Me And Superheroes

Dear Wal,

I don't just start reading the comics all of a sudden when I find a new superhero I like. I have a process. It's necessary when faced with the sheer amount of superhero content out there.

I become inspired. Somehow I here the name-maybe it's a guest appearance in another comic, a movie, or just in one of my many and frequent Wikipedia safaris, or I just decide it's finally time for me to go find out stuff about a character-and then I go straight to Wikipedea. I usually just skim the article, just to get a feel for where I should start, and then I head off to watch all movies/TV shows featuring the character. Even the old crappy ones. (Although as I've said before, I just can't take Adam West Batman. Just. Can't. Take. It.) Usually movies/TV shows with superheroes are a good place to start because then you can get the gist of a character's storyline. Then, when faced with the sheer amount of comic books, you'll be able to judge where everything's supposed to fit better. At least that's how it works for me.

POOR WARREN D8

After I've done that then I spend ages on Amazon wandering around looking for a good place to start in the comics. With DC this usually isn't a very difficult process, since I have a vast general knowledge of their trades, but for Marvel this can take hours. I usually just end up picking something and running with it. Anything that comes up continuity wise that I don't understand I'll just go look up. And this continues until i either get bored or know the storyline of that character backwards.

This post came to me because yesterday I got Superman: For All Seasons in the mail. My first Superman book. What can I say? Loeb/Sale is usually a good place to start. It's a good book. Superman is pretty easy. (I'm sure I won't say that if I continue to read more books.) Other things, however, like the X-Men, are not. I just gave up and closed my eyes and pointed. I ended up with X-Force and Wolverine and the X-Men on my kindle. I understand...most of it. But that's okay. Deadpool is hilarious. Logan as a principle is hilarious.

/endrant

P.S. I just cleaned the house. Woot.