To be honest, the majority of the comics in my collection are classic Marvel issues. I have a slight obsession with the old-school horror and giant monster comics from the 50s & 60s

It's safe to assume that most of us have read the comic book series Watchmen, and because of that I feel this is probably a good place to ask this question, a question on something that has been bothering me about the ending for a while. To stay on the safe side however, I have to write this with a spoiler tag.



I seriously would want someone to tell me their thoughts on this. I've read many analysis and supplementary readings, but none of them have answered this problem.

Didn't Overkill put out some sort of promotional comic book a couple years ago?

I am of the opinion that that scene was:



What do you think? Also, isn't it fun trying to puzzle out the various conundrums of ethics and behaviour Watchmen presents?

Batman is the greatest of all superheroes.This is not arguable.

You're wrong. That title belongs Spawn. Well, more anti-hero than superhero, but eh.....

I hate Spawn. The first few arcs are pretty damn awesome, but the series has become so much of a clusterfuck that I really don't care.

I actually care very little for actual comics, but I really enjoy reading about the mythology sorrounding them and the characters that appear in them. I only truly liked comics for a brief period of time when I was a kiddo.

And Gunther, you should watch the animated series based on Spawn that was done for HBO some years ago. It was insanely cool, and it did much more justice to the character than that horrendous movie..... Also, it only covers the early arcs, as it got canceled later

Oh yea, I watched the animated series....really damn awesome stuff!

I just wish Billy Kincaid would've died like in the comics. Getting stabbed to death with popsickle sticks and hung by chains is much better than just getting shot in the head by Clown.

Yea that's one of the most memorable Spawn moments ever.

"He made children scream, so I made him scream, and scream, and scream, and scream..."

Yeah, Spawn really went for an overkill with that guy. The fat bastard deserved it, though.

Not a big Batman fan. In fact, I greatly prefer his ersatz Marvel counterpart Moon Knight. Or even his ersatz Ultimate Marvel counterpart Hawk-Owl. Or even his ersatz Marvel MAX counterpart Nighthawk.

Marvel has way more interesting takes on Batman than DC!

Moon Knight is officially better than Batman because Batman doesn't cut people's faces off to wear them like masks.

I prefer the Moon Roach. Is... is that wrong?

No, the Moon Roach is a perfectly valid AU version of the character. Quite well developed.

Yes, yes, it is. Now hold tight and keep your hands on the keyboard while the Comics Police will enter your apartment and beat you to death. You will recognize them by their Judge-uniforms.

Jean "Moebius" Giraud, one of the most well-known and internationally recognized French comic artists, has died yesterday.

I have a question about the position of Wolverine's claws.

It's as much an inconsistency as characters' build and facial structure changing over time. It's just the dis-continuity of being drawn by so many artists over time in so many styles. The thing is that there is no truly "orthodox" way to draw virtually any comic book character so there's no right or wrong answer here.

It's just a feature of comic book art. Likely a cultural thing, as much as an accidental thing. Compare to animated shows, for example, where proportions and shapes are generally strictly maintained through entire runs (nowadays with the aid of computers). It's just what is considered normal.

Anyone else a huge fan of the Fear Itself event? I was totally blown away by the awesomeness despite being an avid Marvel fan for over a decade.

Allan Moore's "Swamp Thing". That's my favorite stuff.

Yeah Swamp Thing is awesome. Always loved the original series too. I just finished reading The Dark Knight returns. What an amazing graphic novel.

^This.

Even though don't read Comic Books like I used to, Batman is the epitome of how people can still be a superhero without having any sort of super powers.

And speaking of Comic Books, I was hoping of getting back into reading Comic Books. Can anyone here tell me which comic series is good to start of with (besides Spider-man, X-men, Batman)?

Yeah, yeah, sure. Moon Knight goes it without powers all the time and nobody cares. Unless you consider schizophrenia a super power.

If you like comics at all, check out these:

Grant Morrison (Granted, a big name, but with a deep and varied catalogue)
Warren Ellis in general. He has his slip ups, but is untouchable when he's on.
Ted McKeever is a fucking genius. Check out Meta4.
Peter Milligan has a knack for making the esoteric work in a mainstream setting.
Elephantmen is a blast. Richard Starkings makes a good Sci-Fi book.
Alexandro Jodorowsky, specifically Metabarons and The Incal.

Fuck Marvel, for the most part, as well as Stan Lee and his "Marvel Method." Must be great to make a mountain of money on the back of his artists, most of whom lived and died in poverty. Check out Gary Freidrich. Fucking ridiculous.

Maybe I haven't done enough research on the topic, but from what I can gleam a lot of the angst against Stan Lee comes out of thin air.

As for your problem with the Marvel Method, what do you mean by this? It is simply another method of writing and drawing comics.

My issue with the Marvel Method is that it completely undercuts a fundamental half of the construction of a comic. Don't get me wrong, guys like Kirby and Ditko, both of which had to work in, and flourished within the MM, were great visual storytellers, but it limits the medium and undercuts the form all together when the writer is just plugging in whatever fits after the fact.

Also, Stan Lee used to have offices full of artists who would work doubly hard, and often above that, to get comics out, so that he could throw in whatever dialogue and exposition he felt fit. He didn't work nearly as hard as anyone else on his creative team, but let them starve, sometimes literally, while he raked in money. I understand a successful business, but the mere fact that comics had to develop what functions as a welfare system just for comic artists and writers is a fucking travesty. DC is no more innocent, but the fact that Stan Lee continues to profit is what bothers me so much. It took whole generations of writers to actually introduce coherent and challenging storytelling into Marvel Comics, and if not for writers like John Buscema, Jim Starlin and Chris Claremont, shit never would have gotten better.

I'm a batman fan......But if it was Batman verses Ironman.....money against money..... gadgets against gadgets....I lean towards Ironman dominating....not saying he would win but *shrugs*