Any other fans of the animated Teen Titans?

It took me a bit to get used to the stylistic changes from the comic, but after realizing that it's sort of like an Excel Saga version of the the comic, I started getting into it.

that whole 'cutesy anime' style just ruins it for me.

They look like bobble heads. The style's been run into the ground since the original "Batman: The Animated Series". I'm quite tired of the Timm (or Stimm maybe?) animation clones. I was more into the original Titans from the early 1980's, but with me, they never caught on as well as other team books. My favorite DC team was always either the Justice Society/League or the Legion of Superheroes. The Titans never did it for me as a book, so I like them less as a cartoon.

I think TT is as far removed from the Timm style as anything.

Yeah, it's more anime, but I don't like that either. I'm more of a fan of the style of Alex Toth from the Super Friends/Filmation days of DC heroes. I feel my days as a comics buyer are numbered.

Comics are better these days than ever (30 year fan here) imo.

Are you more interested in old-style heroics or drawing styles?

Some of my old favorites:
Gil Kane
Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Neal Adams
Berni Wrightson
George Perez
Dick Sprang
John Byrne
and of course, Jack Kirby (RIP)

I've purchased a recent Justice League and was underwhelmed. Xmen should've been put to pasture years ago. I'm afraid the genre is at it's limits. The most recent thing I've enjoyed is Frank Miller's "Dark Knight" sequel.

I would guess you tried the recent JLA/Avengers team-up draw by Perez?

I'm more into the post-modern Supers like Powers, Supreme Power, Promethea, The Pulse, Bendis' Daredevil, The (old version) Authority, Morrison's X-Men (soon to be Joss Weddon's), Millar's "Wanted".

No, I'm out of the loop on most new stuff. I may look for it here next week. I loved "Kingdom Come" from a few years back. The only Marvel stuff I enjoyed was Frank Miller's run on Daredevil and John Byrne's long run on the Fantastic Four. I enjoyed the late 80's-early 90's revival of Namor as well. Then there's DC's Vertigo line...I started buying Sandman in 1988 and stopped when Gaiman killed the series. I tried to pick up on The Dreaming, but it was a pale shadow of the original. Hellblazer, I loved from 1988 as well, but I didn't stick with it. I'm scouring Ebay for affordable runs to catch up on 14 years of missed John Constantine. I also loved DC's renewal of The Shadow in 1987, but I understand Conde Nast killed it mid run. If I remember correctly, the book was cancelled in the middle of a story line.

I suppose you heard about the movie with Keanu being cast as John? An AMERICAN John C.

:puke:

Comics, like music, sometimes requires a few years off before you can get into the scene again.

If you liked Miller's run on DD, try it again. DD has been "outted" by a newpaper. Once he had nothing to lose, he finally took down Kingpin and took out Bullseye in STYLE. DD is now the Kingpin of the city. It's superhero storytelling on the edge right now. Most of it is now in TPB form. It's AMAZING.

I may check him out. Honestly, I find it difficult to pay $3-$5 an issue for comics. I guess I remember the days when they were in grocers, drug stores, and convenience stores. I remember the rectangular rack with the "Hey Kids! Comics!" sign on top with pictures of various DC or Marvel heroes around the display. I do need to catch up on Constantine.

Yes, I heard about Keanu. I'm afraid an Americanized version will kill the charm of the story and the character.

finally become totally involved with the TPB market, which happened mainly because of the massive Manga TPB market that has emerged here. And the TPB are even sometimes cheaper than individual issues, strange as it may see. No adds either.

It used to be that you'd have to wait years to see storylines reprinted in TPB form, but now it's down to about a few months after the story is done.

Bendis has done about 2 or three TPB worth of work on DD and its easy to find.

Yeah, I remember the racks too. Comics were $.35 when I first started reading them.

Berni Wrightson, you should try a new series called "Monolith" by DC. It's about a Golem that's reawakened in NYC in modern times. Imagine an urban Wrightson's Swamp Thing. It's not by Wrightson, but the style and pacing is very much in the Wrightson mode.

I wonder what's happened to all those guys? Kirby and Kane are dead, but I wonder if Wrightson or any of the others are still in the industry? Even more recent favorites, like Kelly Jones, don't seem to be putting out any work for comics any more.

or animation...while some others retired, were forced out by the market/companies, or simply moved on.

I read up on an old X-men artist and creator, Dave Cockrum, and he is in poor health. To compound his problems, he receives no royalties on Storm, Nightcrawler, or Colossus. Neal is trying to form a benefit for Dave. The comic companies have been screwing the creators since Siegel and Schuster and Superman. Kirby and Marvel is a prime example of this as well.