See, I was a HUGE Batgirl fan, and would buy anything with "Bat" in the title as a kid, just in case she was in it. (Yes, even Man-Bat). Then I dropped comics completely for years and years. My pusher started me out on Astro City; Retro Girl was a bit more experimentation after the gateway comics.
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Volans - May 09, 2004 5:14:20 pm PDT #2460 of 10000
move out and draw fire
Kiba Rika - May 09, 2004 5:14:50 pm PDT #2461 of 10000
I may have to seize the cat.
Um. Well, if you really think you want to try reading Batman linearly from "the beginning"... well, I'll try to visit you in the loony bin when your brain implodes from all the crack.
Yes, I do plan to skip around some.
Because you see I don't have enough time to read all the comics I want to read.
...so tired...
Polter-Cow - May 09, 2004 5:20:54 pm PDT #2462 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Retro Girl was a bit more experimentation after the gateway comics.
Ah, see, Powers was my gateway comic, and since my pusher was a Bendis whore, he also got me on Daredevil (and I made him cry for liking the Kevin Smith arc more than Frank Miller's The Man with No Fear) and Alias (now The Pulse). 100 Bullets, Fables, and Ultimates for good measure, along with some diversions like The Killing Joke and Dark Knight Returns. He gave me Watchmen for graduation.
shrift - May 09, 2004 5:46:32 pm PDT #2463 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Yes, I do plan to skip around some.
Oh, good. Because, really, I was worried.
P.M. Marc - May 09, 2004 5:57:59 pm PDT #2464 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So, this probably should be in lit, but the novelization of No Man's Land is really kind of excellent. Much better than a comic adaptation has any right to be. I was expecting the exposition to be clunky, but it wasn't. For those without the time to pick up the comics to get all the backstory, it's a damn good starting point.
Kiba Rika - May 09, 2004 6:03:47 pm PDT #2465 of 10000
I may have to seize the cat.
Because, really, I was worried.
No no. I'm a fan of continuity but a) I realize that comic universes rarely have that and b) I know better than to injure myself for it.
For example - I've read all of the Essential X-Men books, but I'm not about to run out and read every X-related book since the 1980s just to be ready for Joss's.
Michele T. - May 09, 2004 7:28:53 pm PDT #2466 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Powers rawks.
Polter-Cow - May 09, 2004 8:36:56 pm PDT #2467 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Powers rawks.
It's cool to find other people who know it. I'm still waiting to find out what the hell "KAOTIC CHIC" actually means.
sumi - May 10, 2004 4:33:09 am PDT #2468 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Question for the Bats fans: is the GCPD that is coming out the beginning of a new arc?
I mean, would it be one to start off with?
askye - May 10, 2004 4:37:31 am PDT #2469 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
I found out when I went to read my comics this weekend that I accidentally bought Robin: Year one 2 of 4 instead of the whole thing. which frustrated me to no end and I forgot to take WW to the beach.
However I had plenty of time to linger over and reread what I had with me. And now I have questions.
But I need to about spoiler space? Do I need to use any?