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Ashan wrote:What's up with the 'Murican themed ones on the bottom?

It was a story Arc where Carnage takes over a town in Colorado, and runs it like a president (By that I mean he infects everyone with his Symbiote).

That sound amazing.

Is there a way to read these things without having to go searching for physical copies?

Ashan wrote:That sound amazing.

Is there a way to read these things without having to go searching for physical copies?

I believe you can download digital copies from Marvels website for a fee

I'll have to check that out.

http://imgur.com/a/qfByh Picked up some Most of Superior Spider-Man, and some trades today. (Did I mention I love Carnage?) I'll start reading the Venom one tomorrow

I was gonna point out the comic sans but then I realized it's on a comic so it's perfectly acceptable.

Ashan wrote:I was gonna point out the comic sans but then I realized it's on a comic so it's perfectly acceptable.

Gotta advertise

Bwarch wrote:I have rambled quite a bit here, but to be fair I don't quite understand your question as having an ultimate answer since it's phrased in a weird way.

Well, let's put it this way...

If it's non-fiction, is it a comic book?

ztarwuff wrote:

Bwarch wrote:I have rambled quite a bit here, but to be fair I don't quite understand your question as having an ultimate answer since it's phrased in a weird way.

Well, let's put it this way...

If it's non-fiction, is it a comic book?

No. That's like asking if a fairy tale is a comic book.

But fairy tales have been adapted into being comic books.

http://www.comicvine.com/bigby-wolf/4005-7266/

I did a SMALL bit of looking around to see if there are any non-fiction books, especially WW2 stuff, but it seems the characters were usually fictional.

I do think SOMEBODY out there will have made a non-fiction comic book, but for now it is definitely not majority and I can find no evidence of any.

Comic books can contain real people (like Obama appearing in Spider-Man), but it's still a fictional story even if it's based off real events.

Hm, so I would take it that Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, Guy DeLisle's Jerusalem and Ottaviani and Myrick's Feynman do not count as comic books, because they are non-fictional whereas Tintin counts as a comic? And what about Alan Moore's From Hell?

Note: Of the above mentioned, I only own Jerusalem and about four Tintin comics.

ztarwuff wrote:Hm, so I would take it that Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, Guy DeLisle's Jerusalem and Ottaviani and Myrick's Feynman do not count as comic books, because they are non-fictional whereas Tintin counts as a comic? And what about Alan Moore's From Hell?

Note: Of the above mentioned, I only own Jerusalem and about four Tintin comics.

A comic book can be based off real events, but the comic would still not be a work of fiction

Used my GameStop reward points to get this neat little bank. http://imgur.com/uP7aWEG

This is my favorite page from the superior carnage storyline http://media.comicbookmovie.com/images/ ... -641cb.jpg

Did you guys get your free comic book today?

I spent most of my time out in the front yard weeding today, so nope. I'll just read the past couple of issues of Mega Man and pretend that they were free instead.

Bean wrote:I spent most of my time out in the front yard weeding today, so nope. I'll just read the past couple of issues of Mega Man and pretend that they were free instead.

Swing by your local store and see if they still have a few free issues ;)

I totally got my free comics today! I'm glad to finally have an explanation for why Venom is with the Guardians of the Galaxy now. I may have also gotten suckered in to buying some cheap trades too including some classic Thor stories, some of Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men and a post Civil War Moon Knight trade. Gotta love local comic shops. I need to stop spending so much money on a day about free comics...

As I mentioned a couple times in the movie thread, TASM2 left me really disappointed and now I want something Spider-Man that's actually GOOD so I've been looking into buying some comics.
I'm considering buying this right now cause I've heard good things about the Ultimate Spider-Man series.
I mean, I could also just download the series and read that, and I don't know. I might just do that instead cause I don't know if I'm interested in shelling out a ton of money and spending time and effort searching the best way to buy the series and whatnot.

Although I haven't got some at home, I used to read Iron Man and Fantastic Four comics when I visited my cousin. It was actually pretty neat, but I don't think I'll buy some.

Ashan wrote:As I mentioned a couple times in the movie thread, TASM2 left me really disappointed and now I want something Spider-Man that's actually GOOD so I've been looking into buying some comics.
I'm considering buying this right now cause I've heard good things about the Ultimate Spider-Man series.
I mean, I could also just download the series and read that, and I don't know. I might just do that instead cause I don't know if I'm interested in shelling out a ton of money and spending time and effort searching the best way to buy the series and whatnot.

Personally, I love Bendis' writing and Ultimate Spider-Man is no exception; I would definitely recommend it. Alternatively, you could pick up the best-selling comic since 1999.