So remember how I said I'd never read comic books, aside from Sonic the Hedgehog? Well I can't say that anymore. I bought all of these at my friendly (seriously super friendly) neighborhood comic book shop about a month ago. Sidenote: I discovered this place after I was super stressed and starting to withdraw from socializing with humans IRL. It pretty much saved me from becoming a hermit, but now I haven't been back for awhile and am kind of pretty much a hermit, because work is super stressful and that's my coping mechanism. Anyway I asked for suggestions for comic books on Google+ and bought some of those and some of my own picks. I bought all of these with my own money and my opinions are my own.
I bought: American Vampire, Astonishing X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Star Wars Knight Errant: Escape, Hoax Hunters, and The Secret Service.
First things first, I want to know why they bold words seemingly at random in comics. It drives me crazy! Second thing, despite the randomly bolded words driving me crazy, I would be interested in reading more of Hoax Hunters. There's some serious foreshadowing in this one and I must say that I'm intrigued. Everything else, not so much. I love the X-Men movies to death but the comic books weren't my cup of tea. Maybe it's because I didn't get the first issues, since they weren't at the shop, but I think it's more like it just seemed repetitive to me. They did make me laugh out loud, but I expected more from Joss Whedon. I think I disliked The Secret Service the most. I really don't even know why I chose that one. It's about action and politics, which is a combination I only rarely enjoy. American Vampire was kind of interesting, but not enough that I want to read more. However I did buy issue number 34 so maybe if I had been following the story from the beginning, I would enjoy it more. But the art in it was my favorite of the whole batch. And I wanted to love Star Wars Knight Errant, but I just didn't, and I'm not even sure why. Maybe it was all of the weird names that I couldn't get straight. I don't know.
I am not saying that I'm completely opposed to comic books. I just think I made some poor selections and one really great one. And honestly it takes a lot to live up to Sonic the Hedgehog comics. I'll definitely be trying out more comics and also reading more of the Hoax Hunters series. I love that comic books are so inexpensive to try, compared to most things.
The random bolding business was hella aggrivating for me at first, too. I've long since gotten used to it/figured out how to read it in ways that the bolding serves a purpose, but it's still a bit annoying at times. I've never bothered to figure out why they do it though.
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