What light-hearted, fun superhero comics are worth reading?
October 312009
I’ve been looking for a good comic-book series to read lately, and one of the more recent ones I’ve come across is Invincible, which I found really enjoyable and stayed up for five nights in a row reading all the issues.
The thing I liked about it was that it was light-hearted and laid-back, not unlike the more political and gritty tone to comics these days (not to say the Ultimates wasn’t good). What was better was the fact that it was almost Silver-Age in style, with the most randomest of things happening every issue. (Like a Martian invasion here, an Atlantis marriage there, and psycho zombies all at once)
If any of you know of a good superhero comic that’s interesting, fun, and intelligent and worth your time, feel free to leave an answer.
Ooh, I would highly recommend "Madman" by Mike Allred. It’s got everything you’re looking for in spades! Smart and super-witty writing, awesome pop-artwork, really great characters, tons of laughs…with some deep philosophical undertones, and randomness to boot! Kinda hard to explain, but it’s pop-culture trappings with Silver-Age inspiration. I think you’ll have a blast reading it.
October 31st, 2009 at 5:18 pm
in terms of light heartedness. i guess spider-man is probably the main staple in that respect, although its obviously not always gonna be light hearted with such a large ‘franchise’ i guess u could call it. Deadpool is always fun to read. there’s like at least 3 jokes and 5 dead bodies in every page. lol. and although there’s a LOT of killing, the stories are almost never serious. like one of the current series Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth, where he is contracted by a terrorist group to obtain and protect the severed zombie head version of himself from a dinosaur island, whilst also a rescuing a smoking hot researcher chick working for the terrorist group from primative cave men and ANOTHER terrorist group. overall, its just a fun read, lol.
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October 31st, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Ooh, I would highly recommend "Madman" by Mike Allred. It’s got everything you’re looking for in spades! Smart and super-witty writing, awesome pop-artwork, really great characters, tons of laughs…with some deep philosophical undertones, and randomness to boot! Kinda hard to explain, but it’s pop-culture trappings with Silver-Age inspiration. I think you’ll have a blast reading it.
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