Do You Read Comic Books?

[virtualtraveler]

I was just wondering how many people out there still like to read comic books?

I know my sisters really enjoy reading all the old Cowboy Comic Books and my older sister has even got a few of them, touched them up a bit and is just starting to sell them on Amazon and on her website CoolCowboyComics.com

Personally I have never been much of a reader and I would rather watch cowboy movies than read about cowboys but I am sure there are still some folks out there who like to read comics.

Which do you prefer. Reading Cowboy comics or Watching Cowboy Movies? Or maybe Both? Or Neither?

 

[illusion]

I love comics. There's tons of free ones on Comixology. I tend to browse Amazon for digital comics graphic novels for low prices. Like right now they have a Wolverine/Hulk graphic novel for $2. There's specials all the time on Amazon. Not a fan of Cowboy comic books though, just not my style. By the way, I'm a 36 year old male, married, father of two, well paying job ... not exactly the demographic you'd think would be reading comics every day.

 

[Denis Hard]

I read comics but I prefer the old classics. Comics created when artists took pleasure in creating real art. My favorite comics were and still are: Calvin and Hobbes, Asterix, The Smurfs and Peanuts. No cowboy comics for me either.

 

[kaiuk]

Yes, well less now than i did before. When i was young i read the beano, dandy, whizzer & chips, and x-men. I missed the recent comic-con but i am planing to check it out next year when it returns to London. Would be interesting to see all those people dressed up in crazy outfits.

 

[Kotro]

Comic books, yes, definitly. COWBOY comic books, not so much, I'm afraid. Actually the only cowboy comics I read were Blueberry and Lucky Luke, but those were more Franco-Belgian style, not sure if it's same thing the OP's thinking about.

As for the other comics books, still buy them and read them. Currently on my to-read shelf are a couple of Batmans and Alan Moore's Swamp Thing.

 

[Vegany]

I've never read a cowboy comic nor do I think I'd be that interested in doing so or even watching the movies. I used to read a lot of manga in my younger teen years, but I haven't as much lately. (Manga is expensive!!) I liked the look of manga and all the glossy cover art. It was like my special personal collection, until I sold them all on Ebay lol. I kind of miss them...

 

[ArchaeRogue]

If you count manga as comics, yes, I do read them. As for American/Western comics, I think I use to read the Walking Dead. I also read a series called "Bone" and "Amulet."

 

[margarito]

I just love comics like anything. But comparatively I pay less attention towards cowboy comics. I would rather watch cowboy movies, the same with your case. Basically, I had least interest in reading books and the only books I try to stick to are comics. The smurfs and peanuts is my current favorite which I came across recently and had a good time with it. I would spare most of my leisure time playing sports and the rest with books (only comics). I expect few good ones from you guys which would be my next favorite.

 

[JoanMcWench]

I'm not a Western fan in general. I like the idea of cowboys in that they are chivalrous, manly, do-right-even-in-wrong characters but they are not necessarily something I gravitate to.
I had a hard time with comics all around. Batman seemed to be one of the only characters I took seriously in a comic. The story that surrounds him is so deep you could just get lost in it.

 

[Chrisuren]

I like graphic novels more than comic books, they seem for children more than adults.

 

[zemmer]

There don't seem to be a whole lot of them out there nowadays, so I'd say I watch more Western movies than comics. But certainly I've read a fair amount of them over the years, and buy them when there's a good author on board (Joe Landsdale for instance).

In comics I gravitate towards stuff like Weird West stories, while in movies I'll take 'em straight.

 

[Miaka2]

I've never really read the comic books that were published in North America, they never took my fancy, but I have read the Japanese Comics (manga). I'm sure that it counts as "comics" even if most people don't link the 2 words together sometimes. I hardly have time to read any nowadays but I wish that I did, I really liked the images that the artists would draw and there were some really good ones like Sailor Moon.

 

[Susime]

I've started reading a comic book series recently and when I was a kid I had a comic book that I loved called The Beano. I had around 100 comics all all stored in a chest of draws. I passed them on to my sisters kids a few years back and to be honest they have probably thrown them out. Ahh well, not everyones cup of tea I suppose.

 

[Springtime]

When I was a child, I enjoy reading comic books. Not now. I prefer reading detective novels and books about philosophy.

 

[Imran Noori]

No I don't like comic books.

 

[freelancermaria]

Yes, I did read a lot of comic books when I was younger. I no longer read them, though. Since I suffer from anxiety, I would prefer to read self-help books for my mental health.