Darthphere said:
I made love to it.
Urgh. Find a woman, man. And if you have one, don't tell her...^^THAT^^.
Invincible is amazing. The last issue Mark was stuck in an alternate reality. They could've dragged that out, or how he got back, but they didn't. Sometimes it doesn't have enough dialogue and lately they've taken to repeating the exact same panel to save on production time of the art (at first they made a joke about it, in the issue where Mark was having a discussion with his local comic book guy, but now they actually do it. for real

) but at least I get my monthly fix of fun. They keep the background story progressing while making sure the current one gives some sort of unique progression to it.
I think, overall, tpbs have been good for the industry. It associates comics with books, getting people into more adult material and helping draw in new readers. That's progression. Yes I've read overly entended crappy storylines (like Shathra in The Life and Death of Spiders) but usually the talented writers' skills are more able to shine through by not being so limited, with only 23 measly pages (the reunion of MJ and pete and the addition of Cap and Doc Doom in that same trade

).
Comic fans have a tendency to generalise and I'm no different, I did it there^ but I just can't see the "overall it's detrimental" standpoint. If you're not enjoying the decompression, change titles. You'll find a writer who can get his issues spot on, like... Dan Slott's She-Hulk, Millar's Ultimates, Bendis' Powers. Seriously, don't just accept it and moan about it, do something.