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I think I've confused commercial art as being average because I've been letting my wallet rule what I get. I have for over a decade. One thing is for certain that there is very good comic art but at $6 a comic I don't think it holds as much value as it should. Then again that's the price of fast food. The only correlation being the price point.
I will say this though, the technical level of comic art is really sophisticated nowadays.
*Favorite comic book at the moment.*
Walking Dead. (Art isn't mindblowing but it doesn't have to be. It services the story quite well.)
Although I love the 'Ricktatorship' end of the Walking Dead TV finale, it just pales in comparison to the book.
*Favorite comic artist at the moment.*
Really tough. For now I will say it's in between Coipel and Yu. Coipel's only flaw is that he crops figures so he cuts feet and hands. That may seem nitpicky but when everything is of an excellent standard that is what sticks out.
*Favorite comic book writer.*
If I chose Walking Dead, I'd have to go with Robert Kirkman, right?
*Suprise comic.*
The Strange Talent of Luther Strode. If you like a bit of fun and fine lines to boot give the 6 issue arc a read.
*Most brutal comic.*
Kick Ass 2. It's even more epic in violence than Luther Strode is, if that's possible.
*Most annoying writer(s)*
I'm going to name two writers. Brian Bendis and Mark Millar. I will say Brian Bendis is much more annoying but added Millar because he's a frustrating writer. For Bendis it's that he tries too hard with the small talk dialog. It's a personal opinion but I just think it doesn't read out too well. (To clarify it seems like the people talking interrupt each other mid sentence.) He's got a lot of clever ideas but he stretches his stories for far too long. Has been a major gripe is that not much happens in one issue. It could be said of Walking Dead 95 but Kirkman handles cliffhangers better.
Millar too, has really clever concepts and integrates some funny insults but he writes everybody as a smart ass. Smart ass is fine but it becomes annoying when they have the same voice and delivery. Characters do need depth.
Also every super seems to be super intelligent. Case in point, the original Hulk and Tony Stark's brother in the Ultimates storyline. It negates Bruce Banner and Tony Stark intelligence. It highlights some lazy writing but at the end of the day I do find his work fun to read.
Writing this makes me realize it's not the writers I really have issue with. It's more because of the subject matter. Superheroes who have Godlike abilities. Even Nick Fury can tussle with superhumans.
If only they weren't so fun to draw.
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anyway, i don't pick up any books anymore. but i still read walking dead. have since the very beginning - and will probably try and sell my small collection hoping to get some cash out of it. kirkman's book is much better than the show but his writing has issues for me as well. his dialogue is way off at times. say we meet character a in the first panel for the first time in a zombie apocalypse and we don't know if we can trust him or not... by panel 3 we know everything about this man including what's his fave food he misses, what his dog's name when he was 5 years old was and what he thinks about spinach.
he could certainly pick up a thing or two from Bendis. Who in turn could learn from himself. Read Bendis' old stuff if you haven't: Goldfish, Jinx, etc. His crime fiction stuff. It came across way better back then.
I would never pay what they are asking for for a comic book these days. they just aren't worth that much in today's saturated entertainment market. in most places (not where i live) I believe you can purchase a movie ticket for the price of a comic. Or a happy meal. but the biggest problem with comic books is they aren't drawing new readers and us older readers are getting fed up with what we're being handed.
maybe it's time we just grew up? i hope not.
Anyhoo, I laughed at your response to Californication. I only wrote down I'm watching it because the episode was the last one I watched. And I think I only watched this season because I like looking at Meagan Good.
All across the board there is nothing to defend.
As for Kirkman, I don't think he suffers from offering too much character information on Invincible. But I liken that to tv soap opera, so True Blood without the swearing and the sex.
I guess people tend to ramble in post apolyptic times because they are losing their minds. They need to cling onto the past in hopes to be saved for the future. That spec of hope.
I'm thinking of selling all my stuff too such as ps3 games and graphic novels. I don't think I could sell The Walking collection as it is one of the best books out there. I'm of the thinking if the material is worth it, it should be kept.
The worst thing about comics is the room they take up. Well, okay, it's the 5 dollar price tag for 20 pages... but then it's the room they take up. There's one collection I hung onto when by all rights I should have sold it for the purposes of "making money" and that collection is worthless now compared to what it was "worth." TMNT.
On the upside though, I feel a strong connection to my early TMNT books that is worth more than I could get for it. I can't say that about TWD. I dig it but I'd rather make the short sale on them. Especially considering there's probably a lot more of those out there than there are of the early TMNT issues.
I've always been more of a "reader" than a "collector" anyway. I can thank my mother for that and her ability to just throw comic books away whenever she felt like it. Anything I ever had worth money is long gone now...
I used to read Invincible but kinda trailed off for a while. I've been thinking about starting to read them all again - sounds like you recommend it. lol... what is True Blood without those things? Would that still be watchable?
I might have to turn in my "guy card" as I had to google "Meagan Good" to see who that was. She is pretty though! So maybe the guys will let me hold onto the card a bit longer.
as for blinders... it's kinda how I feel about religion and people with brain damage. On one side you believe in something higher and know in the end everything will work itself out. And on the other side people clap when you tie your own shoes... so how bad can life be?
In short, I'd love to be a brain damaged religious nut. I'd be much happier for it.
PS: if you happen to be either please take note it's meant in a light hearted tone and meant to put a smile on your face... and if you're of the "simple minded" variety you won't get what I said anyway and there's probably drool in the corner of your smile.
I also watch sitcoms because I do like quips or funny situations. I was watching New Girl (because of Zooey Deschanel's hypnotic blue eyes) despite it being unfunny but it's grown on me because the actors have relaxed and the writers have given the actors material they can thrive on.
Mate, any comics we got should have been sold in the 90s. I remember Gen13 #01 being $50us. Now it's just standard cover price. Also with the popularity of tpbs and digital format could be the end of valuable comics. I don't know for sure.
Couldn't give a shit about religon. There was a time i thought I was spiritual but that seems a lifetime ago. I've just become ignorant and they say that's blissful.
sitcoms are dying. least what a sitcom to me is. sitcoms are one camera, on a stage in front of a live audience. CBS seems to be just about the only show still running those types and I gotta take my hat off to them. Love them or hate them, they've got some good sitcoms with big audiences. 2 broke girls, big bang theory, mike and molly, two and a half men...
now the multicam, no audience comedies have taken over what most people will call a sitcom these days. community, always sunny (love FX!), modern family (highly recommended), etc...
ive been reading comics since the 70s. im saying had my mother not thrown them out, perhaps id have something worth money. as it stands id be lucky to have a single issue worth anything over 50 bucks. and by worth i mean "worth" (meaning gotta find a sucker to pay for it!). gen13 was a funny thing... i dug that book due to Campbell's art. no clue why it got as popular as it did... died pretty fast too, it seems. i find in comics i tend to follow writers more than artists...
i think im getting old these days though cause it's difficult to find a comic that can please me. Have you checked out the new DD? The first few issues were amazing... felt like I was reading a DD book from the 70's. highest compliment I can give to it. the art and the storytelling were phenomenal.
Daredevil if done right is hard to screw up. He's probably my next fave character to Spidey and Spidey is only my fave due to nostalgia and his rogue's gallery.
I heard community was good. My friend is pushing me to see it just as I push everyone to watch Modern Family. Cleverly written without being too risque.
Spidey and DD were my fave characters as a kid. Both still are. LOL. I didn't read that issue but googled and found this: [link]
Matt breaking the bro code? He should have asked Pete!