Comic Books For Everyone

Learn to read and pick comic books and graphic novels, with guidance on genres and reading order. Explore how art and writing collaborate to tell stories from the first installment.

Learn to read comics from panel to panel and balloons, identify first issues and monthly Wednesday releases, and protect your collection with bags and boards to preserve condition and value.

Explore a range of comics across genres, from Madam Xanadu to Conan the Barbarian and John Constantine Hellblazer, with strong art and enduring characters.

Explore the difference between trade paperbacks and hardcovers, noting that soft cover trade paperbacks are cheaper and collect multiple issues, usually starting with number one for Neil Gaiman's Sandman. Enjoy the larger hardcover editions for more content and art, acknowledging they cost more.

Discover Heavy Metal magazine as a value packed entry into comics with abundant, varied content, vibrant art from Simon Beasley and other artists, and science fiction fantasy storytelling.

Explore how comic books adapt novels and TV series, using illustrated panels and varied art styles, with examples like Watchmen and Conan.

Explore how a trade paperback or graphic novel presents the whole story in one book, with no inside commercials, as illustrated by V for Vendetta.

Learn to start with comics by scanning front covers, reading a page, and sampling two or three floppy issues; explore John Constantine, Red Sonja, Battlestar Galactica, and Conan in order.

The Incal by Moebius and Jodorowsky fuses magic, technology, laser guns, and spaceships across other worlds, with Moebius’s art hailed as among the best in comics.

Learn to draw and write your own comics with a professional insider's guide. Start with sketches, panels, and ink, then color, and develop dynamic sequential storytelling.

Explore how comic runs work, from number ones to long series, and how to choose titles you enjoy by reading order. Read issues, check reviews, and consider publisher and genre.

Explore how to start collecting and reading comics and graphic novels, from understanding formats like floppies and trade paperbacks to reading order, part structures, and publisher details.

Navigate a comic bookstore by choosing between floppy comics, trade paperbacks, and back issues; learn timing on Wednesdays, value differences, and reading preferences.