Students sometimes ask me what kinds of comics I like. That is not an easy question. For one, I enjoy or take interest in many different kinds of comics — the proverbial wide range — and I like to think that my range is getting even wider as I get older and learn more. For another, I'm afflicted with that sort of omnivorous helplessness that tends to afflict specialists and fans — meaning that I often find even bad, even abject, comics interesting. I'm taken with the comics form, so even wretched, woebegone comics give me something to work with, or an occasion to sharpen my ax, so to speak.
A selective glimpse of my comics-reading life — a sort of partial diary — can be found at my Tumblr, The Comics Habit. I've maintained this Tumblr since September 2013. It consists of images mainly, with little commentary from me. Consider it a window into my life with comics.
To be honest, my comics habit goes further than this Tumblr shows. I sometimes sample comic book "floppies" that do not catch my interest and that I end up not reporting. Though I follow relatively few floppy series, I do use floppies as previews of projects that I might end up wanting to read in full, later. Sometimes I make a firm decision to "trade-wait," that is, to wait for the collected trade or graphic novel edition of a comic; when I do, those comics appear on the Tumblr. Sometimes I find myself on the fence about a comic, or decide that it isn't worth my trouble. On rare occasions I choose to follow the floppies themselves, month in, month out. The Tumblr doesn't catch all those details, but is a pretty good indicator of what I find interesting.
A selective glimpse of my comics-reading life — a sort of partial diary — can be found at my Tumblr, The Comics Habit. I've maintained this Tumblr since September 2013. It consists of images mainly, with little commentary from me. Consider it a window into my life with comics.
To be honest, my comics habit goes further than this Tumblr shows. I sometimes sample comic book "floppies" that do not catch my interest and that I end up not reporting. Though I follow relatively few floppy series, I do use floppies as previews of projects that I might end up wanting to read in full, later. Sometimes I make a firm decision to "trade-wait," that is, to wait for the collected trade or graphic novel edition of a comic; when I do, those comics appear on the Tumblr. Sometimes I find myself on the fence about a comic, or decide that it isn't worth my trouble. On rare occasions I choose to follow the floppies themselves, month in, month out. The Tumblr doesn't catch all those details, but is a pretty good indicator of what I find interesting.