly out of curiosity because people are talking about or recommend it.

Don't spend it, unless you feel like wasting the money and can afford to.

Don't buy a book just because of a company, a creator or a character unless you truly do enjoy their work or that character.

Don't keep buying a book or books in hopes of it getting better in time.

Don't spit into the wind. Nor piss.

I was with you until the piss part. Everyone should one time in their life piss into the wind.

On a lesser serious note, people need to branch out. Especially those complaining about books.

[Cat-Scratch]

I was with you until the piss part. Everyone should one time in their life piss into the wind.

On a lesser serious note, people need to branch out. Especially those complaining about books.

Okay, but not unto themselves. Aim it to hit someone down wind.

Yes, people should get off the Marvel/DC only wagon. There are tons of books out there that could hit them with just the right thing.

I tried pushing enough in my old column here for folks to go out and explore.

[xaraan]

that's what i've been doing.

i only really read Fables, Jack of Fables, Invincible and Northlanders regularly at the moment, Marvel stuff I catch in trade if i hear it was good (Iron Man, Avengers, etc).

wow, that's like the same stuff I read; guess I should check out Northlanders since I get everything else there.

[Eli Katz]

The endless succession of event books, status quo upheavals, meaningless deaths, predictable resurrections, and pointless retcons killed my desire to read superhero books anymore.

I read mostly crime comics now. And usually I am a very, very happy fanboy. Yes, some crime books disappoint me. Most recently, I found Turf and The Last Days of American Crime weak. But most of the big crime books -- Criminal, Scalped, Unknown Soldier, and Stumptown -- are so consistently good that I don't get too upset when a read the occasional letdown.

[False Prophet]

Everybody needs a break. Either you'll leave superhero comics for good, or you stay on the sidelines until the Bendis/Johns/Quesada/Didio Era is over and the Big Two's stories at least seem "different".

[john lewis hawk]

I see each run of a story as that writer's intrepretion of what happened. Meaning, I can accept or reject what a writer did but not major events or characters. For example, even though I haven't been impressed with Loeb's Hulk run, I think the Red Hulk has some real potential. Mind you, this was before i found out who the Red Hulk is but still. Anyways, with the Red Hulk, in my world, he exists but he's not quite the same character. If Loeb or another writer does something with the character I like, I accept it as characterization. If not, that's just not quite what happened.

At the same time, I Byrne-steal, a.k.a. read in store without buying, the shit out of comics. I'm not going to buy a car without looking under the hood and taking it for a testdrive so why am I going to buy a shitty comic book?

And that's why the books I collect, Criminal, Captain America, Scalped, House of Mystery, and Invincible Iron Man, are superior to the shit you poop chute-grabbers buy.



Seriously, i thought i buy more but i think the rest is just stuff that I only have one trade out because a second doesn't exist yet or I haven't bought it yet.

[Jubilee]

So 6 years of continuous story isn't enough for you? And how do you even know what the "status quo" will be? How do you know you won't like it if you weren't reading comics during the time the "status quo" was the status quo? Just another reactionary poster. Fail.

How do you know what the status quo will be? All the same people are on the Avengers, all the same heroes originally revert to what they once were.

It's not reactionary, it's pretty clear that now from Avengers #500, to now, not much has changed.

I think you've missed the point here, it's not that the status quo comics might not be ok, it's the fact that nothing ever changes and eventually they'll go back to how they were that bores me. Comics are just boring in that respect.

[TheSecondLex]

I see each run of a story as that writer's intrepretion of what happened. Meaning, I can accept or reject what a writer did but not major events or characters. For example, even though I haven't been impressed with Loeb's Hulk run, I think the Red Hulk has some real potential. Mind you, this was before i found out who the Red Hulk is but still. Anyways, with the Red Hulk, in my world, he exists but he's not quite the same character. If Loeb or another writer does something with the character I like, I accept it as characterization. If not, that's just not quite what happened.

At the same time, I Byrne-steal, a.k.a. read in store without buying, the shit out of comics. I'm not going to buy a car without looking under the hood and taking it for a testdrive so why am I going to buy a shitty comic book?

And that's why the books I collect, Criminal, Captain America, Scalped, House of Mystery, and Invincible Iron Man, are superior to the shit you poop chute-grabbers buy.



Seriously, i thought i buy more but i think the rest is just stuff that I only have one trade out because a second doesn't exist yet or I haven't bought it yet.

This.

Also. Hawk, I think I love you.

I thought I was the only one left who still practised the time-honored art of Byrne-stealing. I'm pleased it lives on

Plus, if the stuff the big two (and Image, the Zoidberg of the industry) is putting out is stale, personally, there's less chance that something like Invincible will grab me. Maybe it's just me.

Or my dislike for Kirkman.

Thank god for other writers

As to BL Jubilee's thing about not much changing from Avengers 500 till now? I sadly agree:

Scott Lang got blown up, then some other stuff happened and now Cap runs SHIELD.

To the sufficiently interested reader, though, that's a whole world of possibilities.

[john lewis hawk]

This.

Also. Hawk, I think I love you.

I thought I was the only one left who still practised the time-honored art of Byrne-stealing. I'm pleased it lives on

Plus, if the stuff the big two (and Image, the Zoidberg of the industry) is putting out is stale, personally, there's less chance that something like Invincible will grab me. Maybe it's just me.

Or my dislike for Kirkman.

Thank god for other writers

As to BL Jubilee's thing about not much changing from Avengers 500 till now? I sadly agree:

Scott Lang got blown up, then some other stuff happened and now Cap runs SHIELD.

To the sufficiently interested reader, though, that's a whole world of possibilities.

I'm the Byrne-Stealing God. I'm also starting to buy stuff and if it's crap, return it even though I read it. I know that's bad but still.

[Miracloman]

damn, the Sentry finally died AND Twigg stops reading comics? Siege really might be the greatest event ever!!!!

Now if only he quit the internet.

[Victorian Squid]

I'm the Byrne-Stealing God. I'm also starting to buy stuff and if it's crap, return it even though I read it. I know that's bad but still.

Wow, you really are a cheap lowlife.

[Jubilee]

Years later

[Herald]

Now, multiply your six years times four and switch from Marvel to DC. That's what I went through a few years ago. The Post-Crisis DCU was an amazing place that wasn't perfect, but damn it was amazing.

And then along came Identity Crisis and Infinite Crisis to muck it all up.

AMEN.

[covalesky]

Years later

Let's hope you found out that there's more to comics than the crap DC and Marvel print.

[Dragavon]

Let's hope you found out that there's more to comics than the crap DC and Marvel print.

Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's crap.