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[DBM]

aww dont stop, what else do we have? political comic book readers? marvel employees? and like 2 actual posters with a level head.


rethink it.

I agree. I've said before that you should keep *****ing.

*****ing is what makes this country great.

If you want to give in to the whining of the few then so be it. But I think you keep things interesting. Who wants to interact with people who are always OK with everything? Not me.

 

[Elijya]

doesn't mean we don't love you and don't want to hear from you, big G

 

[Gambit8370]

I'm not changing who I am or the principles I adhere to.

I'm just gonna turn it down a few notches.

Maybe it's because it's been a s***ty comic year or maybe I'm just having a s***ty year, but I'm finding that all this constant complaining is not making me a happy person.

I'm depressed. Irritable. Snippy. I go off on people who I don't even know, who say something that pisses me off. I throw around my opinion like it's the only one that matters. I try to be sarcasticly funny, and just end up being ignorant and condesceding and hurting peoples feelings. All in all I think I'm just turning into a the kind of person that I would not want to be friends with hang out with or b.s. about comics with, and I'm pretty sure no one else would either.

And hey, that is a problem for me.

I've spent that last few weeks and days trying to figure out what is wrong with me.

Try to figure out what I've lost and hopefully, maybe find it again.

You've heard me go on in the past about how comics aren't fun for me anymore.

Maybe that's it.

Here's this thing that I care so pasionately about and it's been so important to me for so long (as pathetic and sad as I know that sounds)...

But you know... I want them to be fun again.

Why aren't they fun anymore?

I don't know.

I've been so damn critical for so long now, I'm not even sure how, when and where it happened.

Is it from having my favorite titles get s***-canned? Maybe.

Is it from watching good titles go away and s***ty re-vamps and character clones and just general bad ideas get ongoings to take their place? Maybe.

Is it from watching characters who I've followed for not months, not years, but f***ing DECADES go up in smoke to promote some s***ty new re-launch? Yeah, we're gonna go with YES! on this one.

Someone recently told me that Marvel doesn't owe me anything.

They basically said these are their characters to do with as they please, and who the hell do I think I am to tell them otherwise.

And you know what? He's right.

Back when I was a kid, I didn't give a piss who wrote what title or who said what in some crappy interview.

All I cared about was reading about the adventures of characters tha I cared about in good stories.

I want that back.

I want to be able to be excited about going to the comic store.

I want to be excited about reading about my favorite titles and characters again.

I want to be like a kid on Christmas morning and rush to the last page to blow the ending and see what the big secret was.

And hey, if I need to take a hiatus from b***hing or even a hiatus from reading comics for a while in a desperate attempt to get that back...

It'd be worth it if it works.

And if I get to be a happier person who b***hes less and who can make more constructive contributions to the site he frequents and who treats his fellow comic book internet buddies with a little more respect...

Hey, everyone wins.

Look. I'm still me. You just know certain things and people are sure to continue to piss me off.

But man...

I just can't do this anymore.

Something's got to give, and this time it's gonna be me.

Try not to think less of me.

 

[iloveclones]

But you know... I want them to be fun again.

Why aren't they fun anymore?

All I cared about was reading about the adventures of characters tha I cared about in good stories.

I want that back.

I want to be able to be excited about going to the comic store.

I want to be excited about reading about my favorite titles and characters again.

I want to be like a kid on Christmas morning and rush to the last page to blow the ending and see what the big secret was.

And hey, if I need to take a hiatus from b***hing or even a hiatus from reading comics for a while in a desperate attempt to get that back...

It'd be worth it if it works.

Sorry for chopping up your post to make it a little shorter, but these are the things I want to talk about.

Honestly, Gambit, I went through the same thing a few years ago. I wasn't angry about anything, but I found I was only buying comics out of habit and momentum. And the truth was, I just wasn't enjoying them anymore. So I just quit. One Wednesday, I just skipped comic book day. And the sad thing was, I didn't feel I was missing anything at all.

And then about a year or so later, I started up again and found that I really did miss them, even if I didn't know it. And I found that, rather than having a whole slew of things that I bought, I only bought the ones that I liked. That was about six or seven years ago, and I honestly enjoy it just like you described. And although I always intend to wait until I get home later in the day, I can almost never resist the urge to go to the coffee shop down the street to read through a couple of them (and turn right to the back, too!)

I hope you don't have to go to that extent, but if you do, back issues will be there, as well as TPBs. (and most of the TPTB that irritate you now will most likely be gone by then.)

Hope you don't mind the advice, but you're one of the few people around here that can argue a subject without it becoming an excuse for personal insults.

 

[DBM]

I get where you're coming from Gambit8370.

I don't enjoy comics near as much as I did even a year ago. This time last year, I was literally buying every Marvel comic. I'm looking at the ones comic out this week and of the 20ish comics coming out, I'm only interested in 6 or so. It looks like next week will be about the same.

I've been buying a few more DC, Image, and indy stuff but not nearly as many as I've dropped. I don't know if it's me or if it's the industry or what but I know there's less and less stuff out there that I want to read.

But I'm not giving up yet. I've already lived through some other down turns in comics and I'm willling to weather the storm in this one too. I may just shift my focus onto more and more obscure back issues that I want and when things get good again, invest back into new stuff.

 

[Elijya]

it happens to every comic fan. Every once in awhile, you take alook at your weekly pile and realize you're buying alot of stuff out of loyalty, not out of enjoyment. I went through that like, 5 years ago, and completely redid my list and I never have a bad week

 

[DBM]

Where is everybody today?

This forum is dead.

 

[Elijya]

they're hiding from you

wanna play a game?

 

[DBM]

they're hiding from you

wanna play a game?

What game?

 

[Elijya]

the dozens

 

[newnoiseimage]

very slow day.

 

[Elijya]

anyone wanna play?

 

[DBM]

anyone wanna play?

What the dozens?

 

[newnoiseimage]

no idea what the game is.

 

[Elijya]

What the dozens?

you wanna play the dozens?
well the dozens is a game
but teh way I **** your mother
is a god damn shame

your momma's *****'s so big, Mr. Fantastic screw here, and she said "Is it in yet?"

 

[DBM]

you wanna play the dozens?
well the dozens is a game
but teh way I **** your mother
is a god damn shame

your momma's *****'s so big, Mr. Fantastic screw here, and she said "Is it in yet?"

You ****ed my mother?

She's been dead for almost 10 years. That's gross. Because either you ****ed her when you were 12ish or you ****ed her after she died. Either way, that's gross.

 

[Gambit8370]

Maybe they shouldn't kill so many characters.

We'd have more to talk about!

The b***h is back.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Wow, you guys really don't know about the dozens? Dirty dozens? Snaps? They're all the same thing. Here's a diagram: "Your momma's so (insert adjective), (insert funny one-liner about your momma being so (adjective))."

P.S. - Way to edit the "or," Gambit. But this post will remain the same as a never-ending reminder of your brainfart.

 

[DBM]

Wow, you guys really don't know about the dozens? Dirty dozens? Snaps? They're all the same thing. Here's a diagram: "Your momma's so (insert adjective), (insert funny one-liner about your momma being so (adjective))."

Oh, I see.

I think I'm getting too old to understand. I'm almost 30.

 

[newnoiseimage]

yeah momma jokes were funny when i was in junior high.

now i am an angry 20 something.

your mom could die for all i care.













(thats a good momma joke )

 

[DBM]

yeah momma jokes were funny when i was in junior high.

now i am an angry 20 something.

your mom could die for all i care.

But my mom did die.

 

[newnoiseimage]

thats unfortunate.


and see kids, thats why momma jokes are not funny.

 

[DBM]

thats unfortunate.


and see kids, thats why momma jokes are not funny.

But my dad's still alive. And he could kick your dad's ass.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, momma jokes are pretty old. The closest thing I've seen recently that's actually still funny is the players on Chappelle's Show.

 

[newnoiseimage]

i have a couple friends who every now and then think its gets me to say something like "oh, i ****ed your mom last night" or "thats not what your mom said" as if it bothers me.

im like dude, my mom is middle-aged and overweight. if thats your style than you have issues.

or i like the always popular comeback "my mom has cancer."

that one gets em every time.






and its true