Why I no longer read comic books

[Joseph DeMartino]

This is just hysterically funny and it got more of a reaction on the moderated B5 newsgroup than I'd expected, so I thought I'd cross-post it here. Do yourself a favor, read the whole thing, including the picture captions.

Sample: "It's at this moment, running across the moonlit ocean hefting an automobile over his head, that Superman realizes he's a f****** idiot."

http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/longbox7/



Joe

 

[Kaleb]

Oh dear god, thats screwed up. And in the "I screwed up cooking dinner and now thers no kitchen" way, not the modern art way.

 

[GKarsEye]

Why I no longer read comic books

Because you're older than 15?

At least Robin is right- the Batmobile is a totally queer name.

 

[LondosHair]

Joe, don't even bother with DC comics. They try so damned hard to make things edgy that they totally screw it up. That "new" Batman is a prime example. And don't get me started on Superman... ever since they found a way to kill him and then bring him back from the dead when they realized sales were tanking, well... nuff said.

I still read several Marvel titles. I'm particularly enjoying the latest issues of Iron Man, X-Factor, Astonishing X-Men (much like the Uncanny X-Men storyline, but written by Joss Whedon), Exiles, and particularly the New Avengers.

But, that's just me. I'm a mark for super-heroes & such.

 

[darth_librarian]

That's so right, and that book is a major turkey, which is a shame given its pedigree. Grant Morrisson's All Star Superman by contrast is a great comic book, if you can still cope with DC...

I still read Marvel, but its mostly down to one or two trades a month, with the odd independent or DC title depending on the writer....

I think the commerical superhero market is massively bloated, making the gems very hard to find amongst pap like this...

 

[Springer]

I'm not a major comic book reader, but I do read The Ultimates, and you should try out the new Transformers comic from IDW. Its pretty good stuff.

 

[KoshFan]

There's a rumor about new Firefly comic books coming out!

Unconfirmed as yet, however.

 

[darth_librarian]

In the meantime, Joss had a good run on Xmen recently.
The Ultimates is possiby one of the best comics to come out in the past 10 years. Mark Millar is a god. I will wait and see what IDW do with TF, after blowing a load on Dreamwave's stuff before they went under...