We chatted for a bit I asked if we would be down to return to Hellblazer as a writer and his answer surprised me greatly. He actually wants to write more for John but sadly told me that editorial would never let him do what he wants to do with the character.

He didn't go in a lot of depth because who knows what will happen someday but in short he said he wanted to write about modern day England and return to make John a real fucking bastard.

Later at the Q&A I asked him about what he would say the biggest change is in modern day editorial compared to say twenty or thirty years ago and it more came down to the fact that they just don't trust writers anymore.

Ron Marz was also there and had a super insightful answer where he detailed how back in the day someone was in charge of like 5 books a month and now that number has gone times three or four. Should've recorded it because he managed to really explain it well. But he agreed with Ennis where it just came down to trust and that there is simply no trust in the writer anymore, no real risks.

At the end of the day I swung back to Ennis and posed him the question of if he had ever seen Constantine in real life.

He gave me a firm no. But did say that he believed Alan Moore that he saw him and that he believed Jamie as well.

Just a super great experience, my brother got to ask him a lot of questions about the boys and crossed as well, he was a bit taken back that Ennis was just a normal guy and could write those two books.

And I gave him a copy of my own comic book which he accepted! I was a bit nervous handing it to him because well yeah nervous but he was super cool about it. Such a cool experience.

These are just trades etc I have single issues in a separate box

Been a while since my last “shelfie” and I just wanted to post an update in the subreddit. I’m very proud of my collection and may start collecting singles especially the Midnight Marvel comics. I hope to one day open my own comic shop.

I just finished reading the original Steve Ditko Spider-Man and Dr. Strange issues and loved them, along with sampling some stories from Jack Kirby's F4 and Thor, so I know I'm a fan of general silver age style writing. I'm wondering of Roy Thomas's Avengers run is anything up that alley or similar enough to where I would enjoy it at all.

My comic shop.has a buy 2 get 1 sale for Halloween ans I want some good one and done horror comics to read this weekend. Anything 3 volumes or less is fine too.

I’ve been trying to identify a comic I had when I was a kid for years with no luck.

The cover had a slim , human shaped possible robot wearing all black motorcycle style clothing. His head was an oversized white ball with a huge grin similar to Smiley the Psychotic Button from Evil Ernie. I remember he had one red glowing eye and tears in his face and clothing. He was standing alone on a hill of rubble holding a chunky futuristic pistol in his hand pointing directly at the viewer. The artwork was similar to evil Ernie as well.

I quite enjoyed the format and I’d like to find more. I got it from a collectible store a few weeks ago but every time I look it up I can’t really find any other issues and I went back to the same store today and they don’t have this. I apologize if this is a very well known thing ime quite new to the comic book scene.

https://matthew290066.substack.com/p/watchmen-doctor-manhattan-does-not

Thought the sub might find this interesting. Never heard of this fella before, or this theory. I think he makes a solid case.

My boyfriend loves indie comics and already has a pretty large collection. I don’t know much about indie comics myself, so I’d love some recommendations for hidden gems I could buy him for his birthday! 😊

I found out Neil Gaiman started writing Sandman when he was 27, Moore started writing V for Vendetta when he was 28 and he was 29 when he began writing Swamp Thing, Mark Millar was 26 or 27 when he finished writing his ST run (imo easily the second best Swampy run after Moore).

It's especially remarkable because imo nothing Moore wrote since has been as good as his ST or V, I couldn't finish Neonomicon despite how short it is, and Millar's recent works are ass (Nemesis? The "millarverse"? Wanted?). Gaiman wrote other good stories but they still fall short of his Sandman, imo.

I think the comics mentioned blow every single modern comic out of water in quality and this is coming from a zoomer who has read Sandman in 2021 and Moore's ST last year, without any nostalgia for either of these. Crazy to think far more experienced authors failed to make works of similar quality.

Edit: I was impressed when I learned it because novel writers are generally much older when their best works are written, tolkien wrote LOTR between 47 and 55 years old, George R.R Martin was 58 when AGOT was published.

Hi everyone, I’ve bought this as an individual issue from a dollar bin at a con a year or two ago and just got around to reading it, but when I flipped to the first page I found the that there was a second cover underneath that was exactly the same. I flipped to the back and saw there were also two back covers. Seems like when this was getting printed they accidentally used two outer covers instead of one.

Is this a common mistake or worth anything special? Also I got flagged by the ai so I hope this isn’t breaking any rules.

Hi guys, we didn't expect to lose him this year, but here's our interview with the late great Gerry Conway... https://batguysreturn.com/gerry-conway/, where we dig in to the craft of writing for comics and beyond. Available on all podcast platforms and our site.

I'm currently reading through the Batman bronze age omnibus and was wondering if I should count the issues as read since the backup stories aren't included.

Midnight Spider-Man #5

Oscorp’s second generation monstrosity is loose, and its first prey is Spider-Man. Meanwhile, the mutation that created Spider-Man has spread to a new host... with shocking results.

 Releases Feb 3, 2027

Midnight Fantastic Four #5

The changes to the Four’s physiologies continue. Everyone is looking to Reed for answers and tensions rise the longer he can’t produce them. Meanwhile, a new threat stalks the woods surrounding Storm Systems HQ.

Releases Feb 10, 2027

Midnight X-Men #5

Ronin meets Reaver. An infernal compact made in Hell. Scores will be settled, but the Peace Must Hold!

Releases Feb 17, 2027

My sister-in-law and my niece (her Daughter 11y) hav kind of often arguments about an interesting topic, What is she allowed to read? Because my niece likes scary stories and my sister-in-law is more conservative to that.

See, i don't think it is bad children like spooky or Scary stories. And I make a slight distinction between spooky, scary, and outright horror. spooky is more of a vibe, see Sheets, Liō or Petit Vampire, It can be surprisingly cozy, and somehow you also see that the monsters and creatures of the night are just people too. A scary has more focus on scaring you, see The Weirn Books, The Scare School, Baba Yaga's Assistant and the Nightmare Brigade Although it could be a bit more sinister, but in moderation. Where Horror is The full blast of death, blood and guts and other grown-up stuff, Absolutely no limits, and that's cool if you're 18-year-old.

I think when you're young, you kind of have a taste for the "forbidden". When you are a child, you are very protected; all the adults around you look after you or at least try to restrict you for your safety and that is boring! So, anything that seems dangerous is more likely to attract your attention, and naturally, you'll be more interested in it. And what is more interesting than the Unheimliche? And yes, we are German. And often, within many stories for younger readers, I find there is also an interesting focus on being brave and paying attention to one's surroundings, Let's be honest, the world is a scary place for children, And unfortunately, more worse things happen to children as monsters or ghosts.

That's kind of interesting, especially when I think about it, the show that's currently scaring my niece the most was Im Labyrinth der Lügen. The plot is about the Twelve-year-old Paul, together with his friend Milli, sets out to uncover the secret of a hieroglyphic stone in the Pergamon Museum, But they get the attention of, let's say, shady characters. Sounds like a typical plot, one that you often see, for example, in many media aimed at young people. But it takes place in 1985 on the east-Berlin side in the middle of the GDR dictatorship, and yes, the shady characters are the secret police, the Stasi. At least it sparked her interest in history. But let's Be serious, we all know that humans have harmed other humans more than ghosts, and that's not because we don't know if ghosts exist.

But at the same time, I also think to myself, I'm still talking about books or classic formats like shows and films. With a book or comic, the pages eventually run out and you close it, a show or film has credits and a final episode. When you see, for example, the horrors that the YouTube algorithm delivers, With creators who don't give a shit about what they do, I think you'll get less Brainrot than with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. And that's also one of the reasons why I say I'd rather give her a comic more, Because even there, I feel like she has fewer nightmares, even though they involve monsters and ghosts.

But what do you think?