Hey everyone,

I want to get into comics, but I know almost nothing about them. Every time I look into it, I get overwhelmed by how much there is: tons of publishers, characters with decades of history, and reboots and multiverses I don’t understand. I’d love some help starting from the very beginning.

And also where would you recommend i start from??

Hi everyone. I know nothing about comics, so please be gentle with me. Also, I've read through the FAQ and think that this qualifies for the regular chat since I'm not asking for valuation or anything. Just the gift of knowledge.

I was at our local library semi-annual booksale this past weekend and picked up a copy of "The Great Comic Book Heroes" which was compiled, introduced, and annotated by Jules Feiffer (copyright 1965, Dial Press). It's a really cool book. On the inside cover was the doodle you can see in the picture I'm attaching. I'm wondering if any of the experts on here can help me figure out if it's a doodle done by an amateur or if it has the hallmarks of a specific comic artist and if so, who? I have no other info on the drawing other than what's written below it. Any thoughts?

Thank you so much for your help.

I think it’d be fun to learn about the ones that just really missed the mark

My first job out of college was as an assistant inker at Marvel Comics. I was hired by the great Marie Severin, worked in the Marvel bullpen, and was eventually hand-picked by Tony DeZuniga to become his assistant. I’d go to Tony’s NYC apartment and work with him on titles like "Savage Sword of Conan," "Spider-Woman" and "Thor."

I eventually traded comic books for advertising and went on to co-create the Milk Mustache campaign, which strangely enough, eventually brought me right back to superheroes.

This Sunday at L.A. Comic Con, I’ll be onstage with legendary celebrity photographer Timothy White for “Milk Mustache: Hollywood & Superheroes.”

We’ll be showing a ton of images, some rare video—including one with Spider-Man giving pointers to Andy and Adam Kubert at their drawing boards—and telling stories about Harrison Ford, Whoopi Goldberg, Lauren Bacall, Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Conan O’Brien, The Rock and others.

We’ll also get into Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, the Fantastic Four, Green Lantern and the Milk Mustache Marvel collector cards.

And I’ll show a few examples of how I used to sneak my name into pages I inked. Yeah, I know. But hey, they didn’t let me sign the splash page!

So, yes, I started my career inking Marvel superheroes and somehow ended up putting milk mustaches on them.

Sunday, November 1 • 11:00–11:50 a.m. • Room 304 AB

And afterward Timothy and I will be at the got milk? booth from 12:30–2:00 for a meet-and-greet and signing of my new book, "Milk Mustache: The stars. The stories. The staches."

If you’re going to L.A. Comic Con, come by and say hello.

I ordered this from Amazon and this is the quality how do I fix this I have no idea a beginner in comics and the replacement time is literally 2 months so is there any fix for this I thought about covering this with a notebook transparent cover so that it doesn't wear out

Here in Argentina we have a great comic book publisher who is in charge of everything DC. But we kinda have arguments about the format they choose. They dont use the 17x26cm (6,625 x 10,25 inches aprox), which is the US standard, but rather 17x24cm (6,625 x 9,45 aprox). I know it doesnt seem like a huge difference, but there is a group of ppl here who actively complain about it. Altough the publisher has never addressed it, we kinda know it is because of the economy.

So my question is, to the international public lmao, what do you think? Does this format really make that much of difference?

(For a direct comparison: Superman for All Seasons (US standard trade) and Tynion's Detective Vol. 1)

I’ve been trying to track down both volumes of Jonathan Hickman’s Fantastic Four omnibus run (or 2-4 of the Complete Collection) and figured this would be a good place to ask around.

Ideally, I’d love to find someone willing to part with both volumes, but I’m more than happy to purchase them separately if necessary.

If anyone has copies they’re looking to sell, knows someone who might, or has any leads on where I could find them for a reasonable price, I’d really appreciate the help!

Thanks in advance!

He’s successfully done a public opinion takeover. Miles and Gwen signaled to Peter in ASM 35 that the current consensus among the Spider family is ‘we’re waiting for Norman to act, no arguments‘.

Norman is making the rounds in other characters books like Iron man to establish that other heroes are becoming open to trusting him, or at least an uneasy peace.

so with that and MJ moving to CA, I’m questioning what exactly is Peter still around for?

Let him retire or go back to space, give Norman an ongoing for 1-2 years, then his tenure eventually collapses and the kids + the superhero community take Peter back cuz he’s needed. That feels like the only logical resolution to the current status quo

Thoughts?

I wanna get into comics. And I feel like for the most part the best way is omnibuses. But none of them are affordable? It took me forever to get the first 2 volumes of the amazing Spiderman (Stan lee Steve ditko) and I dont have 3 or 4 hundred dollars for the next volume. The first volume of wolverine is 3 hundred or 4 hundred. I just feel like were gatekeeping comics from new readers ya kno? I tried to find wolverine #1 cause im like oh ill just get the comics slowly. 50 to 60 dollars for one comic book? I respect and understand the community. But as a new fan trying to get into these comics. How? Do I have to be one of those read online people? I dont wanna be

I’m a somewhat new comic book fan and I’m looking for recommendations. Even though haven’t read many comics, I have consumed a lot of comic book media (shows, movies, etc).

Here are some characters I like:

DC:
Blue Beetle
Green Lantern (any of them but Jessica Cruz intrigues me)
Wonder Woman
Flash
The Titans
Any Magical Character

Marvel:
Ms. Marvel (kamala)
Spider-Man (peter and miles)
The X-Men
Daredevil
Loki
Any Magical Character

I’ve been thinking about this while reading Absolute Flash. It seems like Lemire is consciously thinking about how science is depicted in the book (which makes sense cause the depiction of science in superhero books can be kind of dated), and I was wondering if there are any other books that seem to be conscious of this?

Garth Ennis is one of those creators I always hear come up in comic conversations and I heard he's good and people like him but my only knowledge of him is that I have read some of his punisher stuff and I liked it. But then I have also read his cross and the boys comics and I thought they were okay they were graphic but they had their moments of comedy and I believe I understood a lot of the undertone he was trying to tell with those stories about if heroes were real or humanity if people had no filter and stuff like that. But I also thought that they were kind of just edgy for the sake of being edgy and I'm just wondering if that's pretty much what is stuff is like.

Now I know of two other of his works them being preacher and hellblazer which I've always been meaning to read those comics because I'm a fan of Constantine from the TV show and the animated DC movies. I've also started watching preacher finally and I've been enjoying.

But that's all I've known and read so I'm just wondering if people could recommend me any other stuff he did that I can find on the DC and Marvel apps or anything really good that he did outside of those two companies

Even though DC and WildStorm have practically been downgraded to a Warner Bros. broom closet, I have to get an honest opinion on something:

Do you believe that the long-standing collaboration with WildStorm has effectively balanced out DC's pechant for "all-American, boyscout" characters?

I'm firmly in the "Yes" column. DC badly needed more anti-heroes.

also comics if they are really good

I know that there are a lot of comic book artists from outside the states but I wanted to know if there were any African artists (that are not Juni Ba) on the same level of success and quality as a Peach Momoko or a Bilquis.

Consistent writers or artists from Africa in the creator owned scene or in Marvel and DC (not an artist or writer that did a one shot for Marvel/DC one time a decade ago and that's the extent of their work in the comics scene).

If so please do recommend their work.

Note, I'm not talking about big events in general, it seems like most people are okay with events where they are separated off into their own mini-series.

But it seems like the general consensus amongst readers is that crossover tie-ins are extremely annoying. People don't like being asked to go buy a bunch of other unrelated titles just to follow along with this storyline in the title they actually care about. They usually interrupt and hijack the current title, and many people even recommend to "just skip the tie-in issues." Hell, even some trade paperbacks for that title will skip the event tie-in issues altogether.

I can't speak from the creator perspective, but I also can't imagine many are too happy to have to divert their attention away from their main story either.

So like, what's the *actual* benefit? Do crossover events historically sell well? I understand from a short term perspective, an event might boost the sales in one of the less popular titles. But that feels inherently short-sighted and transient: I can't imagine that the conversion rate for a crossover issue into that main title is particularly high.

Like genuine question, what is the tangible benefit of making a big event crossover into multiple titles *instead* of it just being it's own mini-series? What are DC/Marvel aiming for when they are doing this?

Solved. Not a video game, but an RPG called Top-Secret.

I’m trying to find a video game ad that was run in comic books back in the 80’s or 90’s. It was a photo of a spy or operator’s gear with a knife and camera laid out on a desk. It might have had a gun and a Top-Secret file. It’s not the Metal Gear ad with everything laid out.

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Working on a custom Magneto Skateboard based off of X-Men #1! I absolutely love working with comic book art, so if you have any suggestions or would like one yourself, let me know!

Hello,

I’m new to the comic book scene, my girlfriend really wants a Moon knight #1 issue from Nov 1980. We went to a local comic book store and the guy had it priced at $100.00 for what looked like a good copy. Not knowing anything about comic books I quickly went online and started looking at prices and saw others posted for $40-60. Is that something that if it was a great copy could be worth $100 or is it just over priced. Additionally, is there a trustworthy website/app to find the prices of comic books rather than eBay or google. Thanks!

So there are some runs that destroy a character to a point they don't use them or have to put that character on ice for a time. To you all what has been that run that ended a character's time

I have already red The walking dead