Fbh
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I’m more of a manga guy than comic/graphics novel guy. I had a small comics collection as a kid but with the internet I discovered manga and have sort of preferred it ever since.
To me it really comes down to the fact that I’m not a fan of the whole concept of “runs” in comics and the never ending stories with the same characters. I know for some people that’s actually one of the big appeals since you can have various takes from different writers and artists based on these beloved characters, but to me it just makes them less interesting since I feel that nothing really matters as eventually it all gets reset or rebooted or there’s some story explanation as to why Batman is facing the joker for the 400th time.
Then you have events which take place over various different series and so if you truly want to get what’s going in this batman plot you also have to read nightwing and then maybe a chapter from Justice legue, but then this other characters appears which was introduced in some wonder woman comic, ec.
In Manga, I like that if I want to get into, say, Full Metal Alchemist I can just go and buy those 27 volumes and I get the whole story. It’s not a version of the story or one particular take…it’s the whole story and then the author moved on to make other stories with new characters taking place in new worlds.
With that said, I realize there’s way more to comics than just the standard Marvel and DC superheroes but I’m really ignorant when it comes to it, so I’m looking for suggestions of completed work that’s just one single story. Where I can read from chapter 1 to 50 (or whatever) and that’s the whole thing and not just a version of it or a run of it.
I’m both into action heavy stuff or more plot heavy stuff so from that point I’ll take all suggestions. Hopefully with cool art to go with it (If I can be honest, and I know some people will dislike this, hopefully stuff that looks a bit more modern than Watchen, never been a fan of the art in that)
What I have read:
- Watchmen : Loved it but, as I said, I'm just not fan of that old school art style
- Walking Dead: I was really into it but eventually dropped it since, much like the TV show, I just felt it was going nowhere and there never seemed to be an end goal for any of it. It turned into Rick and friends going through bad experienced which was fun for a whole but then got repetitive and boring.
To me it really comes down to the fact that I’m not a fan of the whole concept of “runs” in comics and the never ending stories with the same characters. I know for some people that’s actually one of the big appeals since you can have various takes from different writers and artists based on these beloved characters, but to me it just makes them less interesting since I feel that nothing really matters as eventually it all gets reset or rebooted or there’s some story explanation as to why Batman is facing the joker for the 400th time.
Then you have events which take place over various different series and so if you truly want to get what’s going in this batman plot you also have to read nightwing and then maybe a chapter from Justice legue, but then this other characters appears which was introduced in some wonder woman comic, ec.
In Manga, I like that if I want to get into, say, Full Metal Alchemist I can just go and buy those 27 volumes and I get the whole story. It’s not a version of the story or one particular take…it’s the whole story and then the author moved on to make other stories with new characters taking place in new worlds.
With that said, I realize there’s way more to comics than just the standard Marvel and DC superheroes but I’m really ignorant when it comes to it, so I’m looking for suggestions of completed work that’s just one single story. Where I can read from chapter 1 to 50 (or whatever) and that’s the whole thing and not just a version of it or a run of it.
I’m both into action heavy stuff or more plot heavy stuff so from that point I’ll take all suggestions. Hopefully with cool art to go with it (If I can be honest, and I know some people will dislike this, hopefully stuff that looks a bit more modern than Watchen, never been a fan of the art in that)
What I have read:
- Watchmen : Loved it but, as I said, I'm just not fan of that old school art style
- Walking Dead: I was really into it but eventually dropped it since, much like the TV show, I just felt it was going nowhere and there never seemed to be an end goal for any of it. It turned into Rick and friends going through bad experienced which was fun for a whole but then got repetitive and boring.
