Where to start

Well I've noticed that the majority of the members that post in these comicbook forums are longterm comicbook fans, and seem to know their stuff, so basically, I'm new and was wondering where to start.

Go to your local comic shop.
Buy a comic book.
Read it.

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I'm anticipating a "Hi Judge" soon.

Then come on KMC and tell everyone why it sucked and which member of the creative team you want to disembowel first.

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Start with what, exactly?

Anyways, don't go ape-sh*t guys...he's been on a few months and spells well, so sock-dom isn't likely.

And welcome. I dunno. Start posting in whatever threads interest you. There's a lot of comic knowledge to be had here.

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Originally posted by DigiMark007

And welcome. I dunno. Start posting in whatever threads interest you. There's a lot of comic knowledge to be had here.

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When I say "where to start?" what I mean is which comicbooks would you suggest starting at, for someone who's relatively new to reading comicbooks?

Originally posted by allfg
Well I've noticed that the majority of the members that post in these comicbook forums are longterm comicbook fans, and seem to know their stuff, so basically, I'm new and was wondering where to start.

what genre are you most interested in? horror? scifi? crime? etc

are you looking for something with a lot of action or lot's of dialogue?

Originally posted by Black Adam
what genre are you most interested in? horror? scifi? crime? etc

are you looking for something with a lot of action or lot's of dialogue?

Good questions. I'm mostly into Sci-Fi, and in terms of action and dialogue, I'd say half and half.

Serious: Watchmen, V For Vendetta, Sandman Series (by Neil Gaiman)

Good Solo Arcs: Secret Wars, Kingdom Come, Justice, Crisis on Infinite Earths (to catch up on DC continuity), Infinite Crisis (more recent "Crisis"😉, Civil War (most recent Marvel arc)

Popular Medium: Spider-Man (Amazing Spider-Man is his best-known series), Superman, Wolverine, X-Men, Batman

Good Solo Arcs for Popular Character: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman), Maximum Carnage (Spidey), not sure for the others.

Good, Well-written Ongoing Series': JSA, Teen Titans, Ultimates (Marvel's "Ultimate Universe" Avengers), Daredevil.

Indie Label Stuff that's Good: The Authority (Wildstorm), Mr. Majestic (also WS), Y -The Last Man, Fables

Well, I would say pick the good ol' Avengers, but now there's so many...

Do you live in the United States?

I'd suggest picking up the Authority TPBs (Trade Paper Backs) ... they seem to have impressed most people who have read them.

No I live in the U.K.

Ah, well try and find yourself a comic shop, or even a larger bookstore, and they should have TPB (or Graphic Novels...pretty much same thing). It's basically a bunch of issues, usually a chunk of an ongoing or an entire mini, all wrapped up into one "thick comic."

I suggest going there and looking around to see what you like, what catches your eye.

Originally posted by allfg
No I live in the U.K.

Where in the UK?

This site has a list of the addresses of all "Forbidden Planet" locations in the UK.

http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/index.php?main_page=page_2

I use the one in Edinburgh.

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Cool, thanks for the info.

Ok, new question, I just posted it in the SW forums.

Hey does ne1 here read nonSW comics? If so what would you recommend to someone who's completely new to comicbooks? I'm more interested in X Men type comics, but I want one with a really strong storyline. Suggestions would be much appreciated.

pick up the first trade of x-factor along with the Madrox Mini that led into it. I knew absolutely nothing about the characters and I still enjoyed it.

for scifi:

Warren Ellis is the go to guy. There's Orbiter and Ocean for the more serious fans. There's Transmetropolitan which has a lot of funny moments but still has it's serious side. Planetary is great 🙂

Something non Ellis: Fear agent. think ratchet and Clank with a Human main character. Lot's of action. I have the first trade and second one should be out soon. the series is relaunching with a new number 1 when it moves over from Image to darkhorse in a few months.

Got a lot of other suggestions if you're looking for non scifi stuff. Also keep in mind most of the stuff I mention you should just pick up the trades. Trying to track down and buying the single issues Is going to cost you a fortune.

Cool, thanks for the suggestions. Someone mentioned The Dark Knight Returns and The Dark Knight Strikes Again. They any good?

I personally highly recommend the Knightfall/Knightquest series. Very well done and it really illustrates the character of Batman really well. oh, and JLA. Pre-IC if you can find it.

If you can't,

http://groups.msn.com/ultimatespidermanonlinecomic/jla.msnw

use that. 😛

Honestly, I wouldn't suggest starting with comics. I would suggest to start by watching the DCAU. There is a large number of shows to watch between all the different series, however they're really faithful to comics and are a good way to get you involved in various different characters without possibly buying a bad comic.

If you're still interested after watching a bunch of episodes of say, the Justice League Unlimited, or Batman TAS, just start reading up on characters on Wikipedia and such. Then start buying whatever you feel like reading, looking at lists of well-recommended things (such as, if you're interested in Batman, reading The Killing Joke).