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- Trax852, on 04/09/2008, -3/+10
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I use Opera, Screw em. - James32015, on 04/09/2008, -1/+6Preacher was the most amazing comic i've ever read. I still haven't seen one these days that can match it.
- inactive, on 04/09/2008, -1/+6Batman The Killing Joke was the one that got me hooked on all types of comic books. Only later did I realize what a true genius Alan Moore is.
- ColonelJessup, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4For me it was the Punisher. I remember the very first Punisher comic I read was issue number 23, where he fights Scully. I was instantly hooked. My brother and I became the biggest comic book nerds in our neighborhood, over about 4 years we amassed a respectable collection. We were so proud of it.
Then our house got robbed. They cleaned us out, and took the comics too. We were crushed. All those memories gone. Oh man, just thinking about it makes me sad. What I wouldnt give to find those bastards that stole our comics. - lysdexic, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5I didn't get into comics until I was an adult. Transmetropolitan was the one that hooked me. Also read a lot of Preacher and Hitman around that time. Now I tend to prefer one offs along the lines of Joe Sacco's Palestine & Safe Are Gorazde and Brian Michael Bendis's earlier books such as Torso & Goldfish.
- inactive, on 04/09/2008, -1/+4I did it, now come find me.
- lpmiller, on 04/09/2008, -1/+4what hooked me was a comic I never owned. My friends were into collecting, and one them showed me a copy of Avengers 57 with the Vision. It was in a bag (something I never had even heard off) and while I'm looking at this old, valuable comic and listening to them about their collections, I got hooked on the story and wanted more. They let me read through their collections, gave me some 'starter' comics to keep, and while I was never the kind of collector to bag and tag for value, I've been a comic reader for 25+ years now.
- smotpoker, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3"We're sorry, but it looks like the web browser you're using does not meet the necessary requirements for viewing EW.com. You may choose to proceed with your current browser by clicking *here* "
- lunachique, on 04/09/2008, -1/+4It's got to be Bone by Jeff Smith. I got a subscription for my sis of Disney Adventures and both of us got hooked when they serialed Out from Boneville. The story, the humor, the great illustration, truly engaging stuff.
- AgentKalaw, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3The adventures of Tin Tin!
- adydas, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2For me it was X-Menthat inspired me to become a creator. Check out my webcomic on Zuda http://www.zudacomics.com/node/315/
- sporad1c, on 04/09/2008, -4/+6***** this site.
- edwartica, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2That truly was a high point in comics. But Poor Batgirl / Oracle!
- dcherryholmes, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Dugg. And my reply is "The Invisibles" by Grant Morrison (he's done some work with Ennis)
- edwartica, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Civil war was just an excuse to justify fascism.
In a month when Iron Man comes out, I'm going to stand outside the theater in a Captain America costume, while holding up a sign that says "Tony Stark Murdered me!" - beefchi, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3watchmen for me.
- KragTheDigger, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2woot for Asterix and Peanuts. Too bad nobody mentioned 'Tales from the crypt' or -albeith admittedly more recent examples- Dylan Dog and/or Nathan Never.
- lysdexic, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Astro City blew me away when I first read it. I'm not into the traditional superhero comics at all, but Astro City was a superhero story I could really sink my teeth into...
- thecrazyd, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Haven't read any Planet Hulk, but Civil War was a big let down after a strong premise and beginning.
Never read the Dark Tower books, but I got into the comics through my roommate. I enjoy them, well enough. - darwinwins, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Dude, they came from Marvel for the most part. Had Marvel decided to not be pricks about their contracts, maybe the comics wouldn't have universally sunk into a state of suck shortly after the massive failure of Image.
- thecrazyd, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Ouch...
- bicyclethief, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2Marvel Secret Wars I and II.
- smotpoker, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1I started with X-Men because I had a couple of friends who were into it, one of whom impressed me with his own art and whose descriptions of the characters intrigued me.
I don't remember the first one I read or bought specifically, just that it was X-Men and not too long before the Phalanx Covenant/Generation X (I was 13-14). Unfortunately a couple of years later police ended up stealing them after a failed runaway attempt so I don't remember too much specifics after a decade without reference, haha - Burrito, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Want to make out?
- andrewa, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Wait, not one mention of the Mighty Thor???? Buried!
- zumbi, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1It has to be the free "Skating on Thin Ice" don't do drugs Spider-Man comic everyone got in school. http://www.samruby.com/OneShots/skatingonthinice1. ...
It was awesome. That or a Fantastic Four collection they had in my school library, really hocked me. - nblsavage, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2I had the same book & record Bendis was talking about - "The Fantastic Four - The Way It Began" by Power Records. I played that thing to death when I was a kid - Finally found an mp3 of it not long ago.
- frieddonuts, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Wouldn't let me view in opera either...but I get that a lot on the Internet.
- cesclaveria, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2that comic is fantastic, the way they laugh at the end is great.
- mahdaeng, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2I hate slideshow sites. Buried.
- derram, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1http://www.heartshapedskull.com
Made me devote my life to making comics... someday. - hazard, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2With all the stories CBR & Newsarama post daily why does EW of all places get on the front page?
How many EW readers even cared that they got the exclusive first pages to Secret Invasion? - TheKappa, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1I think my first comic ever was the adaptation of Ninja Turtles III (I still have it, somewhere)
Shortly thereafter, I picked up X-Men #25 (I think the nifty "Fatal Attractions" hologram attracted me... Pretty cool that this book would be so important for the next 10 or so years of X-Men continuity...
Next, I picked up the Graphic Novel of "The Funeral for a Friend"- after Superman died. From there, I picked up all of the death of Superman books, and the "Reign of the Superman" books that followed, only to stop about a year later.
I'd say the book that HOOKED me was X-Men: Alpha. The X-Men "Age of Apocalypse" storyline was enough to keep me hooked until today. It also goes down as one of the best ever X-Men stories ever told.
Nowadays, I still read the tights books, but I really have to say that Robert Kirkman's "Walking Dead" is whats been doing it for me lately. - James32015, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1When i went to the site it suggested that i upgrade my browser, but i didn't have any problems viewing the page.
- scy1192, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2I got that a few days ago, but I clicked the link again and it went through
- thecrazyd, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Bah. That Liefeld art was utterly terrible, and the writing was worse. The Image crap combined with a focus on event books and artists over writers ruined comics for a long time.
- thecrazyd, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Recently, a little book called Amazing Joy Buzzards got me reading comics again. I began to see the scope outside of the major super hero books, and that is where the quality is. My first comic was a Spider-Man book that my public library gave away. I got big into X-Men and Spider-Man before I realized what total crap they are. I dropped X-Men when the Onslaught ***** happened, and Spider-Man part way through the Clone Wars.
- Nelka, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1I read comic books off and on growing up, but it wasn't until I read Neil Gailman's Sandman that I become an addict. I am a little ashamed too admit that last weekend I spent over $200 dollars on comic books, manga, and some rpg board games.
- edwartica, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1I'm going to have to say Fables. I started reading it during the Animal Farm arc, and I've been hooked ever since.
- Burrito, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2Astro City. It completely changed my false perception that comic books were for kids and opened up a whole new medium of adult storytelling for me. 15 years (and 2 kids of my own) later and I still can't stop buying 2 or 3 comics a week for fun.
- zenbyo, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Amazing Spider-Man #251. The cover has spiderman's hand coming out the water holding the Mask of the Hobgoblin. The cover reads "Endings". That has one of the most kick-ass fight scenes i've ever seen to this day. For some reason i've still got the original issue that I bought even though by now it has no cover and the newsprint is pretty tarnished.
- blakespoorbrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1When I was younger I was fascinated by Batman and Superman. Although the X-Men were what really got me into them. I got 4 huge boxes of comics from a garage sale and devoured the all. It became a little too expensive for me to keep up (or my parents to keep up, I should say). So I quit. That is until I happened to walk into a comic book store one day and buy Transmetropolitan. It got me hooked again. Ever since then I've kept a good pull list at my local shop.
Transmetropolitan FTW!
Fables FTW! - caddyalan, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1If you read the first few pages of Understanding Comics, you'll read the author's admission that he thought comics were juvenile, and that he believed he was intelligent for reading prose fiction. Same was true for me... Until a friend lent me an Elfquest *trade paperback* (as opposed to magazine-style comics), I didn't think comics could be interesting. So I went to great lengths to find more series. I ended up liking Bone, Thieves and Kings, and eventually a ton of manga (once there was something better than Xenon).
- dudinatrix, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1I use Firefox 2.0 on Ubuntu and saw this. Apparently they don't like Linux!
- antdude, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1It hated my SeaMonkey v1.1.9. Had to fake Firefox 2 UserAgent. :(
- agimat, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1Groo.
- eleraama, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1I had never read anything like comics as a kid other than the cartoons in the newspaper (I read a lot of novels), so my first introduction to true comics was through Neil Gaiman's phenomenal Sandman series. I can't believe that they didn't interview Neil for the article, or even Dave McKean-- that's just a crime! Ferchrissakes, he's man who won a World Fantasy Award for a comic so they subsequently changed the rules to prevent it. (To this day, I will read basically anything published by Vertigo)
- inactive, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1I think they're blocking Adblock users...
Irony hurts :( - phillipfry, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. This got me back onto comics after going through the stage of my youth that 'comics were for kids'. This led me on to The Killing Joke, Watchmen, Superman: Red Son etc. To many to mention really, but The Dark Knight Returns is def up there.
- alexforcefive, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1I completely missed that link, but then I read this, reopened the page and it showed me the article! Victory!
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