Do you read comics?

Yep, have a blog too.

@superdrummer: I have a few places online where you can read comics for free if you want. Also if you have a smart phone, iPod or tablet the Comixology app has a lot of free comics. Same for the DC, Marvel and Vertigo apps.

Kids these days. Good old brick and mortar stores for me.

Nothing like finding a physical copy for cheap in the bin!

I sometimes post on battle forums but find them pointless. The whole feat-based system is essentially flawed.

I do read comics, a lot, but never pretend to be an expert on comic books which I didn't read extensively.

Why this thread? :)

Be honest, did somebody piss you off? ;)

@matteopg: It's a little book called "Speeding Bullets" and people looked at me like I had three heads or something.

hahahaha....really?

I do read comics but I can never understand the multiple realities offered out there, and sometimes I actually get lost on the lore. Like I remember one time when I heard the news about batman dying I was assuming that they we're talking about Batman: R.I.P. since I was following that run at the time but I didn't know about Final Crisis, so i ended up looking like a fool when I tried to relate with the others.

Even if I back track on all the comics I've bought so far I doubt I'll be able to make sense of connecting them all. These days I just follow main events and mini-series. Just hope I'm not missing out much since it friendlier to my wallet. lol

@mxyzptlk_cv: Ya rly

Moore's run on the character happened decades ago and the character has had plenty of other writers after him.

He started writing Dredd in the 80's and yes, it's worth reading.

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@billy_batson: Touche, Salesman.

Yup, and if anything at the moment I'm reading too many.

I get the feeling that the majority of people around here only read current releases tbh.

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Alan Grant is an OK Dredd writer, but doesn't hold a candle to John Wagner. You can always tell an Alan Grant story by the way that Dredd acts like a bigger fascist douchebag than usual.

I think Grant hit his peak in the 80s and early 90s, a lot of his stuff has been treading water since then IMO.

Though the recent Judge Anderson he's been writing has been interesting, looks like she's going into meltdown :(

Nope, I just stare at the words.

@silent_bomber: DUDE! MISTER GRANT IS ALIVE AND EMPLOYED?! That's the best news I've heard in a looooooooong time (we were pen pals).

He's still semi-regular on 2000AD and the Meg, he did a Durham Red story in 2012, it was OK.

I tend to read mainly trades these days so I'm not totally up to date on what been going on tbh.

@silent_bomber: He had rheumatoid arthritis (spelling?) and DC would not hire him last I knew. Then he stopped replying to my emails. You have made my day. Thank you very much.

No, I don't. I don't even know what am I doing here.

That's a shame.

I think they'll always keep hiring him at 2000AD he's done too much important stuff for them over the years.

Hopefully this recent Judge Anderson is a sign that he's going to get back to the quality of his glory days, I'd be happy for a bunch more classic Judge Anderson and Durham Red stories at this stage.

Not nearly as much as everybody else.

@silent_bomber: Admittedly, he's no Keith Giffen (but who is?) but Alan Grant is the kindest, most respectful, most generous writer I've ever talked to. He sent me free stuff, signed some stuff, and helped me through a tough time of my life. I can never repay him.

Wow, that's pretty cool of him.

In regards to his writing, I like his 80s Strontium Dog and Detective Comics stories a lot.

80s to early 90s Judge Anderson's were good

His Batman run was OK, but not as good as his Detective Comics stuff

His Shadow of the Bat is when I felt the quality started to drop, but there are still some good stories there.

His later 00s Judge Anderson's just bored me to be honest.

I haven't read more than a few pages of his work on Lobo so I couldn't say, the Lobo and Judge Dredd team up he did was entertaining though, and his Judge Dredd/Batman team up's ranged from OK to very good IMO.

@silent_bomber: Fair enough, but he created Anarky, Mr. Zsasz, Scarface and the Ventriloquist, and he defined pre-Flashpoint Lobo.

I liked a lot of his Batman creations, shame they're so rarely used.

Cornelius Stirk was also a good character, creepy and memorable.

Yes, but not as much as I once did...

Yea, about 4-5 a day.

Found it

Its because their copyright ran for 50 years and afterwards needed renewed, which costs money, so they instead didn't do it for one reason or another. Thanks for the heads up man, they are going to be posting more comics as their copyright expires.

Yeah, but I struggle to keep up with current comics.

at first glance a basic question, but yes i think its one that should be asked