Genre doesn’t matter much as long as it’s just a romantic Hollywood love story as I’m a man and that’s not for me. I really enjoy western cowboy media like red dead redemption and cowboys vs aliens ect, sci fi like cyberpunk,Star Wars ect, superheroes/superheroins, warriors, post apocalyptic

I open this up to writers or writer/artists.

We all have our favourites and our reasons for why they represent the best of comics to us. But when they look back on their own body of work, what run/series/one-off do you suppose they themselves consider their best work?

Pick one only. You could simply offer some educated speculation, or cite a source where you‘ve actually seen the answer documented.

And does their answer match yours?

ciao a tutti, volevo iniziare a leggere i fumetti marvel ma essendo tantissimi sono un pò in confusione, volevo prendere quelli attuali ma ho paura di non capire niente e quindi volevo recuperare quelli principali per avere modo di capirci qualcosa.
Sono grande amante di Wanda in primis, ma mi piacciono parecchio anche gli xman (in particolare jean gray e cyclops, gambit e rogue e storm) e anche gli avengers.
Per caso qualcuno potrebbe aiutarmi a capire cosa comprare e dove? vivo a Milano quindi potrei anche fare qualche giro in qualche negozio ma prima vorrei capire cosa comprare, possibilmente in ordine cronologico, per riuscire ad arrivare ai fumetti attuali.

So far, I own:

All No Man's Land Omnis

Morrison Batman Omnis

Old Man Logan Hardcover

Superman Birthright Deluxe

Superman All-Star Deluxe

We3 Deluxe

Kingdom Come TPB

Under The Red Hood Deluxe

What should I pick up next? Open to any format; I'm interested in exploring lots of new characters, but also getting a deeper understanding of the characters I've read above.

You know how the Punisher kill most his villains, but a lot of them keep coming back, often with no explanation given. Any other series like this?

I know she became Mayor of Gotham in the current run close to issue 41, but are there any appearances in the other Batman families worth a read?

Matteo Scalera on the Direct Edition podcast discussing Batman run. Brilliant dude.

I’ve just signed up to dc on finite to read the Geoff johns green lantern run. I currently read the absolute lines in physical from my local shop.

What other runs/stories etc should I look to read on the app? My DC knowledge is limited to Batman, 52 and that there are crisis events fairly frequently!

I was doomscrolling on TikTok when I stumbled upon a video calling the run disappointing, but I’ve been really enjoying it. The only real issue I have with it is that it doesn’t really seem to have much of a plot, but outside of that I’ve been loving it. When I looked at the comments they all seemed to share the same dissapointment with the run, so I was just curious if my opinion was unpopular, not trying to start any debates on what makes a Batman run good or bad.

Hey everyone, I’ve never been a huge Green Lantern fan but Absolutr Green Lantern and Lanterns has me wanting to check out the series. I understand the modern lore for the Lanterns was established in Johns’ run.

Is it a good run to start with or are there earlier runs I should read to better understand the characters?

Ive been using Graham Cracker Comics, but they are taking longer and longer to ship books out, any place better

Okay, so this is super subjective, but I struggled with this when I started reading comics, and I think it can really make or break your experience. I used to be obsessed with continuity, like, I *had* to know how everything fit together and how events played out. But honestly, even though I understood the big picture, I never really got the characters involved. I could tell you all about tons of Marvel events, how they started and ended, but if you asked me about a character, I'd be clueless. So, when I talked comics with other people, I felt so left out because they could explain and discuss these characters way better than I ever could. I loved Civil War, I could tell you how it kicked off and how it ended, but I couldn't tell you *why* the characters did what they did on a personal level; I just took it at face value. And honestly, I think if you're just starting out, you should focus on characters and teams. Not only will you get to know them on a more personal level, but you'll eventually run into all those events anyway because they're all connected somehow. I'm not trying to be anyone's boss, this is just my opinion, I just had to get it off my chest, lol.

A number of older books I bought (around 90) have a watery smell that i can only smell when I put my nose directly up to them. My question is are they alright to keep and what if anything should I do about the smell? It's not an overwhelming or strong smell so I'm a bit unsure.

Thank you in advance.

Where can I find this TP? I've read volume one, but I have not been able to find vol 2 at my libraries or anywhere online. Midtown Comics says it's release date was back in March, but not available for purchase.

Just something i made up for fun

About the Series

Riverdale and Greendale are divided by the Sweetwater River, a geographical boundary that doubles as a mystical seal. For centuries, the river has kept ancient, dark magic contained. When an unknown force cracks the seal, a series of reality-bending anomalies plague both towns.

Sabrina Spellman must team up with her mortal friends from Riverdale to contain these threats. To protect them from the magical community's strict laws, Sabrina must keep her aunts and the Witch's Council from finding out that mortals are involved. Meanwhile, the Archie Gang must use their earthly wits to survive a world they don't understand, hunting down the mysterious figure trying to tear the seal down completely. With them a new face in Riverdale shows up, one of the last vampires left and victim of an undead plague that nearly wiped out his entire undead country, Alucard the original Dracula.

(Cast)

Sabrina is a powerful but untrained guardian, firecely protective of her new home town. She must constantly make impossible choices between using dark magic to save her friends or risking their lives to keep her soul intact. Archie and Jughead personalities are pretty much the same from the Archie's Weird Mysteries series. Betty uses her journalistic skills to hack city archives and track the human cultists, while Veronica uses her family's massive wealth and high-society connections to investigate the corporate side of the supernatural conspiracy. Also, Reggie's the part time bully/antagonist, because why not.

My OC Alucard, the vampire that inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula. Appearance is goth in his 20s but really 500 yo, powers like the Hotel Transylvania series plus drains energy sp he doesn't drink blood. Loves flying and humans, hates other monsters.

(Episode Elements)

The Sweetwater Anomalies: Every episode features a ticking-clock crisis. Time loops, shadow monsters that feed on memories, and mirror dimensions threaten to erase Riverdale from existence if the gang cannot close the rifts in time.

The "Blackwood" Conspiracy: The core mystery centers on a masked cult leader known as The Alchemist. Someone inside Riverdale High is actively stealing magical artifacts from Greendale to break the seal permanently. The gang must use classic detective work—investigating clues, tracking alibis, and decoding ancient glyphs—to unmask the traitor.

The Mortal-Magic Divide: The stakes are personal. If the magical authorities catch the Riverdale teens interacting with real magic, the Council will wipe their minds completely, destroying their memories of Sabrina and each other forever.

Monster Turf War: Sabrina and Alucard claim the town as their territory and fight off any monster that dares threatens it, using their vampire powers and witchcraft to face all cryptid kinds.

(Format)

30-minute animated anthology/serialized series (Netflix or Max style).

(Visual Style)

High-energy, vibrant, neon-retro animation (think Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse meets Gravity Falls). It moves away from the gritty, dark live-action style of Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina to embrace a fun, slightly spooky, stylized cartoon aesthetic.

I know this sounds familiar, that's because it is. It blends the "kids on bikes" investigative mystery sorta like Stranger Things with combine that and the occult world of Harry Potter, all wrapped in modern teenage social dynamics.

My vote is Immortal Hulk.

In my home country we have two or three publishers who translate western comics into my native language. One of the publishers often puts its comics on sale to presumably get rid of leftover stock. Right now 4 or 5 TPB volumes of different DC and Boom comics on sale for 1/2 or 1/3 of the original price that seem interesting but they arenot my top priority to read right now (also, I havenot read them but are about characters that I would like to get into - like Nightwing for example). Additionally, these are TPB volumes that they published a long time ago and I am 99% convinced that they won't continue with the following volumes. On the other hand, most of these publishers announce a big initiative or series that "they want to finish", and when one or two releases don't go well they decide that there is no interest and no money to be made. Also, with the amount of new and secondhand books and new comicbooks that I am buying I will soon have to buy a new bookshelf. And I always have this internal discussion in my head - should I buy physical comics from them to show support for the local comicbook scene and market and hope that someday they might publish a story that is on the top of my wishlist OR should I continue to read new issues mostly online, save my money for collecting classic stories and omnibuses of characters that I am sure that I like (like my dream goal to collect all of Hellboy and the Mignolaverse) - both from them or imported?

TL;DR: to support the local comic market (that will survive without me) or to save money and space?

Gabriele Dell'Otto is a beast. Loved his Secret War too.