I would just like to make it known how irritating I find it that the writers are now asking me to do homework. Dude! I watched your show! What the hell else do you want, algebra??
Sits in the corner with Nutty and Sheryl.
Seriously. Plus, I
love
the idea of comics. I
want
to want to read them. But everytime I've read a comic or graphic novel that I thought would bring me into the fold, I've been disappointed. We're talking Gaiman and Whedon, whose stuff I should adore, and all I can work up is a
meh.
So I'm kind of afraid that if I go read the
Heroes
comic, it'll put me off the show altogether.
This is not to argue for or against the white font thing, because I totally don't care one way or the other if comic stuff is white or black font.
I love comics in general, and I love the idea of these webcomics in particular, but I am far too lazy to actually go and read them. (And it's got nothing to do with how long they are or anything -- I'm just constitutionally unable to keep up with ancillary materials unless I can do it completely passively. Are the Heroes comics available as an rss feed anywhere?)
See my link and do 10th wonder RSS. They put text descriptions up every time.
They put text descriptions up every time.
But not the comics themselves, which is what I'm really looking for.
I did see the link, le nubian, and appreciate it. I may even try it out from time to time, but reading text of comics seems even more like homework to me. I did go to heroeswiki to find out who Hana is, as much of that conversation was going right over my head, and may pop back there if I feel the need.
I don't mean to be a whiny about the comics. I understand that dislike of them is one of my quirks that I either work around or don't. I'm hopeful that the patentable Buffista snarkiness may make getting the info here more fun than homework. If not, that's ok too.
I just looked at three of the past comics and am underwhelmed. But that may be browser issues, as well -- I think the navigation for the actual comic is pretty clunky.
I think the navigation for the actual comic is pretty clunky.
I'll agree with that. I like the comics mostly for fulfilling my "want more Heroes" feeling that kicks in after the To Be Continued comes up.
I think the navigation for the actual comic is pretty clunky.
This is also a large part of my resistance -- I understand that distributing them as PDFs and Flash make the graphics harder to steal, but it also makes them annoying to read.
The last few pdfs have at least had all pages the same width. I can deal with that.
I just looked at three of the past comics and am underwhelmed. But that may be browser issues, as well -- I think the navigation for the actual comic is pretty clunky.
Yes, this. I tried them once early on, after Buffistas started talking about them, but got annoyed. I also get annoyed at the homework aspect.