Okay I am an aspiring comic creator (as has probably been made obvious if you've read my other posts) and I want to know what others look for in what they read and what they create.
I am always struggling to choose the right path.
Do you go for something comfortable in a familiar style that feels like a comic you'd read when you were a kid or even further back and one that is from the Golden Age?
Do you go for something new and modern and filled with Charlie Sheen and Justin Bieber references?

Tell me, I love the insight into other's creative process or just what people want from the shelf.

Good story with just enough cultural references such as the writing that J. Michael Stryenski (?) first did on his SPIDER-MAN run.

That is a pretty fly choice.
I like that too.
What do you think about big arcs vs. comics that can stand alone?

Personally I like one-shots or mini-series within series.
Continuity is like a lot of baggage to me. I like the freedom of a one-shot or short 4-5 issue series.

T

I feel you on that!

I couldn't agree with you more.

There is something about large story arcs that I find almost intimidating. I don't know if it's the feeling that it's going to take a major committment to keep up with the story and characters, or the concern that if you miss an issue or two you'll be completely lost with no hope of catching up.

Or maybe it's the fact that I can't think of a single large story arc that has ever paid off in the end(or in some cases even reached a definitive end).


-J

Yeah, I don't like large story arcs, I understand what their appeal should be but...too many hands...too much fear...too much continuity. It's a too bad really.

I like short story arcs. My favorite all-time example is Amazing Spider-Man 31-33 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. It's the one where Spidey gets trapped under that huge machine in Doc Ock's underwater hideout.

I must also say that I do like longer arcs if they are built with a hint at a time like the first season of Heroes. It was slowly revealed throughout the season how everyone with "special abilities" was interconnected. That I like.

A legendary moment. Did you see little reference to it on the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon?
I love those, I really like if they're crossovers too, like first half in one book, second half in another and then the little arc is done and was fun and hit by two different artists/writers but with the same story.

Yeah I love that too, not a Heroes fan but in other stuff, love it, I try to add it when I'm plotting because it always makes you want to revisit the past and try to see what you've been missing.