Post 2696727 by Alexis@beepboop.one
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(DIR) Post #2685532 by Alexis@beepboop.one
2019-01-05T21:44:33Z
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Anyone who recommends people get into comics with Watchmen should have their computer taken away and smashed with a bat.
(DIR) Post #2685533 by spud@cybre.space
2019-01-05T21:46:12Z
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@Alexis what has watchmen done to earn such ire?
(DIR) Post #2685534 by Alexis@beepboop.one
2019-01-05T22:02:01Z
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@spud * Watchmen is obviously a historically significant work, by two of superhero comics' finest creators at the peak of their craft.* Generally speaking, people wanting to Get Into Comics tend to be driven by wanting to know more after having enjoyed a recent adaptation.* As such, Watchmen has essentially very little to do with what people who want to Get Into Comics today actually tend to want to get out of Getting Into Comics.* It's also incredibly grim, and I... just don't like it.
(DIR) Post #2685536 by grainloom@cybre.space
2019-01-05T23:41:41Z
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@Alexis @spud what about Sandman?
(DIR) Post #2685557 by Alexis@beepboop.one
2019-01-05T23:42:48Z
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@grainloom @spud I think Sandman is absolutley great for a certain kind of reader, but it's equally unsuitable as a one-size-fits-all recommendation.
(DIR) Post #2696727 by Alexis@beepboop.one
2019-01-05T22:13:31Z
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A general recommendation of "the one book to get into comics" is bullshit, anyway.For some, it's gonna be Raina Telgemeier, or a single X-Men issue from 1994, or reading a Scott McCloud book, or webcomics, or a Chinese copy of Maus they found in a hotel room and can't actually understand -- there's no one-book-fits-all.What "start with Watchmen" communicates is: "I think it's the best one, and my opinions haven't changed since 1995."
(DIR) Post #2696728 by Alexis@beepboop.one
2019-01-05T22:24:35Z
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How *I* got into comics is essentially impossible to recommend outside of the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, and 1993 -- Donald Duck comics don't tend to exist in the same way, and you're not learning to read.How I got into superhero comics is with Ultimate Spider-Man, and though that's aged pretty well, it's extremely 2001, extremely decompressed, and not something I'd necessarily recommend to a new reader in 2019.
(DIR) Post #2696729 by Alexis@beepboop.one
2019-01-05T22:29:53Z
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Basic questions to ask someone who says they want to get into comics:* How familiar are you with the form? Do you read any webcomics, or manga?* What makes you say you wanna get into comics? A recent movie, or TV show? Something you read online?* When you say you wanna get into comics, what are you talking about wanting to get into exactly? Superhero stuff?
(DIR) Post #2696730 by Alexis@beepboop.one
2019-01-05T22:32:00Z
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If somebody's not very familiar with reading comics, "start with Watchmen" is like telling someone to get into action movies by starting with six very serious Italian films.