tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post7910736713419500360..comments2024-03-27T09:00:32.195-05:00Comments on The Signal Watch: So, What Have I Been Up To? Me and Comics Since June 2013The Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-57967308634990273642015-01-29T00:01:04.338-06:002015-01-29T00:01:04.338-06:00Based on what I've read on your blog over the ...Based on what I've read on your blog over the last few years, I wasn't as into comics as you were. And I never collected comics as much as you did, so the separation from comics wasn't as dramatic for me. <br /><br />I had very little patience for comics when they started to suck and got easily discouraged when I tried to test the waters and the continuity was all over the place.<br /><br />After high school, I flirted with Image Comics, and was pretty much done. Then one day, while in the Marines, I walked by a comic book store and saw that awesome teaser poster for Kingdom Come - you know the one with the Spectre looking down at images rising from his hand, with the tagline, "The dreamer, The Thunder, The Bat, The Eagle, The Angel." And that sucked me back into comics and forced me to familiarize myself with the as yet mostly untouched DC universe.<br /><br />Then I was out again. The Ultimate titles sucked me in again for a short time, but collecting Marvel required getting sucked into these giant cross-over events, and again I said "no thanks." Then DC started to look interesting with All-Star Superman and New Frontier. Unfortunately, the New 52 followed and was (and is) as you described. And I've been out ever since.<br /><br />I'll be checking out Marvel's Star Wars, as well, but at this point, it would take something radical to suck me into comics again.<br /><br />I still like to tinker with my collection which is only around a thousand or so. But I imagine it feels good to unload some of that stuff. With the state of things, however, it will be years before you work off that store credit.<br />Jake Shorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124378230594689452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-87181008139767200502015-01-07T16:20:19.515-06:002015-01-07T16:20:19.515-06:00"At the age when I should have been throwing ..."At the age when I should have been throwing in the towel, comics decided to grow up with me. I came into comics as <i>Watchmen</i> and <i>Dark Knight Returns</i> were happening and pushing everyone in the comic market to try harder."<br /><br />word.horushttp://againstthemodernworld.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com