Hey just wondering if any other snuffers enjoy comic books and the like. My favorite comics are in no particular order: Fat Freddys Cat/Fab Furry Freek Bros., Cherry Poptart, Groo the Wanderer, Grimm Fairy Tales(great newer series), House of Mystery, Mad Mag, wow I’m pretty sure the list could go on for a while. So I guess the question is- I show you mine now show me yours!

Bloom County/Outland/Opus.

Not exactly the same thing, but Charles M Schultz was always almost one of my heroes (as kid I used to faithfully go to the comics section of the newspaper just to study them, not just the little story line but how they were drawn, everything) and I have a few really old (1960’s possibly early 1970’s) Peanuts books which I wonder as I write this if they might even be worth something now.

+1 BradMajors !! I’ll add Calvin and Hobbs for honorable mention. I’ve a Bill the Cat plush toy that has accompanied me in every flat and house I’ve lived in for the last 25 years (-:

anything that Jhonen Vasquez did, like Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, Fillerbunny, Squee!, I Feel Sick and graphic novels like The Walking Dead, Watchmen, Marvel Zombies, The Dark Tower series

I’m probably the only one old enough to remember, bu IMHO Pogo is the greatest comic/political satire ever.

I collect Spider-Man (pre 1999) , Spider-Girl, Groo the Wanderer, The Tick. I used to collect a lot more, but those are my favorites and I focus on them now. I like the harbound editions of collected comics from the Silver Age (like Marvel Masterworks) as well.

all mentioning greats! Bloom County and Calvin and Hobbes are likely my favorite newspaper strips, both brilliantly drawn and written.

Now what about TARZAN? Nobody like/remember him and JANE? Wonder if they ever had kids. What IS known is that Tarzan suffered from a hormone problem. He never had any beard or body hair.

@Nachman Whilst I didn’t fully appreciate the political satire at the time, I did enjoy Pogo! “We have met the enemy and he is us.”

Tintin of European comics, Batman of American comics are my favourites but I like all kind of comics in general. And Pogo is great!

Turok the Dinosaur Hunter, TransMetropolitan, Fables (Legends In Exile), and Dr. Strange! Too bad TransMetropolitan is the only one I ever had time to read completely…

My favorite comic is actualy a family circus book me and my girlfriend desicrated by adding additional art as well changing the text. Some of them are funny some are just plain wrong. All are classics. I need to scan that shit in somewhere soon.

@ Pieter For being so close to primates on a daily basis, you would think he’d develop more hair, at least peach-fuzz…or evolve I guess you’d say…never thought of that really Not really a comic, but I watched quite a bit of Felix the Cat and many of the old Betty Boops with Grampy. They don’t make animation like that any more… I guess my favorite is Robert Crumb…anyone into him? MR. NATURAL!!!

Ya, R. Crumb is hilarious! Big Ass Comix!!!

Agree with R. Crumb there! Also got Will Eisner’s Spirit collection lately, brilliant stuff.

The Will Eisner book-New York the Big City is one of my prized possessions. Been really wanting to look into Spirit as well, how many are in the collection?

I’m not sure, one I have is a British edition but I think in US most of Spirit is re-published now. That New York story I also remember fondly, got me interested in comics again.

Did you hear the news about Robert Mugabe’s library that went up in flames? Lost all three his colour in books of which one was only half way done. Apparently he was in tears.

isn’t Mugabe the president of Zimbobsway (my spelling of it, I hope no one minds.)

I think he’s the ANC SA prez.

@AllanH: Tintin was awesome! Haven’t seen them in forever.

I learned to read with Tintin and Asterix the Gaul. Still read especially Tintins, they’re good fun and great art for kids and adults alike.

I used to buy US comics as a kid purely for the fantastic, weird adverts for sea monkeys, x-ray spex, slim jims and twinkies etc. It was just so off the wall compared to British stuff. I have to admit being slightly disappointed with Twinkies when I finally got to the states though.

I guess you’ve never had a deep-fried Twinkie, then Snuffster!! They’re wonderful!! (and yes, I still carry a pair of X-ray spex in my truck glovebox in case an opportunity arrises…)

I haven’t I must admit! Slim jims were good though the last time I was in NY I couldn’t find twinkies or slim jims. I also had a pair of x-ray spex, which were a pretty good gimick for the cost. I seem to remember they were cardboard and you looked through a bit of feather in the ‘lens’ to give the illusion. I never saw through ladies clothes though unfortunatley.

I’ve been getting back into comics this past year, but my tastes have changed a lot, I’m not really reading classic superhero stuff anymore currently: Rachel Rising__Echo (both byTerry Moore) Orchid by Tom Morello Northlanders__The Massive__DMZ (all three by Brian Wood) Secret by Jonathan Hickman Secret Service by Mark Millar All brilliant stuff! Also still getting the occasional Groo the Wanderer and The Tick but they’re only published intermittantly anymore. I’m going to start collecting Asterix the Gaul soon too. Anybody got any recommendations? You can see my tastes.

I’m glad to see I’m not the only one into comics. I have many boxes of them. I was a big x-men and spiderman fan in the early 80’s. My dad had a friend that was a big collector of comics, albums and rock memorabilia. He thought it was cool to see a kid collecting comics and that I was a big Led Zeppelin fan so he set me up with tons of the 10 and 12 cent batman/detective comics from before my time and some cool Zeppelin memorabilia. His Beatles collection must be worth a fortune today. I have a collection of Mad Magazines ranging from #2 to 300?ish that I need to organize, grade and sell soon, along with the first issue of Cracked and Sports Illustrated #1.

@onefortheroad Sergio Aragonés (creator of my beloved Groo) did and still does the marginal art and other bits in Mad and I think only missed one issue in 40 odd years.

I’m more into manga and webcomics. I only read american comics if it’s a one-book collection. I tried getting into them when I was younger but each issue is so short that it’s just annoying.

@snuff_n00b Fillerbunny! Hahahaha…I forgot about that one. Totally classic. Another of my favorites is Sam 'n Max. The games are kind of lame (except the old Lucas Arts One), but the original comics crack me up. Cable/Infinite Crisis/League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Green lantern and the punisher

Frank Miller Batman Dark Shadows V For Vendetta Old “Tales” type books Constantine Walking Dead These days I mostly buy trade paperback compilations. More of a reader than a collector.

Young,david Banner Hulk.

Being a fan of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, I got the giant book with all the Dark Tower comics in it. Very cool and beautiful art. Also like the Walking Dead, 30 Days of Night, or any horror related stuff. Archie and Jughead Never been a big superhero fan…

Andy Capp is my all time favorite.

I loved comics as a kid and they were 25 cents when I started and 60 cents when I stopped. The past few years I have got into getting into the reprint stuff that Marvel and DC have been putting out. It is great that I can now read all that great stuff that I missed in the 60’s. Some of my favorites are Conan, Dr. Strange, Sgt Fury, and Fantastic Four. I also dig all the horror and crime stuff plus a lot of the Vertigo stuff like Sandman, Shade, and Hellblazer are cool too.