{"id":1858,"date":"2008-09-11T20:56:04","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T01:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2008-09-11T20:56:04","modified_gmt":"2008-09-12T01:56:04","slug":"why-i-dont-read-monthly-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=1858","title":{"rendered":"Why I Don’t Read Monthly Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was young, I read a lot of comics. The Hulk, Spiderman, Batman — I read them as they came out. These days any comics I do read I read as trade paperbacks<\/a>. I’ve never thought about why that is, but Andrew<\/a>‘s comment made me realize one reason why I stopped, at least for DC and Marvel comics.<\/p>\n

Then, just to prove what a Fraction junkie I am, I would recommend the two TPB of The Immortal Iron Fist as another genre comic done right – at least until Fraction and Brubaker left the comic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

DC and Marvel shuttle writers and artists on and off titles. The reasons are varied and wide-ranging, and I can understand many of them, but in the end it’s enough change that I lose interest. Couple that with both the way continuity is folded and stapled back onto comics and the annoyance of having to swing by my city’s far-away comic shop, and in the end I just order TPBs from Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was young, I read a lot of comics. The Hulk, Spiderman, Batman — I read them as they came out. These days any comics I do read I read as trade paperbacks. I’ve never thought about why that is, but Andrew‘s comment made me realize one reason why I stopped, at least for … Continue reading Why I Don’t Read Monthly Comics<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t