Any lover of de comics (or Graphic Novels, if you are so inclined)?

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I love comics, and when Marvel decided to publish a Dark Tower comic to add to the canon of the source material I was thrilled. I have always felt Comics had the power to hold a reader in a visual way no other medium could as powerfully tell. I got into the superhero genre, the independent comics, horror comics and adult graphic novels, got hooked and wanted to write comics myself.


Any Comic readers here in de SK site?
 
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I can't read any comic (graphic novel) without imagining them all as Archie characters. Although, oddly, as a kid I sat in a house that I was convinced was haunted, in a room regularly used as a funeral home, reading horror comics and eating chocolate Popsicles.

Anyway, I was criticized because I not only allowed my son as a pre-teen to read graphic novel, I bought him some for a Christmas present. (I think it was Death Note.)

In my opinion, reading is reading, and those books actually had him discussing something other than Link and Zelda, lol. Maybe the subject matter was beyond what some that age can handle, but he seems OK so far.
 
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This is a little embarrassing but NeverWhere was the first graphic novel I ever read. It had soooooo much nudity lol

The saga of Den is a fantasy series about the adventures of a young underweight nerd who travels to Neverwhere, a universe taking inspirational nods from Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age, Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom and H. P. Lovecraft's horror dimensions. There, the boy becomes an enormously endowed nude muscleman who has erotic adventures in a world of outrageous dangers, hideous monsters, and buxom nude women who lustfully throw themselves at him. This story was adapted in a highly abridged form in the animated film Heavy Metal, where Den was voiced by John Candy in an abbreviated adaptation that involved Corben himself that he felt was satisfactory.
 
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AnnaMarie said:
I can't read any comic (graphic novel) without imagining them all as Archie characters. Although, oddly, as a kid I sat in a house that I was convinced was haunted, in a room regularly used as a funeral home, reading horror comics and eating chocolate Popsicles.

Anyway, I was criticized because I not only allowed my son as a pre-teen to read graphic novel, I bought him some for a Christmas present. (I think it was Death Note.)

In my opinion, reading is reading, and those books actually had him discussing something other than Link and Zelda, lol. Maybe the subject matter was beyond what some that age can handle, but he seems OK so far.
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You're a very smart Mom :)
 
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Absolutely! I've been reading comics since at least 1975,and possibly earlier (lol). Superhero (prefer Marvel to DC, but the Moore/Bolland DC are incredible, as are the Azzarello Joker books), scary, hell, I even used to read 'love' comics :) Huge fan!
 
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AnnaMarie said:
I can't read any comic (graphic novel) without imagining them all as Archie characters. Although, oddly, as a kid I sat in a house that I was convinced was haunted, in a room regularly used as a funeral home, reading horror comics and eating chocolate Popsicles.

Anyway, I was criticized because I not only allowed my son as a pre-teen to read graphic novel, I bought him some for a Christmas present. (I think it was Death Note.)

In my opinion, reading is reading, and those books actually had him discussing something other than Link and Zelda, lol. Maybe the subject matter was beyond what some that age can handle, but he seems OK so far.
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You are a good parent, giving your son comics :)
 
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I've never read comics of any kind, never had any desire to even after I started reading King books. I did see a bunch of hard back Dark Tower and/or The Stand comics in a closing down book store when Dr Sleep was released, they were £5.99 each, don't even know if that represents good value, but I had no real desire to buy them for my King collection.
 
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no bounce no play said:
This is a little embarrassing but NeverWhere was the first graphic novel I ever read. It had soooooo much nudity lol

The saga of Den is a fantasy series about the adventures of a young underweight nerd who travels to Neverwhere, a universe taking inspirational nods from Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age, Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom and H. P. Lovecraft's horror dimensions. There, the boy becomes an enormously endowed nude muscleman who has erotic adventures in a world of outrageous dangers, hideous monsters, and buxom nude women who lustfully throw themselves at him. This story was adapted in a highly abridged form in the animated film Heavy Metal, where Den was voiced by John Candy in an abbreviated adaptation that involved Corben himself that he felt was satisfactory.

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...I loved that!!!...it was hilarious!!!...
 
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Speedygi81 said:
The Hardcover editions for those are better, get those just cause they feel better and last longer...and the series just ended so you can pick them all up...
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..the Locke and Key series has concluded?...how many HC editions are there?...I looked around, but with variants and such-I got a bit confused as to the exact number and titles...would appreciate any help...
 
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