i recently lent my buddy trades 1-7 of Ex Machina. great self-contained stories that don't need other titles or hours of internet browsing to understand, fantastic art, adult subject material AND a not-too-over-the-top superhero. it seems like the book's hit-or-miss among moderate fans, as far as who i've talked to, but newcomers would probably be able to get into it easily. haven't really gotten a reaction on how he's liked 'em yet.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
She loved it.
That's really cool. ✅
Originally posted by Disappear
i recently lent my buddy trades 1-7 of Ex Machina. great self-contained stories that don't need other titles or hours of internet browsing to understand, fantastic art, adult subject material AND a not-too-over-the-top superhero. it seems like the book's hit-or-miss among moderate fans, as far as who i've talked to, but newcomers would probably be able to get into it easily. haven't really gotten a reaction on how he's liked 'em yet.
Awesome, let me know what your mate thinks of Ex Machina. I took the same approach with my friend using Y: the last man. He thought it was so good he's tempted to buy a copy of the trades for himself now.
Originally posted by willRules
Awesome, let me know what your mate thinks of Ex Machina. I took the same approach with my friend using Y: the last man. He thought it was so good he's tempted to buy a copy of the trades for himself now.
just asked, apparently he thinks they're: a good way to pass the time, and the entire concept is good, but it's a "boring read." i disagree, but to each his own.
Originally posted by Disappear
just asked, apparently he thinks they're: a good way to pass the time, and the entire concept is good, but it's a "boring read." i disagree, but to each his own.
My recommendation would be Y: the last man or something a bit more mainstream (Watchmen maybe or Whedon's run of Astonishing X-men)
Originally posted by willRules
Would you recommend it to newcomers who weren't Hulk fans??? The friend I used as an example hates Hulk and so I steered clear of lending him Hulk comics.........although I have very few Hulk comics to lend.....
yes. Peter David can make anyone love the hulk. It's godly.
My first comic? When i was six, my dad got me a copy of a silver surfer comic. from then on i was hooked.
Originally posted by Raoul
immigrant. born and raised on the emerald isle i was, t'be sure... 😂my family's irish, though i have aunts and uncles in canada and the USA, just not nearby lol...
Great...more Irish in Canada (KIDDING!!! I'm half-Irish, and my mom would beat me with a potatoe if she saw that 😄 )
Alberta is the most prosperous province in Canada...a guy with a 4th-grade education - working OT - can make almost 6 figures a year.
BUT...
You do know how cold it gets there right??? It makes Ireland look like the friggin Bahamas in the winter...
Originally posted by theICONiac
Great...more Irish in Canada (KIDDING!!! I'm half-Irish, and my mom would beat me with a potatoe if she saw that 😄 )Alberta is the most prosperous province in Canada...a guy with a 4th-grade education - working OT - can make almost 6 figures a year.
BUT...
You do know how cold it gets there right??? It makes Ireland look like the friggin Bahamas in the winter...
😂
i'm sure i'll manage the weather. it's getting the job that's the hard part...
1. If someone (with little comic knowledge) expressed an interest in comics, what would you lend to them?2. Have you lent any comics to newcomers if so, what?
3. What series, comic etc etc got you into reading comics?
2. Newcomers? No.
3. My older cousins had a lot of pre-crisis Superman and Batman lying around, which I'd read sometimes out of boredom. But what really got me hooked a few years later was Spider-Man, and from there Fantastic Four and Thor.
Re: Newcomers Winner
Originally posted by willRules
If someone (with little comic knowledge) expressed an interest in comics, what would you lend to them?Have you lent any comics to newcomers if so, what?
What series, comic etc etc got you into reading comics?
Current series I give them secret warriors which I think is an awosome new run with some oldies and some new characters they could see develope for them selves, as well as new thunder bolts for the same reason